Iron Spiral Barbarian Guide (Skill plan & Gearing section updated)

[Tkorpi]

Iron Spiral Barbarian Guide. Updated on 1.13 pandemonium
By: Tkorpi


This build is very beginner friendly and can do games content pretty well from level 1 to level 120 and beyond with minimal gearing. This build is highly customizable so dont keep this guide as a bible. its just a guideline to one of the setups that works well and worked for me!




Pros:
- Not much skill switching
- Not so much item dependant
- Fast traveller
- Aoe Damage
- Good single target damage for ubers for example
- Easy ubers

Cons:
Lower damage than Deathgaze.


Skills:

early and midgame:
6 points to iron spiral and 1 all the rest melee skills.
max deadalus
max Runemaster
max bear stance
max point to immortal
10 points to spirit guide
10 points to wolf companion
1 point to mountain king
1 point to spirit walk
1 point to thunder god

This skill build ain't absolute its modifiable as much as you want. You can basically build it how you like, just keep highlighted skills as they are.

Early and Mid game Stats:
Str: All Goes Here
Dex: None
vitality: None. If you think you are too squishy you can put all points also on vitality. you get more life but lower damage.
Energy: None

Breakpoints at level 120 with charms and good gear:
147 attack speed for 7 frame attack
280 Faster block rate
200 Faster hit recovery rate
Defense you should get around 600k with bear stance if not even more.
50% Damage reduction
250 Life after each kill or more if you can.
50% Life steal (from jewels mostly)

on below videos i didn't even hit many of these but was still able to do farming pretty well.


If you want to test my variation of end game build then see below spoiler:

► End Game Skills

WARNING: Do not use until you have enough dex to get max block

Stats:
Str: Rest goes here
dex: Around 2600 to get max block with gladiator's dominance and invictus shield. (You can check block amount hovering over your defense on stat screen).
vitality: None
energy: None


End game:
6 points to iron spiral and 1 all the rest melee skills.
max deadalus
max gladiator's dominance (Dont use this uberskill until you have enough dexterity / some signets under your belt as you need high dexterity for block chance!) use runemaster instead if you lack on stat points to get block.
max wolf stance / bear stance (wich ever you feel you need more?)
max point to immortal
10 or more points to spirit guide (provides you more damage and defense per level)
10 points to wolf companion
1 point to mountain king
1 point to spirit walk
1 point to thundergod

Itemization:

Before you get all these tier uniques you can use whatever you find or runewords you can make. prefer to this page: https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/items/runewords

Early Game:

Leveling: This is straight forward. Equip sword level up iron spiral and get going whacking! there is nothing special you need to know. use lion stance until you get bear stance and use that until you get wolf stance. after that go leveling up wolf stance up . below items can carry you to A5 destruction just upgrade items with Arcane crystals you get.

Helm:

Thunderdome

Thunderdome
Assault Helmet (4)
Defense: (118 - 134) to (174 - 198)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 8
Required Strength: 30
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 10 Tempest on Kill
Adds 1-(3 to 5) Lightning Damage
-4% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
(7 to 10)% to Strength
+3 Mana after each Kill
Socketed (2)
Defense: (391 - 435) to (542 - 602)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 20 Tempest on Kill
Adds 1-(9 to 18) Lightning Damage
-8% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(71 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
(15 to 18)% to Strength
+5 Mana after each Kill
Socketed (2)
Defense: (952 - 1090) to (1294 - 1481)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 43
Required Strength: 210
Item Level: 59
3% Chance to cast level 30 Tempest on Kill
Adds 1-(43 to 50) Lightning Damage
-12% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(101 to 130)% Enhanced Defense
(23 to 26)% to Strength
+10 Mana after each Kill
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1631 - 1755) to (2201 - 2367)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 51
Required Strength: 420
Item Level: 85
3% Chance to cast level 40 Tempest on Kill
Adds 1-(131 to 150) Lightning Damage
-16% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(151 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
+18 Mana after each Kill
Socketed (4)

Weapon:

