wasabimousse wrote:Aciros wrote:Done
On another node, I'm following your 'Die hard' - the tank barb and it's working fantastic! Already cleared all the easy/medium ubers + some hard ubers.
I'm using the new Iron spiral skill, since it has better aoe than stormblast. Do you think an iceburst/deathgaze combo with an axe would be better? It would also open up to use thunderslam again.
can I see your skill tree for the die hard build? are you putting more points into main skill? unlike the guide
I dont understand whats up with ”- activate Lightning Shield ” from the guide. I cannot find that. later edit: got it, comes from an item
Is it ok If i use the stance on right skill and attack with the left click?
Okay, keep in mind, this is the build I threw together while leveling, so it has a lot of room for optimisation. (Explaining text underneath each picture).
Gear wise just stick to the gear from ChuckNoRis's guide and you will be fine.
Here I would just put 1 point in Gladiator's Dominance and max Immortal instead. It's important to get the blackroad skill unlocked asap, as it can save you in sticky situations and also adds a bit of dmg.
Only put enough points into Bear stance so you hit the 50% DR cap combined with your gear.
Max ancients blood.
Not sure about wolf companion/spirit guide.
1 point into Mountain King.
Attacks are 1 pointers. I'm using Iron spiral for aoe and Stormblast for single target.
I chose to max Daedalus which gives 1k+ flat life and a huge chunk of lightning dmg+attack rating. Not sure if this is optimal, but I'm lacking dmg more than defence, so any added dmg is nice.
It might be better to craft a belt with Inner fire on and switch the sword for an axe, and go with the Ice tree so you can use thunderslam. You could also keep an axe on switch for thunderslam like ChuckNoRis suggested.
I still need to farm 450 signets, so block will be close to max when I'm done + some small improvements. Defence needs improvement.
I chose to socket with gems instead of runes to hit max resistances, since we no longer use Runemaster and elemental dmg is my biggest problem at the moment.
It's important to hit the FHR, IAS and FBR breakpoints. FHR is 200%, IAS is 125% and FBR is 280%. This will help a lot and make block much more effecient. (Ancient Blood gives 1% IAS per hard point which doesn't show under stats.)
*I'm by no means an expert in this game or buildmaking, all credit goes to ChuckNoRis for making the guide used as inspiration for this build.