Budding Barbarian, Needs help!

[Amaruak]

Right, So Ive come back to D2 and I've played a few Chars. Now I'm looking to make a Barb for PVM but I just cant decide what to make.

Axe? Sword? Mace?

Frenzy Barb? WW? Concentrations seems nice and new.

Could you help me find a barb for me? I just want a barb build that is really good at PVM but PLEASE bear in mind I am not rich, my highest rune at the moment being an Um. No 'etheral this of that +x' runewords for me yet :)

I'm leaning more towards Frenzy Barbs, but I have a certain penchant for 1h weapons and Shields, which is why I would consider a Conc barb, but they must kill really slowly surely? I mean they can kill 1 monster great but are lackign crowd control, is 1 point in ww enough for hell?

Are frenzy barbs good in hell even if you dont have 'godly' weapons? I wouldnt say I'm poor at all, but I am nowhere near rich. weapons are everything I understand, and for Frenzy I think I would make an Axe barb over, and have staretd gathering axes lol. I am making Honour in an Ettin Axe (I love the way they and cleavers look, although I'd move on to a bezerker axe if I had a good 1), I have 2 Butchers Pupils which I would consider upgrading, and I have a Rune Master 225% with 5 sockets, and 2 ED jewels (3 and 34)

Some advice would be helpful, as I understand Barbs aren't what they used to be - immense killing machines! That goes to those smelly hammerdins now :(

Thanks.

[Omikron8]

whirlwind barbs are made or broken by the quality of their weapon, which must be insanely good for pvm (eg. ebotd elites)

go with frenzy

[pdpsiSS]

honeslty, any kind of barb is good in hell with high res and a half-decent weapon

just they suck in chaos/baal cuz of IM. zerkin all of em would be quick if u did have a ebotd tho or grief

[sswilson]

conc works fine if you switch to zerk before entering areas prone to IM.

Kills are slow, but with maxed res/high def/ & high dex for block & AR you can stand toe to toe with just about any group of nasties. :)

1 point in taunt also draws the ranged ones in close enough for a kill.

[KillaBrothers]

Hey

It depends on your play stile, and how many melee chars you've played.
As suggested Conc and WW barb are the safest and effective way to go...

But if you have a little experience in controling a melee char, go with a zerker (berserk skill). Less safe but really fun.