06-01-2012, 10:54 PM
(06-01-2012, 09:58 PM)ViralSpiral Wrote: Well the idea was stacking on almost all the life leech options, combined with neutering the enemies as much as possible. I'm trying to see if I have a hold on the flow of gameplay proper and understand which skills are more defencive or offencive (note: you may be missing some context here - I don't currently own a computer which can run D3, I'm mostly trying to get a grasp of strategies involved for my own future use and advice purposes. I devised a couple of D2 builds and was one of the first Clone Hunters in 1.10 - actually the first Lurker to kill him. So tactical discussions are endlessly fascinating to me. I'm working in theoreticals here.)
Then you may not know that you aren't limited to picking one skill from each group. Some of the best life gain skills are in the Might category and you can pick multiple of them at the expense of something else. That is what I was referring to when I asked about elective mode, which is the option that allows this.
Also, Nerves of Steel as well as all the all the skills which give a percentage of their health encourage Barbarians to stack lots of vitality. This makes effects like the Rend percentage of damage dealt as life relatively weaker.