by JR Cook - 9 years ago     show comments

Stay awhile, and listen. Come gather by the fire and talk about the builds you all want to see! Let the ancient knowledge of the Horadrim assist your quest for greatness as you slaughter the demons that stand in your way. For all that is good, build yourself into a warrior worthy of Pandemonium!

Allo Allo! And of course, welcome to another edition of the Horadrim Corner, where we shall this week feature that muscle-bound maniac, the Barbarian. With Patch 2.3 changing the IK set for the Barbs, more builds opened up with the Hammer of the Ancients being the most popular. Thanks to some new items this build is one of the most effective out there. Without further ado, here we go:

Actives

Hammer of the Ancients – Smash: Combined with the Gavel of Judgment, this will serve as your main damage dealer along with being the proc for Focus and Restraint.
Call of the Ancients – Together as One: Giving you the same effect as the Unity combo is just too good to pass up.
Battle Rage – Bloodshed: MORE DAMAGE!
War Cry – Veteran’s Warning: MORE DEFENSE!
Furious Charge – Merciless Assault: Everybody need’s something to quickly move from enemy to enemy, and this is a great skill to do that.
Wrath of the Berserker – Insanity: With the Unity effect from Call of the Ancients, this is just a big damage boost along with making you immune to crowd control.

Passives

Rampage: At full charges this gives a 25% damage increase, a huge bonus.
Ruthless: Kick em while their down, make the end of those high health monsters disappear.
Berserker Rage: In case you didn’t know yet, more damage is always quite nice.
Weapons Master: Keeping your Fury up helps you not need a generator for this build, along with keeping you topped up for Berserker Rage.

Stats Preferences

Strength>Critical Hit/Chance>All Resist>Life%/Vitality

Fairly standard for high DPS builds, nothing here should be much of a surprise.

Items

Core:
Immortal King’s Call: One of those fortunate sets with 7 pieces to choose from, you will use everything but the Boulder Breaker.
Fury of the Ancients: Another way to keep your Fury always topped up.
Bracers of the First Men: Boosting your main damage dealer is of course a priority.
The Gavel of Judgment: Lay down the Hammer!
Focus and Restraint: This great ring combination always comes as one of the best options when you can use it.
Hellfire Amulet: Look for the Barbarian cheat death passive, Nerves of Steel on your neckpiece.

Kanai’s Cube:
The Furnace: Because what else could you possibly want?
Strongarm Bracers: Using with Furious Charge gives yet another way to pump your killing potential.
Convention of Elements: Everybody’s favorite DPS ring, no other real choice here.

Legendary Gems:
Bane of the Trapped: Since this build is targeted towards group play, you will always have somebody around to proc this.
Bane of the Stricken: Helps fill the hole in the build for single target damage, particularly against Rift Guardians.
Pain Enhancer: More attack speed affects your HotA, so go swing that hammer!

Each week, we will be featuring a different build for a different class, rotating through to spread the love around. If you have a cool build that you are using and would like to share with the community, send it over to my email: threedaysjpt@blizzpro.com. Send me pictures, notes, items, skills, everything!