Best weapon choices — Discussion and Questions.

[DearH]

This is an interesting topic, as someone who played with a lot of those classes/weapons, I can let you know what I think is the best.

For a non Hoplite skirmisher, I'd say the best melee weapon is Cursed Jormungandr followed by Blessed PoK, Mangler is very situational and only performs better if you either have a lot of space or if nords keep blocking attacks (usually happens on runs with RGs when bots stand far away from barricades. A side note on the Mangler is the very low weight on that weapon making it quite hard to crushthrough some shields, Cursed Mangler gains a bit of weight, making this less of an issue.

For Infantry classes including zweihander, my preferred one handed weapon would be either CWP or a Mortifer, I find Byrllysg to be only good against bosses, while still not being much better than a DWP in that case. I also would rather use a two handed weapon to deal with bosses instead of a one handed weapon, so I'd pick either Blessed Ironsong or Cursed Mercy. I think Durendal and Legacy aren't that bad as long as you can get a decent speed bonus.

For CM and Pavise Champion, for ranged, I'd use a Blessed Eagle Crossbow rather than a Penetrator, as I like extra speed on crossbows more than the extra damage that doesn't allow killing more nords with fewer headshots. As Hamster said, using any CM locked crossbow is only suitable if you want to kill your infantry allies, due to how the knockdown animation doesn't properly stun nords.

For the archer classes, I'd say it's a choice you have to make between speed and damage. Raging Typhoon with Blessed Zephyr usually will one shot the Nord Champion Huscarls, on hard, and sometimes one shot Tricksters and other nords with similar HP such as normal wave 14 and probably some other nords. Higher damage bows such as Typhoon and Stag Bow also have higher missile speed than their faster counterparts, making it easier to shoot very far away nords.
I'd personally use the faster bows as the shooting animation takes less time, allowing a better kiting experience.
I also think the upgrade benefits Ullr's Bane and Tempest more, due to their base damage being lower.

I have a vivid memory of you. When I first started playing this game, I saw you playing as RG. You were probably working on the Ash quest back then. I want to know if the reach of DWP is sufficient to defeat Nord soldiers. Also, what are its typical application scenarios? What do you think is the most significant difference between Mortifer and DWP?

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I highly recommend you don't ever use a dead shot, unless you absolutely hate everyone playing infantry. The knockdown effect will most likely have them killed sooner or later.

For the bows, I think it's completely up to whether you prefer speed or damage per hit. As someone who is usually kiting, I believe the faster bows are superior.

I fully agree with this.