Throw barb recommendations

I've been thinking about trying a throw barb, so my Zerker has an entire stash filled with throwable weapons that may or may not be junk. I've got Lacerator, Deathbit, and a bunch of rares with %ED, Life steal, IAS, attack rating, some replenishes quantity, and increased stack size. Are there specific things that I should look for on a throw barb weapon beyond that? Any tips?

I do have a Razortail and was going to make a Wisdom.

GG-rare throwing weapons not withstanding, ethereal Lacerator and ethereal Warshrike are BiS weapons for throw-barbs.

The Deathbit in the offhand paired with a fast rare, magic or Blood Weapon will carry you through nightmare until you can wear the Lacerator at level 68 in your main hand. As a Helm I would suggest GFace.

Belt is optional imo. When you have a Warshrike in the offhand you have enough piercing percentage.

The fastest IAS breakpoint I believe is only possible with an act 1 merc with Faith bow.

Currently I am playing a throw-Barb ladder hardcore. Since it is hardcore I do not prioritize max damage and I only play solo. He is at level 84 and I am very happy with him. Here is the my set-up at maxroll: https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/id1qr060

DKBam wrote: 8 months ago

The Deathbit in the offhand paired with a fast rare, magic or Blood Weapon will carry you through nightmare until you can wear the Lacerator at level 68 in your main hand. As a Helm I would suggest GFace.

Belt is optional imo. When you have a Warshrike in the offhand you have enough piercing percentage.

The fastest IAS breakpoint I believe is only possible with an act 1 merc with Faith bow.

Currently I am playing a throw-Barb ladder hardcore. Since it is hardcore I do not prioritize max damage and I only play solo. He is at level 84 and I am very happy with him. Here is the my set-up at maxroll: https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/id1qr060

I didn't think to make a blood Throwing Axe. Good point.

Any particular reason you're using Corpsemourn over something like Fortitude?

Fortitude is BiS, in case you want to Teleport of course Enigma.

The Corpsemourn has Corpse Explosion and this is an overpowered skill. I always wanted to include the Corpsemourn in one of my builds but this never worked out. I found this armor this season again and did not throw it away (i do not even know why). So I decided to check if it would work with the throw barb. Imo It works realy well with the throw barb. I am always very happy when I use this overpowered skill. In case situations get dicy, or in case I am fighting monster packs with high health pool, you just kill two monsters and blow up the whole place It also helps with uniques in case a corpse is nearby. You have 40 charges, and when I decide to use Corpse Explosion during a run on average I use 5-8 charges together in a specific situation. So I could use Corpse Explosion in 6 situations during a run. I never use it that much. In addition the repair costs are very cheap.

In case you are using the act two merc with the Holy Freeze aura, then the Grim Ward works realy well. Some monster, for example the scarab bugs, they don't move at all due to the stacked slow effects from Holy Freeze and Grim Ward.

DKBam wrote: 8 months ago

Fortitude is BiS, in case you want to Teleport of course Enigma.

The Corpsemourn has Corpse Explosion and this is an overpowered skill. I always wanted to include the Corpsemourn in one of my builds but this never worked out. I found this armor this season again and did not throw it away (i do not even know why). So I decided to check if it would work with the throw barb. Imo It works realy well with the throw barb. I am always very happy when I use this overpowered skill. In case situations get dicy, or in case I am fighting monster packs with high health pool, you just kill two monsters and blow up the whole place It also helps with uniques in case a corpse is nearby. You have 40 charges, and when I decide to use Corpse Explosion during a run on average I use 5-8 charges together in a specific situation. So I could use Corpse Explosion in 6 situations during a run. I never use it that much. In addition the repair costs are very cheap.

In case you are using the act two merc with the Holy Freeze aura, then the Grim Ward works realy well. Some monster, for example the scarab bugs, they don't move at all due to the stacked slow effects from Holy Freeze and Grim Ward.

Good thought on Corpse Explosion. I never thought to try it outside of Necromancer.
I agree that Grim Ward is slept on. It's definitely and underrated skill.