[3.1] BERSERKER/JUGGERNAUT 288k DPS Ice Crash/EQ Crit Staff AKA "The Shattering Karui"

Hello Serge and thank you for sharing your build.

I've just started in Tempest league, I was looking for a solid leveling item and I sadly noticed there are pretty much 0 physical, except Pillar and Stormheart ( which is hybrid ). Besides Rustic Sash recipe has been nerfed.

Do you think it's better to start with a generic 2-Handed ( which gives more dps and leveling options, such as Geofri's Baptism ), take all the life nodes, generic damage nodes and transition to steaves later in the game?

Thanks for your time.

very nice build!

i'm just wondering why you didn't suggest to pick up unwavering stance as its only a 4 point investment. my char is around lvl 80 and i keep getting stunlocked so this is exactly what i need.

I have been looking at the hardcore build for my marauder. How do you feel about dropping the Bloodless wheel for the Barbarism wheel? It's a little less health (3% to be exact) but you also get some resists and free up 3 points to put somewhere else like Unyielding or Martial Experience or even an additional endurance charge. There are also some gem slots that you could pick up I think.

Also, to anyone thinking about using Pillar of the Caged God, I have realized that it's only useful at the lower levels when decent phys staves are hard to come by. If you can find a good rare staff it will most likely be better than the Pillar. I used Pillar til 35 or so and found a decent phys rare staff and my dps went up by a few hundred. Pillar might become useful again at higher levels but only with significant investment and I'm not so sure it would be worth it.

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Imaqtpig wrote:

may i ask why u help Alira at the end? It gives power charge. thanks

Because you use power charges either by buying hegemony's era or by using power charge on crit.

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Viyro wrote:

Could you go ahead and post your current passive tree?

Curious about the "dps part"

Is that 20k DPS full power charges / 2 auras etc?

Auras, but no charges.

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tanfodelmale wrote:

Hello Serge and thank you for sharing your build.

I've just started in Tempest league, I was looking for a solid leveling item and I sadly noticed there are pretty much 0 physical, except Pillar and Stormheart ( which is hybrid ). Besides Rustic Sash recipe has been nerfed.

Do you think it's better to start with a generic 2-Handed ( which gives more dps and leveling options, such as Geofri's Baptism ), take all the life nodes, generic damage nodes and transition to steaves later in the game?

Thanks for your time.

Absolutely, I leveled with a 2h mace till lvl 55-60.

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Optimyst wrote:

very nice build!

i'm just wondering why you didn't suggest to pick up unwavering stance as its only a 4 point investment. my char is around lvl 80 and i keep getting stunlocked so this is exactly what i need.

You can absolutely go for it if you think it's worth it.

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Krooza wrote:

I have been looking at the hardcore build for my marauder. How do you feel about dropping the Bloodless wheel for the Barbarism wheel? It's a little less health (3% to be exact) but you also get some resists and free up 3 points to put somewhere else like Unyielding or Martial Experience or even an additional endurance charge. There are also some gem slots that you could pick up I think.

Also, to anyone thinking about using Pillar of the Caged God, I have realized that it's only useful at the lower levels when decent phys staves are hard to come by. If you can find a good rare staff it will most likely be better than the Pillar. I used Pillar til 35 or so and found a decent phys rare staff and my dps went up by a few hundred. Pillar might become useful again at higher levels but only with significant investment and I'm not so sure it would be worth it.

You can get Unwavering if you go for Bloodles, which is pretty nice in HC. But of course, feel free to change the spec as you feel fit :)

I beat Malacai in cruel with this last night at 58. It didn't exactly go well, but that's not really a surprise since my links were a mess. I picked up a 5L at the last momemnt and stuck heavy strike in place of my ice crash for the boss fight.

I've been going mace because there's simply been higher dps options the entire way so far. However, I'm finally heading into high crit chance and staff specific passive areas, so my future upgrades will be staves.

Here's the links I plan on using:

Ice Crash - WED - melee physical dmg - increased aoe - crit dmg multiplier - additional accuracy
Heavy Strike - multistrike - melee physical dmg - faster attacks - crit dmg multiplier - additional accuracy
CWDT- immortal call - increased duration - assassin's mark
Leap Slam - Faster Attacks - Fortify - warlord's mark
Determination - HoA - Hatred - rallying cry

I'll reconsider ice golem as I go, but right now the tooltip gains in dps with him are very small. I'm also not very certain between blood rage, rallying cry, and phase run (cwdt). When I manage a 6L, pcoc becomes an option, a which point I can switch in warlord's mark into cwdt and use blood rage or put phase run into the cwdt and curse manually. I might just use Blood Dance boots and forget about blood rage; there's other ways to get leech. Idk.

Edit: perhaps it would be better to run leap slam in a 5 or 6L and heavy strike in a 4L:
Heavy Strike - multistrike - melee physical damage - faster attacks
Leap slam - faster attacks - fortify - curse on hit - assassin's mark - rallying cry (so that i can stick warlord's mark into my aura links
then put phase run into CWDT setup

Some gear upgrade :



Not perfect, but now I'm almost at 75@

Do you think it's worth it to try 5L this (with master craft lightning res) ?

Or should I wait to drop/buy a better one (mostly for life & armor roll)


Also, do you really need a single target setup like Heavy Strike ? Switching inc. AoE for Conc. Effect isn't enough ?

What is better to go for a Maurader,
Evasion or Armour?

I got:
Armour: 2.482
Evasion Rating: 1563

ISO help what I should craft on the Boots, which helps me more...


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Also, did someone tried Belly of the Beast ? Less armor and resistances, but much more life, don't know if that's worth it (especially for the resistances if you want an Abyssus too.. not mention the cost to buy of all this)

You want pure armour gear, no evasion.

Belly is unnecessary, as you have over 5k life with normal gear.