Barbarian Build idea...

[Jason]

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Hi all,

So, I'm building a barb on USW SCL, and I figure that I'll try
something a bit different. What I want to do, is develop Masteries and
War Cries while leaving all the skills in the Combat tab with only one
point. My target is to reach level 85 and to be able to solo hell. (I
don't mind soloing slowly, in fact that's my prefered play style).

At level 85 I'll have 96 skill points. My idea:

Masteries:
20 Sword Mastery
1 Endurance
1 Speed
1 Iron Skin
1 Natural Resists
----------------------
24 Total

War Cries:
20 Battle Orders
8 1 in all the rest, except Battle Cry
----------------------
28 Total

Combat:
10 1 in every skill
----------------------
10 Total

This brings me to 62 skill points. I'll have 34 left.

Obviously, to make this viable I will need lots of +Combat skills. I
figure +4 from items (Lore, 2xHonor, ammy) and +1 from Battle command
gives me an easy +5. I should be able to swap the +1 ammy for a +3
Combat ammy easily enough. With additional luck I can get +1 armor,
maybe a SOJ, and of course +Combat skillers.

My question: Where should I spend the remaining skills, since I'm not
putting them in the combat tab?

 

[Jason]

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Hannes Brunner wrote:
> Jason schrieb:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > So, I'm building a barb on USW SCL, and I figure that I'll try
> > something a bit different. What I want to do, is develop Masteries and
> > War Cries while leaving all the skills in the Combat tab with only one
> > point. My target is to reach level 85 and to be able to solo hell. (I
> > don't mind soloing slowly, in fact that's my prefered play style).
> >
> > At level 85 I'll have 96 skill points. My idea:
> >
> > Masteries:
> > 20 Sword Mastery
> > 1 Endurance
> > 1 Speed
> > 1 Iron Skin
> > 1 Natural Resists
> > ----------------------
> > 24 Total
> >
> > War Cries:
> > 20 Battle Orders
> > 8 1 in all the rest, except Battle Cry
> > ----------------------
> > 28 Total
> >
> > Combat:
> > 10 1 in every skill
> > ----------------------
> > 10 Total
> >
> > This brings me to 62 skill points. I'll have 34 left.
> >
> > Obviously, to make this viable I will need lots of +Combat skills. I
> > figure +4 from items (Lore, 2xHonor, ammy) and +1 from Battle command
> > gives me an easy +5. I should be able to swap the +1 ammy for a +3
> > Combat ammy easily enough. With additional luck I can get +1 armor,
> > maybe a SOJ, and of course +Combat skillers.
> >
> > My question: Where should I spend the remaining skills, since I'm not
> > putting them in the combat tab?
>
> 20 War Cry - It's much easier to fight stunned critters.
> 14 Shout - Longer BO duration, more defence won't hurt, Berserk synergy.
> Enough said.

I had a type-o in my previous post. I meant to say that I have 1 point
in all war cries EXCEPT War Cry. That's one skill that I am not
planning to use.

With this build, I figure that I'll be lacking in 1) AR and 2) Damage.
I can make up for the lack of AR by pumping Battle Cry. When maxed, the
enemy will be at only 10% defense. This will make them very easy to
hit. There's not much I can do to solve my low damage however. I
suppose I could invest in crushing blow, and prevent monster heal items.

 

[Guest]

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Jason schrieb:
> Hi all,
>
> So, I'm building a barb on USW SCL, and I figure that I'll try
> something a bit different. What I want to do, is develop Masteries and
> War Cries while leaving all the skills in the Combat tab with only one
> point. My target is to reach level 85 and to be able to solo hell. (I
> don't mind soloing slowly, in fact that's my prefered play style).
>
> At level 85 I'll have 96 skill points. My idea:
>
> Masteries:
> 20 Sword Mastery
> 1 Endurance
> 1 Speed
> 1 Iron Skin
> 1 Natural Resists
> ----------------------
> 24 Total
>
> War Cries:
> 20 Battle Orders
> 8 1 in all the rest, except Battle Cry
> ----------------------
> 28 Total
>
> Combat:
> 10 1 in every skill
> ----------------------
> 10 Total
>
> This brings me to 62 skill points. I'll have 34 left.
>
> Obviously, to make this viable I will need lots of +Combat skills. I
> figure +4 from items (Lore, 2xHonor, ammy) and +1 from Battle command
> gives me an easy +5. I should be able to swap the +1 ammy for a +3
> Combat ammy easily enough. With additional luck I can get +1 armor,
> maybe a SOJ, and of course +Combat skillers.
>
> My question: Where should I spend the remaining skills, since I'm not
> putting them in the combat tab?

20 War Cry - It's much easier to fight stunned critters.
14 Shout - Longer BO duration, more defence won't hurt, Berserk synergy.
Enough said.

---
Hannes

PS: Ok, maybe a few in Natural Resists if you don't have max resists
already.