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On October 02 2012 15:34 icyF wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2012 06:44 findingthelimit wrote:Hey, I'm pretty new to diablo, got to level 60 pretty quickly because its only the first 2 weeks of college, and got some free items from a great guy on TL. But I actually don't know anything about the game! http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824there's my character... i don't know how to improve him! all the items i got for below 250k in the auction house, i might have gotten ripped off a few times but generally the stats are alright, except that my weapon sucks, i have no strength, no crit, thus no dps. everything on the AH seems super expensive now! i look for an upgrade for my pants, and they all cost at least 500k. I currently have 600k. Can anyone give me advice as to what upgrade I should look for first? I feel like my chest could give some str, and i need a new amulet and ring. yet justice lantern is unaffordable for me, and decent amulets that are an upgrade seem to cost a ton too. also, i'm thinking of replacing the gem in my helmet to a purple one. help needed! thanks in advance <3 edit: i'm in act 2 infernal btw. Feel like my dps is a bit too low... Hi there! First thing that comes to mind is swapping out those Amethysts in your chest and amulet for Rubies, to increase str and thus also damage. If you then find it hard to survive, swap the Topaz in your helm for an Amethyst, as you also said yourself. If you have trouble killing stuff, you could try out Rend with Blood Lust (or Lacerate for additional damage, if survivability is not an issue for you) instead of Furious Charge. I think Ruthless would give you a better boost in damage than Weapons Master with that spear, try it out! If you die very rarely, or not at all, you could switch out Tough as Nails or Nerves Of Steel (try out with full buffs which gives more armor) for Ruthless or Weapons Master. As you don't have an abundance of gold, there is really no quick fix. You just need to grind it out, and look for cheap upgrades in the AH. The first things I would look for are a better pair of boots, a better ring than that unique one and new pants. Try to utilize the maximum values of str and vit for each slot, f.e. as close to 300 vit as possible on chest and pants, and as close to 300 str as possible on belts and shoulders. Here is a link to one chart of maximum stats per slot. Remember to always check with your EHP calculator when buying something if you are not 100% sure about it.
Thanks for your reply! I spent around 300k today and I think my dps got significantly higher, which is great! I don't have time to mingle around with skills yet, but I'll do that when I have time :D
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824
As a follow up question, I was too scared to skill followers' abilities so they're all left untouched. Can you lend me any advice as to what skills I should add, as a board barb? I feel like spells such as hex might not be so good as I would want the opponents to be hitting me such that revenge would proc, and I also don't know why follower I should be using.
Thanks for your help again! :D
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On October 02 2012 16:07 findingthelimit wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2012 15:34 icyF wrote:On October 02 2012 06:44 findingthelimit wrote:Hey, I'm pretty new to diablo, got to level 60 pretty quickly because its only the first 2 weeks of college, and got some free items from a great guy on TL. But I actually don't know anything about the game! http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824there's my character... i don't know how to improve him! all the items i got for below 250k in the auction house, i might have gotten ripped off a few times but generally the stats are alright, except that my weapon sucks, i have no strength, no crit, thus no dps. everything on the AH seems super expensive now! i look for an upgrade for my pants, and they all cost at least 500k. I currently have 600k. Can anyone give me advice as to what upgrade I should look for first? I feel like my chest could give some str, and i need a new amulet and ring. yet justice lantern is unaffordable for me, and decent amulets that are an upgrade seem to cost a ton too. also, i'm thinking of replacing the gem in my helmet to a purple one. help needed! thanks in advance <3 edit: i'm in act 2 infernal btw. Feel like my dps is a bit too low... Hi there! First thing that comes to mind is swapping out those Amethysts in your chest and amulet for Rubies, to increase str and thus also damage. If you then find it hard to survive, swap the Topaz in your helm for an Amethyst, as you also said yourself. If you have trouble killing stuff, you could try out Rend with Blood Lust (or Lacerate for additional damage, if survivability is not an issue for