Ik WW barb

[el pus]

in what order should i max skills?

[PhatTrumpet]

Cold439's IK Barb Guide (http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=164067)

There's a leveling guide in there, but a couple things I usually do differently:

- After getting ~10 pts in Mace Mastery I try to max BO ASAP (while getting 1 pt in stuff like WW, Zerk, Find Item, Battle Commands, all non-weapon Masteries). Then I max WW, then Shout, then finish Mastery.
- After that I like to start pumping Howl to help deal with mana burn physical immunes (conveniently also a synergy for Zerk). I tried pumping Iron Skin a couple time but wasn't very impressed with the result (only nets you a couple hundred defense per point, which is pretty insignificant compared to the 13k you already have).

[AnimeCraze]

I would max shout after mastery. Mastery gives lots of bonues, include critical strike.

[el pus]

so

Bo
WW
mastery
shout?

[PhatTrumpet]

Mastery does give nice bonuses, but the Critical Strike increase at higher slvls is relatively insignificant, which is why I get it to around slvl 10 and then leave it be for a while.

If you play mostly in parties it's a good idea to max your Warcries first. If you play mostly solo the defense is unnecessary, so the extra damage from maxing mastery/WW would be the way to go. If you like to use a variety of attacks rather than just spamming WW, maxing mastery early on is a particularly good idea.

I guess what I'm saying is that the order is really dependent on what you plan to do and how you play the build.

[el pus]

ok i have another question

someone gave me maul and helma nd theres runes in both

in maul theres hel

in helm theres ith and tal

are these good?

should i just get a new maul and gloves?

what do i ideally want? ed/ias jewel?

[Evrae Altana]

You really want 2x Shael runes in the IK Maul for a faster WW. You don't need to buy a new maul; just use the cube recipe (Hel rune+TP scroll+item in cube=removes socketed stuff from sockets).

[JinXX]

i've been building a IK barb and i read to put ias in maul to make the break point for WW. All ive read is that you have to but i dont know What the break is? or is there a thread i should read?

thanks
-JinXX

[PhatTrumpet]

Cold439's IK Barb Guide (http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=164067)
*tap tap tap* Is this thing on?

[Dadou]

I recommand 5-10 in mace mastery, then max WW (it's your main dmg dealer, the more you inflict, the more you leech), then max mastery, then max BO, then Shout, and rest in Iron skin.

I guess you'll be using 2x +3 warcry weapons... I do and I recommend it. I also put no point in increase stamina and speed, instead i put one in find item (and one in prereq find potion). These are great ! With all ths + skills when you switch, i hork any champion or boss i kill, very good surprises !

[AnimeCraze]

Find item = great, especially when you have a torch and all. You can easily reach 40+% with 1 point alone. I myself put 1 point in speed since walking slow is annoying.

[Dadou]

Yes i use a torch, and highlords... So one point in find item is way enough ! With Gheed, it's raining gold and it's very fast to get a lot to gamble.

Concerning increase speed, IK boots are plenty enough with +40 FRW, since it's not good at all to run fast if you're a WW barb. The faster you run, the less you hit each mob when WW.