lvl 12 enhancements

[cru121]

I have a standard THF barbarian approaching lvl 12. Up to this point, I took the low hanging fruits from each barbarian tree, usually grabbing as many powerful cores as possible (for example, at lvl 9 I had 11 points in each class tree, and 3 in human).

I know what enhancements work at 20.

But.. what to use in the teens? Level 12 is near, and so are T5 enhancements. What did you take while leveling? It seems to me that many T3 and T4 barb enhancements are rather meh, requiring me to waste a lot of AP to get to the sweet T5 stuff.

[UurlockYgmeov]

I prefer to concentrate on getting tier 5 asap - since tier 5 gets the most bang for the buck --- and usually you can have it by level 12.

[cru121]

I prefer to concentrate on getting tier 5 asap - since tier 5 gets the most bang for the buck --- and usually you can have it by level 10.

no you cannot... tier 5 require 12 character levels. unless there's a bug.

[UurlockYgmeov]

no you cannot... tier 5 require 12 character levels. unless there's a bug.

new I was forgetting something - fixed posting. Haven't been below lv15 in months.

[cru121]

Since this thread did not bring much wisdom, I thought I'd share my experience.

At lvl 12 I took Accelerated Metabolism from Frenzied Berserker. DDOwiki's description of the ability was obsolete until today. Here's the thing:
Accelerated Metabolism: While barbarian raging, you gain 20 healing amplification and heal 3d6 hit points every 4 seconds. This healing scales with 100% Melee Power.

I planned to try the other T5 options in heroics, but Accelerated Metabolism performs very nicely so I'll probably go all the way to 20 with it. (And then respec to the usual enh.split).

Here's how it performs at lvl 16. I am sitting at 200 heal amp and 9 melee power. Under these conditions, I've /deathed, started raging, and observed the ticks. I've seen values from 16 to 62, the most common being 33-36. This is comfortably enough to keep me alive in heroic elite bravery (at level). My potion consumption decreased dramatically. I guess the upper heroics might prove more challenging, I shall see soon.

At 16, my AP split still focuses on picking up as many powerful passive core abilities as possible. I have just 34 AP in FrB, 21 AP in OS, 6 in Ravager, and 3 in Human.

I'd still appreciate if other players mentioned their barb AP split during heroic leveling. What worked for you?

[Eth]

I only leveled my barb from 15 since I started with PDK. I went straight for blood strength and it was one of the easiest heroic builds I've played (in all the quests between 15 and 20 there were only like 2 situations where I had to heal with potions).

[Bloodskittle]

I have a standard THF barbarian approaching lvl 12. Up to this point, I took the low hanging fruits from each barbarian tree, usually grabbing as many powerful cores as possible (for example, at lvl 9 I had 11 points in each class tree, and 3 in human).

I know what enhancements work at 20.

But.. what to use in the teens? Level 12 is near, and so are T5 enhancements. What did you take while leveling? It seems to me that many T3 and T4 barb enhancements are rather meh, requiring me to waste a lot of AP to get to the sweet T5 stuff.

I levelled a heroic Barb quite recently, as soon as it was possible I took the t5 Ravager heal, from 12-20 I only used pots in Ghosts of Perdition, obviously running everything on Elite for Bravery including two manning Reaver's Fate. I'm sure frenzied is good too but really its hard for me to go past the ravager t5

[TheGuyYouKnow]

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asap go for t5 ravager, if you are swinging your weapon you will never die.
also crit multiplier is overkill for heroics, you want crit range.