Glitch Build 1 - Dex Glitch Wolf Barb
A melee build for mainly for PVM including CBaal MF & Über. Dexterity Glitch can let a Werewolf Barbarian get 3F attack speed (animation) and 4F actual attack dmg with Grief or Last Wish Runewords, even under Decrepify curse or Frozen aura.

Chaos Baal Trav Ancient Shenk runs (single player Hell) & Über (US East NL softcore) in the video below:
Weapons used - Grief and dex glitch PB



Intro
The Feral Rage attack speed of a wolf barbarian is 5F when he's equipped with a 31%~40% ias roll PB Grief, and would be 6F if the Grief is a 30% ias roll.
S1 told me his PB Grief + Beast combo can boost attack speed besides the ed% and AR. Definitely everyone admits the ed% & AR part for sure, but in this situation, the Fanaticism aura cannot help barb break the speed to next level (4F).

For ppl who like fast attack speed (3F ~ 4F) w/ meaningful dmg (not just put Shaels in white PB), there're several common ways:
1. 3F Griswold WP: put 4x Shael runes in Griswold's Redemption to get really fast speed, dmg is average, and u need to pay the repair gold
2. 4F Griswold WP: put 4x 15%ias + ed% jewels magic jewels in it, just a little bit higher dmg, that's it
3. 4F godly rare efool PB: 2 sokets 40ias eth Fool's PB w/ a Shael and a ias+ed jewel (75% ias total), u will get crazy AR, indestructable wp. Just unrealistic and costy for low end players like myself

4. Topic: using the dex glitch to let a PB Grief get the same speed as above (str glitch similar will post next)

Attack speed + Comparison list
b4 talking about details and gears of this build, let's see the character skill level and how attack speed works on Feral Rage of wolf barb build:

Werewolf skill: level 7
6 points are from Wolfhowl helm
1 point is from Anni
No Battle Command yet, just use level 7 here

*off wp ias - like many other posts said and argued, Feral Rage and Fury attack speed mainly depend on weapon base speed and ias mods, the off wp ias still can help small limited amount.
Werewolf - it gives an increase to Attack speed
from wp - like base ias (for example, PB is -30%) and ias mod (for example, Grief got 40% ias mod)

Here're the comparison list, some of them are just purely for speed reference, some are commonly wolf barb wps, some others are not effective but ppl showed me in game
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WEAPON NAME ............. | SOCKET .............................. | WP IAS .................... | BASE SPEED & IAS MOD | ATTACK SPEED
Phase Blade ...................... 5x Shael ................................ 5x20=100 ................... -30%-100% ...................... 3F
Phase Blade ...................... 4x ed-ias jewel + 2x Shael ....... 4x15+2x20=100 .......... -30%-100% ...................... 3F
Griswolds Redemption ........ 4x Shael ................................ 4x20+40=120 .............. -10%-120% ..................... 3F
Griswolds Redemption ........ 4x ed-ias jewel ....................... 4x15+40=100 .............. -10%-100% ..................... 4F
Dex glitch Phase Blade ....... 5x Shael + dex-require jewel .... 5x20=100 ................... -30%-100%
Godly Efool Phase Blade ..... ed-ias jewel + Shael ................ 15+20+40=75 ............. -30%-75% ....................... 4F
BOTD Phase Blade ............. RW ........................................ 60 .............................. -30%-60% ....................... 5F
Tomb Reaver ..................... 3x Shael ................................ 3x20+60=120 ............. 10%-120% ....................... 5F
Tomb Reaver ..................... 3x ed-ias jewel ....................... 3x15+60=105 ............. 10% - 105% ..................... 5F
Grief Phase Blade ............... RW ....................................... 31 ~ 40 Roll ................ -30%-(31~40)% ............... 5F
Grief Phase Blade ............... RW ....................................... 30 Roll ........................ -30%-30% ....................... 6F
BOTD Berserker Axe ........... RW ....................................... 60 .............................. 0-60% ............................. 6F
BOTD Ghost Spear ............. RW ........................................ 60 .............................. 0-60% ............................. 7F
BOTD Great Polearm ........... RW ....................................... 60 .............................. 0-60% ............................. 7F
IK Maul ............................. 2x Shael ................................ 2x20+40=80 ............... 10-80% ........................... 7F
IK Maul ............................. 2x ed-ias jewel ....................... 2x15+40=70 ............... 10-70% ........................... 7F
Bonehew ........................... 2x Shael ................................ 2x20+30=70 ............... 0-70% ............................. 7F
Bonehew ........................... 2x ed-ias jewel ....................... 2x15+30=60 ............... 0-60% ............................. 7F
Upped Ribcracker ............... Shael ..................................... 20+50=70 .................. 10-70% ........................... 7F
Upped Ribcracker ............... ed-ias jewel ............................ 15+50=65 .................. 10-65% ........................... 7F
Upped Ribcracker ............... Zod ........................................ 50 ............................. 10-50% ........................... 8F
BOTD War Pike .................. RW ......................................... 60 ............................. 20-60% ........................... 8F
BOTD Thunder Maul ........... RW ......................................... 60 ............................. 20-60% ........................... 8F
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Attack speed calculator - https://d2.lc/IAS/

