Krythan's Frenzied Berserker Barbarian

[Krythan]

Disclaimer: Inspired by, and very much based off of @Tronko's Wood Elf Barbarian.

Purpose: Looking for feedback! For our character's next life, here's the build we're planning for...

Highlights:

• Wood Elf for Falchions
• Chaotic Nuetral for Harbinger of Chaos Imbue Die
• Vistani Knife for Speed Boost
• Harper Agent for Know the Angles Trance
• Fury of the Wild for Damage
• Grandmaster of Flowers for Survivability, Mantle
• Skills: UMD, Intimidate, Balance, Tumble

Key changes from @Tronko's Wood Elf Barbarian include...

• In general, exchange survive-ability and damage bypass for up-front damage. Why? We're likely not going to play this character at cap for very long, so we're optimizing for the 10-30 journey.
• Since we don't have as much AP, we made some trade-offs for less AP usage, such as like Falconry -> Harper Trance.
• Get Sprint Attack earlier, for additional movement speed / zerg-ability. Acquire THF feats later in levels.
• Drop Shadowdancer Epic Destiny, in exchance for Legendary Dreadnought. Why? Frees up some of our much-limited AP, and I'm not sure I 100% understand the benefits of Shadowdancer.
• Drop Falconry in favor of Harper Agent's Stance. Why? Saves a ton of AP, and we don't have a ton of ways to stun creatures and benefit from the helpless damage.
• Drop Crush Weakness (see above) for Titan's Blood.

Summary:

Classes: 20 Barbarian, E10, L4
Race: Wood Elf
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Abilities:

Str: 18
Dex: 10
Con: 18
Int: 8
Wis: 8
Cha: 8

Feats:

Level	Class	Feats
1	Barbarian(1)	Standard: Two Handed Fighting
2	Barbarian(2)
3	Barbarian(3)	Standard: Power Attack
4	Barbarian(4)	Alter Dark Gift: Empty Feat Slot
		Strength: +1 Level up
5	Barbarian(5)
6	Barbarian(6)	Standard: Dodge
7	Barbarian(7)
8	Barbarian(8)	Strength: +1 Level up
9	Barbarian(9)	Standard: Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
10	Barbarian(10)
11	Barbarian(11)
12	Barbarian(12)	Standard: Mobility
		Strength: +1 Level up
13	Barbarian(13)
14	Barbarian(14)
15	Barbarian(15)	Standard: Spring Attack
16	Barbarian(16)	Strength: +1 Level up
17	Barbarian(17)
18	Barbarian(18)	Standard: Improved Two Handed Fighting
19	Barbarian(19)
20	Barbarian(20)	Strength: +1 Level up
21	Epic(1)	Epic Feat: Greater Two Handed Fighting
22	Epic(2)	Epic Destiny Feat: Perfect Two Handed Fighting
23	Epic(3)
24	Epic(4)	Epic Feat: Overwhelming Critical
		Strength: +1 Level up
25	Epic(5)	Epic Destiny Feat: Doublestrike
26	Epic(6)
27	Epic(7)	Epic Feat: Patience
28	Epic(8)	Epic Destiny Feat: Harbinger of Chaos
		Strength: +1 Level up
29	Epic(9)
30	Epic(10)	Epic Feat: Epic Barbarian Damage Reduction
		Legendary Feat: Scion of Arborea
		Dark Gift Upgrade: Empty Feat Slot
31	Legendary(1)	Epic Destiny Feat: Deific Warding
32	Legendary(2)	Strength: +1 Level up
33	Legendary(3)	Epic Feat: Eerie Aim
34	Legendary(4)	Epic Destiny Feat: Titan's Blood

Enhancements: 80 APs, Racial 1

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Wood Elf - Points spent: 18
Core1 Accuracy I
Core2 Nature I: +1 Strength
Core3 Accuracy II
Core4 Nature II: +1 Strength
Core5 Accuracy III
Tier1 Weapon Training I
Tier2 Weapon Training II
Tier2 Wild Step
Tier3 Weapon Training III
Tier3 Forest Origins: Rugged Upbringing
Tier4 Weapon Training IV
Tier4 Skill

