if you are a sword/shield dueling barb i would get 200 STR...then you can handle anysword and the 200 STR gives you good damage, then get about 150 DEX so you can also hold Colosus Sword/Blades and so you can hit and block a lot, dont put any points in energy...it comes naturally and you can leech it back...once you get your 200 STR and 150 DEX i would invest ALL of your remaining points to VIT....i counted that if a barb got 250 VIT...and put on .08 valor, duel .08 GF, .08 shako and a lot of 20 life small charms...he could have over 5k life without BO and with BO you could get well over 10k if you got like 30 BO you could get like 12k life...if you got 12k life and max damage reduced and you use a GF....i dont see how you could be beat...sry for the babbling...id get 200 STR, 150 DEX, 10 ENERGY, and the rest in VIT...if i helped at all great...if anyone else thinks this idea is stupid or something dont critisize me..its only an idea..if you got a better one then post it