Torchlight: Infinite Rehan Day 1 Tartarus Build Guide

To scale Berserker Rehan rapidly during Day 1 of the Torchlight: Infinite Tartarus season, prioritize flat physical and fire damage over percentage multipliers, keep your Rage capped to trigger frequent Burst explosions, and select offensive Anger hero traits. This approach enables rapid Netherrealm progression without requiring high-tier crafted gear.

Core Damage Mechanics

Early in a season, base gear lacks high-tier percentage affixes. Stacking flat physical damage and supplementing or converting it to fire provides a high baseline that talent nodes can multiply effectively.

Rehan converts attack momentum into Burst activations upon dealing attack damage or consuming Rage. These area explosions handle both pack clearing and single-target boss damage. To maintain this engine:

• Sustain Attack Speed: Faster hits trigger Bursts more frequently and smooth out skill animations.
• Maintain Rage Uptime: Keep Rage capped so secondary damage bonuses stay active throughout Netherrealm maps.
• Prioritize Raw Weapon Stats: Favor weapons with high flat physical damage over situational utility affixes.

Anger Hero Trait Progression

Rehan's Anger trait tree unlocks choices at levels 13, 32, 50, 62, and 80. For day-one progression, choose nodes that reward aggressive melee uptime and resource generation rather than passive defense.

Select traits that prevent Rage from decaying between monster packs to eliminate downtime when moving between encounters.

Skill Links and Auras

Your main skill delivers attacks and triggers Burst explosions. Pair a fast melee skill with direct damage supports and reserve mana for offensive auras.

Main Attack Setup

• Active Skill: Whirlwind, Groundshaker, or Flame Slash
• Support 1: Physical to Fire Conversion or Added Fire Damage
• Support 2: Rage Multiplier or Steamroll
• Support 3: Precise Strike or Critical Damage
• Support 4: Multistrike or an Attack Speed support

Auras and Utility

• Offensive Auras: Run Weapon Amplification alongside Swiftness or Flame Imbue to elevate baseline attack power.
• Defensive Aura: Slot Stoneskin or Steadfast linked to mana reservation reduction supports to retain an unreserved mana pool.
• Mobility: Use Leap Slam or Shadow Dash for map traversal and repositioning.

Talent Tree Investment

Start in the God of Might tree. Path through nodes providing physical damage, armor, and life leech, taking major talents that offer flat damage bonuses and melee area of effect.

Transition into Bloodstrikers or Duelist for secondary scaling:

• Target nodes granting attack speed per point of Rage, critical strike rating, and armor penetration.
• Rely on Bloodstrikers for life gain on hit and melee physical scaling.
• Use hybrid nodes that combine maximum life with attack rating to satisfy accuracy requirements against higher-tier zone bosses without sacrificing health.

Day-One Gearing Priorities

Focus on picking up equipment with relevant natural affixes rather than spending currency on extensive crafting.

• Weapons: Equip a two-handed axe or dual-wield one-handed weapons with Tier 1 or Tier 2 flat physical damage, attack speed, and critical strike chance.
• Armor and Helmet: Use high armor bases with flat maximum life and elemental resistances, aiming for the 75% resistance cap before advancing into higher Timemarks.
• Jewelry (Rings and Amulet): Prioritize added flat physical or fire damage to attacks, followed by attack speed and critical strike rating.
• Boots: Prioritize movement speed alongside missing elemental resistances.

For early gear adjustments, use basic Prototype Crafting to isolate one or two core damage affixes on cheap bases, then bench-craft missing resistances. Avoid expensive affix rerolls early so you can save crafting materials for later progression milestones.