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Frenzied Berserker - Points spent: 42
Core1 Die Hard
Tier1 Extra Rage - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Power Rage - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Athletics - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Sprint Boost - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Blood Tribute - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Angry Arms - 3 Ranks
Core2 Frenzied Toughness I
Tier2 Extra Action Boost - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Supreme Cleave - 3 Ranks
Core3 Frenzy
Tier3 Blood Trail - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Constitution I
Core4 Frenzied Toughness II
Tier4 Constitution II
Tier5 Focused Wrath - 2 Ranks
Tier5 Healing or Hurt: Raging Blows
Tier5 Tantrum
Core5 Death Frenzy
Core6 Storm's Eye

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Ravager (Barbarian) - Points spent: 4
Core1 Furious Rage
Tier1 Barbarian Power Attack - 3 Ranks

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Vistani Knife Fighter - Points spent: 9
Core1 Knife Expertise
Tier1 Mist Stalker I
Tier1 Acrobatic - 2 Ranks
Tier2 Haste Boost - 3 Ranks
Core2 Knife Juggler

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Harper Agent - Points spent: 8
Core1 Agent of Good I
Tier1 Harper Enchantment
Tier1 Traveller's Toughness - 2 Ranks
Tier2 Know the Angles - 3 Ranks

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Epic Destinies: 69 Destiny Points

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Fury of the Wild - Points spent: 40
Core1 Die Hard
Tier1 Strength or Swiftness: Adrenaline - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Enduring - 1 Ranks
Tier2 Speed or Strength: Fast and Furious - 3 Ranks
Tier2 I'm Always Angry - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Primal Scream
Core2 Die Harder
Tier3 Fury Selector: Furious - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Wild Weapons: Doublestrike - 3 Ranks
Core3 Die Harderest
Core4 Be the Whirlwind
Tier4 Wilder Weapons: Wilder Weapons - Doublestrike - 3 Ranks
Tier4 Force Selector: Overwhelming Force - 3 Ranks
Tier4 Top Dog
Tier5 The Great Leveler - 3 Ranks
Tier5 Nature's Fury
Tier5 Unbridled Fury
Tier5 Scarred by Chaos
Tier5 Lore of the Wilds

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Grandmaster of Flowers - Points spent: 21
Core1 Inner Focus
Tier1 Disciple's Studies - 2 Ranks
Tier1 Serenity
Tier2 Hail of Blows
Tier2 A Dance of Flowers
Core2 Disciple of Material: Silver
Core3 Disciple of Morality: Evil
Tier3 Serene Mercy - 3 Ranks
Tier3 The Flickering Flame - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Strength of Stone - 3 Ranks
Core4 Disciple of Philosophy: Disciple of Philosophy: Light

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Legendary Dreadnought - Points spent: 8
Core1 Fearless
Tier1 Dire Attack: Dire Charge
Tier1 Shrug Off Punishment - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Esoteric Touch
Tier2 Extra Action Boost - 1 Ranks
Core2 Weaponmaster

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Thanks again to @Tronko! Would love an extra set of eyes before TR-ing into this build!

 

[Krythan]

On Discord, I'd posted a few question, and Khysiria had some great comments on this build. Added fake "questions" just to structure the comments.

Q: Why Grandmaster of Flowers?

Khysiria: Yeah, knockdown immunity and speed are the main bits. The elemental absorbs are also pretty good if you're running a lot of raids, and the helpless mantle boost is lower tier if that's relevant.

Q: Any other Enhancements I should look into?

Khysiria: At 9 VKF I'm pretty sure you could steal 2 AP and grab C3 and come out ahead, likely from Ravager?

Krythan: I'll be posting an updated version that takes advantage of the extra doublestrike you can get from C3 of VKF.

Q: What alignment is best?

Khysiria: Yeah CN is common, might as well get Harbinger perks and nice with t5 Fury

Q: Thoughts on Know the Angles Stance? Is it worth the points into Harper?

Khysiria: You can totally swap as much as you want for Int (some do sentient weap and artifact) or just like throw an aug or three on, whatever suits you.

Q: Any other thoughts into Epic Destinies?

