Zod use? BOTD or?

Zod dropped the other day and puzzling over what to do with it. This is just another case of the RNG Gods mocking me as I have also found many other super-rare items and high runes, and yet I cannot find either a

Highlord's Wrath or a pair of

Gore Rider

Boots for my melee characters.

Anyway, a couple of ideas were:

1. Using the

Eth

Colossus Blade I have that rolled six sockets and pairing it with a Grandfather for style points (double colossus blades). That would be +50 to all attributes, and hopefully do decent damage. I have these in my possession, which is a big plus. I may never find some of the other potential bases. I am strictly self-found.

Frenzy or

Whirlwind?

2. Hang onto it and wait for a

Great Poleaxe for playing WW Barb, Fury Druid, or using on Merc - versatility.

3. Hang onto it and wait for a

Eth

Berserker Axe for one-hand uses such as the

Poison Nova proc melee Necromancer.

4. Hang onto it and wait for a

Eth

Tomb Reaver,

Eth Reaper's Toll, or other super-rare

Eth item?

5. I have an

Eth

Fleshripper, but the roll is not worthy of the

Zod.

Anyway, I look forward to your comments and ideas. diablo2.io community is awesome!

My 2 cents

If you play Fury Druid
eth

The Reaper's Toll, eth upped

Ribcracker or Breath of the Dying eth

Archon Staff /

Great Poleaxe /

Thunder Maul /

Giant Thresher

I would not spend it with the Barbarian

And... I don't think

Poison Nova proc melee Necromancer is a viable build...

My personal philosophy-

Zod runes tend not to be very expensive to buy, but they're the rarest to find. So, personally, I use any that I find in 'cool factor' projects and not for pure practicality.

For example, I personally have little interest in

Zod-ing

Eth uniques. It just doesn't appeal to me. If I want to/need to do so for some build, I'd always use a purchased

Zod for it over a self-found one.

Instead, I'd use a self-found

Zod for a BOTD or Obsession, inasmuch as its a thing now.

Poison Nova proc necromancer sounds awful, but I'd be totally down for it as a use for self-found

Zod .

You may think differently about what's cool and what's not. That's fine. My point is that I'd say take whatever idea seems the coolest and go with that over what's most useful and sell

Perfect Gems to buy Zods for those other causes.

At the end of the day, it's a game, and if there's something that would be more fun to you than eeking out slightly more dps on an already fully functional build, why not?

My first

Zod, I put it in a

Eth

Colossus Blade and paired with a Last Wish also in cb base.

But I dont like one

Blade is

Eth, the other one is normal. haha, maybe when I get another

Zod, I make it two.

Your ideas are built towards melee. and many of the build you mentioned uses items that worth something like 50 or even 100

Zod, like a 3os, good roll

Eth

Tomb Reaver.

Mind you the other option is Obsession. It is also awesome.

I would vote for

Whirlwind with ebotd and edeath. You can either go with

Eth

Colossus Blade or

Eth zerker

Axe--I like the

Axe setup better. Death can be in a few different bases depending on what you want/have. Zerker

Axe can also be used on a

Zeal build (if you share items between characters)

Two handed

Whirlwind isn't as good since

Whirlwind was nerfed, so it's more of a fun nostalgia thing, or for double use with a druid or a goldfind barb merc

Yeah you could find an

Eth astreons the next time you play, or even a gg Obsession base, but the runeword route in a

Larzuk-socketable

Eth base is much more practical for self-found

Fury Druid with eBotD

Thunder Maul slaps so hard.

What about getting yourself a Manic Pixie Dreamgirl?

I did build one and it's kinda neat: forums/manic-pixie-dreamgirl-an-alterna ... 65231.html

Screenshot from my Girl "Isolde":

Make it in the biggest damage

Eth two-hander you can find, and make a barb or druid around that.

Thunder Maul,

Archon Staff, or a Polearm or

Spear.

I think Spears at not a "fast class weapon" for Druids

SkullScythe wrote: 3 weeks ago

Make it in the biggest damage

Eth two-hander you can find, and make a barb or druid around that.

Thunder Maul,

Archon Staff, or a Polearm or

Spear.

2-hand ww is capped at 5 frames, EXCEPT for a 2-hand sword. botd ww in a cb needs only 15 more ias to reach 4 frame attack. (this is my setup)

dual wield botd + grandfather will need lots of extra ias , for both ww and

Frenzy to reach quickest frames

I think there's loads of potential uses right? For example I would love to try out an ethereal, perfectly rolled

Rune Master. Still trying to find a darn

Zod myself (SSF Offline).

fredkid wrote: 3 weeks ago

I think Spears at not a "fast class weapon" for Druids

SkullScythe wrote: 3 weeks ago

Make it in the biggest damage

Eth two-hander you can find, and make a barb or druid around that.

Thunder Maul,

Archon Staff, or a Polearm or

Spear.

Barb or druid.

I don't know if spears are much better for barbs either without looking it up, but you can use WW so it doesn't matter as much. The point is spears can get higher damage as two-handers.

(And I don't just mean the base

Spear but whatever elite version has the best combination of damage and speed trade off.)

What I mean is that some weapon types are faster for some classes

For example for Druid Polearms, 2h-Axes, 2h-Mauls and Staffs are "faster weapons"
a

Giant Thresher (base speed -10) is faster for a druid than a

Mancatcher (base speed -20)
(with L1

Werewolf and L4

Fury: Skill you will do 3.38 hits per second and 2.91 hits per second respectively)

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/

SkullScythe wrote: 3 weeks ago

fredkid wrote: 3 weeks ago

I think Spears at not a "fast class weapon" for Druids

SkullScythe wrote: 3 weeks ago

Make it in the biggest damage

Eth two-hander you can find, and make a barb or druid around that.

Thunder Maul,

Archon Staff, or a Polearm or

Spear.

Barb or druid.

I don't know if spears are much better for barbs either without looking it up, but you can use WW so it doesn't matter as much. The point is spears can get higher damage as two-handers.

(And I don't just mean the base

Spear but whatever elite version has the best combination of damage and speed trade off.)

this thread is now my excuse to show off my fav build, Sir_Arthur !

long

Crystal Sword ?

krathkor wrote: 3 weeks ago

this thread is now my excuse to show off my fav build, Sir_Arthur !

fredkid wrote: 3 weeks ago

What I mean is that some weapon types are faster for some classes

I'm aware, but thank you.

krathkor wrote: 3 weeks ago

this thread is now my excuse to show off my fav build, Sir_Arthur !

I just made an Oath in an

Eth

Colossus Sword the other day. It looks so frickin sick! Spooky blades ftw!

keep it for BOTD,

Eth Reaper's Toll or any

Eth

Helm\shield you like for style points.

I know this is more about weapons, but for Barb, I put it in

Eth arreats.