[3.7] Berserker PURE PHYS CRIT CYCLONE 2M+ DPS 6k+ life DEATHLESS SHAPER [IMPALES BOSSES]

This character build uses a two handed sword to deal crazy criticaal strikes with berserker's insane attack speed, and to stack impale on top of that for crazy amounts of bonus damage

To start out you can use something like a Kondo's pride or a Doomsower which are both good 400 pdps swords, however they both lack crit chance and kondo's makes it so you can't leech as effectively

Eventually you want to get a good rare sword, perferably an exquisite blade base, starforge works but its very expensive, requires the critical strikes support gem, and deals around 25-40% less damage than a good exquisite blade

Something like this (my current sword) is a good endgame option

hits can't be evaded craft is very important as it means we ignore accuracy, however the single crafted mod costs 3 exalted so its not that feasible for most players early league.

I would recommend getting an itemlevel 83 exquisite blade and trying to craft yourself, any good combination of attack speed, % physical damage, and flat physical damage will make a good starter sword, aim for 2 of those mods and craft the third.

Ultra endgame you probably want an elder sword with fortify/% increased physical damage on it as well as as much pdps and crit as possible beyond that. However elder exquisite blades are very rare and hard to craft so this is out of reach for most players, still if you want to min-max to the maximum that is how its done.

a fossil crafted helmet with life and the "nearby enemies take 9% increased physical damage" mods will help out on dps
something like this is a good early endgame option but its not great for a min maxed character

Devoto's devotion is also a good option for clearing maps faster, but I would recommend a delve helmet for bossing and higher tier maps


An elder crafted Chestpiece with "attacks have +#% to critical strike chance" and life is going to be your best endgame option, this is a decent example



eventually you want a fossil crafted elder chestpiece
with Maim support, -15 to mana cost, and +#% to critical strike chance as well as as much life as possible

for boots I am currently using kaom's roots
when bossing and swapping for a pair of 35% movement speed boots for mapping
Kaom's roots are mostly for farming the elder and making my character a bit more tanky in the high tier maps, use whatever good rare boots you have that fulfill requirements such as life, movespeed, and resists.

for gloves I am using
which are far from ideal, but they have +1 melee weapon range, the resists and the attributes I need.

My rings are far from optimal

The only thing that is MANDATORY on rings is the -# to total mana cost of skills, try to get at least 7, 8 is optimal.
This mod allows us to use cyclone with as much attack speed as we can get and never run out of mana. which also means we can reserve 95% of our mana for auras and our banner

other than the -# mana cost mod, just get life, resists, and the necessary attributes

My amulet is pretty good and I will likely not be upgrading it for a long time

Get life, resists and attributes on your amulet, critical strike multiplier is a big damage boost and the +1 melee weapon range/10% melee damage mod helps increase our cyclone aoe for mapping, but it's not mandatory

Main cyclone setup for mapping in order of priority:


you could potentially use rage support instead of brutality support to stack up rage faster but I have yet to test this enough

vaal double strike:


just use as many damage supports as you can on this, increased duration and impale support are mandatory but that is it

unlinked auras and banner:


Dread banner gives 20% chance to impale bringing us to 100% and 19% impale effect at max level

Blood and Sand in sand stance gives more aoe during mapping

Blood and Sand in blood stance gives more damage at the cost of a bit of aoe

Flesh and Stone in sand stance gives very nice defensive buffs

Flesh and stone in blood stance gives even MORE damage

Pride increases the phys damage taken by enemies, with a watcher's eye it increases the max number of impale stacks

Blood rage gives life leech and attack speed

Ancestral protector grants 20% MORE attack speed



leap slam:


move around at very FAST speed