Diablo 2: Leap Attack Barbarian Guide

The Leap Attack Barbarian smashes into Elite Packs and Bosses alike with MASSIVE DAMAGE. High mobility on Leap Attack, using the option to make use of the same Cast Frames as a Sorceress for Teleport, gives this development a wide range of gear options and play-styles. Similar to the Pit Zerker, you can stack huge levels of Magic Find without having to sacrifice efficiency or kill speed! What sets it apart, maybe the truly outrageous DPS inside your arsenal, along with a very wide range of farming options. You can take this person ANYWHERE!

Find Item shines around the Magic Find variant of the build since we will easily stack over 500 MF. This gives you another opportunity for Elite monsters to decrease their loot, providing you with the most value for your money. Unlike other melee builds though, the AoE damage on Leap Attack helps you to soften up other mobs inside a group, which the Mercenary cleans up when you move onto the following pack.

Best

The Secret Cow Level - High Density, Easy Mobility, No Immunities

Flayer Jungle ONLY - High Density, Easy Mobility, No Immunities

Pit - High Density, Easy Mobility, Many Elite Groups

Cold Plains + The Cave - High Density, Easy Mobility, Quick Access

Chaos Sanctuary - High Density, Easy Mobility, Many Elite Groups

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Worst

Tal Rasha's Tombs - Immunities, Slow Access, High Physical Damage, High Elemental Damage, Tanky enemies

Worldstone Keep + Throne of Destruction - Immunities, Slow Access, High Elemental Damage, Tanky enemies

Arcane Sanctuary - Trash Mobility, Immunities

Act 3 Sewers - Trash Mobility, Immunities, Slow Access

Durance of Hate - Trash Mobility, Tanky enemies

Setup

With the 2-handed Breath from the Dying Thunder Maul base weapon damage, we get probably the most out of the large levels of off-weapon x% Enhanced Damage. It loses the Phoenix's Redemption survivability but is a lot more likely to one-shot monsters, even on higher Player Settings. While your Berserk is slower, the main difference is only 5 Frames (1/5 of the second).

Mercenary

Equip this Mercenary with The Reaper's Toll Thresher. It has a 33% Chance to cast Decrepify on striking, slowing, and increasing Physical Damage dealt to enemies. Decrepify may even break some Physical Immunities. His Might takes over, granting a lot of Enhance Damage too. Ethereal Fortitude Sacred Armor and Andariel's Visage give a lot of damage and survivability.

Skills

Put 1 Point into each of the following Skills:

1. Berserk

2. Iron Skin

3. Natural Resistance

4. Battle Command

5. Increased Speed

Max the following Skills within this order:

1. Leap Attack

2. Leap

3. Mace Mastery

4. Battle Orders