Should I start leveling a barb? I kinda like the rend build, but I heard the barb overall is not that good. Should I leave it and start a rogue instead?
Barb is good. I ayed HoTA to 75 atm. Love it
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Barb is competing with druid for strongest class atm. The issue with barb is you usually just run 3 shouts + wotb with your core skill of choice which can get boring.
And yes to be clear rend is quite strong, although not as strong as HotA/WW. Rob made a build recently for a rend barb if you wanted to take a look
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I will take a look into that video. Thanks
it is bad, u have to know that the frequency of bleed is not the same speed as your attack speed, so most of the time u’ll be overbleeding and w8 for it to ticks off, the bleed doesn’t feel like it increases as fire and bleed effect from d3 or it is just very low damage.
time to kill a monster with bleed
vs
time to kill a monster with instant damage
^ u have to choose, they probably added thorn effect to confiscate with that slow frequency.
the main focus is overbleed it to the point they’ll die or big enough so u can reap it open with ur mastery skill, forcing all the ticks to activate at once. it is not for everyone, it is like witch/warlock curse gameplay except with melee.
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So u think HotA will be better overall? (leveling-endgame)
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yes and ww
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I’m playing a bleed build with rend, and it does pretty good for me. I’m still lower level, so I can’t speak for tier3 and above, but on tier2 I am able to kill bosses at a decent pace, and mob packs aren’t really a problem thanks to rend. I also have some thorns damage mixed in there from flay. Rupture is good once you get 2 or 3 stacks of rend on a boss or elite to consume all the bleed damage it has at once. .
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The Bleed/Rupture build is decent but like stated previously, the DOT is somewhat difficult to deal with versus direct damage. You see the damage ticking but all the while you’re getting attacked and have to survive. The Rupture is decent since it immediately deals the bleed damage, but it’s still a viable build. Just not as quick to take things down as ww/hota builds.
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My opinion is barb isn’t bad but this comment is 100% accurate, wait for the bleed to kill.
I’m a rend lvl 57 barb, I enjoy my build and I’m having fun with the game but it does follow the same skills (3 shouts + WotB), some ppl may see this as boring but I enjoy it.
I suggest to do a class that looks interesting to you regardless of what the internet says. I theory crafted a lvl 100 6 glyph rend barb build, followed zero build guides but want to see if its viable or not. Either way I’m enjoying the process!
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I ran 2 bleed barbs so far at 46 and 50. They are alot of fun but can get you in trouble if you need hard damage instantly.
For example, i lost a barb at tomb lord because i was trying to destroy the bone prison… i didnt break it in time and was blown away by bone explosion.
Its very difficult to find a good burst damage skill for bleed barb. Deathblow is 1-2shots but youll find the build worls better without it.
Currently my bleed barb at 50 is thorns and bleed and and im kiting lots of monsters for maelstrom kills ultimate.
I suggest flay dual wield, the dot damage does stack…and rend with a nice 2h sword.
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the biggest problem is some mobs can remove the bleed dot or have immunity mechanic like sometimes they bubble themselves. + zrated said, u have to get hit in the face for sometimes even if u are poking and running.
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