You've just won a contest from Blizzard - You get to choose any 1 item that will have 6 affixes of max value of your choice, and it will be created and placed in your Barbarians Stash.
What item do you choose, what affixes do you choose and what is your reasoning in your choices?
A Helm of Command with +life%, Socket, Resist all, and +armor.
-or-
A 1h weapon with perfect damage (Elemental Damage, Attack Speed, +50% damage), Life on Hit, Socket, Str
If this is really a serious thing though, you would want an item that could adapt to your build. If you wanted to someday stray from the sword and board to a big 2h weapon, you may want to shy away from things with block% or a 1h weapon. As of right now though, it seems like this is the strongest barb build so those are the items I would choose from.
1) +% Attack Speed
2) +% Damage
3) +Damage
4) % Damage to Life
5) +Strength
6) Socketed max
Really, goes with 2/3 of all builds (just not the 2H, obv, but I don't know many doing that in Inferno).
So, statted out (Based on the Exalted Grand Massacre Axe)...
133-246 base damage
1.3 base APS
+50% damage
+25% Attack Speed
+224-522 Damage
+200 Strength
3% Damage to Life
2 Sockets (Radiant Star Rubies, +40-80 Damage)
so...
464-971 (717 avg)
1.95 APS
1398.15 DPS, before any STR or bonuses from skills and other items.
EDIT: I'm not sure in what order damage bonuses are applied, so I only applied the +50% damage to the base of the weapon. If it calculates later, the damage will be MUCH higher.
You've just won a contest from Blizzard - You get to choose any 1 item that will have 6 affixes of max value of your choice, and it will be created and placed in your Barbarians Stash.
What item do you choose, what affixes do you choose and what is your reasoning in your choices?
A couple of sites (beyond this one) to help out:
http://d3db.com/home
http://www.d3inferno.com/
In essence, you will be creating 1 presumably Best in Slot item for your Barbarian. What does Best in Slot mean for you?
-or-
A 1h weapon with perfect damage (Elemental Damage, Attack Speed, +50% damage), Life on Hit, Socket, Str
If this is really a serious thing though, you would want an item that could adapt to your build. If you wanted to someday stray from the sword and board to a big 2h weapon, you may want to shy away from things with block% or a 1h weapon. As of right now though, it seems like this is the strongest barb build so those are the items I would choose from.
1) +% Attack Speed
2) +% Damage
3) +Damage
4) % Damage to Life
5) +Strength
6) Socketed max
Really, goes with 2/3 of all builds (just not the 2H, obv, but I don't know many doing that in Inferno).
So, statted out (Based on the Exalted Grand Massacre Axe)...
133-246 base damage
1.3 base APS
+50% damage
+25% Attack Speed
+224-522 Damage
+200 Strength
3% Damage to Life
2 Sockets (Radiant Star Rubies, +40-80 Damage)
so...
464-971 (717 avg)
1.95 APS
1398.15 DPS, before any STR or bonuses from skills and other items.
EDIT: I'm not sure in what order damage bonuses are applied, so I only applied the +50% damage to the base of the weapon. If it calculates later, the damage will be MUCH higher.
ncoffey4 has a good point though - Picking a weapon limits your versatility later.
I'm surprised we didn't see more "perfect" amulets or rings - are they not a big enough part of your gear to really float to the top?
Our top mods based on this don't look too surprising - LoH, Attack Speed, Strength
I don't think you can roll the same affix more than once, so 6x LoH affixes is probably out
Based on a blue post though, I think you can roll a hybrid (Ruthless = +str and +sta) and a pure (Of Assault = +str) on the same item.
Sockets also seem to be popular, as they give you that last push on a "perfect" item.