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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