you) instead of Furious Charge. I think Ruthless would give you a better boost in damage than Weapons Master with that spear, try it out! If you die very rarely, or not at all, you could switch out Tough as Nails or Nerves Of Steel (try out with full buffs which gives more armor) for Ruthless or Weapons Master. As you don't have an abundance of gold, there is really no quick fix. You just need to grind it out, and look for cheap upgrades in the AH. The first things I would look for are a better pair of boots, a better ring than that unique one and new pants. Try to utilize the maximum values of str and vit for each slot, f.e. as close to 300 vit as possible on chest and pants, and as close to 300 str as possible on belts and shoulders. Here is a link to one chart of maximum stats per slot. Remember to always check with your EHP calculator when buying something if you are not 100% sure about it. Thanks for your reply! I spent around 300k today and I think my dps got significantly higher, which is great! I don't have time to mingle around with skills yet, but I'll do that when I have time :D http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824As a follow up question, I was too scared to skill followers' abilities so they're all left untouched. Can you lend me any advice as to what skills I should add, as a board barb? I feel like spells such as hex might not be so good as I would want the opponents to be hitting me such that revenge would proc, and I also don't know why follower I should be using. Thanks for your help again! :D
You can always retrain your followers 
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On October 02 2012 16:07 findingthelimit wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2012 15:34 icyF wrote:On October 02 2012 06:44 findingthelimit wrote:Hey, I'm pretty new to diablo, got to level 60 pretty quickly because its only the first 2 weeks of college, and got some free items from a great guy on TL. But I actually don't know anything about the game! http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824there's my character... i don't know how to improve him! all the items i got for below 250k in the auction house, i might have gotten ripped off a few times but generally the stats are alright, except that my weapon sucks, i have no strength, no crit, thus no dps. everything on the AH seems super expensive now! i look for an upgrade for my pants, and they all cost at least 500k. I currently have 600k. Can anyone give me advice as to what upgrade I should look for first? I feel like my chest could give some str, and i need a new amulet and ring. yet justice lantern is unaffordable for me, and decent amulets that are an upgrade seem to cost a ton too. also, i'm thinking of replacing the gem in my helmet to a purple one. help needed! thanks in advance <3 edit: i'm in act 2 infernal btw. Feel like my dps is a bit too low... Hi there! First thing that comes to mind is swapping out those Amethysts in your chest and amulet for Rubies, to increase str and thus also damage. If you then find it hard to survive, swap the Topaz in your helm for an Amethyst, as you also said yourself. If you have trouble killing stuff, you could try out Rend with Blood Lust (or Lacerate for additional damage, if survivability is not an issue for you) instead of Furious Charge. I think Ruthless would give you a better boost in damage than Weapons Master with that spear, try it out! If you die very rarely, or not at all, you could switch out Tough as Nails or Nerves Of Steel (try out with full buffs which gives more armor) for Ruthless or Weapons Master. As you don't have an abundance of gold, there is really no quick fix. You just need to grind it out, and look for cheap upgrades in the AH. The first things I would look for are a better pair of boots, a better ring than that unique one and new pants. Try to utilize the maximum values of str and vit for each slot, f.e. as close to 300 vit as possible on chest and pants, and as close to 300 str as possible on belts and shoulders. Here is a link to one chart of maximum stats per slot. Remember to always check with your EHP calculator when buying something if you are not 100% sure about it. Thanks for your reply! I spent around 300k today and I think my dps got significantly higher, which is great! I don't have time to mingle around with skills yet, but I'll do that when I have time :D http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824As a follow up question, I was too scared to skill followers' abilities so they're all left untouched. Can you lend me any advice as to what skills I should add, as a board barb? I feel like spells such as hex might not be so good as I would want the opponents to be hitting me such that revenge would proc, and I also don't know why follower I should be using. Thanks for your help again! :D
I see you have gained about 3k damage. For 300k that is really good!
