if u are talking about barb, why not focus on life leech rather than LOH..i do think life leech better on barb compare to LOH

actually...since Quaz talked bout thorn build, im actually interested to see one lol

i mean, gems have thorn attributes for weapon, and barb's passive increases thorn effectiveness by 50% iirc...LOL anyone?

I understand what you're saying bro.

Monks hit faster, so your LOH will scale off additional hits. Barbs stacking damage will hit harder, so more damage gets converted into life. Will probably need to spend a bit to test out which is viable.

and here i come to stray the topic - my DH does melee (close quarters combat) in Inferno.

approx ~900 LOH
approx ~900 life regen person
above 700+ res on all elements

Can vs Elites in Act I just standing there for the most part.

*previously had 1k thorn and 5k+ health globe but it's no more then since I modified the build for better resist, hp and dps.

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wth!??! why i build melee style DH? cos i lz to do kiting and run around lor. furthermore there are places that are so cramped that running is impossible, and not without running into more hostiles.

then also there's the issue of facing vortex + waller / jailer + desecrator / plague / molten whatever nonsense so being a DH with resist + LOH + life regen makes a lot of difference when it comes to survival.

if thats the case, is it a different modifier? or it stacks with equip life leech? coz Bloodlust is like 3% lol

my melee DH just beat the Inferno mode butcher, solo. i ish happy. later I brought another barb who just reach level 60 go hit. also none died. me rikes me melee DH.

well my build can do both.

initially i was just doing DPS and running around exactly like what you mentioned. I hit until his likfe is ||||| <=-- this amount left (about 5%) and then I died due to fire fire fire. I got 700+ fire resist but amidst the confusion i ter-KO.

then I got tired of trying la, my NV x5 also gone already. (took time to study him, and my character) - I really don't wish to spend more money just to defeat butcher.

it's not that one has to be melee to fight butcher, it just so happen build is LOH + Lregen based so I used it to my advantage.

will try Ghom. hehe.

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Added on July 10, 2012, 11:41 amproblem is i haven't reach Act III.

thanks I haven't been getting to play Act I / II because my previous builds suck.

my previous builds suck so bad, I can't even whack Elites properly. end up spending time on Act III Hell Mode.

ehh. I'm playing this game for fun la. everyone go "best build" direction then difficult already. I just want to enjoy the game, it may not be the best build but I just like to see how far I can go with it.