Clone Killing Barb

[Richard-gm39]

Well i've been playing for the all of the 1.10 season, and i still havent come across Diablo Clone. I've taken to leaving my computer on overnight and hoping that in the morning 'Diablo walks The Earth'. One late night i suddenly realised that if/when he comes, I wont be able to kill him!

I was thinking my lvl 85 trang necro would give it a go, but his 1 on 1 killling power is only effective with his act 5 merc,weilding a 239 GF :thumbsup: But, i dont think that he will last too long against the clone. I also dont want to resort to shenk/blood raven killing him (i heard this bug has been fixed, but my friend said he did it a little while ago?)

I have the full IK set, so i thought i'd have a go at the clone with this set...and set my character up purely for killing the clone, magic damage being the key.
Bacause:

-this takes advantage of Diablos lack of melee attacks
-more vunerable to magic?
-isnt so 1 on 1 merc relaiable.

So, after a bit of research this is by build:

Berserk - 20
Howl - 20 (synergy to berserk)
Shout - 14 ( '' )
BO - 20
Mace Mastery - 20

14 in shout because-
Lvl 85+ 12 reward skills= 97 skill points
- 3 pre reqs in Combat Skill tree
- 4 x maxed out skills
- Don't need extra defence bacause i have 0 with beserk.

Stats:

-Strength: enough to wear full ik's, no less
-Dex:base
-vit: rest
-Nrg: base

I will not use a merc, because i dont think ill be able to lvl him very efficiently after being rushed, and he will die in matter of seconds against the clone.

I think this just about covers it, feel free to post any comments, as this is one of my first barbs :)

[Buliarios]

I would build a conc barb to taking on DC.

Sticky tape ur mouse button down walk off for 5 mins come back and u got an anni charm :lol:

[Richard-gm39]

I really wanted to try a more uncommon build, most people with Iks use concentrate. Or, am i wrong and 100% berserk would not be an option against the clone, and conc is best by far? :scratch:

[JohnofTesh]

I really wanted to try a more uncommon build, most people with Iks use concentrate. Or, am i wrong and 100% berserk would not be an option against the clone, and conc is best by far? :scratch:
I have a 2-handed berserker that is close to your build that I built for clone killing. He appeared during an 8-player baal run and I was one of the only ones who was not dying, so you are correct that the def=0 is not a problem. I did not stick around to kill him as I already had an annihilus charm.

The build you laid out will work fine for clone killing. I built mine primarily for pvm solo mf'n. The primary difference is that I went low on BO so that I could add War Cry.

You can check out what I did here:

http://forums.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?t=170153


A small correction, at level 85 you only get 84 skill points because you don't get your first skill point until level 2.

[Richard-gm39]

Ok, thanks alot for you replies. Ill start playing him straight away and search that hard to find clone

[chubbypuppy]

Make sure he has crushing blow, either as standard or standby eq, to really help take down the massive hps. Get close, have fire resist/absorb, and you can wail away. Store full rejuv potions as well, for you and your merc.

[DaddyFatSacks]

don't forget poison damage/prevent monster heal

[chono123]

i killed him 2-3 weeks ago with my ik barb. had ravenfrost and dwarf ring on. killed him in about 2-3 min. my friend was there watching me. he wanted to see how i would hold up. i used ww and con. the crushing blow is great on the maul. good luck finding him.

[Richard-gm39]

I won't have a merc, as i figure he will get killed by the clone very quickly, and when rushing a character its so annoying having to lvl him. I have a whole mule filled with full juves :lol:
Im planning on using 1 raven and 1 leech ring (if you can leach off the clone?)
As an amulet i'm going to use rising sun, fire absorb.
Another question, will i need 2 shaels in weapon to hit max breakpoint for berserk? And in helm, should i put 2*ed jewels in it? I have a 32ed one, so i guess i'll just find another. I just found a sharp grand charm, so im sure that will help alot. As for poison damage i guess i can use the limited amout of pdgc's that i have....Prevent monster heal erm...anyone have ideas where i can this using IK's? Maybe if i cant leech off him ill use a Natures Peace :idea:

Well thanks for your very helpful replies