I recently bought this
req8
6-28
15^50 damage
30hp
10/10 Armor pen
is this about as good as it gets? for pve.
or should I use diff mods. I just wanna hack things up
Best mods on my axe for PVE
Tweecers
Yolanda Kai
A lot of people prefer +5AL over Fortitude, but it's personal preference really... I bet that thing was insanely expensive wasn't it 
Anyway your build will determine what you need obviously. Some times elemental damage is nice, some times lengthening conditions is nice, zealous/vampiric combined with Cyclone Axe can be awesome, etc. etc. etc.
For starters, where do you want to fight most of the time, what's your secondary, and what kind of skill/equipment are you using along with the axe?
Anyway your build will determine what you need obviously. Some times elemental damage is nice, some times lengthening conditions is nice, zealous/vampiric combined with Cyclone Axe can be awesome, etc. etc. etc.For starters, where do you want to fight most of the time, what's your secondary, and what kind of skill/equipment are you using along with the axe?
Tweecers
damn i thought it was good
Knido
it is good! its freaking amazing!!! as good as it gets for BOTH PvE and PvP, if your going to be an axe user.
Tigris Of Gaul
Your 10/10 sucks.
My ideal axe in PvE would probably be a Zealous of Defense, maybe Fortitude.
My ideal axe in PvE would probably be a Zealous of Defense, maybe Fortitude.
Gildor Took
for farming get a zealous mod, works well with cyclone axe
and 10/10 sundering is overated but if there was an axe that had armour penetration inbuilt like hornbows, ivory bow and shadow bows then i guess the "perfect" axe for farming purposes would be
6-28 req 7
inbuilt 10 sundering
zealous
+5 armour
and 10/10 sundering is overated but if there was an axe that had armour penetration inbuilt like hornbows, ivory bow and shadow bows then i guess the "perfect" axe for farming purposes would be
6-28 req 7
inbuilt 10 sundering
zealous
+5 armour
awoeonip
sundering = the most overrated mod ever.
As said before, zealous works wonders for farming. If for some reason you feel the need to pump another *expensive* mod into your axe, go for a 10/10 furious...at least that's somewhat useful compared to sundering
As said before, zealous works wonders for farming. If for some reason you feel the need to pump another *expensive* mod into your axe, go for a 10/10 furious...at least that's somewhat useful compared to sundering
BBoy_Manchild
nah, zealous isnt for farming, BONNETI, zealous is for pvp.
anyways, vampiric or furious is the way to go
anyways, vampiric or furious is the way to go
{IceFire}
furious=30+ dmg from adrenal attacks usually
sundering= 10% chance for something you can get with 10 str, which is only ~5 dmg anyways....
EDIT: YOU TELL ME WHAT IS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!
(hypothetical
)
sundering= 10% chance for something you can get with 10 str, which is only ~5 dmg anyways....
EDIT: YOU TELL ME WHAT IS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!
(hypothetical
)
munkieix
Zealous and Vamp is ideal for PvE and PvP, sundering, furious u have a 10% chance WOW! and u dont really even know if u hit that 10% chance
dont feel no pain
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Originally Posted by BBoy_Manchild
nah, zealous isnt for farming, BONNETI, zealous is for pvp.
anyways, vampiric or furious is the way to go acauly u need diff axes, sword for different builds ,in pve , trust me i know
i have like 4 different axes for farming and 2 swords for farming , my main farming weapon is my
zealous summit axe
14% in stance
+5 armor
+20% dmg
anyways, vampiric or furious is the way to go acauly u need diff axes, sword for different builds ,in pve , trust me i know
i have like 4 different axes for farming and 2 swords for farming , my main farming weapon is my
zealous summit axe
14% in stance
+5 armor
+20% dmg
LightningHell
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Originally Posted by BBoy_Manchild
nah, zealous isnt for farming, BONNETI, zealous is for pvp.
anyways, vampiric or furious is the way to go Actually, if you use a Zealous axe, with Cyclone Axe, in the middle of a crowd, the energy gain is usually more than the initial cost of Cyclone Axe
I usually go for Zealous/Element of Defense.
