Doryani's Touch
Berserker Build

Updated for Patch 3.25

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Doryani's Fist is one of the items that require building the whole character around it. It's a pair of gloves granting you a built-in Skill named Doryani's Touch. This Attack cannot be evaded so you won't have to worry about Accuracy, but to use it you're prohibited from wearing any weapon. It adds a lot of Lightning Damage to Attacks to recompensate for this disadvantage, and for the inability to make it a 6-link setup. Berserker is a great class for any Attack Build, it includes this purely Elemental type of Attack. It's for the best to pick War Bringer, Crave the Slaughter, Rite of Ruin, and Aspect of Carnage. It results in a build heavily tied to Warcries and Rage to Exert Attacks and gain more Damage. Doryani's Touch also counts as a Slam Attack, making it suitable for Tawoha Keystone from Chieftain's Ascendancy you can obtain via Forbidden Jewels.

This build uses the Tempered by War keystone from Lethal Pride Jewel, Doryani's Prototype Armour, and Mahuxotl's Machination Shield. It creates a complicated web of many overlapping game mechanics that influence your defenses. To put it simply, you will take no Cold or Lightning Damage, only Fire, Chaos, and Physical. The Unique Body Armour encourages you to lower your own Lightning Resistance (up to -200%) to deal more Lightning Damage yourself to nearby enemies. With this setup, it is guaranteed to one-shot nearly all opponents and even some map bosses. As you take only one type of Elemental Damage, pick Purity of Fire for more Maximum Fire Resistance, which can be boosted up to nearly 90% after you gain enough Energy Shield. Your Maximum Chaos Resistance is also very high due to Divine Flesh. Armour is sourced From Determination, Defiance Banner, and Gear. It makes the build quite durable, it's capable of reaching around 5k of Maximum Life and some Energy Shield (which does not prevent any damage).

Mahuxotl's Machination is currently very expensive, but it's possible to play without it. It provides you only with defenses such as faster Leech and extra Maximum Elemental Resistances if you can Leech or gain ES some other way. Divine Flesh, however, is quite important to protect you completely from Cold Damage, so just be sure that you have Cold Resistance.

For the 3.25 update we have adjusted the item stats to include more Life and Armour, rearranged the Passive Skill Tree, and changed the Skill Gem setups. The build has received a major buff this patch and the Doryani's Touch Skill has now a 1000% effectiveness of added damage. It's also possible to obtain Reflected Jewelry from the Kaladra's mist with negative Lightning Resistance, making gearing up much easier.

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1. Gameplay

Use Doryani's Touch to slay enemies. This skill can be enhanced by Warcries to Exert the Attacks and to gain some other bonuses. Intimidating Cry doubles the Exerted Damage, Seismic Cry makes it easier to Stun and Knockback, and increases your AoE. Enduring Cry is used defensively to regenerate Life, gain Endurance Charges, and mitigate Physical Damage. For a Curse, you can use Warlord's Mark, but Punishment is viable too. If you have a Corrupted pair of Gloves with some other Curse, it might be also beneficial. To enhance your performance use Blood Rage. During boss fights activate Berserk and Ancestral Warchief Totem for much more DPS. Molten Shell is the best Guard Spell, for better mobility use Flame Dash. For Auras use Wrath, Determination, Purity of Fire, Defiance Banner, and Blood and Sand.

This video was recorded on a level 95 Berserker with -200% Lightning Resistance. With Tempered of War, this feast requires you to get three reflected Rings with negative Lightning Resistance. But that's basically the only viable option to mitigate the downsides of using Doryani's Prototype and gain maximum DPS output

2. Build's PROS & CONS

3. Leveling tips

As a Berserker we recommend starting with an Attack Skill, it doesn't really matter which one as long as it can be affected by Warcries. Dealing Fire Damage could be advantageous as there are a lot of Fire-related Attack Skills and nodes near your starting location on a Skill Tree, and it'd also improve Infernal Cry, which is great for clearing when utilizing Fire Damage. Doryani's Prototype requires level 67, and Doryani's Fist - 63. Switch to Lightning Damage and the final setup after you've acquired these two items, and in addition to that, be sure that your rare Jewelry grants you negative Lightning Resistance. If you have Lethal Pride for Tempered By War Keystone and Mahuxotl's Machination Shield, be sure that you also have a lot of Chaos Resistance. As you've equipped the Unique Gloves and Body Armour you can start respecing the unnecessary passives to get more Lightning Damage. At this point, you should have a really high Armour Rating, so you don't have to do it immediately at level 67 if you don't - you can comfortably get into yellow or red maps as the fiery Tectonic Slammer. Cluster Jewels are the least of your concerns, but the small ones for extra Reservation Efficiency might be very cost-efficient.

