I love my leaping goldfind barb

[SeCKSEgai]

I really do. That is all.

[Leetus]

what gear does he have ?

[SeCKSEgai]

Shako w/ Ptopaz (had leftover, and mf gains are "better" than gf)
Enigma (I couldn't deal with not having the teleport to place him as needed)
Up'd Goldwrap for the 4 extra slots, mf/gf
War Travs (Might as well since he's got a large amount of mf)
dual lemlem ali baba's for gf/mf
2 dwarfstars (gf and fireabsorb)
chance guards (mf and gf)
fcr ammy with 20/20/20/50 res (to hit 105 bp, or whatever it is)
suicide branch/wiz spike on switch for fcr to tele+resists while tele (and I didn't want to make to hotos)

I built him to fight like a bvc in proper gear, but I statted him more like a bvb, so that was my mistake. Thankfully he does his job well regardless, tho the extra life would come in handy from time to time.

[mystified]

well u got extra ar :)
i built my first one with shield and he was very safe from those extra fast/strong/cursed/fana/conviction combination

...unless yours is one that relies on merc then meh :hide:

i prefer to go to battle myself

[The Avenged]

i prefer my frenzier he kills tham fast and my IF with lem/lem ist/ist babas provides amazing resulys

[SeCKSEgai]

If I went to battle, they'd die too fast, the duration it takes for merc to kill I use as a time sink to keep me from realming out. If I went for killing power the mule trapper I had been using was more than adequate, but she killed "too" fast. And when I go for killing power, I don't like skimping much for mf/gf. I really wish I hadn't given him max block since I doubt he'll ever be a bvb since I'd need to tweak too much of the rest of him.

[The Avenged]

killing too fast? that dont even make sence.

[SeCKSEgai]

Killing too fast = new game too fast = temporary restriction = no more runs for duration of restriction.

[donshi]

Killing too fast = new game too fast = temporary restriction = no more runs for duration of restriction.

That seems silly o.o
You could always put that time towards a gold run in a different area or by gambling, instead of killing slower..

[SeCKSEgai]

It sounds silly, but when you manage to get under the temporary restriction with without hitting 5 minutes it works well. If I was doing the killing directly, I'd go for efficiency which means dropping gf. Having to do that means I defeated the purpose of having a gf barb as I already have other builds more suited to mf and general pvm.

I do gamble in between runs, but I don't like having to change the game name - if my game perms, my run is going too long whereas if I'm using the same game name I know I'm maintaining good speed per run.

Again, if I killed faster, that would defeat the purpose of all the gf, as I'd dump all the gf gear if I wanted speed killing, and a leaping gf barb relies on the merc to kill in order to maximize gf without worry of his own kill speed.

[The Avenged]

expand your runs? its not difficuly to increase your run times to 1 minute

[SeCKSEgai]

Oh my runs are typically 1-3 minutes depending on gambling and council spawns. Occasionally they can go longer because of gambling or nasty spawns I'm determined to kill.

If he wasn't fairly efficient on his own, it wouldn't be a practical build in the first place. But with a merc hitting over 8k max damage with 75% cb and 15% deadly strike, and over 20k def, I wouldn't match his performance without dropping the majority of the gf, namely the 2 alibaba's as they alone provide over 700%.