frenzy barb weapons combo

[vknez]

i m seriously thinking of making frenzy barb

what i have in plan is next weapon combo

berserker axe last wish (might aura) + berserker axe beast (fanatizam aura)

fortitude, raven+..., highlords, gloves?, gorerider, arreats
act2 defiance aura merc with pride (concentration)

did anybody tried this combo?

[Uvatha]

berserker axe last wish (might aura) + berserker axe beast (fanatizam aura)

did anybody tried this combo?
I use this combo on an Ubers killer frenzy barb and it does very good.

[Jackson]

For regular PvM, I don't like LW as much since your merc can provide you with a much better Might Aura. Also, the abilities on LW such as Life Tap, Fade and ITD are ruled out by a much better axe (IMO), EDeath Zerker.

However, with a LW, you should be able to do fine. I just provided what I think is a better alternative.

A defiance merc isn't that great IMO since defense will mean almost nothing to you as a frenzy barb.


Besides Dracs, LoH are also nice gloves.

[vknez]

actually i started my idea with building frenzy barb (named Mach)


i made lots of checks on equipment
frenzy will be at 5 frame

insane dmg (might+fanatizam+fortitude+frenzy+mastery+sinergie s)
defiance aura from merc+shout+iron skin will give good defence
easilly attainable max resistance (fade 56 %all)
with verdungo (+fade) 26 % dmg reduce
0 points in dexterity (min will get from items)
50 str
rest vita ---> insane life with bo

loh for gloves is good option or maybe steelrends (more cb)
if i get my hands on merc pride...
so far i have lw and collecting runes for beast
have nice barb torch and rest of equipment...

i will post later the progres of the build

[Dyn]

for weapons I find death and beast really effective for the type of playing I use and IMO they are one of the best combo's for PVM.

[SSoG]

A defiance merc isn't that great IMO since defense will mean almost nothing to you as a frenzy barb.
I actually try to shoot for high defense values on my Frenzy Babas to make up for the lack of a shield.

Anyway, maybe I'm oldschool, but I'm a huge fan of an Upped Headstriker as the off-hand weapon. The damage values look low in the LCS, but thanks to the 100+% Deadly Strike, they get truly absurd. At clvl 85, your Headstriker is averaging 311 damage per hit, which is nutso for a 1-hander. Sure, it's not eBotD Zerker, but I can guarantee you that my headstriker is legit, so nanny nanny. :tongue:

Oath is another absurdly powerful yet fully achievable runeword (for legit players). Ethereal Oath Conquest Sword (or Cryptic Sword, but I prefer the symmetry of dual conquests) + Upped Headstriker for the win!

[PhatTrumpet]

Regarding the first post, you need to keep in mind that all the off-weapon enhanced damage in the world cannot make up for weapons with relatively low base damage. I think you'd be much better off making one of those weapons a big-hitter (like 'Grief', 'eBotD', or 'eDeath') and using the other weapon to boost your overall damage (like 'LW' or 'Beast'... preferrably 'Beast' since your Merc can cover the Might aura).

[Josiphos]

I've recently made a frenzy barb for Ubers. He got quite a pre-tristram workout with other monsters though. I had been using Ebotdz and edeathz and found them to be awesome. Freezing from death is so underrated. Damage and crushing/deadly is amazing as well.

However, for Ubers, I switched to LWz and ebotdz. LW's mods are too perfectly suited to Uber-trist. So, Death got canned, sadly.

I wouldn't use LW for anything but ubers though.

[Jackson]

What I meant was... your frenzy barb has a lot of ways to deal with the lack of defense and shield.

Warcry can stun enemies.
Howl can break up a bad mob, a well as backing enemies against a wall/corner where you can butcher them with ease.
Taunt can stop many ranged attackers.

Not to mention the huge life, and possible life tap casts (from LW or Dracs..).

The added defense is superfluous, in my opinion.

[Evrae Altana]

I use dual Stormlashes on my frenzy barb. Static, fast speed, and massive crushing blow makes for a fun weapon. By the time I finish off one monster, everything else around that isn't light immune is reduced to half HP.

[Jackson]

Yeah. Two Stormlash weapons or even Stormlash + Schaefer's is a good non-axe/sword combo for general PvM.

[vknez]

this build is insane

i put my equipment as i sad and this barb rocks

i gave only 20 points to str, o dex and rest vita
i put on barb torch and nice ani

without fade i have max resistance, and i dont remember when i drink potion last time

concerning defence, my defence is 20 k with merc aura (shout, iron skin, chilling armor and defiance)
life is 5k with bo (not so great charms in inventory)
i have maxed frenzy, bo, mastery and double swing
now i m not sure: shout or taunt, warcry has never been needed
biggest problem was to get beast ba
in the end i bought low ba grief and unsocket it

next step is to get pride for merc (now he wears eth obediance, eth upd duriels, guillames)

i m still missing verdungo (ik belt now), and not sure for gloves (loh now)
loh is bad choice cause i don't need 20 ias and 50 res (only benefit 350 % dmg to demons)

also now i wear highlords, i was thinking maybe to switch to metalgrid (def/ar)


in the end the coolest thing is to see ethereal werebear

never died with this build (not even close)
only bnet connection can kill me (iron maiden i avoid in big circle)

play the build and have fun :grin: