u/ExSogazu

Apology in advance if it is an old news, but currently, especially for Barbs, there has been an interesting trend showing how to transfigure your two handed items. It is quite interesting in a way that basically all the barb users there are on it, so, I decided to introduce it here.

This is the original article in the Korean community called 인벤 by the user called 회베

(www.inven.co.kr/board/diablo4/6023/10892?my=chu)

it is called '선 변성 후 가공' which is roughly translated to 'Transfiguration first, and then the rest (tempering, masterwork, Horadrim cubing and etc.) Is is based on the hypothesis below.

1. In most cases, gem power Transfiguration out performs any other greater affixes. Especially, when it is 'master worked.'
2. In order to masterwork the Gem power transfigured affix, you gotta have a gem power transfiguration -obviously-, but at the same time, the transfigured item should get another chance of transfiguration/tempering/masterwork and etc as we all know it sometimes happens.

3, People usually transfigure their items at the end of the upgrading cycle. On top of that, people usually do it on their best items. It takes up a lot of resources of course, but it also has the risk to brick your one perfect weapon too. Again on top of that, it minimizes the number of items you transfigure.

4. So, proposal is simple. By hoarding the bunch of 900 power 2-handed weapons and then make them legendaries and transfigure them no matter what the current affixes are. If it gets Gem power 'and' another chance of transfiguration? Congratulations, you won. If the gem power transfiguration takes up the affix that has been already there, since your item gets a pass with what-ever adjustment you want, you just add another one, just not with the greater affix.

(Basically, you can have what-ever options on your items with the Horadrim Cube. So, choosing the weapons with the right affix is un-necessary.)

This guy claimed that having gem power transfiguration only on the item that already has several greater affixes gets outperformed by gem power transfiguration option that is masterworked. This article has been uploaded on the Thursday afternoon, got blew up ever since and again basically all the barbs there are currently doing it. The barbarian message board is riddled with the posts with the titles 'I've done it.' and so on.

Current consensus over here is

1. Do it with your off-hand weapon first. Since in case of the main-hand weapons, having greater affix on weapon damage would out-perform it in a lot of cases.
2. Nobody actually calculated the damage numbers, but anecdotally, if you equip the highest level gem -I don't know what it is called in English-, the boost seems to be significant.