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Changing the bloodstone to give lifesteal instead of damage dealt for low health would be much better overall and would make it actually viable. Make the lifesteal good enough to be good but not broken enough to be the only choice
the whole thing with more damage the lower your health doesnt even make sense in valheim, as food is constantly regening your health at all times.its not something u can really setup or keep around for longer than a few seconds, when u put urself in a one shot position no less.
Honorable mention for Primal Berserkir axes: with high hit rate they are very useful to proc the rooted effect on bigger enemies, move behind and keep hitting them and having rooted effect last longer. And they look elegant.
Only played sword and shield until ashlands with a bit of skoll and hati. Then i got the axes and never looked back. The dps is just insane and the 3rd and 4th attack stagger pretty much everything. Amazing weapon.
Dual axes can also cut trees, so you can trow away your blackmetal (or the poision one) away. If deep north has trees to cut, they could be a upgrade in future to.
Staff of the wild is the best new staff imo, just keep casting it on the floor and run around in circles and the vines take care of all the mobs. You can also plug the breached hole in forts with vines to stop enemies from flooding out
I thought this for a few days until I realized that the troll staff does tens of thousands of damage upon impact. Id wanna know exactly what number it deals, but as far as initial impact damage, it might be the highest.
I'm playing with friends on the harder difficulty. It's the first time any of them have been to the ashlands. It's been incredibly difficult just to get to a fortress.
We most likely wont have to wait til Deep North for the Next Black Forge and Galdr Table upgrades. Since we got the Vice Grip (BlackForge Level 3 Upgrade) & the Candles (Galdr Table Level 2 upgrade) IN Hildirs Request. So we might be getting another smaller update akin to that which will drop the Level 6 Black Forge and Level 5 Galdr Table upgrades. Will definitely need to wait for DN for the Level 7 Black forge upgrade
I could see the bloodstone variant of the crossbow working with a blood magic build fairly well, just summon trolls or skeletons and pop a bubble then while your health is down take a super charged shot
Big alpha sneak attack dmg if you use bloodstone on arbalest and maximize your missing health. It already one shots weaker enemies without this upgrade.
@@SpazzyjonesGaming how much are the trolls dependent on your skill levels? we summoned one and it got wrecked by a normal charred warrior. But we have very little magic skill
@@nomadikmind3979 its my understanding all your blood magic skill does with the trollstav is reduce the eitr and health used to summon the troll. Doesn't effect the troll strength at alll
Might do a combo of thundering berserkir axes and primal axes. Thundering for the swarms of charred, primal to hold high priority targets in place and wreck them
1. Should maybe have mentioned with the crossbow that i dont think many people know about. Once a crossbow is reloaded you can both sprint and jump with it. Aka it's only the relead itself that does get interupted by the sprint/jump. 2. The Staff of fracturing aka the new fire staff is somewhat the "oposite" of the Staff of embers. Embers = High impact dmg but low burn over time and the Fracturing staff has lower but still decent impact dmg but much higher burn over time damage. I still feel like Embers is better as it has a small explosion on impact instead of the small grenades and therefore is easier to hit moving targets with. 3. Not sure about the Voltures but the valkyrie cannot be rooted with the green upgraded weapons. Or its a bug on my server.
1. agreed with this one 2. Yeah, spot on. I still really do like fracturing but i find its a higher skill cap because it relies heavily on direct hits. 3. I think you're right. flying enemies can't be rooted
Best way to fight in the Ashlands is 2 eitr foods+ 1 stamina (scorching medley) and Ashlands mage armor (option to switch out helmet for flametal helmet) +feather cloak. pre bubbling with staff of protection, then spamming down a bunch of roots with staff of wild, and then going in with lightning berserker axes and fireball staff. Troll summon recommended, but if near areas of importance like your base or portal maybe think twice. if you have enough roots they’ll be enough.
Not if you hate using magic in the game. I love the berserker myth and playing it to the fullest. Big HP and Big Stam and never get hit cause dodge roll nulifies dmg. Its more skill intense but not a problem for most
I think the best way to use the Staff of Fracturing is to fire it straight up. The shot breaks up high and rains down. Usefully for fire over walls of fortresses when you can't see you target.
in my experience it doesnt seem to do a lot of damage unless you get a direct hit. I could be wrong though. I haven't tried using it as you have described. Ill give it a go!
An interesting combination with the current bloodstone "berserk" low hp = more dmg would be the lifesteal from RandyKnapp's Epic Loot. Depending on the strength of the enchant, (magic, rare, epic, legendary, mythic), I've seen Lifesteal ranging from 1-5%. Could be massive lifesteal potential when you're low health, damage boost from bloodstone, then getting even more hp back on hit. Would have to test if they do interact that way.
