BvA build planning.
This is reposted from the Barb forum, it didn't get any replies at all after a little over a day I believe. If this is against the rules or something, lockage I suppose.
I was doing some testing on SP again to see if I could arrange my stats on my new BvA barb so I could slap on a Fortitude and SS when the need arose. However, I'm find that even though I can put on the SS and Fort it won't stay if I die at which time the barb is unable to retrive the Arreat's, SS, Verdungos, and Grief Zerker. In order to correct this, I've had to increase the base str to 78 which allows for the Arreat's to be equipped without the aid of Enigma which in turn allows for the 133 str required for Stormshield.
78 Base
20 Anni
15 Drac's
----
113 total
20 Arreat's
----
133 total
This allows for all equipment to be worn including swapping out Enigma for Fort which should be the edge required to go toe to toe with mediocre BvBs. However, I was wondering if anyone here had any ideas to make more efficient use of stat points. The only other means I can think of to lessen the base str required and thus increase total life is to obtain a Barb hellfire torch but that is currently outside of my budget. Here are the two setups I'm trying to build a barb around:
BvC gear:
- Arreat's/CoA
- Enigma
- Dracul's
- Arachnid's
- Dual Ravens
- Highlord's
- Gores/Resist boots (no stats, using some triple res rare that I found)
- Grief Zerker + Beast Zerker
BvC stats:
- About 5500 life
- 18k AR with Demon Limb prebuff
BvB gear:
- Arreat's
- Fortitude
- Dracul's
- Verdungo's
- Angelic ring + Raven (dex was needed, results in 71% block)
- Angelic ammy
- Gores
- Grief Zerker + Stormshield
BvB stats:
- 6k life
- 21k ar with prebuff
So far the stat allocation goes as follows:
- 78 str
- 127 dex
- 340 vita
- base energy
Other criticisms besides stat allocation are welcomed. I'm not sure if it's worth it to lose some more life in order to get max block with dual angelics in the BvB setup. Currently the barb has 63% block and 27k ar with angelics and 71% block and 21k ar with angelic+raven. 27k yields 47% chance to hit a 30k same level char while 21k yields a 41% chance to hit the same barb.
If I decide to get max block with dual angelics, the BvB setup will drop to 5600 life but have 75% block and 28k ar and the BvC setup drops to 5300 life. This is accomplished by moving 30 stats from vita to dex.
In summary:
- How is the setup overall?
- Is that extra 5k ar needed for BvB? 21k ar vs 27k ar. I'll drop to 63% blocking which would require a good amount more dex to get max block.
- Is there a way to squeeze more life out of this build while still being versatile enough to go without Enigma in BvB duels?
This is reposted from the Barb forum, it didn't get any replies at all after a little over a day I believe. If this is against the rules or something, lockage I suppose.
I was doing some testing on SP again to see if I could arrange my stats on my new BvA barb so I could slap on a Fortitude and SS when the need arose. However, I'm find that even though I can put on the SS and Fort it won't stay if I die at which time the barb is unable to retrive the Arreat's, SS, Verdungos, and Grief Zerker. In order to correct this, I've had to increase the base str to 78 which allows for the Arreat's to be equipped without the aid of Enigma which in turn allows for the 133 str required for Stormshield.
78 Base
20 Anni
15 Drac's
----
113 total
20 Arreat's
----
133 total
This allows for all equipment to be worn including swapping out Enigma for Fort which should be the edge required to go toe to toe with mediocre BvBs. However, I was wondering if anyone here had any ideas to make more efficient use of stat points. The only other means I can think of to lessen the base str required and thus increase total life is to obtain a Barb hellfire torch but that is currently outside of my budget. Here are the two setups I'm trying to build a barb around:
BvC gear:
- Arreat's/CoA
- Enigma
- Dracul's
- Arachnid's
- Dual Ravens
- Highlord's
- Gores/Resist boots (no stats, using some triple res rare that I found)
- Grief Zerker + Beast Zerker
BvC stats:
- About 5500 life
- 18k AR with Demon Limb prebuff
BvB gear:
- Arreat's
- Fortitude
- Dracul's
- Verdungo's
- Angelic ring + Raven (dex was needed, results in 71% block)
- Angelic ammy
- Gores
- Grief Zerker + Stormshield
BvB stats:
- 6k life
- 21k ar with prebuff
So far the stat allocation goes as follows:
- 78 str
- 127 dex
- 340 vita
- base energy
Other criticisms besides stat allocation are welcomed. I'm not sure if it's worth it to lose some more life in order to get max block with dual angelics in the BvB setup. Currently the barb has 63% block and 27k ar with angelics and 71% block and 21k ar with angelic+raven. 27k yields 47% chance to hit a 30k same level char while 21k yields a 41% chance to hit the same barb.
If I decide to get max block with dual angelics, the BvB setup will drop to 5600 life but have 75% block and 28k ar and the BvC setup drops to 5300 life. This is accomplished by moving 30 stats from vita to dex.
In summary:
- How is the setup overall?
- Is that extra 5k ar needed for BvB? 21k ar vs 27k ar. I'll drop to 63% blocking which would require a good amount more dex to get max block.
- Is there a way to squeeze more life out of this build while still being versatile enough to go without Enigma in BvB duels?