My gear is still bad, but I'm finally able to do act 3 with some comfort. My only issues are caster elite packs which always move as far away from me and each other as possible. When I can only hit one at a time, I can't LoH/leech enough life to deal with getting plowed by their fireballs. These include the goat-man casters, the dragon types and the shaman types (the ones that res the little dudes).
I know with better gear you can just slice them up like butter but for now they end up killing me a lot. Is it my tactics or my gear?
For reference - and in case I'm making any big mistakes I'd love to know - my barb:
with those packs it's really simple - don't chase them, let them chase you
Just sprint forward leaving 2-3 tornados, then run backward for 1. Keep that and they'll follow you getting dmg. When they're low you can just jump on them and finish one by one or just continue with kiting (When I've started farming act 3 after patch with ~30k dps that was my way to easly deal with them, now it's just spinning around them till they die ;p). It's even easier on maps with small rooms, corridors etc - just run forward and backward of a corner, they'll focus on rather keeping you in range moving throu your tornados instead of running away.
Thanks guys, I didn't really think of making em chase me, I'll give it a shot. I just see vids of barbs with ridiculous gear just absolutely mowing them down, literally zip through them, back and forward again and they're dead and the barb's zipping on to the next pack. I guess I was like a fat 4'6" kid trying to dunk after watching Kobe, just trying to slaughter stuff the way those guys do
Yeah I'd like a faster OH but my funds are limited. Is it a huge difference in LoH?
Edit: Here's me trying to do Alkaizer's run with my crappy gear:
Back to your gear - imho first of all you should focus on geting one more item with movement speed bonus. It will be either Lacuni Prowlers or Tyrael's Might. Ppl that sleep on tones of money that goes for full IK set picks the first one but personaly I think that TM is much better. You're getting HUGE boost to dmg vs demons (most of the monsters in act 3) and all other stats are really great as well and you're alowed to get good yellow bracers with high str, all res and crit chance or (like me) go for Strongarm Bracers (perosnally I'm trying to get one with 250+ str and either 60+ vit or 80+ int).
Here's my profile if you would like to take a look http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Bulls-2715/hero/3551292
Considering you said you just made it into A3 I can see your reasoning for having some trouble with the occasional ranged elite pack. This is fine, you will get enough gear to not have to worry about it. Just make sure you do not waste the money you make. Too many people spend all their gold on pieces that do not provide them with a lot of gain. Do your research.
I usually kill the casters in act 3 by tornado running down a narrow hallway so they follow, hide and when they get close tornado run/ww through them to the other side and repeat.
I know with better gear you can just slice them up like butter but for now they end up killing me a lot. Is it my tactics or my gear?
For reference - and in case I'm making any big mistakes I'd love to know - my barb:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Trotheus-1793/hero/18476003
Just sprint forward leaving 2-3 tornados, then run backward for 1. Keep that and they'll follow you getting dmg. When they're low you can just jump on them and finish one by one or just continue with kiting (When I've started farming act 3 after patch with ~30k dps that was my way to easly deal with them, now it's just spinning around them till they die ;p). It's even easier on maps with small rooms, corridors etc - just run forward and backward of a corner, they'll focus on rather keeping you in range moving throu your tornados instead of running away.
Yeah I'd like a faster OH but my funds are limited. Is it a huge difference in LoH?
Edit: Here's me trying to do Alkaizer's run with my crappy gear:
Here's my profile if you would like to take a look http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Bulls-2715/hero/3551292