Strength-stacking Wander
Berserker Build

Updated for Patch 3.21

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Replica Alberon's Warpath boots are a foundation of some of the most potent Chaos Damage Builds, as the boots add Chaos Damage to Attacks per Strength. You may often see them being worn by Berserkers as they too can immensely improve their Attack Damage by implementing Rage and Warcries into their builds. Marauders also have easy access to Strength and Attack nodes on a Skill Tree. Flawless Savagery and Blitz will improve Attack Speed and Critical Strikes, while War Bringer will generate Rage after using a Warcry, which is another key component in this build. Battlemage's Cry makes the increases to Spell Damage apply to Attack Damage at 150% of their value after you use it if you happen to hold Redblade Banner, which you should. Spell Damage here is sourced, again, from Strength via the Iron Will keystone, making Strength-stacking double effective. Iron Will makes the increases to Attack Damage from Strength apply to Spell Damage too.

For the Attack Skills, we've selected ones that can be used with a one-hand weapon, as we already have a Shield that fits this build too well. You could use pretty much any Attack, but here we've selected Kinetic Blast and Power Siphon. Kinetic Blast has excellent AoE on its own due to the explosions it creates, but after linking it with Fork and Multiple Projectiles it is even better. Power Siphon is socketed in a separate setup and will be used mostly to deal with tough enemies. It generates Power Charges and is supported by Barrage. Anoint Vengeant Cascade to enhance your damage and clear speed even more. The defenses are a less prominent feature of the build, it's just a bunch of Maximum Life, Attack Block Chance, and Armour stitched together with The Iron Fortress, and as it may sound feeble, the build doesn't really need to be that tanky if all the bosses are dead before they have the chance to deal any significant damage.

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1. Gameplay

Use Kinetic Blast and Power Siphon to slay enemies. Set up Battleamge's Cry as your movement key to activate it as often as you can. For a Curse use Sniper's Mark, for a Guard Spell - Molten Shell, and for a mobility skill we've selected Shield Charge.

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

To level up efficiently, use our Marauder Leveling Guide. It is a very efficient way to level up using 2-had Axes with Melee Attacks. Switch into a final form after acquiring all the necessary items, around level 80.

Bandits:

Kill all three bandits and be rewarded with two additional Skill Points

Leveling Skill Trees:

24 Points Passive Tree
Head for Resolute Technique as shown and get Maximum Life or damage.
 

64 Points Passive Tree
Allocate Maximum Life, Axe Cluster, Two-hand, and Reservation nodes.

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

84 Points Final Passive Tree (doesn't include Cluster Jewels)
120 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Flawless Savagery
2. Blitz
3. War Bringer
4. Aspect of Carnage

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of Solaris: 6% additional Physical Damage Reduction while there is only one nearby Enemy; 20% chance to take 50% less Area Damage from Hits

Minor God: Soul of Yugul: 50% chance to Reflect Hexes, You and your Minions take 50% reduced Reflected Damage; 30% reduced Effect of Curses on you

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Kinetic Blast setup
	Kinetic Blast - Anomalous Kinetic Blast will be used for killing nearly all kinds of enemies. It's a Wand Attack launching an exploding Projectile.
	Greater Multiple Projectiles Support - Adds extra Projectiles to hit more targets.
	Fork Support - Pojecectile splits into two on impact, covering more area,
	Increased Critical Damage Support - Increases Critical Damage, so your Crit Chance should be high already.
	Void Manipulation Support - Grants more Chaos Damage and disables other types of damage.
	Cruelty Support - Red sockets are common on The Iron Fortress, so Cruelty should be the best option. It also grants more damage.

[DSP] Power Siphon setup socketed in Rare Gloves
	Power Siphon - Anomalous Power Siphon will be used to deal with bosses and to gain Power Charges. It's also a Projectile Attack that can be used with a Wand.
	Barrage Support - The Skills' Projecile are fired one after another in a sequence, which increases damage against one enemy.
	Void Manipulation Support
	Increased Critical Damage Support
This Support Gem can be found as a Gloves modifier, making the setup a 5-link.
	Faster Attacks Support - Increases Attack Speed, thus DPS.

[UTILITY] Mana-reserving setup
	Determination - Adds and increases Armour Rating.
	Precision - Increases Critical Strike Chance and Accuracy Rating. Divergent one also increases damage.
	Purity of Elements - Grants extra Elemental Resistances, and a complete immunity to all Elemental Ailments. Anomalous one is extra effecive.
	Enlighten Support - Linked Skills reserve less Mana.

