djnat
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I have a teleporting Barbarian in Ladder, and he is very good in PvM, so I decided to write how i skilled him and how I spent stat points. And I'll write here his ideal gear (imho), too.
SKILLS
MAX Whirlwind
MAX Spear mastery
MAX Shout
MAX Battle Orders
1 Battle Command
1 Increased Speed, Stamina, Iron Skin, Natural res
1 to all Pre-reqs
All the remaining points (put 1 soon, and just put here all the points after you've maxed all the other skills) into Berserk.
STATS
Strength = min for wearing your gear. Enigma gives a lot of str at high levels, so when you can wear your armor, you can wear all. Annihilus is +20 if perfect, so only a few points have to be spent into strength.
Dexterity = min for BotD eth Ghost spear (121 but you will have 2x Raven, Arreat and Annihilus which, if all perfect, give 80 dex, so dont spend so many points into dexterity until you have the FINAL gear).
Vitality = All the rest.
Energy = Base.
GEAR
BotD eth Ghost spear
Enigma Dusk Shroud
Thundergod's vigor
Arreat's face (upgraded, if you want) with ED / STR jewel in the socket
Laying of hands
Gore rider (upgraded, if you want)
Highlord
2x Ravenfrost
Note: To make exp and lvl up, the fastest way is making hell Baalruns, and in Baalruns nearly all enemies are demons, so the +350% ed vs demons from Laying of hands is an excellent bonus, not to count the 50% fire resist. If you dont want to make Baalruns, use Steelrend.
Note 2: You can use also an eth BotD Great Poleaxe to make this barb; in this case you have to max Polearm mastery, and not Spear mastery. I prefer the spear-looking weapon.
Switch: 2x HotO Flails.
Charms to use:
- Some small charms to max Fire and Lightning resists in hell
- Annihilus
- 5-6 Grand Charms +1 to Warcries + xx life
- Small charms with life/mana
Charms are very important for mana; when you teleport you need to have, with charms and after BO, about 800 mana or more not to suffer from mana problems.
The 2x HotO in switch is the best choice: you have 80 fast cast and can teleport very fast, and you also have +% max mana and +6 to all skills, very useful for your BO and Shout.
HIRELING
Might merc (Nightmare, Act 2 Offensive). He increases your WW / Berserk damage A LOT.
Cheap gear for merc:
Upgraded Shaftstop [Um]
Eth gaze [Shael]
Reaper's toll [Shael]
Expensive gear for merc:
"Chains of honor" runeword on Eth Archon plate
Eth Andariel's visage [ED / IAS jewel or Shael if you love the fhr]
Eth Reaper's toll [ED / IAS jewel]
And now you have a war machine. You can destroy all with this barb; it's very expensive to have the gear for him but when you have all he is awesome.
Only one problem: beware of Iron maiden.
SKILLS
MAX Whirlwind
MAX Spear mastery
MAX Shout
MAX Battle Orders
1 Battle Command
1 Increased Speed, Stamina, Iron Skin, Natural res
1 to all Pre-reqs
All the remaining points (put 1 soon, and just put here all the points after you've maxed all the other skills) into Berserk.
STATS
Strength = min for wearing your gear. Enigma gives a lot of str at high levels, so when you can wear your armor, you can wear all. Annihilus is +20 if perfect, so only a few points have to be spent into strength.
Dexterity = min for BotD eth Ghost spear (121 but you will have 2x Raven, Arreat and Annihilus which, if all perfect, give 80 dex, so dont spend so many points into dexterity until you have the FINAL gear).
Vitality = All the rest.
Energy = Base.
GEAR
BotD eth Ghost spear
Enigma Dusk Shroud
Thundergod's vigor
Arreat's face (upgraded, if you want) with ED / STR jewel in the socket
Laying of hands
Gore rider (upgraded, if you want)
Highlord
2x Ravenfrost
Note: To make exp and lvl up, the fastest way is making hell Baalruns, and in Baalruns nearly all enemies are demons, so the +350% ed vs demons from Laying of hands is an excellent bonus, not to count the 50% fire resist. If you dont want to make Baalruns, use Steelrend.
Note 2: You can use also an eth BotD Great Poleaxe to make this barb; in this case you have to max Polearm mastery, and not Spear mastery. I prefer the spear-looking weapon.
Switch: 2x HotO Flails.
Charms to use:
- Some small charms to max Fire and Lightning resists in hell
- Annihilus
- 5-6 Grand Charms +1 to Warcries + xx life
- Small charms with life/mana
Charms are very important for mana; when you teleport you need to have, with charms and after BO, about 800 mana or more not to suffer from mana problems.
The 2x HotO in switch is the best choice: you have 80 fast cast and can teleport very fast, and you also have +% max mana and +6 to all skills, very useful for your BO and Shout.
HIRELING
Might merc (Nightmare, Act 2 Offensive). He increases your WW / Berserk damage A LOT.
Cheap gear for merc:
Upgraded Shaftstop [Um]
Eth gaze [Shael]
Reaper's toll [Shael]
Expensive gear for merc:
"Chains of honor" runeword on Eth Archon plate
Eth Andariel's visage [ED / IAS jewel or Shael if you love the fhr]
Eth Reaper's toll [ED / IAS jewel]
And now you have a war machine. You can destroy all with this barb; it's very expensive to have the gear for him but when you have all he is awesome.
Only one problem: beware of Iron maiden.
