WW Barb Weapons Discussion

Hello you nasty beasts! And a Merry Christmas to all of you and your beautiful families!

Here, I'd like us to discuss the following topic - weapons for a WW barb.

I've spent numerous hours reading through topics around the internet (and our forum) and what I can see the common opinion is that BIS is dual wield GRIEF in a PB. What I am more concerned is that all of those topics are hundreds of ages old and do not know weather they are applicable to our server.
I've seen multiple options as BOTD + Beast options, dual hand wep griefs etc. but am more curious of your opinion (and definitely justification of it, not only "this rocks!").

Looking forward to reading all your thoughts and of course discuss over them!

 

u can go BoTD ghost spear bcs of range and max ias break

 

This would mean t-h weapon with no off hand and totally disregard the common "dual grief pbs" opinion?

Another insight i got last night by a very trusted person is that if i wanna go straight WW i stick with dual grief pbs, BUT if i wanna have some boss killing availability i go hybrid ww/berzerk and go for a BotD+ Grief. Question here is if i decide to take up my trusted person's advice what the best bases for that dual-weld hybrid weapon build will be?

 

Hayo just wanted to say the weapons you choose depend on the character type is it for Dueling or PvE, most time if your looking for a good barb build for PvE people are gonna recommend Dual Grief because of the damage output it has against monsters so generally if your looking for a quick kill on bosses you want atleast some crushing blow on there or you can rely on good old Laying Of Hands works everytime

as for WW/Zerk barbs are a good pick but i still prefer straight WW less buttons and all weapons bases are kinda meh... depends on if you prefer going to town to repair your stuff every few minutes (Berserker Axe) or if you want to take a stand against the enemies for several hours (Phase Blade)

 

I agree with you on this. Using an axe is just a matter of repairing constantly broken items. Using a sword seems more logical.

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I am also looking for a nice barbarian that can be played well.
I made both WW, Frenzey and Berserk barbarian.
But the forum confused me a lot.
Everyone says something. I am looking for information that can tell me both item list and skill build that I can go solo.
I have 400 ber, I have all kinds of items, weapons and runes, I do not have a limit.

 

WW Barb
For pve:
Weapons: 2 BOTD berserk axes
Armor: Enigma
Rings: 2 Raven frost
Belt: Spiderweb for everything else except Worldstone keep - Thundergod vigor
Boots: Gore rider
Amulet: Highlord
Helm: Guillaume face with Um rune
Gloves: Laying of hands running everywhere on the map,Dracul grasp in Worldstone keep, Steelrend farming only bosses
On swap: 2 hotos
Stats:
200 strength
200 dexterity (150 if perfect anni and torch) you need dex for the attack rating especially when fighting bosses and champions not just regular monsters
else vitality
Skills: (EDIT you need 1 point in Berserk for physical immunes)
After maxing WW,BO,Axe mastery and Shout you should have free skill points
For pve: Everything else in natural resistance (or mix of resistance and find item if you decide to stay in Travincal for a bit)
For pvp (barb vs barb) one in natural resistance and everything else in iron skin



Merc:
Nightmare Offensive (Might aura)
Armor: Treachery
Helm: Andariel visage(eth bugged def if possible) 15%ias/40%ed jewel if perfect otherwise 15% ias jewel (EDIT you can also use Guillaume face with Um rune in it if the ias breakpoints dont change for those 35% under the decrepify curse. Link for ias breakpoints Diablo 2 Attack Speed Calculator | ias calc . The difference would be if he gets a hit on boss he will do a lot of damage with Guillaume face on the other hand with Andariel visage his surviveability is greatly increased as of the defense and the lifesteal % )
Amulet: Highlord
Ring: Raven frost
Gloves: Laying of hands
Boots: Gore rider
Belt: Thundergod vigor
Weapon: The reaper toll (eth) 15%ias/40%ed jewel if perfect otherwise shael rune
Edit: You need 75 total attack speed for 4.54 attacks per second with the tresher and 80 for 3.33 attacks per second under decrepify curse
Depending on the changes your next breakpoint under decrepify is 110 attack speed for 3.57 attacks per second (which helm of both -jewel or rune in it, weapon - jewel or rune)



For pvp (barb vs barb):
Weapons: Main hand - Grief(BA), other hand - Beast(BA)
Armor: Enigma
Amulet : Angelic set
Rings: 2 Angelic set
Belt: Verdungo
Helm: Crown of ages with 2 bers
Gloves:Steelrend or Dracul graps(if banned or not having steelrend than crafted with crushing blow)
Boots: Gore rider
On swap: Hoto and Call to arms
Stats: everything vitality
total % of damage reduction should be 50%