Vampiric or Sundering?

What mod is better for a Sword?

I have recently come across a req 9 Dead Sword in NF and I had plans to mod it into:

Dead Sword. (Req 9)
15^50
Life Steal: 3:1
HP: 30

But when I asked my friend if he had a 15^50 inscription or a HP +30 Sword Pommel, (I had already bought the Vamp Hilt) he told me to mod it to a Sundering (Armor Penetration 20/20)

So, should I buy a Sundering Mod? Or keep with my origonal plan?

A sundering mod is what most people use and if plan on selling it, it is much easier to sell with a sundering mod. I say you should mod it with a sundering mod even if you plan on using it.

The sundering mod is pretty expensive, but there is a reason why it is so expensive.

srry double post

The reason sundering is expensive is because PvE scrubs are idiots.

Vamp will do a lot more damage than sundering on a sword.

And before anyone says 'z0mg -1 degens gonna pwn me!!!!11!!one!' - you have weapon sets for a reason. Pressing F2 is *incredibly* difficult after all.

Personally I would go for Vampiric

- Ganni

sundering for sell
vamp for use.

Vamparic will give you more damage and some healing
People see the -1 and think "oh noes" but the life steal and added damage far outweighs losing 2 hp each second :S

Sundering however i guess is fine if you dont have a weapon swap or are counting on a very lucky spike...

Sundering sucks more than anything that has ever sucked before.

as far as pve goes, vamp has the higher potential DPS. wont unnecessarily always be so (if there are lots of blinds, blocks flying around), but it doesnt really matter. you could run a CC weapon and be fine in pve. i go with vamp based almost entirely on price.

sundering is for those who are too lazy to switch weapons after every fight.
but sometimes i am 2^^

i say vamp imo
but if you want a sundering get a non max mod. think 1% is not that different except 35k less, get a 19% chance mod

Vampric ftw
Sundering FTSux0r

This is why it's so expensive. Sundering is for people that don't realize you can hit F2 to cancel Vamp degen if you're not getting hits in, or between fights.

yup sundering is crap only sundering weapon i would ever use is an axe.

but sword doesnt have a huge dmg difference 15-22 so imo vamp is wayyyyyy better

While sundering is useful and can give more damage on some weapons than avampiric these occasions are very rare making the vampiric mod more attracting if you are looking for higher damage that's stable. DPs is definitely better on a vampiric mod. Vampiric is also very useful if you use skills that hit multiple targets such as [skill]Triple Chop[/skill], [skill]Hundred Blades[/skill] and [skill]Barrage[/skill]

vampiric is WAY more damage espically on high armor targets. it also heals you.

Vampiric for people that will change weapons when in and out of battle. (They better. Let's just say I'm a lazy monk when it comes to healing people too lazy to change weapons.)
Sundering for people that don't really care about damage and just want a rare sword.

I'd personally use either. But it comes down to these two. Sundering to sell for rarity, vampiric to take down single targets quickly.

/Agree

P.E.R.I.O.D.

And, no, if you don't swap weapons, I don't heal you.

I say sundering because the -1 irritates the hell out of me.

Sundering is crap. Whenever I try to explain this to somebody in game, they response is, "then why does sundering cost more then vampiric?" Answer: because sundering since it has some many possible versions (10-20%) a perfect one is rarer and thus more expensive. However, vampric is better damage wise and easier to find.

That's the only reason people think sundering is good. PvE scrubs think expensive = better.