Frenzy: Max Damage and Uber Guide 1.11

Ya its my first post for a couple of years. I started playing D2 back in beta... and have let all my characters expire/ladder run out a few times. I keep coming back to the game even though I now have 2 active WoW accounts.

D2 is still fun as long as you avoid the hacks/dupes... can't see a way I could possibly kill a barb using all the stuff that's reccommeneded in the above guide.
 
why wouldnt a grief/last wish combo work best? never ubered with a barb, so i wouldnt kno from experience, but why botd/death over everything else? and what curse do u cast with botd/death if ur forgoing lifetap, and how do u cast it?
 
You can use Battle Cry as your curse if you wish. Yep, Battle Cry is a curse. It basically increases your chance to hit and reduces enemy damage. The advantage over Amp or Decrep is the lower defense = much higher chance to hit against ubers = more hits. The obvious advantage of Amp and Decrep is the lowered physical resist.

You can cast Decrep with Lawbringer weapons on switch. Or Amp with Atma's Scarab. Reaper's Toll on a merc also casts Decrep easily, but it's not recommended to bring a merc to uber trist as he wakes up the ubers and dies easily.
 
sunflowersmooth said:
and what curse do u cast with botd/death if ur forgoing lifetap, and how do u cast it?
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a frenzy barb doesn't need lifetap to beat ubers if he has enough life and damage. besides, there is a drain issue ONLY WITH meph. leeching on baal and diablo isn't an issue. if you beef up resistances and do enough damage, you can take down uber meph consistently without any problem.

lifetap is a fad created by smiters because smite doesn't leech.



 
I think I'll use a templar armor against meph (ya I can get 90 resist all against Meph's conviction). I've found the runes to make one kingslayer and may be able to come up with a 2nd. I'm sure that with the resists and 48% CB from kingslayers and gore riders a frenzy barb will have no issue... can't afford to die cause he is HC.

Another option might be to use a kingslayer and Lightsabre combo with 25% lightning adsorb to mitigate his lightning ball. Killing the ubers is really not an issue with a frenzy barb. The important thing is survival.
 
That's what I noticed too. Doesn't require super duper equipment to take out Ubers with a Frenzy Barb. If you're attacking fast enough, your high damage, Crushing Blow, and Deadly Strike make *any* boss into sushi. Last week I ran Ubers with a friend twice in one night.

BTW, buffing with Demon Limb helps out quite a bit with Ubers. First time I took out Meph with roughly 8K AR and it was a nice, easy run. Second time I boosted with Demon Limb, seemed to land Decrep faster, and Meph died in about half the time. I never felt threatened at all, thanks to "Lawbringer," and even when Meph made my resists sucktastic.
 
what are the best sword combos to use for lifetap, and for non life tap? and if another character triggers lifetap, for example a smiter with dracs, would ur frenzier lose his curse and start lifetapping instead?

also, could an enigma barb conceivably do mini-ubers?
 
I'm making a frenzy barb to run ubers with my friend who is a smiter. He will be using fanat, and lifetap with dracs, so what would be the best weapons to pair with this? From what I have read it seems that I won't need anything amazing to do well, but I was just wondering which combo would work best with him. Thanks and great guide!
 
Go for damage. Use the etheral berserker axe combos that Spankeh defines in his guide in combination with your paladin friend. Don't use items that will overwrite his curses, since paladins are weak and will die without their life tap crutch.
 
With his fanata aura, go maximum damage, like dual eDeathz's (you'll easilly hit last 5fpa breakpoint), or Griefz/eDeathz LoH gloves (for the demon damage) Gores, Fort (if your resists are high enough, or CoH if there not)
Watch your life bulb go UP DOWN UP DOWN hehe, so go at least some DR like a Strings belt or Verdungos, probably verdungos, because you wont need the life leech from Strings, because of lifetap.
IMO i hate ubering with this curse, but the two of you will do well because a smiter always hits.
Barbs automatically miss 50% of the time against ubers chance to block stat, and then need to get past ubers lowish defence rate, so add another 10-15% to that.
If it wasnt for those two obstacles, frenziers would own smiters in every way. (against ubers)
But on saying that, the best 2 party uber duo is (by far) a Frenzier and a Smiter.
 
I saw another one asking a similar question, but didnt find a good answer. So, please let me ask it again:

What are the differences between the weapons? Why to choose, eg. Zerks instead of PBs? And what is the special thing on Ettins which make them a good choice?

I can use several Rwords, such as Botd and Beast. Through ALOT runs, I have several socketed elite weapons, Ettins, Zerkers, PBs included.
Also, I have a 76lvl Frenzy boy, but still havent touched his weapon mastery, because Im not sure what seapon to use.

