i watched this video, and try it on my lvl61 barb which. can even pass Den with 2 lightsabre. he is now lvl71 and camping at pit. so much fun. btw, i would like to share that leap is very useful on elites or champion pack when you cannot stun them. i am using spirit and wizardspike to eliminate the resist problem. and he is using wealth runewords. some close call but really fun and did the job. 2 4os monarch and facet poison 5/5 ✌️✌️ and also, he is in hardcore. Thanks phil.
Suggest you max out find potions rather than Howl first. I add points into find potion and 1pt into find item, 1 pt into Grim ward as you get synergy from Find potions (5% dmg per pt). Grim ward then gets 120% increase to damage (20 pts in Find potions = 100% + 20% from flat rate on grim) rather than using howl. War cry, until a body occurs spam grim (40 secs) and end up with a amplify damage type curse. Bonus is 1pt = 1% to find item. With your dual spirit swords and other +skills, find item gets to above 50%. with only 1 initial pt into find item. IST any of these runes into dual 5-6 socket blades into weapon swap for find items to all bodies. Enough pts to achieve 100+% to Battle orders (13) rest into synergies for War cry. and odd pt here and there into find item. 120% increased damage more than doubles your war cry power. More pts into grim only increases the slow down effects and range the grim works, doesn't increase damage output.
I know this is a very old comment but man did this help. I decided to start barb for the first time ever for S3 ladder and I was struggling to transition into hell. Changing one point into Grim Ward changed everything. Thanks.
I’ll probably never get enigma. I get mid runes all day long but I’ve never even pulled a vex or higher. I’d do disgusting things for a jah rune, disgusting things
Good Game. If you're running travi, slap on some Infernostrides+Dwarf Star for that high fire res+absorb in addition to the gold find and all that other stuff. Cheap and effective. Could also Dual Wield a Passion with Ali Baba on switch for Berserk vs Physical immunes + some extra gold find/magic find for using Find Item. Flamebellow helps for the merc in travi too, btw.
I rarely see the more Diablo2 focused youtubers use the quickcast functionality in 2.4. Is there a special reason for that? Why not just have a dedicated button for the skills you use on the side, instead of switching all the time?
Naj helm + armour works aswell. Gives about 120MF, some res and skill. So not bad if nothing else available, currently have it on one of my chars works nicely
Another possibility: put a single point into mace mastery and grab Concentration and maybe even Berserk. With a Black RW you can weapon swap to Crushing Blow act bosses and if Berserk can deal with Physical Immunes. Probably better if you are swapping to Singer in NM and still have act bosses to kill, obviously not needed if making a great budget Pits Horker
I lvled though the game twice at hardcore as a singer (before ladder and now at ladder). It’s pretty safe because of the stun. It’s advisable to put at least one point at mace mastery and build a Black flail, so you can take bosses and ancients quicker at nightmare and hell. I’d also put one point at berserk, since you may probably face a few physical immune bosses.
I got random barb helm +3 warcry while playing frenzy, respec for singer + 1 point frenzy + grief. Barb became so fun to play after that. Don't know if i should respec to zerker
Never been sure what ''% damage taken goes to mana'' does. Do you replenish mana by being hit? Cause that would be spot on for this build that's always head first into packs of mobs.
It is so amazing how barb is the only one capable of using dual spirit as soon as you can use amn runes. This is a very decent cheap character that can do as good as the regular item find barb. Just set expectations accordingly. The only thing cheaper than this is a fishymancer. But that fellow doesn't have item find
fun fact.. this build once assembles (around akt5 normal with the spirit swords..) can actually clear normal and most of nightmare solo on players 8.. one of my absolute favorite litte secret builds.. until now that it. boss killspeed is horrible though ^^
Love you budget build guides and vids! Just started playing again after 20 years so being extremely poor is much more manageable with you advice , Ty !!
geared up it's really fun and effective too with its moderate dmg and find item good for mfing pits. I run it single player with enigma and most other endgame stuff, just missing another SOJ and 3 more warcry skillers, and with an A5 merc for the aesthetic with dual grief and fort. defs not the 'best' build by so many metrics but heaps of fun and looks super cool!
It does not increase daamge dealt (only reduces defence on enemies, not phys resistance). it does make your merc hit more often and help you hitting bosses when you weapon-swap to something with Crushing Blow.
Been trying to find a build where i don't destory enemies before my friends can play the game. gonna try this out, it looks really fun to solo with too!
