Hello there,

Im wondering if this char could work fine in HC. I saw so many but didnt look so good.

The thing is that the way to make it work is with a nice polearm, the problem is that without Stormshield in HC you are a little bit screwed.

Can you tell me what do you think and a nice build for HC?

Thanks

With IM gone I see no reason why it should not be viable.

The things you want on a WW barb are similar to a Zealot. The most important things:
- very fast weapon(s) with lots of dmg and a good range.
- a good chunk of extra damage, Crushing Blow and OW wont hurt too. Duress or Fortitude armor, Gorerider boots and Guillaume helm come to mind.
- life and mana leech

For WW only the weapon speed itself count so you may want to look for +40 IAS and up. You can choose to got with 1 or 2 weapons, 1 for huge dmg rates, 2 for a lot of fastest hits - top rate is 2 frames per attack! That's a personal choice.

Skill selection is simple.
20 WW
20 into the Mastery matching your weapon
20 Battle Order
20 Shout (offers more defense then Ironskin with the same amount of points)
13+ Natural Resist
1 in Amok, Battle Command and all above pre-reqs

Your merc will prolly be a Might merc for more dmg.

You can check the stickied Char guide threat for more details.

Thanks for the comment, but what about my main question about the Stormshield please?

I guess you refer to the 35% physical damage reduce on Stormy.

Well Stormshield provides the largest available chunk of %DR on one item. Yet it's not the only %DR item out there.
Others are
- Shaftstopper with 30%DR
- Leviathan with 15..25%DR
- 20%DR are granted as partial set bonus from the Immortal Kings set
- Vampire Game grants 15..20%DR
- Crown of Ages, Sting of Ear and Verdungo's Hearty Cord grant 10..15%DR each

There are more but those give the big chunks. Choose as you like.

Obviously not. I talk about storm to go for max block. No offense buy feels like you never played hardcore.

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Q u o t e:
Obviously not. I talk about storm to go for max block.

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If max block is what you're looking for use Whistan's Guard.
But why block when you attack like a whirling derwish? Add something with Knockback and you never have to worry about Blocking.

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Q u o t e:
No offense buy feels like you never played hardcore.

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Heh in fact hardcore is all i play.