new barbarian to the forum

[vanheart]

hey guys this is my first time posting here, i was wondering what you guys think of my barbarian setup any advice would be awesome, ive been playing Diablo 2 for around 4 years now and ive always tried to make the best barbarian, this is my latest attempt.

STATS

STR - 200
DEX - 125
VIT - 255
ENE - 10

SKILLS

mace mastery - 20
iron skin - 20
natural resistance - 6
howl - 1
taunt - 20
bash - 1
stun - 1
concentrate - 1
berserk - 1
double swing - 20
double throw - 1
frenzy - 20

EQUIP

HELM - vampire gaze or arreats face
AMULET - crescent moon
RING - raven frost
RING - carrion wind
GLOVES - soul drainer or draculs grip
BOOTS - gore rider
BELT - string of ears
ARMOR - shaftstop
WEAPON - stormlash
WEAPON - stormlash

with this setup i do pretty nice damage and i get 65% damage reduce and lots of life leech.

[Omikron8]

leave iron skin at one

battle orders needs 20, regardless of barb build

leave natural res at one

one in speed

damage reduction is capped at 50%

barbs don't need DR in pvm

take out belt use tgods instead

arreats > everything except singers

shaft is garbage for pvm, use duress or fort or lionheart or treachery

gloves --> dracul

ammy --> highlords

this new setup gives you no mana leech which isn't a problem because

1) your main combat skill uses 3 mana
2) battle orders will give you 250+ mana at level 80+
3) 1-2 rows of mana pots in belt and they drop often

get a might merc too, act 2 nightmare offensive

dump the second ring, put on another raven

dracul + arreats + dracul lifetap provide enough life leech

way way way too much dex, only invest enough base dex to use your weapons AFTER equipment bonuses

too much strength as well, frenzy barbs need insane vitality ideally 300+

[Halciet]

^Agree with everything above except for TGods. String is a great belt, and in combination with shaftstop will bring you close to max PDR. TGods is nice, but either will work equally well.

Totally agree with everything else Om mentioned.

-Hal