Barb Ranger Could it work?

[comotose]

Hey guys,
I have been toying around with a build lately, and I just dont know what would be better.

I was thinking WF 14 Barb/6 Ranger or 12Barb/6 Ranger/2 Rogue. I am sure its obvious but what I had in mind was Frenzy Berzerker 2 and Tempest 1. Adding in the 2 Rogue gives me evasion. I just dont know if that would be as good as 18 barb/2 rogue or even 20 barb.

Anyway if you guys would let me know what you think I would appreciate it.

Edit: Left out the fact this guy will be duel wielding heavy picks.

[Doomcrew]

Raging tempest, very fun build, there should be a link to it in the
Builds forum.

Cheers

[Shroonith]

go 14/6 and grandfather in crit rage II. use heavy picks. go WF.

[BlackSteel]

12 barb will be very lackluster come next mod; particularly compared to 12 fighter or 12 pally with a splash of tempest as well. Crit rage is nice, but will require 14 lvls over 12 AND never respeccing.

tier 2 frenzy with tier 1 tempest will fall behind both kensai tempest and KoTC tempest

I currently have a 11/5 barb/ranger, and the combination of FE/Rams/Rage does crazy silly base damage this mod. But I'm a bit disappointed in what direction to take him next mod. 12 barb/6 ranger/ 2 rogue seems the best option. But if I could reroll him either go 18/2 or have done 12 Fighter levels instead of barb.

[Monkey_Archer]

go 14/6 and grandfather in crit rage II. use heavy picks. go WF.

These builds will be a respec nightmare IMO because of this in the release notes:

An Exceptional Siberys Dragonshard is now required to respec feats for characters of levels 13 - 16, and a Flawless Siberys Dragonshard is required to respec feats for characters of levels 17 - 20. These can be found in treasure, or created at a Stone of Change through Dragonshard combination.

I have a barb8/ranger6/fighter2 planning on going FB 2....
sure... kensai can out dps him counting hasteboosts... but a frenzied tempest-barb will out dps a non-haste boosted tempest-kensai.

But.. .... I made him thinking about the future... Tempest-Ravager just sounds nasty

[BlackSteel]

But.. .... I made him thinking about the future... Tempest-Ravager just sounds nasty

depending on which tier they put the questionable con damage on every hit

[Inspire]

These builds will be a respec nightmare IMO because of this in the release notes:

Lets hope you havent used your free feat exchange yet.

[Monkey_Archer]

depending on which tier they put the questionable con damage on every hit

Meh... who knows how they will implement it...

tempest FB is still a strong build

[DelScorcho]

I have an 8B/6Rr/2R that I build at the beginning of Mod 6. Its pretty effective, but feat starved, so much so that I'll need to respec power attack for toughness before the next mod, and grind gimped until level 18. The other downside is the lack of synergy between a raging character and UMD. The plus on the build are good hitpoints, evasion, and melee alacrity. I built mine as a dwarf, 18Str/16Con/16 Dex, but if you want trap skills, maybe drop dex 1 and add to int, and add a +2 tome at level 1.