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This guy is all Babyhell’s fault! I read his Shapeshifter thread and as I was in the process of making a Bear Paladin, I thought this might be a good next build. I took a look at my Wolfhowls and one of them was very nice. So, I decided to go ahead with the project and I’m glad I did. This guy is an ANIMAL. He is now one of my favorite builds. I played Hell on Players 5 simply because I wanted to finish and not because he couldn’t handle P8. As a final test I ran Hell Cows at Players 8 and while very fast he had no problems surviving. A first for me is that I had zero deaths.
I had created a barb for the TC3 tourney and he was sitting there at level 13. When I started him, I thought I would turn him into a frenzyer wielding axes and I had already dumped points into skills that required a respec which I immediately took.
At first, I thought I’d follow Babyhell’s build with a few minor equipment changes as I knew Grief was a great weapon and the skills distribution seemed good. However, I then took a look at the Mat/Pat Compilation and there were 32 builds with equipment all over the place, a wide variety of skill distribution and 10 different weapons. About the only cookie cutter part to this build is using Wolfhowl.
I particularly found Grape’s and TopHatCat64’s reports interesting. Given all of the Wolfbarb builds in the compilation thread I decided to do some compiling of my own since I don’t really like to simply copy a build. The only Wolfbarb guide I could find was from 2005 and I thought it was pretty basic and so I also decided to take a stab at writing another build guide.
If you are interested here’s how others handled being a Wolfbarb.
My plan
Given the weapons that I have, Grief was the best, but after working on my Wolfbarb guide I realized that Tomb Reaver offered huge magic find in a weapon as well as a weapon that does good damage. I finally decided to build ARGH from scratch using Grief and respec Bahzell to be a magic find barb wielding Tomb Reaver. More on Bahzell later.
Since you can’t issue a Warcry in wolf form and the plan was to spend all my time as a Bear and then as a Wolf, Combat skills make zero sense and Warcry skills other than Shout, BO and BC also don’t make sense. Babyhell took the purist route of not having to do a respec once he was able to equip Wolfhowl and besides my initial respec I decided to follow that plan with a minor modifcation. Rather than a bow I dumped a point in Bash and Double Swing so that I’d get two swings per monster and an additional 15% AR. I then used dual Gleamscythes till level 30 and then dual Bloodletters. With no boost in mana and +7 to Whirlwind, Whirlwind was next to useless for me so I continued Double Swing with the Bloodletters.
On switch I started with dual Spirit swords and then a Heart of the Oak flail and a Spirit sword. While I have the Vex runes to make 2 HoTOs, other than this build, I’m not sure what I’d do with two of them. So, one HoTO and one spirit on switch.
For ARGH once I had decided on Grief the next decision was Shield or a second weapon. I decided on a second weapon and given that the off-hand weapon wasn’t going to be dealing any damage it had to contribute an aura. For me that meant Beast, Lawbringer or Doom. Because of the +2 skills and the Holy Freeze aura I went with Doom.
The hardest decision was what Mercenary to use. I used a cold Rouge till Mid Act 2 in Nightmare when I switched to a Might merc that I used till I reached Nightmare Act 5. At that point I decided to experiment and went with an Act 5 merc wielding Lawbringer in an Eth Champion Sword. How could I not choose the one named Wulfgar!
Wulfgar worked well enough that I kept him all the way through Hell. I had no issues with him wandering off by himself, probably in large part because I was hurtling around and he had to keep up with me. He didn’t really kill many monsters by himself. However, he sure was durable and between Knockback from Sanctuary, Stun and the 12 second Decrepify he more than made up for not being able to kill many monsters by himself.
One of the reasons I decide to try the barb merc was that I was able to load up on elemental small charms and my total elemental damage including a jewel that I socketed into the Wolfhowl, Holy Freeze and Venom from Grief was
Cold – 118-171
Fire – 54-119
Lightning – 6-281
Poison – 300-325
With this much elemental damage I was able to take down PIs by myself in a reasonable time frame.
Here’s how I went through equipment.
13- 30 Sigon’s set and Angelical amulet and ring.
