(October 29th, 2020, 12:12)T-hawk Wrote: Barbarian: Berserk (Starsmash). I've never done a dedicated Berserk barb, only as a backup to physical skills. I want to do this, after the previous Frenzy barb rather underwhelmed me. Berserk deals the damage that Frenzy never really did; Berserk uses a two-hander and scales up to the biggest damage multiplier in the game among practically usable skills. (Some go higher but clunkier, like Charge, Impale, Tiger Strike, Leap Attack.) Especially considering magic resistance is usually minimal. I want to do this big hitter. Of course the downside of Berserk is the zero defense and leeching, but that sounds like "challenge accepted" to me. There is one solution to mitigate the vulnerability: Howl to repel monsters, which just happens to be Berserk's damage synergy.
Exactly, Howl is a skill that almost makes the Barbarian invulnerable and works excellently as being the synergy for Berserk. Just send the enemies fleeing and pickt them up one by one. I've also built a habit of stacking up Damage reduced by - items for this build to combat the defence penalty, worth considering if you happen to stumble on these on your runthrough.