Speed Barb skill planning question

[Willund]

I see that putting Increased Speed to lvl 20 gives you 43 +%, but Frenzy at lvl 1 gives you 47 +%. My question, does Frenzy need to be used in active combat for this base 47 +% to kick in? Or is it on all the time and gets faster when you are fighting with more skill pts added?
Thanks!

 

[life_source]

every time you hit a monster, you go into "frenzy mode", you'll know cause you'll have those swirls around you. once in frenzy mode, you get all the benefits of your frenzy skill, the attack boost, damage boost, and speed boost.

 

[FWI]

Life is correct. After the first hit you start the frenzy, which makes you faster, hit harder, and run hella fast.

 

[Willund]

But can you turn Frenzy "on" without being in battle, to get the speed boost for running? I am wondering if I can use it this way to make countess, meph and baal runs faster than increased speed (and saving 20 pts), without having to fight - I have a mf Barb. Then I can use for fighting too, and have a Barb that can hold his own. Can it be used this way?

 

[life_source]

the only way to do that would be to hit a monster occasionally, to reset your frezy mode. frenzy mode lasts 6 seconds, so every 5 seconds or so, you should hit another monster.

the main point here, is that frenzy is NOT passive. it doesn't always work, like an aura, or increase speed does.

what you are doing is actually pretty smart. throwing a point into frenzy and using that to run everywhere could decrease run times alot. you just have to becareful, hit a monster occasionally to get your speed back up, and not run into a corner.

 

[Willund]

Thats the info I needed - Ill try it. Thanks!