15 - Raven Claw
15 - Dual Gleamscythes
21 – Twitchthroe
24 – Superior horned Helm
28 - The Spirit Shroud, twin Spirit swords on switch, the eye of Etlitch, 2 rare rings
30 – Dual Bloodletters, IK Gloves and Belt
31 - IK boots
42 – Arreat’s Face, Duriel’s shell
44 – Passion Dimensional blade
45 – Raven Frost, Shaftstop
47 – Duress Boneweave Armor
49 – Passion Highland blade and Lawbringer Superior Legend Sword
60 – Grief PB and Lawbringer
65 Grief and Beast, Chains of Honor, Laying of hands, Thundergod’s Vigor, Gore Riders, Mara’s, Dwarf Star, Harlequin Crest
79 – Wolfhowl and Doom
80 – Rare ring with Mana leach instead of Dwarf Star
88 – Seraph’s Hymn instead of Mara’s
I ran Nightmare Act 2 with a Passion and a Lawbringer swords. A nice combination that I used till I could equip Grief. Mephisto went down at level 64. At level 65 I made major changes to just about all of my gear as it was time to turn into a bear. I wanted as many + skill items, hence the Harly over Arreat’s. At level 66 in bear form ARGH had more life than my Paladin bear did at level 88 and I had 40 stat points undistributed.
Hell was reached at level 74 and I found the Bear a little slow killing monsters so I switched to Players 5. Once I reached level 79 and equipped Wolfhowl I found the rate at which I killed to be much faster, but I kept things at Players 5 and just cruised through Hell.
I was surprised by how often Sanctuary helped. I knew that demons were the most common, but I had never given much thought to how many monsters were Undead. Even though I didn’t benefit from the 600% ED the knockback every 2 seconds kept the hordes from ganging up on me.
As a barbarian I never liked Demon Imps or flayers as I found them hard to catch. Well no longer, now they couldn’t get out of my way. I could even run down fleeing monsters.
The only time I had any trouble was on the bottom level where Nihlathak is found. Nihlathak himself wasn’t an issue, it was getting past all the physical immunes and Tomb vipers that spawned. Hell Temptresses and the PI version of Doom Apes that you can hardly see were all intermingled and then the Tomb Vipers Poison attack just destroyed my merc and would drop my life in half.
Because I didn’t have much MF equipment I wasn’t expecting to find much, but I actually did better than I expected. I found Bonehew, Bul-Kathos Tribal Guardian, Eschuta’s Temper, Laying of Hands, Lycander’s Flank, Tal Rasha’s Horadic Crest, The Oculus and a Reaper’s Toll.
Rune finds weren’t bad if you ignore the single Tal that the Countess dropped in both Nightmare and Hell. The Forge dropped a Pul in Nightmare and a Gul in Hell. I also found two Mal’s while in Hell.
And then I found this little beauty and almost threw it out!
Ruby Jewel of Fervor
Required Level: 58
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x96c33536
+40% Enhanced Damage
15% Increased Attack Speed
What's next? I find him too much fun to just park so will probably switch some gear around to get more magic find and just have fun seeing what I can find.
I had created a barb for the TC3 tourney and he was sitting there at level 13. When I started him, I thought I would turn him into a frenzyer wielding axes and I had already dumped points into skills that required a respec which I immediately took.
At first, I thought I’d follow Babyhell’s build with a few minor equipment changes as I knew Grief was a great weapon and the skills distribution seemed good. However, I then took a look at the Mat/Pat Compilation and there were 32 builds with equipment all over the place, a wide variety of skill distribution and 10 different weapons. About the only cookie cutter part to this build is using Wolfhowl.
I particularly found Grape’s and TopHatCat64’s reports interesting. Given all of the Wolfbarb builds in the compilation thread I decided to do some compiling of my own since I don’t really like to simply copy a build. The only Wolfbarb guide I could find was from 2005 and I thought it was pretty basic and so I also decided to take a stab at writing another build guide.
If you are interested here’s how others handled being a Wolfbarb.
Code:
Weapon choices were varied with half using a two-hand weapon. 9 used Grief, 7 used an upped Ribcracker, 4 used Griswold’s Redemption, 3 used Tomb Reaver, 2 used Oath, 2 used a BotD, 2 used Doombringer and 1 each used Rune Master, Death Cleaver and IK Maul.