I also thought about primal mace and thundering berserker axes. Just root and damage them with the mace and then finish with the awesome lightning axes
I'm confused why people are saying you have to lose 50 health to gain the 10 damage on blood stone that other weapons have. It doesn't say that you gain 0.2 damage per missing health. It says 0.2% damage per missing health. So you don't gain 10 damage, but 10% increased damage. The slayer has 170 slash, lose 50hp and you now deal 187 slash. Lose 100hp and now you deal 20% increased damage. now you deal 204 slash damage. That's CRAZY. and if you just rock all health foods, you are essentially providing yourself with higher potential of damage increases. if you have 300 hp and you lose 200. youre still sitting at 100HP but you have a 40% damage increase.
I got the blood slayer today and did some testing. Sword stat 100, weapon upgrade: 2, used heavy/special attack only. Target lox (resist dmg) full HP = 260 dmg ~150HP missing = 338 dmg (that's what it should be with 30% bonus dmg so math is mathing) Target fueling (neutral dmg) full HP = 450 - 514 dmg ~150HP missing = 592 - 670 dmg (about 30% dmg increase) Conclusion: It's totally worth using. I haven't tried all infusions yet but from what i can see is all 3 are solid and i quite like the bloody one. Best suited for aggressive melee combat with high armor and health stats. It's 7 am and i haven't slept yet but I had to do the testing. Sacrifices were made yw.👏👏
The weapon combo would be the new bow with the jade and the axes from a safe distance you stun your enemies and then run behind them and destroy them with the axes while the stuned enemies can attack they cant rotate to attack you when you are behind them
having the mace with nature roots seems the op choice for tanks, as they can knockback and root enemies one by one keeping the aggro. for warrior dps yeah axes with lightning.
I respect it. I think generally we can say the axes and mace are best combined with the lightning and nature powers. You can't go wrong with either of those
@@SpazzyjonesGaming update: I've finished all content, made all weapons on all specifications and since you make these videos I want to recommend two handed ashlands swords blood/lightning and of course the splitnir spear lightning. the sword will oneshot most ashland mobs with skill and can do up to 1500 dmg on swing, the spear will do crazy combo after a few hits and it has fastest attack speed, combined with lighting proc, it's a dream + u can wear big shield with it. for me these are best weapons atm.
@@charon7320 thanks for your insights my friend! Danng! I don't love spears but i knew the attack speed could be a problem with the lightning chain ability
The staff of the Wild does have a hard limit on how many roots you can have at once but you will probably never reached the amount without doing some /heal tho
Ehh eating 2 Ashlandic Eitr foods can consistantly get me like 8 roots out and thats more than enough to deal with hordes of the undead and Askvins that approach
I agree. My suggestion was lifesteal potentially. But at the same time, that would heal you and counteract the increases damage from lost health... I'm not sure what they should do with it
Chance on hit to give you a blood absorb shield. That lends to the suitability of life-steal but keeps your HP low so it doesn't conflict with the passive effect
I’ll never call those javelins spears. You don’t hold it like a spear, and you don’t attack with it like a spear. And you throw it like a javelin. They should add proper spear wielding where you keep enemies at a distance and don’t hold it backwards like a jackass.
The green Axe is by far more superior against Big and strong enemies with high health, once you applied the root effect they basically are done for and can’t move at all The fight against Reto was basically a joke once my brother applied root to him with the Vines i went in striking him non-stop until he died, he was unable to move, unable to attack, unable to do anything at all, and i kept re-applying the effect so it was basically a one-sided fight, the root lasts for 7 seconds or more and with the quick attack of the axes its easy to re-apply it over and over again within those duration. Also just do consider we are playing on a Hard mode difficulty where almost every enemy one-shots or deals way too damage, the enemies also have a Huge Poise being able to withstand multiple and heavy attacks before being stunned, giving them a chance to fight back and get a hit on you basically trading a hit against them is NEVER worth it.
