01-30-2004, 01:10 AM
I had a Berserker barb quite similar to your plan A, and I can assure you this is the safest yet fastest killer barb you can have :) The only few times I was killed was too carried away whacking the second group of minions where Baal Decripify me, the skeleton chilled me with their Ice Bolt, poisoned and I was in a real slow motion pulling my maul back after hitting them. Well of course I do not have Cannot be Frozen mod and my cold and poison resist are in negative region :P Now I just stand at the edge of screen and Taunt them over. The last group of minion will be real headache as Taunt and Howl do not work on them, but I lure them out 3-4 at a time and use the 1 point Concentration (synergised with BO) to kill them easily.
My skills:
20 Berserk
20 Howl
20 Shout
20 BO
1 NR, Speed, Mace Mastery, Taunt
Rest in Find Item (This has been converted to an awesome MF Barb)
My gears:
IK sets except armour with dual Shael'ed maul and dual PTopaz'ed Helmet.
Angelic sets except the sabre, and armour PTopaz'ed :P (+2K AR, 50%Fire Resist, 75 Life, 100%MF, +1 skills, % damage convert to mana, and some more mods)
My stats:
255 VIT
Rest in STR
With Might merc I am dealing around 7K Berserk, 3K Life, 18K AR. You will not need Grim Ward, as after you Howl the monsters run away so fast and so far you will not see them in your screen again. BO and Shout also make your merc a super killing tank, He clears the Pit, Mausoleum, all by himself and I am just there horking corpses wielding dual Alibaba or just stand there tanking for him, utilizing the combine MF to max :) It is even more fun killing Shenk, Eldritch and Pindle by him while I Howl away all the monsters. No need to fear the Black Soul too even my LR is negative, just Taunt them over and they will switch to melee mode, though then the Mana Burn they have is annoying.
Now just need the IK armour to up the % Resist :)
My skills:
20 Berserk
20 Howl
20 Shout
20 BO
1 NR, Speed, Mace Mastery, Taunt
Rest in Find Item (This has been converted to an awesome MF Barb)
My gears:
IK sets except armour with dual Shael'ed maul and dual PTopaz'ed Helmet.
Angelic sets except the sabre, and armour PTopaz'ed :P (+2K AR, 50%Fire Resist, 75 Life, 100%MF, +1 skills, % damage convert to mana, and some more mods)
My stats:
255 VIT
Rest in STR
With Might merc I am dealing around 7K Berserk, 3K Life, 18K AR. You will not need Grim Ward, as after you Howl the monsters run away so fast and so far you will not see them in your screen again. BO and Shout also make your merc a super killing tank, He clears the Pit, Mausoleum, all by himself and I am just there horking corpses wielding dual Alibaba or just stand there tanking for him, utilizing the combine MF to max :) It is even more fun killing Shenk, Eldritch and Pindle by him while I Howl away all the monsters. No need to fear the Black Soul too even my LR is negative, just Taunt them over and they will switch to melee mode, though then the Mana Burn they have is annoying.
Now just need the IK armour to up the % Resist :)