Concentrate Barb

I was a little silly with this as I had an BotD (Breath of the Dying) Great Poleaxe made at some point. Something about 9.5k damage per swing is pretty sexy, though.

Stats:
165 str
200 dex
220+ vit
base energy

I'd like to point out that I have an 85% chance to hit most anything in A4 Hell at level 79 and I haven't ventured past Shenk in A5 yet. Even without the benefit of a shield, Dex is vital for survival.

Skills:
Max Mastery (polearm, in my case)
Max Battle Orders
Max Concentrate
1 in Battle Cry, Battle Command, Nat Resist, Increased Speed, WW, Berserk, and prereqs
Remainder in Shout

Pretty straight forward. Spin with certain crowds that are slow moving (or have HF aura or Decrepify), swing with all other crowds. Keep the warcries active at all times.

Gear:
Weapon: ebotd Great Poleaxe (~950 max dam)
Alt Weap: Reaper's Toll
Armor: Up'd Guardian Angel w/ Um
Helm: Arreat's Face w/ Um
Gloves: Dracul's Grasp
Belt: Credendum (Disciple Set)
Boots: Tearhaunch, but any rare will do
Rings: old BK (+2 skills) and Ravenfrost (177/19)
Ammy: Rare +1 barb ammy w/ 20 res all, 8% ml, and mana

Charms:
Defense smalls (mine are mostly +30 w/ second mods)
Anni

My current numbers:
2.2k life w/ BO
20k defense, 32k w/ Concentrate
9.5k Concentrate dam, 5.5k WW
18% total Life Steal, 15% mana steal
10k AR w/ Concentrate, 6k w/ WW
90 Resist all

Merc:
A2 Defiance Aura merc
Doom Cryptic Axe
eth Stone Wyrmhide
Tal's Mask

Merc numbers:
3.5k life w/ BO
30k defense
2.5k damage
10 life/mana steal

Alternate, less expensive, Equipment:
Weapon: Bonehew, Up'd Pierre Tombal Couant, Reaper's
Armor: Up'd Duriel's Shell, Gladiator's Bane, Stone in any elite
Helm: Tal Rasha's Mask, Vampire Gaze, Steal Skull
Rings: Rare leech rings, 2x Raven (easy finds), etc.
Amulet: Eye of Etlich, Highlord's Wrath, Cat's Eye, Rising Sun, rare w/ leech/resists
Belt: String, IK, Up'd Goldwrap, etc.
Boots: IK, Goreriders, War Travs, Up'd Hotspur, Up'd Infernostride
Gloves: IK, Lava Gout, Cleglaw's, Venomgrip, etc.

Desired Equipment Traits:
Leech, both mana and Life, mostly life
Resists: Try to get +max on fire and poison
Can't Be Frozen
IAS
Huge Defense (that's the point, after all)
Slow Target %
Cold Damage

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