Khysiria: T5 Fury or LD would be my general recommendations, each has their own pros and cons - LD better for duration raiding, for instance. Fury is tougher and has Great Leveler for cc tho. Etc etc. SD is almost always one of your trees, Fury at least t4 (scream heal and the strike if nothing else) so ED choices are a bit constrained

Christhemiss: ...would recommend dropping points in Fury for core 3 LD

Krythan: I might try swapping T5 Fury to LD later in levels. Especially if this characters get some gear and transitions to raiding. Nice part about ED is that's essentially free and easy to make that change! I was evaluating SD as one of the ED trees, either in place of LD or GMoF. I don't think that I quite yet understand all the perks, bit like the above point - easy to swap around EDs and try it out in gameplay!

Q: Feats:

Christhemiss: GTHF at 21 is a choice... it will get you more damage than spring attack

 

[DBZ]

Nice write up pretty simple easy to follow

Learning to barb now cuz reasons known

What gear are you using for 20-21 and what would you use for legendary

 

[SpartanKiller13]

Nice write up pretty simple easy to follow

Learning to barb now cuz reasons known

What gear are you using for 20-21 and what would you use for legendary

If you have or can get one, ESoS is the best THF stick 20-29 (and SoS 10+ given iCrit at 9). Otherwise I think Epic Xuum is supposed to be decent?

Personally I'm still using mostly Sharn (PotF + Ruby ring) + some Feywild (Butterflies, Ram, Nocturne) until 29 or so. Epic Cape of the Roc is often my Str item mostly b/c I have one already lol, but could quite reasonably CC some ML23 Str/x/IStr gloves etc with slotted Festive Str if you want to min-max. Or like Borderlands stuff is fine too.

At cap largely depends on how much gearfarming you want to do and what boosted gear you have. I got +5MP on a Champ's Helm so I'm using Vecna 3 forever lol. Severed Tentacle is one of the best Barb items IMO, either permanently or as a swap. I would either use 5-piece profane (IoD, Vecna) or a bunch of Sun/Moon gear as well. 3+5 Vecna is very easy though, and IoD 5 is nice if using Attuned Dino Falchion (the easiest option if you have a lot of raid runes).

As far as weapon for cap, definitely Falchions for all non-Ravager Barbs (those use GAxe usually). LGS Dust is the strongest DPS option unless you have guaranteed alternative source. If you're really new to melee, Affirmation is the best defensive option (generally not as good on Barbs since they tend to HP sponge). 5-piece Blood Feast is really strong, ideally on a swap weapon but is ok on your main weapon if you don't do gear swaps lol.

 

[DBZ]

Yes i can buy sos but meh everyone uses those

Xuum, or maybe The sands telekinetic great sword if the dcs works at level 20 would work well enough

Then iod or legendary raid weapons.

Got roc and psionic gloves nice twink from transfers, farming a borderlands ring and deleras boots str and alactrity

What dr's do you need and where do you get them adamantium must have for golems some in eds

 

[SpartanKiller13]

Yes i can buy sos but meh everyone uses those

Xuum, or maybe The sands telekinetic great sword if the dcs works at level 20 would work well enough

Then iod or legendary raid weapons.

Got roc and psionic gloves nice twink from transfers, farming a borderlands ring and deleras boots str and alactrity

What dr's do you need and where do you get them adamantium must have for golems some in eds

Give it a shot, but I have had minimal success with weapon CC procs in epics (L Goldcurse is great for cap, but not for this build lol).

FB's +multi means you strongly benefit from wide threat range weapons. Drow weaps or Sireth? SoS is just vastly better than everything else that's why people use it lmao. You can use what ya want though, will just output more with some than others.

There's always glamours or just using a weapon like Greatclub of the Scrag if aesthetic is what you're in for (or Collapse, Mad Lute, Outburst, etc).

I don't personally worry about DR bypasses for leveling. Also SoS comes with addy, for the record. Otherwise yeah, you could run GMoF mantle on a Barb, +MS and knockdown "immunity" is nice, and +1[w] is fine for a mantle.

 

[DBZ]

Right now just using a borderlands axe saw a 4500 + crit more then good enough for farming purposes

I really liked sands telekinetic proc but if its out its out

Scav sets with gogs for true seeing, farmed hob horde for ring and melee alactrity gloves and a sharn ghostly ring done

 

[DBZ]

Quick question just finished a vecna set and iod weapons droam ring farms

Can droam rings be cursed and reapered then upgraded or do you lose the bonuses

Pretty sure you lose them but hoping to be amazed