Axe or Sword ????

Hi guys,

i was wondering, i now using an axe but i was wondering wich you guys think is better, an axe or an sword and plz tell me the reason. Cause i am thinking of switching to a sword.

thx alot

Personally, I love Axes cause of Disrupting Chop...nothing feels better then interrupting someone's rez or stopping a Monk's Healing Breeze. I also, really enjoy using Penetrating Blow and it's 20% Armor Penetration...I guess it's just the Ranger side of me...Plus, I haven't got this skill yet, but I heard that Cleave is quite effective and efficient due to it's low adrenal cost and solid damage bonus.

I have tried both and I just preferr the sword skills they rely less on adrenaline granted I have limited energy as a WA/RA but apply poison on my sword and sever artery you are looking at <7 life degen

thx guys,

hope i get some more experience sharing
still not sure what to do

I much prefer axe. It's better in pretty much every respect - better damage, a deep wound without a bleeding prerequisite, better aoe (cyclone axe), and Disrupting Chop, which is easily one of the better interrupts in the game, and the best one available for warriors. Adrenaline costs are only slightly higher than sword, and easy access to Cyclone Axe means you can build your adrenaline quite quickly if you're mobbed.


edit: better damage with respect to skills, not the actual weapon's damage range.

Just to give a bit of a counter outlook, IF you're in a mob, and you have applied poison already, Cyclone Ax allows you to poison the whole mob with just one swing.

I have considered that but as of yet have not found a way to BLEED an opponent with and axe. With the sword you can apply poison sever artery and then switch targets while enemy 1 is slowly fading to black. No need to focus on the same guy while he is poisoned and bleeding out. The only drawback is not all enemies have flesh hence poiosn and bleeding not the best strategy at that point switch out some skills for the area you are in.

Yah, there is no way to bleed an enemy with an ax, and a bleed + poison combo does nicely for a good degen if that's what your aiming for...I just wanted to give Elessar multiple outlooks on things.

I know Mr Boo just dont want the issue to be blotted out by axe fanatics. I myself switch between axe and sword depending on the area I am helping a guildie in. Overall I have had the most use of a sword in early areas and less so in later. I even use my hammer in the ring of fire as the sword and axe just dont help me much against those nasties and my only real job as a warrior is to keep the baddies layin on the ground as much as possible while the ele's kill.

No worries Destroyer, I feel the same way... your points were nicely put, and well understood.

i would say axe is probably better, since there dont seem to actually be ANY sword skills(hundred blades is no attribute) if i am wrong feel free to flame/correct me

EDIT: stop the flaming for a sec, i meant ELITE skills, sorry for the mistake

And the flaming commences<<<>>>> The whole point with the sword is the ability to bleed an enemy.