hammer-furious or sundering?

Dutch Masterr

Dutch Masterr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Long Island, NY

Elite Knights [SWAT]

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i recently started using hammers more often and was wondering....would the 10% furious or 20/20 sundering mod be more practical for a hammer? well first let me ask-how much extra damage does the 20% ap even add on a hammer? also, most hammer skills cost high adreniline so would the furious be better?

karunpav

karunpav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

If you want to chose one of those, then Furious. With Sundering, you get maybe an extra 5-6 damage once every five hits. But you should stick with Vampiric on hammers, IMO... much more damage output and with an IAS you'll negate the health degen with no problem.

dgb

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/Me

They both suck. Use vampiric or elemental instead IMO.

Effigy

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

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On that note, what is the concensus on zealous hammers? Obviously you'd be using vamp or ele most of the time, but is a zealous swap worthwhile since the hammer swings so slow?

icedwhitemocha

icedwhitemocha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ancestral/Grenz

[CneX]

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Zealous hammers are kinda worthless. The zealous mod (rightfully) doesn't scale across weapon swing times, so you lose out pretty big if you use a zealous hammer. I personally think it's either worth using a Vampiric or its worth using an Elemental. If I had to pick a 3rd, furious would win *ever* so slightly over sundering because of the utility. If I ever want something to die, I switch to vamp, which makes random sundering useless... but not random adrenaline gain.

Effigy

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

All right, that's pretty much what I figured. I wouldn't ever consider it if energy wasn't so tight on a hammer (depending).

A Leprechaun

A Leprechaun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

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I use zealous on all Warrior weapons and get on just fine, even though the energy gain is not as good as a sword or axe it still far improves upon a warrior natural energy gain of 2 pips.

~A Leprechaun~

ayame ftw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

Belgium

Forgot the Ghostlyyyyy

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Quote:
Originally Posted by A Leprechaun
I use zealous on all Warrior weapons and get on just fine, even though the energy gain is not as good as a sword or axe it still far improves upon a warrior natural energy gain of 2 pips.

~A Leprechaun~ That depends, if u are blind or hexed most of the times
and u cant hit anything, zealous mod will not be very helpfull on the energy regen

Tingi

Tingi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

I usually have 3 hammers for general use -

Furious as my general
Vamparic for my major dmg dealer
Elemental for vs wars

Dutch Masterr

Dutch Masterr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Long Island, NY

Elite Knights [SWAT]

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i dont have any use for zealous because i dont need to worry about energy. and i do have and icebreaker specificaly for fighting warriors. i also never liked vampiric for any weapon, so i guess ill go furious.