Items Need
Wolfhowl - 1st core thing, stat as high as possible like +6 Werewolf
PB Grief - ias doesn't matter, even a trashy roll will work good
6os PB - white base 6 sockets
5x Shael
1x rare jewel w/ +dex -requirement mods - ez to find even on junk ones
then make the 2nd core thing - dex glitch PB: put 5x Shael & the jewel in the 6os PB



Dex Glitch Steps
1. Put on all ur items except PB Grief & dex glitch PB
2. Reset (Akara or Token), add dex points till exactly you can use the dex glitch PB (due to the -15 requirement mod), hold it
3. Keep adding dex points carefully until 136, equip the Grief PB (1st try can be exactly 136, actually can add more, depends on how many dex+ on jewel, check Supplement -> Azurewrath)
4. finish other attributes and skills setting.
5. go out of town, BO
6. switch wps (even if u've done it, had better do it again, switch to BO then switch back)
7. Start using Feral Rage to attack monsters, feel the attack speed & dmg
<To make my redundant not more redundant I will put details about how dex / str glitch works in the future post individually, more glitch builds (boxer barb, str glitch etc) on the way>

Build Styles
<Can directly jump to 4th to start>
Build 1: dmg style
Helm: Wolfhowl (6/6/6, use 40%ed jewel as example for calculation) 15str 40%ed
WP: PB Grief + dex glitch PB 20%DS +400dmg
Arm: Fort (prefer 1.5 life)
Gloves: Steelrend
Belt: crafted OW belt w/ 30str & life & 24fhr 24%FHR 30str 10%OW
Boots: Gore
Amu: Highlord - 35%DS +1 all skill
Ring1: Dual leech ring w/ AR & 20str & res 20str
Ring2: Ravenfrost
magic charm: max dmg charms, 14max-76AR GCs and 4max-20AR SCs, one 451 psn sc - 162max
............ (for recording I don't have 14-76 & 4-20 files, so I use 10-76-45 & 3-20-2str charms, str can add dmg too.) - 117max 18str
Anni & Btorch: 30str, +1 all skill
Merc Skill Aura: *LVL94 or 95 got LVL29 Might Aura right? - 320%ed
Merc WP Aura: Pride, LVL20 Concentration Aura - 345%ed
Sword Masteries: Lvl25 - 30%CS

1065%ed from gear & auras
233%ed from skills, 85%ed from LVL8 Feral Rage b4 Battle Command, 148%ed from Sword Mastery
+133 str
Grief +400 dmg
117 max dmg
70%DS - 30%CS - 25%CB - 20%OW
Pro / Con: decent dmg, can one-shot enermy, but when encounting physical immune unique monsters, have to switch back to human form and use Berserker to kill, in real game just use Reaper toll merc, still enough for 1 hit kill enermies.

Build 2: AR & Life style
Helm: Charm'd Wolfhowl (6/6/6)
WP: PB Grief + dex glitch PB
Arm: Fort (prefer 1.5 life)
Gloves: Soul Drainer (Dual leech, ML is very important)
Belt: Dungo
Boots: Gore
Amu: Angelic Wings
Rings: 2x Angelic Halo
charms: 9x 10-76-45, 9x 3-20-20, 1x 451, Anni & Btorch
Merc Skill Aura: Might Aura
Merc WP: Shael'd Eth Reaper Toll

70%DS - 30%CS - 25%CB - 20%OW
AR: 24.9k+ per se, 33.2k+ after Demon limb enchant
Pro / Con: Just for showing, no need so many AR since it's just a PVM build, I put PVP experience of this AR build in "Supplement" section.