I had just finished a Palabear using Grief with 6fpa and was very happy with both the speed and damage. Filling available sockets with Shael runes the best of the two-hand weapons is a Tomb Reaver at 6fps. Grief phase blade comes in at 5 fps for the wolf barbarian and depending how you socket Gris’s Caduceus it can be 3, 4 or 5 fps. However, to get to 3 fps you have to sacrifice all 4 sockets to Shael runes.
For the 16 that didn’t use a two-handed weapon there was the decision what to put in the other hand. Nine used a shield and seven used dual weapons. Of the shield users, 6 used Stormshield and one each used Tiamat’s Rebuke, Head Hunter and Lance Guard. Of the dual wielders 5 used grief as the main weapon and 2 used Beast in the offhand, the others used Lawgiver, Silence and a dex-glitched phase blade. The other two were eBoTD Berserker Axe-Beast and a Doombringer-Baranar Star combos.
Not everybody noted what Merc they used or what skill the merc possessed, but of those that did all but one used a might merc. The exception was PhineasB who used an Act 5 merc.
There were also several ways used to handle physical immunes. No real surprise than 65% used Reapers Toll.
20 used decrepify via Reaper’s Toll
3 used Berserk with one using a Passion weapon to get it
3 used Amp damage, 2 via Atma amulet and 1 via a crafted polearm
1 used decrepify and amp damage via Atma amulet and Reaper’s Toll
1 used Conviction via Infinity and a whole lot of elemental damage
1 did most of Hell in a Party and had a lot of elemental damage
The unusual was Grape’s having every one of his items or charms providing elemental damage and then having the merc use Infinity to provide Conviction.
Skill distribution was another area where there was a lot of divergence. Not everyone provided a breakdown of their skills and some only provided a partial list. Of those that provided data everyone dumped 20 points into a weapon mastery and 1 point into Battle Command. After that, skill points went all over the place. All but one put 20 points into Battle Orders and that person put 15 into it. Shout was another that all but three maxed.
I think everyone put points into Natural Resistances and Iron Skin with the distribution ranging from 1 to 20 with most maxing Iron Skin. Only three maxed Natural Resistances but most put at least 10 points into it. Increase Speed was also very popular with most putting 1 to 5 points into it while 4 people put over 10 points into it.
There were only two other skills that garnered more than a point, Berserk and Whirlwind. One-person maxed Whirlwind as he split his time between being a wolf and a whirler. Seven people put points into Berserk with two maxing it. However, to use berserk you have to drop out of Wolf form.
On switch people used Spirit or Heart of the Oak to get +4 or +6 to all skills.My plan
Given the weapons that I have, Grief was the best, but after working on my Wolfbarb guide I realized that Tomb Reaver offered huge magic find in a weapon as well as a weapon that does good damage. I finally decided to build ARGH from scratch using Grief and respec Bahzell to be a magic find barb wielding Tomb Reaver. More on Bahzell later.
Since you can’t issue a Warcry in wolf form and the plan was to spend all my time as a Bear and then as a Wolf, Combat skills make zero sense and Warcry skills other than Shout, BO and BC also don’t make sense. Babyhell took the purist route of not having to do a respec once he was able to equip Wolfhowl and besides my initial respec I decided to follow that plan with a minor modifcation. Rather than a bow I dumped a point in Bash and Double Swing so that I’d get two swings per monster and an additional 15% AR. I then used dual Gleamscythes till level 30 and then dual Bloodletters. With no boost in mana and +7 to Whirlwind, Whirlwind was next to useless for me so I continued Double Swing with the Bloodletters.
On switch I started with dual Spirit swords and then a Heart of the Oak flail and a Spirit sword. While I have the Vex runes to make 2 HoTOs, other than this build, I’m not sure what I’d do with two of them. So, one HoTO and one spirit on switch.
For ARGH once I had decided on Grief the next decision was Shield or a second weapon. I decided on a second weapon and given that the off-hand weapon wasn’t going to be dealing any damage it had to contribute an aura. For me that meant Beast, Lawbringer or Doom. Because of the +2 skills and the Holy Freeze aura I went with Doom.
