Distrubuting

Looks fine to me, although you're a little short on strength. Should have 182 for axes your level.

For a vit build you still need 3 str per level and 1 dex every two levels to use axes. So:

(your level - 1) times 3 str + 5
(your level - 1) times .5 dex + 5 and then round up
(your level - 1) times 1.5 vit + 5

So you ideally should have 182 str, 35 dex, and 93 vit. You're not too far off and can correct it in the next few levels.


If you plan on tanking or wanting to hold aggro you may consider adding more dex and strength than the bare minimum, as they'll help your damage output and dd so you'll be holding aggro with a combination of damage and skills.

I might make a thread asking how many barbs have the goal of removing all vitality endgame, since even 150 vitality is only about 10-15% more hp and basically worthless once you have decent refines.

SteelStar - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I haven't played in almost a year, so I could be off on this a bit, but...

You need to have at least enough str/dex for your axes. Otherwise lately there is no correct build, but it use to be: 3 str 1 dex 1 vit until you had 60 dex and then 3 str and 2 vit, but things have changed so much as long as you can use your level axes then your OK. Personally I recommend at least 60-80 dex and 300 str end game. (100+)

Steel! Get your furry butt back in the game, pronto!

BlackishWolf - Archosaur wrote: »

A bit confused on what you mean..

What he means is, 99+ once everybodys got APS gear, a tanker barb cannot possibley hope to hold aggro for more than a few seconds (You can thank the devs creation of BloodPaint for that b:angry).

So you have to choose between wether switching to a DD barb build (and maybe with good refines you can still manage to hold aggro) or adjust to a new role of secondary tank and buffer/debuffer support.

Dont be too discouraged by that, barbs are still in the aggro management game.
Its just you are no longer the primary tank (although some bosses will always need a barb b:victory). Your job is still to keep the squad alive, although you do it now a little differently.

For e.g. you stop using fleshream so the sin or BM can keep aggro w/o interruptions and save your chi for devour, so the sin/BM can do more damage and get better heals from BP.

If you see a DD taking a beating, roar and then ream to pull aggro for a few seconds, giving the DD time to heal, recover and regain aggro in his own time.

All this ofc is for after late 90s. Till then stick to your basic tanker build of enough str/dex for axes and rest into vit b:victory (although personally I always put a little more into dex for the added accuracy).b:bye

EDIT: Hmm still trying to figure out why my icon shows me as lvl87 and not 101. Hijack anyone b:laugh?