Look, that clip is hillarious but let me put on my serious face for a moment.
It's pure hell being a Barb.
1. You have to get hit and deal hits in order to build up Fury
2. One full Fury is not enough to kill a single blue Elite
3. No range what so evar!
I really only make Melee characters in fantasy games, any game. I prefer them to wizzards or any other ranged class. Do not ask me why because I don't know...
Thing with the Barbarian is that the whole game is a little designed against it. Elites don't have any melee skills they're all ranged, they all hit hard to all classes and being a Barbarian and having to get close to hit them back, you die. When you respawn your Fury is empty and that's the problem. It's impossible to build up Fury to deal good Dmg because when you get close to a Elite they will kill you... I am ok with dying, but dying in under 5seconds when I know my items are a-ok for the level? Seriously?
I could farm gold for a week and buy better items off the AH BUT!
->I can't escape the feeling that I would only manage because I have higher tier items than I should.
I have tried everything, skill combinations, runes. All.
The only way is to get better gear than is dropping from the monsters you're currently killing if you want to play a Barb. I don't think the barbarian is living up to the description given by blizzard. When I play solo i have to run around like a coward, occasionally hitting stunning skills and then run around some more. When in a party all a Barb can do is buff and stun and the rest of the party deals the killing damage... I don't expect to be able to run head on into every single battle but seriously the further you get in the game the more ridiculous it gets.
I wanted to make a Barbarian, not monster fodder...