The hardest decision was what Mercenary to use. I used a cold Rouge till Mid Act 2 in Nightmare when I switched to a Might merc that I used till I reached Nightmare Act 5. At that point I decided to experiment and went with an Act 5 merc wielding Lawbringer in an Eth Champion Sword. How could I not choose the one named Wulfgar!
Wulfgar worked well enough that I kept him all the way through Hell. I had no issues with him wandering off by himself, probably in large part because I was hurtling around and he had to keep up with me. He didn’t really kill many monsters by himself. However, he sure was durable and between Knockback from Sanctuary, Stun and the 12 second Decrepify he more than made up for not being able to kill many monsters by himself.
One of the reasons I decide to try the barb merc was that I was able to load up on elemental small charms and my total elemental damage including a jewel that I socketed into the Wolfhowl, Holy Freeze and Venom from Grief was
Cold – 118-171
Fire – 54-119
Lightning – 6-281
Poison – 300-325
With this much elemental damage I was able to take down PIs by myself in a reasonable time frame.
Code:
Name: ARGH
Class: Barbarian
Experience: 1466153040
Level: 88
Naked/Gear/Wolfhout&BO
Strength: 133/190
Dexterity: 121/165
Vitality: 271/305
Energy: 10/10
HP: 1273/1382/4945
Mana: 97/137
Stamina: 425/451
Defense: 30/1632/13056
AR: 590/1051/7780
Fire: 75
Cold: 72
Lightning: 85
Poison: 72
MF: 103 Block: 21
GF: 113
FR/W: 30 actually 86 to 114
FHR: 5
IAS: 101 Actually 56, 101 includes 45% from Doom which never gets factored into calculations.
FCR: 0
Bash: 1/7
Leap: 0/0
Double Swing: 1/7
Stun: 0/0
Double Throw: 0/0
Leap Attack: 0/0
Concentrate: 0/0
Frenzy: 0/0
Whirlwind: 0/0
Berserk: 0/0
Sword Mastery: 20/26
Axe Mastery: 0/0
Mace Mastery: 0/0
Pole Arm Mastery: 0/0
Throwing Mastery: 0/0
Spear Mastery: 0/0
Increased Stamina: 1/7
Iron Skin: 20/26
Increased Speed: 4/10
Natural Resistance: 10/16
Howl: 1/9
Find Potion: 0/0
Taunt: 0/0
Shout: 20/28
Find Item: 0/0
Battle Cry: 0/0
Battle Orders: 20/28
Grim Ward: 0/0
War Cry: 0/0
Battle Command: 1/9ARGH's Wolfhowl
Fury Visor
Defense: 345
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 79
Required Strength: 129
Fingerprint: 0x2bc52609
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Warcry Skills (Barbarian Only)
Adds 25 - 40 Fire Damage
Adds 1 - 70 Lightning Damage
+5 to Feral Rage
+6 to Lycanthropy
+6 to Werewolf
+129% Enhanced Defense
+14 to Strength
+12 to Dexterity
+14 to Vitality
Heal Stamina Plus 15%
Level 15 Summon Dire Wolf (18/18 Charges)
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Plague Heart
Plague Heart
Jewel
Required Level: 49
Fingerprint: 0x73b2a153
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 25 - 40 Fire Damage
Adds 1 - 70 Lightning Damage
Heal Stamina Plus 15%
Tovak's Grief
Phase Blade
EthTirLoMalRal
One Hand Damage: 31 - 35
Indestructible
Required Level: 59
Required Strength: 25
Required Dexterity: 136
Fingerprint: 0xcd05eebd
Item Level: 83
Version: Expansion 1.10+
35% Chance to cast level 15 Venom on striking
+36% Increased Attack Speed
Damage +381
Ignore Target's Defense
-25% Target Defense
+165% Damage to Demons (Based on Character Level)
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
-23% to Enemy Poison Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
Prevent Monster Heal
+2 to Mana after each Kill
+12 Life after each Kill
5 Sockets (5 used)
Poppa's Doom
Superior War Spike
HelOhmUmLoCham
One Hand Damage: 141 - 227
Durability: 26 of 26
Required Level: 67
Required Strength: 107
Required Dexterity: 44
Fingerprint: 0xb3abc0d1
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
5% Chance to cast level 18 Volcano on striking
Level 12 Holy Freeze Aura When Equipped
+2 to All Skills
+45% Increased Attack Speed
373% Enhanced Damage
+1 to Attack Rating
-54% to Enemy Cold Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
25% Chance of Open Wounds
Prevent Monster Heal
Freezes target +3
Requirements -20%
5 Sockets (5 used)
Raven Frost
Ring
Required Level: 45
Fingerprint: 0x4782aeee
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+172 to Attack Rating
Adds 15 - 45 Cold Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)
+19 to Dexterity
+40 to Mana
Cold Absorb 20%
Cannot Be Frozen
Rune Hold
Ring
Required Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0xdb200f4e
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+65 to Attack Rating
4% Mana stolen per hit
+13 to Dexterity
+36 to Life
+6 Maximum Stamina