Most SnB barbs go with Enchantress. Powered armor and Focused Mind are the skills most used, I believe. Erosion seems to be pretty good too, and the first slot is totally up to you 
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On October 02 2012 16:07 findingthelimit wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2012 15:34 icyF wrote:On October 02 2012 06:44 findingthelimit wrote:Hey, I'm pretty new to diablo, got to level 60 pretty quickly because its only the first 2 weeks of college, and got some free items from a great guy on TL. But I actually don't know anything about the game! http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824there's my character... i don't know how to improve him! all the items i got for below 250k in the auction house, i might have gotten ripped off a few times but generally the stats are alright, except that my weapon sucks, i have no strength, no crit, thus no dps. everything on the AH seems super expensive now! i look for an upgrade for my pants, and they all cost at least 500k. I currently have 600k. Can anyone give me advice as to what upgrade I should look for first? I feel like my chest could give some str, and i need a new amulet and ring. yet justice lantern is unaffordable for me, and decent amulets that are an upgrade seem to cost a ton too. also, i'm thinking of replacing the gem in my helmet to a purple one. help needed! thanks in advance <3 edit: i'm in act 2 infernal btw. Feel like my dps is a bit too low... Hi there! First thing that comes to mind is swapping out those Amethysts in your chest and amulet for Rubies, to increase str and thus also damage. If you then find it hard to survive, swap the Topaz in your helm for an Amethyst, as you also said yourself. If you have trouble killing stuff, you could try out Rend with Blood Lust (or Lacerate for additional damage, if survivability is not an issue for you) instead of Furious Charge. I think Ruthless would give you a better boost in damage than Weapons Master with that spear, try it out! If you die very rarely, or not at all, you could switch out Tough as Nails or Nerves Of Steel (try out with full buffs which gives more armor) for Ruthless or Weapons Master. As you don't have an abundance of gold, there is really no quick fix. You just need to grind it out, and look for cheap upgrades in the AH. The first things I would look for are a better pair of boots, a better ring than that unique one and new pants. Try to utilize the maximum values of str and vit for each slot, f.e. as close to 300 vit as possible on chest and pants, and as close to 300 str as possible on belts and shoulders. Here is a link to one chart of maximum stats per slot. Remember to always check with your EHP calculator when buying something if you are not 100% sure about it. Thanks for your reply! I spent around 300k today and I think my dps got significantly higher, which is great! I don't have time to mingle around with skills yet, but I'll do that when I have time :D http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824As a follow up question, I was too scared to skill followers' abilities so they're all left untouched. Can you lend me any advice as to what skills I should add, as a board barb? I feel like spells such as hex might not be so good as I would want the opponents to be hitting me such that revenge would proc, and I also don't know why follower I should be using. Thanks for your help again! :D
You can retrain your followers at any time for free.
Go with the enchantress; she will give you an armour buff and an attack speed buff, that will really help out.
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guys just want to know. which is the better Tank, monk or barb? thanks.
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On October 02 2012 16:07 findingthelimit wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2012 15:34 icyF wrote:On October 02 2012 06:44 findingthelimit wrote:Hey, I'm pretty new to diablo, got to level 60 pretty quickly because its only the first 2 weeks of college, and got some free items from a great guy on TL. But I actually don't know anything about the game! http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824there's my character... i don't know how to improve him! all the items i got for below 250k in the auction house, i might have gotten ripped off a few times but generally the stats are alright, except that my weapon sucks, i have no strength, no crit, thus no dps. everything on the AH seems super expensive now! i look for an upgrade for my pants, and they all cost at least 500k. I currently have 600k. Can anyone give me advice as to what upgrade I should look for first? I feel like my chest could give some str, and i need a new amulet and ring. yet justice lantern is unaffordable for me, and decent amulets that are an upgrade seem to cost a ton too. also, i'm thinking of replacing the gem in my helmet to a purple one. help needed! thanks in advance <3 edit: i'm in act 2 infernal btw. Feel like my dps is a bit too low... Hi there! First thing that comes to mind is swapping out those Amethysts in your chest and amulet for Rubies, to increase str and thus also damage. If you then find it hard to survive, swap the Topaz in your helm for an Amethyst, as you also said yourself. If you have trouble killing stuff, you could try out Rend with Blood Lust (or Lacerate for additional damage, if survivability is not an issue for you) instead of Furious Charge. I think Ruthless would give you a better boost in damage than Weapons Master with that spear, try it out! If you die very rarely, or not at all, you could switch out Tough as Nails or Nerves Of Steel (try out with full buffs which gives more armor) for Ruthless or Weapons Master. As you don't have an abundance of gold, there is really no quick fix. You just need to grind it out, and look for cheap upgrades in the AH. The first things I would look for are a better pair of boots, a better ring than that unique one and new pants. Try to utilize the maximum values of str and vit for each slot, f.e. as close to 300 vit as possible on chest and pants, and as close to 300 str as possible on belts and shoulders. Here is a link to one chart of maximum stats per slot. Remember to always check with your EHP calculator when buying something if you are not 100% sure about it. Thanks for your reply! I spent around 300k today and I think my dps got significantly higher, which is great! I don't have time to mingle around with skills yet, but I'll do that when I have time :D http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ZYXlimitLSR-2987/hero/18083824As a follow up question, I was too scared to skill followers' abilities so they're all left untouched. Can you lend me any advice as to what skills I should add, as a board barb? I feel like spells such as hex might not be so good as I would want the opponents to be hitting me such that revenge would proc, and I also don't know why follower I should be using. Thanks for your help again! :D
Hey!
