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Apr 23 2026 06:31am
what would be a very endgame barb build with this requeriments?

it has to be to hork and kill in tz 96 groups doing tombruns / chaoruns / baalruns / cowruns because this is what i enjoy the most

must have enigma
and must hork

Could you explain me a Good gear for a barb like this?
105 fcr for good teleporting, maybe dual grieff? or grieff + lastwhisp, or whatever.

also, ww, berseker?

i appreciate if you can explain me build and stats/skills

right now im using a horker with:

2 x hoto - eni - 2sk/10fcr/add ammy - shako - raven + naguel - arach - WT - Chance guards

thanks you!
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Apr 23 2026 08:55am
if anyone can help me out with this, i would prefeer WW build after think about it
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Apr 23 2026 02:09pm
If you want to Hork the entirety of tz's you need to pair up with someone slaying demons and just focus on horking and nearly ignoring monsters. I generally go singer build but don't care about my warcry damage so don't put many points into synergyies. Max BO, Max Find item and potion(you can deep dive math on level tiers to hit but I'm a simple man lol). Max Warcry, and put leftover points wherever you want. Full vit build. Looks like you're using a caster/singer barb build and that's exactly what you should be doing atm.

My current build:

Shako w/ um
Enigma
Perf Spirit CS (35%fcr, 55%fhr, vit, mana) - can swap for other items but this is my cheap value pref
Suicide Branch w/ Ist
3warcry ammy w/ some other stat icr
chanceguard
wartrav
arach
nagels, dwarfs, whatever you want honestly.
3wc wep swaps

merc
insight (trust you need it)
fortitude
andariels

this way, at least your merc kills shit lol
this gets you to the 105% fcr breakpoint so you can hork like a madman. your game mates will thank you for the fatty bo. you can effectively kill monsters that aren't physical immune, but don't waste your time doing it. just hork your ass off...

if you want an actual build that can kill shit - do whatever you want tbh just have a hork wep swap and hit the highest fcr breakpoint you can with it. 105% feels amazing. if you want to kill heralds, get access to sigil lethargy and decrepify through rings/wands.

double grief frenzy+ww, single grief + whatever berserk build. both work fine use loh, gores, highlords etc. standard kill shit gear... just feels weird having a slow hork. it feels extremyl inefficient.
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Apr 23 2026 02:12pm
If you want to Hork the entirety of tz's you need to pair up with someone slaying demons and just focus on horking and nearly ignoring monsters. I generally go singer build but don't care about my warcry damage so don't put many points into synergyies. Max BO, Max Find item and potion(you can deep dive math on level tiers to hit but I'm a simple man lol). Max Warcry, and put leftover points wherever you want. Full vit build. Looks like you're using a caster/singer barb build and that's exactly what you should be doing atm.

My current build:

Shako w/ um
Enigma
Perf Spirit CS (35%fcr, 55%fhr, vit, mana) - can swap for other items but this is my cheap value pref
Suicide Branch w/ Ist
3warcry ammy w/ some other stat icr
chanceguard
wartrav
arach
nagels, dwarfs, whatever you want honestly.
3wc wep swaps

merc
insight (trust you need it)
fortitude
andariels

this way, at least your merc kills shit lol
this gets you to the 105% fcr breakpoint so you can hork like a madman. your game mates will thank you for the fatty bo. you can effectively kill monsters that aren't physical immune, but don't waste your time doing it. just hork your ass off...

if you want an actual build that can kill shit - do whatever you want tbh just have a hork wep swap and hit the highest fcr breakpoint you can with it. 105% feels amazing. if you want to kill heralds, get access to sigil lethargy and decrepify through rings/wands.

double grief frenzy+ww, single grief + whatever berserk build. both work fine use loh, gores, highlords etc. standard kill shit gear... just feels weird having a slow hork. it feels extremyl inefficient.


very appreciated for you info, i ll take a look tomorrow with more time and invest about it, because i was considering this: double grief frenzy+ww, single grief + whatever berserk build. both work fine use loh, gores, highlords etc. standard kill shit gear... but then.. "just feels weird having a slow hork. it feels extremyl inefficient." this scares me
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Apr 23 2026 09:14pm
I gold find with 415%ed thunder maul. 1390 damage.
2 life steal gold find rings cot enigma gold wrap chance guard. Works good for me.
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Apr 23 2026 11:22pm
When it comes to barb , player count is kinda important. Compared to warlock, nova sorc, java etc a barb just doesn‘t have insane damage no matter the build.

