-Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction PvP Warcry Barbarian Guide (1.11)
-V3.0 (2/1/07)
-By IR0NMA1DEN
DISCLAIMER:
This is property of IR0NMA1DEN (Ben Ferrara). This may be not be
reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not
be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance
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public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.
In plain English, this means that it is against the law for you to copy this
guide. If you want to print it out, that's fine, but if you wish to use any part
of it, please contact me to ask first. I will put my email address in the
CONTACT ME section of this FAQ.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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I. Version History
II. Purpose of the Guide
III. Overview of a Warcry Barbarian
IV. Skills*
V. Attributes
VI. Equipment
A. Top Item Choices
B. Low Cost Items
VII. Inventory
VIII. Mercenary
IX. How to Use
X. Contact Me
XI. Credits/Thanks
*The Skills section is based on my Single Player test character. None of his
items or stats are impossible to get playing legitimately. None of his skills
are higher than normally possible either. His Inventory is full of bugged small
charms, but they are possible to get on the realms. I made him to have something
to look at while writing this guide for quick reference.
I. VERSION HISTORY
1.0 (7/5/06) Newly released.
1.1 (7/7/06) Updated the How to Use section a little bit. I added a bit of
stategy tips on hard to fight characters.
2.0 (7/11/06) Redid the entire Strategy section. A full PvP strategy is added.
I also added a Low Cost Items section to the Equipment section.
3.0 (2/1/07) The secondary weapon is now a Call to Arms instead of Heart of the
Oak. I recieved an e-mail from MagicMan1235 telling me that CTA is capped at 3
for the Battle Command, Orders and Cry skills. That alone makes it Heart of the
Oak's equal in skills. Since we were only using the Heart of the Oak to cast
Battle Command and Battle Orders, the rest of it's stats are irrelevant. CTA has
+1 to All Skills on it though. This makes it better than the HotO pair. Thanks
for the tip, MagicMan.
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II. PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE
I'm writing this guide to help players understand and make a Warcry Barbarian
better. In it, I will discuss proper equipment, which skills will be needed, and
how the stat points should be distributed. Another reason is that this is a
very good dueling build. I'm surprised that nobody has written a guide for it.
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III. OVERVIEW OF A WARCRY BARBARIAN
A Warcry Barbarian is a caster type character that stuns others when he attacks.
He is an insane PvP Caster killing machine. This character has insane FCR, and a
massive amount of life. Where he lacks in damage, he more than makes up for in
speed and effect damage. This build is a blast to play, and this guide wil help
you make one. I will say this now; this is my version of the build, not everyone
else's. If you feel like something could be improved, by all means go for it.
just don't start writing ridiculous e-mails that waste both our time calling me
n00b, newb, or any other misspelled forms of the word. Alright, let's get going.
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IV. SKILLS
This build uses one skill tree only. You will have no need for Combat Skills or
Combat Masteries. Skills that are not used are not listed.
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- Howl -
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Required Level: 1
Howl is a pretty sad skill that makes enemies run away from you in fear. I have
never found much use for it except as a synergy to War Cry. Max it.
Skill Points Used: 20
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- Taunt -
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Required Level: 6
Taunt causes a monster to attack you relentlessly. It also lowers their damage
and attack rating.
Skill Points Used: 20
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- Shout -
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Required Level: 6
Shout increases you and your party's defense. Good skill, but no maxing it this
time.
Skill Points Used: All leftovers.
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- Battle Cry -
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Required Level: 18
Battle Cry reduces monster's defense and damage. It's all but useless, but we
max it.
Skill Points Used: 20
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- Battle Orders -
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Required Level: 24
Battle Orders is a skill that increases yours and your party's life, mana, and
stamina. We max this skill.
Skill Points Used: 20
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- War Cry -
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Required Level: 30
War Cry is our main attack. It sends out a ring around you at short range that
stuns anything it hits. It's damage is low, but the speed this build uses it at
makes it quite deadly. Max this out.
Skill Points Used: 20
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- Battle Command -
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Required Level: 30
Battle Commad temporarily increases all skill levels by one. One point here. The
only thing that improves with added skills here is duration.
Skill Points Used: 1
Order to Max Out
-War Cry
-Battle Orders
-Battle Cry
-Taunt
-Howl
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V. ATTRIBUTES
Stats are desperately important to get right! Especially for this character.
You will lack sufficient life if you add stats to something that doesn't
need it. So please do this carefully.
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- Strength -
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You only need enough strength to wear your items. Using an Annihilus and a
Hellfire Torch, you can add up to 40 Points without using points. The way I go
about doing strength, I level up to 75 to use the Torch and Annihilus. That way,
I gain up to 40 points in stats without using points. Then I look and see what I
can put on after the boost. Some of it adds more strength. I put all that on til
I can't put on anything else without using stat points. Then I add only enough
to get the next lowest piece on til eventually I'm wearing all my stuff. This
way leaves you more points for other more helpful stats.
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- Dexterity -
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You only need enough Dexterity to wear your items.
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- Vitality -
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Add all remaining points here after you reach 100 Energy.
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- Energy -
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Add enough points here to get 100 total Energy. That means after Items and
Charms get put on. After that all the rest goes to Vitality.
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VI. EQUIPMENT
Equipment can make or break your character. I'll put in here what you should be
looking for. This character does not come cheaply. Weapon one should be dual
wielded with a second weapon one. Weapon two should be dual wielded on the
switch weapon with a second weapon two. There is a low cost item section below
this one. A note on the Call to Arms, if you are looking at the item on a
Barbarian, the Battle Command, Orders, and Cry will be capped at 3. This is to
prevent characters from gaining too much power.
A. TOP ITEM CHOICES
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- Weapon 1 -
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Wizardspike - Bone Knife
One-Hand Damage: 23 to 49 (36 Avg)
Required Level: 61
Required Strength: 38
Required Dexterity: 75
Base Weapon Speed: [-20]
+ (2 Per Character Level) 2-198 To Mana (Based On Character Level)
50% Faster Cast Rate
Regenerate Mana 15%
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
All Resistances +75
Indestructible
(Socket both Wizardspikes with Resist All Jewels)
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- Weapon 2 -
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Call To Arms - Flail or Crystal Sword
Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist + Ohm
Works on: All Weapons
+1 To All Skills
+40% Increased Attack Speed
+200-240% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Adds 5-30 Fire Damage
7% Life Stolen Per Hit
+1-6 To Battle Command
+1-6 To Battle Orders
+1-4 To Battle Cry
Prevent Monster Heal
Replenish Life +12
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
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- Armor -
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Enigma
Jah + Ith + Ber
+2 To All Skills
+45% Faster Run/Walk
+1 To Teleport
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