still convinced tthat an eth stone crusher will deal a lot more dmg than schaefer's, y schaefer's > stone ??

the ctc static is nice for regular monsters

i personally dont use lash + hammer because of the range issue
lash + edeath cs works great
grief pb + stone crusher/sheaffers works well also

Is there an easy way to balance out res through gear instead of the charms?

Maybe an um'd up'd kiras. I think I got one of those laying around. Would decrease my damage by a lot though.

This post was edited by zeecorner on Jul 23 2009 02:59pm

a different helm would be a huge damage sacrifice
i dont have any issues getting resists

loh and highlords offer bonus fire and lit, which is all you really need

i use 1x 15 prisma gc and have max fire and lit in hell
if you run nihl u put on a peace ring which maxes the pres ya?
with fort on they are all maxed without even trying

im not sure what the problem with resists are..

Grief pb (main hand always!) >>0 res
Azurewrath (used most of the time) >> 0 res
Guillaume's face (um or cham) >>15 res
Enigma >>0 res
Ravenfrost >> 0 res
Highlords >> 35 lr
fcr ring with mana leach and AR >> 0 res
String of Ears >> 0 res
Laying of hands >> 50 lfr
Gore riders >>0res

I've never made a barb before but unless I'm missing something about how they work, and I probably am. You start out with -70res in hell (after anya quest) so that would be -10 fr, -20 lr, -55 cold and posion. +35 from torch/anni (won't have perfect) so +25 fr, +15lr, -20 cold and poison. I can't really think of anything else besides some gc and maybe a 15% res jewel.

This post was edited by zeecorner on Jul 24 2009 05:41pm

are you forgetting about a little skill called natural resistance
add up your + skills and look up the value and add that

all you really need is max lit res and like 60+ fire, so some small charms to top them off if need be

did not know about that skill, I'm new to barbs. Lookin it up on Arreat right now

EDIT:
K so enigma +2, hl +1, azure +1, +3 torch, +1 anni, +1 battle cry. I can't think of anything else but it would be around +50-55 res.
so now +75 fr, +65lr, +30 cold and poison. So 1 prisma gc and your good. Sweet thanks!

This post was edited by zeecorner on Jul 24 2009 05:58pm

get rid of eni and use a fortitude.. heklps much more

Would also pretty much max resistances. Depends on what your doing though, if your gonna be a key farmer you need that enigma, if your just gonna do chaos, pit runs fort would be really nice, add some dmg and fix all resistances pretty much to max.

But I'm dupe using scum so I'll just get both lol

Pretty Nice Guide Imo, Though I Like This One Better http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=13602933&f=87