D2C Titan Build Viable?

[Darg]

Just wondering if it's worth going the titan route in classic, or if it's better to just go the vitality route instead.

Would it be enough for a 350 dmg lance? (like cruel lance for example) or would you need to use expansion items to go that build?

[Barloc]

Well, possibly, but the nice thing is now we have respec in 1.13. Back in the old days, leech used to be waaaay more effective then it is now.

[Dacar92]

There is a Classic forum here. I'll move your thread there. You'll likely get better and more answers.

Thanks

[FireMarshal]

Fredsta has a cheap guide here:
http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=406257

I've been playing off and on since 1.07, and I have never felt a need to make a titan. I have built many MF/GF barbs though and I would never sacrifice life for damage for those MF/GF barbs. I wrote a quickie guide on this a while back.

Some personal thoughts though:

1) Lances have crap durability, look for a lance with triple durability if you can.
2) Lances do have a higher weapon range (the biggest bonus for a Lance IMO)
3) Martels (maces) get the 1.1% STR bonus over the standard 1% bonus for any other weapon.


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[zrk]

Titans own! But they are more dependent on gear for survival(decent def ornate, life bonuses on items etc)

Good luck getting a 350 lance though

[WarlockCC]

I've made a Titan in each of the 1.10+ patches so far and they all worked very well for my pvm purposes.
I did make it with a Martel each time though and my item focus was on res and lifeleech.
It's a bit of a struggle at first, but it does get easier. Watch out for those LEDs.

[Akii]

You want good resistances, and nice def, also a high life leech although your high damage leeches a lot for you.

I've made some semi-titans with martel. Semi because i play HC so 1.5-2k life is quite risky in there. My last barb died at 89 to exploding urdar in river (not sure though if I had BO on).:( Anyways semi-titans had like 220str and rest in vita.

Atm I'm playing a Lance barb with enough str for lance and rest in vita, its quite painfull with 250 dmg lance with 25 dura, I really can't go to Act4 yet.. staying in Flayer at 78lvl, probably do one more level and then I need to find a new weapon to act4

Lance really needs a 75 dura otherwise its really frustrating.

Btw does anyone know if they added the hits you make with WW in 1.10 because after that I've always felt that my weapon breaks a lot faster.

[Darg]

Hmm Yeah life item's for this build are a must for sure, Hard to choose between spear or hammer, martel's are very good, only thing they lack is the extra 2 range, they may have slightly lower max dmg than lance but they have incredible min dmg, which i think makes up for the slightly less max, especially during high %ED. It all basically comes down to either wanting more range or more stable damage, the 2 extra range though isn't a pushover either, But atleast there is some respecs left so it makes some testing possible with different situation's/items, etc...

And yeah maybe 350 dmg lance was alittle too much lol, but 300+ should be fine, only problem is now need a very good martel, hard to come by one of those, atleast for me.


Just noticed how much i missed classic lol, Shame the old account's got expired but hey it's still as fun as ever.

And for everyone, thanks for the advice.