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I'm lovin the look of a huge barbarian with a huge hammer/
Maul
. but i couldn't find a lot of builds for it?

the zerker route is the obvious one, using zerk +
Howl
+
Battle Orders
as synergies. so that's 60, and then mastery 80, and then
Find Item
?

what else is there, no dual wielding. no shield?

not looking to "farm" build, just someone who can do hell, P8(ssf here), to enjoy the game.

oh yeah, and if you got budget suggestions even better ;)

thanks fellows
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
I'm lovin the look of a huge barbarian with a huge hammer/
Maul
. but i couldn't find a lot of builds for it?

the zerker route is the obvious one, using zerk +
Howl
+
Battle Orders
as synergies. so that's 60, and then mastery 80, and then
Find Item
?

what else is there, no dual wielding. no shield?

not looking to "farm" build, just someone who can do hell, P8(ssf here), to enjoy the game.

oh yeah, and if you got budget suggestions even better ;)

thanks fellows

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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Necrarch 2064Moderator

Necromancer Europe PC
Full Immortal Set ?

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Bass 86

Sorceress Europe Playstation
1) Immortal King set
2) Base: 15 ed
Eth
Maul
(OgreMaul) 6 socket got Breath of the Dying 60 (ias) , Fortitude, High Lord (20ias), 2
Raven Frost
(or 1 dual leech ring), gore riders, lying of hands (20 ias), nosferatu coil (10 Ias), arreat face with jew 15% ias better 15ias+30-40ed
get 125 Ias - its 5 FPA (max)
Merc: act 2 aura might, with Pride or Infinity or
Eth
Reapers Toll
you get the BeastBarb with +- 20kk dmg

about budget character :
its will be around -
Zod
+
Vex
+
Lo
( its weapon with armor)
a standard things can be bought for +- 5-6
Ist

and merc
Lo
for merc armor and runes for Pride (
Cham
Sur
Lo
) or Infinity (
Ber
Ber
) or
Ohm
for
Eth
Reaper
for norm mid merc Stone -
Shael
Um
Pul
Lum
+ reaper mb non
Eth
for first time +
Vampire Gaze

total
Zod
+
Vex
+ 2
Lo
+ 5-6
Ist
s + varies
Ohm
(
Eth
reaper),
Sur
Cham
Lo
(Pride) or
Ber
Ber
Ist
Mal
(infi) or mid game merc Stone or Treachery +
Vampire Gaze
+ non
Eth
Thresher

on very total its a fully prepared character with a ready-made chest (without the insanely expensive 3/20/20 charms) with the usual +35 attack rating and a cherry on the cake will cost about
~ 5-6-7
Ber
runes, or 3-4
Ber
+2
Jah

in my humble opinion

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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
yes all good recommendations, but I'm ssf'er...
immortal set is amazing, i think i can take hell without even a skill..
Beast barb, Fortitude, and BotD is incredible too, but very far from where i am. my highest rune is a single
Lo

@Bass no#2 great Endgame for what i'm looking.

I just question the zerker route... i already played a frenz barbarian, which i enjoyed, so i want to try something else.
with zerker you get 0 defense, and no mana leech, so i don't get how you can survive hell at all.
I'm guess +% damage taken converted to mana is 1 option.
or is that his vitlity is so high he's not dead so fast?

so my questions are :
survivability of zerker mauler?
and what skills would you recommend for a mauler which are not
Frenzy
or
Whirlwind
?

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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Bass 86

Sorceress Europe Playstation
rikus wrote: 1 year ago
yes all good recommendations, but I'm ssf'er...
immortal set is amazing, i think i can take hell without even a skill..
Beast barb, Fortitude, and BotD is incredible too, but very far from where i am. my highest rune is a single
Lo

@Bass no#2 great Endgame for what i'm looking.

I just question the zerker route... i already played a frenz barbarian, which i enjoyed, so i want to try something else.
with zerker you get 0 defense, and no mana leech, so i don't get how you can survive hell at all.
I'm guess +% damage taken converted to mana is 1 option.
or is that his vitlity is so high he's not dead so fast?

so my questions are :
survivability of zerker mauler?
and what skills would you recommend for a mauler which are not
Frenzy
or
Whirlwind
?
i play WW 20 points
the problem with mana is being solved adding
Manald Heal
with 7% Mana Stolen Per Hit and Regenerate Mana 20%
I have never played for zerker, I am one of those who pumps
Berserk
by 1 for kill immuns and puts free points in
Iron Skin
after max warcries to life-mana and def

