I league-started this build way back in Settlers, and it greatly exceeded my expectations. With the new berserker changes, it got even stronger.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to play for the first 3 weeks of the league, but wanted to remind people of this strong/safe starter that just needs the eternal apple shield to get rolling. Also, the super-scaled 100% uptime warcry buffs will do wonders keeping your merc alive (Ancestral + Enduring Cry = +6% max res and 25% life regen/sec).

Here is an updated PoB (with fairly extensive notes): https://pobb.in/WUkcH9DY0dfE