This is a pure barbarian build focused on self sufficiency and dps. It assumes both heroic and epic completionist and engame resources, but can easily be adjusted to lower profile. Most part of the build's self sufficiency comes from taking Blood Strength to it's highest potential, which means you want to max healing amp and melee power. It is an extremely powerful ability if it's being built around, and even by itself it proved to be sufficient healing in most e/e content (although some tougher champions and bosses still make me consecrate or even drink pots). The drawback of this setup is that you don't have enough AP to make use of Know the Angles, but I think it well worths it, especially considering how hard/uncomfortable it would be to keep Storm's Eye going without Blood Strength (and Storm's Eye >>> KTA when it's maintained). This setup keeps storm's eye fairly consistently, only things that get in the way are some of the nastier champions, and overly ballzy plays.
Human 20 barbarian
STR 18 +7 levelups here
DEX 12
CON 18
INT 8
WIS 8
CHa 8
Feats: (1 human, 7 heroic, 3 epic, 2 destiny)
Power Attack
THF
iTHF
gTHF
IC: bludgeoning
Cleave
Great Clave
Completionist
Overwhelming Critical
Heavy Armor Proficiency
Stunning Blow
pTHF
pTWF
destiny: Legendary Dreadnaught
Take all the regulars + Pulverizer
(crit rage + pulverizer puts maul ahead of Falchion both in regards of base damage and crit profile)
Twists:
Sacred Ground
Consecration
Hail of Blows
Primal Scream
Enhancements:
Frenzied Berzerker: 42 AP, take all the GB damage and cleave stuff and capstone, but no tier 5s
Ravager: 37 AP, 5th core + crit rage + blood strength
Human: 1 AP (damage boost)
Gear:
Head: Mythic Emerald Gaze
Necklace: Shroud of Ardent
Trinket: Epic Litany of the Dead
Goggles: Epic Mentau's Goggles
Armor: Heavy Shadowscale (dr upgrade)
Gloves: Sanctified Gages
Cloak: GS land and sky hp (or hp/sp/sp for more consecration uses)
Bracer: Lesser Convalescent of Superior Parrying // Convalescent of Superior Parrying
Belt: Knost's Belt // Battlerager's Harness
Ring1: Encrusted Ring //Circle of Malovelence
Ring2: Seal of House Avithoul (wis)
Quiver: Epic Quiver of Alacrity (atm it provides 8% doublestrike, if it's getting fixed switch the TOD set to Battlerager's)
Main Weapon: TF Maul (1st degree burns, dragon's edge, mortal fear + devotion 144, heal 15, meteoric star ruby slotted)
That's about it for now. It has been exteremly satisfying for me to play my original class again after I don't know how many years, especially that the build destroyed ee content like few I've played before. There is still some gear I'm missing, but I'll try to record and upload at least an e/e Breaking the Ranks solo run and a few screenshots in the next few days. Also planning to bang out a few eTRs on this build and try a TWF variant after I get an addition fate point to twist Balanced Attacks instead of Hail of Blows.
active buffs: Barbarian Rage, Frenzy, Death Frenzy, Primal Scream, Elixir of +2 stat, blitz (still missing the quiver for the final gear, will have 3 more con and 20 more hamp when done, wis could also be raised by 3 for 2 more will save)
Here is how it breaks e/e Ranks record (again):
PS: Juslim, it's time to reinstall DDO![]()