Hard life of a Barb

It's hard to be a barb sometimes. Today I died twice, SC, so could have been worse. It's been a month since I last got killed. Lost some good xp too. First time TZ 8PPL online. Got mobbed by

Herald moon lords, extra strong TZ with lots of nice mods to casually tank a melee char. Grabbed merc came back, no way to get near that body. Most of the time the little guy can take out most things, he's got all the tried and tested great gear. Next time was a pretty similar thing. It's not like getting 1-shoted, but how hard and fast some mobs just

Swarm and smack is abit, well, you know what I mean. Last week I had a

Herald, again TZ 8PPL with some great mods, I cleared all the support, till it was just the 2 of us (my BIS merc just keep dying so gave that up) and eventually just gave up myself. The return damage was nuts, and of course, even with the best gear, it was hard to tell if the heralds HP bar was actually moving, PI is kinda painful at times, even with Lawbringer,

Dreadfang, and a truckload of CB. I don't subscribe to that throw thing either (Conan was never ranged right). I guess barbing is kinda like a life choice, sometimes sticking on the path you like best, may mean having alot more patience and perseverance. Gee, maybe I just like getting hit alot ....

Man... I feel for you, only to some extent ofc.

There's a reason that Barb is the only class I haven't made a level 99 char yet. =p

My barbarian is strictly

Travincal only horker. Nothing else.

Has some 2400+% GF and a lot of MF. Is the slowest clearing char I have but that goes hand in hand with the optimization for GF.

It's not fun clearing areas with a barbarian, true. And Heralds with concentration/might/thorns/fanaticism/amplify damage are all a beating. Every now and then a travincal herald spawns and empties my full rejuvs belt.

Rygar wrote: 8 hours ago

It's hard to be a barb sometimes. Today I died twice, SC, so could have been worse. It's been a month since I last got killed. Lost some good xp too. First time TZ 8PPL online. Got mobbed by

Herald moon lords, extra strong TZ with lots of nice mods to casually tank a melee char. Grabbed merc came back, no way to get near that body. Most of the time the little guy can take out most things, he's got all the tried and tested great gear. Next time was a pretty similar thing. It's not like getting 1-shoted, but how hard and fast some mobs just

Swarm and smack is abit, well, you know what I mean. Last week I had a

Herald, again TZ 8PPL with some great mods, I cleared all the support, till it was just the 2 of us (my BIS merc just keep dying so gave that up) and eventually just gave up myself. The return damage was nuts, and of course, even with the best gear, it was hard to tell if the heralds HP bar was actually moving, PI is kinda painful at times, even with Lawbringer,

Dreadfang, and a truckload of CB. I don't subscribe to that throw thing either (Conan was never ranged right). I guess barbing is kinda like a life choice, sometimes sticking on the path you like best, may mean having alot more patience and perseverance. Gee, maybe I just like getting hit alot ....

well thats life melee sucks comapred to casters in this game thats it end of story

Dual Grief PB makes my life easier as a barb. Gear is a big factor in terms of barb is gonna perform along with the fun factor. Melee classes can't get away as much compared to casters when it comes to equipment. A feasible budget build in your case could be getting a pair of Oath (Use A2 merc /w reaper's toll for decrip) or Oath +

Dreadfang for the amp proc.

As for heralds, I have two strategies:

1) Stand on top of lightning and spam

Howl (I have my weapon's switched to dual HOTO for higher FCR. Switch back to main weapons after the pack has been howled). single out the

Herald and chop down it ASAP. it's like doing

Uber Baal. just keep spamming

Howl to keep them terrorized. sometimes I switch to concen/

Berserk to single target fire if other minions crowd around the

Herald.

2) Seperate the pack and pick off mobs one by one. kite the mobs away from each other.

for some

Thorns aura groups or mobs you can't leech, use

Dracul's Grasp gloves or have a

Life Tap

Wand on hand.