Calamitys or lion king axes for 8x

D_e_m_O - Lost City
D_e_m_O - Lost City Posts: 1 Arc User
edited April 2010 in Barbarian
I have Calamity axes of blood +5 2 flawless accuracy shards and i was wondering if i should get some lion king axes or just stay with stay with calamity axes till 90
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  • Krouse - Harshlands
    Krouse - Harshlands Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Get lion king axes for Pve/tanking, they help alot and keep the clerics more happy about you. for PVE +3 and 1/2 Flawless shards to your liking in them. Then you can make the souledge for your 90 zerk axes out of those.

    Keep the calamity's for PK till 90 zerk axes

    That's what i'm doing on my barb. same +5 calamity's with 2 G8 immaculates, lion king axes for TT/FC and will be decomposed for my 90 axes when i hit 90
  • Brutu - Heavens Tear
    Brutu - Heavens Tear Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I personally am sticking with my calams until level 90 as the TT chain either takes me down a bad route but good vit, or takes me down the calloused route and gives only dex and str =/.

    As far as clerics hating me, when DDing I switch to heraldry as I help the rest of the group DD and don't lose life doing it, when tanking the cleric shouldn't notice 5% hp loss every once and a while however I do notice my aggro holding ability go up.
  • Urlaghan - Lost City
    Urlaghan - Lost City Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I'm personally collecting mats for Giant Ape Axes, they have a nice vit add, but of course you can't manufacture GX with them.
  • Lycanthar - Sanctuary
    Lycanthar - Sanctuary Posts: 389 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I had Giant Apes+3 for PvE and Calamity +5 for PvP through my 80's... both did a nice job in things like questing, gamma and delta, but I found more and more I started using just my Calamity. With cleric in party the 5% hp loss really isn't noticable at all, even if cleric QQ about using more mp. So boss dies faster too, whats the difference?

    In my early 90's I got the 2 gold mats for my TT90 gold zerk axes and just spent 1/2 day in low lvl TT's farming Lion King axes... so wasn't a big deal either way.

    As long as you end up with TT90 gold zerk axes, you wil be a good barb for your 90's.
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  • Traz - Dreamweaver
    Traz - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Lycanthar - Sanctuary wrote: »
    I had Giant Apes+3 for PvE and Calamity +5 for PvP through my 80's... both did a nice job in things like questing, gamma and delta, but I found more and more I started using just my Calamity. With cleric in party the 5% hp loss really isn't noticable at all, even if cleric QQ about using more mp. So boss dies faster too, whats the difference?

    In my early 90's I got the 2 gold mats for my TT90 gold zerk axes and just spent 1/2 day in low lvl TT's farming Lion King axes... so wasn't a big deal either way.

    As long as you end up with TT90 gold zerk axes, you wil be a good barb for your 90's.

    You can be a good barb in 90s without TT90 gold zerk axes, but they are popular. I use a gatherstorm and I don't have many problems.
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  • Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide
    Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide Posts: 770 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Funny no one has mentioned the Thunderdeath's for working through your 80's...

    They give a nice HP bonus and the +crit rate doesn't hurt either. Fuzzy refined em to +5 and never had a single problem. Its be a nice set of axes that me still equip every once in awhile just for a change from the gx.

    Don't see all that many barbs (at least on Fuzzy's server) with the Thuderdeath's but if weighing options for an 80 axe set, they well worth at least considering.

    b:thanks
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  • Kephras - Heavens Tear
    Kephras - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,472 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I'll second Fuzzy's love of the Thunders - though in my case they're +7 with a G10 amber, and I expected 'em to last me through my 90's as well.
    Then again, being perfectly honest, that was back when gold Frost HA was an option and I expect my "endgame" to be at 85-ish.
    *Note, my endgame, not true endgame.
  • Rawrgh - Raging Tide
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide Posts: 6,790 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I meant to farm Thunders to use for PvE through my 80s, but I was too lazy and ended up sticking with my calamities.

    Currently working on getting my Gx for 90+, thinking about getting a Pan Gu's Giant axe for PvE purposes.
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  • Traz - Dreamweaver
    Traz - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Rawrgh - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I meant to farm Thunders to use for PvE through my 80s, but I was too lazy and ended up sticking with my calamities.

    Currently working on getting my Gx for 90+, thinking about getting a Pan Gu's Giant axe for PvE purposes.

    For PvE nothing beats a Gatherstorm, for cata pulling Pan Gu's Giant Axe, and for PvP TT90 gold axes.
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  • Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide
    Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide Posts: 770 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Traz - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    For PvE nothing beats a Gatherstorm, for cata pulling Pan Gu's Giant Axe, and for PvP TT90 gold axes.

    GX 90 gold.... yes nice, but OP was asking about 8x weapons...
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  • Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide
    Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide Posts: 770 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Kephras - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    *Note, my endgame, not true endgame.

