1. SOJ is always BIS for a barb. However, are you killing white mobs for loots only? Because I see that you're not using HOTA/WW/Sprint in D3up. If you focus mainly on white mobs, then SOJ is not necessary for your build.

2. Yes, SOJ always out-dps any rare ring for elites killing. You should focus on your HDps (Hota) or Tdps (Tornadoes) and Edps (Elites) but not paper DPS. Paper dps is meaningless for a barb and many other classes.

3. You are correct, Innas pant is considered a very bad pant for super gg barb (With very very huge budget). GG barb should always have DD or rare pants for so much higher DPS and/or EHP. The good thing for Innas pant is that it has 12% MS and 8-9% Ias so you offload them from other slots. However, if you have very huge budget, DD (with 2 socket) or rare is the way to go. (for exmaple: getting 12% MS on IC, then gg IAS CC CD ring). To get to 300k DPS with budget, I will recommend crafting route, you can easily get 200+ str / 200+ vit / ar on crafted shoulder (always craft VIT shoulder, it has the potential for 100 more stats (str shoulders = max 330str, max 200 vit= 530 stats) (vita shoulders, max str 300, max vit 330 =630 stats) than STR shoulder), and 200-300 str CC CD amulet. You're at 1.6 Ias, which is totally fine to drop that Ias on your amulet and replace it with a crafted one. You can get 100+ str on your IK. You don't need Tough as Nail, change it to Brawler or Berserker rage. 6000+ armor as a barb is totally fine with 450+ resist. As long as you have 600k+ EHP you will be fine. 550K EHP to not get one-shotted by fallen maniac.

4. You shouldn't look at your HP. what important is your EHP (with mitigation calculated). I don't use d3up, i use d3rawr and 600k+ EHP in d3rawr is fine. IMO you shouldn't feel forced to get any mitigation affix (vit/all res/armor) on your offensive slot (glove, weapon, rings, amulet) unless your budget is huge. It's easier to upgrade this way too so you don't lose EHP when you upgrade. Get EHP elsewhere, like IK chest, Shoulder (huge EHP), pants etc. You will have a more balanced barb at the end, and upgrade will be easier and better when you have more budget.

5. A) You don't need cleave, you don't need gound stomp. Change it to HOTA, and sprint-run like the wind. More movement = more kills in a given amount of time.
B) Change BR-BS to BR-into the fray (so you gain fury back when you crit, it's standard). However, BS is workable with high mob density patch, but into the fray will be more comfortable to maintain WOtb.
C) Change overpower Revel to overpower Killing spree, 10% crit so that you can hit 90+% CC with HOTA.
D) You can get -4/5HOTA fury cost SOJ to keep your HOTA uptime, you don't need cold SOJ because skorn does not proc fear.
E) Put ruby into your skorn for more Rend damage (white mobs), or put emerald if you're HOTA.

This post has been edited by hOnGhOnG: Aug 16 2013, 06:19 PM

Mempo and Lacuni are all dependent on your budget. Go cc if your budget is huge, with as many main stats as you can afford (190+ str on mempo / str,vit or all res on lacuni).

The only thing I can think of is the IAS to hit your DT breakpoint, as long as 8% mempo and/or lacuni does not gimp your breakpoints (2.23/2.51/2.86) with your setup, you're fine.

You shouldn't retreat from normal mobs bro. WW is mainly for passing through mobs, not for damage. DWWW damage mainly comes from Sprint: run like the wind. Try this: WW into mobs, hit OP:KS first (+10% crit for your rend), then rend, pretty much all white mobs are dead if not half dead, ww around then rend again if they are still alive. "Spinning barb" (DWWW) if gear properly can have 2-3m damage per second. And you know you can use rare ring for white mobs, then change to SOJ when it comes to elites. But it's too much hassle tho. Anyway, you should be able to kill white mobs in like 2-3 second and they shouldn't even harm you. Try to get more "feel" for the build and you will be better.

Good. Enjoy your Hota Spam, remember to use OPKS to get 90-100% Hota crit chance.

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All gears are pretty much straight forward main stats upgrade depending on how deep is your pocket, i.e. CC on mempo, more str and vit on gears.

Only advice is you don't need 3 IK set, 2 set is enough for the all ress bonus. So you can either drop IK glove for a crafted glove (cc/ias/cd), or a more complex way is to drop IK belt and change it to WH. In this case you will need another source of LS, either from bloodthirst or on weapon. So go either way you prefer.

In your current gear and weapon choice, you're 1% IAS short of 2.86 Bp on your mainhand and 14% short of offhand while in WotB mode. It depends on how you want to gear from here. You can get 9% IAS Innas pant and you will hit that additional 1% and drop lacuni for crafted bracer, or buy a 9% lacuni. However, if you plan to use SOJ, then you need ias on your amulet or get an Witching hour.

This post has been edited by hOnGhOnG: Aug 18 2013, 10:47 PM

Inna's pant is personal preference and budget (8 or 9% ias). There are 3 ways to go (note that innas pant always come with dex):

DPS route: Str + Vit Combo (max = 100 str 100 vit)

EHP route:
a) Double vit roll (200 vit max)
b) All res (80 max)

CC Lacuni is easy, Str + Vit / All res, or 3 together (no double roll on stat), see what fits you and always, your budget.

Only 3 on server from D3Progress. You need to pay a lot for it.

