From the Barb Community: DO NOT NERF REND

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I wrote a post over on the Barb forum about the damage of WW and Rend, in light of the nerf. Might be worth a look, if you’re still planning on playing WW Barb next season.

Playing WW, post Lamentation nerf

EDIT: With the re-buffing of Lamentation to 150%, the OP, below, no longer holds true. Rend damage will again be large enough that it is best to ignore WW and simply try to maximize damage from Rend. This means dropping Skull Grasp, and running with Zodiac, CoE, and either BoM + Mantle or RoRG + CC. So, now we know: Lamentation got nerfed. And in the wake of that nerf, I got to thinking about the damage that could be dealt by Rend and WW. With a 200% buff on Lamentation, it seemed pretty clea…