[1.F9] Axe Throwzor

[1.F9] Axe Throwzor

Original post by Manu on the old forums (forumer).
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A Multihitting Machinegun Barbarian
by Manu

General Info
Hey Guys. I finaly decided to create a guide about my "own" Project. Im not a natural english speaker / writer, so dont flame about some spelling things etc
This is a guide about a very powerfull barb. He can do most of uber lvls without problems. Main concept ; Wolf Companion doom cursed enemys get killed by a wtf multihitting overkill.


Pros:
- Very high survivability;
20 k + life
5-8 seconds 100% heal eagle stance
1,000,000 + def
- Can do nearly all ubers
- Merc is viable
- Funny char to play
- Untwinked playable
- Very, very versatile build (you can use so much different item combos and it will still pwn )

Cons:
- Some skill switching is required
- Annoying vs invisible enemys in the beginning

Skills Placement
Skillplan Overkiller (Barbarian, 1.E9)

This is my concept.
You can still put less points into eagle stance
(if you get 5 secs heal with more +skills etc) And more into wolf companion / overkill / spirit guide. Its up to you.

Why 5 points into screaming eagle? Because it increases the duration of the cursed enemy.
Screaming eagle is such a nice skill. With this one you wont need more slow on you gear.

- Important -
Get stormblast / spirit walk / thunderslam via charm.
Once you get stormblast, its a joke to farm ubers.

Stat placement:
Strength: As much as you need to wear your gear.
Dex: ~50-100 (did that for ar)
Vita: All / rest
Energy: Nothing

We need vitality. Vita = life = alpha and omega for us. You will love eaglestance once you get over 10 k life.

Gear:

You can play this one with or without shield. I will explain you the 2 handed throw thing later.

Weapon:
- TU Balanced axe (6) : All what we need. Life after each kill , Str, Cb - and the most important thing : 4% Blast wave on kill. This one will give the doom cursed enemy additional dmg (like target gets additional dmg)

- Crafted Sacred Balanced Axe - Max dmg / proc on kill / Cb / Ttad
Atmg sentry craft would be nice here

Shield:
- TU Gilded shield (6) : Def, dr, gotw on kill stats and place for MOs

- Crafted Sacred Gilded shield : Try to craft one with +skills +%def +%vita and +flat vita. Use Quiet shrine.

Armor:
- Vita craft ancient armor / light plate.
This is mine; Not the best but good.


Helm:
- Witchhunters Hood : Nice allrounder cap. Stats are known
- Su tiara : Same as wh
- Vita Craft Avenger guard

Belt:
- Truce Rw (vith) : Dr - Def. All we need.

Boots:
- Vita crafts
- Akarats treck
- Ith rw

Gloves:
- Again Vita crafts ^^...
- SU Leather gloves (ttad if you dont have a other source)

Rings:
- 2x Empyrean Band
Upped with Thunderhammer on kill mystic orbs

Amulet:
- Rare +skills / Target takes additional dmg <------ This is a important mod, it will double our doom dmg.

Socket filters:
- Ohm runes
- Resist runes if you have trouble with maxing out some res.



Merc:

I would use a A2 Exemplar merc in here.
With your eaglestance/spirit guide he survives in places like tran/fauzt without problems

Weapon:
Su Trident / Su Brandistock
Helm:
Witchhunters
Armor:
Su hard leather armor

Put in the free sockets Ber craft jools with ias/fhr leech
- rampage


Uberquests:

I Dont wanna post tactics for each uberquest in here.
Most of them are : Go in, throw a overkill / stormblast - pic up charm.

Everyone should use his own tactics to compleate the quests.

But some hints from my side :

In fauztinville you can go afk and you wont die. But the problem is,
Necrobots are physical immune. You could kill them one by one with stormblast. But thats annoying.
Switch gear here ;
-Ber rw in a throwing axe : Lvl 5x elemental on kill rapes.
- Qor rw yeah i know, you find those only in fauzt...
- Ghal belt ...but with stormblast you can kill them, just takes some time till you have a ghal / qor
- Shadowhymn su

"Why do you name him machine gun?"
Here we go.
You can use set flying knive as second weapon.
Somehow (if you use knive on left slot) You can throw your overkill and the knives (25% on striking) Proc like crazy.
If it dosent work at the first try, switch the weapon a few times. (left hand right hand, and try it again)

This will give you a huge killing speed bonus.
You will lose some def (~300 k) - but that should be no problem.

Some things that you should know - gameplay:

You can play very well with wolf stance. Rushing through kurast and killing the totems with stormblast etc - but if you get in trouble, switch quickly back to eagle
Screaming eagle will safe your ass in some situations. A Thunderslam hotkey / stampede does help too. Keep thundergod always active.

Some maths :
You really need a source of target takes additional dmg in your equip.

If the doomed enemy gets 6 k dmg of the curse + ttad = 12 k + 6k if a blast wave procs.



Its my first guide. I hope you enjoyed the letter trouble xD
Special thanks to aerial, we did "many" theorycrafting.

If you have some gear options , hints - go ahead post them
I will update this one.


Greez Manu