Hi,
Old fart here , back from 1.08 / 1.09 D2 with a short come back S1 and 2
I dont know if there's already guides but people probably played a similar build but i'm thinking about a Support barb / Horker that would BO / Hork and woulkd also support by supplementing different auras from him or mercenary , he could also War cry for a few damages/stun

What would be the best aura he could provide for you ? Conviction ? Cleansing ? Meditation ?
Would you like to play with such an assistant ?

Would it be popular enough to find some mate he would follow ? Killer keep his loots and you hork behind and pick what's left or whatever you hork

Sorry if my english isnt perfect, hope I made it clear.
Best regards

Simply play a pure BO barb.
All you need is +skills, buffing your BO/Shout and find item

Don’t use any aura on barb.
Auras will come from your merc.
But it’s hard to plan, cuz others may also use the same aura(s).
So just use something like a2 prayer with insight + coh + cure

20 BO
20 find potion
20 find item
20 shout
1 leap/warcry if you want to cc baal wave 3 to prevent hydra spawning
1 natural res & speed
Remaining pts in shout

Enigma
2x hoto
Arach (reaching 105fcr)
Chancies
Wartav
2x soj
3 warcries amy with mf
+6 BO/FindItem magic helm 2os Ist Ist (or something close to that lol)
Gheed, torch, anni, warcries skillers

You can reach up to 78% find item
Around 300% mf is all you need
+skills is what matters, and 105fcr so you can hork/tele fast
No need defensive stuff if you just follow a screen away anyway

This post was edited by SinsOfTheSun on Oct 23 2025 08:06am

check ur math bro... 40 + 40 + 20 < 105

Uh right lol
Typed that too fast

Just use a 3wc/10fcr amy, or swap 1 hoto for suicide branch Ist

Why not just make your barb a killer and a supporter?

20 Battle Orders
20 Shout
... Typical BO Barb
20 Howl - synergy and scaring off lesser minions to open the way to kill Champions +
20 Berserk ... Converts all damage to Magical Damage, just like a Hammer din, but only 1 vs 1
xx Weapon Mastery (can achieve 20)
01 Pre Reqs

Find Item is based on base point and +X Skill Items worn on your barb to increase %
Natural Res is also to try and increase, so 1 base point is needed.
Increased Speed needs 1 base point.

You need teleport, you can either go for the 125% FCR build equipment, or slightly less.

You can always horck bodies behind others killing, I used to do this in Chaos runs while group is leveling me up, and I ended up with people smothering me to pick up the drops... got to hate those with Pickit in those days... so horck effectively.

There is no 125% fcr bp on barb
Its 63, 105, 200

You don’t put pts in find potion, you lose 19% find item, that’s a huge loss. And there are breakpoints for find item.

And on high player count, you don’t deal relevant dmg.
You already need a lot of time to hork, you don’t have time to go try to “help” your carry who’s already obliterating the whole screen.

So basically your suggestion has 20% useless fcr
Very low find item%
Low mf and low +skills if you try to pump your dmg
Some low dmg that won’t ever be useful, just making you waste horking time while the carry progress

LEAP > Warcry

1 pt and u can stun whole screen, nn fcr, nn mana, etc.

So, 105% FCR is perfect, ,means better ,equipment, and just horcking crap monsters constantly draining your mana pool and others stealing the loot is kind of pointless, you should only horck champions + monsters which drop more items.

Your detrimental comment is based on a losers way of playing... use +X Skill items to increase your Find Item skill, Enigma, Andarials Visage (+4 Skills already), add in Maras or Seraphs (+2 Skills) = +6, 1 base point you have +7 to find item skill and %, then you only stop this until the diminishing returns hit in, you only need 50% chance... you will notice the reduction of % chance using 2 skills to get 1% find item... what a waste of points, only add to find item and add in your +skills items to hit that sweet spot.

People that make horcker barbs now are blind and don't check it out properly and waste points... oh add in more points to Find Potion because it gives you how much % per synergy to Find Item... wow, watch it diminish again.

This post was edited by izParagonzi on Oct 24 2025 03:39pm