Trying to decide which IK build

[Phil]

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I'm building an IK barbarian on the ladder for doing hell hellforge
mule self-rushes. (I teleport around with my sorc, find the
destination, then bring in the IK barb to clear the area of immunes;
wash, rinse, repeat.)

Off ladder, I made a concentrate/bash/bo/macemastery barb with extra
points in shout and single points in the other warcries. He was slow
but effective, even against the diablo clone.

The alternative is a whirlwind barb. I haven't played one since before
LOD first came out, but they have the advantage of not having any
synergies, meaning I could max shout and maybe even battlecommands.
Off ladder, I had a dedicated shout/bo/bc mule, which was very
convenient. I'm concerned about mana burners and overall
effectiveness, however, especially against bosses like mephisto.
Anyone recently make a whirlwind barb and able to offer advice?

 

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i have done one recently without a problem i maxed bo whirlwind mace mastery
and nearly got shout maxed mana burn is a pain but i have a hole belt of
full rejuves (1point in find poition) but most of the time if i whirl and
they steal my mana by the time the whirl is over i have stolen enough mana
to go straight back though. my self i rely on mana and life steal to keep me
alive most of the time i have like nearly 30% life steal amd 3.1k hitpoint
killing bosses is not a hassel just drink a pot or two it realy does not
both me i find more all the time
well it works for me good luck
"phil" <google@donotcall.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> I'm building an IK barbarian on the ladder for doing hell hellforge
> mule self-rushes. (I teleport around with my sorc, find the
> destination, then bring in the IK barb to clear the area of immunes;
> wash, rinse, repeat.)
>
> Off ladder, I made a concentrate/bash/bo/macemastery barb with extra
> points in shout and single points in the other warcries. He was slow
> but effective, even against the diablo clone.
>
> The alternative is a whirlwind barb. I haven't played one since before
> LOD first came out, but they have the advantage of not having any
> synergies, meaning I could max shout and maybe even battlecommands.
> Off ladder, I had a dedicated shout/bo/bc mule, which was very
> convenient. I'm concerned about mana burners and overall
> effectiveness, however, especially against bosses like mephisto.
> Anyone recently make a whirlwind barb and able to offer advice?
>