Suggested leveling Gem setups:

Ground Slam
	Ground Slam - At level 1 you can pick up this Slam Attack, it's able to hit opponents far away with Physical Damage.
	Added Fire Damage Support - It adds Fire Damage sourced from Physical Damage.

Tectonic Slam
	Tectonic Slam - Tectonic Slam converts 60% of its Physical Damage to Fire. It creates Fissures and consumes Endurance Charges to enhance its Damage.
	Added Fire Damage Support
	Pulverise Support - Increases Area Damage and Area of Effect at the cost of Attack Speed.
	Melee Physical Damage Support - Simply grants more Physical Damage, again at the cost of Attack Speed.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Grants more Elemental Damage with Attacks.
	Fist of War Support - Every two or so seconds your Slam Attacks are Ancestrally Boosted dealing increased Damage and having increased AoE.

Mana Reservation setup
	Anger - Adds Fire Damage to your Attacks and Spells.
	Herald of Ash - Grants 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage, and makes enemies "explode" on death.
	Clarity - Use it to regenerate your Mana faster.

various Gems
	Flammability - A Curse that lowers the Fire Resistance of affected foes.
	Infernal Cry - Covers nearby enemies in Ash, Taunts them, and makes them explode on death dealing Fire Damage. Your Exerted Attacks Trigger Combust, for even more Damage.
	Enduring Cry - A Warcry that regenerates your Life and provides you with Endurance Charges.

Bandits:

you should kill all three Bandits for two additional Skill Points

Leveling Skill Trees:

24 Points Skill Tree
Start with Elemental Resistances, Fire Damage, Maximum Life, and head for Resolute Technique

79 Points Skill Tree
Head for more Maximum Life, Elemental Damage, Warcry clusters, and Mana Reservation Efficiency. You should also allocate the Mace cluster, or if you're using another type of weapon, its corresponding cluster is also there - between Blood Magic and Resolute Technique.

Recommended leveling items:

Le Heup of All - It's a great leveling Ring for it grants a lot of Attributes, Damage, and Resistances.

Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks +(10-30) to all Attributes (10-30)% increased Damage (10-30)% increased Rarity of Items found +(10-30)% to all Elemental Resistances

Marohi Erqi - If you don't mind the reduced Attack Speed you can use this Mace. It has a very high base Physical Damage.

45% increased Stun Duration on Enemies (500-600)% increased Physical Damage 25% reduced Attack Speed (40-50)% increased Stun Duration on Enemies -500 to Accuracy Rating

Dreadarc - It's more comfortable to wield this weapon than Marohi Erqi - it applies Flammability on Hit. You can use it as soon as you hit level 16. Keep in mind it's an Axe, not Mace.

Adds (5-15) to (20-25) Physical Damage Adds (5-15) to (20-25) Fire Damage (7-10)% increased Attack Speed +(15-25)% to Fire Resistance 5% increased Movement Speed Curse Enemies with Flammability on Hit

Goldrim - This unique Helmet offers a lot of Elemental Resistances.

+(30-50) to Evasion Rating 10% increased Rarity of Items found +(30-40)% to all Elemental Resistances Reflects 4 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers Level Requirement reduced by 100 (Hidden)

Tabula Rasa - Use Tabula for the six, white, linked sockets.

Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden) Item has 6 White Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)

4. Final Skill Tree, Ascendancy Points, and Pantheon

Final Skill Tree:

108 Points Final Skill Tree (doesn't include Cluster or Unique or Cluster Jewels)
121 Points Path of Building (PoB) link

Ascendancy points:

Preferably in that order:

1. Crave the Slaughter
2. Rite of Ruin
3. War Bringer
4. Aspect of Carnage

Pantheon:

Major God: Soul of the Brine King: You cannot be Stunned if you've been Stunned or Blocked a Stunning Hit in the past 2 seconds; Cannot be Frozen

Minor God: Soul of Abberath: 60% less Duration of Ignite on You; Unaffected by Burning Ground

5. Final Gems links

[DPS] Doryani's Touch setup
	Doryani's Touch - A Slam Attack that deals Lightning Area Damage, it has insanely high added damage efficiency, and the Attacks cannot be evaded.
	Added Lightning Damage Support - It adds Lightning Damage to the Attacks.
	Increased Area of Effect Support - Use it for an increased Area of Effect, but it can be swapped for  Concentrated Effect Support during boss fights.
	Pulverise Support - Pulverise lowers Attack Speed but grants much more Area Damage and Area of Effect.
	Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Supported Attacks deal more Elemental Damage.

[UTILITY] Aura setup
	Wrath - Wrath adds Lightning Damage to your Attacks, which is distinctly desirable.
	Determination - Use it for more and increased Armour Rating.
	Purity of Fire - Provides you with additional Fire Resistance and Maximum Fire Resistance - the only type of Elemental Damage you're receiving.
	Vitality - Regenerates Life. Keep it at a low enough level so that it won't Reserve too much Mana.
	Blood and Sand - You can switch between Blood and Sand Stance to gain more Area Damage at the cost of Area of Effect and vice versa.
	Enlighten Support - Linked Skills Reserve less Mana.

