High-End Fury Weapons
The weapon is the most important equipment of a fury druid. So, special attention is needed when choosing the weapon.
First, we will have a recap of 1.09 fury weapons. 1.09 fury weapons are still viable in 1.10
In patch 1.09, it was possible to cube magical swords with 3 sockets. That way, nice 7/4 fury swords could be made, like the godly cruel cryptic sword of quickness with 3xED/IAS jewels. If you have one, they are still very powerful in 1.10. The ultimate fury weapon in 1.09 was the ethereal cruel feral axe of quickness with zod/shael which gives 7/4 fury. Extremely hard to obtain, but addicting. Also for a 1 hander and range 3, a socketed berserker axe with 95 IAS and as much as possible ED was very popular among good fury druids also giving 7/4 fury. One last example from 1.09 is the cruel giant tresher of quickness with 2x Shael. This weapon is a 6/4 fury weapon with range 5.
What has changed in 1.10?
The desirable speed is still at least 7/4 fury for PvP. Unfortunately, no runeword is good for druids. As for uniques, only 1 weapon is viable: the Tomb Reaver Cryptic Axe. 2 shaels makes it 6/4, and also it has a decent damage. The ultimate version is an Ethereal Tomb Reaver with 2x Shael and a Zod. For the sets, Griswold's Redemption Set Caduceus of the Griswold's Legacy Set sockected with 3 ED/IAS and Lo does well. Lo can be changed with an Eth also.
The new rare rules makes it possible to obtain godly weapons of 1.09 300 ED, 40 IAS, 2 sockets and improves them with addition of Fools prefix (lots of AR), Master's prefix (Additional ED and AR) or Self Repair (useful for ethereal ones). Here is a rare 6/4 2h example. The ultimate 1h fury weapon in terms of damage will be an Ethereal Rare Dimensional Blade with Cruel, Quickness, Fool's or Master's and mechanics affixes, upgraded to a Phase Blade (unfortunately, range 2). When upgraded, we have an indestructible weapon that is ethereal. Cruels + Fool's + 2x ED/IAS jewel does more then 250 average damage with 7/4 Fury. If you don't need AR, then the average damage significantly increases. The rares and magical weapons are extremely hard to obtain, so if you come by one, stick to it. Here is an example of a rare 7/4 1h weapon
Too sad that fury druids are still very expensive to make as you may have guessed by now.
