I for one absolutely refuse to go tank spec for Inferno. I chose to be a Barb for a reason, the same reason I was a Barb in D2 and the same reason I chose the Warrior in the original Diablo. I want to play a melee class destruction wrecking machine.

I'm using sword and shield, tried out 2H but couldn't get a 2H good enough to see a significant DPS increase. Currently putting out 23k dps without WotB. 0 LOH.

You gotta look at your AR, it's very low for Inferno.

blame kripps? just look at him. won inferno hardcore with his tanky barb. do u think a 'decent' DPS barb can win inferno hardcore? he thought ppl the cheapest way to win inferno with barb. u cant go high DPS and won inferno hadrcore with that amount of gold. And perhaps u have forgotten that kripps also do have a high DPS barb.  or u just dint know that?

u wanna cry seeing tanky barb with ol skool revenge spam?

im a barb with 830 dps 1 hand (99% crit + STR + VIT) + board. With this. I will be tanky and yeah. Im a revenge spammer. Like it or not, call it whatever you like. But my coop fren love me cuz i can tank and they can respawn on me when they died. I can say I dont died at all when farming with em in act 3. My tanky presence, make it easier for my party when they died. Especially when our DPS dealer died, they dont want me to die yet. They wanted to res on me so that the elite wont enrage and we can cont to zerging them.

When i feel i want to be DPS dealer. I just switch my board to 1 hand mace + crit + STR + VIT. I usually do this soloing.

now, pls cry. cuz u just met a barb who like to soak up damage and help his party.

lololol Kidi, ive played with Moodswing before, hes not a bad tank lol, hes one of the best here, again, you have to understand, there is no direct tanking system in D3, mobs have AI that targets dps (ive observed), mortar for instance.

Kripps is no cookie cutter, he used to roll 2 handers and clear inferno just to show other players it works, what he did was trying to finish Hardcore the fastest way, to be the 1st, wy waste time and risk 2 handers when its just a goal? he could do that later. How other players view his playstyle is their problem and choice, not Kripps, i dont see how u can blame one of the best barb in the world for something like that lol

some barbs here do play dual wield and 2 handers, but as u noticed, room for experimentation isint really easy with the new repair cost and how the econ is effed up at Softcore, i personally try dual and 2 handers from time to time when i can afford is, as a casual player.

if you want to talk srs 2 handers and weilding, u can ask Duckhole, hes one that i know that can afford playing with those atm

In my case, I will feel bad, we will feel bad, when we failed to kill those elites. Thats all. In cooperation, we shared responsibility, we dont pin point finger and said 'omg you nub tank caused my death u fuken selfish'. How on earth am I supposed to stop elites from teleporting, throw mortar, shielding at all time??? 

in a sense there are truths to dps surviving better = more dmg output, but one thing i cant say is true is the role of tankers in D3.

Tankers in D3 is different than the usual gamers preception of a tanker, we dont do direct tanking, we "support". Skills like Stomp Wrenching, Frenzy Stunners, Leap wrench and stun runes, revenge even, are crowd control skills, Warcry impunity gives MAJOR contribution in Monk based tanking and DPS buffs for survivalbility.

Last and not least, the reason why a barb shouldnt die in a coop is not coz he cant kill, he MUST maintain minimal dmg on elites so they dont FULL HEAL before the party arrives after a wipe. HENCE the notion of TANKER is here.

this is the difference between solo and coop gameplay. you cant gauge a class usability based on a particular gameplay man

Hi All, my first post here.. who is having lower DPS & Armor than me at Inferno Act 1 ...lol?
No money to upgrade my gear (only 300k at stash) ...
anyone with unused equipment (at cheap price) ..kindly contact me..

I'm in the office so I can't see the attached screenies.

I think for us who suscribe to a Barbarian 'ideal' of an offensive barb, coming into Act 2 Inferno really makes us stop and think defensively. It's not a question of how much armor or life or AR we need, but how much defensive investment is ENOUGH for us considering the limitations of our gold? Still trying to work it out defensively.

kiddi. maybe i missed out you post somewhere, but may I know your DPS?

im a bash user too. i love bash + punish.

but I dont really use skills to kill (like seismiec slam and all). But I really like to try that too. Later i got home i post my build too. Cuz I can get around 17k DPS with my tanker build. perhaps with some change, I can increase my DPS.

1Hander ler, 2Hander still tough to sell...got a few 800++ DPS either with socket or comes with 70% above Crit Damage Affix, 2Hander sale not moving

Looks like the build to farm Act 3 (clear fast, few skips and few deaths) is:

60k HP
600 LOH
30k DPS
800 fire/arcane/physical

i think if you read the thread you will understand why most barbs are constraint to the typical board build, not everyone have that 200USD to start a crit build, as it is, getting gears that are crit based is basically a competition against DH and monks user, obviously barbs are the underdogs here UNLESS you are lucky.

ada wang ada amoi, same rule applies man

minimum 800 AR for act 2..armour 8-9k minimum

I don't think u need too much high resist for killing belial as long as u becareful with the poison and hit.
but u ok when facing elite (with chain and walking fire)?

Ur scenario is different than BboyDora... U hav DPS and decent amount of HP to compensate ur low resist.... For his case, he lacks both DPS and HP but he can't be pumping both if he doesn't have the gold to do so... But if I were to choose, I will definitely go for more HP pool so that u can take more hits.... The longer he survives, the more DPS he can do....
He will still be ok as long as he can kill fast enuf.... But still, it is recommended to pump more resist anyways to maximize his survivability.... He just needs to be extra careful... That's all....

Yeah, having them both definitely better but also will hurt trying to go for budget builds.

Your gears should be good for Nightmare.

You will need to source for better gears in Hell mode, where you need AR.

0 AR in Hell Mode? You must have god-like armor and skill that can withstand/dodge arcane/poison/fire in Hell mode.
I was a noobie Barb. I needed 100AR in Act4 Hell Mode (if my memory serves me right).

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Added on July 23, 2012, 11:13 am
You may need to check with currylaksa on how to get 1-2M gears.