I'd have said pick up a Skorn, it's much cheaper than going the (ultimately better) dual wield way. But judging from your weapons, budget doesn't seem to be an issue. Btw, how many of those crafted wonder-weapons are there on the US servers? Just curious.
But if you do go dw, you might consider switching from Rend to HotA, I think, that's the fotm spec these days. Rend is just stronger with a two-handed weapon because you apply it once and move on.
So, I second the advice to pick up an EF with basically the same stats as your other weapons because of the +0.2x attacks which applies to both weapons. You'll want to use it in your offhand, so tornados don't proc fear.
I'd check out IK helms because they are usually better than non-crit Mempos and in that case you can also ditch the IK gloves for crafted ones.
edit: Might want to look up those tornado breakpoints. I just remember that I used to aim for 2.23 attacks per second when I was dw.
Btw, how many of those crafted wonder-weapons are there on the US servers? Just curious.
before the 1.08 duping fiasco, a lot of high end ones are in the GAH. the combat feast on my wiz http://us.battle.net/d3/profile/pichapie-6783/hero/25315501 was for 800m back then (1d12h thing, camped :D), now people want it for more than 2b (5-8b, go figure)
after the fiasco, all the high end ones are in RMAH even the forever duped no main stat all out dps crafted weapon called Rip Breath. http://www.diabloprogress.com/item/26465891
so after my last post here i went on a journey to play more of my barb and came across some pretty budget gears (gloves/belt/boots/skorn) while shoulder and ammy were crafted.
so last night i dinged my barb in hopes to see what's the fuzz is about with them and it's quite interesting.
now, my gears are salvaged from old farmed items while some were lent to me by friends
yes i know the weapons have int, borrowed from my wiz
what gears should i be aiming for and what mp should i be grinding at for efficient leveling?
thanks
http://us.battle.net/d3/profile/pichapie-6783/hero/29207287
**i don't plan to go ubers with her, just for fast farming
But if you do go dw, you might consider switching from Rend to HotA, I think, that's the fotm spec these days. Rend is just stronger with a two-handed weapon because you apply it once and move on.
So, I second the advice to pick up an EF with basically the same stats as your other weapons because of the +0.2x attacks which applies to both weapons. You'll want to use it in your offhand, so tornados don't proc fear.
I'd check out IK helms because they are usually better than non-crit Mempos and in that case you can also ditch the IK gloves for crafted ones.
edit: Might want to look up those tornado breakpoints. I just remember that I used to aim for 2.23 attacks per second when I was dw.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sol77-2972/hero/66110450
before the 1.08 duping fiasco, a lot of high end ones are in the GAH. the combat feast on my wiz http://us.battle.net/d3/profile/pichapie-6783/hero/25315501 was for 800m back then (1d12h thing, camped :D), now people want it for more than 2b (5-8b, go figure)
after the fiasco, all the high end ones are in RMAH even the forever duped no main stat all out dps crafted weapon called Rip Breath. http://www.diabloprogress.com/item/26465891
so after my last post here i went on a journey to play more of my barb and came across some pretty budget gears (gloves/belt/boots/skorn) while shoulder and ammy were crafted.
http://us.battle.net/d3/profile/pichapie-6783/hero/29207287
i'm planning to go cc mempo some time soon, a lot of my barb friends were insisting i go ww/hota but i have no clue how gears differ with that build
i'm really having fun with my ww/rend barb @_@