[3.0] Fast Earthquake Berserker - 700k DPS (Shaper Viable)

I decided to revisit the build and update the thread after killing all the new shit since perandus. damage/life is much higher and the build is very endgame viable now.

The DoT changes do impact this build such that it has a weaker clearing speed/DPS, but comparable/better and more consistent single target damage.

After some testing, the best option seems to be to replace added fire damage with bloodlust, and to have maim on leap slam/warchief. Overall you lose about 30% clearing dps due to the less reliable nature of bloodlust and maim. You can mainlink maim over bloodlust and have similar hit-DPS as before, but single target is lacking due to the old reliance on bleed.

Overall, the DPS is still more than sufficient for clearing, and the single target has become stronger and more consistent with 3.0.

Character Page
Path of Building Code

Pros:
- Very High DPS and life pool
- Pretty much the most speed you can expect from a 2H earthquake build
- Can clear all content
- Solid Progression (Earthquake duration helm and warped timepiece are the only necessary items, all others can be replaced with the best rare you can find).
- Can easily run every map mod besides physical reflect, with minor alterations needed for elemental reflect maps
- Can easily be transitioned into from other melee builds

Cons:
- poor secondary defenses. relies on life pool, leech, and speed to survive
- no vaal pact, so you cant just facetank everything
- top end gear is pretty expensive

All videos are from 2.6
Abyss Kaom Kill
Hydra Kill
Colosseum Run with Double Boss
Core Run

Using Path of Building to calculate more accurate DPS Values:


General Clearing (reliable buffs, no totem, standard enemy, inc AoE)
No Flasks: 199,563
Flasks: 358,240

Standard Boss (reliable buffs, totem, Standard Boss, inc AoE)
No Flasks: 378,650
Flasks: 603,853

Shaper/Guardian (no kill-based buffs/enemy movement, totem, Shaper, Conc Effect)
No Charges/Flasks: 486,275
Charges: 570,173
Flasks: 738,820
Both (for ones with adds): 867,050



Obviously you can conditionally break 1M DPS with conc effect but its unreliable so i didnt include it. Warchief itself provided a lot of damage to single target enemies but also isnt included.

Skill Tree:
Level 95 Skill Tree

Bandits:
I recommend Two Passives. Oak can be good if you build more defensively oriented and want how alternate stats, kraityn is good for speed. two passives will give the best dps though.

Ascendancy:
Berserker was chosen here for high damage and attack speed. Being an attack build without vaal pact, the leech nodes arent very useful, so we take the other four. I went Crave the Slaughter > Aspect of Carnage > War Bringer > Rite of Ruin.

Slayer, Juggernaut, and Chieftain can all run this build as well, and have better defenses in return for lower damage and attack speed.

Pantheon:
Personally I think Solaris and Gruthkul are the best for this build. Yugul can be used if youd like better reflect resistance. Brine king should be used if you arent using Kaom's Roots.

Earthquake + Less Duration + Melee Physical Damage + Increased AoE/Conc effect + Rapid Decay + Bloodlust/Maim
- The gems should generally be added in this particular order, with the exception of only adding rapid decay in the 5th slot so long as it makes a difference in how frequent your earthquakes are. In other words, only use rapid decay if you're attacking faster than your earthquake can handle.

Bloodlust gives the best DPS, but is conditional and relies on you bleeding enemies with leap slam or warchief, which pretty much makes it a nonfactor while clearing. Maim can be used instead for more consistent damage but will have a noticably lower top end damage.

Conc effect is a good swap in for Inc AoE for bosses if you feel it necessary (I only do it for shaper/guardians personally).

Here are some examples of how aftershock frequency increases with duration reduction:


Leap Slam + Faster Attack + Fortify + Culling Strike +(Maim)
- A mobility skill is vital, and fortify is too good of a buff to not include somehow. Maim should be on leap slam or warchief (or both), but do whatever works for you.

For the rest of the skills, links aren't particularly relevant, so organize and support them as you see fit.

Auras: Herald of Ash + Hatred

Utilities: my priority for the rest of the sockets are:
Blood Rage, Ancestral Warchief, Enduring Cry, Summon Stone Golem, CwDT+immortal Call

Those can be organized how you want. Personally, since I use Kaom's roots, I'm tight on sockets, so I combine the moveskill and totem in my chestpiece, use CDT+Immortal Call+Stone Golem+Temportal Chains, and then throw the auras+blood rage+enduring cry in a 4link. If you don't use roots, then consider beefing up the warchief with damage supports for single target.

The only gear that is particularly necessary is a warped timepiece and a helmet with the reduced earthquake duration enchantment, which unfortunately is pretty expensive in its own right. Aside from that, rares with decent life and damage are all you need, with the eventual goal of getting Atziri's Disfavour.

You will need to get mana leech on some piece of gear or a jewel, but otherwise you can focus entirely on life, damage, stats, and resistances on your rares.

For glove prefixes, you want either Commandment of Fury or Spite, or to vaal Vulnurability on Hit. For boots, you want either