Hi,

I'm currently working on a WW Barbarian in EUSCL. I've decided to go for a 2h BOTD as weapon (maybe you could persuade me to play with different weapons but as for now this is what I've set my eyes on since i found Zod, and find greif a little bit to expensive right now).

I've tried googling and using titanseal attack speed calculator to gather most information and would just like to confirm some stuff:

Which base is most viable for PvM? I'm thinking GPA for range? is there better options? What are the cons with i.e. Thunder Maul?

If i use Faith Merc there is no need for any more IAS than the BOTD give me? i reach my Max with the weapon alone?

Are there any hidden synergies with WW that I've missed?

Any general advice would be much appreciated.

This post was edited by gatchet on Jun 27 2018 12:24am

You can never go wrong with a mercenary that has faith, however I've found that a berserker axe botd with a phoenix monarch do the trick the best.
The berserker axe has decent range and good damage, and with the fanaticism from your A1 amazon, you'll be golden

Can always use an SS as well, and be tanky, but the pheonix helps with mana and increased damage.
Beyond that, with a Barbarian, there's really no need to stack ias anywhere if you're going to be WW and focusing on PvM, at least from my own personal experience.

Pm me if you have any questions!

This post was edited by OverDoSex on Jun 27 2018 02:52am

For long WWs you should reach the last IAS breakpoint (hitting every 4 frames), so in this case you should use Great Poleaxe: damage 46 to 127 (86.5 Avg).

For short WWs you can use War Pike (hitting every 6 frames), which has higher damage: 33 - 178 (105.5 Avg).

WW's attack speed only depends from the weapon's speed, no outside IAS (e.g. on gloves or from Fanta aura) will count. So Faith merc is a BAD idea.

In order to reach max damage use a might merc equipped with Pride or Reaper's Toll (I prefer Reaper's).

This post was edited by -joey- on Jun 27 2018 02:55am