Lightning Resist +19%
Laying of Hands
Bramble Mitts
Defense: 82
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0x989ea0de
Item Level: 82
Version: Expansion 1.10+
10% Chance to cast level 3 Holy Bolt on striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+350% Damage to Demons
+25 Defense
Fire Resist +50%
Gore Rider
War Boots
Defense: 146
Durability: 34 of 34
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 94
Fingerprint: 0x3fc4183
Item Level: 68
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+30% Faster Run/Walk
15% Chance of Crushing Blow
15% Deadly Strike
10% Chance of Open Wounds
+172% Enhanced Defense
+20 Maximum Stamina
Requirements -25%
+10 Maximum Durability
Chains of Honor
Archon Plate
DolUmBerIst
Defense: 880
Durability: 60 of 60
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 103
Fingerprint: 0x8e15eb1e
Item Level: 83
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+200% Damage to Demons
+100% Damage to Undead
8% Life stolen per hit
+70% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Strength
Replenish Life +7
All Resistances +65
Damage Reduced by 8%
25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
4 Sockets (4 used)
Seraph's Hymn
Amulet
Required Level: 65
Fingerprint: 0xe1366fe7
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+2 to Defensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+41% Damage to Demons
+235 to Attack Rating against Demons
+41% Damage to Undead
+232 to Attack Rating against Undead
+2 to Light Radius
Thundergod's Vigor
War Belt
Defense: 138
Durability: 24 of 24
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 110
Fingerprint: 0xd6a85d35
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
5% Chance to cast level 7 Fist of the Heavens when struck
Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage
+3 to Lightning Fury (Amazon Only)
+3 to Lightning Strike (Amazon Only)
+161% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Strength
+20 to Vitality
+10% to Maximum Lightning Resist
+20 Lightning Absorb
On Switch
Spirit
Tusk Sword
TalThulOrtAmn
One Hand Damage: 10 - 37
Two Hand Damage: 19 - 58
Durability: 50 of 50
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 104
Required Dexterity: 71
Fingerprint: 0xbc7cfa6f
Item Level: 47
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+32% Faster Cast Rate
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
7% Life stolen per hit
+250 Defense vs. Missile
+22 to Vitality
+103 to Mana
+4 Magic Absorb
4 Sockets (4 used)
Heart of the Oak
Flail
KoVexPulThul
One Hand Damage: 1 - 24
Durability: 30 of 30
Required Level: 55
Required Strength: 41
Required Dexterity: 35
Fingerprint: 0x73304224
Item Level: 49
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+3 to All Skills
+40% Faster Cast Rate
+75% Damage to Demons
+100 to Attack Rating against Demons
+150% Damage to Undead
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
7% Mana stolen per hit
+10 to Dexterity
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
All Resistances +35
Level 4 Oak Sage (25/25 Charges)
Level 14 Raven (60/60 Charges)
4 Sockets (4 used)
Fury Visor
Defense: 345
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 79
Required Strength: 129
Fingerprint: 0x2bc52609
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Warcry Skills (Barbarian Only)
Adds 25 - 40 Fire Damage
Adds 1 - 70 Lightning Damage
+5 to Feral Rage
+6 to Lycanthropy
+6 to Werewolf
+129% Enhanced Defense
+14 to Strength
+12 to Dexterity
+14 to Vitality
Heal Stamina Plus 15%
Level 15 Summon Dire Wolf (18/18 Charges)
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Plague Heart
Plague Heart
Jewel
Required Level: 49
Fingerprint: 0x73b2a153
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 25 - 40 Fire Damage
Adds 1 - 70 Lightning Damage
Heal Stamina Plus 15%
Tovak's Grief
Phase Blade
EthTirLoMalRal
One Hand Damage: 31 - 35
Indestructible
Required Level: 59
Required Strength: 25
Required Dexterity: 136
Fingerprint: 0xcd05eebd
Item Level: 83
Version: Expansion 1.10+
35% Chance to cast level 15 Venom on striking
+36% Increased Attack Speed
Damage +381
Ignore Target's Defense
-25% Target Defense
+165% Damage to Demons (Based on Character Level)
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
-23% to Enemy Poison Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
Prevent Monster Heal
+2 to Mana after each Kill
+12 Life after each Kill
5 Sockets (5 used)
Poppa's Doom
Superior War Spike
HelOhmUmLoCham
One Hand Damage: 141 - 227
Durability: 26 of 26
