Pretty sure war cry was changed to physical damage a long time ago.
Armageddon doesn't deal that great of damage when you're standing still, it works best on the move. Which is the exact opposite of a shockbear. Armageddon is just a really poor ability, fissure deals better damage, and to max it, you have to dump all 105 skill points into the skill. Diverting 25 at the minimum into shockwave will greatly reduce its ability. Probably more than that if you plan to use poison creeper to stop regen. Investing meaningful amounts into cyclone armor will completely clip your wings. The build will surely work through nightmare, and shockwave+powerful merc could probably take you through hell with some skill and luck. Shockwave is just... wow. I'm using it for the first time, and it's crazy.
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The idea of twinking a singer barb with dual wizardspikes, frostburns, SoJ, and whatever else to alter a core aspect of the class and suggest that as some sort of blanket fix all is ridiculous. People are too obsessed with items in this game. As a friend of mine points out, yes, a barbarian wielding dual breath of the dying can solo 8 player act 5 trivially. What an unlikely happenstance!
edit: since you edited...
shockwave does physical.
Shockwave's stun duration is not as long as it is listed on the skill screen, though it is still longer for a cheaper cost than war cry. And war cry is much much more damaging than shockwave (though, not so much for equal mana.)
Armageddon doesn't deal that great of damage when you're standing still, it works best on the move. Which is the exact opposite of a shockbear. Armageddon is just a really poor ability, fissure deals better damage, and to max it, you have to dump all 105 skill points into the skill. Diverting 25 at the minimum into shockwave will greatly reduce its ability. Probably more than that if you plan to use poison creeper to stop regen. Investing meaningful amounts into cyclone armor will completely clip your wings. The build will surely work through nightmare, and shockwave+powerful merc could probably take you through hell with some skill and luck. Shockwave is just... wow. I'm using it for the first time, and it's crazy.
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The idea of twinking a singer barb with dual wizardspikes, frostburns, SoJ, and whatever else to alter a core aspect of the class and suggest that as some sort of blanket fix all is ridiculous. People are too obsessed with items in this game. As a friend of mine points out, yes, a barbarian wielding dual breath of the dying can solo 8 player act 5 trivially. What an unlikely happenstance!
edit: since you edited...
shockwave does physical.
Shockwave's stun duration is not as long as it is listed on the skill screen, though it is still longer for a cheaper cost than war cry. And war cry is much much more damaging than shockwave (though, not so much for equal mana.)
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Dark_Mutterings (Necromancer)
Doug_Winger (Wearbear)
Heroic career and 1.10 aspirations cut tragically short because NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING WITH A 22.2K CONNECTION WHY DOES GOD HATE ME.