Bul Kathos' Teaching

Bul Kathos' Teaching
Kriegsmesser (4)
One-Hand Damage: (11 - 12) to (13 - 15)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 13
Required Strength: 96
Item Level: 29
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
2% Chance to cast level 4 Spike Nova on Melee Attack
+1 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+0.4375 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+(25 to 48)% Damage to Demons
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Damage
+(101 to 150) to Life
+(6 to 10) Life on Melee Attack
(3 to 5)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: (30 - 33) to (36 - 40)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 31
Required Strength: 141
Item Level: 40
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
4% Chance to cast level 8 Spike Nova on Melee Attack
+(1 to 2) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+0.5625 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+(73 to 96)% Damage to Demons
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Damage
+(201 to 250) to Life
+(16 to 20) Life on Melee Attack
(9 to 11)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (4)
One-Hand Damage: (65 - 71) to (76 - 83)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 276
Item Level: 67
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
6% Chance to cast level 12 Spike Nova on Melee Attack
+(1 to 3) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+0.6875 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+(121 to 144)% Damage to Demons
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Damage
+(301 to 350) to Life
+(26 to 30) Life on Melee Attack
(15 to 17)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (5)
One-Hand Damage: (83 - 90) to (100 - 108)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 58
Required Strength: 543
Item Level: 85
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
8% Chance to cast level 14 Spike Nova on Melee Attack
+(2 to 3) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+0.75 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+(145 to 168)% Damage to Demons
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Damage
+(351 to 400) to Life
+(31 to 35) Life on Melee Attack
(18 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (6)

there are other item choises aswell like

The Dao of Xiansai

The Dao of Xiansai
Great Sword (4)
One-Hand Damage: (10 - 12) to (27 - 39)
Two-Hand Damage: (17 - 20) to (33 - 46)
Required Level: 11
Required Strength: 105
Item Level: 29
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
+1 to All Skills
15% Attack Speed
15% Hit Recovery
+(15 to 25) to Maximum Damage
(51 to 75)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Damage
+(101 to 150) Defense
+1% to Experience Gained
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: (28 - 32) to (65 - 78)
Two-Hand Damage: (50 - 55) to (84 - 99)
Required Level: 29
Required Strength: 151
Item Level: 40
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
25% Hit Recovery
+(31 to 40) to Maximum Damage
(101 to 125)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Damage
+(201 to 250) Defense
+2% to Experience Gained
Socketed (4)
One-Hand Damage: (59 - 64) to (123 - 149)
Two-Hand Damage: (114 - 123) to (172 - 201)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 291
Item Level: 67
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
+3 to All Skills
35% Attack Speed
35% Hit Recovery
+(51 to 70) to Maximum Damage
(151 to 175)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Damage
+(301 to 350) Defense
+2% to Experience Gained
Socketed (5)
One-Hand Damage: (77 - 83) to (166 - 193)
Two-Hand Damage: (148 - 160) to (228 - 259)
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 570
Item Level: 85
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
+4 to All Skills
40% Attack Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(71 to 90) to Maximum Damage
(176 to 200)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Damage
+(351 to 400) Defense
+3% to Experience Gained
Socketed (6)

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Shark

Shark
Weapons
Except Necromancer Daggers, Assassin Claws
'Eld'
Runeword Level: 8
5% Chance to cast level 9 Bloodlust on Kill
+(7 to 9)% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
20% Attack Speed
+5 to Maximum Damage
+0.125 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
1.5% Bonus to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level)
+(24 to 35)% Enhanced Damage
-1 to Mana

for example.
Shield:

Invictus

Invictus
Gilded Shield (4)
Defense: (293 - 346) to (598 - 705)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 14
Required Strength: 35
Item Level: 10
1% Chance to cast level 3 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(15 to 30)%
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+15 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (1029 - 1169) to (1897 - 2156)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 31
Required Strength: 70
Item Level: 31
2% Chance to cast level 7 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(60 to 80)%
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+20 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (2644 - 2915) to (4760 - 5247)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 245
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 11 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(90 to 110)%
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+25 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (3984 - 4352) to (7140 - 7800)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 490
Item Level: 77
3% Chance to cast level 15 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(120 to 140)%
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+30 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

Armor:

