List of Barbarian weapons by level

[Stormraiser]

I am looking for a list of solid weapons for leveling, and I will update the OP with a table. I am looking for the primary weapon, not weapons for special situations. For instance, at level 12, SoS or Lit2, etc. For epics, the destiny will impact the weapon chosen and I will have separate suggestions.



Something like this:

THF
Lvl 2: Guardian's Litargy
Lvl 4: Carnifex - accept no substitutes!
LVl 7: Elemental Bloom
Lvl 8: Maelstrom
Lvl 10: Sword of Shadow, Whirlwind, Xuum, or Bloody Cleaver
Lvl 13: Riftmaker (becomes 17-20/x4 w/IC:Slash+Crit Rage) - SOS
Lvl 14: Shining devastation
Lvl 20: E SOS, otherwise eAntique Greataxe
Lvl 23: Breach or Cleaver
Lvl 28: eRiftmaker

TWF
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3 etc.

SWF
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3 etc.

[unbongwah]

THF barb is easy, IMO.

Lvl 4: Carnifex (http://ddowiki.com/page/Carnifex) - accept no substitutes! :cool:
Lvl 10: ideally Sword of Shadow (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Sword_of_Shadow) (currently free from anniversary token), otherwise Whirlwind (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Whirlwind), Xuum (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Xuum), or Bloody Cleaver (http://ddowiki.com/page/Bloody_Cleaver) (I like Vampiric upgrade @ lvl 12)
Lvl 13: Riftmaker (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Riftmaker) (becomes 17-20/x4 w/IC:Slash+Crit Rage) - SOS is probably still more crit dmg, but slot it with cold iron augment and you've got yourself a great DR breaker
Lvl 20: ideally eSOS (good luck!), otherwise eAntique Greataxe (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Epic_Antique_Greataxe) is 2nd-best option (esp. if going LD) which can be solo-farmed
Lvl 23: Breach (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Breach,_The_Dividing_Blade) or Cleaver (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Cleaver,_Hewer_of_Suffering)
Lvl 28: eRiftmaker

Those would be my top named picks; everything else is either crafted or situational (e.g., Insurrection (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Insurrection) slotted w/adamantine is great vs constructs).

[cru121]

I'd add Elemental Bloom at 7.
Shining Devastation at 14 is awesome as well.

[Stormraiser]

Perfect, now TWF and SWF, and perhaps expanding the TWF to include some other goodies in between the large level gaps.

[Hobgoblin]

razorend for swf

death nips

thunderforged

[Turtlsdown]

Isn't this info already on the wiki at http://ddowiki.com/page/Named_weapons ?

[mobrien316]

Maelstrom is pretty awesome at level 8 if you put in the right augments. http://ddowiki.com/page/Maelstrom

[Stormraiser]

Maelstrom is pretty awesome at level 8 if you put in the right augments. http://ddowiki.com/page/Maelstrom

Or at level 2 :)

[EllisDee37]

Lvl 13: Riftmaker (http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Riftmaker) (becomes 17-20/x4 w/IC:Slash+Crit Rage) - SOS is probably still more crit dmg, but slot it with cold iron augment and you've got yourself a great DR breakerOut of curiosity, why cold iron? For 13-19 I would think silver or even byeshk would have more utility.

[unbongwah]

Out of curiosity, why cold iron? For 13-19 I would think silver or even byeshk would have more utility.
Is it? I always get my devils and my demons confused... :o

I tend to overlook byeshk because it seems like everyone skips the Madness quests these days which is where most of the Xoriat creatures are in that level range. :(

BTW, does the wiki page need updating?

http://ddowiki.com/page/Monster_DR_and_weaknesses

[EllisDee37]

Is it? I always get my devils and my demons confused... :o

I tend to overlook byeshk because it seems like everyone skips the Madness quests these days which is where most of the Xoriat creatures are in that level range. :(

BTW, does the wiki page need updating?

http://ddowiki.com/page/Monster_DR_and_weaknessesThat page is too long for me; my eyes glazed over.

