I might be the only person who still plays 1.09 to this day hehe. Maybe nobody cares about this post, but I had nobody to share this with.
I recently finished leveling my LoD SC Barbarian, Omega, I'm now at 6/7 level 99s
Since I am using 1.07 Arkaine Valor, I decided to never put a single point in Vitality, and put everything in Strength to maximize damage and kill speed. Though I still needed 49 base Dex to be able to wear The Grandfather.
Some of my gear choices are more for style points than optimization.
Stats:
506 (572) Strength
49 (131) Dexterity
Base Vitality
Base Energy
Skills:
1 (6) Howl
1 (6) Find Potion
1 (6) Shout
1 (6) Find Item
20 (25) Battle Orders
20 (25) Sword Mastery
1 (6) Increased Stamina
8 (13) Iron Skin
1 (6) Increased Speed
11 (16) Natural Resistances
1 (8) Bash
1 (8) Leap
1 (8) Stun
1 (8) Leap Attack
1 (8) Concentrate
20 (27) Whirwind
20 (27) Berserk
Gear:
Helm: Arreat's Face (198%/6LL) with 14 all res / 12 Max damage Jewel
Weapon 1: The Grandfather (239%) with Shael
Weapon 2: Cruel Colossus Blade (271%) with Eth Shael Shael
Armor: 1.07 Arkaine Valor with Um
Gloves: Crafted Blood Gloves (20 IAS, 3LL, 10% CB, 6 Dex, 14 life)
Belt: String of Ears (8LL/14%DR)
Boots: Waterwalk (64 life)
Amulet: Rare with 6% Mana stolen, 16 Strength, 14 all res
Ring 1: Raven frost (20/230)
Ring 2: Bul Khatos
Switch: 2x 3 Warcries weapons
Charms: Max damage / Attack Rating. Including some 1.07 charms.
This barb was pretty frail until level 85. He was using Shaftstop before he could wear Arkaine's Valor. Also, the Crafted gloves might be useless in a way since he deals enough damage I'm not sure the CB changes anything. Might be better off using Laying of Hands, but it's too late now because he can't wear Grandfather without the Dex from the gloves and he's 99 lol.
Now only the Amazon is left to level to 99 (currently 90) until I have a full 99ers sept. But before I finish her, I absolutely want a Windforce. I am currently running Pindle a lot. I found lots of rare items so far including 3x Grandfather!! And a Ist rune, which is about 8x rarer than WF from Pindle...
Other progess made:
My HC Classic Barb reached level 86
My SC Classic Amazon reached level 84 and imbued a nice Gothic Bow.