But barb has the same Tele-frames as a sorc and he has find item , giving him double loot and the strongest magic-find builds for lower player counts.

There is the good old zerker that focuses on elite sniping. He stacks big amounts of mf but only kills the elites themselves. Aoe damage is non existent

But I would realy recommend singer for lower player counts . He actualy has aoe , enough damage for p1-p3 if build correctly , Tele and hork frames of a sorc and is basicly immortal since everything is stunned around you all the time.

If you want to get your speed on the next level, you can even go 200 fcr barb

My last barb was built to reach 205 fcr. This way I had the 200 fcr breakpoint to Tele and kill on main weapons and still kept 105 fcr on switch for fast horking with double ist-swords.

Setup I used:

Armor: Enigma, of course
Helmet: Griffon with protector stone -10 res 35 mf. Looks weird but it’s the only way to get 205 fcr
Gloves: magefist
Belt: arach
Boots: war traveler
Rings : 2x 10 fcr/mf/mana / adds ring
Amu: 2/20/mf amu

Main weapons : 2x suicide branch isted
Weapon switch: 2x 6isted crystal swords

Inventory : phys sunder with - enemy res /mf , torch, ani, gheeds, some war cry skillers and 7mf/mana + 7mf/res charms .

Merc: act 2 prayer with insight . Don’t go frost or you will loose corpses

This setup gave me :
205 fcr and ~500 mf on main switch
105 fcr and ~850 mf on hork switch

So you Tele around cast warcry and kill things at THE FASTEST speed in the game at 500 mf and then hork with the second fastest frame in the game and 850 mf

Most people say 200 fcr is not worth it but I disagree. With 800+ mf you don’t realy need another 40 mf from chanceguards or 30 from a gheed belt and definitly can use fcr items there.

200 is „just“ one frame faster but this one frame comes in play for every skill you use. Your warcry is faster , your Tele is faster and your hork on switch is also faster than on a normal build. This adds up over farming sessions A LOT.

To me this is the best mf build you can make for low player counts. And unlike zerker you actualy can kill everything not just the single elites.
Tele and singing at max speed and horking at 105 with max mf feels craaaazy good.

Getting great fcr rings / 2/20 amu with good mana AND mf is hard. 7mf/mana charms etc aren’t cheap also. But if you can get it 200 fcr singer is insane for low player farming.

It is super mana hungry, so depending on your gear you might need to invest in energy a bit. But singer barbs are basicly immortal , so that’s not a big deal .


For p8 I saw a a hybrid that’s using a 105 fcr singer on main switch and goes for last wish and whirlwind on second slot to kill heralds and stuff with crushing blow. But haven’t tried myself .
Guess I would still not go barb for p8

Pure support horker is awseome of course if you play in groups. Or even when playing solo. Just run after the nova sorcs and hork what they leave on the ground :)

Edit: cause pm asked I‘ll list my sources that got me that much mf:

Inventory: I only used 4 skillers to have 2 more Collums for mf sc‘s:
13x 7 mf small charms: 91 mf
Gheed: 40 mf
Phys sunder : 22 mf

Protector stone in griff: 35 mf
Enigma 99 mf
War traveler 50 mf
2/20 amu: 30 mf
1x fcr ring : 20 mf
1x fcr ring 25 mf
2x ist suicide branch : 60

Overall: 472 magic find on main weapons

On switch: 2x 6 isted swords —-> + 360 mf, giving me 832 magic find on hork switch with 105 fcr hork speed


This post was edited by Junglist69 on Apr 24 2026 12:12am
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