The TLDR 2H Barb

aerial wrote:
Revinthar wrote:I've got a question, is there any actual benefit of using Wolf Stance instead of Lion Stance, other than attack speed? Maybe Lion Stance will be a better choice, if attack speed is increased through items?

Movement speed and crushing blow as well, also we are getting 400% enhanced weapon damage, that is more than from maxed lion stance
And it comes without physical reduction penalty.
In my opinion in this scenario wolf stance is better, but feel free to experiment with lion stance.

I just respeced at 72 lvl and you were right, I'm absolutely destroying things with such speed that it feels like my barb is on drugs.

pardon the dumbo question, but since now there's no weapon type requirement to use the earthshaker tree skills, would something like 1h+shield be viable and how much worse would it theoretically be than the 2h variant?
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Less damage, more defense. Sure you can do that, but we have enough defense, we don't go block (low dex), so this isn't ideal.
Dual wield is another option which can work too with 2h swords used as 1h, but still benefiting from 2h crafted max damage rolls.
But if you look at base item stats, sacred 2h axes have very good base damage to work with, much better than 1h.

thank you

DuyBuaPro123 wrote:Hello, I'm going to use this set
Gathering of the Tribes
Gathering of the Tribes
(Barbarian Elementalist Set)

Bear's Warding
Snake's Battle Chant
The Coming Storm
Wolf's Fang

Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
+50 to Strength
+100 to Vitality

Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
250% Bonus to Attack Rating
Adds 1-500 Lightning Damage

Set Bonus with complete set:
30% Chance to cast level 20 Shockwave on Melee Attack
10% Innate Elemental Damage
+4000 Defense
+250 to Strength
Elemental Resists +75%
Physical Resist 10%
25% Chance to Avoid Damage

, is this set good ? I see there are some nice def bonuses

This set will not work because it uses elemental base weapon (Ono), which deals no physical damage. And our passive heart of stone makes us deal no elemental damage, so you will literally deal zero damage with this set.

Also in case anyone wonders, Shockwave is old version of earthquake, directional aoe not a nova, with old damage wdm that hits 1x.[/quote]

Oh thanks you for your advice

Hit 125 on my barb, got pretty unlucky run.
At level 125 I've found 1 Jah rune so far..

Can't even socket weapon. 1 sacred labrys, and all shrines resulted in bad rolls so no upgrade from TU axe.
Nothing really surprising, smooth kills of bosses, except the teleporting ones, so for instance quov tsin takes couple of minutes, you leap towards him to not get hit by the beam, 1-hit him with sor, and run away, repeat, you shave his hp bit by bit till he dies. Same goes for kabraxis, baal etc. Baal is pretty annoying becaus he teleports and moves really fast, so damage uptime from sor is low, takes a while to kill and lot of minibosses to kite and kill.
Level 115 part of riftwalker quest is pretty hard, because of his high hp, despite being stationary it takes good while to dps him down, doing all that while being melee and trying to not get hit by his attacks at all (to complete bonus objectives) is fairly difficult compared to other ubers, I'd do it after upgrading weapon, and even after finishing 120 ubers.

I got lucky with a inti craft sacred labyrs 319-634 dmg

second try to blasting atm on 115 ubers running k3k atm

How to craft proper items now? All the guides on forum seems outdated a little bit.

Example - you wrote, that we should creepy craft belt for high %str. Okay, but no matter how i craft my sacred plated belt, it gives out maximally 5% and +20. So, it is technically not possible to craft belt that gives more stregth than

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)

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Maybe i am doing something wrong? I am also not sure if there is a possibility to upgrade white superior item straight into the yellow one (except charsi ofc).

dzery wrote:How to craft proper items now? All the guides on forum seems outdated a little bit.

Example - you wrote, that we should creepy craft belt for high %str. Okay, but no matter how i craft my sacred plated belt, it gives out maximally 5% and +20. So, it is technically not possible to craft belt that gives more stregth than
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)
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Maybe i am doing something wrong? I am also not sure if there is a possibility to upgrade white superior item straight into the yellow one (except charsi ofc).

Max %Str you can get is 5% and the max flat strength you can get is 75 (20 srine + 55 suffix). I believe there was a suffix for %strength long time before, but not anymore. So bless you can get max of 10% strength and 95 flat, but thats like the absolute max roll. Usually good roll would be considered 8%+ and 50+.

Main thing is % strength from shrine, this is worth more than flat strength from deadfall. More base strength you have (that goes up with your level and with signets), the more %strength is worth. This way early deadfall is better/not worth changing.