Sweaty Ogre's Pwnzor Conc Barb Guide

[SweatyOgre]

This build works for PvP and PvM, really.

Stats

Strength: 150
Dexterity: 150(Allows for max block up until level 88)
Vitality: Everything left over
Energy: none

Skills

20 Concentrate
20 Axe Mastery
20 Shout
20 Battle Orders
1 Battle Command
20 Iron Skin
1 Natural Resists
1 All Prerequisites = 3
105 Total Points

Gear

Helm: Upped Cham'd Arreats
Amulet: Angelic Wings for melee, Highlord's for caster dueling
Rings: Dual Angelic for melee, Dual BK agaisnt casters
Armor: Stone Superior Sacred Armor
Weapon: Eth Zod'd Razor's Edge
Weapon Switch: 2 Echoings
Shield: Perfect Diamond'd Storm Shield
Belt: Verdungo's
Gloves: Dracul's Grasp
Boots: Upped Gore Riders

Charms

Annihilus
As many life charms as you can get your hands on
Enough resist charms as you need
A few defense charms can't hurt

Dueling

Other Melee Chars: Really the only thing to do here is just hack away. Remember to use Walk, not Run, because running, I've heard lowers your defense to 0. I don't believe that, but it does seem to do something to your defense to make you easier to be hit, so I always walk. Against another melee char that is something like a CS zon, you'll sometimes need to change gear around, but not unless their really good, because this build has great resists.


Casters: Not much you can do aside from try to catch them to get them, but casters and bowazons are always running away from conc barbs.

[life_source]

isn't 150 strength too low for sacred armor? even with all the items?

sacred armor str req = 232

150 + 30 (stormshield) + 20 (arreats) + 15 (draculs) = 215

EDIT: shit! anni... n/m

aren't your res's gonna be a bit low? even with some charms? and no skill charms at all?

oh, and about the running thing... when you run your chance to block is cut down to one third what it normally is.

[WildfireFX]

Conc barbs with stone are the best. However, sadly, don't expect to beat many casters with this in public duels.

[SweatyOgre]

My barb(built exactly like this) has 26-75-51-26 resists. Since I barely duel any casters at all, since I think melee vs. casters is stupid since the caster just runs around and casts whatever skill they use from 2 screens away, those are sufficient to my needs. If you want, you could Um the arreats and wear a raven instead of dual angelic.

[simpleforce]

or u could switch ur rings around with 2x raven 2xdwarf 2xwisp

[Guru]

Don't bother with a caster section, your chances of winning with concentrate and almost no r/w speed are slim to none.

I also wouldn't put a P diamond in the SS, instead put a xx/15 ias jewel in it and you'll hit the 11 frame breakpoint