Build 3: Über build
I like trying different setups so I will list the items scope so u can find urs based on setup CB% value.
Helm: Wolfhowl, put Um or @res jewel with good melee mod
WP: PB Grief / LW PB, dex glitch PB
Arm: Fort (prefer 1.5 life) / Duress (OW CB res FHR)
Gloves: Steelrend / Drac / Crafted CB gloves / LOH / Soul Drainer (if u use LW + Goblin Toes, u will get enough CB 85~95 and life tap, if u use Grief then gloves w/ CB)
Belt: crafted 10OW-3LL belt with high str high life / Dungo / String
Boots: Goblin / Goblin Toe
Amu: Mara (be careful ur dex points number! keep it in range) / Metalgrid / Highlord / Atma
Ring1: Dual leech ring w/ AR & 20str & res 20str
Ring2: Ravenfrost / Wisp
magic charm: dmg-ar-life charms, psn sc, resist SC or GC are important for Über Merph
Merc Skill Aura: ur preference, Might or Holy freeze aura

Pro / Con: can get enough CB to kill Bosses (CB range 50~100), better increase ur AR to 10k+. S1 used 5x Shael'd white PB with SS to do Über as well.

Build 4: MF build (my setup when I'm not doing Über, ez to build)
Helm: Wolfhowl (Ist'd or Um'd)
WP: PB Grief + dex glitch PB
Arm: Enigma (FRW & MF & Movability) / Fort
Gloves: Steelrend, (can wear LOH to save points for vita, Soul Drainer if no dual leech ring, ML is important as for Fury Druid)
Belt: Dungo / String / upped Goldwrap
Boots: Gore / War Trav
Amu: Atma (dmg amp is efficient)
Ring1: Dual leech ring w/ AR +str +@res +str (any ML ring is good actually)
Ring2: Ravenfrost / Wisp (if do Baal use wisp for sorb, frozen has no effect on this wolf's attack speed)
Charms: some random or trash melee charms, MF charms, psn charms.
Merc Skill Aura: Might
Merc WP: Shael'd Eth Reaper Toll, can use A5 merc w/ LB / Azure if want.

Pro / Con: wolf barb have tens of surplus skill points, can get at least 7k+ life w/o life charms, 19k~20k more def, w/ the help of Feral Rage LL, safe and good dmg + fast attack. It's dmg is still enough for 1-hit kill most enemies.

Supplement & Tips

Right key attack
Set Feral Rage or other attack skill on right key, such fast run char then can get much more efficiency, something like auto-aim enemy (just like how u set Frenzy Barb).

Bear
If u've finished the build, just prepare a random Beast RW, Werebear ur barb and switch back, works awesome too, higher def, and Werebear attack speed highest bp.

PVP
tried the #2 AR build on D2GA and got killed easily by a wolf barb with white PB + SS (he put Shaels and 40-15ias jewels in), the same principle like shield wwbb kill a non-shield high dmg high ar wwbb easily. So personally I don't think it's fun for PVP.

Azurewrath
one of my favorite wp, kill physical immunes and annoying physical immunes (Pindleskin or some uniques in Trav), not matter what u put on it (Ber or Eth etc), if u wanna use it make a dex glitch wolf, make sure the +attributes mod are low enough (like +5 only), always watch out, don't let the entire dex exceed the range, "cannot use main hand PB w/o the dex glitch PB" is what we should keep.
I tried different PB wp like Grief, LW, Ber'd Azurewrath, and I have to say Grief & LW are way better, Azurewrath can be a good early phase temp(This wolf barb never be killed b4 I equipped him that Ber'd Azurewrath when doing Lilith & Über.)

Str glitch wolf barb
Same principle, just change the dex to str, need a -15 requirement +str jewel to make the str glitch sword, and the main weapon can be eDeath, eOath, LW, or even Grandfather.
Be careful with the +str mod on Wolfhowl, as low as possible, for example, main WP is eth CB Death (142 str require), and u need 129str to wear Wolfhowl, if it is +15str one, 129+15=144 > 142, or u can put a Hel in the socket if u got no good jewel to put.

Conclusion
Grief dmg, 3F attack speed (animation) / 4F attack speed (actual), based on ur gears adjustment, it can have high DS MF for PVM mf or high CB for Über, it's on budget, can build it with pure random trash (trash Grief, trash fort, trash rare dex require jewel, trash Wolfhowl, trash merc, etc), speed lovers and animal lovers can enjoy wolf (3F) or bear (4F) Grief fast attack in one same build.
After start Diablo II journey (lower part of 2019, amost 2 years ago), my elder cousin told me this build after knew I'm playing this old game, It's my first several chars on Bnet (5, 6 or 7th) and one of my favorite build.

