Barbarian attack rating question.

[Watchman]

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At level 30 my Axeman Barbarian has rescued Atma from her icy prison.
But I've noticed his percentage to hit certain enemies can drop to as
low as 67%. So, what is the best way to raise AR for a Barbarian? Should
I put more points in Dexterity? Or should I focus on raising Axe
Mastery? Or would I be better served collecting equipment with bonus AR?

He's still wearing the full Hsarus set with Iratha Coil, Arctic Mitts
and the amulet and ring from Cathan's Traps (also has a +25 lightning
resist ring). At the moment he's using a war axe socketed with the rune
word Steel.

Incidentally, I didn't know 'Cannot be frozen' applied to Diablo's
chilling attack. My Barbarian cut loose on the big guy without being
chilled once. Cool eh?


....sorry.

Watchman
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Watchman wrote:
> At level 30 my Axeman Barbarian has rescued Atma from her icy prison.
> But I've noticed his percentage to hit certain enemies can drop to as
> low as 67%. So, what is the best way to raise AR for a Barbarian? Should
> I put more points in Dexterity? Or should I focus on raising Axe
> Mastery? Or would I be better served collecting equipment with bonus AR?
>
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>
> Incidentally, I didn't know 'Cannot be frozen' applied to Diablo's
> chilling attack. My Barbarian cut loose on the big guy without being
> chilled once. Cool eh?


Chance to Hit for Melee Attacks: 100 * AR / (AR + DR) * 2 * alvl /
(alvl + dlvl)

A Frozen Horror (the icy shatter-on-death dude), for example, is lvl
37 and has 224 Defense in Normal difficulty. So your chance in
hitting it, assuming you have 500 AR, will be:

100 * 500 / (500 + 224) * 2 * 30/(30+37)
= 61%

Now, if your barb were lvl 40 instead, the chance to hit will be:

100 * 500 / 724 * 2 * 40 / (40+37)
= 71%

As you can see, both your AR (which comes from dex, combat mastery,
combat skill, equipment, charms, and determination-to-hit) as well
as the difference between you and the monsters, play a major role in
calculating how good you can hit them. A lvl 21 barb with ~2k AR
has about 40% chance to hit Normal Baal (lvl 60).

Bing

 

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Hi,

Watchman <stryder@SPAMPHOBICwhyalla.net.au> wrote in
news:420FF79E.A841C099@SPAMPHOBICwhyalla.net.au:

>
> At level 30 my Axeman Barbarian has rescued Atma from her icy prison.
> But I've noticed his percentage to hit certain enemies can drop to as
> low as 67%. So, what is the best way to raise AR for a Barbarian?
Should
> I put more points in Dexterity? Or should I focus on raising Axe
> Mastery? Or would I be better served collecting equipment with bonus
AR?
>

well, 67% isn't that bad. To some degree, it depends on your main
attack. Frenzy and Concentrate and Axe Mastery all have +x% to AR. If you
stay with axes, maxing Axe Mastery is a must, I think. That alone will
give you 180% AR at level 20 (without +skills).

Level 20 Concentrate also adds another 250% AR. You should put as many
points into Dex as you can afford without neglecting Vitality.

An easy way to raise AR is the Angelic ring/amulet combo. This raises AR
by x points per level.

I have crafted axes with +AR per level, that add +1369 AR at level 83.
And about 200%-250% Enhanced damage. But the required level is 59.

At level 30, your best option is the Angelic combo, if you can spare the
amulet/ring spaces.

And make sure you are in the right area for your char level. Level 30
should be in Act4 or Act5 normal. Look here:

http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.php?id=512

Regards,

Oliver

 

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Oliver Wenzel wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> well, 67% isn't that bad. To some degree, it depends on your main
> attack. Frenzy and Concentrate and Axe Mastery all have +x% to AR. If you
> stay with axes, maxing Axe Mastery is a must, I think. That alone will
> give you 180% AR at level 20 (without +skills).

Okay. Should I max out Axe Master before piling too many points into
Battle Orders ?

>
> Level 20 Concentrate also adds another 250% AR. You should put as many
> points into Dex as you can afford without neglecting Vitality.

Concentrate will be my main attack (once I get some mana leech).

>
> An easy way to raise AR is the Angelic ring/amulet combo. This raises AR
> by x points per level.

If I can get better resist's then I can swap ring and amulet. At the
moment I have the Cathan ring/amulet combo, mainly for the fire damage
bonus.

