Using a frenzy barb.
I have grief/phase blade for main hand. Kingslayer for off-hand. Kingslayer has cb 33% and open wounds 50%.
Using Dacul’s for the life tap.
Have a demon limb for pre-buff.
I do not have gore boots or any other item which gives cb.
Question is about the chest piece. I have fortitude and duress. Trying to figure out which to use. Duress has 15% global cb, but fortitude’s 300% global ED is a huge synergy with both weapons, especially grief. Also, I end up with 3x the defense rating using the fortitude with chill armor procced and the higher DR base. Not sure how much that matters for ubers.
So which is more important for ubers? The extra 15% global cb v. just 33% on one of the weapons, or doing about 2x more total weapon damage?
I would go with something that will help your resistances. Your damage is fine with your current gear Mephisto can be tough because of his aura. Also find a wand with charges of life tap. Dracul only as a 5% chance (if my memory is correct) so you want to be able to start the fight with life tap already on them.
Oh just noticed you already have a wand. my bad.
Uber if I remember correctly are LVL 110 or something alike. Having more armour means nothing. Armor simply means a reduction in being hit, not a reduction in dmg received.
If you’re looking to kill Ubers, CB is what you want. I’d you’re looking to clear cow LVL in under 5 min, then enhance dmg would be more beneficial. You’re goal is to kill these giant monstrosities that have insane amount of HP. The only reason I could think you’d want ED is because you want to proc higher LL, but in this instance LL is pointless which is why you got Life Tap.
If you got enough resistance and life without Fortitude, I’d go with Duress. You want to proc CB as much as you possibly can, the higher the % the better. However, ifyou need that resistance and life then use Fortitude.
Also, you could build the runeword “DEATH” and use that in a sword or axe. It’s not that expensive and has 50% CB chance.
uh… did u mean frenzy barb? cuz fury is a druid wolf skill.
Yeah, sorry, I meant frenzy barb.
meph’s conviction aura reduces your resist by like 150%. conviction aura also reduces your defense. I think the biggest problem u’ll have is not hitting the uber bosses. depending on ur level. i’m not sure how well versed u are with d2 melee so just a heads up. anyways I think res is more important because meph does charged bolt that shotguns you in melee.
Will be lvl 90. Won’t the Demon’s Limb Enchant pre-buff give me the the AR I need? I think I have about 7.5K AR with that. Also, the Kingslayer which has the CB has another +20% AR and -25% target defense.
I think Meph’s aura is -125%. That’s bad. Sounds like I should go with the Fortitude for resists and stuff my pack with resist charms.
I would use forti probably as defense should help more. Goblin toe instead of goreriders and guilames should give you 60% CB.
For me its Lawbringer in offhand and goreriders or goblin toe on feet. The decrepify will stop you dying, and the sanctuary will keep all the additional summoned monsters at bay. If you have to get rid of the draculs to stop clashing, stick a pair of Laying of Hands bramble mitts in there for the % damage increase to demons.
Fortitude is just the best for all the reasons.
Can make a cheap treachery and make it cast then run in and kill mephy - and stack any resist charms you have.
That should do it! Good luck in there 
Edit: For attack i used ravenfrost and metalgrid - which did the trick. The other stock option is angelic combo. Im not sure what demon limb does, but if it gives an additional 700ish attack you should be fine.
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Guillaume Helm
Fort
Angelic Amy & Ring + Lawbringer/Grief if you need the AR otherwise
Highlord Wrath Amy + Lawbringer//Grief
Ravenfrost(Mandatory)
Whisp projector
or a rare ring with 20 str 15 dex 11 all resist 51 light res 6% LL
if you dont need to use Angelic ring for Ar
Laying of Hand Gloves(350% dmg to demons)
…Gore in due time i guess XD
you should have
98% Deadly Strike
35% CB
7% LL(Lawbringer)…extra 6% if u got a beast rare ring
…err…0% OW if using Laying of Hand without Gore…
actually…keep Dracul on for OW proc untill u get Gore Rider Boots
alternating between tap and decripy curse is a little weird but that work
at least you get a source of OW
Goblin Toe will do the job for some nice CB in the mean time(55% CB untill can get Gore)
Lawbringer Decripy proc remove Ubers Physical resistance(they no longer halve your dmg if the curse proc…u do full on dmg…you also lower their dmg by 50% with Decripy…and you put a nasty super slow on them
Definitely do this if you haven’t been already. Makes a world of difference for your survivability. Proc the Fade, then engage. 
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I actually have a Lawbringer I currently use with Grief. Prior to Grief I used it as off-hand for the Kingslayer. It’s a great off-hand.
My main concern about using lawbringer is that I have Dracul’s for lifetap, and the decrep will replace the lifetap. While Decrep is great for defense, and also reduces PDR and so increases DPS, nothing keeps you alive like lifetap.
Steelrends > all other gloves mentioned
Crafted ones are the only ones that compete.
You want a lot more than the 30ish% Crushing Blow.
Death runeword >> Grief in basically every aspect of the game. Grief is so overrated it is beyond silly…it has its uses, but ya…overrrated in most cases
Last Wish is even better, but very expensive.
Having both of these makes things much simpler.
Stack a lot of light res, use a Wisp for absorb. If you can get integer absorb on top, it is even better.
Fortitude for armor.
Edit: and you CAN have too much CB, particularly vs Baal. When I used to solo it with a zealer, i actually cut back from 96? to 91% iirc…anyone have an eth Astreon’s for trade? lols.
Stupid question, but you are using the ‘Howl’ skill?
