what is the best barb to farm trav/hork on budget
started hc few days ago
wanted to try a barb horker and idnt got any items(good)

what is your setup skill and items wich type is best for trav

thx

2x dwarf = all dmg from hydras is negated
SS = safer for HC, at least for budget
Use berserk
Grief PB, 42 ias total
either 32+ ias grief + goldwrap
or 30+ ias grief + either HL or LoH

yea I mean really budget didnt have grief now, and berzerk dont remove defense for a period of time ?

It removes defense, but you can still block. Max block is plenty enough since you're negating hydras with dwarf stars

This post was edited by treehead01 on May 10 2026 12:42pm

you for sure want to use berserk to run trav. oath in good eth base is strong before you have grief. mega budget would be something like an unbending will

What about singer? What would be bare minimum to somewhat comfortably farm on hc? Last ladder i struggled a lot early game (by early i mean straight after finishing/getting to a5 campaign) to farm and i spend way too much time gearing myself before starting trav runs, wanna get better for this ladder.

What kind of budget?
I use a singer, but my gear is top-tier because I do p7 tz farming (solo).
But if you want to do p1-p3, budget builds will work just fine.
Advantage is that you can get 75% hork in a super safe and fast build.

This post was edited by unitedcows on May 14 2026 02:31am

Just basic caster gear.

Spirit x2 (eventually hotox2), shako/+skills circlet, fcr skills mana amulet, fcr rings with mana, frost burns, belt and boots whatever you're missing on resists. Warcries GCs as you get them and +mana small charms.

A5 bash Merc with amp will make your life a lot easier. Stun everything once and spam warcry when amp procs. A2 insight until then.

Sounds good, thanks.

At around 1800 mana you can drink 4x super mana pots and hold down warcry for about a minute if you aren't using insight. You'll only need to do that for bosses, but just putting into context that insight isn't mandatory.