anyways, vampiric or furious is the way to go Actually, if you use a Zealous axe, with Cyclone Axe, in the middle of a crowd, the energy gain is usually more than the initial cost of Cyclone Axe
I usually go for Zealous/Element of Defense.
lord of shadow
for solo warrior farming vampiric .....of enchanting is as good as it gets
atm i have a vampiric chaos axe of fortitude (14>50, req 8) but thats only because nobody is selling a decent enchanting mod
make no mistake-u have a pretty much perfect axe, just not the most wisely chosen mods for pve
atm i have a vampiric chaos axe of fortitude (14>50, req 8) but thats only because nobody is selling a decent enchanting mod
make no mistake-u have a pretty much perfect axe, just not the most wisely chosen mods for pve
Nessaja
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Originally Posted by {IceFire}
sundering= 10% chance for something you can get with 10 str, which is only ~5 dmg anyways....
10 strength only activates on skills though.
Altogether, sundering is decent for spiking, it equals about 1% armor penetration each hit. Zealous needs a build with it and can be annoying, I like Vamperic a LOT, but you need to know how to work with it.
Altogether, sundering is decent for spiking, it equals about 1% armor penetration each hit. Zealous needs a build with it and can be annoying, I like Vamperic a LOT, but you need to know how to work with it.
Young Hero
Why would you need a Zelous axe for farming when Bonetti's Defense more than takes care of energy?The Razorstone is a great farming axe, doulbe adr on hit 10% and +1 to axe mastery 20%.Or any axe thats max and has either +5 armor or +7 armor against physical.
Scrubs Can Die
Get rid of Sundering. It averages out to a .3 increase in DPS. Get either a Vampiric, Zealous, or Ebon.
AxeMe
For farming (and often for fighting in general) I prefer the 3:1 vampiric coupled with +5 armor. I really like this combination, and vastly prefer it to an axe with the fortitude mod (which is handy since armor is inexpensive).
I can definitely say that - for solo farrming - I am confident that this is the best combination. That's because it's easy to see the difference it makes when killing the same kind of monsters in the same place. Side-by-side comparisons are easy there.
I can't say the same for PvE ... there are too many variables ... different team members, different skill levels, etc. Same deal with PvP ... It's hard to know or even harder to prove what works best there.
Even so, I prefer the vampiric and armor mods there too but this is more opinion than fact. I think the farming preference is fact based.
I do carry a second axe with furious and armor ... it's mostly just there as a way to avoid the degen penalty when I'm not fighting with the vampiric.
I am not at all a fan of sundering.
I can definitely say that - for solo farrming - I am confident that this is the best combination. That's because it's easy to see the difference it makes when killing the same kind of monsters in the same place. Side-by-side comparisons are easy there.
I can't say the same for PvE ... there are too many variables ... different team members, different skill levels, etc. Same deal with PvP ... It's hard to know or even harder to prove what works best there.
Even so, I prefer the vampiric and armor mods there too but this is more opinion than fact. I think the farming preference is fact based.
I do carry a second axe with furious and armor ... it's mostly just there as a way to avoid the degen penalty when I'm not fighting with the vampiric.
I am not at all a fan of sundering.
lord of shadow
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Originally Posted by Young Hero
Why would you need a Zelous axe for farming when Bonetti's Defense more than takes care of energy?The Razorstone is a great farming axe, doulbe adr on hit 10% and +1 to axe mastery 20%.Or any axe thats max and has either +5 armor or +7 armor against physical.
wrong wrong wrong, (well actually right about the zealous but still)
why have + armour when u can have longer enchantments?
mmm... 12 second balth's aura=haft of ench. all the way!
i just bought one for my chaos axe (19%)
now its
re8 8
6-28
13>50
3/-1 vampiric
19% ench
(and its a nice pink glowy colour)
yeah thats pretty perfect farming mods (15>50 when i can afford, but make little difference)
why have + armour when u can have longer enchantments?
mmm... 12 second balth's aura=haft of ench. all the way!
i just bought one for my chaos axe
(19%)now its
re8 8
6-28
13>50
3/-1 vampiric
19% ench
(and its a nice pink glowy colour)
yeah thats pretty perfect farming mods (15>50 when i can afford, but make little difference)
Tweecers
ty for all the sweet info, I dont plan on farming because you can make more money running, so basically all my questions are answerd 
Young Hero
Anyways, did some testing this morning and this Axe works wonderfull.Seems to cut farming time down a bit.Thinking the firey mod has alot to do with it.
