Berserk Barbarian Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Berserk Barbarian and Mercenary in Diablo 2.
Foreword
Note: Do not use any cold Damage gear or Charms as you want the corpses so
you can use Find Item.
Thresh/Pindle Magic Find Build
This is a high Damage Magic Find build best used for Thresh Socket and Pindle.
- Weapon: Grief (
Phase Blade preferred)
- Weapon Offhand:
Phase Blade socketed with 6
Ist Runes
- Weapon Swap:
Wizardspike and
Wizardspike
- Body Armor: Enigma
- Helm:
Harlequin Crest
- Gloves:
Chance Guards
- Boots:
War Traveler
- Belt:
Goldwrap
- Ring 1:
Nagelring
- Ring 2:
Nagelring or Ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate to reach the 105% breakpoint
- Amulet:
Highlord's Wrath or Amulet with +5% Faster Cast Rate to reach the 105% breakpoint
- Charm 1: Barbarian
Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2:
Annihilus
- Charm 3: 40% Magic Find
Gheed's Fortune
- Rest of Charms: Small Charms with 7% Magic Find
Pit/Chaos Magic Find Build
This build adds in Cannot Be Frozen and is better for areas such as the Pit or Chaos Sanctuary.
- Weapon: Grief (
Phase Blade preferred)
- Weapon Offhand:
Phase Blade socketed with 6
Ist Runes
- Weapon Swap:
Wizardspike and
Wizardspike
- Body Armor: Enigma
- Helm:
Harlequin Crest with
Cham Rune
- Gloves:
Chance Guards
- Boots:
War Traveler
- Belt:
Goldwrap,
Trang-Oul's Girth if no
Cham Rune in
Harlequin Crest
- Ring 1:
Nagelring
- Ring 2:
Nagelring or Ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate to reach the 105% breakpoint
- Amulet:
Highlord's Wrath or Amulet with +5% Faster Cast Rate to reach the 105% breakpoint
- Charm 1: Barbarian
Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2:
Annihilus
- Charm 3: 40% Magic Find
Gheed's Fortune
- Rest of Charms: Small Charms with 7% Magic Find
Budget Build Items
This is a variety of cheap gear sets to get you started.
NOTE: Finding a source of Cannot Be Frozen is important. Make sure it is on 1 piece of your gear.
- Weapon: Oath, Honor, Black,
Aldur's Rhythm,
Nord's Tenderizer,
Fleshrender,
Sureshrill Frost,
Zakarum's Hand
- Weapon Offhand:
Blade of Ali Baba
- Weapon Swap:
Naj's Puzzler, Teleport Charges Staff, 2x +3 Warcries Spears
- Body Armor:
Skullder's Ire,
Duriel's Shell,
The Spirit Shroud, Wealth, Treachery,
Skin of the Vipermagi, Rare Armor socketed with 4
Perfect Topazes, Stealth
- Helm:
Guillaume's Face,
Tarnhelm, Lore,
Rockstopper, Rare Armor socketed with 3
Perfect Topazes
- Gloves:
Chance Guards,
Laying of Hands,
Bloodfist,
Sander's Taboo
- Boots:
War Traveler,
Gore Riders,
Waterwalk,
Infernostride,
Hsarus' Iron Heel
- Belt:
Trang-Oul's Girth,
Death's Guard,
Goldwrap,
String of Ears,
Nightsmoke
- Ring 1:
Nagelring
- Ring 2:
Nagelring, Rare Ring with Attack Rating, Leech, Life, Resistances, Stats
- Amulet:
Highlord's Wrath,
The Cat's Eye, Rare Amulet with Life, Resistances, Stats
- Charm 1: Any
Hellfire Torch for Stats if cannot get Barbarian
- Charm 2:
Annihilus
- Charm 3: Any Magic Find Charms
- Charm 4: Any Barb Skiller Grand Charms
- Charm 5: Any Charms with Max Damage, Attack Rating, or Life
- Charm 6: Any Charms with Resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, Mana, or Strength
Mercenary
You will want an Offensive ( Might) Act 2 Nightmare Mercenary. Another
option could be an Offensive (
Blessed Aim) Act 2 Hell Mercenary.
Mercenary Gear
Optimal Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary Gear setups for your Character.
- Weapon: Ethereal Insight
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Ethereal
Andariel's Visage with
Ral Rune
Budget Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy damage and survivability.
- Weapon: Obedience
- Body Armor: Treachery
- Helm:
Vampire Gaze
Changelog
- 20 Sep. 2021: Page added.
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