the most DAMAGE.

i am a new proud owner of a warrior monk. Now i want to be a damage dealer to its fullest which is why i need to know what i should use for weapons. i am a W/Mo tanker. should i use axes? hammers? swords? or something else...

Any feedback would be helpful.

-blacklotus-

Hammers:
Pros-
High Damage with a smaller minimum to maximum damage ratio
Can knockdown opponent
Cons- Slower of the 3.
Axes:
Pros-
High damage,Critical damage can be incredibly high,the ability to use a shield.
Cons-A large Minimum to maximum damage gap.
Dismemberment.
Swords:
Fastest of the 3, Small minimum to maximum damage gap.the ability to use a shield.
Bleeding.
Cons-lowest max damage.

This is all based on speculation,I have never used swords or axes..and i'm not including actual skills.Take it as you want..but you should choose what you want.

Axes are two handed and therefore can NOT use a shield where as swords can. Axes have a lower min damage and a higher max damage then a sword.

Umm . . . wrong.

Axes are all one-handed, which allows the use of a shield.

Um, no there not, I have alot of two handed axe's in my inventory....

If all you care about is doing omgwtfbbqlol damage, you'd be better off with an elementalist. Warriors are NOT about trying to slaughter everything, they are about protecting the squishy people who do the REAL damage and keep your butt alive. I just get this strange sense of foreboding when I hear "I'm a W/M, I wanna do lots of damage" as these tend to be the hero types that run gung-ho in to danger, get the whole group wiped, and then blame the monk. Work on doing your job well instead of trying to kill everything.

Well said, I'm a warrior/necrolvl20(odd combo I know), but I'm there to protect the "squishy" people as someone just stated, mind you tho raising the dead with my necro skills is good...

Oh no doubt, if you have some useful secondary skills by all means throw those bad boys when it's safe to do so. My W/E isn't shy about tossing out a fire storm/phoenix combo when he's got a few mobs piled on him, but I make sure I'm squarely positioned between the baddies and the squishies first.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with wanting to deal as much damage as you can as a warrior as long as you're doing your job and not charging into a group of mobs with the idea of being the hero while your monk is desperately spamming "My energy is 2 out of 43". Sorry if I sound like I'm propogating a sterotype, but the sad fact is the "wamo syndrom" mentality exists for a reason.

(images swiped from the awesome weapons pics thread)





Please, if you have two handed axes in your inventory, please provide a screenshot. I don't recall ever seeing one.
And as you can see, there are one handed axes and can be used with shields.

Well.. if your a W/mo and your only interested in damage.. screw your warior skills and become a smiting monk, symbol of wrath + balths spirit/aura = crowd controll

It most certainly does, there is nothing better sometimes than just wading in and hammering to death, it gives my charcter purpose....sometimes I do forget to protect the others but thats life....

Sorry cant do, at work at present, I know there is one hande axe's but there is also the two handed kind...

That's ok. I'll check later when you can.

no problem m8, i'll try to find sometime tonight before I play GW

According to these weapon stats axes are just as fast as swords.

no sutch thing as 2 handed axes... only 2 handed weapon is the hammer.

For real men bows and staffs don't count as weapons, right?

real mean? you mean skinny faries that dont' like to get in the action? if you call those real men sure..

but, i was refearing to warrior weapons.

Personally I would say that it probly doesn't matter too much either way. I would say that they would deal the same amount of damage of time do to the huge damage range of the axe and the smaller one of the sword.

I would also like to see this 2 handed axe... Are you sure you didn't get confused and misread a hammer for an axe?