Probably has been discussed 100 times but i did not see any closed / clear topic.

I wanna get a solid dmg whirlwind barb out of mine and made a couple runewords // get a couple bases.
Double grief / phaseblade is recommended all along by almost all players - is that the total answer for : which base /runeword should you take for dia/baals?

Which combinations would you recomment out of the runewords i just made within the last days:

Grief Pb x2
Grief BA x2
Grief CB x2
BotD CB x2
Death CB x1
Botd BA x1
Death BA x1
Beast BA x1
Doom BA x1
Last Wish CB x1
Last Wish BA x1

I'm pretty new to barbarians and couldn't/can't try all that builds or combinations yet and wanna get some knowledge / XP from "Older Barbs".

I heard as well that BA is more PvP likely and Pb PvM. - any reason besides durability?
Which items would you replace or add?
For the inventory i am to broke now. Got life scs / frw scs // psn scs if pvp for fun


Im my stash in general i also got


Guillaume + cham rune
Upped arreart + cham rune
Coa + 2x ber rune

Enigma
Forty

Phoenix monarch

Chain of ears belt
Verdungo
Nosferatu

Trangoul for 105fcr cap switch
Laying on Hands

1x dual leech ring + str
1x fcr ring +str + @res

Gores

Merc a1 with faith
And
A2 might + pride


If thing's are kind of unclear just let me know. English isn't my first language

This post was edited by Razkai on Apr 20 2023 07:02am

For pvm

Grief x2 or botd cb x2

Grief has more damage, botd has more leech and it looks amazing in your barb

You can also use Grief+Azurewrath (with Ohm) to deal with immunes, its damage is a lot better than I expected (Im really impressed actually lol)


For pvp

Grief + Doom, both in BA


PD: this is my gear (SC of course, so I opt for more mobility instead of DR)

Helmet: Arreat's chamed or Guillaumes chamed
Belt: arach
Weapons: dual botd cb and dual grief
Rings: 10 fcr ml ar res and maek + 10 fcr ll ar res
Gloves: most of the time Laying of hand, or else crafted 20 ias with 10% cb
Amulet: Highlords
Armor: Enigma
Boots: Gore rider

A1 MERC

Faith
Fortitude
Andy's

This post was edited by Hypnotist on Apr 22 2023 01:03pm

Wtf i just read…

I do ebotd cb + grief.

Damage is not as good as grief+ grief but ebotd has mana leech...life leech... and freaking 30 to stats.....

Death is has damage but no life steal.
Beast is good but you need phase blade grief for pvm so...you cant really use it unless you do 2 masteries.
Last wish is okay but you probably already have a a2 merc with might.
Doom - And give up horking? no thx


If you don't use ebotd, you're pretty much forced to use a mana leech ring or some sort.

This post was edited by Okiyeh on Apr 22 2023 05:40pm