Frenzy Barbarian guide!

[Ricky]

The Ultimate PvM Axe Frenzy Barb
By: xXdeliciousXx@jsp


Table of Contents:
1.) Why a Frenzy Barb?
2.) Gear.
3.) Skill Allocation.
4.) Stat Points Placement.
5.) Mercenary & Additional Info.




1.) Why a Frenzy Barb?
A
Frenzy Barbarian allows you to yield two weapons and achieve very high
attack speed and damage levels relatively easily. With such fast attack
speed and high damage, Frenzy Barbs are ideal for concentrating their
power onto one boss and taking him down easily, or for spreading the
damage over several targets. With high enough life and mana leech,
Frenzy Barbs virtually never are in need of healing or mana potions.
They are able to tank their way through any obstacles, and with the
right equipment, even able to take down physical immune (I'll get back
to that point later on in the guide.) Also, they make good keyrunner's,
as they are able to take down Countess, Summoner, or Nihlathak quickly
and easily.

At level 89, my Frenzy Barb has:
-5.6k+ life with bo
-400+ mana with bo (base energy)
-Close to 15k defense with shout (and no shield)
-Holy Freeze Aura, Might Aura from Merc, and Concentration Aura from Merc.
-5k double swing damage, and nearly 10k Frenzy damage.
-Perfect Resists in Hell


In
perspective, Frenzy Barbs are built to be leech tanks that can demolish
anything in their way very quickly. They are also quite enjoyable to
play with as well. I highly suggest you try to make one, and I hope my
guide is able to help you :]




2.) Gear.
For this section, I would like to keep it open to many options. That being said, in bold is the gear that I use, then in parentheses after it are other options you can have. Options that are in italics
are cheaper options that still prove very effective. Items that are
underlined are runewords. After the parentheses is my explanation for
why I use what I use, it's pro's / con's, and and further details on
what else you may use.


Weapons - Ethereal Breath of the Dying Berzerker Axe, and Doom Berzerker Axe (Ethereal Oath Berzerker Axe, Butcher's Pupil Cleaver, Guardian Naga Naga, Runemaster Ettin Axe, Death Cleaver Berzerker Axe, Fury Berserker Axe, Honor Berserker Axe, Silence Berserker Axe, Beast Berserker Axe, Ethereal Eternity Berserker Axe, Famine Berserker Axe, Death Berserker Axe, Grief Berserker Axe, Last Wish Berserker Axe)

Personally,
I believe that at least one ebotdz is a key part of a Frenzy Barb. It's
got all the mods you're looking for, like life leech, mana leech, stat
points, high damage and attack speed, and the poison nova casting,
which is a big part in killing physical immunes. Equipping two ebotdz
would definitely make a very good Frenzy Barb. I use a Doom runeword
Berserker too, mainly for the high damage/attack speed, and the very
important level 12 Holy Freeze Aura when equipped. This is crucial in
both damaging and slowing monsters in an area, perventing them from
getting to you and attacking you too fast. The +2 skills and other mods
are also very nice. As for other weapons, look for high damage and
attack speed first, then go to other mods like leech and such. If you
are looking for cheaper alternatives, look up a nice easy to make
runeword, like Honor or Wind. They too can be very effective with your
Frenzy Barb. Also, on switch, I use 2x +3 warcries one handed weapons.
This is crucial to do, and very cheap, for it boosts your BO hugely.


Body Armor - Superior Wire Fleece Fortitude (Chains of Honor, Enigma, Duress, Gloom, Stone, Up'd Shaftstop, Atma's, Corpsemourn, Black Hades, Gladiator's Bane, Leviathan, Black Hades, Tyrael's Might.)

For
armor, Fortitude is definitely the way to go. With it's high defense,
enhanced damage, resists, life, damage reduction, and damage to mana,
it won't let you down. Chains of Honor is also a good resist armor, and
Enigma is a good call if you need big strength bonuses, or you just
want to teleport.


Helm - Arreat's Face Slayer Guard (Demonhorn's Edge, Halaberd's Reign, Vampire Gaze, Crown Of Thieves, Veil of Steel, Crown of Ages, Giant Skull, Delirium BO Helm)

Again
here, Arreat's is your best all around bet. Skills, High defense, Life
Leech, Attack Rating, Resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, and
strength/dexterity, all render Arreats as the number one choice. I
jeweled mine with an Enhanced damage (with other mods) jewel, but also
feel free to Um it if you feel you don't have enough resists, or put
whatever you want in it. Some people say to Cham your arreats for the
Cannot Be Frozen mod, however, my Frenzy Barb uses a Raven Frost that
has that mod, so you should definitely use one too, and refrain from
inserting a Cham rune into your Arreat's.


