When do axes start doing a lot more damage?

Rakthor - Lost City wrote: »

Liger - Lost City wrote: »

When you use refining orbs to make them +1/2/3/ect... or you hit lvl 70 and get Calamity axes which have a chance to strike with double damage. Or if you get 3*** axes, or gold axes. The main reason people will get dual axes as opposed to hammers is because they'll do more damage when you use skills, thanks to the higher max dmg. Also if you have low STR you can't expect to be doing a lot of damage lol.

If i had a dual hammer that was +1/2/3 etc, or star, or gold, would it be better than a dual axe with the same extra stats?

No. The hammer will still do less damage. Dual axes do the most damage out of all melee weapons, the dual hammers just have a higher BASE damage rating which really doesn't mean squat unless you just click and let your character **** away without using any skills or anything then you will get higher damaging hits more often but, this is very controversial considering all the variables.

Dual axes have always done better damage than hammers, imho. I say that because dual axes require more dex than hammers so a slightly improved accuracy = more hits.

I used dual hammers up till lvl20. The reduced requirements leaves more free points for vit and the increased Str requirements mean better pdef. So overall better survivability.

I used the FB19 wep until lvl37. Then switched to dual axes. The transition is not easy though, had many levels where I was adding no vit, just to catch up on dex and Str required for the axes.

Poles hit faster, duals hit harder. However I think in tiger form our attack speed is slower anyways (I seem to attack faster in humanoid). So I think poles are better if you grind in humanoid. Duals better in tiger.

Just my 2 cents though. b:bye

basic basic wepon guide axes and hammers. stats end
all stats info is compared to pole axe

pole axe = lowest requirements
pole ham = higher str about same dex
dual axe = even higher str more dex
dual hammer = highest str but less dex than dual axes

use dual swords they do higher damage i found

Hazardus - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Dual axes have always done better damage than hammers, imho. I say that because dual axes require more dex than hammers so a slightly improved accuracy = more hits.

I used dual hammers up till lvl20. The reduced requirements leaves more free points for vit and the increased Str requirements mean better pdef. So overall better survivability.

I used the FB19 wep until lvl37. Then switched to dual axes. The transition is not easy though, had many levels where I was adding no vit, just to catch up on dex and Str required for the axes.

Poles hit faster, duals hit harder. However I think in tiger form our attack speed is slower anyways (I seem to attack faster in humanoid). So I think poles are better if you grind in humanoid. Duals better in tiger.

Just my 2 cents though. b:bye

Attack speed does not change with form change.

Poleaxe-variable Damage e.g i had a +2% crit poleaxe. On 1 hit i deal 1095 base damage,on the second 1 i hit an 1100 exact critical.

Polehammer- Never used one.

Dual Hammers- great, because you deal more specific damage e.g Gale Dual hammers,deal a good amount of damage.

Dual Axes- 90% of 70+ Axe BM'S and almost all of 70+ Barbs use this.

Axe BM'S - AOE is very damaging
Barbarians-Deals a good amount of (variable or random) damage,and the TT or legendary axes with good vitality stats are preferred.

Weapons with strength as attributes are only good for 1 thing .

if you messed up on the attribute allocation,wear some cheap +str gear to make up for the lost strength ,equip the weapon and discard the no longer required cheap + str gear.

For those who wonder ( On my Observations- Might be a bit inaccurate)

1 Vit = 20HP= +3 physical defense
3 Vit = 60HP= +1 magic defense

1 Strength = + 3~4 Physical Attack = +3 Physical Defense.

So more vitality is and always will be preferred.

Some other stats

250-255 Physical Defense reduces physical damage taken from equal level mobs by 1%.

60-65 Magical Defense reduces magic damage taken from equal level mobs by 1%.

So having physical def or magical def shards on armor is not such a bright idea.

Flawless garnet on Armor = +41 phy defense which gives close to 80 physical defense when imbued and the gear is equipped,80 phy defense reduces damage by .35% .its the same case with Sapphire or elemental shards.


Citrines are by far the best.

getting back to the topic

Dual Axes-

e.g Calamity axes of blood
Requisite Level -70
Requisite Strength -212
Requisite Dexterity - 39


Attributes http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/items/8287

HP: +185
Vitality +10~11
Berserker: Has a chance to inflict double damage
at the cost of losing 5%HP.


Note: Use these axes if you can afford the multiflavored jiaozis (2500hp restoration pots) or a guardian charm.

Dealing double damage is often and when you lose 5% HP ,it means you lose 5% MAX HP. So I have 8500 HP, every time I deal double Damage i lose 425 HP.

the axes are great but watch your potions and charm (if you can afford one because I cannot b:cry) the frequency is high of berserk and you would enjoy holding these axes if you can afford them

Thanks for reading,

Hope it helpsb:victory

Rakthor - Lost City wrote: »

with the poleaxe, at later levels, does the higher attack speed,thus doing more attacks, make up for the less damage it does? or would the greater damage that dual axes do be too high for a few extra damages to catch up to?

I just got a polehammer, and I think the faster attacks make up for the lack of spiked damage. It will take a few levels of grinding before I see how it performs over time.