I would just like to give you some tips on what I would change in your build:
- Replace Tough as Nails (Or Nerves of Steel, whichever leaves you with the most armor) with Ruthless. It seems like you have enough EHP to sacrifice some for higher damage. And higher damage will also increase survivability!
- Replace furious charge with Battle Rage (Maurader rune), because you already have an escape ability (Leap) and you should have enough healing from Rend and Revenge. And with the higher damage from Battle Rage and Ruthless, Rend will heal you more, as it's based on damage done.
- Get resist on your boots! (Or get 12% movespeed on them. This also increases survivability!)
And as a general rule you should look into getting critical hit chance on your items. This is cheap on gloves and amulets. Even just getting 20% crit chance you should see increase in DPS.
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Just wanted to say thanks for this thread (and also for directing someone else here from the other thread.) I just hit 60 a few days ago and have been sword and board almost the entire game, loving every minute of it. I was trying to skim the other thread for builds/advice, but as someone mentioned, it's almost entirely WW discussion and I really didn't have any idea what I was reading.
I did buy a cheap set of WW gear to see if it might fit my play style. Only messed around with it for half an hour or so (buying the gear probably took longer), but I just don't think I'll ever grow used to it. Sword and boarding has been very good to me, however; other than a few deaths and some things taking longer than others to die, I haven't had too much trouble (I quit for the night after killing Ghom.) I skimmed through this thread and can already see some changes I'm going to make (Maniac -> Sidearm) and I'll definitely be plugging all of my stats into the calculators later tonight.
Thanks again for the awesome work! :D
My profile: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sonofek-1524/hero/27563625
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/antihobo-1677/hero/3308073
Looking for advice on upgrades. My budget is approx. 15m, assuming I sell my mainhand. Approx. 12 mill assuming I keep my mainhand,
I was doing super tank from earlier patches and am transitioning into dps tank (as I've seen some great builds/chars in this thread). I'm thinking my best bet for more damage is getting a high dps mainhand with crit dmg + socket, but I'm afraid of losing the LOH from my mainhand and I'm in the dark a bit about the inc LoH nerf and the switch to life steal.
I know my rings could both be better and my chest can be upped with sockets fairly cheaply, but LoH on rings is expensive as hell and I'm not willing to change my amulet... That's where my confusion is rooted.
Any advice is welcome.
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On October 15 2012 16:55 antihobo wrote:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/antihobo-1677/hero/3308073Looking for advice on upgrades. My budget is approx. 15m, assuming I sell my mainhand. Approx. 12 mill assuming I keep my mainhand, I was doing super tank from earlier patches and am transitioning into dps tank (as I've seen some great builds/chars in this thread). I'm thinking my best bet for more damage is getting a high dps mainhand with crit dmg + socket, but I'm afraid of losing the LOH from my mainhand and I'm in the dark a bit about the inc LoH nerf and the switch to life steal. I know my rings could both be better and my chest can be upped with sockets fairly cheaply, but LoH on rings is expensive as hell and I'm not willing to change my amulet... That's where my confusion is rooted. Any advice is welcome.
i wouldnt worry too much about the lost LoH.
first of all, rings and amus will drop with better stats and in much larger quantity after the patch, so that it will be substantially easier to get some LoH from there.
additionally, revenge is not getting nerfed while monster damage is, so that the amount of additional healing from sources like LoH, LoK or LS will lose in importance.