Belt - Verdungo's Hearty Coil Mithril Coil (String of Ears, Any rare belt with good mods, Nosferatu's Coil, Immortal King's Belt)

Verdungo's
is a great choice here, with it's faster hit recovery, HUGE vitality
bonus, high defense, and damage reduction. It's the perfect belt to use
for your Frenzy Barb. However, if you'd like more leech and you're low
on dough, String of Ears (especially up'd) makes a great belt. It too
has very useful mods you can explore with.


Gloves - Up'd Venom Grips (Twice Up'd Bloodfists, Hellmouths, Dracul's Grasp, Soul Drainers, Steelrend's, Immortal King Gloves, Rare IAS / leech / other modded gloves)

I'm
a fan of Venom Grips because they're cheap and easy to get, and still
have very useful mods. Life leech, crushing blow, enhanced damage, and
resists make them a great addition. Probably the best choice for gloves
overall, however, are the slightly more expensive Dracul's. They've got
even more of what you need, especially some bigtime leech, that all is
very important. Don't be afraid to be creative here if you have some
rare gloves that you think have the mod's you need. You can work with
alot. :]


Boots - Sandstorm Treks Scarabshell Boots (Up'd Gorefoots, Up'd Goblin Toe's, Gore Riders, Infernostrides, Rare modded boots)

I
use Treks mainly for the very paramount strength and vitality bonuses.
They're one of the Items that can help you to not have to invest as
many points into strength, that you can then put towards vitality and
thus more life. Gore's are also a good choice with Crushing Blow, so
don't be afraid to go with them, and Up them for some extra defense.


Jewelry - Angelic Wing's Amulet, Angelic Halo Ring, and Raven Frost Ring (The Cat's Eye, Metalgrid,
Atma's Scarab, Highlord's Wrath, Crafted or Rare Modded Amulet with
+Barb Skills, Bul Kathos Ring, Nature's Peace Ring, Rare modded ring.)

Dirt
cheap, but so important. Angelic Amulet, along with 1x Angelic Ring,
give your character a much needed HUGE attack rating bonus, as well as
dexterity and life. They're easy to get and very important to have for
a Frenzy Barb that needs to have high accuracy in hitting his targets.
The Raven Frost Ring too is very important, with it's bigtime dexterity
and Attack Rating mods, and the very important Cannot Be Frozen mod I
mentioned earlier. I think that this ring/amulet combination is the
most effective way to go, and it's also very cheap and easy to get.
Great news for you, bad news for monsters.


Inventory

What
you want to keep in your inventory is basically what you'd expect for
any melee character, and may contain all or any of the following charms:
-Barbarian Hellfire Torch (High Stats)
-Annihilus Small Charm (High Stats)
-Max Damage/Attack Rating/Life Small Charms
-Poison Small Charms
-Faster Hit Recovery Small Charms
-Warcry Grand Charms with life or goldfind mods (I take warcry over Barb Combat GC's, but that's just me.)




3.) Skill Allocation.

I
have spent alot of time trying to figure out what Skill Trees to work
with to make the most effective Frenzy Barb, and I believe what I have
to be a very good strategy to allocate your skill points. Hopefully
you'll agree too.

20 Points into Axe Mastery
20 Points into Battle Orders
20 Points into Double Swing
20 Points into Frenzy

One point into:
-Bash (pre-req)
-Leap
-Double Throw (pre-req)
-Increased Stamina
-Increased Speed
-Iron Skin
-Natural Resists (I put 2 points into it to reach the cap, and it got me up to just enough for full resists.)
-Howl (pre-req)
-Taunt* (Adds damage to Frenzy Attack, 1 point is important to put into here.)
-Shout (pre-req and more)
-Battle Command

Rest of your points fill into:
-Shout
-Increased Speed if you desire




4.) Stat Points Placement.

This
is quite simple. A Frenzy Barb wants to have enough strength and
dexterity to use his equipment, and no more. The rest of your points,
pump into Vitality. Be careful not to use too many strength or
dexterity points, because they'll only go to waste.

