by Sentiel Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:46 pm
WandererReece wrote: Sentiel wrote: kazumoshi wrote:I'm sure we've all had this happen; Made a certain weapon thinking it'd be the greatest thing, only to use it in pvp and find out it was the worst mistake you've ever made ever.
Personally, for it me was the chaos blade. Thought I might try it instead of the fury sword, but ended up wasting time., along with ten slabs and a boss soul.
kazumoshi wrote:chaos blade
kazumoshi wrote:chaos blade
What? I don't even...
Best katana ever for a Dex build if you ask me.
Well to each his own.
Uchigatana is better! It has a thrust and can be buffed.
Also, I regret making the Lightning Avelyn. It's so heavy and useless in PvP unless you can aim without a target lock. On the + side it packs a punch if you use lightning bolts, which happens to be the most expensive amunition in the game.
I was talking about Dex only, no buffs, so Chaos Blade is better for me, because it has extra AR and it's longer. I don't mind 20 HP loss and useless 1H R2 anymore.
However, if I can use buffs, I would always go for Uchi and have to agree with you.
Lightning Avelyn was exceptional before the patch, now, using a +15 with Heavy Bolts is better and the punch, you mentiond should be the same.
I've actually had to go and do a test with Xach.
While it does leave you open to get punished, it's supposed to be a punishing tool by itself. Whenever I see someone crouch down to do a Miracle, or cast Pursuers, or anything else with long animation, they are asking for a nice shot from Avelyn. Especially Faith buffs, that make you crouch are extra vulnerable to this, because you give them a headshot as they have their head lower in the crouch, which not only does more damage, but stops casting, no matter the Poise they have.
It's just too bad, that thanks to the lag, lot of the times, you can't stop the cast, but at least you can do some damage to them. Lot of casters have low Vit, so some 400-ish damage from Avelyn will hurt them a lot.