Save my BvC

[LA Michigander]

Save my BvC

I rebuilt my pure vit barb into an invested barb because I wanted to use a fort and be able to put up a fight for bvb duels. I am getting rocked by mostly all barbs I come up against. One barb I encountered was using fort/arreat/350%ebotdz/SS and was literally owning me left and right, and taking 3/4 my life in one hit. I am also having a hard time using the "leap stun" that is deemed essential in most builds. Tele Zerking seems to result in inevitable death for my character as well...

Life around 4800 and all res in the 50's (not sure can't check at the moment)

Main Skills:
1pt Zerk
14 leap
20 WW
20 Axe Mastery
20 Battle Orders
3 nat res

The gear:
40ed Arreat ///// 31%dr Coa switch
Ap Nigma/////Dusk forti switch
Trangs///dracs switch
2xravens (20/247) (20/243)//// angelics switch
Gores
Hlords
arach//// dungos and tgods switch
400 dmg 10%ed 35%ias grief Zerker
40 str Beastz///// doomz switch

Stash:
Widowmaker hel'd
ebotdz 409%

Charms
4x 5%fhr w/random res
15x 20life scs some with ar
16///18 anni
18////19 btorch
working on the rest...

Ce Olba helped me with my first pure vit build. It worked wonderfully but I didn't take his advice about the leap skill until now.

any ideas or insights(not the rw) ?

 

[karatedan]

Re: Save my BvC

It sounds like you put enough pts to wear gear switch vs. other barbs. In that case, it looks like you went the bva route. If dueling other barbs who are bvb, those that are meant to duel other barbs, you'll more than likely lose. You are pretty much a bvc with some points invested to wear shield, have max block, etc. You're not gonna be able to hang with a bvb simply put.

You didn't do anything wrong imo if you made your barb to duel everyone. Just don't expect to win every duel against other barbies.

 

[AlmostInfinity]

Re: Save my BvC

It is generally tough to beat other barbs, especially ones with shields. Your gear seems more than adequate although your life seems a little low. How is your ar and defense? I find that coa, angelics, dungos, fort versus other tough barbs works the best for me due to the large dr% and ar. Try to catch your opponent at the end of his ww's and chip away at him with widowmaker. Don't go toe to toe with bvbs, hit and run.

 

[aoaa]

Re: Save my BvC

I rebuilt my pure vit barb into an invested barb because I wanted to use a fort and be able to put up a fight for bvb duels. I am getting rocked by mostly all barbs I come up against. One barb I encountered was using fort/arreat/350%ebotdz/SS and was literally owning me left and right, and taking 3/4 my life in one hit. I am also having a hard time using the "leap stun" that is deemed essential in most builds. Tele Zerking seems to result in inevitable death for my character as well...

Life around 4800 and all res in the 50's (not sure can't check at the moment)

Main Skills:
1pt Zerk
14 leap
20 WW
20 Axe Mastery
20 Battle Orders
3 nat res

The gear:
40ed Arreat ///// 31%dr Coa switch
Ap Nigma/////Dusk forti switch
Trangs///dracs switch
2xravens (20/247) (20/243)//// angelics switch
Gores
Hlords
arach//// dungos and tgods switch
400 dmg 10%ed 35%ias grief Zerker
40 str Beastz///// doomz switch

Stash:
Widowmaker hel'd
ebotdz 409%

Charms
4x 5%fhr w/random res
15x 20life scs some with ar
16///18 anni
18////19 btorch
working on the rest...

Ce Olba helped me with my first pure vit build. It worked wonderfully but I didn't take his advice about the leap skill until now.

any ideas or insights(not the rw) ?

Your set-up left you with a half-*** Bvc, or a Bva. This is a very simple rule to follow when building your bvc: Bvb>Bvc. A Great Bva will generally get smashed by a So/So bvb. My advice to build for just your regular gear, and don't worry about the Fort. A good thing to invest a little dex into for though is Widow. It can really help to get some of your camp oppenents to rush in on you, and lead to there demise. You should have WAY more life than that, I was hitting 7k with Mastery lifers.