Im wondering if I should switch to axe

DevonicAngel - Lost City
DevonicAngel - Lost City Posts: 20 Arc User
edited December 2010 in Blademaster
I have been a pole user sence I started the game, to me it was a nice balance between speed, damage, and I got decent crits. But lately I been wondering, would it be easyer to be a axe user? Most BMs I talk to loooove their axes, saying they completly pown everything. So my question is, how much better are axes? My playing style is to be good support, and in end game I want to PvP red names. I love to cause good damage and paralyzing my opponents. Another concern is, if i go axe, will I be missing alot? I want to hit other players, not be missing them
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  • Miiya - Raging Tide
    Miiya - Raging Tide Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    if you have plenty of spirit, adding axes soon would be a good idea. they're pretty much expected if you decide to level by doing FC runs.
    as for pvp, i'm not sure i'd say they're the absolute best weapon, but being able to stun lock is nice, and the aoe's can also be very helpful (of course).
    i don't know much about a polearm build, but just by looking at a few random weapons at a blacksmith, it seems like they require more dex than axes. so your accuracy shouldn't be exactly terrible (maybe? i don't know), but getting a misty forest ring at lvl 77 would help with that if you feel it could use some improvement.
  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Really, when you hit 70 on a blademaster, the first thing you should get are Calamities if you PvP. They're really OP for that level. For PvE it doesn't really matter. I never used them because by the time I was 7x, I knew someone who would farm me my ADS for me so I basically saved up all my coin instead. (calamities were about 10m at that time though).

    At 7x, yes you'll find that axes are very useful for AoE grinding and for FBs. Do you need them? Eh, doesn't really matter, but you'll be more beneficial to a party if you can HF for them.

    For end-game PvP you need either G15 or G16 axes or go interval fists/claws. G11 zerk axes do not kill people at end-game anymore. lol
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  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    imo its not really axes that own, its sacrificial strike that owns...b:surrender
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  • ichigo4zen
    ichigo4zen Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    If you love using polearms and want to use axes aswell, use the pole/axe build tht I have, its amazing for AOE grinding and you have the extra stun tht axes provide which helps us polearm bm so much in duels. the build is 3str 1dex 1vit, you need 3str every lvl for axes and if you want alot of dex you could cap off your vit and keep doing 3str every lvl and use the extra 2 points for whatever
  • _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary
    _DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary Posts: 2,294 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    DevonicAngel - Lost City wrote: »
    Another concern is, if i go axe, will I be missing alot? I want to hit other players, not be missing them

    That's pretty much a myth, caused by the fact axe BM's used to add very little dex and mostly vit since axes require only 1 dex every 2 levels. Accuracy is completely dependent on your build and accuracy adds and has nothing to do with weapon type.

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