What swords to choose?

Im curious here what sword would people choose. Im running a dual wielder barb and one of em has to go. The upgraded

Zweihander edges out on damage, and the open wounds is nice! But then kings grace has this nice 100% to deamons... And unsure if the magic damage is fully counted on the kings grace.
I found a Hearth carver to replace one of em for now. Still running around late Normal, but going to nightmare now.
Maybe there is a smart thing to socket into the

Zweihander for more damage or other uses.

Edit. I just found the Hearth carver repair cost.... Yikes!!! But still wanna hear what people think of these 2 basic swords.

Heart Carver

% ed vs demons / undead is additive with other % ed damage (like %ed on non-weapon items)
So the increase in your final damage is not very high...
In practice your King's Grace just adds
~ +48 per swing x demons (100% of weapon average base damage - (26+70) / 2)
and
~ +24 per swing x undead (50% of weapon average base damage - (26+70) / 2 / 2)
to your final damage....

People normally ignore % ed vs demons / undead when choosing between two items (the only item with those affix that is BIS for some builds that comes to my minds is

Laying of Hands )

I think King's Grace is a better choice. It has a lower damage but it comes with some bonuses and more important, life stolen per hit which is a good thing.

Ripsaw faster

to imagine that a barb would dual wield one

Heart Carver and one

Ripsaw is too much for me.

one sticks out, and one tucks in 🫥

so I would keep King's Grace as it is in a

Dimensional Blade base. Still not great, but 🫠

Yeah

Heart Carver is a great early-mid game weapon--great find. Between the other two, King's Grace is probably better overall, because attack rating can be really limiting for early melee characters

To me, the life leech of kings grace is the decider. Makes life so much simpler.

As soon as you got the runes and bases for it, i would go Unbending Will and/or, with a proper

Eth base, Oath

Both are very cost-efficient (Runes farmable after an hour of Hell Countess)
A budget option for the off-hand is Lawbringer, as the

Sanctuary Aura affects lots of monsters in the game and

Decrepify on striking makes bossfights trivial

out of those 2, King's Grace

seansixsixsix wrote: 4 days ago

to imagine that a barb would dual wield one

Heart Carver and one

Ripsaw is too much for me.

one sticks out, and one tucks in 🫥

so I would keep King's Grace as it is in a

Dimensional Blade base. Still not great, but 🫠

The same idea!