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Laine
post Aug 29 2012, 08:44 PM

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i just completed act 1 in inferno. but i find that act 2 is totally unplayable.. anyone can give me some suggestions on what should i improve?

i am thinking to farm for better gear in act 1.. coz i do not have a lot of golds to spend in AH...

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/WVVW-6299/hero/2024866

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Laine
post Aug 30 2012, 01:57 PM

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QUOTE(Balaclava @ Aug 30 2012, 01:20 AM)
Alot of things wrong with your itemisation and your skills and passives.

Items you generally came up from Hell to Inferno, the difficulty curve increases exponentially and it happens when you go from Act 1 to Act 2 in Inferno as well. So you lack core stats to begin with and you still have a piece of blue with you. It shows that you're not properly geared for Inferno yet. Then moving on to your skills, you got Rend / Provocation / Ignore Pain as your defensive skills, and you got WoTB / Earthquake as your offensive skills. You got two of the longest cooldown skills for a Barbarian as your offensive skills and you got three self-healing mechanism. You took too much skill slots for too much unnecessary stuffs. I recommend if you're going for slice and dice build, just concentrate on one escape mechanism and one self healing mechanism ie; Provocation & Sprint. That should increase your survivability for starters. Then for your offensive skills, take Bash / Warcry / Battle Rage / Hammer of the Ancients(for a dependable fury burner). Your rend will not be able to offset the insane amount of damage that you receive due to your low DPS and your HP is too low for even for Act 1 I'd say. If you cannot progress through Act 2, then stay at Act 1 till you feel comfortable with your equipment to progress through it. No one finishes from Hell Act 4 till Inferno Act 4 in a day. 

Build up your core stats then aim for life on hit. No point going for critical damage if you don't have that critical rate to go with it. If you want to go down the critical rate road, it's going to be quite expensive and not recommended for beginners. Also, the rule of thumb is to get more All Resists. It's quite cheap these days with the market going haywire for high end equipments. Grab a few equipments with more than 50 All Resist each with slightly lower core stats. Also, try get 3 slot chest armor preferably. Weapons try put slow weapon as main hand, and fast weapons as off-hand.

As for your passives, I recommend more survivability via Weapons Master / Nerves of Steel / Brawler or Ruthless interchangably depending on what situation you encounter. Since you're going for a slice and dice build, I recommend Brawler as they'll always be more than 3 hitting you where you need that extra boost of DPS and if there's less than 3, I don't think you need any extra help to finish them. Mobs, elites and champion packs always come in a gang of 3 or more unless it's a range douchebag mob that kites till the world ends.
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wow thanks for this. there are many jargon that i need to learn here.. will change the skills and farm in act 1 tonight..
on the gems that i have added, any recommendation how should i swap them?
thank you..
Laine
post Aug 30 2012, 05:59 PM

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QUOTE(Kidicarus @ Aug 30 2012, 04:50 PM)
This is a bit of a late reply, but i noticed that you're using a scoundrel for soloing.  Most barbarians will use the enchantress and that's my preferred choice as well.  Have a look at alternate specs below.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/foll...3;0110!0110

basically the rationale is, your followers are not damage dealers they provide useful buffs and to add their magic find/gold find to yours.  The enchantress' buffs really do add to your survivability.  You do need to get her to level 60 though.

I've also added a spec for the scoundrel that i think has better utility.
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wow now only i know my follower's stats do help me.. :/


QUOTE(Balaclava @ Aug 30 2012, 02:47 PM)
gems if no money don't upgrade first. go for strength gems.
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noted and thank you.
Laine
post Aug 30 2012, 09:42 PM

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hello.. i have changed a few gears and skills.. mind to help me have a look again? thank you... hope the changes do not make it worse.. :/

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/WVVW-6299/hero/2024866

This post has been edited by Laine: Aug 30 2012, 09:57 PM
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post Aug 30 2012, 09:59 PM

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sorry forget to put the link..

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/WVVW-6299/hero/2024866
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post Aug 31 2012, 09:01 AM

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QUOTE(olman @ Aug 31 2012, 01:17 AM)
u r the 1st barb i see having so much intel stats, higher AR?
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hmm.. that's for resistance..

QUOTE(Balaclava @ Aug 31 2012, 12:42 AM)
are you tank or a dps? and what's up with all the int items?
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more of a dps i think..
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post Aug 31 2012, 03:49 PM

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QUOTE(Balaclava @ Aug 31 2012, 09:48 AM)
10 int = 1 AR. I think that's too inefficient to stack some AR. You would be better to with buying low core stat and medium high AR equipment. Your passives tells me you are a tank lol
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hmm i am relying on my passives to increase my armor..
after bulldoze all the way to inferno only i realize there are so many things to learn.. :/

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