What or where is the gold find barb guide?

[ale beer two]

Hi,

I am looking to make a Gold Find barb, but I could not see anything about it in the "Sticky: Barbarian Build Guides + Other useful information; CHECK HERE BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS "

so, what is a GF barb?
Does anyone know where i can find a guide or something to read about them?

Barbs are so overly gear dependant, i just cant see how a GF barb can work.

Thanks in advance.

[Kiba]

I couldn't find a guide but this may be usefull.

"I'm only suggesting my extremely biased opinion even though I think the whole point of the requested build is pointless and I've never even made a barbarian to begin with! You don't understand meeeeeeeeeeeeee" :rolleyes: :dunce:


Anyway, here's what I could find after a google search.

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Over the past few months I've noticed an increased need for
gamegold and the need to gamble. So, what do you do? Well
gamegold allows you to gamble pretty neat items or you can
see the gold at a ratio of 1:1fg (Low, but when you see this
build in action, the time it takes to get the gold will make
your jaw drop).

This guide is a 100% perfect build. If you follow it I guarentee
you will get more gold from one body then you ever though possible.
So, without further ado, i present you with:

The Ultimate Goldfind Barb
(With Sweet *** Pics!)

Contents:

* Section 1: Skills
* Section 2: Stats
* Section 3: Gear
* Section 4: How to play
* Section 5: Tips
* Section 6: Credits



Section 1 : The Skills
The skills are one of the most important things to the goldfinder. They will almost double your gold income. The order you do this in
is not very dependant on anything, but still, follow it for maximum
payout.

I don't expect anyone to actually try and level there barb. If you
read this before you make the barb, good. If you make this build
you WILL not be able to kill ANYTHING!. So, once you have 65+ skill
points ready to be spent, get to work.

First 4 points will be spent in the prereqs.
Howl, Find Potion, Iron Skin and Increased Stamina.

Max (No order since you have the +65 Points ready)
Shout, Battle orders and Find Item.

Then 1 into Battle Command.

Next max Natural Resistances then finish off with
Increased speed.

Now, the explinanations.
Shout, Battle Orders and Battle command server 2 very good
purposes. 1 is to Give yourself enough life and defense to
survive, without that, well, your dead. It's actual main purpose
is to give life and defense to your merc. After all, that is who
does the killing.

Natural Resistances: Should be obvious. High Res = Less Damage.
You will have ZERO gear the gives res, so these come in very
handy.

Increased Speed. I've heard many people say Iron Skin. WRONG. Why?
Well skin helps, by like .3485739853 precent. You will be doing
nightmare travincal runs (explaind later). It's nightmare. You have
4k+ Life, your merc will be target, and you will never go under 3000
life. The IS is godly after 5-10 points. It actually (and yes, I have
calculated this) speed up your run time by 12-15 seconds.


Section 2: Stats

So, you got stats to spend?
So?
No one cares.

Str: 103
Dex: 30
Vit: Rest
Erg: Base

None of your items give + to atts. So, 103 is required for the Crown of Thieves
and 3- Dex is required for the +3 Bo Sticks. Simple.

At 92 (Because I craft with him too) I bo and have 4.1k Life. No
torch, no anni, ZERO + Vit Items and NO + Skill items.

Very Simple.


Section 3: Gear
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l303/KripticX/GfB/GoldfindStats.jpg
The gear is the pride of the Barb. It is what make the barb, well,
the godliest goldfinder out there. And, if you follow this build
to the "t" then you will also have a barb that can not be surpased
(and I say that because even if someone else makes a copy, they will
both be equal).

The gear is set in stone. Changeing it changes the Goldfinder.
The gear is intended for PURE, 100% Goldfind.

Helmet: 100% Goldfind Crown of Thieves, socketed with a Lem Rune = 150% GF
Weapon 1: A 6socketed Crystal Sword with 6Lem Runes in each. = 450%Gf
Weapon 2: A 6socketed Crystal Sword with 6Lem Runes in each. = 450%Gf
Armor: Wealth (Lem + Ko + Tir) Light Plate = 300%Gf
Gloves: Chance Guard Chain Gloves = 200%Gf
Boots: Rare Greaves = 80%Gf
Belt: Rare or Goldwrap = 80%Gf
Ring 1: Dwarf Star = 100%Gf
Ring 2: Dwarf Star = 100%Gf
Ammy: Rare/Magic = 80%Gf
Inventory:
Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm (160/xx/15) = 160%Gf
x9 Grand Charms of Greed = 360%Gf
x10 Small Charms of Greed = 100%Gf

Mercenary (It is important you don't get a holy freeze merc).

Helmet: 100% Goldfind Crown of Thieves, socketed with a Lem Rune = 150%Gf
Armor: Wealth (Lem + Ko + Tir). Merc has higher Str. Type is your call.= 300%Gf
Weapon: Bonehew Ogre Axe with x2 Lem Runes = 150%Gf
^Bonehew prevents monster heal and give merc high damage.

Your total Goldfind is am amazing 3,210.


Section 4: How to play
You will be doing Nightmare travincal runs.
Why? Well, hell takes longer, is harder, and you get the same
results.

For hell you will need a BOTD warpike for your merc, a Chains and
a vamp gaze so the ***** won't die. You will also need to max iron
skin. So, you loose speed and 600%Gf. Runs take longer, and you
get less gold.

