Wolfbarbs-The ultimate guide (Revised verson)

-Requirement jewels would help out quite a bit. Saves you alot of stats, and knowing you'll need dexterity for a shield anyways it'll be fine. Now with all your gear, you only need enough strength to hold a Stormshield ( That is what you are using correct?) after that it would support the Steel Carapace.

Dr@kE~
 
i dunt get how you guys get so much life, ar, and def
tell me what im doing wrong..heres my barb

lvl 79
gear:
wolfhowl
cats eye
stormshield
goreriders
stone wire fleece (around 1600 def)
verdungos (30/13)
raven frost
dual leech ring
draculs
some unique throwing axe w/ elemental dmg (i forgot the name, its temporary anyway)

stats (with gear on):
189 str, 222 dex, 246 vit

i have around 2500 life and 5500 AR with feral rage
1000something--2500 dmg

lvl 20 axe mastery
lvl 20 iron skin
lvl 23 shout
lvl 23 bo
 
OiMan21 said:
i dunt get how you guys get so much life, ar, and def
tell me what im doing wrong..heres my barb

lvl 79
gear:
wolfhowl
cats eye
stormshield
goreriders
stone wire fleece (around 1600 def)
verdungos (30/13)
raven frost
dual leech ring
draculs
some unique throwing axe w/ elemental dmg (i forgot the name, its temporary anyway)

stats (with gear on):
189 str, 222 dex, 246 vit

i have around 2500 life and 5500 AR with feral rage
1000something--2500 dmg

lvl 20 axe mastery
lvl 20 iron skin
lvl 23 shout
lvl 23 bo
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Well, the low AR can be attributed to the amulet and rings you've chosen. I actually gave up on my Raven Frost and added another Angelic ring (so I have 2 rings and the amulet). When I cast enchant, I get about 29000AR.

Your defense isn't bad, but you're seeing the high teens instead of the mid 20's because of the 'lower' defense on your armor. 2000+ defense is easily achieved using the right armor and getting lucky on the defense mod.

Not sure why your life isn't higher than that. Are you using some type of pre-buffing gear? Can you fit more life charms in your inventory? Doing those 2 things will help a ton.

Your damage is quit nice though. Much higher than what I am seeing on my barb (I'm getting just over 1000 damage right now). So thats a plus.
 
You dont need all that "Cannot be Frozen" by the way. Well what differs many of the other kinds of characters based on stats is their....gear! Some use ethereal items where as others do not, and one of the reasons why his AR is so low Infinite is also due to his charms. But I'm sure thats not the bigger issue here. Big question is he PvP or PvM? This will matter alot, determining your gear. Tell us and well help you out.

Dr@kE~
 
Zero-unit said:
You dont need all that "Cannot be Frozen" by the way. Well what differs many of the other kinds of characters based on stats is their....gear! Some use ethereal items where as others do not, and one of the reasons why his AR is so low Infinite is also due to his charms. But I'm sure thats not the bigger issue here. Big question is he PvP or PvM? This will matter alot, determining your gear. Tell us and well help you out.

Dr@kE~
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lol i dont have any charms..im kinda poo. im aiming for a barb that can do both pvm and pvp, but MOSTLY pvm.

so i should use 2 angelic rings and an angelic ammy? how much would those add to my AR at lvl 79 (with feral rage)?
 
Zero-unit said:
You dont need all that "Cannot be Frozen" by the way. Well what differs many of the other kinds of characters based on stats is their....gear! Some use ethereal items where as others do not, and one of the reasons why his AR is so low Infinite is also due to his charms. But I'm sure thats not the bigger issue here. Big question is he PvP or PvM? This will matter alot, determining your gear. Tell us and well help you out.

Dr@kE~
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lol i dont have ANY charms..im kinda poor. im aiming for a barb that can do both pvm and pvp, but MOSTLY pvm.

so i should use 2 angelic rings and an angelic ammy (if so, do you have any youd like to trade?)? how much would those add to my AR at lvl 79 (with feral rage)?

btw, how much def should i aim for?
 
one more question...

i've decided to use an axe cuz barbs with cs's and gris caddys got boring

would beast zerker be a fast enough axe? whats fastest axe i can utilize? (i dunt wanan use that war spike thing cuz the damage sucks)
 
If you want the highest damage kind of Axe you are looking for a Berserker Axe, however the fastest Berserker Axes can go with such high damage is 9 frames. ( 60 ias.) Any oter is eiher wy too slow or 2-handed.

