my first Barb

[mistertwilight23]

I've been reading up on Barbarians and am considering TRing as one. I have 2 past lives as Rangers and will have a past life as a Fighter soon.
Until now I've built my characters around their AC but with Barbarians I'm reading that AC is not a consideration. Would wearing my Icys be a waste?
Do you prioritize your slots for DR items, Strength & Con, AC be damned?

[Tirisha]

Barbarians get a massive AC penalty for raging *the more AP you spend in rage str/con, the higher the penalty* it would be counterproductive to try to maintain a high AC for the levels past 10. Mithral fullplate through the lower levels may see you missed some.

Barbarians are only really good as meat tanks *best with lots of amp* or just plan dps.

[Grenada]

Pure barbarians get natural DR (with enhancements, i believe this reaches up to 9/-). As static Dr, no weapons will bypass it.

strength, con, fort, hp.

Basically, maximize your damage output and hp.

AC probably won't be easy to get to a useful level, but if you wear a shield and don't run epics, you might be able to pull off an ac build.

But remember that your rage will lower your ac.