[UTILITY] Curse and Berserk setup
	Sniper's Mark - Marked enemy receives increased Projectile Damage. Projectiles also split on impact against such enemies.
	Mark on Hit Support - Sniper's Mark is applied automatically against Rare or Unique enemies.
	Berserk - For a short while it massively increases damage, durability, and mobility. It's better the more Rage you have. Use it often.
	Enhance Support - Enhances the Quality of all linked to it Skills, which here means more DPS.

[UTILITY] Blood Rage
	Blood Rage - Grants more Attack Speed, Life Leech, and Frenzy Charges on kill. It drains your Life and refreshes its duration upon a kill.

[UTILITY] Battlemage's Cry
	Battlemage's Cry - Use it as your movement key. It makes the increases in Spell Damage apply to Attacks at 150% of their value. It's good with a Wand with increased Spell Damage, Iron Will, and a Redblade Banner. You can link it with skills like Blood Rage to trigger them automatically.

[MOBILITY] Shield Charge
	Shield Charge - The movement Skill that is good if you happen to have a Shield and a lot of Attack Speed.

[UTILITY] CWDT setup
	Molten Shell - A Guard Spell that mitigates a portion of incoming Hit Damage for some time - it can absorb more of it the more Armour you have.
	Summon Ice Golem - A Golem that increases Critical Strike Chance and grants extra Accuracy. Anomalous variant is the best one in this case.
	Cast when Damage Taken - Linked Skills will trigger automatically after taking a certain amount of damage.

6. Gear Setup

It's a Strength-stacking build so try to focus on obtaining as much of it as possible. The most efficient sources are those that would increase it, you can find such mods as Synthesised Implicits on Jewelry items. Get a lot of flat Strength too. Remember to cap your Resistances, get a lot of Chaos Resistance, and Maximum Life. For Damage, seek Attack Speed and Critical Strike mods. These two are the most important by far. With Undeniable Keystone, which you should get from a pair of Forbidden Jewels, you will also scale the Attack Speed off of Accuracy. Remember to lower the Mana Cost of Skills by 21 in total by crafting a Prefix that does so on your Amulet and Rings. All the unique gear pieces listed are either mandatory or simply best-in-slot. Only Replica Alberon's Warpath are very expensive. The price of Rare items and Jewels is high too.

Our recommended items will:

1. Cap your resistances at 75%
2. Provide you with enough DPS and Life to start mapping

(Helmet) Rare Helmet - "1% increased Critical Strike Chance per 10 Strength" Elevated mod would be extremely good, but the regular variant that grants just the Accuracy is also very popular. Other than that get Life and Resistances.

Min. requirements: 80 Maximum Life +60% Total Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Chaos Resistance Spell Suppression Chance Armour Attributes Nearby Enemies have -12% to Chaos Resistance (Hunter) Gain Accuracy Rating equal to your Strength (Warlord)

Helmet enchantments: 15% increased Battlemage's Cry Buff Effect

(Weapon) Rare Wand - Look for a Wand with Attack Speed, Spell Damage, and Crit modifiers. Added Chaos Damage, Chaos Penetration, and Spell Damage per Strength are good too but make the weapon much more expensive.

Min. requirements: 12% increased Attack Speed 25% increased Critical Strike Chance 60% increased Spell Damage Optional affixes: Global Critical Strike Multiplier Adds Chaos Damage Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate #% Chaos Resistance (Hunter) increased Spell Damage per Strength (Synthesised Implicit)

(Off-hand) Redblade Banner - Guarantees that Battlemage's Cry is at its full power, and vastly improves its CDR. The Shield also has a lot of Maximum Life and Armour.

+(20-30) to maximum Life (80-100)% increased Armour +(50-60) to maximum Life 20% increased Taunt Duration +5% Chance to Block 50% increased Warcry Cooldown Recovery Rate Warcries have infinite Power

(Body Armour) The Iron Fortress - Iron Fortress is often used in Strength-stacking builds due to the extra Attack Block Chance. It also grants Strength and Armour.

+1% Chance to Block Attack Damage per 50 Strength Chance to Block Spell Damage is Unlucky +(60-120) to Strength (80-100)% increased Armour 10% reduced Movement Speed Strength's Damage Bonus instead grants 3% increased Melee Physical Damage per 10 Strength

(Boots) Replica Alberon's Warpath - The core element of this build. It adds Chaos Damage to Attacks per Strength and disables other types of damage.

