I think the best thing about blade fury is not the applied weapon damage but rather its ability to trigger effects like crushing blow and chance to cast. This makes one weapon truly stands out... crescent moon ideally in some ethereal elite weapon. The static field and chain lightning allows mass damage of whole mobs while the high %ed and possibly crushing blow does great damage to an individual monster.
Even if a um (for crescent moon) is deemed to be an unattainable aim, traps can be a very viable alternative even without maxed synergies. With 20 wake of inferno, 15 fire blast, 20 death sentry and 10+ lightning sentry, I was doing around 1000-1200 woi and 1-750 ds damage which was quite sufficient (surprisingly) in hell. That basically means that I had to give up venom but it didn't really hurt much since I did tapping about half the time. Having some poison charms and a poison length more than what venom offers also helps to negate monster regeneration while I do other stuff.
For crowd control, you have mind blast and cloak of shadows to play with while traps do their work. In cases where crowd control isn't that necessary, blade fury comes in very handy in eliminating individual monsters or in the case of a static'ing blade fury, cast a few furies into the fray first to bring monsters down to 1/2 life before starting the crowd control. Also as mentioned by occhidiangela, having knockback and spraying blade fury at a crowd is also an effective means of crowd control at times.
If mana runs low due to trap casting, blade fury is also a means to leech back.
Overall, the traps plus balde fury makes for some very interesting combos for twinks or notwinks alike.
Even if a um (for crescent moon) is deemed to be an unattainable aim, traps can be a very viable alternative even without maxed synergies. With 20 wake of inferno, 15 fire blast, 20 death sentry and 10+ lightning sentry, I was doing around 1000-1200 woi and 1-750 ds damage which was quite sufficient (surprisingly) in hell. That basically means that I had to give up venom but it didn't really hurt much since I did tapping about half the time. Having some poison charms and a poison length more than what venom offers also helps to negate monster regeneration while I do other stuff.
For crowd control, you have mind blast and cloak of shadows to play with while traps do their work. In cases where crowd control isn't that necessary, blade fury comes in very handy in eliminating individual monsters or in the case of a static'ing blade fury, cast a few furies into the fray first to bring monsters down to 1/2 life before starting the crowd control. Also as mentioned by occhidiangela, having knockback and spraying blade fury at a crowd is also an effective means of crowd control at times.
If mana runs low due to trap casting, blade fury is also a means to leech back.
Overall, the traps plus balde fury makes for some very interesting combos for twinks or notwinks alike.