According to tests, eth upped dual wield headstrikers are bis weapons for him.
Grief is also an option, and you can throw him an Last Wish (if u have spare one 
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I dont see him too strong - he supposed to be stronger and more tanky than desert guy. He’s barbarian for Nephalem sake!
Eth Headstriker isnt most common item in d2 at all, grief is not so cheap, you know what LW is guys. And at The end he cannot have gg conv from infi or conc from Pride.
So for elemental dmg dealers a2 is still best option, as well for physical chars might+Pride is S tier.
So our barbarian is an option for wind (maby fire dru) as decrep spreader with lawbringers, GF barb (but desert guy with eth arioc Needle or gg botd is still better) and as „companion” for smiter and maby some other not S tier builds.
I would consider making 2h barbarian merc better making battle cry aura-debuff not curse-overriding one. This is The way.
From my own testing, I definitely agree with this statement. Only time I would put 1-2 Last Wish’s on him is if I as the player want Life Tap and the 17/34 Might Aura.
From my testing, I got the Frenzy to perform about the same as Desert, but with more Goldfind on him.
To be honest, this is going to be the best budget merc, if you want some one to tank for you early on, aura or no aura, hands down imo.
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In fact might from LW doesnt stack now, it may be bug. But it may be intentionally.
A2 imo is still better cause frenzy need to stack, and jab have better mechanics.
And a5 frenzy guy have taunt which overrides your battle cry or amp.
For non barbarian classes, a5 will suffer from low attack rating.
He isnt so overpowered at all.
Yeah, I would definitely say that Act 2 is better overall. Act 5 is very nice early ladder/progression/budget and Act 2 will most likely be better for most builds late game. The merc cannot Taunt champions, uniques (minions yes), super uniques, bosses, Ubers or DClone so if we’re using like Atmas ourselves (as example), curse stays on important targets
Dual Az’s Wrath/ Treachery/ a5 merc is pretty insane tbh. Undead always stunned, tons of IAS and Magic DMG, plus hes so fast he can actually keep up to the knock back affect.
If I could design an act 5 merc he would have battle orders. Would Frenzy, Iron Skin, Battle Orders would be best merc in the game?
Open up that weapon swap to something other than CTA.