Jitan's Kamon

Jitan's Kamon
Splint Mail (4)
Defense: (184 - 208) to (370 - 418)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 30
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds 2-4 Fire Damage
Adds 2-4 Lightning Damage
Adds 2-4 Cold Damage
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (592 - 656) to (1106 - 1225)
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 36
4% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Fire Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Lightning Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Cold Damage
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1466 - 1596) to (2663 - 2898)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 210
Item Level: 51
6% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Fire Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Lightning Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Cold Damage
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (2175 - 2352) to (3925 - 4244)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 420
Item Level: 85
8% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Lightning Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Cold Damage
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (6)

belt:

Deadfall

Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)
Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

boots:

Zealot Rush

Zealot Rush
Light Plated Boots (4)
Defense: (67 - 78) to (102 - 119)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 31
Item Level: 10
5% Attack Speed
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
(11 to 25)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(21 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
(3 to 5)% to Dexterity
1% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (1)
Defense: (248 - 281) to (338 - 384)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
10% Attack Speed
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
(41 to 55)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
(9 to 11)% to Dexterity
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (2)
Defense: (613 - 685) to (817 - 914)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
20% Attack Speed
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
(71 to 85)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(61 to 80)% Enhanced Defense
(15 to 17)% to Dexterity
3% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (3)
Defense: (944 - 1044) to (1247 - 1378)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
30% Attack Speed
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
(86 to 100)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(81 to 100)% Enhanced Defense
(18 to 20)% to Dexterity
4% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (4)

gloves:

Featherclaw

on switch weapon:

Pax Mystica

Pax Mystica
Staves
'Tir'
Runeword Level: 10
+1 to All Skills
+7% to Spell Damage
+(2 to 5) to Blink
Elemental Resists +(11 to 15)%
(11 to 13)% Magic Find

Sockets: early on just use runes on sockets what you think is useful.
Mo's: Resistances on jewelry. about 86% fhr is fine to go as for now.

Mid Game:

Gearing and farming: Best place to farm first defenately is kurast 3k it is located on torajan jungles and the beginning of the jungle. (red portal) use bear stance and skeletons immunity ain't a thing to you anymore. just use iron spiral to kill them up and farm items. with this build Duncraig is easier than TA until you get life per kill from items. just avoid barrels with windform like in the video.

Helm:

Nasrudin

Nasrudin
Barbarian Helms
'ZodTaha'
Runeword Level: 100
80% Combat Speeds
+(9 to 15) to Cautious Strike
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(251 to 300) to Dexterity
+15 Life after each Kill
(26 to 32)% Gold Find

Weapon:

Oblivion

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Gehenna

Gehenna
Weapons
'ChamOhmLo'
Runeword Level: 83
20% Chance to cast level 32 Frozen Crown on Melee Attack
15% Block Speed
15% Hit Recovery
Adds 94-125 Cold Damage
Adds 150-200 Poison Damage over 1 seconds
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Damage
+25% to Cold Spell Damage
-25% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+25% to Poison Spell Damage
-25% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Maximum Life +5%
Maximum Mana +(23 to 28)%
Requirements -33%

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Skarn

all good choises. even better option is good Creepy or weird shrine craft is with shower of rocks on kill / Balefire on melee attack / Flameront on striking or if you are lucky then

Qarak's Will

Qarak's Will
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (150 - 163) to (233 - 246)
Two-Hand Damage: (206 - 225) to (285 - 305)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 105
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
15% Chance to cast level 34 Spike Nova on Melee Attack
6% Chance to cast level 40 Pentagram on Melee Attack
10% Chance to cast level 36 Bloodlust on Kill
+(30 to 60)% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
Adds 50-125 Damage
Adds 84-167 Fire Damage
+(26 to 38)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Damage
+(100 to 250) Life after each Kill
5% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (4)

Shield:

Invictus

Invictus
Gilded Shield (4)
Defense: (293 - 346) to (598 - 705)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 14
Required Strength: 35
Item Level: 10
1% Chance to cast level 3 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(15 to 30)%
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+15 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (1029 - 1169) to (1897 - 2156)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 31
Required Strength: 70
Item Level: 31
2% Chance to cast level 7 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(60 to 80)%
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+20 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (2644 - 2915) to (4760 - 5247)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 245
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 11 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(90 to 110)%
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+25 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (3984 - 4352) to (7140 - 7800)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 490
Item Level: 77
3% Chance to cast level 15 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(120 to 140)%
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+30 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

