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.