Path Of Exile Resource #21 - Berek's Grip Unique Item Review

Berek's Grip in Path Of Exile is a unique two stone ring that when equipped grants the player up to 30 percent increased cold damage, up to 1 - 70 added lightning damage to spells and attacks, up to 40 increased maximum life points, and the unique modifiers "1 percent of damage leeched as life against shocked enemies" and "1 percent of damage leeched as mana against frozen enemies". Berek's Grip has a implicit modifier of up to 16 percent increased cold and lightning resistance. This unique has changed since it's introduction into the game in October of 2013.

Item Usefulness Information - This unique is best suited for spell based character builds that focus on mainly dealing lightning and cold based damage due to it's unique modifiers. The up to 30 percent increased cold damage granted by the unique is great for mainly cold damage focused spell based characters, however if a Call Of The Brotherhood unique two stone ring is used, the cold damage buff would be great for lightning damage focused spell based characters as well. The up to 1 - 70 added lightning damage to spells and attacks is mainly useful for increasing the damage output of lightning damage focused spell based characters. The up to 40 increased maximum life points is useful for any character build that mainly utilizes and scales life effectively. The unique modifiers "1 percent of damage leeched as life against shocked enemies" and "1 percent of damage leeched as mana against frozen enemies" are great mainly for lightning damage focused spell based characters that utilize the Call Of The Brotherhood unique two stone ring, as you will obtain the full bonuses of both modifiers often if your build is setup correctly. The up to 16 percent increased cold and lightning resistances granted by the unique's implicit modifier is useful for basically any character build. You can use this unique in the early stages of the game, since it's level requirement is level 20. In the late stages of the game, this unique is great for spell based character builds that are focused on dealing both lightning and cold damage, and is great for increasing potential survivability against all enemies.

Informative Links -
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Berek's_Grip - additional information regarding the Berek's Grip unique
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Call_of_the_Brotherhood - additional information regarding the Call Of The Brotherhood unique