Need opinion on my IK barb build

ShadowHeart wrote: 1 year ago

Also, never unsocket 40/15 from a weapon, that's a terrible idea (each such jewel is valued at 15+

Jah). Better to grab a new IK

Maul (or whatever weapon one is using) to put something else into

40/15s are 30

Jah on SCNL these days. OP, definitely do not unsocket them . Give me a heart attack if you do.

Survivability shouldn't really be a big issue as a barb so just drop the armor's

Ber for another ED/IAS and you get the same 5 frames.
(Related side note: Seems maxroll still only counts on-weapon IAS for ww, despite 2.4.3 having changed it to be all IAS quite a while ago?)

Other than that, double

Raven is kind of a 'need' to reach solid AR and HL is just a solid choice all around. Though some might argue that dual angelic would be preferred for even more AR. And since that really only leaves you with the sockets in your headpiece left to change out (for more dmg vs. staying on defense), there isn't much more you can do in terms of variation unless you're willing to go for "real" gear instead of "set-for-style".

Though one obvious way to improve your performance as compared to what you linked would be to add in a bunch of dmg/ar charms. And then that's pretty much it. There is and remains a very clear, comparatively low to mediocre ceiling for the performance of sets in D2.