Few barb questions

[wesje]

Im planning on starting my own barbarian. Has to be dual wielding and im planning on going Beast + Some other axe, already got the beast made 1% from perf :flip:

Now my question is: Does for example frenzy or dual swing work when in bear form?

Also, might sound noob but i never did barb before;), what skills should i max out and what not? Dont plan on using WW since im just axes :)


Tnx in advance,

wes

[Halciet]

Nope, you can only perform regular attacks or were-form attacks while shifted.

-Hal

[wesje]

Guess i wont shift then :) unless i want to look cool :p

Got any suggestions on skillplacement, im totally blank on barbs :)

[Ash Housewares]

if you want to take advantage of fanaticism off of beast then I'd recommend concentrate or frenzy

[wesje]

So thatll be maxxed frenzy then? Do i max synergies aswell or other skills?

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20Frenzy
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[kuza]

I went with max Frenzy, Axe mastery and about 10 in Double swing. Now I"m working up BO, Shout both at 15 and now like 8-10 in Warcry. As a frenzy barb, you'll almost NEED warcry and battlecry to survive.

Edit: also, you can buff yourself for higher BO and Shout and battle orders of course... But hsoping for throwing spears at anya in hell. Just pop in and out of the red portal and she'll have 6-12 new spears each time, I got 5 +2 warcry spears in about 30 min of doing this. I'll do it osme more to get +3 warcry ones.

[Ash Housewares]

my frenzy barb is
20 frenzy
20 battle orders
15 sword mastery (still working on it)
10 war cry
10 double swing
1 taunt
1 battle command
1 battlecry

battlecry is pretty useful, taunt is fairly useful and synergizes with frenzy, I'm not a big proponent of taunt myself

double swing is nice when you get mana burned or decrepified/chilled and need to maintain high attack speed

warcry is pretty much a staple for a shieldless barb to deal with groups

[wesje]

tnx for the info so far, much use :)

btw do max and ed jewels work in armors? been hearing kinda different things about that

[Halciet]

Max do, and ED do, but ED/MAX and ED/MIN combinations do NOT. They are bugged/nerfed so that they do not give the appropriate amount of damage.

-Hal