

Great Poleaxe is a 5-max and Ghost Spear is a 6-max.

2 of them get 4 sockets from Larzuk: Stygian Pike and Ogre Axe. The path of least resistance would be the 0 speed bases. It's not a mistake to make an infinity in a Cryptic Axe, and if you have the Cryptic Axe already by all means roll the infinity it's certainly not worth spending runes on a different base, but it's not the path of least resistance. Since Colossus Voulge's strength requirement potentially hurting its resale value makes it a non-starter for an infinity base, there is only one viable10-speed base, Cryptic Axe, and it rolls up to 5 sockets, meaning you only have a 1/6 chance of hitting 4 sockets with random sockets recipe and 1/10 with a shard. At exactly 8 IAS, which I think is impossible to get with current itemization, the -10 bases (Thresher, Giant Thresher) win, but once you have over 10 IAS, the -10 bases are always 3rd, and the -20 base (Mancatcher) is the lowest DPS base at any amount of IAS.

The 10-speed bases (Cryptic Axe, Colossus Voulge) are best at certain intervals. In the non-War Pike division, these are the highest DPS bases at various amounts of IAS:Īt most amounts of IAS, the 0-speed bases win: Ogre Axe, Great Poleaxe, Stygian Pike, and Ghost Spear.

It's far easier to get any of the other ones (edit: with the exception of Giant Thresher, another TC87 base that rolls up to 6 sockets). Because War Pike is a TC87 base and rolls up to 6 sockets, it's quite difficult to get an Ethereal 4os War Pike. If someone's telling you to pick Ogre Axe over Stygian Pike, that's them signaling they don't know wtf they're talking about and you shouldn't listen to anything else they say.Īt any amount of IAS greater than 3, War Pike-the 20-is the highest DPS base. Therefore, there's no difference between say an Ogre Axe and a Stygian Pike. The weapons at each speed base have the same average damage, some have larger ranges, but the average is the same (or, within 0.5 of each other if you want to be a pedant). There are 5 speed bases, higher = slower:Ġ : Great Poleaxe, Ogre Axe, Stygian Pike, Ghost Spear If you're not satisfied with that answer: Real talk: any elite eth polearm/spear is fine, CV will likely be tougher to resell due to str requirement, anything else isn't a big mistake.