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my hardcore barb is rocking inferno eZ now thx trang.
http://www.d3rmt.com/guides/diablo-3-item-stat-maximum-values/
this link proved to be very helpful in conjuction with your neat guide. The only thing i might want to add is that, from what i have tested, the barb benefits more from berserker rage then ruthless. Simply due to the fact that you dont have any fury dump besides WotB anyway. So if you time things right you can charge some elite pack, activate WotB and imediatly after that use warcry to get your fury lvl back to max and kill an elite pack before wotb runs out.
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Well, since Rend was buffed a lot of people added it into their skill loadout, so there is a fury-dump now (the damage and little bit of extra sustain is nice!). That said, I do miss the days of rocking BR without any fury-dumps.
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Shrubbles-1335/hero/904308
Any hints on what should I focus on now?
I still don't get all this EHP stuff, and my budget is not very high (5 millish).
I know I have lots of room to improve, just can't seem to find what is the most important, and can't seem to find cheap equipment that can give me some decent buff.
Any help appreciated.
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On October 17 2012 11:21 Shrubbles wrote:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Shrubbles-1335/hero/904308Any hints on what should I focus on now? I still don't get all this EHP stuff, and my budget is not very high (5 millish). I know I have lots of room to improve, just can't seem to find what is the most important, and can't seem to find cheap equipment that can give me some decent buff. Any help appreciated.
How well can you manage inferno act 3? Maybe you could drop Nerves of Steel or Superstition for Ruthless for a bit more damage? Raising you strenght should be your main focus in terms of higher damage right now, after that comes critical hit chance and damage.
Check THIS for maximum values of stats each slot can roll, and check the AH for equipment with as close to that max as possible. Getting items with all of str, vit and all res is pricey, so try to look for particular stats in particular items.
Right now you have 225 (385 with gems) combined strenght and 437 combined vitality from your shoulders, chest, pants and belt. If you find a chest with 230+ vit, pants with 230+ vit, shoulders with 230+ str and a belt with 230+ str you get up to a total of 460+ of each, and that is before the potential gems. These should all together be affordable with a budget of less than 1,5m. So search for items with one stat, all res and preferrably sockets, if you find something with another useful stat too, that is always a bonus.
Try to check out all the items you want before you actually purchase them, so that you dont end up with having spent 2m gold and got +0 as the total outcome on stats. It takes a bit of time, but making good deals is much more rewarding than making useless deals
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On October 17 2012 11:21 Shrubbles wrote:http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Shrubbles-1335/hero/904308Any hints on what should I focus on now? I still don't get all this EHP stuff, and my budget is not very high (5 millish). I know I have lots of room to improve, just can't seem to find what is the most important, and can't seem to find cheap equipment that can give me some decent buff. Any help appreciated.
You should be able to upg. your weapon for cheap.
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Hey guys,
You might have seen me post around here a bit before, but this time I'd actually like some critique of my barb! I sold some of my good WW/sprint gear (necklace/ring) before the patch to re-buy later, so I'm currently dressed in my tank gear. My rings and necklace were bought on the cheap (~1.3m total for all 3 items), so I wouldn't be surprised if they are comparitively weakest (especially given the new patch).
I'm just looking for a general overview of where I am in terms of gear. Any build suggestions are also welcome, as I pretty much have knowledge mastery of ww/sprint variants and not much else.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Hairy-1750/hero/2281818
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Chest and helm seem weak. You have a bit too much survivability I guess, 66k hp with those resist and block is a lot... I would switch for a ruby or topaz on the helm.
For farming efficiency I always suggest some mobility skill, like Sprint (marathon), Leap or Furious Charge.
My current build: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/BigG-2621/hero/412709 (it performs better with a 2H or a slow 1H though)
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Wow Hairy, do you really use LMB for Revenge? I get the feeling the skills were slapped down in a hurry.
Your gear is awesome. There's nothing really that stands out as weak unless compared to your other gear slots. So for example your gloves seem weak due to their low str/vit.
You have way too much def stats (too much armor, too much life, too much res) so unless you are attempting to slog through MP10, grab some gear to up your crit% and dmg.
Or alternatively just drop all your def passives and drop War Cry.
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