WW Barb Armour

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WW Barb Armour

You've all probably had countless amounts of these threads, so I'm sorry in advance. I registered to the forums solely for this. I've been looking through loads of threads and barb guides but none of them give a definite answer on what is the best armour for a whirlwind barb. So my question to you is what is the outright best armour possible for a ww barb? and also what is the best affordable armour? So obviously not runewords with ridiculous runes in them. My barb is lvl 83 at the moment and I'm using skullders. Thanks.
 
Welcome to the forums! :wave:

Chains of Honour is a great armour imho for a WW Barb but as you said no high runewords then an upgraded Durielss Shell cannot be beat for cheapness! Skulders is ok for the MF and Skill but upgrade it if you can!
 
we're talking PvM here i take it.....

in the "affordable" (eg: 100% legit players) catagory:
Gladiators Bane is nice for general PvM work
Wealth or Skullders for an MF setup.
a full IK barb is a pretty nifty setup
Duress is very nice.

the "outright best" is probably Enigma, followed by Fortitude & Duress.
 
Thanks for the responses. I've started nightmare running now so I could probably get my hands on a few rare runes so Chains of Honor is certainly a possibility in the future. I think I'll check out Duriels Shell, Gladitors Bane and Stone Archon plate, see which one I like best. Thanks very much.
 
Shaftstop, Prudence, Stone and Duress are all cheap and affordable armors. It ultimately comes down to what you need more.
 
in the cheap and non ladder world D-Shell/Shaftstop#1 uniques (i'm not talking uped as that ladder and cost more in non) and Duress#1(runeword) take the cake.
A really good Rare is better but the kind I'm refering to is not cheap unless they don't understand what they have and is the 1 in 10,000 rare armor drop.
 
prudence is a sexi runeword for the cost, but enigma will reign king until a new amour runeword destroys COUGH revolutionizes the dueling world and pvm world.
 
zarirazz said:
duress. all it takes is a lucky um from hellforge=)
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Well luckily I just got an Um from hellforge today! I was thinking of trading it for a barb torch though. What is a better option, keep it for a runeword or trade it for torch or something else?


 
I dislike Torches for the Firestorm effect they cast, with fast attacks that is a guaranteed "Connection Interrupted".
Too bad I often would need the resists though.
But anyway, I'd say a Torch for a Barb is not necessary. Of course we can say the same for all classes, but IMO Barb is among those who need it less. + the damn annoying Firestorm. I do have to add that I've played so little WW barbs I don't know how often WW releases the Firestorm...

My point still stands though. I would make the Duress, mods on that are tasty for any melee class.
 
OK I've had a look through Chains of Honor and Duress and I have the runes to make Duress already but Chains seems more appealing... Should I make Duress now or get the runes for Chains?

Edit: Also what armour should I get? 3 soc archon plate?
 
You should get whatever armour has the highest defense, with a strength requirement you can handle.

I'd make duress, you'll like it. If you really like the game, trust me, you'll get more runes later.

CoH is sweet, I use it vs ubers(better protection). But most of the time-Fortitude. (better damage across the board, not expensive unless your not on ladder)

Have Fun
 
I got a 3 soc dusk shroud with 456 def, is this a good option? or should I wait for something better to arise?
 
Thats really not bad. If it was Superior it would be terribly expensive to repair. Personally I like 500+ armor if I can, but at the cost of only an Um I'd say why not.
 
Bdiddy said:
I got a 3 soc dusk shroud with 456 def, is this a good option? or should I wait for something better to arise?
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Thats light and the lowest str req elite, non superior so no big repair costs, it is the most desired armor to make enigma in as the defense bonus on enigma is so high a higher defense makes little diffrence.
Duress gets a much lower defense bonus however making it a better use of AP. I would think you could trade it to someone wanting the low str req for a enigma and get a 3 socket AP with a higher defense for it easy.


 
I'd totally grab a torch over duress, especially since torches are cheap as ground dirt right now, u can easily grab a good btorch for an um. Armor-wise, use something like smoke til u can grab an enigma. I assume ur pvm, the fhr on duress aint gonna do jack when ur ww'ing, the cold dmg aint all that, and the ed, ow, and cb aint too important, since u probably wont be killing big bosses. What u want at this stage is all the +stat and +res u can get, eg. anni, torch, arreats, smoke, etc. Save up and upgrade to enigma. Why enigma over other armors? Teleport. Lets face it, its much better for doing anything in the game. Huge +str, saves u biiiiiiiiig points. +skills, mf and life per kill is just gravy. But, the most thing is that barbs have the SAME FCR BP as sorcs! U can easily tele as fast as a sorc with enigma, giving u a HUGE advantage over ANY other class. Not to mention Tele WW is the fastest attack in the game.
 
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