(15-18)% increased Strength +(180-220) to Armour +(13-19)% to Chaos Resistance 25% increased Movement Speed Cannot deal non-Chaos Damage Adds 1 to 80 Chaos Damage to Attacks per 80 Strength

(Gloves) Rare Gloves - Gloves will host the Power Siphon setup, so try to gain local improvements in the form of built-in Support Gems. Get Maximum Life and Attack Speed too.

Min. requirements: +50 to Maximum Life 10% increased Attack Speed Socketed Gems are Supported by Faster Attacks (Elder) Optional affixes: Spell Suppression Chance Elemental Resistances Chaos Resistance Socketed Gems are supported by Faster Projectiles (Elder) Socketed Attacks have #% to Critical Strike Multiplier (Elder) +1 to Level of Socketed Projectile Gems; Projectiles Pierce an additional Target

(Belt) Rare Belt - A Synthesised Belt with increased Strength or Attributes for its Implicit is the best option, but an expensive one. Here get extra Strength, Maximum Life, and Resistances.

Min. requirements: +70 to maximum Life 60 Strength increased Strength (Synthesised Implicit) +50% to Elemental Resistances Optional affixes: Flask modifiers increased Damage increased Maximum Life

(Amulet) Rare Amulet - An Amulet too can increase your Strength if it has the right Synthesised Implicit. Craft the Prefix to reduce Mana Cost by 7, get some Strength, and Maximum Life.

Min. requirements: +40 to Maximum Life 60 Strength Non-Channelling Skills have -7 to Total Mana Cost Optional affixes: increased Strength (Synthesised Implicit) Attributes Global Critical Strike Multiplier increased Attack Speed

Recommended Anointments: Vengeant Cascade

(Ring) Rare Rings - Rings too should increase your Strength and Reduce the Mana Cost of Skills. Try to gain some additional Strength, Maximum Life, and Resistances.

Min. requirements: 50 Maximum Life +50% Total Elemental Resistances 60 Strength Non-Channelling Skills have -7 to Total Mana Cost Optional affixes: Chaos Resistance Global Critical Strike Multiplier Attributes

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - Here, get Maximum Life, Strength, and Critical Strike Multiplier modifiers. If you lack Resistances or Attributes you can get them here.

Recommended affixes: Maximum Life Resistances Mana Reservation Efficiency Reduced Mana Cost of SKills Critical Strike Multiplier Attributes

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - Use two or three Large Cluster Jewels with 12 passives, each containing a bonus to Strength combined with other Attribute or Resistances.

Recommended affixes: Added Small Passive Skills have 35% increased Effect Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +8 to Strength Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +4 to All Attributes

(Jewel) Lethal Pride - Put it in a socket surrounded by a lot of passives you've allocated, each will grant more Strength. You should primarily aim for the Notable passive upgrades for increased Strength.

Commanded leadership over (10000-18000) warriors under (Akoya-Kaom-Rakiata) Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui Historic

(Jewel) Split Personality - Here, get Strength, Accuracy, Maximum Life, or any missing Attribute. Just be sure it grants Strength. Socket two of them in the farthest Jewel Socket.

This Jewel's Socket has 25% increased effect per Allocated Passive Skill between it and your Class' starting location <Two random modifiers>

(Jewel) Inertia - If you have more Dextrerity than you need, transform some of it into Strength with this Jewel.

+(16-24) to Strength Dexterity from Passives in Radius is Transformed to Strength

(Jewel) Emperor's Might - An expensive Jewel that increases Strength and Damage.

10% increased Damage 3% increased Character Size (4-6)% increased Strength

(Jewel) Forbidden Flame & Flesh - Undeniable is extremely good. It increases Attack Speed per Accuracy, and grants Accuracy equal to double that of your Strength.

Allocates <Random Ascendancy Notable> if you have the matching modifiers on Forbidden Flesh Allocates <Random Ascendancy Notable> if you have the matching modifiers on Forbidden Flame

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - Some of the bet modifiers are: Life per Enemy Hit from Vitality, Crit Multiplier from Precision, and Chaos Resistance from Purity of Elements.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>

(Flask) Bottled Faith - Bottled Faith increases Damage, Critical Strike Chance, and makes enemies receive increased damage.

40% increased Damage Creates Consecrated Ground on Use (30-15)% reduced Duration Consecrated Ground created by this Flask has Tripled Radius Consecrated Ground created during Effect applies (7-10)% increased Damage taken to Enemies (100-150)% increased Critical Strike Chance against Enemies on Consecrated Ground during Effect

Suggested Flasks: Life Flask with Bleeding immunity/removal Diamond Flask with increased Critical Strike Chance Silver Flask with increased Attack Speed Quicksilver Flask with increased Movement Speed

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