My Base Stat Values (No Items Equipped):
Strength: 62
Dexterity: 30
Vitality: 438
Energy: 10


With Items Equipped:
Strength: 154
Dexterity: 139
Vitality: 548
Energy: 69




5.) Mercenary & Additional Info.
The
Attack Damage of a Frenzy Barb is by no means limited to just what he
is wearing. A correctly equipped act 2 mercenary can make a huge
improvement in your Barb's damage and PvM abilities. For my Barb, I use
an Act II Nightmare Offensive Mercenary, who has a Might Aura that
increases his and your own attack damage. This is a hugely important
bonus that will help your Frenzy Barb Alot, so I suggest an Act II
Nightmare Offensive (Might Aura) Mercenary. Also, by himself, your
Mercenary will be very helpful in killing off monsters and distracting
bosses.

My Mercenary uses the following equipment, all of which
is pretty expensive. The Items in the parentheses after the initial
item are other good choices for your mercenary.


Weapon
- Ethereal, Superior Pride Runeword Colossus Voulge. (Other choices
include: Bonehew, Infinity, Insight, Ethereal Breath of the Dying
Polearm Weapon, Rift, Obedience, Doom, Tomb Reaver)

The Pride
Runeword, although slightly expensive to make, has a mod that is a
gigantic boost to your Barb's attack. A Mercenary equipped with a Pride
weapon has a level 16-20 Concentration Aura, which even further
increases your Barb's damage, and also increases the mercenary's. Any
other high damage polearms are also good choices, sometimes for cheaper.


Armor
- Ethereal Fortitude Sacred Armor (Other Choices Include: Corpsemourn,
Stone, Duress, Gloom, Chains of Honor, Ethereal Shaftstop, Ethereal
Leviathan.)

If made out of a glitched ethereal armor, a high
fortitude can reach upwards of 3,000-4,000 defense. Along with it's
resists, life, and enhanced damage mods, it's the perfect Mercenary
Armor. Anything else that's high defense, and preferably ethereal is
also a good choice.


Helm - Ethereal Andarial's Visage (Vampire Gaze, Crown of Thieves, Nadir Runeword, Ethereal Crown Of Ages, Delirium Runeword)

Andarial's
Visage is a very good mercenary helm, especially when ethereal, that
has all the important mods and high defense that your mercenary needs.
Definitely your best bet for maximum effectiveness.



Playing
strategy with a Frenzy Barb is pretty simple. Set your left-click
normal attack as double swing (good for when you're mana burned and
need to leech some back), and your right hand skill as Frenzy. With
enough leech, your Frenzy Barb can tank nearly anything, and won't need
much potion assistance. I keep my belt stocked with full juvies for
when I need a quick heal, but I rarely have to use them. With your +3
warcries sticks on your switch weapons, make sure that before every run
you cast Battle Orders, Battle Command, and Shout for yourself and for
any other members that are in your party, which add the huge life,
skill, and defense bonuses.


In the end, I hope that
this guide was able to assist anyone that is looking into making a
Frenzy Barb, and that it's useful and helpful. Thank you for reading my
guide, and I will be glad to make changes, updates, or answer any
questions you may have that I might have left in the dark. :]


Ricky : This is not my guide, I would just like to show people the various ways of putting the barbarian together piece by piece.

[Crai]

I prefer um/berd guilames over arreats any day
makes uber ( and pvm) far more easier.

Gores > treks
Dracs > everything else

[Ricky]

Didn't they put dracs on there? That's what I use

And I use treks for str/vit

Guilames is ugly, so I go ber'd arreats

[the_pillo]

he he frenzy barb and zeal pally were always my favorite... although i never though of using mana leech, that would get rid of the use of potions. maybe i will have to dig up a new key and see how it goes lol

[Crai]

[Ricky]

Lol I've always been a big fan of arreats, even though I used to use guillames for ubers on my smiter when I first started out on the ladder.

[Will1]

nice build, thanks

[Ultima1]

i will use it

[romanceisdead]

i like.

[XBUDSMOKAHX]

This guide helped me out a lot, thanks a lot man 11/10

[neo]

um bud smokah, this is an old guide
+ its crappy.
5.6k life is Terrible
fort/dungo/treks=epic fail

[Vitan]

I had frenzy barb in past, very nice monster and very funny to play
Most people just said wow OO this is a killing machine! Its amazing to watch and good thing to play, also was fun for dueling... wasnt too hard to kill some smites

[Cinemax]

[iGame]

i like build! will try and let you know result!

[Swartor]

nice build gj

[winghaven]

nice - I used this time ago

[ajronmen]

good job

[rotto]

nice one

[MAX]

wery nice i try to make this today

[Melcma_Fajny_Mis]

10/10