West, and lmao @ your statement.

Damn. I would have enjoyed curbstomping your ignorant ass. But at least your "strategy" vs druids is justified, west in general blows.

This post was edited by Camden on Sep 24 2006 05:59pm

this is a guide for dualwielding barb and i dont take jokers who run around with shield seriously anyway.

i and others have repeated this countless times but people seem either too stupid to get it or they simply refuse accepting that something could be more effective than their precious arreats. here we go again:
1. coa is the optimal helm for pubs. the dr is simply needed vs smite, druids and barbs. period. the loss of dmg/fcr compared to other helmets also forces you to play better which means that you will improve faster.
2. in 1v1 duels there are always better choices than arreats. vs sorc/nec/trap an extra cast frame is generally preferable over more damage, something guillaumes adds quite a bit more of than arreats anyway.

i dont know your preferred setups but no matter how you look at it arreats (and especially ber/chamed) is a horrible waste of stash space.

arreats is best against pure hdins

Only because of the +Dex needed to use Widomaker while retaining high Dex (btw Hsarus + ravens fix this mostly) and the +15% IAS.

no

omg lol raped

I believe Arreats is semi-useful, but the problem with the helm is that it has a mix of mods that make it the best barb helm yes, but it's a rather weak all-around helm. However, I believe that it's more useful that Morotjos thinks, but that may just be the West realm talking.

DR is absolutely needed against druids. If you decide to use an Arreats, you're basically deciding to play at half your HP, because the druid will drain your life bulb stupidly fast without sufficient DR. Either CoA or 08 Gaze should work.

CoA is the helm for pubs, I'm not sure why this is an issue. It has +1 skill, DR, FHR, and resists. It's like Arreats but much better suited for multiple opponents.

I like the idea of using an 08 valk with a Lo/jah/whatever against certain characters, but not everyone will have access [to at least a perm one, ty mass duping spree] to one, so Arreats would be the default choice. It's cheap and easy to get, and it's very effective for its cost. But if you have your res/damage/ar taken care of, a 08 Valk can possibly be useful.

I use Arreats against pure Hdins, but that's only because I need the extra dex from Arreats to let me use the Widow. Aside from Arreats, what would you use against Hdins, Morotjos?

OT: It seems that your guide has again fallen away from B.Net forums.

of course i exaggerated to make people angry. i muled my arreats away though since i almost never used it.
i sold my 08 valk since i'm 90% sure of that it would poof sooner or later. i prefer griffons vs most casters, or guill if i want damage. griffons isn't that bad compared to valk, apart from the looks the only thing i miss is the frw and one more hit-recovery frame. res/dmg/ar is not an issue vs casters, you know that.
guillaumes is awesome vs pallies and the obvious choice vs hammerdins. the cb is very effective vs 5k+ life chars and 15% deadly strike > arreats by far.