Well, it depends on playstyle... Doesn't matter how u do it as long as u can clear it....

And it's true that u don't need a lot of AR nowadays since the dmg from mobs are nerfed.... A lot of ppl still over value certain props nowadays....

Nowadays, most tank barbs are moving to DPS more since tank barbs always hit the enrage timer during elite/champ battles.... So, that's why it's not good to make tanking barbs for now.... The best is a DPS barb with decent survivability IMO....

This is the main reason why u can still advance... If that's ur stats on previous inferno, u will be stuck at act 2....

I recommend changing the following in ur build...

Berserker -> Furious charge with dreadnought for extra healing
Ignore pain (increase duration) -> rune change to ignorance is bliss for extra healing

Passive :
Berserker rage -> Tough as nails

That should help a lot.... Double armor passives will help to deal with dmg reduction.... Furious charge is bcos u need mobility more at the moment to compensate ur lack of tankiness.... Berserker only will be most effective if u hav around 30-35k dmg... Plus, the berserker rage is not helping u at all since when u pop berserker, u lose that buff for few secs since ur fury is not at full.... So, the above changes is when I used as a temporary solution.... Ur main enemy now is u dun hav enuf HP to take so many hits.... that's where the extra healing comes in handy.... With this build, u might be taking a bit longer than usual but u can survive longer thus, u can DPS mobs more....

As for the answer to ur next statement, u won't be able to tank anyways for arcane and chains since they are not blockable.... U need to cycle ur cooldowns more efficient.... And also, if u dun wanna use furious charge, u can use back ur berserker skill but u need to leave the leap for defensive purposes in case u need to escape from tight situations....

Hope it helps... This is just my opinion....

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Added on July 16, 2012, 5:06 pmTrue to that since u need to survive longer in a co-op game cos the mobs have extra health....

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 16 2012, 05:13 PM

U dun hav enuf def thus survivability is bad.... U r a dual wielder right?? Try getting a shield instead for now since ur current stats cannot support dual wielding.... Also, take out ruthless and swap in tough as nails or u can take out nerves of steel with tough as nails since ur vit is too low and nerves of steel won't give u a lot of def...

Also, ur stats are quite low.... Pump vit to at least 1k 1st... That should give u a noticeable difference.... U can try pumping more DPS as suggested but I would strongly suggest get ur survivability 1st rather than DPS.... If u can survive longer, u can do more DPS....

Glad that helped u...

Refer to my post... The answer is there... Overall, ur stats ratio is not really balanced....

Also, if u dun have much gold, use a more defensive eq and skills build rather than offensive one cos DPS requires a lot of gold....

Already stated on my previous post... Dmg output will not vary very much.... Ruthless will hav a higher dmg output than weapon mastery.... But why i recommend that ruthless is remained there is bcos of the crit hit chance... Although ruthless gives u more DPS output (which is just like 200 dmg difference only), the reason why weapon mastery remains there is bcos of the crit hit chance.... U will proc more crit hit but just slightly lower dmg which in turns, if u r atking fast, then more DPS is inflicted thus, weapon mastery is more effective....

I did state everything very clearly in my previous post unless u din read it... I dun think that my post is hard to understand....

For this matter, very subjective.... But I can tell u the recommended stats u should aim for.... These values are IMO only.... Others may have other opinions....

Decent stats will be around this values:
HP = 55k
DPS = 35k

U can aim for these 2 goals 1st... Run every run with double armor passives which ur armor can reach till around 9k with decent eq.... As ur STR develops, so does ur defense... So, for this matter, u dun need to worry too much....

As for shield, block rate doesn't matter much... All u wan is to get as much stats increase as possible.... For me, I can settle for around 16%-20%.... The reason why I'm not aiming for the block chance % modifier is bcos that property alone makes the shield very expensive....

Why I say it is subjective is bcos D3's char building system is all about balance.... The actual values doesn't matter quite much as long as u hav the correct balance.... For example, if u hav 1k AR but ur HP is like 30k, u still will get raped anyways.... That's why it's hard to justify how much exact stats u need based on ur playstyle...