Armor:

Erawan

Erawan
Body Armors
'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense

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Yaerius' Simulacrum

Yaerius' Simulacrum
Breast Plate (Sacred)
Defense: (7484 - 8204) to (8504 - 9329)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 1
20% Cast Speed
+30% Damage to Vessel of Justice
+30% Damage to Vessel of Retribution
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+500 Defense
Physical Resist (5 to 10)%
+(50 to 100) Life after each Kill
(51 to 75)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (6)

Yaerius' Grey Omen
(Paladin Neutral Set)

belt:

Deadfall

Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)
Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

boots:

Megalith

Megalith
Boots
'LoFal'
Runeword Level: 73
+1 to All Skills
25% Cast Speed
15% Block Speed
+(115 to 143)% Enhanced Defense
+(10 to 20) to all Attributes
5% to Dexterity
Regenerate Mana +30%
Physical Resist 5%

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Nephilim

Nephilim
Boots
'ZodThul'
Runeword Level: 85
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
+150 Defense
+50 to Strength
(21 to 25)% to Strength
+50 to Vitality
(21 to 25)% to Vitality
Cold Resist +25%
+15 Life after each Kill

gloves:

Featherclaw

on switch weapon: Crafted barbarian Axes with +24 Mark of the wild o-skill. preferable with +5 barb skills.
rings:

Earth Rouser

Earth Rouser
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 100
2% Chance to cast level 10 Shockwave on Melee Attack
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
Weapon Physical Damage +15%
(6 to 10)% to Strength

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Empyrean Band

Empyrean Band
Ring
Required Level: 40
Item Level: 40
1% Chance to cast level 18 Singularity on Kill
(3 to 5)% to All Attributes
Maximum Life +3%
Maximum Mana +10%
(5 to 15)% Gold Find

Amulet:

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%

, Doom proc rare with TTAD or lightning arena / Skills , Banish proc.


Sockets: life steal jewels / Fhr / Defense / Life
Mo's: Fhr, Defense, Deadly strike.

now that you are starting to be 120 or allready are you should be trying to get some signets and charms.
if you are trying to get max block at this stage of the game you need charms + io runes on your gear to achive that and also some stat points from signets if you dont have enough stats use Runemaster instead!

Late Game:

Helm:

Lilith's Legion

Lilith's Legion
Avenger Guard (Sacred)
Defense: (3691 - 4041) to (4067 - 4455)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
+2 to Barbarian Skill Levels
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+300 Defense
20% to Strength
10% to Vitality
Physical Resist 10%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
(30 to 60)% Gold Find
50% Magic Find
Socketed (4)

Weapon:

Carsomyr

Carsomyr
Flamberge (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (244 - 263) to (330 - 350)
Two-Hand Damage: (320 - 350) to (400 - 431)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
5% Chance to cast level 13 Shower of Rocks on Kill
50% Attack Speed
Adds 125-200 Damage
100% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(160 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
+(40 to 50) to Strength
+(40 to 50) to Vitality
Physical Resist 10%
+250 Life after each Kill
1% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (6)

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Qarak's Will

Qarak's Will
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (150 - 163) to (233 - 246)
Two-Hand Damage: (206 - 225) to (285 - 305)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 105
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
15% Chance to cast level 34 Spike Nova on Melee Attack
6% Chance to cast level 40 Pentagram on Melee Attack
10% Chance to cast level 36 Bloodlust on Kill
+(30 to 60)% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
Adds 50-125 Damage
Adds 84-167 Fire Damage
+(26 to 38)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Damage
+(100 to 250) Life after each Kill
5% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (4)

preferably luckied with ignore target's defense. Also good craft weapon comes in option or Kabraxis runeword weapons.
Shield:

