Travi barb

Hiya, i wanna make a cheap travi barb to start farming Travincal for when i get bored of sorc mf for a bit and wanna switch it up to hork, i cannot seem to find a decent cheap build with details and explanations, my question was, does anyone have the time to write down a decent Travincal barb? I already have one at lvl 66, with one respec of act1 remaining, and gotta farm some more baals to make the tokens if needed lol.

Thank you!
- Wisp.

First, get a bad Grief. On nl, they are not that expensive. Alternative is Unbending Will, but this and most other budget solutions flat out pale compared to even the worst Grief.

Do Berserk build, maxing Berserk + synergies, passive one-pointer and warcries and also Find Potion. Max Find Item last, as weird as it might sound, but synergy from Find Potion is more important for getting good hork %

Budget stuff build besides Grief:

Horazon's Legacy for cannot be frozen
Thundergod's Vigor ...or any other Belt with good defensive stats
Dwarf Star Fire absorb is win in Travincal
Blue 30 all res amu or some good crafted/rare barb. Amu with Teleport on it is kind of a budget Enigma, but refilling charges is anyoing and jumping to council is not that big of a time loss.
Stone or Smoke for body armor
Laying of Hands (very cheapo and very important!)
Stormshield You'll need a source of -% phys as council members tend to hit hard, especialy when they got aura and/or cursed
Arreat's Face or, even cheaper but worse, Immortal King's Will
2x +3 blue warcry weapons on switch, or 2x Blade Of Ali Baba

Don't bother getting merc, he'll die anyways without more expensive stuff.

Avoid cold damage under any circumstance, as it will shatter council members so you can't hork them

Blubbalutsch wrote: 11 hours ago

First, get a bad Grief. On nl, they are not that expensive. Alternative is Unbending Will, but this and most other budget solutions flat out pale compared to even the worst Grief.

Do Berserk build, maxing Berserk + synergies and one-pointer and also Find Potion before Find Item
Other budget stuff:

Horazon's Legacy for cannot be frozen
Thundergod's Vigor
Dwarf Star
Blue 30 all res amu or some good crafted/rare barb. Amu with Teleport on it is kind of a budget Enigma, but refilling charges is annyoing and jumping to council is not that big of a time loss.
Stone or Smoke for body armor
Laying of Hands (very cheapo and very important!)
Stormshield
Arreat's Face or, even cheaper but worse, Immortal King's Will
2x +3 blue warcry weapons on switch, or 2x Blade Of Ali Baba

Don't bother getting merc, he'll die anyways without more expensive stuff.

Avoid cold damage under any circumstance, as it will shatter council members so you can't hork them

Thank you so much! i had all of this written down for myself

Helm: Arreats Face
Amulet: Highlords Wrath
Mainhand: Grief PB
Offhand: Broken ethereal Dimensional Blade
Chest: Skullder’s Ire
Gloves: Laying of Hands
Rings: Dual Leech and a Dwarf Star
Belt: Goldwrap
Boots: Goreriders
Weapon Swap: x2 alibaba, or x2 +3 warcry javelins

Abilities
Whirlwind: Max
Sword mastery: Max
Find Item: Max
Battle Orders: Max
Increased Speed: One point
Natural Resistance: One point
Battle Command: One point
Shout: Rest

But i will swap out to the Berserk and try it out, I have some of the gear mentioned which is nice already, but definetly will keep an eye out for it, I have been told that trav barb for council is great to farm runes, and well, since i only started 3 days ago i have nothing really, (Just found a Jah on day 2 on NM TZ cows which was lucky i think) but since then nothing that special, trying to start a hammerdin again like back in the old days hahaha :3

Again, thank you so much for the help, i'll defo swap over my barb to Berserk and see what i can do, i play Ladder only so buying isn't an option yet :3

*Edit**
I use Unbending Will and a Honor in Phaseblades right now

Wisp wrote: 11 hours ago

But i will swap out to the Berserk and try it out,

Whirlwind is nice, i use it myself, but it only gets better than Berserk on horker when you got way more expensive stuff, like 2x Last Wish on merc, Bone Break, 2x good Grief, etc. Phys immune is a huge problem in the long run which you avoid when using Berserk.

