#2 Aug 10, 2008. apples. Dorn. If you don't have the damage to one combo half of cyrodil, or if you are using crit surge, go with the Axe. do they do the same damage only one can gut wood very quickly? Hammer > sword > axe if fighting heavy armored foes. 3- As a matter of fact, you will see far more sword blades at your local armory museum than sword hilts. apples. Actually, it isn't. Sword Vs Axe Sword Vs Axe. Even when you boost the average damage from the great axe beyond the great sword, this is done by having a higher chance to critically hit and deal more damage on average by a critical hit. What are your thoughts on it? Gameplayer4885. I intend to enchant it with all the things I would use on a sword in 1.8. The downtime for Switch Axe's max potential is significantly higher compared to Long Sword, the latter of which, pending player skill and/or target can be easily maintained. Sword -vs- Axe -vs- Mace (-vs- Polearm?) An axe is a tool used to hasten the collection of wood-based items. :) Fireheart hauberk (Arm:18, axe fighting +4, protection fire +8%, ice -8%) Axe / Club wielders can also use armors with fire protection. Axe 3 has limited use and is completely ineffective against some classes/builds with high stab uptime. Axe mode of Switch Axe is a substanial DPS drop in comparison to Sword Mode. It is also used as a weapon for melee attacks. Avg sword spec hit; 1000*1.25*1.2 + 0.05*1000*1.25*1.2 = 1500+75 = 1575 dmg Avg Axe spec hit; 1000*1.3*1.2*1.05 = 1638 dmg Interesting. Many axe enthusiasts still consider ash or hickory handles to be the best you can have for any type of axe, because they look and feel great in the hands. re: switch axe- Sword vs. axe mode I think in sword mode you do the element damage for the weapon and I assumed more damage. But how about the axe? If I play my gnome warrior, I’ll likely go 2H whatever. Therefore, most of us would be very well advised to go for blunt weapons. Recent Topics: Top Rated Topics Edited by Nightfall12 on May 17, 2018 … As a cost to Power Axe mode, your loaded phials will slowly drain over time (whether in Sword or Axe mode) but the buff can be extended by loading more phials in Sword mode. 04/08/2015 15:19. As for swords VS axe? Last edited by kreeper_green; Sep 22, 2018 @ 1:29pm < > Showing 1-8 of 8 comments . Re: Sword, Axe, or Mace? An axe is heavier and less agile. So I switch between axe and sword depending on the enemy. A diamond axe has become my weapon of choice; it has 10 damage. Sword and Axe vs. Greatsword. It is looted from Skullsplitter Warrior. Unfortunately yes. If you give both a chance to take a full on swing the axe might do more damage but swords are way faster and in a fight go with a sword I haven't found any other Tier 3 one handed sword schematics All times are GMT. Added in Classic World of Warcraft. This blue two-handed sword has an item level of 41. Dharok is good if you like duelling or playing those combat-based minigames, however the cost of repairing it over a long period of time can stack up. Sep 22, 2018 @ 1:37pm AFAIK, there is no difference outside of aesthetics. smalbot Joined Feb 7, 2020 Messages 6. Personally I run 1 piece of the Kra'gh monster set and noticed my damage being higher with a sword than with a mace. SpinelesS. Wood is the original axe handle. It has some good blunt damage. Axe barb or sword? The reason why you'll find more axes than swords in most archaeological sites is that axes were more plentiful. TLDR: Yes the Great Sword is superior to the Great Axe because it has more dependable damage output. ... a nice pull from the axe, a block and projectile defense. Wood axe=diamond sword. ===== In theory, that is what we would assume. By SpinelesS, December 2, 2014 in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Besides if you want someone dead, whatever you choose will get you to the same result, and you may prefer getting the feel of slaughtering someone with an axe than with a sword. In effectiveness, the Sword will beat the Axe and the Mace, the few points of damage that is lost is caught back by a much more valuable attack speed. The game limits you a bit. Thread Tools. I love this new change, but find it bizarre. Axe, even if you’re a human. I've grown up with both. However, even the bend force of the axe hitting the shield has a tremendous impact on the defender. Seriously. Sword. arcanedarsen 3 years ago #6. What is the difference? In my opinion, swords/axes work well on a hman, mace/axe on a dorf :3. but, human also has sword spec, which is worth considering, but the damage bonus from it wont be as much as the benefit of having a slower weapon basically, you need to consider the overall dps of the weapon versus it's speed. The Axe strike is 188 damage per hit, where the dwarven long sword does 168 damage per strike. Recommended Posts. Cmon isnt she beatiful? Enchantment?Enchantment! I used to run full melee back in the day and once you get used to it the dps is great, i've always preferred gs>sw anyway because of the evade frames it just lacked some dps. ... No matter whether it's an axe, a sword or a dagger, aligning the blade with the enemy in a heated combat situation is a lot more difficult than you'd think. Saradomin sword is good for training strength or any other melee stat. User Info: arcanedarsen. 