Loh & Attack speed for the Barb?

[SnowWar]

I hope someone can help here.
How important is attack speed with LoH for a barb using frenzy atm?


IE:


1050 dps 1-hander, 1.2 AS, 800 Loh, Socket for more Loh
vs
900 dps 1-hander, 1.45 AS, 750 Loh

(Atm its for 1-hander + shield and transitioning into dual wield when I can)

[drlovecalling]

incredibly important
i have bought at least 5 LoH weapons

the swords/daggers with 1.4+ as are a must

anything slower than that fails

have a look on AH for a sword/dagger with 999 loh filter
wudnt surprise me u can pick up a nice deal around the 600dps mark

anything more and ur paying for the increased dps and not increased survivability
often higher dmg but lower speeds and lower loh => fail for the purpose u need it

i have +1200loh 1hand 600dps and anything ive tried with less loh => total fail
the only upgrade for me wud be same stats same speed, and just more dmg
and then u pay +10mil extra just to spend a couple minutes less on clearing elites..

even tried with a 1K dps 1hand with 500 loh and then an amulet with 500loh => was not better than my current setup (more dmg is not key to killing more as a barbarian, thats only true when u can do +100k dps and a barb with those stats is more squishy than something so squishy u squish it all the time without realising )

[rockoffire]

I agree, incredibly important attack speed of 1.5 is a game changer on daggers. My first LoH weapon i swapped out my 800+dmg 1h spear for 650 dmg 1h dagger with LoH + damage to life (whatever its called)+ ias and did 1k less dmg but killed much faster with enormously improved survivability

[blinkyvv]

What kinda passives do you use if using dagger? dont think wep master helps it?

[MartyrOz]

I use a 1.2 mace with 630 dps, 850 LoH and a socket. I wouldn't say it's fail. But yeah I'm pretty keen to up the speed and dps at some point.

[Karth]

Different builds require different things. I'm doing fine with 1.3 aps in a2 inferno... because I'm using a ww build. I can almost always drag trash mobs into a fight to leech from if the elites are too much for me, or kite a little until Run like the Wind has gained some life back for me, or just dodge half the elite mobs' attacks by whirling in and out of melee range constantly.