Does the barb have shield options tucked away somewhere in their skills or from items (besides the Gizzard legendary gem)? I’m looking for something that is similar to the shield that the Wizard’s Galvanizing Ward gives. It can be from anything, just not the Gizzard gem,.
Besides Gizzard, I think the only other option is using the shout ability that has a chance to make enemies drop potions activating the shield node from AoR. It’s pretty unreliable though as the effect only lasts a few seconds.
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There is the Band of Might ring. Most Barbs need one.
War Cry Impunity or Veteran’s Warning also helps.
They are not constantly active, like Galvanizing Ward, and need to be refreshed.
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Thanks all.
What I was wondering was if there’s a way to protect a Squirt’s buff without Gizzard. The Squirt’s is almost always down due to the melee/close quarters nature of the character.
Yeah, I wish there was a better option. WhirlRend Barb would be so much faster at farming if we didn’t drop Squirts every time we go over a green puddle.
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Even though Veteran’s and Wrath only total close to 50% dodge, I’ve found in practice that those two, combined with the constant CC of the Sanctified WW power, to be enough to reliably keep Squirt’s going as long as I’m constantly “moving” the enemies AND I’m not running through ground obstacles like the aforementioned green puddles.
It’s tricky sometimes because if you go TOO fast you “lose” enemies, but if you don’t go fast enough, they stop being CC’d. Either way, they start whacking at you again and as I said, you only have close to 50/50 odds of dodging.
But as I said, it seems to work better in practice than you’d think it should on paper.
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