In the interest of finding the most efficient act 3 farmer, post how much you spent on your character, the stats you achieved, and how quickly it can run acronicx's act 3 profile, as well as how many deaths per hour you sustain.
I will start. 2-handed Rend barb!
Stats:
100k dps (that is with 50% crit and 400% crit dmg)
45k life
1k all res
6.5k armor (without any armor passives. i use superstition because ele is what always gets me. yes, i know this is VERY low for a barb and i'll be replacing gear for at least 9k w/o passives very soon and i won't have my 2 deaths per hour avg)
NO LOH -- 9% life leech (max) absolutely necessary! 100k dps absolutely necessary! You won't rep life fast enough w/o it.
.9 APS (with no attack speed you will do 1.11x dps per hit, which means rend does 777% of your weapon damage over 5 seconds!)
When I pop WotB and ignore pain and cast rend on ~4 elites, I heal for 100% of my life every tick (45k life / HALF SECOND!) and do approx 10 mil damage over the 5 seconds. You should see how quickly mobs drop. They make flies look like Neo from the Matrix.
Build:
WotB, Rend, War Cry, and Battle Rage, as well as Ignore Pain (preference. you can use any defensive here)
Main attack: EITHER bash with 24% damage bonus OR cleave with slow for ranged mobs / fast mobs / goblins. If you can afford ~20% run speed you can use bash or frenzy if you want.
Cost: 120mil
Time to run acronicx's profile: 45 minutes
Deaths per hour: 3-4. Sometimes reads much higher because I get stuck on one very difficult mob combo and my "next profile" option is set to 4 deaths. In addition, I take a lot of damage from those ranged mobs in the fields of slaughter (i think). They are the fellas with the long arms who tunnel down and spawn poison beneath you. Sometimes they kill me while my barb is sitting around working on a couple melee mobs.
I will start. 2-handed Rend barb!
Stats:
100k dps (that is with 50% crit and 400% crit dmg)
45k life
1k all res
6.5k armor (without any armor passives. i use superstition because ele is what always gets me. yes, i know this is VERY low for a barb and i'll be replacing gear for at least 9k w/o passives very soon and i won't have my 2 deaths per hour avg)
NO LOH -- 9% life leech (max) absolutely necessary! 100k dps absolutely necessary! You won't rep life fast enough w/o it.
.9 APS (with no attack speed you will do 1.11x dps per hit, which means rend does 777% of your weapon damage over 5 seconds!)
When I pop WotB and ignore pain and cast rend on ~4 elites, I heal for 100% of my life every tick (45k life / HALF SECOND!) and do approx 10 mil damage over the 5 seconds. You should see how quickly mobs drop. They make flies look like Neo from the Matrix.
Build:
WotB, Rend, War Cry, and Battle Rage, as well as Ignore Pain (preference. you can use any defensive here)
Main attack: EITHER bash with 24% damage bonus OR cleave with slow for ranged mobs / fast mobs / goblins. If you can afford ~20% run speed you can use bash or frenzy if you want.
Cost: 120mil
Time to run acronicx's profile: 45 minutes
Deaths per hour: 3-4. Sometimes reads much higher because I get stuck on one very difficult mob combo and my "next profile" option is set to 4 deaths. In addition, I take a lot of damage from those ranged mobs in the fields of slaughter (i think). They are the fellas with the long arms who tunnel down and spawn poison beneath you. Sometimes they kill me while my barb is sitting around working on a couple melee mobs.