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Bass 86

Sorceress Europe Playstation
also my tip how spent
Lo

make Fortitude on
Archon Plate
at my humble opinion some ppl says make Grief, i think Fort is better
I advise you to take a closer look at the rune word Honor ,the cheapness of the runes that it costs allows you to make it in
Eth
weapons (it broke threw it out made a new one), which in combination with 160%ed will give good damage allowing you to destroy everything at the level hell - thats was 1 example fort is better than Grief u get 460% (460% ed at any base CARL !!!) ed at any 5 socket
Eth
Maul
(normal exceptional elite) bases - make Honor on 5 soc
Eth
or
Martel de Fer
or
Thunder Maul

put it aside for yourself right away
Amn
El
Ith
Tir
Sol
5 times and insert into all 5 socket hammers that will get in your way :)

here is my main recommendation to you
1 find a
Manald Heal
with 7% Mana Stolen Per Hit
2 find a base for Fortitude
3 find a
Eth
base for Honor
4 make Fortitude
5 make Honor
6 kill them all
7 search for runes on Death
8 search 5 socket
Eth
Decapitator
or
Champion Axe


its not very hard for SSF

Peace. Good luck in world of Sanctuary

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Believe it or not, tossing Honor in ethereal weapons was something I used to do a ton. In fact, that is the only rune word I remembered from those days. It is exactly as you say: cheap and potent.
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other barb skills (
Bash
Stun
beserk) have the same attack speed, which would be slow with a
Maul
.
attack speed calc here:
https://warren1001.github.io/IAS_Calculator/
Leap Attack
does not depend on weapon speed...

also imho Grief>fort...
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
I also have
Ribcracker
, and Steel driver, which are considered pretty good for hell - nightmare?

again not a fan of WW. so no.

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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Asha 396

Sorceress Europe PC
Grab a
Windhammer
- cheap af, very fast, alotta crush - you nn a forti even in this case 😎 This
Maul
alone will let you deal with anything, assumin you got at least 1pt of zerk. Just fine for a ww as well, havin 60% ias within, and twisters gonna help greatly with non-ww attacks (even better with
Carrion Wind
ring).
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
Nice @Asha
I wonder if because of its mastery skill a Barbarian can survive hell without any attack special skill?

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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Asha 396

Sorceress Europe PC
rikus wrote: 1 year ago
Nice @Asha
I wonder if because of its mastery skill a Barbarian can survive hell without any attack special skill?
Mastery helps overall - and needed. But isn't a panacea - it just buffs your active atracks (be it a ww, zerk, whatever).
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
ok any other skill recommendations besides WW and zerk with two handed mauls?

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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Asha 396

Sorceress Europe PC
rikus wrote: 1 year ago
ok any other skill recommendations besides WW and zerk with two handed mauls?
Pretty much simple, really. 20 ww, 20 mastery, 1 stamina/speed/ironskin/res, 1
Bash
/
Stun
/conc/zerk/
Leap
/leapattack - that's 50 hard pts. The rest goes into warcries - 20 bo is a must, other skills are optional.
For coop,
Shout
and command. For hork - some points to
Find Item
, and to
Find Potion
synergy (good result is 70%+
Find Item
, but less is okay as well - quantity makes up for it).
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
so no other skill... other than ww... hmm...
I was wondering about WW barbarian, since i thought spears and polearms have longer reach than mauls, to be an advantage for such a barbarian wielder.

but no.

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
anyone have advice on AR for this build?

it seems there's alot of str requirements for wielding these heavy mauls, but also without decent dex you can't really hit?
I'm having only 80-85% AR on NM diff, on end of act2.

should i use that amulet+ring set that have tons of AR (forgot its name)?

or just invest more in dex instead of vitality.

have to say also, without vitality berzerker is extremely weak?

i know this is a niche build, but maybe you have ideas.

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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angelic pair
r u set on a
Maul
?
Larzuk
will put 5 socket in a
Thresher
, Obedience for a
Fal
.,
Enchant
will take care of ar for 10+ minutes...
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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
hmm. then i might find a
Wand
of
Enchant
, if that's possible...
although it will hurt my item warcry with ali baba.

yes i'm set on
Maul
barb ssf, mf, p8 kind of against the stream flow..but that's the fun for me.

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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rikus wrote: 1 year ago
hmm. then i might find a
Wand
of
Enchant
, if that's possible...
There's several sources of
Enchant
, depending what you want.
Demon Limb
allows you to self cast it.
Obedience has it inherently, and it's a good cheap/leveling RW anyway.
Lava Gouts also have it inherently, along with IAS and fire resist.

Demon Limb
would probably be my suggestion, assuming you're going with a non-Obedience weapon.

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rikus 141

Assassin Americas PC
Winterkill wrote: 1 year ago
Demon Limb
would probably be my suggestion, assuming you're going with a non-Obedience weapon
good suggestion!
yeah i do have Obedience but I want to be able to use
Gull
/ali baba for item warcry.
at least with
Demon Limb
i could dual it.

Obedience is real nice. or have something that has igonres target defense?

is that even exist outside weapons?

goodluck, and may the RNG god be with you.
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