Toraja's Champion

Toraja's Champion
Gilded Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (7944 - 8978) to (9847 - 11129)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 700
Item Level: 105
+(2 to 3) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+2 to Maximum Barbarian Minions
+(30 to 38)% Damage to Protector Spirit Bloodlust
40% Cast Speed
+(21 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(115 to 143)% Enhanced Defense
+500 to Life
+250 to Mana
Elemental Resists +10%
+10 Life on Striking
+(6 to 7) Mana on Striking
Socketed (4)

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Invictus

Invictus
Gilded Shield (4)
Defense: (293 - 346) to (598 - 705)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 14
Required Strength: 35
Item Level: 10
1% Chance to cast level 3 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(15 to 30)%
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+15 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (1029 - 1169) to (1897 - 2156)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 31
Required Strength: 70
Item Level: 31
2% Chance to cast level 7 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(60 to 80)%
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+20 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (2644 - 2915) to (4760 - 5247)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 245
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 11 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(90 to 110)%
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+25 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (3984 - 4352) to (7140 - 7800)
Chance to Block: 1%
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 490
Item Level: 77
3% Chance to cast level 15 Gift of the Wild on Kill
Weapon Physical Damage +(120 to 140)%
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+30 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

Armor:

Yaerius' Simulacrum

Yaerius' Simulacrum
Breast Plate (Sacred)
Defense: (7484 - 8204) to (8504 - 9329)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 1
20% Cast Speed
+30% Damage to Vessel of Justice
+30% Damage to Vessel of Retribution
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+500 Defense
Physical Resist (5 to 10)%
+(50 to 100) Life after each Kill
(51 to 75)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (6)

Yaerius' Grey Omen
(Paladin Neutral Set)

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Strength Beyond Strength

Strength Beyond Strength
Gothic Plate (Sacred)
Defense: (8339 - 9198) to (10115 - 11157)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 675
Item Level: 120
Adds 25-40 Damage
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
+50% Damage to Demons
25% Life stolen per Hit
10% Deadly Strike
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
1% Reanimate as: Random Monster
-5 to Light Radius
Socketed (6)

boots:

Epicenter (Xis)

belt:

Nero

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Deadfall

Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)
Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

gloves:

Baron Sludge's Bonecrusher

on switch weapon: Crafted barbarian Axes with +24 Mark of the wild o-skill. preferable with +5 barbarian skills.
Rings:

Adrenaline Rush

Adrenaline Rush
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
+1 to All Skills
40% Combat Speeds
40% Movement Speed
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%

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Bad Mood Ring

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Der Nebelring

Der Nebelring
Ring
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
+(20 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Life
+15% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1000 Defense
+400 to Life
Physical Resist (4 to 6)%
+(40 to 50) Life after each Kill
+2 to Light Radius

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Black Hand Sigil

Black Hand Sigil
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
4% Chance to cast level 50 Shuriken Flurry on Death Blow
4% Chance to cast level 50 Drakemaw on Death Blow
4% Chance to cast level 50 Doom on Death Blow
Elemental Resists -25%

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Akarat's Nails

Amulets:

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%

, Doom proc amulet,

Beads of the Snake King

Sockets: life steal jewels / Fhr / Defense / Life
Mo's: Fhr, Defense, Deadly strike / life steal

Video Section:

TA:


Fauztinville:


Bremmtown:


Duncraig:


Uber & Leveling challenge Section:

► Uberquests

Dungeon

1. DeathProjector: use bear stance and avoid death ray. you can just stormblast this down or use wolf stance and kite monsters around and stormblast the thing.

2.Creature of Flame: Unequip some armor to let the Astral Guardian hit u more frequently and give you a shield and hit the boss while having buff on you. Use dark summoning to summon more Astral Guardians if needed. then just stormblast the boss

3.Infernal Machine : windform / bear stance to boss and stormblast it down.

4. Rathma Square: windform / bear stance to boss and stormblast it down.

5. Azmodan: windform / bear stance to boss and stormblast it down.

6. Cathedral of Vanity: You need to have Jitan Gate oskill from Lord Adric Jitan uber charm before you do this uber. When you enter the place you will end up on a small room. Lure as many enemy from the big room to the small room as you can. After you have lured, you use Jitan Gate to teleport to the big room and make tp at bottom of the room. After that windform / bear stance to crystal ball and stormblast it down. when its dead just use iron spiral to clean the place up.

