Haven’t seen any videos on the new skills or any recent barb videos but I’m still making the class. So if anyone has anything to offer it would be much appreciated. Going to use this for PvE
- You still have skill points left in the Swordy C1. Take Pain barrier. You will beg for it when you are thrown around like a ping pong ball, unable to stand up during a boss fight.
- Why no Giant Swing? Take 5 points off of Helm Chopper and add em there.
- If you already take Deeds of Valor, and if you only plan to do PvE, then wouldn’t it make sense to take another sustainable buff spell like Frenzy which synergizes extremely well with Deeds of Valor and max it instead of one of the many single target burst spells of the Barb that make you go Oom within mere seconds if you spam them?
Those are my thoughts on your build.
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Since you’re only taking 1 rank of Highlander…
-Drop Crown for Cross Guard. You’re not going to be dodging/evading everything like I’m assuming you think you will. That little ability to defend yourself helps.
-Take Punish. You have literally no Stab ability and higher level enemies are weak to Stab attacks.
-Since you can’t block, take Pain Barrier. 1 rank is all you need.
-Frenzy is your friend. You won’t be skill spamming all the time.
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@kill5link thanks for input. I’ll take up pain barrier and add in frenzy after taking points away from something.
@Excellence would you add more of Highlander instead of barb? I’m still trying to decided honestly. I figured 1 rank would be good enough to get the 10% crit bonus. I don’t believe i’ll be dodging everything. Just figured I’ll do a lot of damage before I get hit lol. Still trying to find recent videos of barbs to confirm damage output.
Crit bonus?
And I’d recommend more Highlander because of the new skills at C2 and C3 are VERY vital. They are all multi-hit and can be overheated and they also synergize with each other.
Cross Cut and Skyliner combo with each other for additional damage due to Cross Cut’s bleed…and they both hit pretty hard. Skull Swing drops target defense down to 0 for 10 seconds which is invaluable. Vertical Swing synergizes with the Skull Swing debuff against medium and large targets.
if i had previous experience i’d say it seems lacking in utility