Don't believe me? Check the pics.
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So. Join a nm game. Switch to your BO Sticks. Yell. Switch.
Run to the council. Go past them and down to the durance of
hate. Why? Well, sometimes your ***** lags behind and if you go
straight down and come backl up, he is there ready to murder.
So, everyone is dead. You make 150,000 Gold. Now what? This is where
you "yell" at the dead bodies. Find item can get you up to 2 Times
the amount of gold. At lv 20 you will be getting just as much gold
as if you killed them all over again. It's the same as doing to runs.

Not much else to say. With 3.21k goldfind you will be realing in the
gold. Sell it or gamble.


Section 5: Tips
If your a big gamble then do this. Clear you inventory after you
collect max gold. Make sure you leave your gheed in, it reduces
the vendors prices by 15%. Then grab your edge runeword out of the
stash and go gamble. Edge??? It's a runeword in a 3 socket missile
weapon. Tir + Tal Amm. Point? 15% Price reduction. You may be\
thinking big deal.

Cost of a Amulet to gamble: 63,000.
Cost at 30% Price Reduction: 43,000.
Savings: 20,000.
Might not seem like alot but buy 2 ammys at regular price.
That comes to 126,000. You can get about 3 for the same price
when you get the 30% off. Hardcore gamblers will like this, others
may find it pointless. Oh well. I think it helps alot.


Section 6: Credits
Qpid - Thanks for the help testing and ****.
Everyone at JSP: Thanks for helping me find the items needed. You guys were a big *** help.

Well guys. Have fun with your new goldfind barb.
Any questions or comments feel free to ask/post.
~GfB

Hope this helps :D

EDIT: Just noticed this in the guide. There's no way in hell that your merc would be able to wield a bonehew at level 65, so I guess try a diff weapon or maybe put some hels on the bonehew instead of two lems.

http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?p=5591277#post5591277

[Majaii]

That will work just fine, but i think it's a boring way to do it, but if you were going to let your merc do the killing, you'd be best off investing points into war cry ( can't check if im wrong on the name, the stun one though :P ) and forget maxing natural resistance and increased speed, diminishing returns makes that kinda useless, 10 pts in each would be ok.

For my GF barb though with imperfect gear, my average gold was about 350k a run, and i would make 10 runs in about 20 minutes. I ran Hell, because i liked the chance to find items as well ( found things like maras, bk, skillers, etc) which were always a bonus.

Setup:

20 Frenzy
20 Sword Mastery
20 BO
10 Find item
some in shout, nat res, etc
pre-reqs

Items:
CoT Lemmed
Chancies
CoH
Grief pb/Crescent moon pb (had greif/death pbs, but i didnt like freeze)
80 GF rare boots with resists
+3 warcries ammy with 80 gf
Upped Goldwrap
2x Dwarf
2 lemmed ali babas on switch
GF charms with gheeds, anni and sometimes a torch.

One of my favorite chars to play, I used an act 2 might merc, had quick runs, got plenty of gold (i got 500k+ several times) and got some great items, not too mention tons of gems. I would just battle cry everything to compensate for my low AR, but i could still kill without it.

Im sure someone could improve on this, but i had fun with this char, and would recommend it over just letting your merc kill. Hope you find a build that works for you ale :thumbsup:

Edit: Just remembered this too lol, he wasn't the strongest char, but i killed dclone with him with pretty much ease, so he could hold his own :D

-Majaii

[ale beer two]

Thanks guys, I should have used the search option.

I lol'ed at this.

"If you make this build you WILL not be able to kill ANYTHING!."

and 20 points in Find Item? That is not gonna happen.

Majaii, I like your suggestions, though I cannot understand why i need even 1 point in find item...

Always Hell, yes, I agree with you there.

Cheers guys.

[stfrn]

Well, I can see why not being able to kill is fine- you'd be farming NM trav, which your merc can clear pretty quickly, And since he has more GF then you, you might as well load up while he does the busy work.

Something I noticed with the "perfect" gear listing- wouldn't a 3lem'd mask be better, to save on str req?

[Croup]

Travincal is the best place to farm gold so Find Item is huge for horking all those Council Member corpses.

Anyways, Majaii's suggestions for gear changes are spot on although I might use something simple on your main weapons like 2x Ethereal Breath of the Dying Colossus Blades, or something like that. You want to make these runs as quick as possible in order to get the most money over time, so having GG main weapons let you whip through real quick, hork the items with the Ali Babas on the switch, then start a new game.

Hope that helps.

[ale beer two]

Nice suggestion, but a touch out of my price range.

I could wait til im wealthy and get em, but i want to be doing GF runs now.

and i would like to be able to go into hell, so the ability to kill something is also important. :azn:

[Majaii]

Ya 2 ebod cb would have worked well, im too poor for those as well though, the grief pb wasn't that spendy, think i made it myself, and the crescent moon was dirt cheap, also self made. As long as you have some killing power, and can hork with ali baba's after your fine. And I still can't check, but i think i lied, my find item was around 10 is what im thinking, but i was in the process of getting it a little higher. Think i had 45 % chance, which was fine for me.

-Majaii

[MYK]

You could weild dual Patriarchs for 200%GF and use them with you basic Frenzy/WW/DS build. Throw on Chance Guards and Goldwrap and you've got around 450-480%.
Plus you could ditch the dorky patriarchs for something better when you go out in Kill Mode™

[Majaii]

The other option i forgot about is go axes instead of swords, and duel wield 5 lemmed runemasters, with ali babas on switch for the gf and mf horking. You should still have some decent killing speed, and you could choose to add something else in with 4 lems instead of 5 if you needed.

-Majaii