7. Vizjun: windform / bear stance to boss and purify it down.

8. Toraja : Take it slow lilith starts to summon morlu first time he sees you so just take it slow and summon edyrems and kill monsters when they are vulnerable until you reach lilith

Summoning

1.The Butcher: cast 1 summon at a time and wait butcher to cast circle to the ground. lure him there and stormblast him with wolfstance.

2.The Binding of Baal : you need to kill all the minion 1st before u can kill the boss. Lure the minion 1 by 1 to avoid getting nuked by their spell and kill the boss after all minions are down.

3.Assault on Mount Arreat : you need to kill all the minion 1st before u can kill the boss. Using Merc can make this uber easier. Your Bear Stance and Your high def can tank most of the arrows.

4. Akarat : in torajan jungle this boss is easy. make tp before you kill her then just go ham with iron spiral. when you see hammer shower coming, run circle shape to avoid hammers.

5. Legacy of Blood: Using Merc can make this uber easier. windform / bear stance to boss and stormblast it down when he casts wychwind.

6. Lord Aldric Jitan: you need to kill all the minion 1st before u can kill the boss. Using Merc can make this uber easier. you can tank many arrows but try to avoid the singularity cast by enemy after death.

7.Judgment Day: Using Merc can make this uber easier. you have 2 way to do this uber.
1.Needs High luck which wait so that 2 different boss is summoned successive below 30 seconds.
2.Clear the Cathedral 1st. Summon the Edryems and wait until first boss appears, memoize him and go to cathedral and peak trough the door to inner closter to get barbarians tele on you. now you go back to cathedral and barbarians should follow you there. now wait here to see other boss that you dont yet have be summoned. when you have 2 bosses then just kill them in 30 seconds and voi'la you have the charm


8. Zorun Tzin : Equipping item that have fire absorb can make this uber a bit less harder since the boss does huge fire damage. Kill all the monsters in that area and lure all rats at the most bottom lane of the map and then teleport to other lane that way rats get stuck. zorun usually is located in top of the map so care him. purify traps he sets or if there is too much of them you can just lure him away from them. Be careful while running since if u hit his projectile while his teleport to u, u wil die instantly.If he summon too much citizen to handle, just lure it at the bottom lane of the map. use bear stance. respec if you have to. 50% slow wouldnt hurt either

9.Brother Laz. : 50% Slow and no procs on any gear / charms. summon him and run away a little. when he teleports to you just use purify to him and hit him few times. then run away. Kite him until you have covered about half map. then run far away from LAZ and clear monsters + towers that he did to otherside of the map. then just repeat the kiting until he is dead.

Uberlevels

1. Kurast 3000 BA : just use bear stance and kill everything stormblast crystal balls and nercromancers.

2.Island of the Sunless Sea : windform / bearstance to boss and stormblast it down. summons make this much easier.

3. Khalimgrad: windform / bearstance to boss and stormblast it down.

4. Tran Athulua : basically farming place. check video below

5. Fauztinville: basically farming place. check video below

7.The Teganze : Use edyrems and let them attack before you then just iron spiral everything to dead

8. Kingdom of Shadow : Run & windform / bearstance. before boss make TP and stormblast him to death.

9.Ghosts of Old Bremmtown: Easy. check video. windform / bear stance

10. Duncraig: basically farming place. check video below. on assur get 90 max fire resistance and 250 fire res and he cant do anything to you.

11.Yshari Sanctum: just use wolf stance and iron spiral in here and stormblast bosses. check forum for better guide to yshari and maps for the place.

12.Wretched Hive: make tp and stormblast him to death. takes a while but dies still.


1. Bull Prince Rodeo: just facetank on corner with bearstance and use stormblast on him until dead.

2.Quov Tsin: one way to kill him is to respect your skill to fortress build and maximize Wolf Stance. U will snipe the boss using fortress while using Wolf Stance. Put a bit skill point on wolf companion to increase seek range of fortress.

