Fastest Kill

[Eddie Teach]

Which skill kills things fastest? Frenzy, Berserk, Whirlwind, Concentration with 2hander? Assume it is completely synergized.

[DhR_PvP]

Zerk winds up with the most damage thats all magical so they would kill fastest i guess but it does have its down side of 0 def

[gvandale]

well it depends on how you look at it:

kill 1 monster: zerk
kill packs of monsters: ww

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[CyberHawk]

I dont know about the 1v1 pvm, I saw a frenzy last night out killing my zerker all night...made me think, y the hell doesnt my frenzy do that???

[Wargasm]

well, I guess your technically asking what does the most damage in a single attack, pvm, although you can correct me if I'm wrong...

Apparently Leap Attack is the single most powerful 1-shot skill attack.

Upside: if synergized, Leap Attack does +780% damage (or in that immediate range), so it actually does the largest amount of damage of any of the skill attacks.
Downside: Is a timered attack, like meteor. See below for best solution.

If combined with a regular leap for the knockback effect during the time-out period, you can bump and bonk most creatures, with the exception of unique boss and super-uniques, apparently.

This is obviously operating on the assumption that you don't mind hopping around like a frog to kill critters.

I'm gonna do it so I can dress a mace barb in Levi, Gaze, and an upgraded Steeldriver, and then run around screaming "KERMIT MUST KILL!"
*ROFL*

[Superhal]

leap attack + leap: 870
zerk + howl + shout: 835

but, hell mobs get phys dam reduced, so zerk's magic damage gives it the edge.

[memememe173]

Leap Attack isn't timered and I think global damage reduce in hell was removed in 1.09

[Superhal]

Leap Attack isn't timered and I think global damage reduce in hell was removed in 1.09

it's back, and worse than before. mobs vary from 13-66% pdr.

[Wargasm]

approximate quote: LA is not timered.

Ok, might not be. I'm pretty sure that I had read that it was, but I ain't an expert. If not, groovy; and I technically owe someone a beer. Next you're up around my next of the redneck woods, I'll buy... :)

Anyways, I dredged up the address for the site about Leap Attack Barbs.
http://www.froglicker.net/d2/leap.html

And I dunno if berserk ends up doing that much more, once you factor potential elemental damage from charms or items into everything. For example, the whole IK set has about +1200 in 4 elemental types, doesn't it? (I haven't actually finished my IK barb yet, so I dunno)