I guess its a play style thing, whether you like skipping mobs or not. I think the amp speed increase almost negates any cost of extra zoning for repairs

sums it up perfect ww / singer / that gavel build they all work fine

I think I found a better route, depending on your load times its faster to just use act 3 to repair, because in act 3 you can run while loading, while in a 4 running while loading doesn't save you too much time. By only using act 3 you don't have to TP at the end, so you can just quit the game after you kill, and saves a few vendor trips this way too.

This also makes enigma more important, and you prob want to max run walk too.

This post was edited by Vessy123 on Nov 17 2021 10:59pm

Yeah I mention Spellsteel in the guide. It's the awkward alternative to Gavel, but it's fine; also has built-in Tele so it's sweet on a budget or early in Ladder. Decrep is just so much worse than Amp Damage, but it can serve its purpose.


Yep! Demon Limb is sweet either way, but it does become overkill. It's still great to use vs. P3-P7 for instance, or alternatively park an Enchantress in your game.


Maybe load times change something? Running while loading you can kinda do in Trav (pre-teleport even to get close to Council before buffing). I'd be curious to see it in action if you have the time.


I haven't run many other experiments, but the timer varies from 60s to 90s nowadays, it seems, depending on server load. It was always 60s, then always 90s, now it seems to vary. The timer seems worse when EU gets more active (5AM~ EST in North America)
Sometimes I end a game and there's 40 seconds left on the timer, sometimes there's the usual 5-15, so it's clear we're under varying server load.

There is always the option to go absolutely FULL Goldfind & play super, super, super cautiously with Leap, with slower runs, when the timer is preventing you from getting good gold otherwise. https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/dp0106zf#12
This is an effective 3.1k~ goldfind on the Merc.

This post was edited by Exokek on Nov 18 2021 04:34am

Just wanted to take the time and thank you for the well written (it sparked quite a few laughs) and comprehensive guide, filled with detailed explanations!

I can attest: It works (clears fast & consistent), and it's much more fun than any other GF build I played so far. What I did notice is if you want consistency, you'd have to make sure your merc's damage is sufficient and that means a non-eth ariocs simply won't cut it. I tried, many times, and it just is not enough dmg, even with a perfect non-eth +4/230% ED. So maybe you should update this part of the guide and stress that even more.



I got me one of these Coronets and I can't stress this enough: This was by far the sinlge MOST valuable update I did to my barb. That 20fcr just makes so much difference in how fluent you can play this and the fun really starts there. Of course, having a gg +2 skills/20fcr/80gf/teleport amu will make this obsolet, but if you can affort such thing, you really don't need a goldbarb after all

This post was edited by kartoffelheinz on Nov 18 2021 06:51am

That's interesting. I've done a test recently for a friend and it's still fine. What's the rest of the setup? I might need to redo some more, with various setups.
There's a video example at the bottom where I showcase non-Eth Arioc's + Tal Rasha's + Gladiator's Bane.

At lower gear levels I 100% recommend using Demon Limb for the attack rating, to guarantee that rather than landing big hits when and if they get through, you instead ALWAYS hit.

This post was edited by Exokek on Nov 18 2021 07:53am

I had little problems running, from 81-85, with a +3 noneth/186ed Amn'd ariocs with duress and tals helm. Wasnt completing every run in 60secs but for 15fg total was just fine. Ish was really the only issue, and only a few times, I may have needed a third amp, but that was usually due to me messing something up. Also was not running with a Demon Limb.

This post was edited by x_shadower_x on Nov 18 2021 08:11am

Well it's interesting you both had no trouble. Well maybe I had lots of bad luck with mob adds or did something else wrong. My merc was already 86 at that time, I'm playing with 10LL Ral'd Andy and Eth Gladiators with 15allres and the Arioc's was Amn'd.

Yeah, I was continously 90 seconds for my tests yesterday which led me to focus on more gf over clear speed.

Any math on merc attack rating available? I know you're using Demon Limb for the AR so I'm wondering if you've actually looked into it. Wondering if getting Emilio a Visionary circlet might be worth it for effective DPS, but I can't find any info on Merc Attack rating.