Epic Gearset for my Barb

[Nummesis]

Playing a first life Barb Horc which i plan to do multiple TRs on. (Fgt, Fgt, Barb, Fgt, Barb as last life)

Doing the epic grind to get my toon outfitted and this is what I have so far as my epic gearset.

Weapon-->EAntique Greataxe (until i farm the stuffs needed to epic out my SoS)
Head-----> Min2 Hp
Neck ----> Stick with my Silver Flame Talisman perhaps? Perma Deathblock is always a handy thing to have. Otherwise considering crafting a healing amp 20% or incite 10% to stack with other items i have on. But then again there are a few ToD necklaces that i have not had a chance to look up yet so thats a possiblity as well.
Trinket --->Egem of Many Facets
Armour --->EMarilith Chain
Goggles -->ERavens Sight
Bracers -->Fabricators Bracers
Boots ---->Madstones/ EFirestorm Greaves (situational swapping)
Belt ------>Knosts Belt
Ring1 ---->Encrusted Ring
Ring2 ---->Second Tod ring??? or perhaps ERing of Mire (10 point spearblock and extra +3 to fort for those pesky disentigrates when i roll a 1)
Cloak ---->ECape of Roc or Phiarlin Mirror Cloak (bonus will save)
Gloves --->EGloves of the Claw (thank you Cheese for reminding me of that lol)
Quiver ---> The quiver from abbott that when up graded gives the 30% striding. Dunno how i managed to forget that one to.

Will be slotting a toughness augument to make up for losing toughness on the Minos
Antique Greataxe will have a force crit ritual done and Im not sure what I want to use in the Red slot yet.

Comments or advice for me? This is my first try at gearing out a toon with epic stuffs so I might have some redundant things in here.

Thanks

(let the flaming begin :) )

Edit: Yea I was looking some things over and I realised that the Ring of Baphomet would be redundant since I get +2 exc Str and Con from other items. Will need to go back over the various Tod sets and see if there is a ring and neck combo that i like.

ycheese123- I did consider litany but i think I will be sticking with the gem of facets for my trinket slot simply since I will have 3 fens items on and it will give me the set bonus for all three.

[CheeseMilk]

First off, I've never played a Barb, and have no intention of ever doing so, so keep that in mind...

Neck slot... some of my guildies swear by the Scourge Choker. I've heard both good and bad things about it, that its only really good for extra hp while tanking, that the lethargy afterward makes it of no use... maybe someone else can clarify. Jorgundal's used to be nice, but that 10% alacrity doesn't stack with haste, and can now be found on the Fabricator's bracers or crafted onto trinkets and weapons. Maybe a greensteel Guard proc of some sort?

I suppose any gear list will really depend on the situation, what you need your character to do (not that barbs do a lot other than ARRGHSMASH), and your own play style.

Also, how many times do I have to tell you, DON'T FORGET YOUR GLOVES! :D

[ycheese123]

I will share mine. I play a barbarian as my main character. I haven't pinned down my final gear set, so I'm going for everything.
Although... It restricts me from finishing my greensteel, as I don't want to waste larges then decide I want the item in a different place.

Weapons: Epic Antique Greataxe, great because of the force damage and metalline and is getting another upgrade soon apparently. I've slotted the force damage instead of force critical, I heard it does more damage over time. You are doing +1 force each hit as opposed to waiting for a crit. In the red slot put +7 enhancement. For other weapons... ESoS, LitII falchion/gsword/gaxe, MinII for those TRs, a greensteel maul with holy/good/good/greater disruption + raise dead clicky OR holy/good/30% heal amp/greater disruption + raise dead clicky ~ the second option could be nice for your TRs to have 30% healing amp if you need it starting at level 12, until (IF) you get the claw gloves. I carry a whole bag of weapons though just for fun and different banes and stuff.

Head: I was originally making a minII helm myself, now I'm not sure. I'm considering instead to shoot for the Epic red dragon helm for the +7 str. Or if I do make an HP helm I might put a guard (radiance, disintegration, air) on it, or smoke (blur) or balance.

Necklaces: The other +7str option is here with Epic Grim's bracelet (forget about those brawling gloves and moranon belt). Grim's also has a green slot for toughness. Other options are using this spot as a place for your greensteel item (or second greensteel item), or for Jorgundal's collar. The collar could be just perhaps situational, if you are running solo or without a caster keeping up hages. As for scorge choker... I don't know if I like blood rage very much. You can craft or buy a blood rage shard and put it on some armor to try the effect for yourself. Another popular option is the Oremi's necklace as to benefit from the henshin mystic set bonus of 1d6 fire dmg per attack. I'm trying to make an epic hyena claw necklace too (+7 con, toughness, 15 intim, yellow slot) I only need the shard.

Trinkets (damage):Litany of the dead provides +1 [profane] to all of your ability scores, attack bonus and damage. Greater bold trinket provides +1 [competence] to damage, +2 exceptional seeker, and shocking blow. Epic bloodstone gives +8 seeker. You can also craft a shard of power with melee alacrity 10%

Trinkets(defensive): Epic Brawn's spirits provides +20 intimidate, +2 exceptional con, incite 10%, a green slot, rage clicky, and -1 to wis and int.
Greater stalwart trinket provides +10 hp (not 5), 10% exceptional fortification, and stoneskin guard.

