AJAX

The Whirlwind Barbarian



New walkthrough time! I've never made a PvM Whirlwind Barb before, so any help/suggestions along the way would be welcomed.

The name Ajax is taken from the movie 'Troy'. I always thought this guy was menacing and kinda looks like a barbarian, so yeah.

In the movie, Ajax uses this sweet maul/axe combo weapon, so I decided to only use a 2-handed maul or axe.



Goals

- kill Hell Baal
- make some killer runewords
- have fun
- find full Immortal King set

Rules

- dead is dead
- /players 8 at all times, except Countess re-runs
- no extended stash
- ladder runewords enabled
- must use 2-handed maul/axe until after defeating Hell Baal

I'll be starting on this soon.

Stay tuned for mayhem.

I haven't been able to start on this cuz I've been busy irl, but I've been thinking about skill point allocation.

Here's what I've come up with. This is assuming zero +skill items:

Combat Skills

Whirlwind - 20
Berserk - 1
Prereqs - 5

Combat Masteries

Axe or Mace Mastery - 20
Natural Resistance - 13 (will give +60 all resist)
Increased Speed - 14 (will give +40% FRW)
Prereqs - 2

Warcries

Battle Orders - 20
Battle Command - 1
Battle Cry - 1
Find Item - 1
Prereqs - 4

This would be completed at level 90. Any suggestions on how I can better distribute the skill points?

This post was edited by Retrovirus on Jul 24 2016 10:03am

id skill nat res til it only gives 1 res per, and just a point in inc speed
rest id do shout

personal preference in the end i guess

Thanks for the input. Since I'm gonna be using a 2-handed weapon, do I need to pump Shout for more defense even if I won't be using a shield and having MB?

This post was edited by Retrovirus on Jul 24 2016 10:38am

mb or not doesnt matter
it will give u more defense, just a lil less due not using a high def shield

either way its the best choice since u will get plenty frw/res anyways
shout and than iron skin is what i would do

e/ your welcome gl on ur road!
hope u find some nice 2h

This post was edited by DalaiLama on Jul 24 2016 10:58am

Again, thanks for the input. I'll keep this in mind as I progress in the game.

You should try Umbers! ^^
GL!

Thanks!

Umbers?

This post was edited by Retrovirus on Jul 25 2016 01:08pm

think he means him,