Does tower stats has any effect on barb?

[Payne1599]

Guys, anyone knows anything about tower stats on a barb?

[dreeft]

The tower stats effect his stances.

[Payne1599]

like effectiveness? does it?

[Vormehk]

I'm not sure such specific things about the class have been confirmed by trendy, but if they are anything like other characters skills, more points increase the effect and reduces mana upkeep (though this second isn't seeming to ring true and I haven't tested a tower set yet).

[Payne1599]

There isn't much effects with tower stats. Tested...

[Alhanalem]

Guys, anyone knows anything about tower stats on a barb?If you looked at items while on a Barbarian, you'd clearly see how tower stats change to stance stats.

Ability 1 = both Battle abilities
Ability 2 = Hawk stance
Tower stats = the other four stances.

[Payne1599]

If you looked at items while on a Barbarian, you'd clearly see how tower stats change to stance stats.

Ability 1 = both Battle abilities
Ability 2 = Hawk stance
Tower stats = the other four stances.

I tired using a Hero set & a hybrid set. It doesnt make the the stance last longer.

[Alhanalem]

I tired using a Hero set & a hybrid set. It doesnt make the the stance last longer.

Stances don't have fixed durations that I'm aware of. As far as I've noticed, they last as long as you have mana. For most abilities in the game that have an upkeep, increasing their stat slows the upkeep cost, and generally increases the effectiveness. Things like Siphon Stance it should be easier to see- Equip lots of gear to boost it, then remove that gear and see if there's a significant difference in health recovery.

[pdboddy]

I tired using a Hero set & a hybrid set. It doesnt make the the stance last longer.

That's cause the hero stats don't affect the stances, and the hybrid set probably doesn't have enough points in the tower stats to make a huge difference.

Tower stats affect stances.

[Alhanalem]

the real test is if something like maxing health, siphon and turtle will let him tank ogres like a champ. Most everyone's probably just maxing health and damage and randomly placing the rest.

[pdboddy]

the real test is if something like maxing health, siphon and turtle will let him tank ogres like a champ. Most everyone's probably just maxing health and damage and randomly placing the rest.

You can most definitely tank ogres like a champ. Though you do want some points in hp and some in hero damage. At least that's been my experience with NM ogres. And never, ever use lightning stance on ogres. Dead barbarian if you do. :P

[zingfharn]

Did anyone ever get to the bottom of this?
It's not clear to me the benefit of upgrading stances, since even getting them to 500 seems to make little difference.
Anyone got some experience on this?

[michaeljermyn]

If the stats do have an effect, it must be a very bad ramp. I haven't noticed any real difference between having them around 400 as opposed to 1000.

[metarugiasoriddo]

I really don't know how much they ramp up, but it seems like they don't ramp up well. I was doing Monster Fest NM last night with no towers, only my Barb. He has like 100 in Siphon and close to 800 in Turtle and I never dropped below 90% of my HP, even when taking on multiple ogres and the rest of the mobs. It'd be nice to get some answers, but as it stands, I can't see any reason why someone should go full stance stats or even more than 1000 on any one stance. I could be completely wrong though.

[Tastic]

Our barbarians in our group just look for gear for HeroHP/Damage and then have Turtle/Siphon on them already. This way you can still prioritize the DPS stats and boost the stance stats they use on a regular basis. They both tank ogres just fine as long as they have the mana to spare.

[Wambam]

I don't now how accurate these are but if you check out this link there are some ramp charts for barbarian tower stats

http://dungeondefenders.wikia.com/wiki/Barbarian_class_extensive_guide/Theorycrafing

Since this guide was posted they chanced turtle stance so that points in turtle stance will increase the damage reduction.