Mf aside. The helm would kill trav 34% easier at the cost of at most 20% gf. Since the jewel would likely be a Ancient uber jewel. And 2 to all skills not just warcry. Kill speed + basically equivalent gf = much more gold per hour. But i cant test my only gf barb is non ladder lol helm is ladder
When you already have some 1200% ed, increasing this to 1234% is not a 34% faster kill speed lol
1234/1200=1.0283
It’s 2.83% bonus dmg
And your kill time is only a very small portion of your total time when you take into account your 3 loads (or 5 if you leave in a4), town walk, vendor/stash, tele and mouvement between each kill, hork, loot, id, inventory management, human mistakes and decision making.
2.83% bonus dmg is the equivalent of ~0.1% faster games.
What you want from a circ, to be worth using over other options:
20fcr
30frw
2os
Reaching the next fcr bp will save you more time than 2.83% bonus dmg.
30frw will save you more time than 2.83% bonus dmg.
You really want 2os, cuz you need cham in helm, and this is the only gear slot where you can socket the new protector jewel, not only for much more dmg increase than 2.83%, but also for all the other nice stats on it.
IK helm is free.
You can’t justify paying for an item if it doesn’t even beat a free option.