what stats needed on 2 hander for glass cannon

[Hartside]

What stats are needed 1100+ dps with lifesteal and a socket ? And what dps can i hopefully acheive tnx in advance

[VagrantKing]

Typically 2-Hander glass cannon builds typically aim for Life Steal and high Crit Damage. Strength and Vit then come next ideally.

[Hartside]

Typically 2-Hander glass cannon builds typically aim for Life Steal and high Crit Damage. Strength and Vit then come next ideally.

Tnx alot ill search for those parameters :-) is 50 k easily achievable ?

[BlackAdder]

Yeah 50K should be well-doable, think I had 45k with mine, all i had was a bunch of crit (25% i'd say out of memory) and lots of str (1800 or so). Hardly had any crit damage with that, 50% from relentless passive and like 25% on my gloves, so far from even 200%

[Hartside]

And how qiuck can you kill in act 1-2 if act 2 is doable? As in 5 stacks and a boss ? Tnx for your input guys

[Nostalgia]

Good luck surviving... I ran with 2handers before and they just need to be SOOO much better then 2x1handers its pretty rediculous. The insane stats you can get off 1handers just counters 2handers too much. For example simply 2 sockets in 1handers jus flat out beats 2handers one you start getting your crit into the 40%+ range. having 200% (plus if you get plus crit dmg on the weps) is just insane and makes the 2hander have to have insane dps to match it.

Thats not to say they are not viable, however you would have to work to make it close to the 1handers.

[BlackAdder]

true, all in all it's a lot more expensive than sword and board (dunno about dual), though the weapon itself is often quite cheap, point is you need to make up for the loss of stats on the shield (which is easily 1100 armor, 70 all res, maybe some vit and str and more important the chance to block). For example: with the same equipment i used for my two-hander build i was near immortal in act 2 with my cheap shield equipped, while with my two-hander i still had some trouble with certain elites. So dont get your hopes up, its viable but the difference with sword and board is insane.

Though with 45k damage you'll probably kill white trash mobs in two to three hits, maybe not the bigger rock guys or blade wielding guys. But act 2 is absolutely doable, but dont expect to reach this under 20 mil though, its expensive. . . .

[ScottieK]

I would wait to do this until 1.0.4 where stat affixes for 2hndrs are being improved

[Hartside]

I would wait to do this until 1.0.4 where stat affixes for 2hndrs are being improved

Lets hope so i never ever want to play defence as a barb i want to smash things as im meant to the idea of shields would kill me and ive always prefered good offence as my defence ;-)

[Such Violent Storms]

Indeed, go ahead an build up 2H gear now, then when 1.0.4 rolls around, I bet there'll be some good 2Hs on the AH in a few days-week.