New W/Mo should I go with axe, sword or hammer?

I am planning on being a runner and a tank, whcich would you prefer for a W/Mo Axe, Hammer, or Sword?

Axe for DPS
Hammer for KD/Interupts
Sword for...... GAH I Dont Know Swords....

Axe FTW ^^

Lol sorry but what does DPS and FTW stand for?

DPS = Damage Per Second

FTW = For The Win

^^
most dmg u can do is with axe cause its speed and str
just imo

Ohhhh, hehe guess I'll be going with axe then thanks a bunch I really appreciate it

also its a good farming wep

Weapons effect farming?

id refer u to the campfire for this

ohhh, lol sorry

There's nothing wrong with going Sword for PvE, which is what he wants since he said he wanted to tank. If you don't use Eviscerate as your elite (since you probably will use a Defensive Elite) then Sword can be just as solid, with a better spike, Galrath + Final Thrust.

ohhh.

If you want to be a tank, you want to strike as many foes as you can to divert attention asap... [without sacrificing your elite slot...]

What's coming to your rescue? [axe...]

There is nothing wrong with swords and besides where can you get a chaos axe from that is right the underworld.Well in the ShiverPeaks as well as the Crystal desrt you can get Firey Dragon swords and I have seen some pretty good ones there.The only place that i have seen some decent axes drop is in the desert but it is rare.I still think server artery is good skill and use no energy unlike some of them.

The type of weapon has NOTHING to do with how good it is. Chaos Axes are just normal axes; they aren't better than any other type of axe in functionality. Same thing with Fiery Dragon Swords; all they have going for them is their built-in Fire damage, which can be a hassle since you can't change that. Besides, there are much better-looking weapons then both of them

Axes just have better damage-dealing skills than swords, period. Hammers have knockdowns/interrupts, but you can't use a shield with them. Swords have little going for them in PvE; as a runner and a tank, you're better off with axes. But keep in mind that you'll use vastly different skills when tanking and when running; in running it's not as important what weapon you'll use since, well, you're running. But in tanking, axes outperform swords in every aspect.

Then what would you say a sword weilding warrior is for and not just for running but fighting wise and they only have one elite.I will agree that axes aswell as hammer have good skills that don't require energy only adrenaline.There aren't that many in swords.

+35% damage and 16 swordsmanship for high damage spike.

The basic sever, gash, galrath final thrust happens in about 4 seconds from beginning to end once built up.

Each normal hit is about 35-40.

Assume 500 hp person.

Sever = 37
Bleeding 4 seconds = 24
Gash = 50
Deep wound = 100
Galrath = 72
Final = 111

Total = 394

3 hits prior to it to take off 100 damage, then run off chain.

If you are running, you dont really need a weapon, do you?

For actually PLAYING the game, I would go with Axe - it has a good selection of skills and with cyclone axe you can put out a decent amount of dmg on groups. I <3 my Axe.

Whats the highest a Warrior's weapon attribute can go before runes and other upgrades?

I thought it was 12 (so 16 total with sup rune and helm), but I thought I saw someone say once that they had 17 total.

Also, is the max attribute level the same for all attributes in all classes, or can some attributes go higher than others; and does it matter if an attribute is a primary or secondary (other than rune/upgrade limitations).

Thanks in advance.

it is 16, but u can get it to 17 with a 20% skill chance modifier on your weapon (my favorite upgrade ) altough i would go 11 axe, 10 strength, 10 w/e u want

Thanks Jhyphi. i am a sword user and i tried both ax and hammer. swords r definitely equal to both if not better. sever artery gash galrath and final thrust combo can finish almost anything with enough swordsmanship. neither hammers or axes to my knowledge can cause bleeding (though hammers can knock down). both axes and swords can do deep wounds. theres no reason not to use a sword