Barbs give me a hand

CrusherJam - Dreamweaver
CrusherJam - Dreamweaver Posts: 550 Arc User
edited April 2012 in Barbarian
I am a Vit barb build (sage) the problem i seem th have is my magic defence sucks hard

I don't have anything to add magic defence only my R8 / TT99 Gear

Any thing you can think of to help me with magic defense? I know Sofc Ring

and the Nirvana hat (that im wokring on) any cheap alternative that people have/are using?

till i get what i need?

Tks.
19k Hp and rising my goal is 20k unbuffed (would love 25k )
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  • Doom_Panda - Harshlands
    Doom_Panda - Harshlands Posts: 356 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Which neck and belt are you using?
    Mains:
    Doom_Panda- 102/101/102 R9 3rd cast Demon Barb 40k HP.
    Dawnx - 100/85 Demon Cleric.
    PsychicTuna- 101/100 Sage Psychic.
    DawnMyst- 96 Demon Mystic.

    PANDAS FTW. AND I b:heart ARMA! b:avoid
  • CrusherJam - Dreamweaver
    CrusherJam - Dreamweaver Posts: 550 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    TT99 Neck belt and arm
    19k Hp and rising my goal is 20k unbuffed (would love 25k )
  • Doom_Panda - Harshlands
    Doom_Panda - Harshlands Posts: 356 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    CrusherJam - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    TT99 Neck belt and arm

    Archangels? Lionheart? Or Ashura's? x.x
    Mains:
    Doom_Panda- 102/101/102 R9 3rd cast Demon Barb 40k HP.
    Dawnx - 100/85 Demon Cleric.
    PsychicTuna- 101/100 Sage Psychic.
    DawnMyst- 96 Demon Mystic.

    PANDAS FTW. AND I b:heart ARMA! b:avoid
  • CrusherJam - Dreamweaver
    CrusherJam - Dreamweaver Posts: 550 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Lionheart
    19k Hp and rising my goal is 20k unbuffed (would love 25k )
  • Doom_Panda - Harshlands
    Doom_Panda - Harshlands Posts: 356 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Ok. For mag def I suggest either the TT90 Gold Swindler's neck or the Lunar Gold Phoenixwind Amulet: Chaos as they both have +5% HP but they aren't cheap and for the belt the 4th map mag belt is decent.
    Mains:
    Doom_Panda- 102/101/102 R9 3rd cast Demon Barb 40k HP.
    Dawnx - 100/85 Demon Cleric.
    PsychicTuna- 101/100 Sage Psychic.
    DawnMyst- 96 Demon Mystic.

    PANDAS FTW. AND I b:heart ARMA! b:avoid
  • CrusherJam - Dreamweaver
    CrusherJam - Dreamweaver Posts: 550 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I chose the ☆Guard of Thundershock Belt. i use it on occasion now too for mad tanking but my setup

    with the three TT99 items gives me +15 Vit for max hp.
    19k Hp and rising my goal is 20k unbuffed (would love 25k )
  • BloodTyrant - Raging Tide
    BloodTyrant - Raging Tide Posts: 581 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    there's the jungle belt, not that expensive and better than tt90 belt

    http://pwcalc.com/5a98a5e56c07fb18

    i think those are the best ornaments in terms of price/benefit

    rings are particularly cheap, the belt is g15 so you can use stash, but the g14 is really cheap and almost the same.
  • Doom_Panda - Harshlands
    Doom_Panda - Harshlands Posts: 356 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Ah. Well you can get more HP with the +5% Max HP on the necks. ._.
    Mains:
    Doom_Panda- 102/101/102 R9 3rd cast Demon Barb 40k HP.
    Dawnx - 100/85 Demon Cleric.
    PsychicTuna- 101/100 Sage Psychic.
    DawnMyst- 96 Demon Mystic.

    PANDAS FTW. AND I b:heart ARMA! b:avoid
  • CrusherJam - Dreamweaver
    CrusherJam - Dreamweaver Posts: 550 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    SofC rings seem to have what i want i haven't tried to price them out and have not

    come across them myself. as far as the belt it looks very good so i'll keep my eye out

    Magic defence seems to be my weakness so this might be a nice solution

    Thank you all and if you can think of another piece of gear ( that i can swap ) that

    may be a a lower level and easy to obtain please don't hesitate to post it here.
    19k Hp and rising my goal is 20k unbuffed (would love 25k )
  • Hurrdurr - Lothranis
    Hurrdurr - Lothranis Posts: 1,468 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    http://pwcalc.com/6d85a55805013487

    Plenty of m.def for my barb when it hits 100
  • XylolyX - Heavens Tear
    XylolyX - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I don't have the time nor patience for PWI calc but...farm for your cube necky. Great mdef, and you keep the +5%hp bonus.

    Frost: Sign of Chaos rings are good for +200Mdef. I wear two of them if I'm pulling. Engraved with +62Mdef. Or I'll wear my R9 and R8 rings if I'm not pulling.

    Don't neglect your cape. Cheap cape for Mdef (though it refines poorly) is Cape of Tauran Chieftain- the mold drops in FB69. Though I wear a cloudcharger because of the extra speed, vit and 3% pdef bonus.

    Personally I'm a hybrid str/vit build sharded for mdef. My shards are: 15 Sapphire Gems and 4 +10Vit stones. Depending on my rings my HP ranges from 26-27K in Tiger buffed. Mdef is 7.5K unbuffed and a bit over 11K buffed. (Did I go too far? maybe)

    It's quite possible to shard for Mdef cheaply...provided you can set up a shop and buy flawless sapphires, or trade for them from your friends. Just don't get impatient. Shard 1 piece of gear at a time.
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  • Baalbak - Dreamweaver
    Baalbak - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    http://www.pwcalc.com/b0ad972d0bbc2368

    what im currently wearing. future changes include a second sign of frost, vana cape and helm, later on down the road cube neck and jungle ruins belt.

    CoA rings are nice for refining for magic defenses and have 100 physical attack with nice crit bonus and lots of vit/dex points to play with restatting around. these IMO are good damage / defense rings. but personally Id say if you want the best magic defenses get 2x cloud stir rings and refine those up
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  • Deago - Lost City
    Deago - Lost City Posts: 318 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    http://pwcalc.com/8859c795dc25f19e

    this is a perfect set up on a barb, yes quite costly and very high maintenance but the magic defense is outstanding with clerics buff thats about 6k mag defense. But yes farm your cube neck as it is one of the best in the game and try for a warsong belt. Also during 2x farm your NV helm.

    That is my barb set up, currently working on getting neck, belt, and helm :D
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  • Beleni - Dreamweaver
    Beleni - Dreamweaver Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    its not an item but, will help with taking magic damage,

    Roar lvl 11 ( sage )

    drops targets magic attack power by 33% for 10 seconds, saved my *** a few times --

    i used it on the slasher boss in Nirvana and Frost cover city.
    use Roar when they are powering up + top, and you just tank the damage .

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