Required Level: 67
Required Strength: 107
Required Dexterity: 44
Fingerprint: 0xb3abc0d1
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
5% Chance to cast level 18 Volcano on striking
Level 12 Holy Freeze Aura When Equipped
+2 to All Skills
+45% Increased Attack Speed
373% Enhanced Damage
+1 to Attack Rating
-54% to Enemy Cold Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
25% Chance of Open Wounds
Prevent Monster Heal
Freezes target +3
Requirements -20%
5 Sockets (5 used)
Raven Frost
Ring
Required Level: 45
Fingerprint: 0x4782aeee
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+172 to Attack Rating
Adds 15 - 45 Cold Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)
+19 to Dexterity
+40 to Mana
Cold Absorb 20%
Cannot Be Frozen
Rune Hold
Ring
Required Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0xdb200f4e
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+65 to Attack Rating
4% Mana stolen per hit
+13 to Dexterity
+36 to Life
+6 Maximum Stamina
Lightning Resist +19%
Laying of Hands
Bramble Mitts
Defense: 82
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0x989ea0de
Item Level: 82
Version: Expansion 1.10+
10% Chance to cast level 3 Holy Bolt on striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+350% Damage to Demons
+25 Defense
Fire Resist +50%
Gore Rider
War Boots
Defense: 146
Durability: 34 of 34
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 94
Fingerprint: 0x3fc4183
Item Level: 68
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+30% Faster Run/Walk
15% Chance of Crushing Blow
15% Deadly Strike
10% Chance of Open Wounds
+172% Enhanced Defense
+20 Maximum Stamina
Requirements -25%
+10 Maximum Durability
Chains of Honor
Archon Plate
DolUmBerIst
Defense: 880
Durability: 60 of 60
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 103
Fingerprint: 0x8e15eb1e
Item Level: 83
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+200% Damage to Demons
+100% Damage to Undead
8% Life stolen per hit
+70% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Strength
Replenish Life +7
All Resistances +65
Damage Reduced by 8%
25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
4 Sockets (4 used)
Seraph's Hymn
Amulet
Required Level: 65
Fingerprint: 0xe1366fe7
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+2 to Defensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+41% Damage to Demons
+235 to Attack Rating against Demons
+41% Damage to Undead
+232 to Attack Rating against Undead
+2 to Light Radius
Thundergod's Vigor
War Belt
Defense: 138
Durability: 24 of 24
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 110
Fingerprint: 0xd6a85d35
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
5% Chance to cast level 7 Fist of the Heavens when struck
Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage
+3 to Lightning Fury (Amazon Only)
+3 to Lightning Strike (Amazon Only)
+161% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Strength
+20 to Vitality
+10% to Maximum Lightning Resist
+20 Lightning Absorb
On Switch
Spirit
Tusk Sword
TalThulOrtAmn
One Hand Damage: 10 - 37
Two Hand Damage: 19 - 58
Durability: 50 of 50
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 104
Required Dexterity: 71
Fingerprint: 0xbc7cfa6f
Item Level: 47
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+32% Faster Cast Rate
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
7% Life stolen per hit
+250 Defense vs. Missile
+22 to Vitality
+103 to Mana
+4 Magic Absorb
4 Sockets (4 used)
Heart of the Oak
Flail
KoVexPulThul
One Hand Damage: 1 - 24
Durability: 30 of 30
Required Level: 55
Required Strength: 41
Required Dexterity: 35
Fingerprint: 0x73304224
Item Level: 49
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+3 to All Skills
+40% Faster Cast Rate
+75% Damage to Demons
+100 to Attack Rating against Demons
+150% Damage to Undead
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
7% Mana stolen per hit
+10 to Dexterity
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
All Resistances +35
Level 4 Oak Sage (25/25 Charges)
Level 14 Raven (60/60 Charges)
4 Sockets (4 used)
Code:
Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0x10041f75
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+20 to Life
Boreal Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 58
Fingerprint: 0xab72fbbb
Item Level: 93
Version: Expansion
Adds 6 - 11 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (25 Frames)
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Boreal Small Charm of Strength
