08-18-2004, 08:09 AM
I love Frenzy, in many ways it's an utterly unique style
There are different approaches but mine is to love your speed. View faster/run walk and high ias as desireable
The play of it is very much living on your reflexes. You charge into a pack, moving from offscreen to melee range faster than they can chuck a missile. Then you see how you're doing for life
- if it's uncomfortable you charge out equally fast.
There's more to it of course
The key to this playstyle is always keeping Frenzy charged up. That means you have 6 seconds from killing the last of a pack to be hitting the next critter so you have to move fast. For that you need to use right mouse button attack
Please allow me the liberty of quoting myself with regard to right click attack:
Other great ideas include:
Draft Tourette's Barbarian Guide
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...t=1564&hl=taunt
Swarmalicious's Leap Attack Barbarian Guide
http://www.froglicker.net/d2/leap.html
There's lots of interesting Barb skills. I've done a Howl barb and a Bash Barb in addition to more conventional builds and enjoyed them a lot
There are different approaches but mine is to love your speed. View faster/run walk and high ias as desireable
The play of it is very much living on your reflexes. You charge into a pack, moving from offscreen to melee range faster than they can chuck a missile. Then you see how you're doing for life
- if it's uncomfortable you charge out equally fast.
There's more to it of course
The key to this playstyle is always keeping Frenzy charged up. That means you have 6 seconds from killing the last of a pack to be hitting the next critter so you have to move fast. For that you need to use right mouse button attack
Please allow me the liberty of quoting myself with regard to right click attack:
Quote:OK take any character. Level 50 or level 1, doesn't matter. Map normal attack to the right mouse button. Start in the Rogue Camp in Normal. Move the pointer halfway across the screen and right click and hold. Your character will run towards the pointer.http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/in...showtopic=47062
Keep the mouse held down and don't release it. Navigate to the Cold Plains wp without once letting go. If you see monsters steer the character towards them and it will autotarget and kill them
Once you reach the Cold Plains we'll try a few more advanced techniques. Use hotkeys to change the skill from normal attack to other attacks and back. Get a feel for how quickly you can change to, say, Frost Nova, then back to normal attack. Practice using the alt key, still without letting go of the right mouse button. Lastly practice reading boss mods by manouevring the cursor above the boss while moving, letting go for just a moment to take a glimpse, then moving again to attack (or run, if needed, lol)
Some players go "Wow, however have I played without this". Some go "Ugh, it's soooo uncontrolled"
If you're one of the former Frenzy will be the most fun you have ever had playing the game. If you're one of the latter I would recommend not doing Frenzy but going Concentrate instead
Other great ideas include:
Draft Tourette's Barbarian Guide
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...t=1564&hl=taunt
Swarmalicious's Leap Attack Barbarian Guide
http://www.froglicker.net/d2/leap.html
There's lots of interesting Barb skills. I've done a Howl barb and a Bash Barb in addition to more conventional builds and enjoyed them a lot