Frenzy questions

[Samka]

This is an interesting discussion because I was deciding what was a good melee guy to start and narrowed it down to zealot or frenzybarb.

Yup, that's what it came down to for me too.

It's true that Beast narrows the gap, but getting a Ber is extremely difficult if you're playing totally legit.

Zealot does have a few notable advantages that haven't been listed :
- Ability to use any 1H weapon, without wasting any skill points - vs Barb mastery.
- Max frenzy is 5-frame attack, while max zeal is 4-frame (I think).
- Requires only 1 awesome weapon vs 2 for frenzy.
- Exile runeword (effectively cancels out Beast for frenzy barb).
- No chargeup time required (this is a huge advantage).

Frenzy sword barb has a nice range advantage when using 2H swords though.

But in summary, I think if you can be bothered using the left mouse-button then the Zealot is pretty much the better option. Frenzy barb definitely more fun though :)