eth archon staff for fury druid

recently i found

Eth

Archon Staff with some low sorc mods (+2

Chilling Armor and +1

Enchant), as it is 1st

Archon Staff i ever saw for years

usualy i used my Fury druid for ubers in case i am tired of playing with java Infinity

Fury lvl94 setup: Metamorphosis ,

Archon Plate Hustle,

Eth Death

Decapitator,

Highlord's Wrath, gore riders,

Raven Frost, random allres ring with some leech and attack rating,

String of Ears

in case i use Breath of the Dying, husle is not needed for attack speed, so i would switch to Fortitude for extra damage

question is if to sell it or

Larzuk it and make a self use base for ethereal Breath of the Dying ?

what do you think ?

I would definitely

Larzuk it and make a botd, then test it in comparison to the

Eth

Decapitator. The damage of the

Archon Staff is probably more reliable (less range).

Let me make two other suggestions for great Fury weapons:

Eth

The Reaper's Toll (

Decrepify) and

Eth

Ribcracker (CB). Both go to town hard

Death in an ethereal

Decapitator is a monster.

If you want

Decrepify, just put a Lawbringer on a A5 barb.

my a5

Frenzy barb is already wielding phase blades Lawbringer & Hustle, Treachery and Cure

i tried

Eth breath of dying on

Archon Staff with same setup: played on p1 96 TZ

Baal and here are results: for regular mobs, not much difference, only difference i saw is with killing

Baal, much faster and dmg with my Death

AR is a bit higher with ebotd (like ~700 + due its +30 all attributes)

dmg with Death: 3k-10k
dmg with ebotd: 5k-7k
both stast are not boosted (no heart of wolwerine, no Metamorphosis pre-buff, no fanatisism, no

Enchant,....)

in case you are interested in breath of dying in

Archon Staff (+14 LL, +359 ED ...bad roll ), let me know and i would happily sell it to you

Don't forget the hudge 50% deadly strike and 50% crushing blow on Death.
Crushing blow explains why you kill faster

Baal with Death.

If you don't need IAS, Last Wish is better than Hustle on A5 Merc.

Really love that there's two truly viable options for the staves. Breath of the Dying & Obsession! Never considered this base for Botd before .

I have tried this exact set up. I have a BotD in an Ethereal

Archon Staff and I made Death in an Ethereal

Decapitator. Both had pretty good rolls, and I've used both for various scenarios.

This is my opinion (and some math looking at dmg in my

Werewolf form without merc auras or wolverine Spirit):

BotD

Archon Staff has better average damage per hit and much faster attack speed.

Death has slower attack speed and less damage per hit.

Once you calculate in damage from deadly strike and crushing blow, Death has better average damage per hit.

However, the BotD is way faster, has +30 to all attributes (which gives you AR and Life), -25% enemy defense (good for ubers and bosses), and massive dual leach.

Overall, my favorite is the BotD. However, Death is really powerful against high HP single target foes, like bosses and ubers. I also like using Death in high player games since the monsters have so much more health. However, recently, I just use my BotD when I run ubers with my brother (he plays a necro). The faster attack speed and other good stats make it very effective fighting the ubers. I prefer it to the Death when playing with my brother. If I do ubers solo, I use the Death.

Either weapon is great for a Fury druid. But I love the BotD...much faster attack, dual leech, other good stats just make it my overall favorite. However, Death does have really good damage and boss killing capabilities.