High ac barb

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would like to see a build for a high AC build barbarian - without losing any precious feats, and lowering TOO much dps. Maybe even consider take the heavy armour prof. but still remain pure barb.

Can one of you build-tanks draw him up??

cheers!

[unbongwah]

There's no such thing as a high-AC (pure-ish) barb, because barbs by their very nature trade defense for offense; the better Rage gets, the more AC you lose. A barb's defense comes from innate DR, lots of HPs, Imp Uncanny Dodge for emergencies, and of course killing the mobs before they can kill you.

I've experimented with barb / ftr tanks before and may do so again once Dwarven Defender is finally out, but it's not exactly an idea I'd advocate right now.