    Fuzzy has come to realize this about Kephras...

    ..and sorry to hijack thread a bit but if Kephars think outside the box, Fuzzy curious what his thoughts on Fortess HA vs. Lionheart Plate HA?

    b:puzzled

    edit: assuming Fortress be the Nirvana upgradeable Lunar... me not look at forges for awhile.. is it no TT upgrade for strength Lunar for defence?
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  • Traz - Dreamweaver
    Traz - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide wrote: »
    GX 90 gold.... yes nice, but OP was asking about 8x weapons...

    I wasn't talking to the OP someone else made a comment about pan gu and I was replying to them....And even so I gave him the only 2 weapons (and tt90 gold axes) that I would even worry about upgrading too.
    D_e_m_O - Lost City wrote: »
    I have Calamity axes of blood +5 2 flawless accuracy shards and i was wondering if i should get some lion king axes or just stay with stay with calamity axes till 90

    I'd keep those until lvl 90 and then worry about what you want to get then. Getting 80 axes from those isn't a necessary step unless you are gathering for TT90 axes.
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  • Kephras - Heavens Tear
    Kephras - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,472 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I believe it's just Solar Flash that can be Nirvana'd, unfortunately. So Fortress vs Lionheart, Lionheart would be the clear winner. Better adds, you get the set bonus, and the Nirvana option.
    Solar flash however, I would dearly love to get my hands on. But if you want my (very silly) reasoning?

    I like white armor b:surrender
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  • Lycanthar - Sanctuary
    Lycanthar - Sanctuary Posts: 389 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Never speak of Fortress.

    Never.

    /goes to cry in corner that he will never have this totally sick armor
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  • Baalbak - Dreamweaver
    Baalbak - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,624 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Urlaghan - Lost City wrote: »
    I'm personally collecting mats for Giant Ape Axes, they have a nice vit add, but of course you can't manufacture GX with them.

    same here. I personally find the Calamity's to be extremely overrated and even the thunderbolt axes deal more constant damage... So what if the Calamities add 11 vit with a chance to deal double damage at the sacrifice of 5% HP (pretty much one proc removes all HP you gain from that 11 vit). If you solo a hell of a lot like I do, calamities burn hp up in no time.

    Mean time I'm using the cudgel of ancient alloy. Seems to be snuffed by a lot of people considering its only going for 100k in AH, but IMO it beats Calamities hands down. Its great for both tanking and solo/squad grinding, with its 2% combined added pdef from the gear bonuses and gloom bonus to boot.

    As stated before, I'm going Giant Ape when i farm the rest of the mats, then Star Axes at 90. For 99 I think I'll be going for Monarch Axes if I recall correctly.
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  • Kwandelan - Heavens Tear
    Kwandelan - Heavens Tear Posts: 164 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Baalbak - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    As stated before, I'm going Giant Ape when i farm the rest of the mats, then Star Axes at 90. For 99 I think I'll be going for Monarch Axes if I recall correctly.

    I went the same way EXCEPT for 99 I chose
    ☆Unparalleled Brimstone Edges
    [Maximum Physical Attack +142
    Vitality +16~17
    Critical Hit Rate +3%]

    WAY better than the Monarch Axes in the tt90 Star Axes chain.
    ☆Monarch Axes
    [Critical Hit Rate +2%
    Accuracy +10%
    Evasion +262]

    Sell ur Star Axes in ah & make the 99 gold axes..dont go for Monarch
    the only bad thing is that..u'll have to make a whole set of tt60-tt90 weapons in the Beacon Axes chain..in order to manufacture the gold Brimstone Edges..but the mats r CHEAP (including the gold mats of the 99 axes)
    Monarch Axes just dont stand anywhere even near to Edges b:thanks
  • Maragon - Dreamweaver
    Maragon - Dreamweaver Posts: 645 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I have a barb at 73 . pve mostly and just go solo alot. atm I am using calas +3 2 G8 garnets.
    I have a ancient alloy waiting for me at 79. In thinking of my 9x weapon. I was thinking of getting devil axes (i think thats which one it is, whatever it is that has the meditation proc) for general solo and grind unless i can get a hold of a gatherstorm. So what do you all think of devil axes?

    Then for a long time from now, I would make a chaotic impliment -> anchor of chaos -> nirvana.

    Like I said I dont really pvp and I'm not in a TW faction so i dont catapull so pan gu's isnt of great need. What do you all think of this path?
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  • Knownase - Heavens Tear
    Knownase - Heavens Tear Posts: 6,959 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I have GXs and TT99 Gold Dual Axes.

    GXs = PvP purposes and I conformed into the average lvl 90+ Barb. <____<

    TT99 = Good for PvE stuff, hate losing HP killing a mob because of Zerk happening often, which is why I have these.


    GXs give Sage Barbs a bit of "spike damage" quality. They make Demon Barbs nukes.
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