Frenzy/Immortal King's Barbarian

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I had this idea for a Frenzy build barbarian, based mainly on The Undisputed Champion and Bastion's Revered.

First, the active skills I decided to use were, of course, Frenzy, and Hammer of the AncientsRolling Thunder. The former to build up a pool of fury and the latter to dump it all out for huge damage.

 

The rest of the active skills I tried to base around survivability.

I took Call of the AncientsTogether as One to greatly reduce the damage done to myself. This paired with the Immortal King's Triumph 2-set bonus ensure constant damage reduction.

 

Wrath of the BerserkerSlaughter gives you a huge damage boost while active while also giving you a chance to pop off a few AoE's with your crits. Pair this off with the 4 and 6-set bonuses of the Immortal King's Triumph set, and the Hammer of the AncientsRolling Thunder to keep the cooldown refreshing. Its also a good idea to equip Bracers of the First Men to bring those hammers down harder and faster.

 

RevengeBlood Law gives you a nice bit of utility with an AoE and a decent heal on a low cooldown.

Lastly, War CryInvigorate will increase your Toughness and Regeneration, giving you quite a good bit of survivability in tough situations.

Passive skills I tried to base, again, on survivability, but also on getting more bang for my buck. 

 

Brawler will help out with single target damage while there are more enemies crowding you.

 

Rampage can stack up to 25% increased Strength. Increasing not only your damage but your armor also.

 

Superstition is another super helpful skill. Increasing resistance to all elemental attacks and giving you better fury generation as you take more damage.

Boon of Bul-Kathos is essential for keeping the cooldown on Call of the Ancients and Wrath of the Berserker low.

Now lets go over some of the gear I am (or am planning on) using.

Fisrtly, the Immortal King's Triumph set is a must. I only use the helmet, breastplate, gloves, legguards and boots though. Giving you great usage of two key abilities that, when paired, give you a massive increase in your overall damage. Also, spending your primary resource will reduce the cooldown of these abilities. Done correctly and with enough CDR, this could bring you little to no downtime of your Wrath of the Berserker skill.

For the shoulders, I've used Fury of the Ancients for added fury generation.

The core of this build is the belt. The Undisputed Champion gives you access to all runes available for Frenzy.

I equipped Bracers of the First Men to give me a faster way to spend fury. Paired with Rolling Thunder gives you a bit of a cone-shaped AoE that does great damage.

Since this isn't a very high mobility build I suggest using The Traveler's Pledge and The Compass Rose. It will allow you to move quicker between enemies and flee a little more safely, but if you get tied up with a single unwavering target the 100% damage increase will help you move along nicely. The guaranteed crit damage on the amulet is a huge help too!

For a secondary ring, the given option would be Unity paired with Enchanting Favor equipped on a Templar. Plus Call of the Ancients Together as One gives you incredible amounts of damage reduction.

I've seen other Frenzy barbarian builds equipped with Stalgard's Decimator, which is suitable for a 2H weapon. But I prefer to dual wield. So Oathkeeper and Remorseless are my two one-handed weapons of choice.

Items I use via Kanai's Cube are as follows.
Weapon: Bastion's Revered for the bonus stacks of Frenzy.
Stalgard's Decimator is a viable alternative.
Armor: Depth Diggers will give you even more bonus damage to your Frenzy.
Jewelry: Ring of Royal Grandeur is a must, since I only use 5 pieces of the Immortal King's Triumph set.

Gems:
Gear: Flawless Royal Ruby for Damage.
Flawless Royal Diamond for Toughness.
Helm: Flawless Royal Amethyst.
Weapons: Flawless Royal Emerald.

Legendary Gems:
Simplicity's Strength is essential for yet again more bonus damage on Frenzy.
I find that Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard is useful, giving you a great life regeneration boost and, later, a shield at the start of battles.
Lastly, I tend to lean more towards Bane of the Trapped.
But Bane of the Stricken or Esoteric Alteration are both equally viable.

 

NOTE: I am fully aware that Frenzy Barbs aren't particularly great for speed running high level Greater Rifts, but in Normal Rifts and low Greater Rifts they are great fun!

 

I hope you guys enjoyed my rambling. I hope to hear some feedback and maybe I can make some changes as time goes on. Thanks for reading!