I tried Cleave Warlock today.

Hi, All.
Since

Cleave looks so nice in skill description, I decided to try it. I did it all offline starting from scratch.
I was actually leveling with it from the beginning and it went pretty smooth.
I also found nice Cursed +

Conviction demon in Nightmare A4 who travelled with me till end of the Hell A5. He died only because I started jumping right in the middle of P8 hardest try my build.

My test gear: Full Horazon set (non socketed) with so-so rolls , no anni or torch. 28 resist Mara, 4% Bull Kathos ring. Other ring I was changing back and forth digging through my stash.

Belt:

String of Ears /Thundergod/ Immortal King

I made this to try different weapon and find best one to kill cows offline.
With badly rolled Oath in

Balrog Blade he is actually doing his best. Sword sweeps fast and cows are in hit recovery most of times. I use Hex:purge for the speed.
Other weapon tested :
1. Obedience in

Mancatcher : nice and has added range 4 reaching so many cows at once! Slow though. Anek need to repair quite often (or carry Or the rune in the cube)
2: Immortal King crusher: small range, slow despite 2*

Shael in sockets.
3:

Tomb Reaver : nice to farm

Chaos Sanctuary but too slow to hold wall of approaching p8 cows.
4: Obedience in

War Pike: by feeling little bit slower than

Mancatcher. Damage difference not noticeable
5: Oath in feral and Silver

Axe. Both slower than

Balrog Blade .
6: CTA in a fail : fastest swinging speed among all (it is if I forgot to switch after a buff) .

All weapon I later tested again replacing Mara amulet with Highlord. No difference as for me.

To do: find 4OS

Eth

Scourge to make Oath and give it a try. This should work is switching from Purge to Bane.


Overall impression:
1- strong character for next ladder. Goes with cheap gear very well . Just don't do P8 cows solo.
2 Still has range capability via ES
3 Travelling with Harmony in hand and been able to multi shoot Mobs without switching is nice too
4. Disappointed by seeing that my Fully synergized

Cleave with 13 hard points does only half damage compared to 1 point invested ES.


Have anyone else tried

Cleave?
If by any chance you have BOTD in a sword, thunder mall and

War Pike please give it a try and tell me speed observation results. One day I'll get that

Zod.