merc from normal nigthmare hell and with one?

i'm with you that these setups are likely a lot worse. but i would still test them if i had them. stormlash and the hammers just have style. but i'm more curious about their killspeed in very large monster groups because of double static procs.
if you kill the first couple of monsters the rest of the mob might remain with only 50% hp left thanks to static. so in areas with huge monster density it could be viable.

Calculators were invented just for you

yeah wish there was a calculator where i can implicate all the factors that matter when it comes to clear speed...

its called excel, if u take the time you can calculate anything ( or atleast make a very very good approximation)

Awesome. Been using this build for months. Glad I reread it (messed up the belt)

2x 400ed eDeath BAs. Couldn’t find any decent Ettins
G face with 15 ias 15 max dam (the res ones were unaffordable at the time)
P AP Fort
P laying hands
Highlords
P raven
Melee ring with 8ll ar str high res
P gores
Dungos 40/15 (need to acquire and swap to string per guide)
Inventory: p torch and nice anni with mostly 32020s and a few 20/11 life res.
Merc
Eth Andy’s 10/30 with ias jewel fire res
Eth fort
15 aura Faith bow


made mistake of using dungos! Need to fix that. My high life leech ring isn’t cutting it. Will get a strings
It may have been covered already but what’s your approx target for life after BO? Mine is lower than other builds. Prob why I went with dungos. Also have issues with poison. Leveling 96-97 trying not to die. Even with near max PR it’s dropping me fast. A ring with plr% would be nice.
I need to check stat allocation too. May have f-Ed that a bit. Having played off and on for 18 yrs with only PvM frenzy barbs, I loved this guide. Thanks OP

As I mentioned in post #116 (page 12), this guy is not shielded... so mana burners + minor distraction of yelling mom, or a back itch, or lag, etc.. is enough to get him killed... If you wanna lvl then frenzy is not the build to play.

Thanks. In that case I may need to modify this for increased survivability. It’s my main and as I MF or hop in a cbaal or help rush someone etc. i get xp. Yes it’s insanely slow (as in it could take a yr to get to 97) but it’s how I enjoy playing d2, so all good.

What modification(s) to this would u recommend to increase survivability even if it sacrifices a bit of clear speed and kill time.

Quick question...I am looking to make a frenzy barb and your build sounds very interesting. My question is it safe enough for HC? I only play HC and it seems kind of glass cannonish so I was wondering if it has enough survivability to work in HC. Thank you.

I wouldnt play frenzy in HC because of the no shield + bnet sometimes fucks up with frenzy and u cant click on a tp or kill a mob or something and u need to s/e. Would have to have that happen in hc