Dr@kE~
 
I remember hearing some talk on socketing your wolfhowl. I feel that another 40% ed isnt going to help much when using a griz caddy and such, and unless you are rich and want some sort of high rune (cham or so) then I feel two basic options are good:

1: P Diamond = 100 AR ( Ithink) or around there. After bonus', that will be a nice chunk

or

2: P Ruby (My choice) = +38 more life. With all your bonus mods, this little gem will boost your life far more than a Jah will. 38 more life can add almost 200 or so more I believe, last time I checked my barb.

My Wolfie:

7.2K Life
19K AR
22K Def
1.2K Max Dmg (Griz Caddy)

His PvM Skills are quite lacking... I'm thinking of trying my upgraded ribcracker on him for PvM, any thoughts on that Zero?

~Kbob
 
Oh man if theres one thing I'm horrible at is...PvM! I really don't know as far as that (Which is what part of my guide lacks.) As for the socketable suggestion those are good choices for the less fortunate also if you like defense a Pul rune should help out a little. Only a few things I can suggest as far as PvM, Horizon's Tornado or Stormlash makes very decent weapons to use, I find the Windhammer fun to use or even Immortal King's Stone Crusher.

Dr@kE~
 
Ok, so I’m starting out to make a wolfbarb,
I’ve read up and all, the 1 thing I haven’t gotten a clear answer on is which weapon is better:
Giz or Azure ?
 
Well pon experience and what others have expressed, it is belived the the Grisworld Caducues is best weapon of choice. Reason being is, its great speed potential and very decent damage for its speed. Although Azurewrath has much more damage hitting at a 6 frame speed rate. Especialy its magic and cold damage, so it's your preferance.

Dr@kE~
 
Cool,
I wondering if it’s just the fact that Azure has such a high lvl req peep don’t bother?
That why I’m worried, that a lot of leveling just to find out it sux compared to caddy
 
In my experiences in ladder duels with my wolfbarb, I prefer the gris caddy seeing as how many hits you can land on anyone gives a momentary stun due to either lack of fhr or anything else. A shael azure can only go so far in terms of attack speed.

Here's an interesting thing I tried, craft some hitpower gloves, if your gloves got knockback it's even more fun (I actually had a doom zerk axe instead of a shield when chasing casters) knocking them back while they frozen is very fun indeed.
 
One thing that I think should be put in here as more of a joke then anything else is when I was doing a public Baal run, I was standing in town, and when the portal opened, I was like 2nd to last to enter. Before I did, I transformed, and with Wisp Projector, summoned all the Druid summons that I could.

Anyways, this guy in the game was like, "Where is the Barb? I see him partied, but where is he? And where did this Druid come from?"

I died laughing. I now only do that and love it when people get all confused, and its even funnier when they die cause they were typeing and not paying attention.

Great fun this build is.
 
Has anybody tried a 160/60max armor for this build?
It’s a lot cheaper than 32020s and sharp gcs; also adds a *load of dmg.
With all the life, and defense from shout and Iron skin an archon plate should do fine.
 
Zero-unit said:
Well pon experience and what others have expressed, it is belived the the Grisworld Caducues is best weapon of choice. Reason being is, its great speed potential and very decent damage for its speed. Although Azurewrath has much more damage hitting at a 6 frame speed rate. Especialy its magic and cold damage, so it's your preferance.

Dr@kE~
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i beat all the gris caddy wolfbarbs using my beast zerker lol. so that kinda tells you somethin..i was pretty amazed when i beat this guy w/o my armor on...
 
I was wondering, i get 15k AR with feral rage without enchant, then with enchant it goes up to 21k, i am using angelic's set, but is there anyway for me to raise that any higher without switching up my gear to much?
 
OiMan21 said:
i beat all the gris caddy wolfbarbs using my beast zerker lol. so that kinda tells you somethin..i was pretty amazed when i beat this guy w/o my armor on...
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So tell me, was this ladder? And if it was I bet they didn't have very good charms nor gear either. Now with AR and defense playing a major role in PvP you have to consider who has what stats and damage for that matter. Due to the fact that in PvP hits are random, do know this Grisworld Caducues takes quite a bit of gear to bring its damage up to make it worth while PvP. In my eyes I always perfer Grisworld Caducues regardless.

As for the AR question. If your charms are set, the only way to fix that would be...A better buff. However it is really worth it in the end and sides after a while youll be faster at switching.

Dr@kE~
 
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