Armors: Epic Marilith chain, yeah. I don't have it yet, so I'm just wearing the regular version. The other armors I use are the epic cavalry plate, and my main set of dragontouched is a robe with 10% incite, 20% healing amp, and disintegration guard.

Goggles: Lenses of opportunity(+4 seeker/3 sneak), Tharne's (+5 sneak/true seeing). That sneak attack damage is nice. I'm considering using this spot for my greensteel item; not sure yet.

Bracers: Epic bracers of the claw, Fabricator's, Levik's

Boots: Madstone boots, Cannith boots, Firestorms could be cool but, I'm personally not after 'em.

Belt: Knost's belt. The set gives a stacking +2 to str and con, +2 damage per swing, and an additional rage when you have frenzied berseker III. Go with this.

Ring1: Encrusted ring, upgrade +2 exceptional strength. (+6str, +1exp, +2 exp, +2 stacking set bonus = +11 strength! from this set, plus more.)

Ring2: I'm thinking of going with epic ring of the stalker (I've made tier I already). At tier 3 it gives +3 exceptional sneak attack (so that's +8 if you have tharne's on), +6 seeker (+8 with bold trinket, so you can swap out the mari chain if you need to), manslayer effect, colorless slot (6 wis maybe?), and ghostly (+10% concealment and zero miss on incorp. targets) Ring of bahpoment is a cool ring but, with the other gear you won't need it. Other rings to consider ~ Ormei's ring, again, is a popular one. Epic buccaneer tier III, maybe craft your own rings.. wis/cha of spell resist/resistance/balance/intim/regen.

Cloak: Epic envenomed cloak (+7 con, poison guard, slot in toughness). This is your other option for +7 con. I think the hyena necklace is easier to get and already has toughness so you don't have to use epic tokens slotting it in. Hyena comes with intimidate, yeah not +20 but, I assume that the desert items will get an update/upgrade soon. So some other cloaks... epic mirror, greensteel spot, epic cloak of flames (has that fire absorption like the firestorms). Cape of the rock is interesting.. I never thought about it but, I have my encrusted already.

Gloves: Epic gloves of the claw (30% heal amp!), Fabricator's. That's probably all I would wear. I think the fab set is great, maybe better for when you're fighting and claw set for defensive situations. I like the a lot of the things on the fab set.. the balance, alacrity, same 20% incite, +2-to-hit and +2dmg instead of +4dmg. Then there's the proc.

Seems like you want wisdom and will save stuff? I gotta say I have very little problems with will save and I'm wearing no wisdom item, bonus will item, etc. Rage ups the will save and you should pretty much always be raged. I have 9 rages that last 3:10 each (30 base con + drink a rage pot before raging). I took extend rage III and extra rage II.

[Qhualor]

this is my gear and im not done yet: 2nd life human barbarian

goggles: gs hp lit 2
helm: epic frost
necklace: shintao
trinket: bloodstone
cloak: epic envenomed
belt: knost
ring: kyosho with heal amp 20%
gloves: epic charged and epic claw for tanking
boots: madstone
ring: encrusted with exc +2 str
bracers: epic claw
dt armor: incite 10%, corrosive salt guard and disintegration guard

weapons: esos and eaga primarily

i have no problem with aggro. i know theres a difference between horc and human, but as a barb class there is no real difference. as a barbarian, if you tank, invest in heal amp. you want to kill as quickly and deal as much damage as possible. with fighter past life passive, you get increases in your dc's so im assuming you will be taking improved sunder which is very good to have. the more damage you deal, the less likely you really need an intimidation item. it adds to your threat, but my intimidation is like a 5 (lol) and i dont wear an item.
edit: forgot to mention that you will never have good enough will saves. i wouldnt bother investing in it. will saves are a barbarians achilles heal, unfortunately.

[Nummesis]

Yea screw the will saves. I will just have to suck it up and deal with the fact that im gonna get commanded at various times.

Qhualor, whats the set bonus with the Kyoshos and is the other item a necklace? Might make that a consideration.

[Qhualor]

Yea screw the will saves. I will just have to suck it up and deal with the fact that im gonna get commanded at various times.

Qhualor, whats the set bonus with the Kyoshos and is the other item a necklace? Might make that a consideration.

+2 exception to hit and damage. undocumented +15% additional melee threat. it sucks to have different items that have the same stats, but the bonus you get from them are worth it.
edit: lol, cant multitask. its a necklace. btw, in case you didnt know, gh doesnt stack with barbarian rage will saves. i think it should, but what do i know.

[NaturalHazard]

Ring2 ---->Second Tod ring??? or perhaps ERing of Mire (10 point spearblock and extra +3 to fort for those pesky disentigrates when i roll a 1)
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+3 billion to your fort saves isnt going to save you if you roll a 1. You will still take full damage, but your high hp should help a lot, as long as you havent taken a lot of damage just before or after you should be fine, and get your jhealz, drink your silver flame pots.

I know some barbarians go for the kyosho's ring set, neck for the other part so you can also slot you FB set at the same time. +2 to hit and damage is effectively +4 more str in most ways.