[UTILITY] Blood Rage & Curse setup
	Punishment - Punishment is one of many viable Curses, this one magnifies your damage against opponents with less than 50% of their Maximum Life.
	Blood Rage - Blood Rage grants you Life Leech and increases your Attack Speed at the cost of slowly draining your Life. Level 1 is enough as it will require too much Dexterity later on.
	Lifetap Support - Linked Skills cost Life but no Mana.
	Cast when Damage Taken Support - This Gem should automatically cast Punishment and Blood Rage after you take some damage. You will activate it quite often due to self-inflicted damage from Echoes of Creation​​​​.

[UTILITY] Warcry setup
	Infernal Cry - Exertd Attack Trigger a Combust that deals some Fire Damage. It Exerts 6 Attacks.
	Intimidating Cry - Exerts 2 Attacks, they deal double damage.
	Seismic Cry - Exerts 6 Attacks with 50% increased AoE.
	Autoexertion - Linked Warcries Reserve Mana so keep them at level 1. They will grant you no Buffs, but Exert your Attacks and trigger automatically.

[UTILITY] Berserk & Molten Shell setup
	Berserk - You can gradually spend all of your Rage to improve your Rage
	Molten Shell - Prevents a portion of incoming damage for some time, it's more potent the more Armour you have.
	Cast when Damage Taken Support

6. Gear Setup

The build uses many Unique Items which are all very important for optimal performance. It leaves you with only Rare Jewelry and Boots whose main purpose is to get Chaos and Fire Resistance, get enough Intelligence, and add some Lightning Damage. It can be easily acquired, but the real issue is to lower your Lightning Resistance to -200%. It can be done with Melding of the Flesh or Thread of Hope, but as of 3.25, you can also use Rare Rings and Amulet with negative Lightning Resistance. The build uses up to two Large Cluster Jewels, but one is enough. Remember to get more than enough Fire Resistance, the maximum value will grow by an extra 5% after reaching maximum Energy Shield. You will take a lot of Chaos Damage so be sure that you have the required 80% Chaos Resistance. Energy Shield, Critical Strike mods, and Accuracy Rating are purposeless. With Tempered by War and Mahuxotl's Machination you will take no Cold and no Lightning Damage.

Our recommended items will:

1. Cap your resistances at 75%
2. Provide you with enough DPS and Life to start mapping

(Helmet) Echoes of Creation - As you're using three different Warcries, it is recommended to pick up this Helmet as it simply grants up to 45% more Damage for the first Attacks after using these skills. It will damage you each time you Attack, which won't occur very often.

Socketed Warcry Skills have +1 Cooldown Use (80-120)% increased Armour +(50-70) to maximum Life When you Attack, take (15-20)% of Life as Physical Damage for each Warcry Exerting the Attack Skills deal (10-15)% more Damage for each Warcry Exerting them

(Off-hand) Mahuxotl's Machination - This Shield is essential to redirect Elemental Damage to be taken as Chaos, combined with Tempered by War it disables Cold and Lightning Damage you take. It also grants Extra Maximum Elemental Resistances after gathering a 100% Energy Shield.

Corrupted Soul Divine Flesh Eternal Youth Everlasting Sacrifice Immortal Ambition Vaal Pact

(Body Armour) Doryani's Prototype - A Body Armour that makes your Armour affect your Lightning Resistance, and your Lightning Resistance affects nearby enemies. You should lower it to negative 200%.

(150-200)% increased Armour and Energy Shield +(60-90) to maximum Life Deal no Non-Lightning Damage Armour also applies to Lightning Damage taken from Hits Lightning Resistance does not affect Lightning Damage taken Nearby Enemies have Lightning Resistance equal to yours

(Boots) Doryani's Delusion - If you have no trouble acquiring enough Fire and Chaos Resistances, you can use a specific version of Doryani's Delusion for added Lightning Damage and Level 25 Purity of Fire.

(100-120)% increased Armour +(60-70) to maximum Life 30% increased Movement Speed <One Purity of # mod of one element and One Added # damage mod of one element> Adds (1-3) to (68-72) Lightning Damage to Spells and Attacks Grants Level 25 Purity of Fire Skill

(Boots) Rare Boots - Besides Movement Speed, Maximum Life, Resistances, and Intelligence, there's not much to look for in your Boots.

Min. requirements: 30% increased Movement Speed +90 to maximum Life +70% to Fire and Chaos Resistance Optional affixes: Intelligence Freeze Immunity

(Gloves) Doryani's Fist - This build-enabling piece of equipment grants you the Doryani's Touch Skill, your Support Gems for this Attack should be socketed here. You can seek the Corrupted versions, but more importantly, get on with high roll on added Damage to Attacks.

