Lvl 85 zerker

Head: Rockstopper with Topaz
Armor: Wealth in any hell base
Main weapon: Oath in any 4os eth hell blade (Balrog, Highland, Conquest, Cryptic), Rhyme in Hyperion
Swap: 2 Gul daggers
Low: IK gloves, belt, boots
Amulet & Rings: Angelic combo + Dwarf star
Inv: any random charms

a2 Merc w Blessed aim aura we're getting enought AR to hit almost everything.
Head: Tal Rasha w Topaz
Weapon: Obedience in any hell base
Armor: Hustle in any hell base

Skills:
Berserk (20), Blade Mastery (20), Battle Orders (20), Howl (11) - his damage source
Find Item (8), Find Potion (3) - his loot source
Natural Resistance (5) - his res
Leap (1) - his mobility

DMG - 1-5k, AR - 15+k. Enough to hit and farm everything on p1 (except Ubers and Dclone)
MF - 200 w random Gheeds.
LIFE: 3,3k MANA: 200

Required runes are farmed from Countess \ trade sites:
Eth, Tir, Eld, Thul - Countess (normal)
Ko (3), Fal (1), Lum (1), Hel (1), Shael (3) - Countess (nightmare)
Mal (1), Pul (1), Lem (1) - Countess (hell)

Any ideas to make it even cheaper?

Overall a decent build! Couple of changes I would make (with budget in mind) would be :

Gear

Helm : IK helm with 2x ptopaz - 2 warcries, much more mf/gf, can swap out sockets for anything you'd like. Rock stopper is okay but you aren't planning on tanking too much with Howl.

Weapon : Oath is obviously your first "staple" but Hustle in a 4os legendary mallet is great too, only needs a touch more ias with burst of speed active for the highest breakpoint and the damage is great for the cost if you can't get a mal.

Off-hand : 6x mf jewel phase blade/rhyme - Rhyme is great for CBF but can be inconsistent, if you are horking with the switch then you can still be chilled/frozen. Warcry/howl is your friend here for targeting elites. Not worth going for max block to be honest as Howl/Warcry deal with groups of mobs.

Belt : Goldwrap - Get it upped when you can for the extra belt slot, a lot more mf/gf as well as extra ias.

Boots : Aldurs or frw/res boots are great for res. If I don't need the res then I would stick with the ik for the 25% mf on 2 piece bonus (also +2 combat skills on 3 piece bonus).

Amulet + rings : Angelics isn't really needed at level 89+ as your hit chance largely depends on your character level. Highlords can be expensive early on so I would use the rising sun for running chaos. Magic/rare with mf and res can be fine here. Raven Frost is needed ASAP for 1 slot and the other can be something with res or dwarf star.

Merc

A5 Merc : Lawbringer in Legend sword, tals mask with Ral and gladiator's bane/treachery. - I use this merc for farming chaos when I start ladder, Sanctuary aura stun-locks all undead enemies (I.e 2/3rds) within a screen radius making it so much safer early on. Definitely more for a whirlwind build but the decrepify slow is nice for bosses and groups.

A2 Merc with prayer : Insight in any 4os base, Cure, Treachery/Gladiator's bane. All 3 auras stack and benefit from each other. Very rarely dies if I don't pay attention as his life just regens super fast, occasionally I'll have to give him a pot. You basically have a permanent super healing potion effect and no longer have to deal with poison or curses.

Skills

Mostly the same, just put 1 point in leap attack to jump across the river of flame to chaos Sanctuary (has a much further range than 1 point leap).

Howl works great, I do enjoy 1 point of warcry too as it has it's uses (baal waves in groups for example).

This post was edited by thegodishere on Jan 21 2024 12:59am

actually a good idea