Berserk Barbarian Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Berserk Barbarian and Mercenary in Diablo 2.
Foreword
Note: Do not use any cold Damage gear or Charms as you want the corpses so
you can use 
 Find Item.
Thresh/Pindle Magic Find Build
This is a high Damage Magic Find build best used for Thresh Socket and Pindle.
- Weapon: Grief (
 Phase Blade preferred) - Weapon Offhand: 
 Phase Blade socketed with 6 
 Ist Runes - Weapon Swap: 
 Wizardspike and 
 Wizardspike - Body Armor: Enigma
 - Helm: 
 Harlequin Crest - Gloves: 
 Chance Guards - Boots: 
 War Traveler - Belt: 
 Goldwrap - Ring 1: 
 Nagelring - Ring 2: 
 Nagelring or Ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate to reach the
105% breakpoint - Amulet: 
 Highlord's Wrath or Amulet with +5% Faster Cast Rate to reach
the 105% breakpoint - Charm 1: Barbarian
 Hellfire Torch - Charm 2: 
 Annihilus - Charm 3: 40% Magic Find 
 Gheed's Fortune - Rest of Charms: Small Charms with 7% Magic Find
 
Pit/Chaos Magic Find Build
This build adds in Cannot Be Frozen and is better for areas such as the Pit or Chaos Sanctuary.
- Weapon: Grief (
 Phase Blade preferred) - Weapon Offhand: 
 Phase Blade socketed with 6 
 Ist Runes - Weapon Swap: 
 Wizardspike and 
 Wizardspike - Body Armor: Enigma
 - Helm: 
 Harlequin Crest with 
 Cham Rune - Gloves: 
 Chance Guards - Boots: 
 War Traveler - Belt: 
 Goldwrap, 
 Trang-Oul's Girth if no 
 Cham Rune in
 Harlequin Crest - Ring 1: 
 Nagelring - Ring 2: 
 Nagelring or Ring with +10% Faster Cast Rate to reach the
105% breakpoint - Amulet: 
 Highlord's Wrath or Amulet with +5% Faster Cast Rate to reach
the 105% breakpoint - Charm 1: Barbarian
 Hellfire Torch - Charm 2: 
 Annihilus - Charm 3: 40% Magic Find 
 Gheed's Fortune - Rest of Charms: Small Charms with 7% Magic Find
 
Budget Build Items
This is a variety of cheap gear sets to get you started.
NOTE: Finding a source of Cannot Be Frozen is important. Make sure it is on 1 piece of your gear.
- Weapon: Oath, Honor, Black, 
 Aldur's Rhythm,
 Nord's Tenderizer, 
 Fleshrender, 
 Sureshrill Frost,
 Zakarum's Hand - Weapon Offhand: 
 Blade of Ali Baba - Weapon Swap: 
 Naj's Puzzler, Teleport Charges Staff, 2x +3 Warcries
Spears - Body Armor: 
 Skullder's Ire, 
 Duriel's Shell,
 The Spirit Shroud, Wealth, Treachery,
 Skin of the Vipermagi, Rare Armor socketed with 4 
 Perfect Topazes,
Stealth - Helm: 
 Guillaume's Face, 
 Tarnhelm, Lore,
 Rockstopper, Rare Armor socketed with 3 
 Perfect Topazes - Gloves: 
 Chance Guards, 
 Laying of Hands, 
 Bloodfist,
 Sander's Taboo - Boots: 
 War Traveler, 
 Gore Riders, 
 Waterwalk,
 Infernostride, 
 Hsarus' Iron Heel - Belt: 
 Trang-Oul's Girth, 
 Death's Guard, 
 Goldwrap,
 String of Ears, 
 Nightsmoke - Ring 1: 
 Nagelring - Ring 2: 
 Nagelring, Rare Ring with Attack Rating, Leech, Life,
Resistances, Stats - Amulet: 
 Highlord's Wrath, 
 The Cat's Eye, Rare Amulet with Life,
Resistances, Stats - Charm 1: Any 
 Hellfire Torch for Stats if cannot get Barbarian - Charm 2: 
 Annihilus - Charm 3: Any Magic Find Charms
 - Charm 4: Any Barb Skiller Grand Charms
 - Charm 5: Any Charms with Max Damage, Attack Rating, or Life
 - Charm 6: Any Charms with Resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, Mana, or Strength
 
Mercenary
You will want an Offensive (
 Might) Act 2 Nightmare Mercenary. Another
option could be an Offensive (
 Blessed Aim) Act 2 Hell Mercenary.
Mercenary Gear
Optimal Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary Gear setups for your Character.
- Weapon: Ethereal Insight
 - Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
 - Helm: Ethereal 
 Andariel's Visage with 
 Ral Rune 
Budget Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy damage and survivability.
- Weapon: Obedience
 - Body Armor: Treachery
 - Helm: 
 Vampire Gaze 
Changelog
- 23 Sep. 2025: Updated through Patch 2.8.
 - 04 May 2025: Guide reviewed.
 - 20 Sep. 2021: Page added.
 
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