Frenzy barbs are sooo much fun!
ignore kaz suggestions…terrible for a Frenzy Barb
Deathrune word…same dmg as Grief and doesn’t add dmg to both weapon like Lawbringer does…which make it impossible to use Lawbringer with it…50% cb more dont mean much if your already at 50%…it also has no ias(so your attack speed will be awful)…having 50% less CB(50% instead of 100% is better with law + Grief combo)…CB health burn is reduce by half without the curse…so 100% cb is the same as 50% + Curse
if 2X death does 5k dmg and that grief+lawbringer also does 5k dmg…grief + law does full dmg…while 2x Death gets dmg halfed to 2500(HALF the power) because Ubers//most mobs on hell difficulty has 50% DMR…Decripy remove that resistance…slow ubers and also reduce their dmg by 50%
last Wish Might Aura is already earnt from A2 Merc…going for 100% cb mean nothing as i explained(50% DR halving cb power)…the Might Aura isn’t a major boost for a barb on top of 928%(300% fort…185% Frenzy…123%Sword Mastery…320% from 2 Synergy to Frenzy)
Steelrend is KICKSIN&SMITERS ONLY cause they cant benefit from % dmg to demons…Frenzy can benefit from 350% dmg to demons
I would have to fire-up single player and hero editor to test before advising for this. ^.^
haven’t rolled a frenzy barb in a while.
Use Treachery as a pre buff to get Fade. Fade adds like 10% damage and +60%? All res for 5 minutes. Then swap to Duress for cb. Your raw damage to Ubers is nearly irrelevant. It’s the cb that gets them from 100% to 2%. Then your raw damage kills them.
I actually don’t think grief is that amazing for a barb Uber character. Yes it’s great, but the main reason grief is op is the +damage added to smite for smiters and the speed breakpoints.
You’ll want as close to 100% cb as possible.
Edit after reading the above posters I didn’t consider curses, so take my post with a grain of salt, I’ve never tried Ubers with a barb. I’m pretty sure decrep removes life tap, so if you need more health regen on Meph, you can’t use lawbringer. I think that’s why most people don’t recommend lawbringer because you need a source of life tap with your cb.
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Lmao…nvm that a friend of mine had this setup and absolutely annihlated everything in the game.
You do know steelrends has 10% CB right? That 350%ed to demon is not even in the same ballpark for effectiveness.
You don’t use 2 deaths you idget. You want one…preferably in a collossus blade, but a collosus sword is fine. You seem to miss to 50% CB again…so there is now 60 you have given up
Last Wish has from 60-70 on the other hand…so ya…keep you meaningless LCS damage numbers and totally ignore how much CB you actually get…You have played this before d2r?
i know steelrend has 10% cb
there not a huge difference between 1 chance on 2 hit to trigger cb and 3 of 5(1.2 out of 2)…though i bothered doing some maths just now…and well you are correct for Steelrend doing slightly better(for Lawbringer path at least)
EDIT2:
Grief + Lawbringer = Steelrend
Grief + either Last Wish or BK Sword = Laying of hands(iteration i gave Kaz so
he still get a way to get Decripy proc(trough Merc))
but your still wrong for weapons choices combo
Gore 15% cb…Guillaume 35% CB…Steelrend 10% CB…60%…whats the point of last wish for 120-130% CB ? extra % dont do anything…also Lawbringer is still a must for Decripy Curse…removal of Ubers %DR
ofc Atma Scarab is a thing for Amplify but thats 1 out of 20 hit(5%)…Lawbringer is 1 out of 5(will proc much faster and more reliable)
for Deadly strike you get 31% Weap Mastery…15% Guillaume…15% Gore(61%)
i also thought of an iteration that may fit more your style
Highlord Wrath Amy(33-37% DS)
Grief + Last Wish(20% DS, + 70% CB
or Grief + Bul-Kathos Sacred Charge(20% DS + 55% CB(Ber))
Gore Rider(15% CB, 15% DS,10% OW)
Guillaume Helm(35% CB 15% DS)
Laying of Hands
Sword Mastery 31% DS
total of
100% CB(Grief + Last Wish…Decripy can be over-ride)
100% CB(Grief + Bul-Kathos Sword(Ber) Decripy cant be overide)
+
99% DS(100%(if Barb lvl = 91)
Merc with Ethereal Reaper Toll(nother option to proc decripy)…though if using Last Wish Decripy can be over-ride by Lifetap
relying on merc for Decripy proc seem a bit non-optimal but eh
EDIT: ya i have play b4 D2R for 3 years(7 years ago)…use to have 40 accounts
EDIT 2: actually…that would be 85% ds without Guillaume for last wish route…so scrap Steelrend and use Guillaume for 100% CB//100% DS and go for some nice Laying of Hands
EDIT3: re-organized text to be actually readable…was a mess due to a minor miscalculation
Arreats Um (if thats the resists one)
Fortitude.
Metalgrid.
Ravenfrost.
Rare ring with mana leech and other fun stuff.
String of ears.
Grief phaseblade
Lawbrigner phaseblade
Laying of hands bramble mitts.
Goreriders.
All the trash + resist charms you have. Fill entire inventory.
With only 15% CB - This murdered ubers with ease. My merc lived without need to resurrect even once, and i was playing on hardcore. (Andys helm, Duriel Shell, Reapers but obedience is as good)
I did make sure to proc fade in the fire before starting mephy.
The key here, is to make use of ststs coming from items to keep strength low, get it to 118 for arreats and leave it there. Ideally you want +str and dex on your manaleech rare ring. Get as much dex as you can on the ravenfrost to get a headstart on phaseblades. Make sure raven and metalgrid have high +attack ratings as it is crucial.
You want to be doing ubers self buffed with BO with 3500 minimum life as a frenzy barb. Dont upgrade your armour for defence, spend your points in vitality.