Probably Prayer for extra Healing. The aura on your merc hardly matters since nothing really helps you. The only thing that helps you is equipping your act 2 merc with an Insight. If you combine that with a Prayer merc and possibly the Cure runeword you get a lot of passive healing and reduced time on both poisons and curses on you.
Good video on an underappreciated build. Spirit and a wiz spike get you over 63 FCR break point, huge mana, big res and open up item slots for big mf like wealth/skullders.
Had two of them die in hc ladder to bugs triggered by light+fire enchanteds. One at 89. You die in half a second at high fcrs and can kill others around you. Needs fixing
Ok so said i would update comment on random video....Had to let u all know identified another 100 rings i couldnt make it too 200 lol counter was almost 1700 runs..... I got 5 SoJ's im so happy to be over all this =)
2x HoTo's are +6skills. (Which means more HP, more DMG, and more Item Find) ua-cam.com/video/Q4VJNuiru7Y/v-deo.html You can check out my end game build / stats
@valentin miculete dual hoto is 80 fcr and +6 to skills, which spirit shield falls short on. Also if you want to go more mf you can go iat wizspike + double ist baba for 50 fcr, big mana, 75 all res and big mf. Spirit is fine, just in no way the best in slot in my opinion...it also requires 156 strength.
Even though this build is capable of killing stuff in hell, I just can't take it seriously. Barb is the one class that I feel should not be played like a caster.
Phil ... Singer barbs are a pathetic xcuse of a meme build . Just don't . Yep , You can do it for funsies but they are terribad . Would You pliz talk about the still bugged WW? Or the over reliance from phisical chars in grief? ...
Wanna talk about the over-reliance on Enigma for every character in the game instead? Melee characters suck to begin with. I think Grief is absolutely too strong - but in no universe is it broken because melee characters are already shit.
@@Jvstm its just annoying that grief ruined so many legendaries. A bunch of cool weapons out there to build around but nah obligated to use grief. Melee Champs are definitely boring
i watched this video, and try it on my lvl61 barb which. can even pass Den with 2 lightsabre.
he is now lvl71 and camping at pit. so much fun. btw, i would like to share that leap is very useful on elites or champion pack when you cannot stun them.
i am using spirit and wizardspike to eliminate the resist problem. and he is using wealth runewords.
some close call but really fun and did the job.
2 4os monarch and facet poison 5/5 ✌️✌️
and also, he is in hardcore.
Thanks phil.
Suggest you max out find potions rather than Howl first. I add points into find potion and 1pt into find item, 1 pt into Grim ward as you get synergy from Find potions (5% dmg per pt). Grim ward then gets 120% increase to damage (20 pts in Find potions = 100% + 20% from flat rate on grim) rather than using howl. War cry, until a body occurs spam grim (40 secs) and end up with a amplify damage type curse. Bonus is 1pt = 1% to find item. With your dual spirit swords and other +skills, find item gets to above 50%. with only 1 initial pt into find item. IST any of these runes into dual 5-6 socket blades into weapon swap for find items to all bodies. Enough pts to achieve 100+% to Battle orders (13) rest into synergies for War cry. and odd pt here and there into find item. 120% increased damage more than doubles your war cry power. More pts into grim only increases the slow down effects and range the grim works, doesn't increase damage output.
The shouts are physical damage right? What do you do for phys immune mobs with this build? I've only ever done frenzy / ww.
I know this is a very old comment but man did this help. I decided to start barb for the first time ever for S3 ladder and I was struggling to transition into hell. Changing one point into Grim Ward changed everything. Thanks.
I don’t understand it
I am a solo found player. Once I saw the gear, it's indeed the budget build! This video has a lot of tips. Thanks for the vid.
One of the swords can be replaced with spirit in monarch, then we gain resistances and block, but its requires 156 strength.
it might be worth putting a point in leap/leap attack for some better maneuverability around enemies/obstacles.
True. I was also wondering about frenzy to speed it up significantly till you get enigma.
I’ll probably never get enigma. I get mid runes all day long but I’ve never even pulled a vex or higher. I’d do disgusting things for a jah rune, disgusting things
Good Game. If you're running travi, slap on some Infernostrides+Dwarf Star for that high fire res+absorb in addition to the gold find and all that other stuff. Cheap and effective. Could also Dual Wield a Passion with Ali Baba on switch for Berserk vs Physical immunes + some extra gold find/magic find for using Find Item. Flamebellow helps for the merc in travi too, btw.
