For me it seems that YOU are the one who has no clue about the class at all. Decap does LESS on shielded sides (not counting crits, of course every class can do big hits with crits, even guards in def stance).
The "bunch of buffs" works with reaver stack 10+. I'd be curious to see how you gonna reach that, you are typically dead at around 3-4. The other half of the reaver feats are buffing a combo that is slow, predictable and roots you in spot for such a long time everyone runs away...
You do know that most pvpers that uses hybrid dont run with reaver but blod rage stance?
And any combo does less dmg on shielded side, but is that hard to move?
WA with hybrid build and shrapnel feated can hit pretty nice, opener is guarantee crit and you can have 2 shrapnel hits because ofhand pretty often.
What are you smoking? Who spoke about reaver stance anyway? You get buffs in the reaver tree that don't require reaver stance and even overpower only requires one stack (and still does ok damage really). In pvp you rely on wreck armour and bone shatter not cyclone of steel (it's a filler and nice when it crits but it's not as reliable or as fast as WA) or whirlwind (which is crap for dps but can be useful due to its length and aoe nature). Zerker is a different beast and requires a great weapon but then you'd probably use butcher and upheaval to do most of the damage. But that doesn't work without good gear, unlike reaver/hybrid.
Also, running away from a long combo won't do you any good, you'll still take the full damage if he hit you... That's why combos like guard's CW are so outrageously good : crits like hell and super long animation so it's a guaranteed kill when it crits.
Hybrid/reaver barb has a fantastic burst anyway.
With bone shatter followed by WA 4 (buffs up - dance of death & haste - with hybrid spec and blood rage stance) I killed a pvp 9 sin this evening. No crits (besides WA opener) but some offhand hits (bound to happen with 40% offhand chance...) Reaver spec can do even more than that.
Last edited by kalston; 5th August 2013 at 21:53.
Expert Shield of the Risen opener.
Ye mate all is true, but you know why people are complaining about barb. Its because not so great dmg on zerker and they have hard time landing 1he combos
Only 2 WA with dod on someone and ATG (if you are not using bone shatter) is serious dmg. And those combos are really fast to fire off, and even rank 1 can be useful.
I don't 1 shot anyone on my barb and I have a one-handed ibis and t3 axe. Can hit hard though, but reaver isn't worth it in pvp in my opinion.