Small Charm
Required Level: 58
Fingerprint: 0xa9694974
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 5 - 14 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (25 Frames)
+2 to Strength
Smoking Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 56
Fingerprint: 0xb073739
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 7 - 14 Fire Damage
6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Arcing Small Charm of Balance
Small Charm
Required Level: 57
Fingerprint: 0xe903958f
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+5% Faster Hit Recovery
Adds 1 - 43 Lightning Damage
Arcing Small Charm
Small Charm
Required Level: 57
Fingerprint: 0xaf3166bc
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 1 - 41 Lightning Damage
Arcing Small Charm of Strength
Small Charm
Required Level: 57
Fingerprint: 0xf1eca8f1
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 1 - 39 Lightning Damage
+1 to Strength
Arcing Small Charm of Sustenance
Small Charm
Required Level: 57
Fingerprint: 0x47dfa79
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 1 - 38 Lightning Damage
+11 to Life
Smoking Small Charm of Life
Small Charm
Required Level: 56
Fingerprint: 0xb627500e
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion
Adds 8 - 17 Fire Damage
+5 to Life
Boreal Small Charm of Greed
Small Charm
Required Level: 58
Fingerprint: 0xba8442e7
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 7 - 11 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (25 Frames)
8% Extra Gold from Monsters
Smoking Small Charm
Small Charm
Required Level: 56
Fingerprint: 0x7372c5ee
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 9 - 18 Fire Damage
Shimmering Grand Charm of Vita
Grand Charm
Required Level: 69
Fingerprint: 0xa236bb77
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+37 to Life
All Resistances +13
Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0xe287774f
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0xd71ba236
Item Level: 63
Version: Expansion 1.10+
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Bronze Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0xb47ca7da
Item Level: 73
Version: Expansion
+3 to Attack Rating
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0x693d664c
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Gheed's Fortune
Grand Charm
Required Level: 62
Fingerprint: 0x11f4410c
Item Level: 76
Version: Expansion 1.10+
105% Extra Gold from Monsters
Reduces all Vendor Prices 11%
37% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Code:
Mercenary:
Name: Wulfgar
Race: Barbarian
Type: 1hs-Nightmare
Experience: 89610166
Level: 88
Dead?: false
Naked/Gear/Shout&BO
Strength: 212/232
Dexterity: 134/164
HP: 1699/1801/3993
Defense: 1635/3522/18003
AR: 2125/44625
Fire: 213/173/113
Cold: 213/173/113
Lightning: 213/173/113
Poison: 213/173/113
Arreat's Face
Slayer Guard
Defense: 354
Durability: 55 of 55
Required Level: 58
Required Strength: 118
Fingerprint: 0x4056bbab
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)
+2 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
40% Enhanced Damage
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
5% Life stolen per hit
+193% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Strength
+20 to Dexterity
+14 to Life
All Resistances +30
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Ruby Jewel of Hope
Ruby Jewel of Hope
Jewel
Required Level: 58
Fingerprint: 0x297cfeb3
Item Level: 69
Version: Expansion 1.10+
40% Enhanced Damage
+14 to Life
Fortitude
Superior Wire Fleece
ElSolDolLo
Defense: 1533
Durability: 32 of 32
Required Level: 59
Required Strength: 111
Fingerprint: 0x733dae0b
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
20% Chance to cast level 15 Chilling Armor when struck
+25% Faster Cast Rate
300% Enhanced Damage
+215% Enhanced Defense
+15 Defense
+88 to Life (Based on Character Level)
Replenish Life +7
+5% to Maximum Lightning Resist
All Resistances +30
Damage Reduced by 7
12% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
+1 to Light Radius
4 Sockets (4 used)
Lawbringer
Champion Sword
AmnLemKo
One Hand Damage: 36 - 81
Two Hand Damage: 106 - 124
Durability: 21 of 21
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 153
Required Dexterity: 93
Fingerprint: 0xc2dcb4bc
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
20% Chance to cast level 15 Decrepify on striking
Level 17 Sanctuary Aura When Equipped
-50% Target Defense
Adds 150 - 210 Fire Damage
Adds 130 - 180 Cold Damage Over 6 Secs (141 Frames)
