Good afternoon theorycrafters.

I have had a friend recently die a few times on HC because he failed to understand that you never save exit out of town. So, he got tired of rerolling Sorc and wants to go back Barbarian.

I suggested Zerker Barb as well its fast and has high MF.

The only thing is I do not know how to build one for Hardcore that is semi-budget friendly.

I'm thinking Pre-Grief/Enigma type of thing. Sub 5-600 FG.

He has anni but will not have torch for a bit.

Any help with a build would be greatly appreciated so he can start selling finds and buidling his character.

Oath runeword in an eth balrog blade would probably be the cheapest weapon to start with. Treachery in an elite base for the ias and fade buff. Stormshield, loh gloves, string of ears, gores, gface, highlords, dual leech ring, ravenfrost. They're all relatively cheap items and you'll be strong enough and tanky enough for solo play at least

Much appreciated. He's currently following me around in Chaos With a more mf build hoarking. When we find a lem will get him that asap

Had a friend running roughly this: https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/rh0106ex

- MH Grief zAxe (Oath Balrog pre-Grief)
- OH Stormshield
- Verdungo's
- Guardian Angel
- Arreat's helmet

Player overcapped resists to still be 90% post-Conviction (225 total iirc)
Solid block chance / faster block rate.
70%~ Find Item

Charm and Ring slots are wide open; shove what you want in there.
Ideally you want 10FCR x 2 for basic breakpoints, then resists and Attack Rating (until you can get Infinity on the Merc)

If you have questions, let me know.
The Maxroll DPS doesn't account for deadly strike; Highlord's is better than it seems here.

I might've made some mistakes somewhere since I'm working from memory, but yeah; this is vaguely what I remember.

Eventually you transition into String of Ears, etc.
I tend to avoid stacking CB on a Zerker unless you're bossing a lot and using fast frames WW; your Merc can CB for you, worst case scenario.

This post was edited by Exokek on May 25 2022 10:55am