pally vrs barb

[Deltren]

So I want some opinions here on these two classes.

While the barb can get some major weapon weapon dmg and crazy shouts, I wanted to do a berserk barb, WW to leech, and continue berserking.

On my pally I wanted to do a FoH/Hammer one.

Which types of pallys and barbs do you find easiest to play, which do you enjoy most?

[zaxien]

ww barb and hammer pally

unless you want a challenge then

warcry/frenzy barb and smiter pally

[Deltren]

ww barb and hammer pally

unless you want a challenge then

warcry/frenzy barb and smiter pally

is there somthign wrong with foh as a pally?

And I heard the dmg you can do , esp wit synergies for a berserk barb is very high, but the -defense thing kinda sucks.

[purplelocust]

is there somthign wrong with foh as a pally?
FoH pallies are primarily for PvP, as their PvM skills are pretty weak. It is great to have a FoH pally around if there are sorcs or some other source of big area of effect elemental damage, as FoH pallies have high conviction, which really speeds things up. But by themselves, I found levelling alone quite tedious. Not impossible, but not speedy, certainly.

[Zodijackyl]

Hammerdins are overpowered, and have been for quite some time. You need a good sorc to kill one with lower resists, or pretty much only a necro or other hammerdin to kill one with stacked resists. Any decent paladin can avoid a WW barb.
As for classic, only go WW barb, anything else is useless.

[JudasXPriest]

is there somthign wrong with foh as a pally?


Only thing wrong with Foh palis is that everyone has one. level 80 Fohers with all + skills gear are way too common, especially in hell duels. highest Foh ive had is around 70, though so i dont know exactly how much damage they can do. but there really isnt a way u could make a Hdin/Foher effectively because u need Foh + conv + synergies for it to be any good, and same with Hammers. Hammers are best PvM and PvP in my opinion, unless u have a name locking blizz sorc, or high level bone necro; then it gets pretty challeneging.

barbs (In my opinion) are crap. unless u got a super speedy barb with an excelent lance, ur not going to be able to touch Necros, Palis, and in some cases Sorcs and zons. I personally have basically all Barb killers so i dont find barbs to be too spectacular. But there are some pretty good barbs ive faced. (and by "some" i mean 3-4, 5 tops). however, Barbs are EXTREMELY usefull to have in CSs though because thier Bo makes a HUGE diff.

All in all, id say Hdin is the best all around. just get enough res to survive Hell, and smack some +skills on it and u can own just about anything on D2.
- Foh = PvP - Barb = CS -Hdin = PvP & PvM

[Mikk0]

as JudasXPriest stated.. but i wouldnt rule out all barbs or narrow them down to be just an source for bo.

if going for pvm mf barb is alot of fun to play with also hammerdin would be nice. cant really say anything about pvp aspekt :grin:

[JudasXPriest]

True true... Lemme rephrase... barbs are not, in any way, weak... in fact a barb with a high dmg weap can pretty much 1 hit any char, save Palis with Holy shield or other Barbs. But unless its fast... it wont catch up. Say ur fighting a Bone necro... a smart boner would have Decrep + at least 1 in golem. Decrep slows barbs down substantially and golem slows u by... 26%?ish so your looking at barely being able to run faster than a necro can walk. so in that case Necro > Barb. As for an Hdin, those bastards stand there waiting for your ww, and RIGHT before you hit them they cast some hammers and charge outa the way, leaving u to slowly ww through their 12k dmg hammers. Sorcs can usually Tele faster than u can run (unless your fast enough). so tele-whores are pretty much better. Zons arent that much of a threat, but if they can FC and they get away from u, youll be dead before u know it. In CS WW barbs are guarenteed to die alot (Iron Maiden) so their main purpose is to increase other peoples HP, MP, and Dmg.

Long Story short: Slow barbs = Dead. end of story. lol

BUT there are other uses for barbs. U could always make a BvB barb. you dont even need a high level BvB for it to be good. i know someone with a level 4x BvB who can take out 8x barbs no problem. Poppers (MF barbs) are extremely useful for MFing Hell CS. I wouldnt Rule out barbs completely, but id say between Barb and Pali, a pali beats a barb in PvM and PvP. BUT it is ur decision.

[Akukami]

Long Story short: Slow barbs = Dead. end of story. lol

I hope you're not talking about BvBs, too. :rolleyes:

- Akukami

[JudasXPriest]

lol. course not

Edit: That part applies to the ABOVE barbs lol.