7% Life stolen per hit
Slain Monsters Rest in Peace
+241 Defense vs. Missile
+10 to Dexterity
75% Extra Gold from Monsters
Ethereal
3 Sockets (3 used)Here’s how I went through equipment.
13- 30 Sigon’s set and Angelical amulet and ring.
15 - Raven Claw
15 - Dual Gleamscythes
21 – Twitchthroe
24 – Superior horned Helm
28 - The Spirit Shroud, twin Spirit swords on switch, the eye of Etlitch, 2 rare rings
30 – Dual Bloodletters, IK Gloves and Belt
31 - IK boots
42 – Arreat’s Face, Duriel’s shell
44 – Passion Dimensional blade
45 – Raven Frost, Shaftstop
47 – Duress Boneweave Armor
49 – Passion Highland blade and Lawbringer Superior Legend Sword
60 – Grief PB and Lawbringer
65 Grief and Beast, Chains of Honor, Laying of hands, Thundergod’s Vigor, Gore Riders, Mara’s, Dwarf Star, Harlequin Crest
79 – Wolfhowl and Doom
80 – Rare ring with Mana leach instead of Dwarf Star
88 – Seraph’s Hymn instead of Mara’s
I ran Nightmare Act 2 with a Passion and a Lawbringer swords. A nice combination that I used till I could equip Grief. Mephisto went down at level 64. At level 65 I made major changes to just about all of my gear as it was time to turn into a bear. I wanted as many + skill items, hence the Harly over Arreat’s. At level 66 in bear form ARGH had more life than my Paladin bear did at level 88 and I had 40 stat points undistributed.
Hell was reached at level 74 and I found the Bear a little slow killing monsters so I switched to Players 5. Once I reached level 79 and equipped Wolfhowl I found the rate at which I killed to be much faster, but I kept things at Players 5 and just cruised through Hell.
I was surprised by how often Sanctuary helped. I knew that demons were the most common, but I had never given much thought to how many monsters were Undead. Even though I didn’t benefit from the 600% ED the knockback every 2 seconds kept the hordes from ganging up on me.
As a barbarian I never liked Demon Imps or flayers as I found them hard to catch. Well no longer, now they couldn’t get out of my way. I could even run down fleeing monsters.
The only time I had any trouble was on the bottom level where Nihlathak is found. Nihlathak himself wasn’t an issue, it was getting past all the physical immunes and Tomb vipers that spawned. Hell Temptresses and the PI version of Doom Apes that you can hardly see were all intermingled and then the Tomb Vipers Poison attack just destroyed my merc and would drop my life in half.
Because I didn’t have much MF equipment I wasn’t expecting to find much, but I actually did better than I expected. I found Bonehew, Bul-Kathos Tribal Guardian, Eschuta’s Temper, Laying of Hands, Lycander’s Flank, Tal Rasha’s Horadic Crest, The Oculus and a Reaper’s Toll.
Rune finds weren’t bad if you ignore the single Tal that the Countess dropped in both Nightmare and Hell. The Forge dropped a Pul in Nightmare and a Gul in Hell. I also found two Mal’s while in Hell.
And then I found this little beauty and almost threw it out!
Ruby Jewel of Fervor
Required Level: 58
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x96c33536
+40% Enhanced Damage
15% Increased Attack Speed
What's next? I find him too much fun to just park so will probably switch some gear around to get more magic find and just have fun seeing what I can find.
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