U19 high crit build

[Xyfiel]

A character I am bringing back to life who was a crit rage Barb 6 years ago. This is just the basics, I am not planning all the gear with new stuff coming out in a few days. The core of the build is crit rage II from Ravager and Death Frenzy for high crit power. This requires 18 Barb so you can adjust the last 2 levels, skills, feats, race, etc to your liking. I went with Ranger 2 over Rogue 2 because I was pushing to hit 50 reflex and I didn't want to have to dismiss rage to do traps. Ranger allowed me to fit in Manyshot and since I will be in Fury anyway, it works for moar dps. You can go ESOS and skip the twf and get 2 more feats(IPS?). Of course Barb play is not the same as Juggernaut or other self healing types. I have room for a build like this in my stable, perhaps you do as well.

Human TN
18Barb/2Ranger
Past life Barb, Ftr, Pal, Wiz, Druid

18str - 72, 74 during boost
+7levels+5tome+5primal+2ship+2yugo+9rage+1human+2m adstone+11item+3ins+1exc+6frenzy+2boost
14dex -36
16con - 60
+5tome+5primal+9rage+11item+2ins+1exc+4madstone+3r avager/fb+2ship+2yugo
8int - 11+
12wis - 32
8cha - 11+
Take itwf after 11 once the dex tome gets you to 17.

Feats:
twf, rapid shot, bow strength
power attack, cleave, great cleave, itwf, gtwf, imp crit ranged, ewp bastard sword, point blank shot, manyshot, precision, overwhelming crit, perfect twf, evasive target
Can use imp crit piercing while leveling for deathnips until you get to Nightmares/Balizardes

Skills:
max umd and spot, 1 tumble, ~10 each in balance, hide, move silently

Hps: ~1300

Healing Amp: 218%
10+10 Human
10 Ship
20 Bracers
30 Pdk Gloves
5 Past life
SF pots for 545 healing. As said before, this is a group build first but it can heal itself if needed.

Fury, brace for impact, haste boost, extra boost(variable)

Defense:
14% Dodge: 8% Item + 5% Uncanny Dodge +1% Haste
60 PRR: 15 Planar Focus + 14 Blue + 2 Ravager + 6 Fury + 23 Medium Black Scale
10 DR: 6 Barb + 3 Fury +1 Fear Aura
25% blurry, 10% incorporeal, 5% evasive

Saves:
9 Resist, 4 insight, 4 morale, 1 alchemical, 2 Brace, 3 epic, 3/3/0 Ranger, 11/6/6 Barb, 0/1/0 Haste, 0/0/6 Rage/Fury, 1 ship, 25/13/11 stat, 0/0/-4 yugo, 2 luck
65 fort, 49 reflex, 45 will, +4 enchantments, Uncanny Dodge and Trap sense as applicable

Doublestrike:
6% item + 5% perfect twf, +3% artifact = 14% +10% off hand

Crit:
Nightmares: 15-20 x3 +OC
Balizardes: 13-20 x4 +OC
Pinion: 15-20 x4 +OC
Esos + Deathnip are the same power as Balizarde, except you need imp crit for them.
Every point of seeker adds 1.7 damage with Balizarde. Seeker 12 +5 exceptional = +29 damage per hit.
This build doesn't have the best crit/speed for Nightmare woo woo but does have the +2 crit range +1 crit multi. Nightmares with cleave/great cleave/supreme cleave + Fear aura(-2 stats) + Crushing despair Aoe on vorpal(-3 will) is a lot of party friendly debuffing while still doing great dps.
Crazy Furyshot damage from high crit power, str, human damage boost, barb damage boost, and tons of damage increasers.

Enhancements:
Human(12 aps): Damage Boost, Saves Boost, Strength, Healing Amp II, Strength Boost II
Occult(3 aps): Core I, Extend Rage II
Ravager(34 aps): Core III, Hardy Rage III, Power Attack III, PRR II, Damage Boost III, Con x2, all crit rage line x2
FB(31 aps): Core V, Extra Rage III, Power Rage III, Die Harder III, Extra Boost III, Sprint I, Con x1, Supreme Cleave III, Blood Tribute and Trail II

What I have planned for items so far:
Black Medium Scale
Black Helm
Consuming Darkness or seeker 12 item
Addy Cloak of Wolf
Conv bracers of superior parrying
PDK gloves
Ring of Shadows
Planar Focus
Madstone boots
Dream Visor

Currently stuck on precision or imp crit piercing for Celestias. Celestias to break DR or Precision to break fort with Balizarde?

Edit: The vicious damage of FB won't be an issue on trash because of healing amp and vampirism on Nightmares. This build has 11 sprint boosts, haste boosts, damage boost, and human damage and saves boost(no fail 1) that are on different timers. The main power of the build is the +2 crit range and +1 crit multi on ALL weapons.

[Thrudh]

Wait, I thought the new enhancement pass was going to nerf everyone into a gimp?

[unbongwah]

If you go for THF instead, would rgr 1 / ftr 1 be better? You lose TWF, but gain Haste Boost I. I'm not too impressed by the T2 Tempest abilities, but perhaps I'm missing something.

[Xyfiel]

Wait, I thought the new enhancement pass was going to nerf everyone into a gimp?

I like to think I am being buffed up to gimp.

[Xyfiel]

If you go for THF instead, would rgr 1 / ftr 1 be better? You lose TWF, but gain Haste Boost I. I'm not too impressed by the T2 Tempest abilities, but perhaps I'm missing something.

I want the use of Nightmares and prefer twf in general. I mentioned THF for anyone who may choose that path. Haste boost I isn't going to be there next week. In the new system I could get haste boost from Ranger or Fighter but there isn't enough ap to get Human healing amp and haste boost that way. It takes at least 65 ap to get crit rage II and death frenzy, and 3-4 more for extend rage.

[Xyfiel]

I have updates for the build but that is on hiatus until I can confirm with the devs if Death Frenzy is bugged or the description. It is 19-20.

Not like Barbs are ruling the game or anything. They are arguably the weakest class in the hardest content due to limited damage mitigation and healing. I have another build that is 12Ranger/6Barb(crit rage)/2Arty (maybe 14R/6B for freedom) that I could change him into or just go fighter/monk like everyone else.

[HeartOfSteel]

I have updates for the build but that is on hiatus until I can confirm with the devs if Death Frenzy is bugged or the description. It is 19-20.
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thanks, saves me the time to test this out by myself or ask here on the forums. Sadly some things never changes it seems.