3.Belial: you need to make tp near entrance of Icy Cellar. Lure the boss. After that go ancient way wp and go near entrance of icy cellar. Make a lot of summons and ready to enter icy cellar and hit the boss in few seconds and die. just repeat until dead.

4. Athulua: Keep Hitting her until she's dead. Just be sure u have a lot of potion standby since your health always gonna be low with the tremor cast by the rat on death.

5. Astrogha: Stack lightning damage and light -resi and use stormblast on astrogha alongside with bear stance

6. Kabraxis: U need at least SU Light Belt Endless loop to do this uber way easier. Just melee him like usual but u gonna be teleported a lot of time and need drink a lot of potion. The other way without endless loop is using fortress or to kill him while avoiding using windform skill and wolf stance.
The Elemental :
Fire: Use Ancient hand oskill from crafted barb helm
Cold : Use IceBlast
Light: Use StormBlast
Stone/Physical: Use Shower of Rocks or Fortress. The Boss better use fortress or Guardian Spirit only to avoid getting killed by his broadside skill.
Magic: U need to respec and have a lot hard skill points into lion stance to make this thing easier. Use Lion Stance, Shower of Rock and Fortress.

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[Crash]

Your on-switch gear isn't accurate. You list +22 gift of the wild.

Affix Table says: +18-24 Mark of the wild.



Also, decent start for a guide, but it looks like it needs a lot of work. It's not very readable past the videos. Giant text wall, bad grammer, etc. Some formatting will help make this look nicer and appealing.

[Tkorpi]

Your on-switch gear isn't accurate. You list +22 gift of the wild.

Affix Table says: +18-24 Mark of the wild.



Also, decent start for a guide, but it looks like it needs a lot of work. It's not very readable past the videos. Giant text wall, bad grammer, etc. Some formatting will help make this look nicer and appealing.

thank you! Good points. fixed some grammar errors and made guide more clear. also fixed mark of the wild level. i didnt get over 22 ones tho

[Vaporice]

Hi! Thanks for guide, I was just about to start playing barb and will try this build, but i can't believe that you put 10 points in Spirit guide and nothing to Mountain king! O_o
Why? I think, its very useful.

[Tkorpi]

Hi! Thanks for guide, I was just about to start playing barb and will try this build, but i can't believe that you put 10 points in Spirit guide and nothing to Mountain king! O_o
Why? I think, its very useful.

on early and mid game you can use mountain king for stats but spirit guide provides you damage and defense that you need in late game more than some more strenght or dexterity

[Gekko64]

why would you put points into mountain king? it scales with soft points and it has diminishing returns, otoh 10 points in spirit guide give 150% tcd which you only get with hard points

[Tkorpi]

actually now that we talked about mountain king i didnt mark it to skill tree. added +1 pointer

[iamq1803]

Glad to see a Barb guide for the most recent patch here Have a cookie!!

[Tkorpi]

Glad to see a Barb guide for the most recent patch here Have a cookie!!

thank you sir ^^

[Gekko64]

I see you're suggesting doom + ttad amulet for midgame, that's a bad choice because doom without hard points adds very little damage and it overrides hunter's mark from wolf companion anyway, also ttad only applies to direct melee hits which makes it pretty much useless. Lightning arena oskill otherwise is quite useful for crowd control

you should definitely put 1pt into spirit walk so that other players and your merc can benefit from your stance, unless you play with bear stance on realm then you can skip the spirit tree and save 5 pts

if you go for bear there's no need to max it, 1pt gives 26% dr and each additional hard point only adds pitiful 1%dr so you can put some points if you have leftovers but just enough to get to 50% dr cap considering gear

I tested bear but in the end decided to ditch it and just go for wolf stance, this way I can use fortress without switching and buff merc + other players. some life leech and/or laek and some dr% from gear provides enough survivability anyway. I'm using yaerius' simulacrum set ancient armor atm and I think it's gonna be hard to beat, very nice item

imo smax wolf companion works very well with iron spiral mechanics, red enemies die instantly but physical immunes are a problem, especially because I decided to skip daedalus since it only applies to the barb and I prefer to buff the whole party if possible. for farming TA tho this build is insanely fast