No sorc can tank a good barb period (unless you go 90+ eshield, with 15/70:s and mana potting, but then the barb will just use owgear and rape you anyway).

Dont know if you mean ed/ias or ed/max in arreats, but both are worthless. WW is based on weaponspeed only, no other ias counts. ed/max jewels are bugged in helmets, meaning that the ed will only be applied to the min dmg, not the max, i.e. even a plain ed jewel is way better. Go ed/str or ed/dex if you are a blockbarb.

Vs casters you should use botd+beast and arach+2x fcr rings, wizard spike simply sucks. The only exception is vs eshield coldsorcs, where 2x um:ed wizzies work wonders. You wont ever land a telezerk on any decent caster btw, its too slow.

I know useast lacks good bvc-barbs. The really good barbs never loses to sorcs though...

decent guide.

nice lay out atleast.

shael'd wiz spike + botd is the best vs caster hands down, you tele at 10fpa, its easy to catch them, and your ww is 2 fpa with shael wiz. this guide is not very good, he didnt even know holy freeze doesnt affect fcr...

ill take any sorc you want to throw at my barb with wiz+botd, that allows me to also wear any absorb i need to. arach + 2 caster rings is stupid, that means you cant use tgods/dwarfs/ravens/snowclash. wiz is huge stacked res as well as 10frame cast rate that allows for other absorb to be worn easily.

you are also incorrect about the wiz+botd being 4 frames you can check the ias calculator yourself, wiz+20ias on weapon + botdzerker = 2fpa ww, research before you act a fool please.

wiz is superior to beast easily, i can show you if you wish just pm me a time and place boy.

Lol?

1) You are an utter retard if you trust the calculators blindly, especially for dualwielding.
There is NO attack in d2 that attacks at 2 fpa. 4 fpa is the fastest (i.e. ww and fireclaws).

One-hand and all sword bps:
-10 = 6 frames/attack
-35 = 4 frames/attack

Two-hand bps:
-10 = 8 frames/attack
-30 = 6 frames/attack
-60 = 4 frames/attack

This has all been tested, proved and accepted as common knowledge. No calcs needed, just check on your weapon. Not my fault that you aren't enlighted enough to know this.
This also means that your shaeled wizspike will attack at 6 fpa, and your botd at 4.
2 fpa ww lmfao...

2) Yeah, ofc, absorb! GOOD POINT, didn't think of that. Then you can use your crappy wiz and take your good time, hooray!!! What's the point of dueling at all when you cant die? Good barbs doesn't NEED absorb to beat sorcs. Again, not my fault that you do. Just clearifying that any decent sorc will outtank you if you use botd+wiz. If you need to stack resists that badly, you use botd+silence ba, nothing else. Only exception is vs eshield coldsorcs, where 2x UM:ED wizzies work wonders and as a bonus you get 8 fps cast.

3) Wiz is inferior to beast in every way, there is NO reason whatsoever to use it. It does NO damage, has sucky ar and attackspeed. The people who use wiz are either poor or dumb. What are you?
Comparision:
Botd+Beast: 6k/3.5k
Botd+Wiz: 4.3k/1k
Do I have to say more? Only way you could kill anything with botd+wiz is if you absorb all their damage. A 3-year old kid can do that.

And no, "boy", I'm not on useast.

No wonder your realm lack good barbs if everyone thinks like you. Arach + 2 fcr rings beats every other option by far, if you dont realize that I pity you.

Just thought of it again: 2 fpa ww, lol...

This post was edited by morotsjos on Dec 16 2004 04:10am

my barb is made to duel elementals, sorb and stacked res is what hes used for. wiz is superior.

This post was edited by wuaffiliate on Dec 16 2004 04:38am

That's a bit lame don't u think? I mean, stacked res + sorb; It's like dueling something that not even can hit u, it's the same as dueling a fallen -.-
(except a fallen doesn't cry when it dies, or doesn't run/tele)