what to put in the sockets...

[rover]

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Hi,

I built a barb with WW maxed, beserk maxed, mace mastery maxed. He is
wearing the full immortal king set. Amu: crescent moon, rings:
ravenfrost & carrionwind. (yes, i've been lucky in my MF runs).

Anyway, now i have 2 sockets in the IK helmet, and 2 in the maul. I was
thinking about putting 2 shaels in the maul, but i wasnt sure what that
would do for me; i mean, i already hit hard , except with WW (WW = bad,
dont seem to hit anything).

I also put 1 point in taunt, battlecry, warcry; generally i stun the
with warcry, then I do 1 battlecry, stun again, en
beserk/stun/beserk/etc them one by one. That combo is working fine.

Any suggestions on what to put in the sockets? Will 2 shaels make WW
better (more hits) ?

Thx,
Rover

 

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"Rover" <i_hate@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Anyway, now i have 2 sockets in the IK helmet,

Depending on your wealth level, Cham/Ber or Ber/Ber is popular, for players
who don't have high runes coming out the wazoo, perfect topazes or nice
jewels are usually chosen.

> Any suggestions on what to put in the sockets? Will 2 shaels make WW
> better (more hits) ?

It will increase WW attack rate from 4.1 attacks per second to 6.2 attacks
per second. So yeah, it will mean 2 more hits per second. It won't keep you
from missing though, if that's the problem your attack rating may be too
low(or you're whirlwinding too far away from enemies, ogre maul is range 2
so you gotta whirl closer than you would with a range 3 collossus blade or a
range 4 or 5 polearm).

BTW, where'd you put the rest of your points? You said you maxed berserk,
WW, and mace mastery, you DID pump Battle Orders too, right?

> Thx,
> Rover

 

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Rover wrote:
> Shiflet wrote:
> "Rover" <i_hate@spam.com> wrote in message
> > news:cusejl$12m$1@news.cistron.nl...
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Anyway, now i have 2 sockets in the IK helmet,
> >
> >
> > Depending on your wealth level, Cham/Ber or Ber/Ber is popular, for
players
> > who don't have high runes coming out the wazoo, perfect topazes or
nice
> > jewels are usually chosen.
> >
> >
>
> I'm not that rich I only have 1 gul, and 2 shaels, and the rest
is
> all worse than shael.
>
> >>Any suggestions on what to put in the sockets? Will 2 shaels make
WW
> >>better (more hits) ?
> >
> >
> > It will increase WW attack rate from 4.1 attacks per second to 6.2
attacks
> > per second. So yeah, it will mean 2 more hits per second. It won't
keep you
> > from missing though, if that's the problem your attack rating may
be too
> > low(or you're whirlwinding too far away from enemies, ogre maul is
range 2
> > so you gotta whirl closer than you would with a range 3 collossus
blade or a
> > range 4 or 5 polearm).
> >
>
> When I WW straight thru them, I would not hit them. The weird thing
is,
> that with concentrate i do hit them, almost every swing. The AR for
WW
> and concentrate is the same! Both give me a 91% chance to hit a
fallen.
> Chance on Urdars in act4, river of flame: 77% . AR with WW = 5700.
AR
> with beserk: 10000. Chance with beserk: 84%. With beserk I seem to
hit
> everytime. Does the 7% make that much difference ? And if so, where
do
> i find a +4000 AR charm? The Barb's WW is just bad. I remember
> when i played 2 or 3 years ago diablo (normal, not d2exp) , WW
rocked.
> I'm certainly not pumping my dex (current dex=104) , since dex gives
> only so little AR.

Ah, but Concentrate is not subject to Ye Olde Desync, whereas WhirlWind
most certainly is

>
>
> > BTW, where'd you put the rest of your points? You said you maxed
berserk,
> > WW, and mace mastery, you DID pump Battle Orders too, right?
> >
> >
>
> Actually: no. With BO i have ~2100 life, which is more then enough.
> Thanks to the complete set IK, i have +5 on warcries, so my BO is
> currently at lvl 14. Beserk lvl 27, WW lvl 27, Mace 25. This is
without
> using battlecommand.

BO is one of those skills, like a necro's CE or a sorc's SF that simply
cannot be too high.

Mickey

 

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Shiflet wrote:
"Rover" <i_hate@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:cusejl$12m$1@news.cistron.nl...
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Anyway, now i have 2 sockets in the IK helmet,
>
>
> Depending on your wealth level, Cham/Ber or Ber/Ber is popular, for players
> who don't have high runes coming out the wazoo, perfect topazes or nice
> jewels are usually chosen.
>
>

I'm not that rich I only have 1 gul, and 2 shaels, and the rest is
all worse than shael.

>>Any suggestions on what to put in the sockets? Will 2 shaels make WW
>>better (more hits) ?
>
>
> It will increase WW attack rate from 4.1 attacks per second to 6.2 attacks
> per second. So yeah, it will mean 2 more hits per second. It won't keep you
> from missing though, if that's the problem your attack rating may be too
> low(or you're whirlwinding too far away from enemies, ogre maul is range 2
> so you gotta whirl closer than you would with a range 3 collossus blade or a
> range 4 or 5 polearm).
>

When I WW straight thru them, I would not hit them. The weird thing is,
that with concentrate i do hit them, almost every swing. The AR for WW
and concentrate is the same! Both give me a 91% chance to hit a fallen.
Chance on Urdars in act4, river of flame: 77% . AR with WW = 5700. AR
with beserk: 10000. Chance with beserk: 84%. With beserk I seem to hit
everytime. Does the 7% make that much difference ? And if so, where do
i find a +4000 AR charm? The Barb's WW is just bad. I remember
when i played 2 or 3 years ago diablo (normal, not d2exp) , WW rocked.
I'm certainly not pumping my dex (current dex=104) , since dex gives
only so little AR.


> BTW, where'd you put the rest of your points? You said you maxed berserk,
> WW, and mace mastery, you DID pump Battle Orders too, right?
>
>

Actually: no. With BO i have ~2100 life, which is more then enough.
Thanks to the complete set IK, i have +5 on warcries, so my BO is
currently at lvl 14. Beserk lvl 27, WW lvl 27, Mace 25. This is without
using battlecommand.



Thanks for your reaction

Rover

 

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*snip*
> Ah, but Concentrate is not subject to Ye Olde Desync, whereas WhirlWind
> most certainly is
>
Desync? I've heard about it, but dont really know how, what, where,
why, etc Would the 2 shaels solve my problem?

Or can i better go for Ber + Jah (ignore targets defence seem nice?) or
2 GULs (gives me 40% bonus AR)