This is a weapon crafter axe from the Forge,added fiery halft and +5 grip.
The 3/1 Vamp sounds like a great idea for farming mobs.Gonna have to make another axe now
This is a weapon crafter axe from the Forge,added fiery halft and +5 grip.
The 3/1 Vamp sounds like a great idea for farming mobs.Gonna have to make another axe now
CKaz
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Originally Posted by Young Hero
Why would you need a Zelous axe for farming when Bonetti's Defense more than takes care of energy?The Razorstone is a great farming axe, doulbe adr on hit 10% and +1 to axe mastery 20%.Or any axe thats max and has either +5 armor or +7 armor against physical.
biggest reason - bonettis isn't worth a slot of mine, hardly ever up on my builds - don't use a skill or it ends, takes up my stance, takes up adrenaline
I could get into more details but you get the picture
It has its uses, but at least for me I don't need to take a pause with it.
Most things you want to knock out, not hang out with
Zealous handles energy pretty well even with a maintain enchant
Cyclone axe is nice too (or hundred blades if sword guy)
So I could toss back at you, why use bonettis when zealous takes care of energy? Its not a bad defense but for just one example there are a couple spells in the healing line that match well with quickened attack, and that aids adrenaline and zealous and more options so we don't pause for downtime
lets you do stuff like interrupt mobs with your adrenaline...
skill slots are such a premium I'd rather have my zealous axe that feeds off itself in a lot of cases if I need energy, and I'd rather use adrenaline elsewhere
I could get into more details but you get the picture
It has its uses, but at least for me I don't need to take a pause with it.
Most things you want to knock out, not hang out with
Zealous handles energy pretty well even with a maintain enchant
Cyclone axe is nice too (or hundred blades if sword guy)
So I could toss back at you, why use bonettis when zealous takes care of energy? Its not a bad defense but for just one example there are a couple spells in the healing line that match well with quickened attack, and that aids adrenaline and zealous and more options so we don't pause for downtime
lets you do stuff like interrupt mobs with your adrenaline...
skill slots are such a premium I'd rather have my zealous axe that feeds off itself in a lot of cases if I need energy, and I'd rather use adrenaline elsewhere
CKaz
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Originally Posted by Young Hero
Anyways, did some testing this morning and this Axe works wonderfull.Seems to cut farming time down a bit.Thinking the firey mod has alot to do with it.
This is a weapon crafter axe from the Forge,added firery halft and +5 grip. It would do a better job on warrior mobs to be sure (in general mobs armor emulates our class armor per type). Less on ranger mobs though.
You might enjoy W/E with conjure fire for a bit more damage, or maybe you're already using a monk enchant/maintain to get that %
I also bought that axe, not sure I added a haft yet to it though.
This is a weapon crafter axe from the Forge,added firery halft and +5 grip. It would do a better job on warrior mobs to be sure (in general mobs armor emulates our class armor per type). Less on ranger mobs though.
You might enjoy W/E with conjure fire for a bit more damage, or maybe you're already using a monk enchant/maintain to get that %
I also bought that axe, not sure I added a haft yet to it though.
Young Hero
All right, crafted this beauty, tested on griffs/minos/trolls
And was disapointed.My conclusion- The firey mod on any max low req Axe-PWNS for farming with the G-V-C-B build,hands down
And was disapointed.My conclusion- The firey mod on any max low req Axe-PWNS for farming with the G-V-C-B build,hands down
krak harpie
It really depends on your build, but for newer players I think they are better off with Zealous and +5 Armor. This combo is more forgiving than a Vampiric, and more consistent than Furious or Sundering.