06-14-2012, 11:28 PM
The max life build I posted before I was really intended for serious use. It was just a fun idea. In reality the build I'm aiming towards currently is http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/ba...Zbe!bcZcbc
The idea being heals and crits. Knockback on Cleave to try and slow incoming damage rate. Increased health globes from both Hammer and Battle Rage, both triggering off of crits. Crit with Revenge too. So the idea is to pop Battle Rage at the start of the fight. Revenge if it is up and I need a heal, Overpower if not. Hopefully then between the AOE from Revenge and Cleaves there will be enough crits to get Overpower back off cooldown. Charge with it's heal as a backup in case I manage to have neither of the others up. Plus it gets me out of situations.
Ruthless for a passive since i'll be critting a bunch. Should help kill things. Nerves of Steel since I need to keep my Vit up for all the healing and the armor will help buy time between heals. Superstition to help combat the various pools and such on the ground and spread out the need to use heals a bit more.
The concerns I have are that I don't have a freeze break. I'm also concerned if Hammer will end up feeling useful enough or not. Right now I'm running Whirlwind with the heal instead due to the heal on Overpower and Charge both being very late level and so I feel like I need something more than revenge to hold me over till I reach them. Whirlwind is also tempting because it is a movement skill too which is always handy. So I'm worried that Whirlwind will just be too good to give up for Hammer even though I really want to try the treasure/globes of Hammer. I'm running one hand/shield for added life between heals too. This makes the damage on Whirlwind not as good as it would be with 2H, but since i'm mostly using it for heals and movement that might not matter. It might be something to favor Hammer though since the animation on it should speed up from not being 2H.
The idea being heals and crits. Knockback on Cleave to try and slow incoming damage rate. Increased health globes from both Hammer and Battle Rage, both triggering off of crits. Crit with Revenge too. So the idea is to pop Battle Rage at the start of the fight. Revenge if it is up and I need a heal, Overpower if not. Hopefully then between the AOE from Revenge and Cleaves there will be enough crits to get Overpower back off cooldown. Charge with it's heal as a backup in case I manage to have neither of the others up. Plus it gets me out of situations.
Ruthless for a passive since i'll be critting a bunch. Should help kill things. Nerves of Steel since I need to keep my Vit up for all the healing and the armor will help buy time between heals. Superstition to help combat the various pools and such on the ground and spread out the need to use heals a bit more.
The concerns I have are that I don't have a freeze break. I'm also concerned if Hammer will end up feeling useful enough or not. Right now I'm running Whirlwind with the heal instead due to the heal on Overpower and Charge both being very late level and so I feel like I need something more than revenge to hold me over till I reach them. Whirlwind is also tempting because it is a movement skill too which is always handy. So I'm worried that Whirlwind will just be too good to give up for Hammer even though I really want to try the treasure/globes of Hammer. I'm running one hand/shield for added life between heals too. This makes the damage on Whirlwind not as good as it would be with 2H, but since i'm mostly using it for heals and movement that might not matter. It might be something to favor Hammer though since the animation on it should speed up from not being 2H.