gear level 71

I like your initial build, but I am curious why you do not have your leg armor set to +2 along with everything else? With +2 you would get another +64 HP. Also, the Robe is only at +1 ... +2 would get another +21 HP.

If you plan to get +6 strength from your gear, why not put 206 into STR and the other 6 points into VIT? The same is true for the +8 for DEX ... I would put DEX to 32, then let the +8 get me to 40 so I have the gear requirements AND the bonus +1% crit at 40. DEX above 40 is a waste if you are sticking with this gear until you are lvl 80. This could give you another +13 VIT in theory, which is +221 HP.

Of course, if you do this, you need to plan your strategy for lvl 80 when your gear changes and make sure you save enough STR and DEX points along the way from 70 to 80. If you do it right, you can put all the extra points into VIT early on, then only add STR and DEX when you need to. You will likely need +5 DEX and +30 STR before 80 (unless you gain or lose STR and/or DEX bonues) which means you can put +5 into VIT lvl 71-73, +5 into STR lvls 74-79 and +5 to DEX lvl 80. That could mean an extra +255 HP by lvl 73 instead of having to wait until lvl 80 to get all of those HP.


I suspect you are using Flawless Citrines because of the cost (they are much cheaper than immaculate and perfect) but if you can afford it, you could get another +22 HP for each Perfect Shard. And of course, you can add sockets to get even more HP. I hope you are doing the Summer Festival Event because it gives a lot of Flawless shards as prizes.

Also, why a Beautiful Shard on the Axes? Even if that is what you have already, it is pretty cheap to get that up to Flawless. It will add 4% to your accuracy, and we both know how badly Barbs need that. I would recommend even using better shards or at least adding a second socket, but of course, the cost of socket stones is not cheap. Still, they are pretty commonplace awards in the Event, so hopefully you will have some luck there.


Between your two builds, I only see a difference in the legs. You should use legs +2 to get a fair comparison though. Even so, the 61 Legendary are basically as good as the 70 3 star. You lose 2% physical damage reduction from the change in Physical Defence, which is worth about 120 HP (2% of your Max HP) when taking Physical Damage, but you gain back 1/2 of that or an equivalent of about +60 HP for the 1% physical damage reduction. The extra +3 Stat points can be put into VIT to give you another +51 HP that are good against physical and magical damage which should make up for the -60 HP loss from physical damage.


I hope this helps.

Good Luck!