I rarely see the more Diablo2 focused youtubers use the quickcast functionality in 2.4. Is there a special reason for that? Why not just have a dedicated button for the skills you use on the side, instead of switching all the time?
what rings do you have on? i feel like you never showed them
Naj helm + armour works aswell. Gives about 120MF, some res and skill. So not bad if nothing else available, currently have it on one of my chars works nicely
Another possibility: put a single point into mace mastery and grab Concentration and maybe even Berserk. With a Black RW you can weapon swap to Crushing Blow act bosses and if Berserk can deal with Physical Immunes. Probably better if you are swapping to Singer in NM and still have act bosses to kill, obviously not needed if making a great budget Pits Horker
I lvled though the game twice at hardcore as a singer (before ladder and now at ladder). It’s pretty safe because of the stun. It’s advisable to put at least one point at mace mastery and build a Black flail, so you can take bosses and ancients quicker at nightmare and hell. I’d also put one point at berserk, since you may probably face a few physical immune bosses.
Thanks for this! For so long I've never liked Barb, I could never find a build I enjoyed. Going to give this one a try!
I got random barb helm +3 warcry while playing frenzy, respec for singer + 1 point frenzy + grief. Barb became so fun to play after that. Don't know if i should respec to zerker
Switch to an act 1 merc with insight bow for survivability
@@"
Switch ya momma
Never been sure what ''% damage taken goes to mana'' does. Do you replenish mana by being hit? Cause that would be spot on for this build that's always head first into packs of mobs.
It is so amazing how barb is the only one capable of using dual spirit as soon as you can use amn runes.
This is a very decent cheap character that can do as good as the regular item find barb. Just set expectations accordingly.
The only thing cheaper than this is a fishymancer. But that fellow doesn't have item find
And Pally..
@@fitnerdchronicles ah right. Paladin shields can have 4os most if not all of em
fun fact.. this build once assembles (around akt5 normal with the spirit swords..) can actually clear normal and most of nightmare solo on players 8.. one of my absolute favorite litte secret builds.. until now that it. boss killspeed is horrible though ^^
Love you budget build guides and vids! Just started playing again after 20 years so being extremely poor is much more manageable with you advice , Ty !!
Never tried a singer.. very interesting man ty for showing us
Hi Phil, where did you find that Raven Wing amulet?
The crafted one
Recipe : Ral + P.Amethyst + Magic Jewel + Magic Amulet
@@franc9 thx bro!
I've been struggling on my level 40 frenzy barb, I think I need to switch to singer for a bit till I get better gear.
This is the type of content I was expecting! great video
Thank you for this video, sweet Phil!
Can i run travi hell with a semi budget singer?
geared up it's really fun and effective too with its moderate dmg and find item good for mfing pits. I run it single player with enigma and most other endgame stuff, just missing another SOJ and 3 more warcry skillers, and with an A5 merc for the aesthetic with dual grief and fort. defs not the 'best' build by so many metrics but heaps of fun and looks super cool!
Is worth using battle cry ? Gives more dmg to war cry ?
It does not increase daamge dealt (only reduces defence on enemies, not phys resistance).
it does make your merc hit more often and help you hitting bosses when you weapon-swap to something with Crushing Blow.
Been trying to find a build where i don't destory enemies before my friends can play the game. gonna try this out, it looks really fun to solo with too!
You gotta use taunt, those archers are not scary when they are forced to come melee you! Works casters too best part of singer.
What's a good level to Respec into using shouts as your primary damage? Im playing through normal with my Barb currently Level 20
~lvl 30
Yeah, I’d respect as soon as lvl30. It’s so much easier to pass through the game as a singer. So, just go into it as soon as possible
30 can do it. However, I would say make sure you have at least a little caster gear before respecing.
I probably need to respec my barbarian to an my build. I have only found undead crowns and hexfires. Nothing else
is this good ladder starter?
Whats the aura on merc? Doesn`t Meditation help for survivability?
Probably Prayer for extra Healing.
The aura on your merc hardly matters since nothing really helps you. The only thing that helps you is equipping your act 2 merc with an Insight.
If you combine that with a Prayer merc and possibly the Cure runeword you get a lot of passive healing and reduced time on both poisons and curses on you.
Can i use spirit shield for some Block ?