There's a thread on barb forum using F+R rings with reduction cost gear (always max fury even if you spam ss non stop), 180m crit ss build.

Basically F+R rings let your SS do 50% more damage when you're at full fury.

Rule of thumb for D3, jewellery slots = all out damage, the best you can do with jewellery is to re-roll str to other stats that you want.

For example, amulet with elmental dmg%, CHD, CC, Soc. SOJ with Elemental dmg%, elite, CDR/CHD/CC, Soc.

edit: thread here. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/14609081478

This post has been edited by hOnGhOnG: Nov 12 2014, 02:35 PM

in current patch, group barb usually go with
1) physical build for running ahead the team to clear trash (battle rage bloodshed is physical dmg)

for elites:
2) run an immunity amulet (fire or lightning immunity)
3) skip or kill elite depending on your immunity amulet

for surviving:
4) pride of cassius + ignore pain (ignorance is bliss Rune) and spam battle rage, easily give you 100k+ life per battle rage. (make sure your paragon's cost reduction has 0 point and no cost reduction gear)
5) use ancient parthan defender bracer to reduce the damage with all the mob freezed around you

for G.rift guardian:
6) let other class deal with it, charge occasionally and use berserker + cota on cooldown together.

for current solo meta... trial keys farming with your DH or DH friends, conduit and zombie hunt...

This post has been edited by hOnGhOnG: Jan 9 2015, 08:47 PM

yes not much build diversity and it will be worse when they introduce 6 piece new set.. because you don't have room for other set. oh well, it's their design, what can we do? heh.

the new set is WW/rend oriented.

http://diablo.blizzpro.com/wp-content/uplo...rbarian-Set.png

well, with life steal gone, i dont think ww rend can survive good in GR.

1.08 we have at least 3-6% lifesteal, that's how we survive. we cannot survive with ww without lifesteal now. heh.

life regen and life on hit won't cut it.. because those are primary affix... and we have more important affix to roll with. unless they are in secondary affix.. then maybe.

ya barba is nerf because we can no longer drag mobs with us next patch (reakors). in short, the more mob we gather, the stronger our AOE is. since we can no longer drag mob, our dmg falls alot.

there's a physical ww build in official forum, check it out, you just need immortal king set (basic).

physical ww this patch... you just need a few basic item to get started. it's very efficient in t6 farm, fast and smooth, vanilla feel.

yeah thats the correct link.

This post has been edited by hOnGhOnG: Jan 9 2015, 11:56 PM

physical is the best choice, because all your main damage dealer are physical runes. for example run like the wind, call of the ancient, pain enhancer gem etc.

Current GR just too much fishing for barb if you want to compete. do you follow ww breakpoints?

you're dual wielding:

ATTACKS PER SECOND - FRAME LENGTH - TICK FREQUENCY - # OF TORNADO TICKS

0.86957-0.90909 aps - 22 frames per tick - 2.73 ticks per second - 9 ticks
0.90910-0.95238 aps - 21 frames per tick - 2.86 ticks per second - 9 ticks
0.95239-1.00000 aps - 20 frames per tick - 3.00 ticks per second - 9 ticks
1.00001-1.05263 aps - 19 frames per tick - 3.16 ticks per second - 10 ticks
1.05264-1.11111 aps - 18 frames per tick - 3.33 ticks per second - 10 ticks
1.11112-1.17647 aps - 17 frames per tick - 3.53 ticks per second - 11 ticks
1.17648-1.25000 aps - 16 frames per tick - 3.75 ticks per second - 12 ticks
1.25001-1.33333 aps - 15 frames per tick - 4.00 ticks per second - 12 ticks
1.33334-1.42857 aps - 14 frames per tick - 4.29 ticks per second - 13 ticks
1.42858-1.53846 aps - 13 frames per tick - 4.62 ticks per second - 14 ticks
1.53847-1.66666 aps - 12 frames per tick - 5.00 ticks per second - 15 ticks
1.66667-1.81818 aps - 11 frames per tick - 5.45 ticks per second - 17 ticks
1.81819-2.00000 aps - 10 frames per tick - 6.00 ticks per second - 18 ticks
2.00001-2.22222 aps - 9 frames per tick - 6.67 ticks per second - 20 ticks
2.22223-2.50000 aps - 8 frames per tick - 7.50 ticks per second - 23 ticks
2.50001-2.85714 aps - 7 frames per tick - 8.57 ticks per second - 26 ticks
2.85715-3.33333 aps - 6 frames per tick - 10.0 ticks per second - 30 ticks
3.33334-4.00000 aps - 5 frames per tick - 12.0 ticks per second - 36 ticks
4.00001-5.00000 aps - 4 frames per tick - 15.0 ticks per second - 45 ticks
5.00001-6.66666 aps - 3 frames per tick - 20.0 ticks per second - 60 ticks
6.66667-10.00000 aps - 2 frames per tick - 30.0 ticks per second - 90 ticks
10.00001-20.00000 aps - 1 frame per tick - 60.0 ticks per second - 180 ticks

and you really need those legendary gem to help you, especially pain enchancer, taeguk and maybe trap if you have 3 sockets.

yeah i feel you.. i will just level my gems to 25 then leave GR forever but i definately will try GR next patch, not so extreme fishing anymore.

This post has been edited by hOnGhOnG: Jan 10 2015, 04:41 PM

furnace, heartslaughter 2h

sun keeper + doombringer 1h dual wield