05-14-2004, 11:47 AM
Either WW or conc are both fine choices for an IK barb. As mentioned, if you're planning on tanking alot, Conc is your best bet as it gives your teammates better cover. WW may be a faster group killer, but conc is much more controlled/safe.
Battlecry(lowers damage/defense) and taunt(lowers AR/damage) are great skills, but I don't think they are worth putting points into for an IK barb. Let your +skills up battlecry useful duration, and leave it at that. Remember that it's only useful if there are no necro curses around. Battlecry will overwrite curses such as amp/decrep and is most often less useful than either of those. Taunt is situational, and is more for the tactical advantage than the AR/damage reduction. Same thing applies to overwriting curses.
Max mace mastery(eventually).
IK set gives alot of defense naturally, and with conc maxed you should have a low chance of being hit anyway. Ironskin doesn't seem worth worth the investment, and NR is boosted to a decent lvl by the set. Leave both at 1.
As for shout: It's a good party skill, but if I were you I'd go with max warcy instead. Some boss packs such as fanat/BA minotaursster can bypass a high defense rating. Max warcry will stop all but the leader in their tracks for over 4 and a half seconds.
I think both shout or warcry will do though. In fact, it's hard to go wrong with the whole IK set :)
Battlecry(lowers damage/defense) and taunt(lowers AR/damage) are great skills, but I don't think they are worth putting points into for an IK barb. Let your +skills up battlecry useful duration, and leave it at that. Remember that it's only useful if there are no necro curses around. Battlecry will overwrite curses such as amp/decrep and is most often less useful than either of those. Taunt is situational, and is more for the tactical advantage than the AR/damage reduction. Same thing applies to overwriting curses.
Max mace mastery(eventually).
IK set gives alot of defense naturally, and with conc maxed you should have a low chance of being hit anyway. Ironskin doesn't seem worth worth the investment, and NR is boosted to a decent lvl by the set. Leave both at 1.
As for shout: It's a good party skill, but if I were you I'd go with max warcy instead. Some boss packs such as fanat/BA minotaursster can bypass a high defense rating. Max warcry will stop all but the leader in their tracks for over 4 and a half seconds.
I think both shout or warcry will do though. In fact, it's hard to go wrong with the whole IK set :)