I got the blood slayer today and did some testing. Sword stat 100, weapon upgrade: 2, used heavy/special attack only. Target lox (resist dmg) full HP = 260 dmg ~150HP missing = 338 dmg (that's what it should be with 30% bonus dmg so math is mathing) Target fueling (neutral dmg) full HP = 450 - 514 dmg ~150HP missing = 592 - 670 dmg (about 30% dmg increase) Conclusion: It's totally worth using. I haven't tried all infusions yet but from what i can see is all 3 are solid and i quite like the bloody one. Best suited for aggressive melee combat with high armor and health stats. It's 7 am and i haven't slept yet but I had to do the testing. Sacrifices were made yw. Also pls pin this so ppl know it's not trash.👏👏
Before Ashlands I did full game runs with every Melee weapons and I found the Axes to be the least efficient because of the longer timing between hits. Especially in the Mistlands I had trouble with Seekers that would hit me after my first hit, with a mace or sword I would be able to deal at least 2 blows before they hit me. How did you find levelling up the axes, and what was your skill level for axes arriving to the Ashalnds.
i totally agree with you. Up until the berzerkir, axes were for chopping trees for me, not for combat. Dual handing them really makes up for the slower attack speed of previous attack speed as you mentioned. Admittedly, my axe skill was definitely low when I arrived there. Your skill level is absolutely a consideration when choosing the best weapon
For goals so far I am set on the fire sword, lightning dual axes, and the poison bow. TBH I was hoping the red gem would have given a life steal effect T.T
I wished the red gem had lifesteal too. i think it needs something like that to be viable. The fire sword is a super nice chase item too. Easy to make a goal to seek it out
@@SpazzyjonesGamingI finally got all the weapons. Lightning dual axes has insane damage, and the poison bow has amazing utility. Although I got the fire sword I prefer using the lightning and poison mace to deal with crowds.
Important info for melee players. Yes new thunder axes are the best dpm machine in the game BUT you have two of them which means you cannot use a shield and parry any 1* or 2* effectively (maybe with a high block skill u can parry a 1 star) This means that if u used swords, axes, maces before with a shield, you are now losing that high def parry capability. I strongly suggest making few weapons to always be ready, their durability is also low so you will often see yourself repairing it all the time. You need to pick your weapons based on your preferences. For example, thubndering nidhogg is the fan favourite as it can deal chain lighting strike, but for me it does lower dmg than my bloody nidhogg since im always tanking every fight with my friends on a server. Which means im actually getting better dpm without the thundering chain chance. So look at your playstyle and pick the best, whether you like to risk or play safe from a distance, how often u parry etc. Everything matters. As for the balancing issues, we still need a proper balance patch, but maybe we can get one in the future who knows.
MAN I wish Dyrnwyn was an actually interesting weapon. Technically it isn't *bad* but I think the main issue with it is that it's boring. People think it'll be useful come deep north but if I'm going to be completely honest that just sounds like pure copium in a definitional sense, since a *torch* has more fire damage than dyrnwyn does. You would have to craft the entire biome around enemies being immune to frost, lightning, AND rooting to try to make dyrnwyn good, but even then people will just use the staves with plentiful fire damage...
I made the thunder axes myself. A issue I find with them however is that cause they attack so fast their durability becomes a problem. Feels like they break double as fast as other weapons. This could easily be fixed by letting us upgrade our gear more then once. I feel its such a waste in general and make using the axes kinda annoying. It makes you feel bad when using them against easy enemies
A bit late to this discussion, but I feel the troll staff could be fantastic on hoards when paired with a major health mead. While you regen they take down enemies, and they are dead by the time you are ready to fight again
For me switching between the staff of frost, staff of protection, and staff of the wild just can't be beat. It's kinda disgusting the amount damage dealt and makes the Ashlands pretty much trivial for the most part. Just got to keep eye on protection is all.
I haven't progressed very far yet but i captured my 1st Fortress. I'm using Mistwalker for melee Spine bow + cold arrows for ranged And 2 magic weapons that work great in Ashlands, the Staff of the Wild (serious recommend) and the Staff of embers. Somehow the frost staff has been underwhelming here.
Really nice weapon choices. I've really enjoyed the staff of fracturing surprisingly. In a lot of ways its worse than the staff of embers but still very good. Staff of the wild is SUPER busted but i don't love the playstyle of it. I like being more active in my play if that makes sense
DO NOT upgrade the base level weapon if you plan to add an element to it because no matter what level the base level is, the elemental version will always start at level 1 so you would be wasting materials upgrading the base :)
@@SpazzyjonesGaming yeah, mobs dont really target them specifically, its more the aoe/fire damage that can destroy them especially the new mob boss fight
@SpazzyjonesGaming It is a Manga/ Anime. It's super dark, but the main character's name is Guts and he uses a giant great sword called the "Dragon Slayer". Look up the sword, it is very similar in design, especially the way that the character carries the sword
Berserker Axes are not that great when you actually play the game. Because as we can see in yout video your helth go to 0 fast, and high dps will not help you. You need reasonable range weapon. Number1 - Lightning/root bow Number2 - Ligtning one handed sword with a shield Number3 - Root Berserker axes (lightning or root) - just for fan as they looks nice. Darnwing - for now its not good at all.
