Act 3 inferno champ farming gear help...

[danhumprey]

hello i want to properly gear my barb and bot on act 3 champ farming inferno mode..

what stats in gears should i be going for?? any ideas?

HP=?
AR=?
DPS=?
ARMOR=?

other stats important

my budget will probably be around 30m-60m any suggestions thanks

 

[JoeC]

Buffed
1h shield

40k+
900+
40+ would a lot quicker and in tern safer
8k+
35+ % block

6%+ life leech ( this is questionable since people are saying theres a 80% reduction but i have that amount and its no issue for me

or you can consider 1000+ LOH

Your budget is def doable, i spent about 30m on mine and i die on average 2x, rarely over 3.

 

[danhumprey]

thanks for the reply i liked your post

 

[bobdan]

yeah he has it down pat but i'd forget about lifesteal and just go with LOH. you want probally 1k+LOH

also 35% block or higher like he said, personally i have 48% which was easy enough with just stormshield with 29% block

helm of command with +8% block and get a justice lantern ring which gives +11% block.

also dps probally doesn't need to be that high, you can get away with lower if you have good LOH. get a decent 1h with a socket that has native LOH. my sword has 880DPS and 600LOH native with a gem that adds another 600 thats 1.2k straight up just on a weapon. get an amulet with another 400-600 LOH and you can pretty much stand in and tank anything with 48% block as well lol.

 

[Dem]

Guys can you share your skill setup?
I just got my barb ready for act3 but while playing some time by hand it seems that some elite groups are giving me hard time, even died twice.

I have:

42k Life
800 AR /1k Arcane/
35k Dps /42k buffed/
7700 Armor
35% Block
2.8% Life leech
1000 Loh
33% Crit Chance
359% Crit Dmg

Skills:
Bash + Insigation
WW + Hurricane
Sprint + Run like the wind
Battle Rage + Into the fray
War Cry + Impurity

Ruthless
Superstition
Nerves of Steel

The problem with this built is that dispite of the block I am still taking a lot of dmg and not heal just fast enough. I am thinking that 1hand+shield ww built isn't the right choice, maybe a revenge built would be better.
I am also thinking of removing the stormshield & HoC and replacing them with high str/res/vit helm and second 1h weapon with high crit dmg/loh/str

However could anyone enlight me on how the barb offhand (2nd weapon) works. Does it need to have high dps or it doesn't increase the total dps a lot?

 

[carguy]

Guys can you share your skill setup?
I just got my barb ready for act3 but while playing some time by hand it seems that some elite groups are giving me hard time, even died twice.

I have:

42k Life
800 AR /1k Arcane/
35k Dps /42k buffed/
7700 Armor
35% Block
2.8% Life leech
1000 Loh
33% Crit Chance
359% Crit Dmg

Skills:
Bash + Insigation
WW + Hurricane
Sprint + Run like the wind
Battle Rage + Into the fray
War Cry + Impurity

Ruthless
Superstition
Nerves of Steel

The problem with this built is that dispite of the block I am still taking a lot of dmg and not heal just fast enough. I am thinking that 1hand+shield ww built isn't the right choice, maybe a revenge built would be better.
I am also thinking of removing the stormshield & HoC and replacing them with high str/res/vit helm and second 1h weapon with high crit dmg/loh/str

However could anyone enlight me on how the barb offhand (2nd weapon) works. Does it need to have high dps or it doesn't increase the total dps a lot?

Ww isn't an ideal build.

IMO go with a fury build with WoTB, EQ, and Rend(bloodthirst)

 

[JoeC]

WW build is fine as long as you can shell out massive damage, that's where its strength is, high crit chance 45+% unbuffed or buffed, high crit damage 600%+, and DPS 70k+. Have good armor and AR. All of which you are lacking, a ww build for a 1hander isnt viable since your spins wont proc life on hit AS WELL as spamming rend and revenge. My other 2h WWer is wrecking Act 2, may step up to Act3 soon once i find some solid deals on the AH. I dont have any LOH, but Life leech as well.

@ Carguy,

I tried the tried the earthquake + wtob build and i dont see it as viable in terms of survivability Since EQ can be used unintentionally on a single elite, which in tern makes it into a useless skill for 75 seconds including runes. I could be wrong, and it could be my gear thats gimping me, but i find that revenge procs wayyy more often, even more than Rend (tweaked too).

 

[abuser]

WW build is fine as long as you can shell out massive damage, that's where its strength is, high crit chance 45+% unbuffed or buffed, high crit damage 600%+, and DPS 70k+. Have good armor and AR. All of which you are lacking, a ww build for a 1hander isnt viable since your spins wont proc life on hit AS WELL as spamming rend and revenge. My other 2h WWer is wrecking Act 2, may step up to Act3 soon once i find some solid deals on the AH. I dont have any LOH, but Life leech as well.

@ Carguy,

I tried the tried the earthquake + wtob build and i dont see it as viable in terms of survivability Since EQ can be used unintentionally on a single elite, which in tern makes it into a useless skill for 75 seconds including runes. I could be wrong, and it could be my gear thats gimping me, but i find that revenge procs wayyy more often, even more than Rend (tweaked too).

what set up u use for ur barb plugin/combat rules??

 

[JoeC]

same plugins and combat rules as everyone else, giles

setup is pretty typical as well.

Frenzy- Maniac
Revenge - Provocation
Rend- bloodlust
Warcy - impunity
Leap - Iron
Battle Rage -Marauders Rage

Nerves of steel
Superstition
Weapon Mastery (i use a 1h Axe)

For passives, those are what fit MY needs. I originally had Relentless and Brawler in place of Nerves of steel and Superstition and although i did way more damage, i died a bit more than i was comfortable with. So the build above which i currently use helps me die 1-2x less than usual, just a bit slower.

Its all dependant on your gear.

 

[muntahunta]

im currently using a frenzy build and a 2H wepon... my stats are:

AR 1K+
LoH - 1700+
Armor - 8k+
42k health
40k dps

seems to be working fine for me

 

[Pchild]

How are you pulling 35k dps with a 1h and shield?... I'm at like 29k with a 2h with 450 str. =/

Guys can you share your skill setup?
I just got my barb ready for act3 but while playing some time by hand it seems that some elite groups are giving me hard time, even died twice.

I have:

42k Life
800 AR /1k Arcane/
35k Dps /42k buffed/
7700 Armor
35% Block
2.8% Life leech
1000 Loh
33% Crit Chance
359% Crit Dmg

Skills:
Bash + Insigation
WW + Hurricane
Sprint + Run like the wind
Battle Rage + Into the fray
War Cry + Impurity

Ruthless
Superstition
Nerves of Steel

The problem with this built is that dispite of the block I am still taking a lot of dmg and not heal just fast enough. I am thinking that 1hand+shield ww built isn't the right choice, maybe a revenge built would be better.
I am also thinking of removing the stormshield & HoC and replacing them with high str/res/vit helm and second 1h weapon with high crit dmg/loh/str

However could anyone enlight me on how the barb offhand (2nd weapon) works. Does it need to have high dps or it doesn't increase the total dps a lot?

 

[johnz]

How are you pulling 35k dps with a 1h and shield?... I'm at like 29k with a 2h with 450 str. =/

Sounds like you need some weapon dps on your 2 hander. I pulled in 70k dps with board+sword with only 1800 total str.