Spirit Blackhole: Poleaxe or Poleblade?

stealthxbomber
stealthxbomber Posts: 0 Arc User
edited April 2012 in Blademaster
So, lucky me, I didn't choose R8 fists instantly when I bought 200k rep and it was believed that GoF could be achieved on recasted version(b:cryb:cry), leaving me the ability to choose any R8 weapon. I've basically narrowed it down to getting advanced purge on either poleaxe or poleblade. Some pros for each weapon type:

Poleaxe
-ability to Drake Bash without switching
-can aoe more freely, which could be very nice for TW

Poleblade
-Demon Meteor Rush if I'm low on chi for other stuns
-a bit more aps compared to poleaxe
-ability to Farstrike when frozen
-longer range

I'm leaning towards poleblade, though other views on the situation are always appreciated. b:victory
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  • FateBlade - Lost City
    FateBlade - Lost City Posts: 519 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Poleblade for purge. With auto-attack you'll purge faster than with a poleaxe.
    And axe should be with zerk (GX/OHT/NV 2nd cast/r9) if you want some fun in TW.
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  • Maelael - Heavens Tear
    Maelael - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,497 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Well, having debated this myself:

    Poleblade if you want single target purge (like in PvP).

    Poleaxe if you want multiple target purge (like in TW).

    That is what the difference between the two boil down to.

    Add in that R8 recast Fists has the highest base damage for fist/claw at this time.

    Personally, I'm still saving up R8 mats and waiting till the Nirvana 3rd Step comes out, see where that is at, and decide from there. My worry is the poleaxe Id use too limited and forget it's there, the Poleblade Id only really maybe use in PvP but pretty much just Nirvana, and I may get crazy enough to go for Recast fists if the 3rd step nirvana is not more powerful than R8 recast.
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  • Sarrafeline - Sanctuary
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary Posts: 4,661 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I'm eventually going with R8 recast fists. Most likely going with a Nirvana GoF or SS axe.

    Working on getting -int on my R8 chest at the moment. Having trouble finding mats to recast it though >_> I'll probably be recasting my fists in a few weeks. Glad my chest came out 4 sockets though, that's a nice bonus.
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  • FateBlade - Lost City
    FateBlade - Lost City Posts: 519 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary wrote: »
    I'm eventually going with R8 recast fists. Most likely going with a Nirvana GoF or SS axe.

    Working on getting -int on my R8 chest at the moment. Having trouble finding mats to recast it though >_> I'll probably be recasting my fists in a few weeks. Glad my chest came out 4 sockets though, that's a nice bonus.

    Rank 8 recast armors is always 4 sockets (weapons always 2 sockets).
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  • stealthxbomber
    stealthxbomber Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    IMO rerolling R8 axe/pole for adv purge is like trying to get GoF on nirvana axes, and rerolling R8 fists is like going for veng+int on nirvana claws, but each reroll is much more expensive. And most of us know how annoying rerolling nirvana claws can beb:shocked, which is why I think I'll just be sticking to my G13s.
  • Sakubatou - Sanctuary
    Sakubatou - Sanctuary Posts: 4,001 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    If you going for R9 axes then you wouldn't use your purge axe often anyways and it'd be a wasted effort and would be better on a pole. If you don't plan on going R9 axe, then a purge axe would be awesome.
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  • stealthxbomber
    stealthxbomber Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    bumps
  • Sarrafeline - Sanctuary
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary Posts: 4,661 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    stealthxbomber wrote: »
    IMO rerolling R8 axe/pole for adv purge is like trying to get GoF on nirvana axes, and rerolling R8 fists is like going for veng+int on nirvana claws, but each reroll is much more expensive. And most of us know how annoying rerolling nirvana claws can beb:shocked, which is why I think I'll just be sticking to my G13s.

    Unless my fists have +magic on them, I'm only rolling them once and gonna call it good.
    101 Sage Sin*/Archer
    100 Demon BM*/Barb
    96 Demon Cleric/Sage Seeker
    95 Demon Wiz/
    94 Sage Veno
    85 Psy/80 Mystic
    And a handful of other alts, all 79 and under.
    *Pre RB level
  • TheDan - Sanctuary
    TheDan - Sanctuary Posts: 3,495 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I'd go with the R8 Recast Poleblade.

    While the sound of AoE purging sounds nice in TW, I'd rather go with the single target purge with higher APS just for PK. Reason being that if I'm going to be AoEing in TW, I'd be AoEing groups of casters (wizards / venoes / mystics / psychics etc) because I can kill them without purge. If you do your job well as a R9 BM you should be killing off enemy support which allows for your own designated purge teams to go in and do the job of purging R9 HAs in a click of a button. If all the BMs were to stay on the other HAs trying to purge them, then there is no one really suppressing enemy DD which is critical in major TWs.

    The only time you really need purge is on R9 HAs which aren't a priority target in TW as a support role. Just let your designated purgers do the purging.

    The single target purge is more viable in PK with higher APS when you don't have a designated purger in PK. I would go with the single target purge here as enemy DD / Tanks are very spread out due to a lot of fights happening in the air. In open map PK, people kite in the air whereas in TW you have a very closed area when you're defending / attacking base (usually on the floor). It's very rare I can even AoE in PK due to how big the map is and how few opponents there are compared to TW.

    Overall, R9 zerk crit AoE with the 50 extra attack levels are more necessary when trying to suppress enemy DD in TW. The odds of purging are just too low to be reliable, especially when the only real targets needing purge are the R9 HA ones that already have designated purgers for. Single target purge is the best for chasing and killing an very tanky R9 opponents in PK where AoEs are limited.
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