Question About Barb Equipment

[akaicewolf]

I'm a level 7 barb currently with the THF build and I'm wondering what is better to use as a weapon +5 Weapons or currenlty I'm using +1 True Chaos Great Axe of Pure Good. I'm not really understanding what the +5 really is

[Khurse]

The first part (+5) of a weapon is a bonus added to hit and damage.
So a +5 Greataxe adds +5 to your d20 roll to hit, and adds +5 to any damage determined.

The True Chaos adds 1d6 damage to non chaotic opponents, and the good adds 1d6 damage to any non-good opponent. The +1 on the Greataxe adds +1 to hit and +1 to damage.

So basically of you're fighting anything that is non chaotic and non good, you might want to use the greataxe.
For anything else, the +5 Weapon would likely be better.
Also if you find you're having trouble hitting, the +5 GA is better.

~ Of course there's always DR on various Mobs to consider, on most at your level it won't matter.
But the Chaos is nice to have if you're ever running Von 3.

[Gorby]

The +5 enhancement bonus on a weapon gives it +5 to hit and +5 damage per swing.

+1 True Chaos of Pure Good would give you +1 to hit and on average +8 damage per swing against Lawful Evil opponents.

If they are not lawful or evil, then the damage per swing on the +1 goes way down. Also, don't overlook the bonus to hit because if you aren't connecting or confirming your crits, your dps drops significantly.

[akaicewolf]

Thanks a lot. Yea for norm/hard I hit things just fine but struggle to hit on elite so this helps me out a lot