I have been doing HC trav on a semi budget zerker barb and I know I’m going to wipe eventually. I was wondering if Conc is better and if so, does the gear change much? Grief still bis?

Ww is better

and yes grief

This post was edited by Ontarian on May 26 2026 07:11am

What about frenzy ?

Frenzy, playing ssf hc, funny and hard to wipe if you dont go like a crazy goat

I just figured ss is needed in HC

Concentrate is the safest, but I don’t think this level of safety is needed for doing trav…

I appreciate your confidence lol

Depends on playstyle, but, on SSF playthrough, Oath + Lawbringer makes it quite safe for a frenzy barb if you stack resists and life leech on other items.

Decrepify makes it safe and also helps mercenary survivability a lot.

I really like frenzy for survivability.
Just don't get surrounded. If it happens, reposition with leap.

On high end gear, you can also add life tap.

WW is flipping a coin as you can't use potion and you sometimes have a bad ending unless you have high end gear with max block and berzerk has no life leech.

To each their own, but this is my preference. 😉

Before I'm geared in HC, I do SS and Grief Conc barb. Very very very safe.

I did a zerker at the start and today seitched to a frenzy one. Tbh group play frenzy is better, solo small player count also frenzy is nicer to play, high player count solo berserk clears chaos easier by poping seals and can run around everywhere no problem while frenzy is way more squishy