Are barbs any good for pvp anymore?

[thesecondrei]

Especially with all the wind druids and bone necs and liberators...do barbs have viability in pvp anymore? (assuming the barb has very good gear)

[Phyrexial]

I've seen barbs beat Wind Druids because they can generally take a hit from a Tornado if I remember correctly since its effected by DR. The Wind Druid also needs to get fairly close to attack, which is right where the barb wants you to be. With a big 2-hander, it might be possible to kill the druid in 1-2 WWs.

Hammerdins will be very tough for a barb since hammers are generally 1-2 hit kills. You'll need to keep on the move and hope the pally gets agressive and makes a mistake in teleing so you can get a clean WW on them. I've seen some barbs use Enigma to get into a careless Hammerdin's blind spot to kill them that way also.

Necros just plain kill barbs. Any decent necro shouldn't be losing to a barb, especially if they are a max block build. Perhaps if you face a necro that isn't that great at teleporting, maybe you'll kill him. You'll need tons of life because even though a necro's attacks are weaker than the above two, they are generally easier to hit with due to the ranged nature of them. Again, like the last two you'll probably want a big 2 hander to go for that 1-2 WW kill.

Aside from the power builds listed above, with good gear a barb can go toe to toe with most other builds. Sorcs will be a problem if you can't catch them, but elemental attacks can be reduced. Barbs are generally the kings of melee, smiters being a close second.

[thesecondrei]

^thank you for the thoughtful reply

[boshekinthunder]

Ive also seen a couple of good zerk barbs around and they can easily get 1-2 hit kills. Since most of zerk is magic dmg it cant be reduced by much and with fast ias, they can take down druids and hammerdins quite well, assuming they can get close enough. I still dont think they would fare well against necros though, unless you had a lot of fcr on a weapon switch and tele'd on them. Hmm, I might have to give that a shot. :idea:

[Joe_smith]

Originally Posted by boshekinthunder

Ive also seen a couple of good zerk barbs around and they can easily get 1-2 hit kills. Since most of zerk is magic dmg it cant be reduced by much and with fast ias, they can take down druids and hammerdins quite well, assuming they can get close enough. I still dont think they would fare well against necros though, unless you had a lot of fcr on a weapon switch and tele'd on them. Hmm, I might have to give that a shot. :idea:

that works actually lol.

[LordDrift]

heck yea they are good, mine does pretty damn well with 5k life

[dumbpig]

whisper *xe-revolution and bring any sort of char and he'll own it for u using his barb (west nl)

[nucks]

For sorc's use wizardspike on 2nd hand, and arachnids or trang gloves/magefists to hit the 63% fcr break.

[Soepgroente]

You could make a normal barb with whirlwind and berserk switched (thus 20 zerk 1 whirl). 1hitkills if you can hit the opponent. Plus a lower mana cost whirl so you can whirl more often and use short whirls. And it makes you different which is also nice

[Joe_smith]

Originally Posted by dumbpig

whisper *xe-revolution and bring any sort of char and he'll own it for u using his barb (west nl)

what about yourself? don't tell me u lost ur ww barb gear while transfering too cuz that makes you a huge idiot.