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Sorry for reviving this thread but I only have a small question concerning zerks and this proves I did some research :p

Is sword viable for a zerk ? Because I heard most people tend to lean more towards hammer/axe but sword is pretty decent and common on live. Any feedback on this ? I'm talking from an 8v8 pov.

thanks in advance

Because crafted axe is 4.2 speed and sword is 4.0. Same damage types, you'll be using leftaxe styles so axe/sword styles don't really matter. Slower mainhand = better.

Well sword is good too and has snare like hammer. And about crafted items, yes crafted sword speed is 4.0 but you can use droped sword.

I was particularly interested in the snare style. My charplanner is too up-to-date:)

thanks.

You could go to 50 LA 35 sword/axe and 35 hammer, for switch for different ressists.

vangonaj wrote:Well sword is good too and has snare like hammer.

No, this is wrong. Sword snares are 2nd in both anytimer and side chains and last 9 and 15 seconds respectively. Hammer snares are FIRST in side chain and FIRST in back chain and last 15 and 23 seconds. Hammer is obviously better.

Ragnarok isnt back snare? My fault sorry.

Ragnarok is stylespeed decrease, and sucks on Uthgard cause it has a very low value.

espire wrote:Sorry for reviving this thread but I only have a small question concerning zerks and this proves I did some research :p

Is sword viable for a zerk ? Because I heard most people tend to lean more towards hammer/axe but sword is pretty decent and common on live. Any feedback on this ? I'm talking from an 8v8 pov.

thanks in advance

Swords are common on live because of the weapon choices you have (the only thing that is comparable to the astral blade/conflag combo for 8v8 is if you are axe spec and go 2x conflag) not because of the specs because they are almost the same.

Provoke is a wonderful style for it's low endurance cost, but before you go setting anything in stone, go look at the style library on the herald and study the melee lines. Axe is far superior to anything. Keep in mind that your bread and butter is your Left Axe...those are the styles you will be using. You want your LA to be 50. If your running in groups, then you can go 50 weapon, 50 LA, rest parry...which is around 28 i believe, but if you plan on running solo you should be looking for a composite 50 on your weapon which will be 37 due to your realm rank, 50 LA, rest parry...which is around 44. Any questions, send me a pm. Don't let anyone tell you LA is gimp...I'm tired of proving my point about that. Hope this helps.

Roenik wrote:Provoke is a wonderful style for it's low endurance cost, but before you go setting anything in stone, go look at the style library on the herald and study the melee lines. Axe is far superior to anything. Keep in mind that your bread and butter is your Left Axe...those are the styles you will be using. You want your LA to be 50. If your running in groups, then you can go 50 weapon, 50 LA, rest parry...which is around 28 i believe, but if you plan on running solo you should be looking for a composite 50 on your weapon which will be 37 due to your realm rank, 50 LA, rest parry...which is around 44. Any questions, send me a pm. Don't let anyone tell you LA is gimp...I'm tired of proving my point about that. Hope this helps.

Axe is not far superior to anything, actually it's one of the worst weapon spec lines on uthgard seeing as most styles have the bleeding effect, no stun and the only snare is a 2nd in combo. If you're running groups the best thing to do i go 50 LA then 39 hammer+39 axe/sword and rest (16) in parry. Nobody will tell you LA is gimp because LA is by far the best weapon mechanic on uthgard.