Wisp wrote: 11 hours ago

have been told that trav barb for council is great to farm runes,

it is, but don't get frustrated if your first 100 runs are not that good. According to my experience (more than 10 000 runs) expect a good runedrop every 300-500 runs. Trav is not only about runes, council is also good for getting Charms and unique jewelery

Wisp wrote: 11 hours ago

(Just found a Jah on day 2 on NM TZ cows which was lucky i think) but since then nothing that special, trying to start a hammerdin again like back in the old days hahaha :3

Congratulations, that's lucky and will buy your decent stuff for hammerdin. Maybe invest some of the money in a bad Grief or try your own luck by doing it urself. As i mentioned above, it's rly a build-enabler on horker imo

You really want Stormshield to protect you while using Berserk.
Try to get one.

If you could get a Grief, that will be a hudge boost. You want to kill them fast because Berserk will reduce your def to 0.

Blubbalutsch wrote: 11 hours ago

Wisp wrote: 11 hours ago

But i will swap out to the Berserk and try it out,

Whirlwind is nice, i use it myself, but it only gets better than Berserk on horker when you got way more expensive stuff, like 2x Last Wish on merc, Bone Break, 2x good Grief, etc. Phys immune is a huge problem in the long run which you avoid when using Berserk.

Wisp wrote: 11 hours ago

have been told that trav barb for council is great to farm runes,

it is, but don't get frustrated if your first 100 runs are not that good. According to my experience (more than 10 000 runs) expect a good runedrop every 300-500 runs. Trav is not only about runes, council is also good for getting Charms and unique jewelery

Wisp wrote: 11 hours ago

(Just found a Jah on day 2 on NM TZ cows which was lucky i think) but since then nothing that special, trying to start a hammerdin again like back in the old days hahaha :3

Congratulations, that's lucky and will buy your decent stuff for hammerdin. Maybe invest some of the money in a bad Grief or try your own luck by doing it urself. As i mentioned above, it's rly a build-enabler on horker imo

Another question, sorry, but should i put any dex for block chance?

There are a few ways to do it. Whirlwind, Berserk, War Cry... There's even a method where you constantly use Leap, which puts monsters into hit recovery while your merc kills them. When your merc makes the killing blow, his Gold/magic find adds to yours. And if you do the singer or Leap build, you can use warcry skillers with 40 Gold find - since hork is a War Cry, this will increase your success rate. With all that being said, I've just always used Whirlwind. My runs take about 1:15, including horking and looting, and I average around 500-550k Gold.

Gear:

- eBotD GPA, dual leech lets you wear Gold find elsewhere instead of leech.

- 2x Lem IK Helm, my eyes are peeled for a 3os 80gf Tiara, but they're hard to come by. 100gf CoT with a Lem works too.

- Rare amulet with 80gf, resists, Teleport charges. Teleport is huge, you run up to the side of the building and tele in, it saves so much time. Mine doesn't have barb skills, I'm hoping to get one that does.

- Wealth runeword

- Goldwrap. A rare can get up to the same 80% gf as gwrap with other goodies like fhr, resists, str, life, but I like adding MF to the mix, nice stuff can drop in trav

- 2x Dwarf Star

- Chance Guards

- Rare Boots with high MF, GF, frw, and resists

Swap: 2x LemLem Ali Baba's. You can use 6- Lem crystal swords, but like I said, MF is nice to have. The crystal swords give 450 gf each, while at level 90 the Ali's give 375gf / 90mf each.

Stats: Dex for gear, Vit for 2k buffed health, rest Str for damage.

Build: Standard WW build, with 1 pt in Berserk for phys immune / Stone skin.

Merc has reaper's toll, this is vital. You lose on average 1 of the 11 council members to cold shatter, but it's worth it. Decrep makes it so much faster and safer. His other gear is Guardian Angel and Kira's Guardian. Act 2 merc IAS breakpoints with a Thresher include 30 and 52, I just go for 30 with ias jewels in the Helm & armor. I gave him an ed jewel in the reaper's to give him more survivability via life leech, even a Shael would only bring the IAS up to 50 which is just shy of the next breakpoint.

Charms are all Gold find, mostly plain. Ideal would be max/AR goldfind, but in SP offline you don't get to pick and choose. Anni and torch, of course. Cube for loot, I don't carry keys. ID / TP scrolls in the Belt to have more room for charms.

there are alot of cheap trav builds, perhaps keys is to have someone to play with that helps u with gearing one up...