I tell you, a well-equipped barb with runeword weapons like Oath or Breath of the Dying, good armor like Enigma or even just the old good Arcaine's Valor and the rest of suitable unique items beats the IK barb by miles. While the IK barb barely kills something in baalruns and watches others score the kills, my frenzy barb with Grief in phaseblade (which is by far the best melee weapon anyway due to it's bugged damage) and Lawbringer also in phaseblade kills anything in few hits. And his warcries level is quite higher than best IK barb could ever reach. Same with the other WW barb who uses similar equip and always beats IK barbs in duels.
The Immortal King set is by no means bad, but it's far from optimum for a barbar. It's for those who can't afford better equip, or for those who don't have much idea of a barbar (one just need to think on these many IK barbs in baalruns that don't know what "bo" means <_<).
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