Fun Barb to Play?

[HolyHammer]

I have a lvl20ish Barb with a bunch of available stat points and skills. And it is time to decide what build to make. This will be my first Barb on BNet.

I have a decent amount of wealth, and can get most of the gear that I need (no perf 2soc COA's or anything, but most good gear is in my price range.)

I only play PvM, and I like melee way better than casting. I want to start/join a game, run up to a monster and smack it senseless then move on to the next monster. Mostly I like to help other players do quests and kill bosses.

Can someone suggest the best build for me? Thanks!

[dragongelf]

probably a basic ww barb with immortal king gear would work... its cheap, its relyable and its strong enough...

mace mastery, ww, bo, shout, bc, iron skin, increase speed, increase stamina, natural resistance... that basicly all you need... maxed mace mastery ww bo and iron skin will be enough... the rest with only 1 or a few points and as a last skill to increase either increase speed, iron skin or shout... whichever you like

[blinkin barb]

na na i have a lvl 65 barb and killin quikly is conce and ww is such a mana drain but if u want to liten to him go for it i have notin to lose later

[blinkin barb]

listen* sorry

[Jiggyness]

my barb did just find when i slapped some mana leach on it, crecent moon ammy works good...for mana leech but u can find better ammy than that with leech

[Tarlequine]

I would say IK works too, but you can kind of do both. If you don't max WW, leave it at ten or so, then the mana drain isn't as bad. Then you still have a bunch of points to put into concentrate or berzerk, whichever suits your fancy. Also, I would go with shout not iron skin, since you mention that you enjoy helping people out, just one more way to do so, lol. As with most barbs, you definatly need BO and a mastery, just the usual.

[retrovamp]

WW is boring guys. Frenzy is where the fun is at.

[CupOfTea]

yeah.. if you are pvm and like melee and want fun style of killing - frenzy is way to go

[NordicBearskin]

yeah.. if you are pvm and like melee and want fun style of killing - frenzy is way to go
But what about PI's? Don't they cause problems for builds which rely on Frenzy?

*is quite n00bish. Sadly*

[retrovamp]

But what about PI's? Don't they cause problems for builds which rely on Frenzy?

*is quite n00bish. Sadly*

This is where the 1-pt wonder called Berzerk comes in. Make sure to wield the more powerful weapon in the right hand, I suppose. :smiley:

Same thing for zealadins...1 point in vengeance cuts through PIs like butter if you've got a strong melee weapon. Works even better with 1-pt conviction on, instead of maxed fanat.

[HolyHammer]

WW is boring guys. Frenzy is where the fun is at.

yeah.. if you are pvm and like melee and want fun style of killing - frenzy is way to go

I wish you guys had responded faster. Your recommendation sounds more like my style. Last night I sank a skill point into every pre-req for WW and 1 pt in WW. Also spent about 25 points on Dex. So I have jacked up the WW IK build by spending into Dex, and I have jacked up the Frenzy build by putting points in the wrong tree. Is it salvageable as a Frenzy Barb, or is this a remake? I don't need my builds to be perfect with every skill and every stat point, I just want them to work right.

[jimmah]

frenzy requires 2 weapons so full IK set won't work.

[Spankeh]

Frenzy for teh win ww is farking god so boring

[ganjaman]

I think you might find an IK barb a lilttle slow at killing, plus you will never solo the Uber's with a WW barb. If you can afford slightly more expensive stuff than the IK set, and want an exiciting barb to play, go with frenzy, and get any 2(in the same class) of these (fairly affordable)weapons and armour :

Decent Oath
Stormlash
Fleshripper
Schaeffers(if you have about 60% off weapon IAS or more)
Death Cleaver

And dont forget the usual; Duress/Arreat/Dracs/Raven/Gores

I think a well built frenzy barb with some of this kit will kill a lot quicker than a well built IK barb.
There are some quality frenzy guides on this somewhere on this site have a look at them for definative information.

[godofgods]

life and mana leech are a must for frenzy barbs, aswell as high defence remember u aint got no shield

[Jek]

I wish you guys had responded faster. Your recommendation sounds more like my style. Last night I sank a skill point into every pre-req for WW and 1 pt in WW. Also spent about 25 points on Dex. So I have jacked up the WW IK build by spending into Dex, and I have jacked up the Frenzy build by putting points in the wrong tree. Is it salvageable as a Frenzy Barb, or is this a remake? I don't need my builds to be perfect with every skill and every stat point, I just want them to work right.

My frenzy barbs _always_ have one point in WW, it's just so useful for rushing/helping lowbies, general combat tactics - placement, skirting a tough group and retreatment or apply a load of crushing blow to a large field of mobs fast(er than frenzy would do).

[jag]

Fun barb? My leaper is a trip...

Never been much for the hack and slash melee types -- but this barb build is just dumb fun.

20 leap, 20 mac mastery, 20 leap attack --rest in battle orders and the 1 point wonders (skin, res, stamina, speed...)

arreats, fort armor, ik gloves belt and boots, angelic ammy/ring, raven frost -- and eth Botd thundermaul.

leap attack is 5k-28k right now - seen it up to 7k-40k with pallys conc- working on getting pride for merc

party friendly with yells and leap stun effect -- you can pin all of listers pack to the walls of the throne room for the party to take them out -- or with a bit of hopping about - take them out yourself...