Base for Death rune word

looking 4 advice b4 i spend my runes...
option 1 -

Eth

Colossus Sword for my

Frenzy barb
option 2 -

Eth

Ettin Axe for my zealot
(i don't have an

Eth 5os

Berserker Axe....)

thnx

Both options are BiS but I am afraid that

Ettin Axe won t allow you to reach max attack speed with reasonable equip. I'd suggest you to craft it in the

Colossus Sword and then buy a zerker

Axe and craft another one, your zealer will enjoy it so much and you won t regret it. I personally use Death in zerker

Axe on my zealer, it is better than any other weapon (yes, better than Grief), i tested under any conditions, from solo to 8 players

Baal runs and imho Death is the best for the zealer.
If you have a Fury druid, craft even another one for him in an

Eth

Champion Axe.
Death is so cheap you can enjoy trying it in different bases

I would recommend making it in the fasted ethereal base possible of your preferred weapon class, because that will give you the most glacial spikes and crushing blows over time.

I don't have

Zeal breakpoints memorized, but a

War Spike may be faster than a

Berserker Axe or

Ettin Axe if you want to make it in a 1h axe. This will all depend on how much IAS you have on the rest of your gear.

https://warren1001.github.io/IAS_Calculator/

War Spike is faster than zerker

Axe (-10 vs 0 base speed), but with a 15 ias jewel in the

Helm (guillaume i d say for a zealer), 20 ias gloves, highlord s Wrath and nosferatu s coil, you can reach max attack speed with a zerker

Axe, given that you have max

Fanaticism. I use Death in

Eth

War Spike sometimes on a tesladin which uses

Conviction and gets only 15

Fanaticism from act 1 Faith merc (on that tesladin i usually go for Last Wish or Grief) so zerker

Axe is not an option to reach max attack speed, but for a pure zealer that should have maxed

Fanaticism, zerker

Axe is a better choice.
You can reach max attack speed even with a

Frenzy

Axe barb with a decent Grief or any ebotd as mainhand and again, 15 ias jewel, highlords and 20 ias gloves. Can t remember exactly if the ias on Grief must be 34 or higher or if you can replace the 15 ias jewel with a simple nosferatus coil in this case, i let you check if you re interested, but the point is that

War Spike could be better only for niche use cases, generally max speed is not that big of an issue with zerker axes for zealer or

Frenzy barbs.
Given that with Death you can easily reach 100% chance of deadly strike, a base with higher damage makes some difference and should be a better choice

i use this 1 on my paladin hybrid

thnx 4 the advice guys ...