The Berserker Build
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memememe173
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CB, and OW work for sure, but I'm not sure about DSWasoab said:
memememe173 said:
Deadly doubles your damage which is then converted to magical damage, same as your Critical from your mastery.
Ì`m building a pure zerker using eth Death Cleaver and I`m having big trouble hitting those tanks with over 20k-35k(!) defense
Gear: Cleaver(zod), Verdungos, Highlords, Storm(shael), Twitch wirefleece(Until Valor), Ik-boots+Gloves, Raven+rare ring w/14 dex and 100 ar+res.
Maxed Zerk, shout, bo, and I`m unsure about the rest...Divided my points between mastery and howl so far. Mastery only gives 5% dmg but 8% ar, Howl gives 10% dmg each lvl(If i hit^^) or should i go hybrid and pump whirlwind? I`m going for lvl 31 zerk for 1.1 sec duration.
Stats: 105 str(no anni), Dex enough for max block with twitch, Vita rest...
Opinons on armor, skill, stat setup?
Its way cool to take 2k life in one hit, but its hard hitting those damn whirlers
Help is greatly appreciated since I`m having trouble pvp. Pvm its a whole new great world.
ImmortalBlood
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oh,Halciet said:
heh Alllriiiighttt
jumbo_SHRIMP
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zerk can leech if you use draculs grasp(and at 50% you really never ever die)
phelix
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Warg: Berserk itself gives high attack rating. Besides this, always max the Weapon Mastery of your choice, for both damage and attack rating (+chance of Critical Strike). For more AR, fill your inventory with AR charms, use the Angelic rings and amulet and the Enchant charges from Demon Limb (slvl 23 Enchant).
Smiley: Rends 100% 
. Dracul's must be used in conjuction with Concentrate or Whirlwind untill Life Tap is casted, then you can leech with Berserk, regardless the target type. But Rends are... .
A 5 socket Runemaster is very good too, but since its speed is 0 (normal attack for a Barb), you must socket it with Shael runes or ed/ias jewels. Use this data:
Character Barbarian
Weapon Ettin Axe / Ettin-Axt
Skill Berserk
WIAS [right weapon] 0 %
IAS : Frames per attack : Attacks per second
0 % : 17 : 1.4
6 % : 16 : 1.5
11 % : 15 : 1.6
22 % : 14 : 1.7
32 % : 13 : 1.9
48 % : 12 : 2
70 % : 11 : 2.2
105 % : 10 : 2.5
174 % : 9 : 2.7
(http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english)
. Dracul's must be used in conjuction with Concentrate or Whirlwind untill Life Tap is casted, then you can leech with Berserk, regardless the target type. But Rends are... .A 5 socket Runemaster is very good too, but since its speed is 0 (normal attack for a Barb), you must socket it with Shael runes or ed/ias jewels. Use this data:
Character Barbarian
Weapon Ettin Axe / Ettin-Axt
Skill Berserk
WIAS [right weapon] 0 %
IAS : Frames per attack : Attacks per second
0 % : 17 : 1.4
6 % : 16 : 1.5
11 % : 15 : 1.6
22 % : 14 : 1.7
32 % : 13 : 1.9
48 % : 12 : 2
70 % : 11 : 2.2
105 % : 10 : 2.5
174 % : 9 : 2.7
(http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english)
Nice guide
I tested out a beserker in Single player a while back, the damage was amazing, but the ranged attackers were the big problem.
I'm considering moving from % PDR to static PDR. It seems that monsters (other than champs and uniques/bosses) do less than 160 damage or so.
i suppose with an amulet of everlasting (-25) a 3 socketed circlet of everlasting with 3 sols (-46) and a gladiators bane (-20) you could reduce the damage by a lot. Of course, you could add in the % reduction after. got resistance for the magic attacks anyway.
I tested out a beserker in Single player a while back, the damage was amazing, but the ranged attackers were the big problem.
I'm considering moving from % PDR to static PDR. It seems that monsters (other than champs and uniques/bosses) do less than 160 damage or so.
i suppose with an amulet of everlasting (-25) a 3 socketed circlet of everlasting with 3 sols (-46) and a gladiators bane (-20) you could reduce the damage by a lot. Of course, you could add in the % reduction after. got resistance for the magic attacks anyway.
TomGreen321
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I wouldnt recommend "Rends" at all. It adds very minimal damage.
TomGreen321
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I tried a pair that had 17str and 50%ed and it added close to 100 dmg. Instead im using fully upped bloodfists. The increased speed and increased recovery is working out better. Also I tried out my draculs and the lifetapdoesnt leetch back with bezerk.Radu said:
I'd also like to add that when making a zerk barb one of the great advantages is that the defense stat on gear becomes much less important (due to zerk's penalties). That means there is more potential gear for the poor who can't afford the top gear that every build wants. For instance Twitchthroe has good mods but crap defense, but might be viable for a poorer player. Thanks for getting Zerk discussion going! Also a big fan of this skill!
