Siosilvar wrote:Gladiator's Dominance is totally fine for 1h barb in the late game... Gilded Shield is plenty of defense, and 6% base block means you only need like 3500 dex for max block (or ~2300 for 50%), and that dex takes care of your AR too. Don't forget you're able to run jewels instead of runes and get all the bonuses from those, too.
3500 is quite a significant investment. You have to invest many item slots for that kind of dex, which will leave you with how much str? Whereas if you just use a 2hander, you will have like double the dmg compared to a glad dominance 1h build. AR isnt that much an issue at higher lvls since you do get a lot of flat dex and some ar from charms, and there are other of easy sources, so there is absolutely no need to go nuts for ar.
Anyways, back to topic:
vechlereduard wrote:Hello all, I am new here. Thank you for your guide, nice job. I want to try this kind of warior. I want to ask you why you pick rune master skill and not gladiator dominance skill? It seems gladiator dominance is build exclusively for throwing barb, damage increase more like lion stance, attack speed and move speed increse more and you can pick bear stance for defence. Not mentioned about life steal who is vitaly for this buid. Life steal cant find in rune (if you use rune mastery, then must use runes), but you can craft some jewels with life and mana steal properties.
Runemaster is definetly usable, if you want to get tankier, but glad dominance is definetly a great choice. I think the time when the guide was written, glad dominance was just garbage because the added dmg was too low, probably thats why its not recommended, but it has been buffed since then. It works even better if you have
Big Game Hunter
Big Game Hunter
(Barbarian Warmonger Set)
Hunter's Camouflage
Hunter's Claw Fist
Hunter's Skin
Hunter's Trackless Step
Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
+50% Bonus Magic Damage to Rebound
Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
Adds 25-50 Damage
10% Chance of Crushing Blow
Set Bonus with complete set:
4% Chance to cast level 13 Blast Wave on Kill
+4 to Barbarian Skill Levels
Additional Dexterity Damage Bonus: 0.1484375%
Maximum Life +7%
Maximum Lightning Resist +3%
Maximum Cold Resist +3%
Maximum Poison Resist +3%
or
Ophiophagus
Ophiophagus
Balanced Axe (Sacred)
Throw Damage: (224 - 279) to (287 - 348)
One-Hand Damage: (130 - 156) to (198 - 231)
(Barbarian Only)
Required Level: 120
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
-1% to Enemy Poison Resist per 1% Block Chance
15% of Dexterity added as Enhanced Weapon Damage
+5 to Barbarian Skill Levels
Adds 45-90 Damage
+(130 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
Maximum Life +5%
Maximum Mana +15%
Maximum Poison Resist +2%
Requirements -100%
Socketed (6)
because they convert throw barb into dex based which is great for block. This dex conversion didnt exist either back then, so your only choice was str build, which didnt really work well with block, so one more reason why it was unpopular. About stances, the guide hasnt been updated for a long time (2+ years), since then lion stance has been nerfed a lot, and wolf stance buffed, so you 100% want to use wolf stance, its just way too good to not use. Also, eagle stance doesnt have lifesteal anymore.