>
> I have crafted axes with +AR per level, that add +1369 AR at level 83.
> And about 200%-250% Enhanced damage. But the required level is 59.

Yeah, that's what I'm looking forward to making.

>
> At level 30, your best option is the Angelic combo, if you can spare the
> amulet/ring spaces.
>
> And make sure you are in the right area for your char level. Level 30
> should be in Act4 or Act5 normal. Look here:
>
> http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.php?id=512

Thanks for the link.

>
> Regards,
>
> Oliver

Watchman
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"Watchman" <stryder@SPAMPHOBICwhyalla.net.au> wrote in message
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> Oliver Wenzel wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > well, 67% isn't that bad. To some degree, it depends on your main
> > attack. Frenzy and Concentrate and Axe Mastery all have +x% to AR. If
you
> > stay with axes, maxing Axe Mastery is a must, I think. That alone will
> > give you 180% AR at level 20 (without +skills).
>
> Okay. Should I max out Axe Master before piling too many points into
> Battle Orders ?
>
How many points do you have in Axe Mastery now? I generally put 10 into the
mastery of choice right in the beginning, and then save points for my other
skills. Then if I have enough later in the game, I might add some more. If
you can scrounge up an Angelic Ring and Ammy, that would fix you for quite
awhile as well. I'm assuming this is SP though?

> >
> > Level 20 Concentrate also adds another 250% AR. You should put as many
> > points into Dex as you can afford without neglecting Vitality.
>
> Concentrate will be my main attack (once I get some mana leech).
>
Good plan

> >
> > An easy way to raise AR is the Angelic ring/amulet combo. This raises AR
> > by x points per level.
>
> If I can get better resist's then I can swap ring and amulet. At the
> moment I have the Cathan ring/amulet combo, mainly for the fire damage
> bonus.
>
If you have any gold, you should be able to gamble some good resist gloves n
boots here pretty quick.

> >
> > I have crafted axes with +AR per level, that add +1369 AR at level 83.
> > And about 200%-250% Enhanced damage. But the required level is 59.
>
> Yeah, that's what I'm looking forward to making.
>
I should have crafted more, I never did get anything as good as that!

> >
> > At level 30, your best option is the Angelic combo, if you can spare the
> > amulet/ring spaces.
> >

Hey, doesn't Sigons add some AR too?
I think the hat and boots add some AR, but I can't remember how much.


short

 

[Watchman]

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short wrote:
>
> "Watchman" <stryder@SPAMPHOBICwhyalla.net.au> wrote in message
> news:42115F69.16490E0C@SPAMPHOBICwhyalla.net.au...
> > Oliver Wenzel wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > well, 67% isn't that bad. To some degree, it depends on your main
> > > attack. Frenzy and Concentrate and Axe Mastery all have +x% to AR. If
> you
> > > stay with axes, maxing Axe Mastery is a must, I think. That alone will
> > > give you 180% AR at level 20 (without +skills).
> >
> > Okay. Should I max out Axe Master before piling too many points into
> > Battle Orders ?
> >
> How many points do you have in Axe Mastery now? I generally put 10 into the
> mastery of choice right in the beginning, and then save points for my other
> skills. Then if I have enough later in the game, I might add some more. If
> you can scrounge up an Angelic Ring and Ammy, that would fix you for quite
> awhile as well. I'm assuming this is SP though?

Nope, Battlenet ladder HC. I have 13 points in Axe Mastery. I've got all
parts of Angelic set except the amulet. Typical!
<snip>
> > > An easy way to raise AR is the Angelic ring/amulet combo. This raises AR
> > > by x points per level.
> >
> > If I can get better resist's then I can swap ring and amulet. At the
> > moment I have the Cathan ring/amulet combo, mainly for the fire damage
> > bonus.
> >
> If you have any gold, you should be able to gamble some good resist gloves n
> boots here pretty quick.

Been trying. Limited success so far.

>
> > >
> > > I have crafted axes with +AR per level, that add +1369 AR at level 83.
> > > And about 200%-250% Enhanced damage. But the required level is 59.
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I'm looking forward to making.
> >
> I should have crafted more, I never did get anything as good as that!
>

My Geomancer once crafted a casters amulet that +1 to all druid skills.
See, perfect amethysts can be useful.

> > >
> > > At level 30, your best option is the Angelic combo, if you can spare the
> > > amulet/ring spaces.
> > >
>
> Hey, doesn't Sigons add some AR too?
> I think the hat and boots add some AR, but I can't remember how much.
>
> short

Hsarus gives me 201 AR, but not level based.

Watchman
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