Before the Flood - an Elementalist Barb Guide

[Ruubel]

Tested.

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)

is amazing, procs like a mad, but IMO that pierce bonus at the price of 40 skill points and no bear stance is not worth of it . At mu test +pierce from warmonger tree added like 30 pierce for lighning and my defence was like 40 K. Another option is probalt to swap nephalem tree to runemaster but then damage shrinks remarkably. But yea,

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)

itself is very good.