Abbr
AR - attack rating
BA - Berserker Axe
CB - crushing blow
CS - critical strike
def - defense
dex - dexterity
dmg - damage
DR - damage reduce
DS - deadly strike
FHR - faster hit recovery
FPA - frames per attack
FRW - faster run walk
IAS - increased attack speed
LL - life leech
ML - mana leech
OW - open wounds
PB - Phase Blade
Res - resistance
RW - Runewords
SS - Stormshield
str - Strength
wp - weapon
WSM - weapon speed modifier
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This post was edited by Ironboar on Jun 3 2021 07:17am

I don't understand dex glitch

THX for reply,
I don't know why I name it in that way either cuz I didn't find anyone talk about this yet. and just wanna distinguish with str glitch.
the wolf will attack w/ main wp (Grief above gloves) and will use 5x Shael'd PB attack speed (above boots)

Never knew this about wolfbarbs.

What do you recommend for skills?

Edit: I just made this build in singleplayer, the 4 frame grief slapping everything around is insane. Thanks for the build.

This post was edited by Dr_Lecter on Jun 3 2021 08:38am

I never knew this myself.
I wanted to make a pvp warcry + wolf/bear druid and tried to wsm bug and stuff. But it always ended up with to low dmg...

If you know exactly how this works it can maby be modified for even higher results.


- Do you use the -requirements/added stat base(wsm) and ias adds?
- which wep deals the dmg and takes the dura penalty?
- can you wsm bug and stuff like that?

Lets say i use a eth beast ettin axe + a 100ias pb with -15/adds.

Will this work?

Its hard to use when we dont know exactly how it works.
Wolfhowl fucks it up for me, so would ideally like to be a bear barb^^

This post was edited by gel87 on Jun 3 2021 01:02pm

Thx for donation man, and I originally planned to put skills adding part in formal youtube vid but it's actually simple:

Warcries skill tree - Max Shout, BO, add 1 point Battle Command
Combat skill tree - None (Reaper / lawbring etc Merc can do the immune job for u), or add 1 point leap but basically no need, sometime I just wear Enigma for mobility+MF+str DMG too
Masteries - max Iron Skin, max Sword mastery, add natural resist, add Increase speed (FRW)

Still got 30+ extra points, I just usually put them all on Natural resist, then increase speed, can also add 1-2 more on Battle Command for bit longer duration

This post was edited by Ironboar on Jun 3 2021 04:42pm

I assume ur "make a pvp warcry + wolf/bear druid" is barb right?
I can't 100% say it's same as WSM bug (PB Grief + Legendary Mallet combo) on this build, but I'm 100% sure u don't use any base Beast RW on this build, like I said in Bear section:

Bear
If u've finished the build, just prepare a random Beast RW, Werebear ur barb and switch back, works awesome too, higher def, and Werebear attack speed highest bp.

U can prepare same PB Grief+glitch PB, but don't need Wolfhowl, just wear a G-face / Arreat, Gore Rider, Steelrend, 10OW-30str belt, highlord/atma,
I'm gonna post more glitch builds and how it works guides in the future individual post (check my new profile), but I will try to build a dex glitch bear barb and test it for u today.
will upload the glitch 4F Grief bear barb link here

This post was edited by Ironboar on Jun 3 2021 04:59pm

why you need this "glitch"?

looks useless to me, might as well just put 6 shael and use silence in offhand (PB)

What will Grief possibly do as a offhand weapon????

edit: from the video it seems you still atack with Grief hows that possible

This post was edited by massmarines on Jun 3 2021 05:04pm

That's basically what I went with for my skill allocation.

The dex glitch wolfbarb might be my new favorite melee build, 20k defense, 6k life with zero life charms, 4 frame attack, basically immortal because of 40+% life leech from feral rage, still holds up really well in 8 player hell. It's like a tankier, cheaper werewolf build which is kind of messed up because this barb build does it better (PvM wise at least).

because I want to use Grief for the 400 dmg, but attack speed is too slow,
It's not mainly for Uber but I just put Uber record in the video for more content,
don't misunderstand me, like I said my friend and I used 5xShael (3F) same as ur build and definitely can do the Uber job nicely.
but for chaos and throne runs need dmg instead of only Shael'd PB speed