Which AoE skills to train?

Bardolph - Harshlands
Bardolph - Harshlands Posts: 111 Arc User
edited January 2010 in Barbarian
In a few levels I might have a go at AoE grinding, but I want to hear some thoughts before I actually start levelling my skills.

I was thinking of keeping Swell at level 1.

Level 1 Swell: Forms a ferocious wave of ravaging Chi to strike
enemies, inflicts base damage plus 141.3
to all the enemies in range of the fanlike spray. [20 Mana]

Level 10: Forms a ferocious wave of ravaging Chi to strike
enemies, inflicts base damage plus 944.1
to all the enemies in range of the fanlike spray. [90 Mana]

Levelling it seems like a waste of spirit, coins, mp, and not to mention time.

It's obvious I will have to train Slam. Further knockback and higher damage for only double the mp cost seems a good deal.

My main question though, should I level Firestorm? To be honest I love this skill, but just the fact that it consumes a spark puts me a bit off; I might need my sparks for selfhealing with Sunder.
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  • Bartack - Heavens Tear
    Bartack - Heavens Tear Posts: 253 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Firestorm is better to use than Slam when you aoe in a group with a BM, cause if you push all the enemies away then the BM gets mad. b:chuckle Also I can see the 200% additional weapon damage being more beneficial late game than fixed damage bonus due to weapon attack power increases.
  • KeMeK - Heavens Tear
    KeMeK - Heavens Tear Posts: 82 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Max all your skill, but always max tiger skills first, im just finally maxing human skills.. but as Bartack said keep slam off to the side when in a squad with a BM, especially when in FF. Firestorm and Swell will become your friend. Slam is great for RB though when archers and Veno cant throw mobs into the eye of god. you'll learn this the hard way....
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Belligero - Sanctuary
    Belligero - Sanctuary Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Sunder and Surf Impact.
    Belligero
  • Fenian_I - Dreamweaver
    Fenian_I - Dreamweaver Posts: 91 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    AoE grinding... now you're speaking my language hehe

    Personally, with my barb, I've always been a solo AoE grinder. If you're grinding with other people, then you gotta do things differently. For solo, though, I recommend maxing all of your AoE skills except for armageddon (unless you have lots of money and don't care when you waste your charm). On the topic of fire storm... it's good when all the mobs are chasing you in somewhat of a line. Good times for that are when you're gathering all of the mobs to start your AoE's... or if you use slam and run backwards a little bit to get them all gathered up again. You say swell is a waste of spirit... and if you're running low on spirit, I wouldn't rush to level that skill. It is nice, however, when your other AoE's are cooling down and that's all you have left to use. It's still better than attacking a single mob (unless there's only 1 or 2 mobs left).
  • Ruli - Heavens Tear
    Ruli - Heavens Tear Posts: 48 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Sunder an surf impact every time.
    Aoe grind on Ruli with his cleric wife, we both have all our skills levelled. We can kill fast an efficently.
    These are alts on the big guns we a wizzie barb combo an yes you need too do things diffrently from my point of view as the wizzie i need too be pateint an let Foo get the mobs all mad an full of hate, then slam em as hard as i can with aoe's. Outta Chi i pick off mobs too build chi an heal.
    Both of us use the same techinques, Always in catform Sunder an Surf impact. Frighten too get some Chi back, niether of us use a charm though, them days are gone. That goes for both my Wizzie an Foo's Barb an Ruli an Foo's cleric.

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