Whats the best weapon for Paladins?
So I am decently funded. I am looking for a weapon that will add more range. Although speed is nice, I'd like to concentrate on overall damage as for now.
So as I am aware the options are these, please help me decide which one will add the most range for Pallies.
June 9, 2014
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[quote=dan445566]Secondary acts like a shield so a Rosary would make shield mastery active.
Therefore, the best weapon is 2H Sword -> Adds 10% max crit damage, which roughly translates to 5% total damage compared to BW which only ignores DEF by 5%., which is negligible.[/quote]
No it does not. You could have 2000-3000% Crit damage and that +10% Max Crit doesn't mean you get a 5% total damage boost. Max Crit is different for a lot of people but assuming it's at 50-60% min/max crit (I don't know or remember what Pally's crit damage is) and you add 10% Max crit, the average gets raised from 55% damage to 60% critical damage. Next you find the difference in damage between the two by dividing 5 into 160, leaving you with a total increase of 0.03 (3% Damage increase).
And remember, that 3%damage increase ONLY applies to critical hits so if you have anything less than 100% crit then that damage average goes down by however much crit you are missing out on. Paladins natively have 45% Crit (Not including the 20% Blast Hyper and 10% Crit Hyper since not everyone is level 200 to obtain those) So you have to minus 55% out on that 3% which means you get just less than a 1.5% damage increase by using a sword with the bare minimum Pally crit levels(3% With 100% Crit).
Defense Ignore on the other hand can have much more impactful results against bosses. That 5% Defense Ignore can equal out to much more than 1.5-3% damage.
A plus for 2h blunt weapons is how cheap they are, while a negative would be how rare they are
2 handed sword (for that resale value) for the long run. It's inevitable that the damage cap will eventually increase..
[b]DO NOT USE AXES, axes are for Heroes.[/b] Just putting that out there.
2h swords/bws will always have higher attack, but they're slower than 1h. Unless you can always hit speed cap with 2h...
essentially you would want a 2h blunt or sword as shield mastery now applies to rosaries(pally's 2nd). Second for about 1ish stage of sttack speed you could have a 30% higher multiplier on your weapon, leading you to do more damage, plus higher base attack. The 1h-shield combo nowadays only applies to those who are looking for extra potential lines on their lvl 160 shields, which most players probably can't even afford.
edit: i'd say the only way any would go for 1h-shield is for extreme end game when you cap all your hits due to aspd and extra pot lines.
When it comes to overall damage, 2H sword would give you the biggest numbers. Hoewever, it's just a means of showing you bigger numbers earlier + dps is gonna be higher on 1H.
Secondary acts like a shield so a Rosary would make shield mastery active.
Therefore, the best weapon is 2H Sword -> Adds 10% max crit damage, which roughly translates to 5% total damage compared to BW which only ignores DEF by 5%., which is negligible.
Pretty sure they use Swords or Maces and not Axes
1H sword and shield.. is the way to go o.o Best weapon would be anything Fafnir