1 Obtaining 1.1 Crafting 1.2 Upgrading 1.3 Repairing 1.3.1 Grinding 1.3.2 Unit repair 1.4 Mobs 1.4.1 Equipment 1.4.2 Raids 1.4.3 Trading 1.4.4 Hero of the Village 1.5 Natural generation 2 Usage 2.1 Chopping wood 2.1.1 Durability 2.1.2 Speed 2.2 Stripped logs/wood 2.3 … They both feel very different to use. Sword spec hits 5% of the time, axe gets additional 5% crit and 5% cirt dmg. So you will kill enemies with fewer hits. Sword, axe or mace? Sword -vs- Axe -vs- Mace (-vs- Polearm?) Thread Tools. if you pet swap, stun and then maul you can pull some pretty big numbers. SpinelesS 10 Posted December 2, 2014. I think a sword or axe would be awesome for a gnome, but a hammer just doesn’t seem my style for a gnome. If you are end-game with a leaping sword or below, then yes get it. Only way less durability. A (non ethereal) Berserker Axe with 285%ED (+15%ED) and a lvl 9 Fanata Aura with 186%ED really isn't hitting that hard, since the ED% and AuraED% are multiplying a non ethereal weapon. The notion that a high carbon content will make a blade degenerate faster is odd. Axe Handle Types: Wood, Fiberglass, and Steel Wood Handles. 2 Likes. Wouldn't mind the weapon system getting a revamp in addition to the (eventual) mage revamp. Cheater-azjolnerub (Cheater) 16 April 2019 03:14 #14. Thread starter smalbot; Start date Apr 2, 2020; S. smalbot New Member. But more importantly, most of the top tier weapons worth using in the end are either swords or axes. Sword 2 vs. Axe 3: The gap closers of both weapons. Whirlwild should always use dual griefs (Both in phase blades) or grief + beast (Both in berserker axes) Immortal King barbarians want to max Mace mastery (nobrainer) crawlingdeadman provided you with … 1 decade ago. The above numbers reflect this by cutting each axe types normal number of uses in half. The sword however has more potential if your base damage is higher, since it is an increased percentage of your base damage. I'm still waiting a fix for purification. Iron sword 251 uses 6 damage / diamond axe 781 uses 6 damage = winner diamond axe Note that axes used as a weapon take twice as much durability damage as when they are used on a wooden object. In the Two-Handed Swords category. The Tactician's Sword is better when maxed, but to be maxed requires a wooden singularity for 3 million. In the new update, axes have become stronger than swords. (im so freaking lucky!!) Share Followers 1. "Short or broad sword (with shield) vs long axe (no shield), the swordsman usually won because the shield would take 1 or 2 hits (before becoming useless) while he struck the axeman's exposed areas." 0 0. But still! Although the sword seems to do more damage, I did level my axe skill and used the metal plated axe. Even a Katana wielder would have a lot of trouble vs a shield+1H sword combo A combination of defence and offence is probably the best fighting strategy. I know Sword is the most expensive type to picked but due to the Fireborn Giant Armor (part of the sword set) blocking fire damage which a whole bunch of monsters in Tibia do, I pick Sword type. Golem Sword vs Raider Axe: THE END. Back in the day, the intention was axe for attack, club for defense and sword in between but in modern tibia, this philosophy has long been forgotten. Dps wise sword > hammer > axe on non armored foes. A weapons axe, made for fighting is too light and thin in the blade (not cold steel stuff, but actual authentic fighting axes from the period you seem to be referencing) to be used for wood chopping or chopping down trees. Sword 2 has a lot of damage attached, can be used to help you escape or engage, blinds (soft cc), grants fury and is great to set up comboes. 21:14, December 28, … A splitting axe, used for utilitie is too heavy to be used as a weapon. Power Axe mode immediately expires if you ever have 0 loaded phials. It made a big differece. Maces, to me, seem to lose too much to be effective. Also if you use the outfit system you can make it look like your sword is an axe or vice versa as well, which can be kinda tricky in PvP land if you don't spot that extra Pen from a Mace that you thought was a sword. View User Profile View Posts Send Message High Council Member; Join Date: 6/28/2008 Posts: 3,783 Member Details; diablo 2 is all about the items. When using a sword, I could spend quite a few minutes fighting vs. the axe where I could take a plated bandit out pretty quickly. Sword vs axe Sun, 2020-07-19 21:42. If you have a Pigman Sword, AOTD, or Midas, then those swords are better than Tactician's. On a Stam Sorc, axe vs sword depends heavily on what you are playing. If your build is focused on popping people with Dizzy + Dawnbreaker, then sword will be your best option. Builder. I play as a male majin. Creative Guy Posts: 403 Joined: 16.07.2020. question is the axe better than the sword? Greatswords. Obviously, this means using SAED or charging your shield will always remove Power Axe mode. The axe … Re: Frenzy weapons -- sword vs axe The problem with Beast, is it doesnt have enough damage. 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