Project Diablo 2: Warcry Barbarian Guide S9

[@bartzhang391]

For HC I would suggest Spirit Ward over Taebek, the lesser fade is incredible for safety, you will not hit 200 FCR BP without going for Brimestone build anyway so the FCR on shield is not necessary. +2 skills are a very powerful increase to your damage output and it also gives you more from your supporting spells. I used Atma's wail as chest and was using leap as mobility, definitely worse than teleport but with all the + skill its quite far. I also think FHR is quite important for HC and atma helps with that. Since this is a S9 video I find it odd you chose ravenfrost as ring, duo rare rings with HFD would probably be way more efficient, ravenfrost gives no res or stats, you can find cheap rare rings with HFD+MF+10FCR and some res to provide you with CBF, when I built warcry barb in s8 I just used marrowwalk, I never ran out of mana b/c of lvl50 battle order. All 20 FCR gloves are interchangeable but I do find the defensive stats of Occultist very useful if you are playing in HC. I was able to kill T0 Rathma and Dclone with ease, with very cheap gear (0+life from charms and 0 Jah in socket) casually walking around with 3k+ hp 86 FHR bp, the downside to this build for bossing is they are curse immune and not being able to utilitze lvl50+ battlecry hurts your damage output tremendously and I find T1 bosses to be near impossible for this build for that reason...

[@Snoozealot]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Life has been crazy. Atmas works fine for an armor. I prefer the engima, as I just like it better. If you're fine without having teleport then Atmas works great. HFD rings would be great. This build 100% could be fixed up and made a lot stronger, but its a decent strarting point. Yup gloves are really whatever you prefer/works. Really good writeup/comment. I hope the video helped you in someway, but yeah your suggestions are really good ideas!

[@bartzhang391]

@@Snoozealot Atma's Wail in S9 offered same amount of fcr as Que-Hegan but only provide +1 skill whereas Que has +2, missing 1 skill for really no gain is just not worth it, I also thought it made Atma's really pointless to have and the economy in s9 reflected that. Now during Open Beta they nerfed Que-Hegan to be +1 skill only, so these two are similar in power.

[@Cammi88]

you can also shop the +3 wc sticks at anya with the red protal

[@Snoozealot]

Nice! I didn’t even think to check her. I always just used Malah. Good tip!

[@kirilkirilov1386]

Its not good tip. Anya has less weapons to offer and usually only one of a kind Throwing spears. Malah is the go to npc if you need +3 wc, lower res procs etc. Anya you use to shop 3/20 gloves, java, bow etc

[@Lazris59]

One thing I picked up from this video is how quick casting works. I saw war cry wasn't bound and that you had battle cry bound and it would use and go back to war cry. WOW! That is crazy QoL. I was thinking teleporting in, battle crying and then war crying would be tedious pack to pack but that makes this 100% doable. Very cool build. I'm a SC scrub so I would prob start dual spirits and barb chest to get off the ground. Not sure if I'd love the screaming though :)

[@Snoozealot]

It's super nice for all buffs and classes tbh. It's a game changer! I am a SC scrub too. I just started HC this ladder reset tbh. It's a lot of fun!

[@windsound2010]

gonna try it, thanks a lot!

[@Snoozealot]

Any time man. I hope you enjoy it!

[@lauritskonge1584]

i think, not for hc ofcause, that a +1 wizzardspike whould do alot- for the high fcr and all res. have you tried it out? or too risky for hc?

[@Snoozealot]

I don't see why not. You would be losing 2 skills from the hoto, and 4 from the Grand father. However, it would make it easier for FCR and res. You could dual wield in SC for 200 fcr pretty easily, but I haven't tested this. I'm not sure if it's worth losing all the + skills and max block for.

[@lauritskonge1584]

great video!

[@Snoozealot]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PhysWizzy]

But how does it handle T3 maps with 200+ density?

[@Snoozealot]

Hey there, quick answer is I'm not sure. I've only played this build on live, and only on HC. I don't have any issues in T1 on HC if I watch the mods on the map. I think T1s are about 10-12 minutes with looting. I haven't pushed further because I'm a scaredy cat. It's on my to do list, I have just been tied up with some other games. Sorry I couldn't answer your question. Hopefully the guide was helpful in some way to you.

[@PhysWizzy]

Perfect, no worries. No disrespect, just curious if you've tried harder content. Thanks for the video!

[@Snoozealot]

@@PhysWizzy None taken! It's a perfectly reasonable question. Any time.

[@cichybob763]

Did u tried brimstone setup ?

[@Snoozealot]

No, as I wanted to have max block for HC.

[@Qwertyxasdf]

cannot recomend more the Heavens brethren for early trav farming. its too good and can transition to enigma very easy

[@Qwertyxasdf]

a comparable set is naj set for sc but staff can be expensive early on. also a wizspike +taebaek with hel is an easy way to get 90%fcr opening up all your gear spots. just priorities wc skillers early.

[@Snoozealot]

Great tips!