07-27-2006, 11:22 AM
The slow/fast v. fast/slow question is really dependent upon your build. I am running 13 arms, 38 fury build now and I love overpower. Since overpower damage tracks your mainhand, this means I put my slow weapon there. I am running with Deathbringer (onyxia) and Ancient Hakkari Manslayer (ZG). Also I can cleave and WW for decent damage while dual wielding this way. Yellow damage does not suffer the DW penalty and therefore lands more readily and is a greater component of my damage with my 9% hit rig. Perhaps if I had a solid 13% hit rig things would be better. I have a fast offhand because that swings more and generated dodges which I capitalize on by overpowering.
If instead I had a really find fast mainhand weapon such as the Silithid claw, I would then probably respec to something like 8 arms, 43 fury and spend all of my time in zerk stance, never bothering to overpower, just cleaving and heroic striking stuff to death. I think again such a build's performance really tracks your +hit gear, and at 9% I would probably be a bit borderline.
If instead I had a really find fast mainhand weapon such as the Silithid claw, I would then probably respec to something like 8 arms, 43 fury and spend all of my time in zerk stance, never bothering to overpower, just cleaving and heroic striking stuff to death. I think again such a build's performance really tracks your +hit gear, and at 9% I would probably be a bit borderline.
Creator of the Barbarian variant