Quote (Schmeden @ May 10 2026 09:58am)

Two options:

a Steel shade + coh

b Steel shade + guardian angel

- If you don´t have enigma steel shade + guardian angel.

- Socket rals if u want it to survive conviction slightly better. Can also do combo with ral + um for 75 all, works too.

- Make sure steel shade has a good sorb roll.

Quote (Mugen_hrg @ 10 May 2026 11:39)

i will test this sir!

talking about horker gear, whats the super early gear and the super end game one?

i would like to move to travincal runs asap once ladder starts

Quote (Schmeden @ May 10 2026 06:55pm)

This is my take on build "tiers":

starter gear would probably be oath, skullders (mdr, mf), dwarfs(mdr,sorb,gf) etc.. MDR is very good vs many tiny hits (hydra). Work with what u find or can get cheap.

mid= dual grief ww or 1h grief zerk

endgame = throw barb with renewed bone break, new gem, leech, max/ar/life or max/ar(mf/gf).

imo why throw is the best once u have charms + faith + eth throw weapons. Council is often lined up so u basically murder them with high dmg and pierce, ww and zerk don´t even come close to killspeed. and they pile up nicely for hork, no annoying ww or extensive moving around, just turret em. Can even do dual warshrike over lac + warshrike if u hate fear, u kill even phys immune quickly due to the new -phys res on gem + charm.

Quote (Schmeden @ May 10 2026 07:36pm)

If u are looking for runes it´s best to optimize for killspeed IMO.
The only two things that matter for finding high runes are:
- runs per hour
- hork chance

Focusing on goldfind is good for gambling but not for expected value, especially early ladder since u get less runs/more gamble = less runes.
For endgame/nl it depends on what u want also, u can go oldschool full goldfind if u want, can just have different setups.
Personally I always prioritize runs per hour, it´s good for runes, crafting(gems) and rares. I might be biased here because of melee, but you can´t gamble a rare e-rep helm or weapon, only drop.

About oath base, any eth base works but I guess speed [0] is easy to build around. Haven´t theorycrafted the budget-options so much.

Offhand I like to use dual hoto for hork speed plus find item chance = more runes and items, you get MF from renewed bone break, gheeds, enigma, new colossal gem + a few charms. my throw barb has 200 mf atm. Remember more runs = higher chance to find items too, and MF/GF doesn´t matter for runes.

Edit: I´d use oath with ss and stat maxblock + extra str for more damage. U dont need 5k hp to hork trav, 3k is enough. The old rule "str only for gear" is not optimal for killspeed.

Quote (Schmeden @ May 11 2026 12:35am)

arreat with new protector stone jewel
eth lacerator
eth warshrike
enigma
highlords
laying of hands
razortail (also got arach in stash)
horazon's legacy boots
ring1 10fcr/manaleech/lifeleech/ar
ring2 a failed "melee ring" 119 ar/ 3ll / 21 str / 15 life / 15 mana / 10 all res

inventory:
torch/anni
renewed bone break with ED (minus enemy phys res might be better, dunno yet)
gheed
max/ar/life charms and a few max/ar (fine small charm of vita and fine small charm of craftmanship)

also have a second eth warshrike in stash, sometimes i use dual warshrike over lac + warshrike if i dont want the fear-effect of lacerator. mostly using lac + warshrike.

the cheapest inventory you can get is probably max/ar/life grand charms, I only use sc:s like 3/15/20 since I gradually upgraded my gm-melee-paladin and have lots of spares. got some large charms like 6/48/33 too.

Hard points at level 93:
197 base dex
61 base str
292 base vita

It's never even close to dying in trav and can handle tier 5 heralds. If I level it up more I will put more dex.


509-4767 Double throw dmg mainhand
1684-4010 Double throw dmg offhand
16781 attack rating.
3588 life.

Skills:
You can play around here, I find myself never using leap for example. Some ppl like to put 1p battlecry but i cba :)
You won´t need 7p battle orders really, could do one point and get higher find item. Iam at 72% on swap with dual hoto, could go for 75%. I haven´t fully optimized this for trav but if I did it would be 1p battle orders and probably even more dex.

max:
throwing mastery/double throw/double swing, find potio

1 point:
leap, leap attack, frenzy, natural resistance, iron skin, increased stamina, increased speed, battle command

6points:
find item

7 points:
battle orders

merc:
faith matriarchal bow
guardian angel (ral)
steel shade (ral)

merc for non-travi:
swap helm and armor to andy(ral) / fort

ps, using merc with fire arrow over cold and made sure to have no cold dmg for hork..