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Reaver's Edge or Greatsword of the Heroic Duelist?

druga1757druga1757 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 76
edited May 2013 in The Militia Barracks
For just dps, is the higher damage range of the Reaver's Edge preferable, or the Crit/ArPen/(Pwr) of the Duelist? I'm currently running a WMS/WS Instigator build.

Reaver's Edge:
Damage: 769-941
+900 Maximum Hit Points
+1,344 Power
+225 Defense
+225 Deflection
+90 Life Steal

Greatsword of the Heroic Duelist:
Damage: 752 - 919
+1,565 Power
+252 Critical Strike
+108 Armor Penetration
+108 Defense
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  • voltz46738voltz46738 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 58
    edited May 2013
    If you had to pick one go with Greatsword of the Heroic Duelist.

    Power / Crit / ArM Pen are 3 of 4 main stats a GWF wants.
  • belladanbelladan Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 146 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2013
    The +19 weapon damage from reaver's equals approx. 475 power. The defense modifier if you feated for it would add an additional 45 or so.

    I can't recall the defense/scale per 1000 damage, but that 900hp would yield you would most likely keep you up if you get double-shot in wolf's den. (assuming you were at full health with at least 13 con.)

    Now.. the armor pen loss would be noticeable at end game, but the crit strike will be something like .8% loss or some such at lvl 60.
    (I ended up picking up the Drake's, Avatar of war greatsword for a mere extra 2 damage on SS, from the duelist, increased my power with other items by 500, but lost 200 Arp, and my low end damage increased while the median value dropped. Next up is rebuilding my paragon tree so that I can better benefit from my recovery stat as it broke the 1200 barrier.)

    90 life steal is pretty meh at lvl 60. just drop a lifesteal bit on your pet and you'll be popping the 1hp all the time, and grab a better stat allocation. ^_^
  • druga1757druga1757 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 76
    edited May 2013
    Thanks for the input, yea, the drake would be nice, I got both the Reaver and Duelist cheap off the AH and was wondering which one to go with until I can get a better upgrade. I figured Reaver for slightly better survivability, I just wasn't sure about dps since it seemed close.
  • chronomancerchronomancer Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,223
    edited May 2013
    Greatsword of the Heroic Duelist hands down. Armor Penetration/Crit > All
  • kwazikwazi Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Grab the sharpened ice axe. Same damage range, better dps stats.
  • druga1757druga1757 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 76
    edited May 2013
    kwazi wrote: »
    Grab the sharpened ice axe. Same damage range, better dps stats.
    Oh, nice, I didn't even know about it, thanks for the tip!
  • karandordaockarandordaoc Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 51
    edited May 2013
    From testing, damage range is >>> than any stats. I read a thread about it and then tested it while leveling up and it's 100% true.


    Damage range is your first concern, after that worry about the other stats.
  • warr3nwarr3n Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    you think the sharpened ice axe is better than the duelist greatsword?
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