Silver mainly for necro4 vampires, byeshk for harbinger. Cold Iron would help in Invaders!, but not much else.

[Stormraiser]

Updated OP.

Need more SWF and TWF

[Jiirix]

TWF Level 28: Epic Bleeding Edge

[Eth]

Updated OP.

Need more SWF and TWF

My TWF gear usually goes: Greensteel, EChaos Blade + Drow Khopesh, Balizarde, Thunderforged

At very low levels you are probably better off with THF until you pick up ITWF.

[RD2play]

That page is too long for me; my eyes glazed over.

Silver mainly for necro4 vampires, byeshk for harbinger. Cold Iron would help in Invaders!, but not much else.

You can sort the list.

Silver also vs harry and any Pitfiends in amrath, where you to go there. You could slot Silver or Vampire in your Riftmaker.
I would say byeshk isn't really needed, the DR in heroics is not very high, tho it might be nice to have it now for legend HoX. Keep in mind that if you want a true Chaotic Outsider DR breaker you would need to bypass lawful also.
Cold-Iron I feel is in the same boat as Beyshk, in heroics the DR/- is usually nothing to write home about. On top most monsters that have Cold-Iron DR also require Good/Evil to bypass. That said I am still looking for the Axe from Invaders cause it has both Cold-Iron and Good. I think if you are looking for a low level DR breaker any of the invader weapons would qualify, since they have a Red slot also where you could slot Silver/Vampire

I like to craft myself a Devil/deamon beater with CCrafting, making a Cold-Iron Holy(burst) +x silver <weapon> of GEOB with Vampire augment slotted, it will break Cold-Iron/Silver + good. Most of my characters have a ML12-16 version and a ML20 for the main weapon type they use.

For the level 20 if you don't have a eSoS, or eAGA, the Epic Elemental Great Axe of Fire from CChallenges will do very nicely, I made a T2 so I can swap it between alts. And it might even be better vs fire vulnerable mobs than the eSoS! tho it looses much potency against those fire immune.

[EllisDee37]

I think if you are looking for a low level DR breaker any of the invader weapons would qualify, since they have a Red slot also where you could slot Silver/Vampire

I like to craft myself a Devil/deamon beater with CCrafting, making a Cold-Iron Holy(burst) +x silver <weapon> of GEOB with Vampire augment slotted, it will break Cold-Iron/Silver + good. Most of my characters have a ML12-16 version and a ML20 for the main weapon type they use.

For the level 20 if you don't have a eSoS, or eAGA, the Epic Elemental Great Axe of Fire from CChallenges will do very nicely, I made a T2 so I can swap it between alts. And it might even be better vs fire vulnerable mobs than the eSoS! tho it looses much potency against those fire immune.I did that for a while, but eventually I decided that generic DR breakers are preferable due to inventory consolidation. My fighter and my paladin now share a single DR-breaker for heroics. (I only TR one at a time.):

ML8 +2 Metalline Falchion of Righteousness (BTA)

It took forever to pull a BTA falchion from Red Fens, but I finally managed it. It's specifically +6 enchantment level to get the 1.5[W] paragon bonus. It breaks most DR, and if neither my fighter nor paladin is TRing it just takes up a single bank slot on a mule.

I also did the same for ooze and undead weapons, though each still has their own BTC ML4 undead beater because you can't reliably farm BTA flametouched iron mauls:

ML2 Screaming Maul of Everbright (BTA)
ML8 +3 Screaming Maul of Everbright (BTA)
ML8 +1 Holy Maul of Greater Undead Bane (BTA) <== my characters use Cloak of Invisibility w/Heavy Fort slotted, so switch to this @ 9

I farmed up the BTA falchion and the three BTA mauls at the same time: Daily runs of Fathom+Claw for two shots per day plus some off-destiny xp.