Occult slayer gear

[Blackheartox]

This is directed purely to people who play capped lv 28 pure dwarf barbarians focused on occult slayer capstone for maxed spell resistance.
This is purely focused on epic elite content.
This is focused on mostly solo playing, duo sometimes with friend.

Please keep those 3 things in mind.

So question toward people who can answer is, how do you gear up your occult slayer?
I was wondering how to do it, ended up with some slots that i found good some bad.
Setup i have in plan currently is:
Helm : masque
Googles: no idea unknown, maybe a gsteel with stacking saves?
Trinket: eLitany no brainer here
Necklace: Eidolon, wanted mod neck but that opens up issues with insight con
Cloack: Was thinking addie cloack of wolf, not sure tho, maybe jeweled cloack?
Belt: eThoughfull resemblence
Boots: eInnocent
Gloves: Iron mits? no idea what else
Bracers: Dumathon since i need prr item
Armor: Shadowscale plate with sh guardian
Rings: ee consuming and seal of dun robar /was thinking to use some tod ring for 20% amp but not sure also the mod wont do me much considering i get better benefit from those 2
Weapons: Have 2 t3 thforged hammers could work to make a maul or axe but since i alrdy have hammers might as well use

I have issues if this layout looks ok and what i could do to improve it, any suggestion is welcome.

[Blackheartox]

After deciding what to do i got to new gear layout, again i would ask for help from endgame pros on current idea.
This idea is a bit different, loses on some things but gains some

Helm: Masque
Neck: Eidolon
Trinket: Litany
Googles: eMentau
Cloack: Addie of wolf
Armor: Shadowscale hplate with dr
Belt: eThoughfull
Boots: eInnocent
Rings: Guardian ring and encrusted with 20% amp
Gloves and Bracers: eClaw set

Weapons: Tht3 warhammers.
Quiver: eAlatricity

This setup losses 2 seeker, 6 prr and imp deception but gains artifact 4 damage

/would need to run yet another 20 marks for quiver tho

[Bloodskittle]

After deciding what to do i got to new gear layout, again i would ask for help from endgame pros on current idea.
This idea is a bit different, loses on some things but gains some

Helm: Masque
Neck: Eidolon
Trinket: Litany
Googles: eMentau
Cloack: Addie of wolf
Armor: Shadowscale hplate with dr
Belt: eThoughfull
Boots: eInnocent
Rings: Guardian ring and encrusted with 20% amp
Gloves and Bracers: eClaw set

Weapons: Tht3 warhammers.
Quiver: eAlatricity

This setup losses 2 seeker, 6 prr and imp deception but gains artifact 4 damage

/would need to run yet another 20 marks for quiver tho

Imp deception is invaluable can't even comprehend dropping it. You said it to me yourself the other day, CC in EE for a melee is a must have, well imp Deception is part of your CC and shouldn't be ignored.

[Blackheartox]

Imp deception is invaluable can't even comprehend dropping it. You said it to me yourself the other day, CC in EE for a melee is a must have, well imp Deception is part of your CC and shouldn't be ignored.

Issue with barb is, the dstrike is so low and you dont get full off strike so the deception doesnt proc as offten as for example a palie ranger who would get way more dstrike from killer/zeal.

From personal tests and playing prenew barb changes i am cleary sure that the issue with barb doesnt come from survival but dps.
I tried berserker and the selfdamage is a bit stupid esp the cap, ravager only has crit range which is ok to proc anvil but beside that offers nothing, occult is currently best since it offers best defense but only 1 crit multi that is lost on scroll weapon swap.
Overall, imp deception is not a loss to barb as for high dstrike/attack rate builds.
Cc comes from somewhat anvil balanced and ear smash.
If the dps was high enough to keep those up, then it would be quite good.

Sad to say that with current mechanics a barb is better off being swf built.
Maybe things will change with revamp.


But on sidenote, i alrdy complained on offic forums about barb dps.