Nice vid grip, I was lazy to record last night.
I agree Grip, build of the night for me was
@Miron 's barb. Tell us more about him Mir - Are you keeping BO sticks in the cube or not bothering? Shows you can make an effective build without needing Ber Ber CoA and Grief.
Also froz is too good on his own host. Plz nerf.
Will post a bit later when I'm done with work and stuff.
EDIT:
Where to begin? This is one of my first PvP chars I made when I decided that 1 char (trapper) is not enough. I read several guides on barbs and most of them, same as today, suggested BVC and all of them had Grief as main weapon. Here and there were other options like eBoTD or eDeath Cleaver but usually as 2nd choice.
Back then all I had is Beast and Grief was out of the question since I play without RWM, I just knew that no matter what I would not be able to compete damage wise with Grief based builds so I decided to try a different approach. I began reading guides/posts about shield wielding barbs (BVA) and the consensus was that this build requires VERY good items (helms, rings, charms) and dex investment = huge loss of life (~ 1000hp).
Since I didn't have such good equipment in my stashes it was a tough decision and even after I made BVA barb I still ask myself maybe I should respec to BVC.....
Anyway, the build is based on several guides from other forums mainly: Dha's, Ling's, EuroPolita's, if naming the writers is forbidden, please edit this part
@maxicek.
FHR - 48
FCR - 40 (37)
Gear:
Arreats with +9 to Energy/+7 to Dexterity/+36 to Attack Rating/Requirements -15% jewel
Enigma
Beast
HLW amulet
Eld SS
Raven
Gore
Trang's gloves & arch belt
Rune Grip
Ring
Required Level: 66
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0xe3ab5f01
+16 to Strength
+9 to Dexterity
+73 to Attack Rating
Fire Resist +28%
8% Life stolen per hit
Switch - Widowmaker, based on Ling's guide:
"I now will do ANYTHING, I will sacrifice sorb, I will lose DR, I will take off FCR, in any situation where I think widow could give me an edge. At face value you lose the edge numerically, in terms of damage/life, but you gain an IMMENSE tactical advantage.
From a shieldless melee char, you become a dangerous force of defensive barb playing to be reckoned with. You can get life tap, you can get lots of open wounds/psn damage, you can force someone into a teleport that you have already predicted and have started WWing at, you can even beat trappers with it."
Stash - never really used, probably should master this aspect more...
CoA with +7 to Dexterity/+40 to Attack Rating & +9 to Dexterity/+46 to Attack Rating jewels
Kira
Dracs & Blood Fist
Metalgrid
Angelic amu&
rings
Raven/Wisp/Dwarf/Nature
GFace + 15@ all
Wizzy
Dual leech ring
Tri-res boots
Crafted amulets (to use with GFace)
Entropy Beads
Amulet
Required Level: 72
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 95
Fingerprint: 0x80f74f15
+19 to Strength
+7% Increased Chance of Blocking
Damage Reduced by 4
Magic Damage Reduced by 3
All Resistances +18
+2 to Warcry Skills (Barbarian Only)
Plague Eye
Amulet
Required Level: 53
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 94
Fingerprint: 0xe4c89ad5
+33 to Life
+78 to Mana
+8% Increased Chance of Blocking
Damage Reduced by 1
Magic Damage Reduced by 1
Fire Resist +16%
Lightning Resist +26%
Cold Resist +16%
Poison Resist +16%
All in all, I get:
~4000HP
~550 mana
max block
43% DR
10k def
9k AR
30-50% of CB, OW, DS
I should get few more levels, a bit more mana and somehow improve HP, any suggestions?