This isn't my first goldfind barb, and while I had better ones made couple of seasons back, this is the progress of my current one. I figured this might be helpful to some who are interested in starting one, or are just plain curious as to how one is made.
Stats
Strength: Enough for gear (170 currently with gear on)
Dexterity: Enough for gear (90 currently with gear on)
Vitality: the Rest (467 currently with gear on)
Energy: Base (80 currently with gear on)
Combat Skills
20 Whirlwind (Primary Attack)
1 Berserk (Secondary Attack vs Physical Immunes)
1 into each prerequisite
Combat Masteries
20 Weapon Mastery (I choose axe due to my current gear - EbotDz & Beastz)
1 Iron Skin
1 Natural Resistance
Warcries
20 Find Item
1 Taunt
1 Battle Cry
20 Battle Orders
1 Battle Command
1 Shout
Invest any remaining skill points as you see fit. The popular choices are;
- Natural Resistance (for better resist in Nightmare or Hell games)
- Shout (for better defense and synergy for Berserk)
- Increase Stamina (prerequisite for Increase Speed)
- Increase Speed (for faster run walk)
My current personal selections are as follows;
Helm: 40%MF Immortal King helm (socketed with 2 Lem runes for a total of 137%Goldfind)
Armor: Wealth Scarab Husk (300%Goldfind and 100%MF)
Glove: Chanceguards (200%Goldfind and 38%MF)
Belt: Goldwrap (80%Goldfind and 30%MF)
Amulet: Metalgrid (415AR, 305def, 30res)
Ring 1: Dwarfstar (100%Goldfind and 15mdr)
Ring 2: Dwarfstar (100%Goldfind and 15mdr)
Boots: Rare Boots with resist and 78%Goldfind
Weapon 1: Ethereal BotD Berserker axe
Weapon 2: Beast Berserker axe
Switch Weapon 1: Blade of Alibaba (socketed with 2 Lem runes)
Switch Weapon 2: Blade of Alibaba (socketed with 2 Lem runes)
I'd chosen to go with 2x Lem'ed IK helm over other choices simply because it has the most useful mods that is compatible with my gear. Other choices includes the Crown of Thieves for its life leech and 100%Goldfind (or 150%Goldfind if you socket it with a Lem rune). I did not go that route because I already have all the life/mana leech I need from my eBotdZ, and IK helm has mf & +2WC skills which are useful when using the Find Item skill on corpses. While I know my weapons aren't exactly on the cheap gear page, I did however had them laying around and decided to put them to good use.
eBotdZ has dual leech and allows me to use dual Dwarfstars for maximized goldfinding instead of changing my gear to accommodate dual leech. BeastZ offers fanat aura which boosts my pretty low damage and AR, and that is somewhat needed for my current build. I had considered long and hard over choosing metalgrid ammy over maras, but in the end I figured it's AR, def, and res would be preferable over +2skills and res.
I have also chosen to go with a pair of high Goldfind rare boots instead of the regular Infernostrides boots, because both rare and magical ones can spawn with up to 80% Goldfind mods and the best ones probably comes with multiple resist bonus and on rare occasions FRW & FHR.
Inventory
155%Goldfind Gheeds charm
4x 40%Goldfind gc
10x 10%Goldfind sc (1 with 2-3cold dmg, 1 with 10 lite res, 1 with 50poison dmg, 1 with 175poison dmg)
Barb Torch (optional)
Anni (optional)
On the whole, Hell trav run games may be harder than NM trav runs, but it yields the most gold and has the chance of dropping high runes and better items. My most recent rune drop was a Cham.
At level 84, I currently hit a max of 1,410% Goldfind with eBotdZ & BeastZ, and hit a grand total of 2,130% Goldfind after switching to dual Alibabas with 2 Lems each. My current goldfind record brings in a low of 300K+ gold on a mediocre run, to a high of 600K+ gold on a good run, topping at 700K+ gold on a rare but fantastic run.
For those interested, here is my character sheet and inventory My Level 84 Goldfind Barbie: CowDefender
I welcome any input and comments. ^-^|||Looks great but since you are mainly for gold finding go with x2 ebotdz's even though it kills slower than x2 grief pb/z's. But overall nice gear for gold finding.
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