Looking for a good barb setup

[Shaigon]

Note: This barb will ONLY duel pubs, I dont really care about BM/GM when doing so.

What I'm looking for is someone who knows a bit about BvC's (what I plan on making) or barbs in general, and their fhr/ww/fcr BPs.

What I need to know: Gear, charms, skills, BP's I need to hit, how high dmg I should have, how high life I should have, and any other useful information. So to sum it up, I'm looking for a fairly standard "pub" bvc setup that can be used vs most people in a public duel game.

Help is much appreciated and input is welcome. :wave:

[Ce Olba]

A normal BvC would look like this:

Stats:
lvl >=90
63 str (if +40 from anni+torch)
47 dexterity (is +40 from anni+torch)
rest vitality

Skills:
20 Leap
20 WW
20 Axe Mastery
20 Bo
5 Nat Res
5-6 Inc Speed
Rest Shout

Pub Gear:

CoA 'BerBer'
Enigma
GriefZ 34/xxx
BeastZ xxx%/+>=36
Arachnid's Mesh
2x Ravenfrosts with 18-20 dex and 240-250 ar
Draculs with 15 str
Triple or double resistance boots with frw and str or dex. In case of double resistances, these resistances should be Fire and Lightning. With Triple Fire, Lightning and Cold.
Highlord's Wrath
2x Dooms

Stash gear:
Fortitude
Widowmaker 'Hel'
2x Angelic rings
1x Angelic amulet
2x fcr rings with >60 mana
Demonlimb
Kiras
Lightning Stack (4 ort armor, 19-20/1x's)
TGod's
Life Tap Wand
Treachery
Hotspurs
Trang Gloves
Arreat's 'ed/ias'

Charms:
Optimal: 33x max/ar/life scs (only if perfect), 4x fhr/allres scs, Annihilus with 20 stats, torch with 20 stats
Very Good: 33x ar/life scs, 4x fhr/resi scs, Annihilus with 19-20 stats, torch with 19-20 stats.
Good: >20x ar/life scs, 4x fhr scs, Annihilus with >15 stats, torch with >15 stats, the spare spots you have you should fill with plain 20 life scs or 20/17s or 20/11s.
Decent: 3x ar/life gcs (13x/3x), 4x fhr scs, rest 20 life scs, torch+anni total stats >30
Poor: None
Very Poor: None
Extreamly Poor: NONE!

Things you want to achieve:
10k ar with the Pub Setup mentioned
>6000 life
20 fcr with pubsetup, 40% fcr available when needed
all res 75
40% frw from Inc speed
Enough lightning resistances to negate a foher when needed
48% fhr breakpoint hit

There you go. This barb here has nothing BM, but it can beat almost anything. If played correctly, only godly BvBs will beat you. But I tell you, that will take you lots and lots of time, won't happen in a week, in a month. Maybe in a year, if you're lucky enough.

[dragongelf]

and what skills go with that?

[mokujon]

wow ce olba thats some good stuff. thanks for all the great info.

[Shaigon]

63 str (if +40 from anni+torch)
47 dexterity (is +40 from anni+torch)



Are you saying these are the BASE stats I need, or what.

[Ce Olba]

Are you saying these are the BASE stats I need, or what.

Yes, the base stats. That's the most optimal setup, since it allows you to wear Grief+Beast+TGod+Fortitude+CoA versus V/T. It also allows you to wear ap's with torch+anni, and with dracs you can use arreat with no other gear.

As for the dexterity, yes, that's the optimal: 47+40+20+10=117, that's with Arreat+dual gelics+torch+anni, allows you to have 18k ar on your grief+beast switch while having widowmaker on the other. Godly versus Hammerdins.

wow ce olba thats some good stuff. thanks for all the great info.

Nah, that's just a darn quickly written post. But yes, it does have all the necessary things. I guess I should seriously consider a break from d2, when I remember all that bvc stuff off the top of my head.

[Shaigon]

Ok thanks. Are the 2x dooms my weapon switch?

[Ce Olba]

Ok thanks. Are the 2x dooms my weapon switch?

Yes. They're used to:

A) Bo, Shout, BC
B) Negate mass IAS arrows
C) Kill weak wolves
D) Annoy smiters/running trappers

[Neuroff]

Why is it 63 str?

59(base) + 40(anni+torch) + 40(beast) + 20(tgods) + 15(dracs) = 174

[Ce Olba]

Why is it 63 str?

59(base) + 40(anni+torch) + 40(beast) + 20(tgods) + 15(dracs) = 174

138+36=174.

138-40-15-20=63, that's why.

So in short, you need 63 base str to reach 138 for Beast, and 36 on beat to reach 174 for CoA. The +STR on Beast is irrelevant after 36.

59+40+15+20=134, so you miss 4 points.

[Neuroff]

Oh yeah forgot about that.

[Shaigon]

What about the str enigma adds?

[Ce Olba]

What about the str enigma adds?

You will be using a Fortitude or Duress or 4ort armor in that setup.

Fortitude/Duress/4ort Armor
TGod
CoA
Grief+Beast
Draculs
Widowmaker

Those are the key items in the setup. Fortitude is used to add huge damage to Grief+Beast, if you use Duress, it will add huge ow to your arrows. CoA is used versus smiters or V/T's to have DR, Draculs are needed for the str and OW. Widowmaker is on switch to fire arrows. TGod is there versus V/T's or FoHers. Of course versus hammerdins you will want an ow belt, but if you base your build around a 30 str ow belt, you won't be able to use TGod when it's time comes.