baba questions

[w-igor]

Hello,
i dont know too much about barbs, and i need your help with that :)
Ill just talk, talk, ask questions. I hope you'll tell me where im not right and you'll answer my questions :)
Thats what i know (but maybe thats not true) and what i need to know:

BvB is baba vs baba. BvC is baba vs casters. But cant it be one char ? What are the differences between bvc and bvb in stats/skills (not equip)? Wich one is better for pvm general, mf and key runs?
Are axes the best? I think they are... botd, beast, lalst wish, runemaster... About weapons - i know thats hard to tell, but how good can be 5soc eth runemaster for baba? Is that a good idea to use it, or runeword bers axes are just better?
What build you suggest for me? i need 'char for everything'. Mf, keyruns and pvp. :)

thx a lot for every try of answer ;)

[Ce Olba]

Hello,
i dont know too much about barbs, and i need your help with that :)
Ill just talk, talk, ask questions. I hope you'll tell me where im not right and you'll answer my questions
Thats what i know (but maybe thats not true) and what i need to know:

BvB is baba vs baba. BvC is baba vs casters. But cant it be one char ? What are the differences between bvc and bvb in stats/skills (not equip)? Wich one is better for pvm general, mf and key runs?
Are axes the best? I think they are... botd, beast, lalst wish, runemaster... About weapons - i know thats hard to tell, but how good can be 5soc eth runemaster for baba? Is that a good idea to use it, or runeword bers axes are just better?
What build you suggest for me? i need 'char for everything'. Mf, keyruns and pvp.

thx a lot for every try of answer

1. bvb=barb vs barb, bvc=barb vs casters. They can be in 1 char, but it takes a lot of wealth to make that, and that is called BvA=barb vs all. Bvb would max shout and put rest of points into iron skin and have high str and max block, while bvc would have almost pure vita, lvl 14 base leap, rest into nat res/inc speed, and low lvl shout.
2- Axes are best overall yes, they got a lot of variety. The best axe combo is Grief ba+beast ba, but u can also do vry good with eth botd ba+beast ba. Last wish is not that good, its slow. And runemaster will never get the dmg of a botd, not even if u had an eth perf 1 with zod and 4x 40/15.
3. Well, if u got the wealth and want to be special, make a zod and 4x 40/15 runemaster, that would rock. but then again, botd is overall better and costs a lot less.
4. Well, barbs are not good for mf, if u want to mf, make a sorc. And a bvc can be vry effective in key runs with his tele and high life and high resistances. And in PvP, BvC is overall better, but a good BvA would be even better.

And now for gears:

Helm: Arreat(BvA/BvB), Coa 'BerBer' (BvC)
Armor: Enigma(forti in stash)(BvA), Enigma(BvC) Forti (BvB)
Gloves: draculs
weapon: Grief Ba/Eth Botd Ba
Shield: Stormshield(BvA/BvB)
Second hand weapon: Beast BvC), Beast in stash for casters(BvA)
Boots: Goreriders(BvA/BvB), duped fhr resistance boots(BvC)
belt: Arachnid(BvC), Dungo(Bva/bvb), arach in stash(BvA)
Rings/amu: Angelics(Bva/BvB), reavenfrosts+highlord(Bva/BvC), fcr rings/highlord(BvC)
Charms: 36x 32020's, anni, torch alternatives include 20 life scs, lower max/life/ar scs, max/ar/life gcs. As u see all of them are not cheap.

[w-igor]

wow... thats the reply i needed. Thx a loooooot mate!
But i have 10000 more questions, so dont feel thats the end ;) Just like last time - ill talk, talk, talk.

BvC is better for pvm and mf, right? Is he good enough to be able to switch his equip to mf and still be good? With best equip he have no problems anywhere, right? I remember when i had my IK baba, he was able to kill EVERYTHING, and he doesnt need to drink any pots (ll, ml). BUT killing group of monsters taked him a lot of time. I had to WW left/right/left/right/... and after 10-20 "left-rights" monsters were dead. What about this baba with those items i never had?

[DiiNightGyr]

wow... thats the reply i needed. Thx a loooooot mate!
But i have 10000 more questions, so dont feel thats the end ;) Just like last time - ill talk, talk, talk.

BvC is better for pvm and mf, right? Is he good enough to be able to switch his equip to mf and still be good? With best equip he have no problems anywhere, right? I remember when i had my IK baba, he was able to kill EVERYTHING, and he doesnt need to drink any pots (ll, ml). BUT killing group of monsters taked him a lot of time. I had to WW left/right/left/right/... and after 10-20 "left-rights" monsters were dead. What about this baba with those items i never had?

with the above setup, you will own anything in pvm....regular monsters die in 1-3 whirls in 1player games.....in 8player games, you may need those 10 whirls......you'll never die to anything if you have leech (with the exception of getting IM'ed)

for mf, just switch in chancies/wartravs/shako/nagels and you should still do well

[w-igor]

what merc for BvCvM ?
Why leap is important (stupid question, right?)?

[sheepe2004]

what merc for BvCvM ?
Why leap is important (stupid question, right?)?

Might merc, no contest

Leap knockbacks everyone in a large radius at high levels, its useful for stuning casters.

[w-igor]

sry, i dont understand :(
Leap = jump right? So what knockback you're talking about? Any synergies or what? ...dunno

[DiiNightGyr]

sry, i dont understand :(
Leap = jump right? So what knockback you're talking about? Any synergies or what? ...dunno

no synergies....leap has a hidden ability that isn't displayed, it knockbacks everything in a certain radius aroudn the barb after he lands from the leap (the radius depends on leap lvl) and also puts everything that gets kb'ed into fhr