Grants Level 20 Doryani's Touch Skill +(80-100) to maximum Energy Shield 30% chance to Shock Adds (150-225) to (525-600) Lightning Damage to Unarmed Melee Hits Adds (90-135) to (315-360) Lightning Damage to Spells while Unarmed +(200-250) Energy Shield gained on Killing a Shocked Enemy 30% increased Effect of Lightning Ailments

(Belt) Arn's Anguish - You can easily grab some extra Maximum Endurance Charges and turn them into Brutal Charges for much more Damage. This Belt also grants tons of Fire Resistance and Maximum Life, definitely a great pick. Note that you have to generate Endurance Charges by manually using Enduring Cry or allocating some passive/mastery to gain Endurance Charge some other way.

+(600-700) to Armour (12-15)% increased maximum Life +(40-60)% to Fire Resistance +1 to Maximum Endurance Charges Modifiers to Minimum Endurance Charges instead apply to Minimum Brutal Charges Maximum Brutal Charges is equal to Maximum Endurance Charges Gain Brutal Charges instead of Endurance Charges

(Belt) Rare Belt - If you're concerned more with Chaos Resistance and Maximum Life you can always go for the reliable Rare Belt.

Min. requirements: +120 to Maximum Life +90% to Fire / Chaos Resistances Strength Optional affixes: increased Maximum Life increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills increased Lightning Damage

(Amulet) Rare Amulet  - Maximum Life, Added Lightning Damage, Intelligence, Fire, and Chaos Resistance are the most desirable stats to seek. Remember that there are a lot of redundant negative stats that you can gain from Mirror of Kalandra at the cost of the ones you actually want.

Min. requirements: +40 Maximum Life +50% to Fire and Chaos Resistances Adds Lightning Damage to Attacks Optional affixes: Mana Reservation Efficiency Intelligence Negative Lightning Resistance

Recommended Anointments: Charisma

(Ring) Rare Rings - The Jewelry should lower your Lightning Resistance by 200%, it's possible with Mirrored items. On the Rings seek Life, Attributes, and damage modifiers.

Min. requirements: +80 Maximum Life around -100% reduced Lightning Resistance Optional affixes: Fire and Chaos Resistance Intelligence increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills Adds Lightning Damage to Attacks

(Jewel) Rare Jewels - Try to get more Maximum Life, Maximum Fire Resistance, Resistances, Attributes, and added or increased Lightning Damage with Attacks.

Recommended affixes: increased maximum Life Intelligence Maximum Fire Resistance Fire Resistance Chaos Resistance Increased Lightning Damage Increased Area Damage

(Jewel) Lethal Pride - Use it to gain more Strength and to change one of your Keystones into Tempered by War, we recommend placing it near The Agnostic.

Commanded leadership over (10000-18000) warriors under Rakiata Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui Historic

(Jewel) Forbidden Flame & Forbidden Flesh - You can also go for the Unstoppable, Unbreakable, or Unflinching. They are all great.

Allocates <<Random Ascendancy Notable>> if you have the matching modifiers on Forbidden Flesh Allocates <<Random Ascendancy Notable>> if you have the matching modifiers on Forbidden Flame

(Jewel) Watcher's Eye - You're using Wrath, Determination, and Purity of Fire. Wrath can get you increased Damage, Determination has a lot of defensive options, and Purity is great for Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage.

(4-6)% increased maximum Energy Shield (4-6)% increased maximum Life (4-6)% increased maximum Mana <Two or Three random aura modifiers>

(Jewel) Large Cluster Jewel - Large Cluster Jewels offer basic Attack modifiers for increased Damage or some defensively oriented Notables for when you're holding a Shield.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Calamitous 1 Added Passive Skill is Gladiator's Fortitude 1 Added Passive Skill is Smite the Weak 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury 1 Added Passive Skill is Fuel the Fight

(Jewel) Medium Cluster Jewel - Use the Medium Cluster Jewels for Warcry Buff Effects such as Haunting Shout or Lead By Example.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Haunting Shout 1 Added Passive Skill is Lead By Example 1 Added Passive Skill is Mob Mentality 1 Added Passive Skill is Cry Wolf 1 Added Passive Skill is Warning Call

(Jewel) Small Cluster Jewel - Uncompromising grants 50% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency for Determination, Electric Presence does the same for Wrath.

Recommended affixes: 1 Added Passive Skill is Uncompromising 1 Added Passive Skill is Electric Presence

Other suggested Flasks: Alchemist's Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline Granite Flask with Bleeding immunity/removal Quartz Flask with random ailment removal Sulphur Flask with increased Armour Life Flask with random ailment removal

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