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void wrote:Playing Labrys barb and wondering why he's getting rekt so hard: lvl 119, 8.2k health, 410k def (19tcd per rune runemaster + 460tcd with 4 wolfies + 250tcd bear stance), 1.3k weapon base dmg, 40+leech, 18k ar, very fast ias, 75+ res, 50% dr, 100% fhr, immortal 12 avoid, 40 light pierce.
Playstyle: Bear Stance. Activate Thunderslam, then Titan Strike, then spam Shower of Rocks, then spam Stormblast.
Overall he doesn't do a lot of damage and dies quickly to random stuff. Seem to get stunlocked sometimes. Shower of Rocks doesn't leech a lot. Titan Strike regen is not enough. There's gotta be something that I'm not noticing here...

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Skills: 1pt melee tree, 1pt dual wield tree, 1pt defender spirit, 15 wolf, smax soirit guide, 20 ancient blood, 10 mt king for 45%aa, 1 each stance 15 bear, smax 16 runemaster, 2 immortal. no brc thundergod.
Charms: lc0, lc1, lc2, akarat, death proj, creature of flame, tal rasha, king koth.
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What's the sense of using magic amulets? MO space? But you didn't MO it past 60 lvl anyway. You could have rolled rare with +3-4 sk and Hymn proc instead.
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what in gods name is that amulet. and lmao love those boots.
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your gear is bad and you should feel bad

try this for skillplan: leave ancient blood and mountain king at 1pt and smax daedalus for life, ar and light dmg

you can also 1pt spirit walk and get a merc, he will benefit from your stance

you could also leave bear on 1pt, put 20 in fortress and switch between bear and wolf as needed, it would help you spread dmg and leech
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Upgrade your gear. You're lvl 119. Get an
Erawan

Erawan
Body Armors

'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
ancient armor, sacred gauntlets for
Kali
Kali
Gloves

'LumKo'
Runeword Level: 48
15% Chance to cast level 13 Seal of Fire on Kill
+2 to All Skills
+15% to Summoned Minion Resistances
-214 Defense
5% to Strength
Maximum Fire Resist +4%
Fire Resist +25%
if you're going to continue using those, make t6 honorific boots for four sockets (turquoise, amber, bloodstone, onyx), then MO your res and pierce and whatever else. Don't think I need to comment on the amulet again after they did, Probably don't need a Vith Belt if you're going to use Bear Stance, especially with Erawan. Get an
Ahriman
Ahriman
Belts

'VezGhal'
Runeword Level: 115
+1 to All Skills
+15 Spell Focus
Adds 100-300 Fire Damage
Adds 100-300 Lightning Damage
Adds 100-300 Cold Damage
+(31 to 50) to all Attributes
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Requirements +10%
sacred plated belt or
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)
. No idea why you're using that help, as its mainly a summon barb helm.

Make your RWs with FHR/Life leech jewels. You'll lose a bit of defense from runemaster, but you're going to be increasing your defense from making better gear anyways. Your attack rating might be low, but I'm not sure what your chance to hit is.
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Kali is bad cuz he's not focusing on fire spell damage, he should make crafted gloves with stomblast on attack or burning veil on kill and -enemy light res

for boots I'd make zomg craft since the affixes are meh, better than honorifics.

socket both with runes cuz of runemaster, for boots I like lum since it's only lvl 37

also roll some decent rare rings with 1sk and supernova or unseelie curse on kill, and a rare amulet with skills and lightning arena or hymn

MO your rings and amulet for -100 enemy light, for armors go for ED and TCD. some fallen reanimates are good to have too ( they lag less than skeletons )

you can also craft a nice barb helm with 2 barb skills, spike nova when struck and 20% str

no idea why you're using that weapon, you could try using Ath rw which is pretty nice, or make a craft
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Stealthmaster wrote:What's the sense of using magic amulets? MO space? But you didn't MO it past 60 lvl anyway. You could have rolled rare with +3-4 sk and Hymn proc instead.

You're right. I picked those up in hatred Blood Moor and they helped with equipping gear and attack rating for lc1, after that I just kept using them and neglected better options.
Gekko64 wrote:your gear is bad and you should feel bad

try this for skillplan: leave ancient blood and mountain king at 1pt and smax daedalus for life, ar and light dmg

you can also 1pt spirit walk and get a merc, he will benefit from your stance

you could also leave bear on 1pt, put 20 in fortress and switch between bear and wolf as needed, it would help you spread dmg and leech

:lol: Yes I should feel bad for that gear. :( Will try that skillplan. Respecced to 0 spirit walk before because bear stance conflicted with casters in the party.
LHawkins1 wrote:Get an
Ahriman
Ahriman
Belts

'VezGhal'
Runeword Level: 115
+1 to All Skills
+15 Spell Focus
Adds 100-300 Fire Damage
Adds 100-300 Lightning Damage
Adds 100-300 Cold Damage
+(31 to 50) to all Attributes
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Requirements +10%
sacred plated belt or
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)
. No idea why you're using that help, as its mainly a summon barb helm.

Ahriman belt is not an option because I'm not gonna twink my chars heavily apart from base weapons and arcane crystals. The helm I'm using for res and the enhanced stance radius because I was playing with another barb that used lion stance and could use some bear stance support.
Gekko64 wrote:Kali is bad cuz he's not focusing on fire spell damage, he should make crafted gloves with stomblast on attack or burning veil on kill and -enemy light res

for boots I'd make zomg craft since the affixes are meh, better than honorifics.

socket both with runes cuz of runemaster, for boots I like lum since it's only lvl 37

also roll some decent rare rings with 1sk and supernova or unseelie curse on kill, and a rare amulet with skills and lightning arena or hymn

MO your rings and amulet for -100 enemy light, for armors go for ED and TCD. some fallen reanimates are good to have too ( they lag less than skeletons )

you can also craft a nice barb helm with 2 barb skills, spike nova when struck and 20% str

no idea why you're using that weapon, you could try using Ath rw which is pretty nice

So much crafting. Crafting isn't much of an option since I'm not twinking shrines. I think I won't be able to go through with crafting all these things. :( Will see what I can do without losing my mind crafting.

Ty tips guys.
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if you only have a few shrines you can make zomg gloves, stats not important just MO space is good

you could also try yul helm for miasma which is always nice
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Gekko64 wrote:no idea why you're using that weapon, you could try using Ath rw which is pretty nice, or make a craft

RW gives 150ed and lvl req 40 which leaves a lot of space for more ed, leech and ar
/e: actually, I was using Dol before, but gave Lo a try
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void wrote:
Gekko64 wrote:no idea why you're using that weapon, you could try using Ath rw which is pretty nice, or make a craft

RW gives 150ed and lvl req 40 which leaves a lot of space for more ed, leech and ar
/e: actually, I was using Dol before, but gave Lo a try


Xar could be a decent weapon as well.