Could someone help me with this? (*shouts* Spankeeeeeeeh!!)
Thank you very much.
And thank you also for the awesome guide! ;)
 
ELacerators

I've just started playing Barbs and am considering this Frenzy build. I'm familiar with most of the weapons except for the Lacerator. From the context of the sentence that E Lacerator is mentioned in, I take it this is an ethereal winged axe of some type?? I see no mention of this when looking through the "axe" items list or looking through runewords for lacerator.. I also looked through swords looking for this as well... Help, what is a Lacerator???

Thanks
 
Throwing axes are under throwing weapons not axes

Lacerator
Winged Axe
Throw Damage: (17-21) To (150-186) (83.5-103.5 Avg)
One-Hand Damage: (27-34) To (140-173) (83.5-103.5 Avg)
Required Level: 68
Required Strength: 96
Required Dexterity: 122
Base Weapon Speed: [-10]
Max Stack: (180)
+150-210% Enhanced Damage (varies)
+30% Increased Attack Speed
33% Chance of Open Wounds
Prevent Monster Heal
Hit Causes Monster To Flee 50%
33% Chance To Cast Level 3 Amplify Damage On Striking
Replenishes Quantity [1 in 4 sec.]
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)
 
Last ladder I made a Budget Barb and surprisingly he got by, this season I put a bit of money into it.

This season's Uber Frenzier has:

-BeastZ
-eDeath Ettin
-Arreat's, Ort
-Highlord's
-Dusk CoH
-Drac's
-Dungo's
-Gores
-Raven
-Rare Dual Leech/AR/Lit res ring
-Charms: Mostly Sharps, some Lifers, one AR, one Lit Res/FHR, Torch

He meets my build goals. 5K life, 10K AR with both weaps, 5 fpa, maxed Lit res vs. Meph, 48% FHR BP. I wanted a Barb who could walk into Tristram, BO, then start killing Ubers, no fussing and mussing with prebuff stuff. There was a bit of potting while waiting for Life Tap to kick in on Meph, though I expected that. Poor Vikhyat will have to stay dead unless/until I decide to buy him merc Chains and all that other crap, but I don't see the need. Tonight was this Barb's first stroll through Uber Trist, and a stroll it was, for the most part.

If the value of the prize was set to be commensurate with the level of difficulty, then I wouldn't be too peeved about what he got out of his cherry pop Trist session - a 14/12 Sin torch. I hope the return on my investment comes along soon. :tongue:
 
phool said:
Throwing axes are under throwing weapons not axes

Lacerator
Winged Axe
Throw Damage: (17-21) To (150-186) (83.5-103.5 Avg)
One-Hand Damage: (27-34) To (140-173) (83.5-103.5 Avg)
Required Level: 68
Required Strength: 96
Required Dexterity: 122
Base Weapon Speed: [-10]
Max Stack: (180)
+150-210% Enhanced Damage (varies)
+30% Increased Attack Speed
33% Chance of Open Wounds
Prevent Monster Heal
Hit Causes Monster To Flee 50%
33% Chance To Cast Level 3 Amplify Damage On Striking
Replenishes Quantity [1 in 4 sec.]
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)
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Hey Phool, tnx.... I should have known better...


 
the guide doesn't really address point allocation for character points. i use double axes, which he says don't really need strength or dexterity. energy is not really needed to add to, so does that mean pretty much all vitality?
 
It's taking me too long (15-20min) to kill in UberTrist

Hi,

It's taking me too long to kill all three. Here are my stats and items:

Stats for Lvl 92 Frenzy barb using:
Arreats Face (ber)
Last Wish & Beast Zerkers
Maras amulet
Enigma
Laying of Hands
Bul Kathos & Raven Frost rings
Gore Riders boots
Dungos belt


Strength: 238
Dex: 177
Vit: 549
Eng: 113

Frenzy dmg: 1606-5580/1211-4424
Frenzy ar: 9320

Life: 5761
Defense: 10208
Mana: 374

Lvl 32 : BO
Lvl 34 : Frenzy
Lvl 32 : Axe Master
Lvl 32 : Taunt
Lvl 23 : Double Swing

Other items I can alternate with
(2) Pebotdz
(2) ELacerators
Shako (ber)
Dracs gloves
Stromtrek boots
War Trav boots
CoH
Highlords Wrath amulet

I tried the dual lac combo with dual pebotdz but againt meph could not leech fast enough. The damage from Meph came off like chunks and those pestering Scepters/Blood Lords kept getting in between me and Meph. When I Howl they still stay around him and attack.

Baal kept regenerating and my weapon durabiltiy would go down fast but his life bar didnt; felt like I was not hitting Baal.

Diablo was not difficult for me. Pit Lords were no problem but Diablo just kept reviving them; was a pain.

The only way I could kill them was with the lw & beast combo switchin with lacs, but even that took long.

I ended up spending more than 1M gold for repairs in just one run.


:cry:
 
easy

hi all and a special hi to spankeh for this superb guide.

i have just completed trist with my frenzy barb, it was a stroll in the park.

my reward was a 20/11 pala T.

thanku for a great guide!.:thumbsup:
 
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