Throw barby questions

Hi!
I'm thinking using

Grim Ward with the throw barb- does it overwrite curses? Because that would be bad...

And, is leveling with it reasonable or the repairs too frequent? maybe strive to max throw mastery before

Double Throw?

Does

Lacerator work? Or does the monster flee overwrite the amp all the time?
Maybe better use rares with

Grim Ward/reaper's merc?

People normally max

Throwing Mastery first
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/double-thr ... rian-guide

And from what people said in other thread forums/can-a-throw-barbarian-full-reple ... 95814.html with max mastery you don't need to repair

From

Lacerator page

One thing to note about

Lacerator is that the "Hit Causes Monster To Flee 50%" actually works by applying the

Terror curse, which overrides

Amplify Damage

But even with this "problem" it is stil BIS for throw barbarian.

Remember that

Amplify Damage affects an area, while "hit causes monster to flee" affects only a single target (and do not affect champion and unique monsters )

Don't know, but I would guess that

Grim Ward does not override curses (except "flee" like effects - like is said on the skill page)

Grim Ward overwrites other flee-effects like hit causes monster to flee,

Terror or

Howl.

Because many Barbarian builds maximize

Find Potion for the synergy with

Grim Ward and at same time those builds have some source of

Amplify Damage or

Decrepify (in itself or merc)


But... even if

Grim Ward overrided curses, with max synergies, it is better than

Amplify Damage (120 x 100 physical reduction).

According to the Amazon Basin,

When different curse is cast on a cursed target, it will normally overwrite the previous one. Exceptions are as follows:

• Grim Ward can only be overwritten by
  Confuse and
  Attract
• Fleeing effects have their own hierarchy; those higher on the following list cannot be overwritten by those lower:
  1. Grim Ward
  2. Terror
  3. Hit Causes Monster to Flee
  4. Howl
• Confuse cannot overwrite itself or be overwritten by any of the following:
  • Attract
  • Dim Vision
  • Grim Ward
  • Hit Blinds Target
  • Taunt
  • Terror
• Attract cannot be overwritten by anything, including itself.

(my doubt was if

Grim Ward was a "curse like" effect... I understand that YES)

fredkid wrote: 2 months ago

People normally max

Throwing Mastery first
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/double-thr ... rian-guide

And from what people said in other thread forums/can-a-throw-barbarian-full-reple ... 95814.html with max mastery you don't need to repair

Are there any differences between throwing and melee in things like-
Crushing blow
Life/mana leech
Deadly strike

Meaning does crushing blow work etc.

Yes for all
(But Crushing Blow is less effective with ranged attacks - half damage)
https://maxroll.gg/d2/resources/attack-modifiers

or.houster wrote: 2 months ago

fredkid wrote: 2 months ago

People normally max

Throwing Mastery first
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/double-thr ... rian-guide

And from what people said in other thread forums/can-a-throw-barbarian-full-reple ... 95814.html with max mastery you don't need to repair

Are there any differences between throwing and melee in things like-
Crushing blow
Life/mana leech
Deadly strike

Meaning does crushing blow work etc.