Good video on an underappreciated build. Spirit and a wiz spike get you over 63 FCR break point, huge mana, big res and open up item slots for big mf like wealth/skullders.
I still have to do my barb on SSF. I am going to try this.
Why not spirit shield and weapon ? i don t understand tbh
Had to set the sound down 50% on cast but great 👍
Had two of them die in hc ladder to bugs triggered by light+fire enchanteds. One at 89. You die in half a second at high fcrs and can kill others around you. Needs fixing
I. P. W. T. !!!! In Phil We Trust !!!
Srry phil got a cham from travincal online solo u should try travincal again
Is there any immunity issue? Physical, magic maybe?
I’m thinking maybe it’s a good Baal runner build when u get more res, just don’t wana get stuck on those act 2 monsters
Just skip physical immunes ic you're on a playthrough. The only thing really physical immunes are like ghosts. Maybe psucubi in a couple areas.
how would u ger him for mf while doing op dmg what op gear?
awsome i need to try thx
Just found my first-ever Unique Shako in The Pits... it was Ethereal 😪
Also just found my me first BEr rune ever!
How's is it on bosses?
It sucks
Ok so said i would update comment on random video....Had to let u all know identified another 100 rings i couldnt make it too 200 lol counter was almost 1700 runs..... I got 5 SoJ's im so happy to be over all this =)
wouldn't a shield in offhand make more sense? you are not using weapons anyway
2x HoTo's are +6skills. (Which means more HP, more DMG, and more Item Find)
ua-cam.com/video/Q4VJNuiru7Y/v-deo.html
You can check out my end game build / stats
Nah everything is stunned all the time and battle cry decreases damage so you really don't get hit by physical attacks very often.
@@erick3755 so ? Shield also give + 2 is same shit ....just more safe.i don t get it why no spirit shield in offhand
@valentin miculete dual hoto is 80 fcr and +6 to skills, which spirit shield falls short on. Also if you want to go more mf you can go iat wizspike + double ist baba for 50 fcr, big mana, 75 all res and big mf. Spirit is fine, just in no way the best in slot in my opinion...it also requires 156 strength.
love the budget gear in hell thanks for that
Imagine being so powerful you can make physical damage by shouting/yelling. Fuuucckkkkk....
Lol@ for my mercenary i got a battle sith... :)
You can up the vmagi and it'll give ya lime 800 def
he didnt want to use any mid runes for this video
Trash picker Barb! I will build this one! I like it! Thx!
I'll never get the visual of blizzards barb in full detail extreme detail hyper humping his enemies to death while yelling.. 🤣
leveling guide?
smoke is a good merc armor
Did he say “sith” instead of Scythe?!?
no, he said “battle sith” 😂🙏
would myth armor be viable this build
+2 barb skills won't hurt
I’d take the Amazon one for the lvl 15 summins
Why holy freez merc??????.
Sweet Phil! Why do you think you're so sweet???? 🤪 Why? Why why why?
Would have to turn the game volume off to play this build. It also seems pretty lack luster without enigma
Battle Sith.
❤️🙏
Nova Barbie
And I’m pretty sure the pots isn’t treasure class 85
It's one of the most popular level 85 areas to farm.
Even though this build is capable of killing stuff in hell, I just can't take it seriously. Barb is the one class that I feel should not be played like a caster.
what i cant stand is he doesnt explain clearly what he did when he had nothing . I don't mind the "barb factor"
If you want to know what to start the game with, watch my "how to start a barbarian" video.
@@SweetPhil Listen Phil, I don't know why you don't just go to their house and play the game for them. Hahahaha
yah but it a singer barb.... So...
Useless but could be fun
Phil ... Singer barbs are a pathetic xcuse of a meme build . Just don't . Yep , You can do it for funsies but they are terribad .
Would You pliz talk about the still bugged WW? Or the over reliance from phisical chars in grief? ...
Wanna talk about the over-reliance on Enigma for every character in the game instead?
Melee characters suck to begin with. I think Grief is absolutely too strong - but in no universe is it broken because melee characters are already shit.
@@Jvstm its just annoying that grief ruined so many legendaries. A bunch of cool weapons out there to build around but nah obligated to use grief. Melee Champs are definitely boring
@@Jvstm good , another good topic to talk about!
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@@your_eulogy2688 I agree. Still not nearly as bad as Enigma. Nothing in this game destroyed the game as much as 1.1 and Enigma did.