yeah wisp quite does not cut it however as u lose ar anyway and its not as effective as tgods

true lol, we've been debating in circles.





yeah I did forget this too ^^ I just think barb has enough gameplay advantage over smiters and v/ts to make up for the statistical losses

sup

nice guide, but i cannot understand your choice about skilling Holy Shield over Smite.
i didnt read all 143pages, maybe its already been discussed, but why defense over damage ?
i would rather put in HS until getting 37 or 38% base block (few points with all skillers used) them max Smite.

regards

holy shield = 1% more block and 4000 more def vs like 15-20 more smite damage... that 15-20 damge (overall) wont do shit... to make a diff in a duel (i tried and traded hit for hit with another smiter and it takes the same amount of hits to kill)

idk if looking at hits to kill should matter, since you have foh and life rep that constantly changes the amount of hits they need to die.

perhaps... but like i said the diff is so minor it really wont matter... and smite takes off such a large chunk... even if they are left with like 100 life left 1 powerful foh will take care of that easily

i like the 4000def + 1% more block

however, my current vt is rebuilt into the traditional "vt" for 3.4k smite + 43xx foh damage at lvl 96. for vt vs vt duels (which take place in nm)

Sure if you prefer the def go for it, just saying I don't think the "same amounts to kill" argument really matters when you have other low sources of damage to consider.

+1 smite :

~ + 75 dmg

+1 holy shield :

~ +40 dmg
~ +300 def (more with exile setup)

HolyShield level -- Block bonus
27 -- 37%
36 -- 38%
45 -- 39%
60 -- 40%

1 hard point in holy shield gives final level 28+
20 hard points gives level45 block breakpoint, thats overall +2% block, so you save ~ 3-4 points in dext to maintain max block.
~ 3-4 dext saved = 3-4 more vita = 9-12 base life = ~ +20life after bo

1smite/20holy shield = +20life / +6K def
20smite/1holy shield = +0.7K dmg on smite

and defense is useless vs many duelers (smiters, foh, VT, hammers, any sorc but melee, necros, traps, ele-druids, widowmaker builds...).

Obviously you have some experience in duelling with VT, so i totally trust you. Actually i skilled my VT with max HS according to your guide.
But still, i dont understand

nn vigor, overrated too