Need ADVICE on spectral throw weapon.

going to be building a 2h spectral throw again, but this time im wondering is axe or sword best for st scion with double strike?

i know axe has huge dmg unique item whereas the sword uniques aren't that great, but does the attack speed from swords outweigh the damage as you are able to launch alot more ST at the enemy?


thanks alot for advice all!

Depends what you find or want to buy

Swords have higher attack speed potential, and generally higher base attack speed when compared to Axes, however Axes (Vaal Axe) has a higher potential damage

If you are able to Crit, attack speed should outweigh any increased damage from Axes as the higher attacks per second lead to higher crits per second

Also I feel around the Duelist / Ranger section of the tree Sword nodes are far more accessible allowing a great % increase of pure physical damage for Spectral Throw, I tried my build with Axe nodes and it only came to about 220% phys, instead of my current..

I'm currently running a Sword No-Crit scion build



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wow! thanks for your help! appreciate it so much. I know what to do now =D