Axes vs Dual hammers?

Scavenge - Dreamweaver

Now I've had alot of comment's about me getting dual hammer's instead of axes is there an actual diffrence besides the damage being reversed as in hammer's are high base damage axes are high zerk damage I've never seen a use for my bm's axes besides hfing and drake bash everything else is with fist + my barb will really enjoy the hard hitting base damage as opposed to relying on some lucky big hit anyone have anything?

Haila - Sanctuary

If you are talking about nirvana dual hammers and axes, they both have the same average damage, in the long run they do same damage. But if you are looking for a record damage hit, axes are gonna beat hammers with that.

Empu - Sanctuary

. and , won't hurt your post.

Like Haila, I'm guessing it's about G15 (or G16) dual hammers or dual axes. Yes, average damage is pretty much the same (If there is any difference at all, you won't notice it). The difference is in the damage spread. Hammers have stable damage, while axes have low minimum and high maximum. That is why they are often prefered in combination with GoF or Sacr Strike. In any case, the adds you roll will also be of big influence.

The difference only risides in this 1 question you should ask yourself : Do I want unreliable damage that can give me lucky high end crit, do I like stable damage or do I not care at all as long as things die ?

I use dual hammers on my bm and barb. My reason was just the looks. Atm, dual hammers would have the slight advantage of having less ppl yell "ME ME ME" when the G16 mold drops in Warsong. If only my TT nirvana wouldn't turn into Lunar nirvana looks b:surrender, I might actually go for it.

_DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary

I'd imagine it mainly depends on PvE or PvP. If you wanted to PvP, axes would be preferable since the high spike damage would give you better odds of breaking through an opponents charm that a hammer might not manage.