Before the Flood - an Elementalist Barb Guide

[Pisunchic]

How do i get breakpoints needed if in late game main stance would be eagle? 200 FHR, 109-232 FBR, how, i permanently stunned. And those lab bird mobs stunning you ignoring maxed breakpoints

[Ruubel]

How do i get breakpoints needed if in late game main stance would be eagle? 200 FHR, 109-232 FBR, how, i permanently stunned. And those lab bird mobs stunning you ignoring maxed breakpoints

Hitrecovery - 1 pt at immortal first, max later.

block rate 15% block jewels. and

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

helmet.

[Pisunchic]

How do i get breakpoints needed if in late game main stance would be eagle? 200 FHR, 109-232 FBR, how, i permanently stunned. And those lab bird mobs stunning you ignoring maxed breakpoints

Hitrecovery - 1 pt at immortal first, max later.

block rate 15% block jewels. and

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

helmet.

immortal doesnt scales good at FHR with base levels. Maybe only jewels, i play str version so none nasrudin. I made wormhole with breakpoints instead of str and thats not enough

[Ruubel]

How do i get breakpoints needed if in late game main stance would be eagle? 200 FHR, 109-232 FBR, how, i permanently stunned. And those lab bird mobs stunning you ignoring maxed breakpoints

Hitrecovery - 1 pt at immortal first, max later.

block rate 15% block jewels. and

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

helmet.

immortal doesnt scales good at FHR with base levels. Maybe only jewels, i play str version so none nasrudin. I made wormhole with breakpoints instead of str and thats not enough

str based ele barb is 100% purely for endagme: for endgame bosses like nithogar, etc. You MUST have precous umo-s (dex and whatever missing at breakpoints) and most of upgraded charms before converting from dex ele to str. And also, although guide does not say it but its not a bad idea to convert from eagle stance to bear : trade some damage to survivability and that was HUGE in my game help vs those damn eriynnus flying bitches. Keep that in ming that at top red labs you do need 60% phys reduction, not 50%, to counter curse penalty.

[Ruubel]

How do i get breakpoints needed if in late game main stance would be eagle? 200 FHR, 109-232 FBR, how, i permanently stunned. And those lab bird mobs stunning you ignoring maxed breakpoints

Hitrecovery - 1 pt at immortal first, max later.

block rate 15% block jewels. and

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

helmet.

immortal doesnt scales good at FHR with base levels. Maybe only jewels, i play str version so none nasrudin. I made wormhole with breakpoints instead of str and thats not enough

str based ele barb is 100% purely for endagme: for endgame bosses, etc. You MUST have precous umo-s (dex and whatever missing at breakpoints) and most of upgraded charms before converting from dex ele to str. And also, although guide does not say it but its not a bad idea to convert from eagle stance to bear : trade some damage to survivability and that was HUGE in my game help vs those damn eriynnus flying bitches- that flat defence from 400K eagle stance to bear stance 1 million plus - really helped. Keep that in ming that at top red labs you do need 60% phys reduction, not 50%, to counter curse penalty.

[arcreed1230]

do u have loot filter ?

[PeterHatEater]

Updated for season 2.9. Lightning now included. Cold expanded on.

[Ruubel]

I found earlier

Shock and Awe

Shock and Awe
Throwing Axe (Sacred)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 402
Item Level: 120
Innate Lightning Damage: (45.0% of Strength)
+15 Lightning Damage per 1% Lightning Pierce
2% Chance to cast level 60 Tempest on Striking
2% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Striking
5% Base Block Chance
50% Movement Speed
Adds 160-250 Lightning Damage
+50 to Witch Blood
Socketed (2)

, it gave to me idea. Will definitely try it, once I go back to my ele barb (lvl134 atm).

[PeterHatEater]

I found earlier

Shock and Awe

Shock and Awe
Throwing Axe (Sacred)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 402
Item Level: 120
Innate Lightning Damage: (45.0% of Strength)
+15 Lightning Damage per 1% Lightning Pierce
2% Chance to cast level 60 Tempest on Striking
2% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Striking
5% Base Block Chance
50% Movement Speed
Adds 160-250 Lightning Damage
+50 to Witch Blood
Socketed (2)

, it gave to me idea. Will definitely try it, once I go back to my ele barb (lvl134 atm).

SaA is awesome conceptually. It's only okay as a gearing choice though because Dawn is better, especially with Celerity giving massive movespeed. I think SaA would work really well as a Whirlwind piece for procing spells. However even then I'm not sure because of its small attack range compared to other weapons.

[AGsniper]

I found earlier

Shock and Awe

Shock and Awe
Throwing Axe (Sacred)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 402
Item Level: 120
Innate Lightning Damage: (45.0% of Strength)
+15 Lightning Damage per 1% Lightning Pierce
2% Chance to cast level 60 Tempest on Striking
2% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Striking
5% Base Block Chance
50% Movement Speed
Adds 160-250 Lightning Damage
+50 to Witch Blood
Socketed (2)

, it gave to me idea. Will definitely try it, once I go back to my ele barb (lvl134 atm).

SaA is awesome conceptually. It's only okay as a gearing choice though because Dawn is better, especially with Celerity giving massive movespeed. I think SaA would work really well as a Whirlwind piece for procing spells. However even then I'm not sure because of its small attack range compared to other weapons.

Tough to say IMO. I may be wrong, but doesn't primordial strike carry some sort of WDM during the multi-strike aspect of the skill? The on-striking procs would theoretically carry weight due to different gear combinations being focused on elemental damage.


I haven't played an elemental barb in a few ladders, so my memory is fuzzy.


Edit: Hell even based on my own philosophy of playing an elemental barb, that weapon would be great.