Hope this helps...

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 17 2012, 04:48 PM

I've already stated why I din give exact numbers on my previous post because those stats might not apply to ur current build.... That's something for u to figure out urself since I dunno how u do ur runs anyways....

Also, the information that I shared is actually the answers.... Although it doesn't give out the exact number of values, but that's ur answer to everything... How much u wan ur stats to be is totally up to u as long as u can strike a balance to suit ur playstyle....

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Added on July 17, 2012, 5:04 pm1. U should realize that earlier when u did the 1st one... I told u is about balance....

2. It's stated very clearly that it only works for one skill... Others are not affected by that effect.... Otherwise, that item will say something like this right?? -> "Increase crit chance of all barbarian skills by 3%"

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 17 2012, 05:04 PM

Only 1 skill is affected... it only applies to revenge... For the matter of whether the change is before or after revenge is used, I dunno about that since I dun hav any eq which has similar property as urs so I can't test this out.... Maybe someone should share this info....

There are certain set of calculations to calculate how much stats u need for certain acts.... Of cos most ppl might have achieve those and now only go for how much they can push their char's eq.... But no matter how high ur stats and how good ur eq are, u will still die regardless if u dunno how to play that char.... Good eq and high stats only minimize deaths....

Also bear in mind, certain builds don't have much AR is bcos they heavily rely on skills for healing and thus, sometimes it can outperform decent AR gear.... It depends on how good is ur maths are actually for this game....

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 18 2012, 10:38 AM

I think it's not a fair comparison cos u r comparing items with different ilvls.... The obvious one that gives u the most benefit in general would be the 2nd or the last one on the right.... But this also must depend on eq build as well.... So, it's subjective....

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 18 2012, 02:21 PM

Poison resist is not that useful but still useful in a certain sense.... But the decision is urs anyways.... My only advice I can give is look at ur char stats and c which stats u need and get those stats based on that since every char's eq is not the same anyways....

Overpower with Crushing Advance rune highly depend on LoH while Revenge highly depends on total HP since it is % based....

Revenge doesn't rely on how many enemy hits u receive... That's for proc chances... It's how many enemies u hit.... The more enemies u hit, the more healing u receive.... Revenge is also based on % also.... The more HP u hav, the more healing u receive....

Furthermore, barbs will always be surrounded with enemies anyways.... So, Revenge is bread and butter for barbs....

Ur build is not designed to tank.... U r designed to dish out DPS.... I suggest swapping out overpower for leap with armor increase rune or stun rune... More beneficial to ur current setup.... Also u still need some sort of healing.... I suggest either stick back to Revenge or use Overpower with Revel rune since ur crit chance is quite ok... U can use Sprint with Running like the wind rune to increase more chances of Overpower to activate....

If skill swap doesn't work, i suggest u to pick up a shield to use temporarily...

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 27 2012, 10:40 AM

It's obvious that ur stats is not balanced.... U need more HP for now to survive longer.... If u dun wanna pump ur DPS, then u need to pump more HP.... Simple as that.... at 20k DPS, it's quite sufficient to complete the game solo.... But at 45k HP, I think u would be better off to have a little more DPS rather than HP.... Why not try pumping ur DPS to at least 30k and c what's the result... I'm very sure that with 30k DPS min with 45k HP, u will complete the game easily..... If u can't complete still, then look at ur skills and also revise on ur playstyle.... Most likely u r cycling ur cooldowns wrongly...

All u need is patience and time to build ur char.... If u can't do a certain act, fall back to the previous act for farming....

All of us also farm countless times... There are good and bad times.... Hav u consider building a battle-capable MF set?? That might help... At least it drops more for u...

50m full set or just upgrade items??? Care to share what u hav now???

That would be obvious right??? Ur survivability is quite low based on current build... And also not a single barb can tank arcane anyways since it is not blockable.... So, build more resistances against arcane and pump in more HP...

He's talking about both group and solo play as routine farming..... It can be used on both.... As for skill build, depending on ur playstyle.... No right or wrong but leap and revenge will be needed anyways since u need some mobility and healing as well....