All the weapon recipes are in the video with full upgrades. I have screenshots in the video plus a link to a complete Google doc in the description. What are you talking about?
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Changing the bloodstone to give lifesteal instead of damage dealt for low health would be much better overall and would make it actually viable. Make the lifesteal good enough to be good but not broken enough to be the only choice
I agree. It just doesn't compete with the other powers currently
Imagine if it gave damage based on current health, increasing the less health you have. Would make fun glass cannon builds.
@@kassaken6521 I like that idea a lot!
the whole thing with more damage the lower your health doesnt even make sense in valheim, as food is constantly regening your health at all times.its not something u can really setup or keep around for longer than a few seconds, when u put urself in a one shot position no less.
@@ORLY911 i agree. GARBAGE
Honorable mention for Primal Berserkir axes: with high hit rate they are very useful to proc the rooted effect on bigger enemies, move behind and keep hitting them and having rooted effect last longer. And they look elegant.
I respect it. The Axes are KINGS
Cool, good tip
The axes are actually a 4 hit combo with both 3rd and 4th strikes hitting twice.
Only played sword and shield until ashlands with a bit of skoll and hati. Then i got the axes and never looked back. The dps is just insane and the 3rd and 4th attack stagger pretty much everything. Amazing weapon.
new axes are BUSTED
Dual axes can also cut trees, so you can trow away your blackmetal (or the poision one) away. If deep north has trees to cut, they could be a upgrade in future to.
good point. I imagine they are much faster than the blackmetal and Jotun Bane
Staff of the wild is the best new staff imo, just keep casting it on the floor and run around in circles and the vines take care of all the mobs. You can also plug the breached hole in forts with vines to stop enemies from flooding out
I thought this for a few days until I realized that the troll staff does tens of thousands of damage upon impact. Id wanna know exactly what number it deals, but as far as initial impact damage, it might be the highest.
ya its sick! it sucked at launch of PTB but much better now
man. The summoning of the trollstav is its true power haha
@@nicknelsen6897 I've killed myself 2x with the impact dmg of the troll staff (bubble shield didn't protect me either)
@@nicknelsen6897 the trollstav is only useful on mining stone and copper veins. otherwise it doesnt break any others with efficiency.
I'm playing with friends on the harder difficulty. It's the first time any of them have been to the ashlands. It's been incredibly difficult just to get to a fortress.
you are very brave
We most likely wont have to wait til Deep North for the Next Black Forge and Galdr Table upgrades. Since we got the Vice Grip (BlackForge Level 3 Upgrade) & the Candles (Galdr Table Level 2 upgrade) IN Hildirs Request.
So we might be getting another smaller update akin to that which will drop the Level 6 Black Forge and Level 5 Galdr Table upgrades. Will definitely need to wait for DN for the Level 7 Black forge upgrade
Oh true! very good point. I'm curious what that equivalent update will look like before the deep north. I'm hoping Ocean update???
I could see the bloodstone variant of the crossbow working with a blood magic build fairly well, just summon trolls or skeletons and pop a bubble then while your health is down take a super charged shot
ooh thats a god point. I never considered using the blood stave to reduce your health the improve your blood weapons. good call!
Big alpha sneak attack dmg if you use bloodstone on arbalest and maximize your missing health. It already one shots weaker enemies without this upgrade.
Learning more about the troll staff, that's good info there. And I love the new axes, thundering berserker axes are the best.
Troll staff is my personal favorite magic weapon and easily axes are the best melee IMO. The lighting ability also stands out
@@SpazzyjonesGaming how much are the trolls dependent on your skill levels? we summoned one and it got wrecked by a normal charred warrior. But we have very little magic skill
@@nomadikmind3979 its my understanding all your blood magic skill does with the trollstav is reduce the eitr and health used to summon the troll. Doesn't effect the troll strength at alll
@@SpazzyjonesGaming well thats a bummer, i think they should definitely be buffed
@@nomadikmind3979 agreed
Might do a combo of thundering berserkir axes and primal axes. Thundering for the swarms of charred, primal to hold high priority targets in place and wreck them
Wise choice
I use the bloodstone weapons paired with the staff of protection, it takes 40% of my health which increases my damage and gives me a shield
Interesting. I never have tried hybrid combat but maybe I should
1. Should maybe have mentioned with the crossbow that i dont think many people know about. Once a crossbow is reloaded you can both sprint and jump with it. Aka it's only the relead itself that does get interupted by the sprint/jump.
2. The Staff of fracturing aka the new fire staff is somewhat the "oposite" of the Staff of embers. Embers = High impact dmg but low burn over time and the Fracturing staff has lower but still decent impact dmg but much higher burn over time damage. I still feel like Embers is better as it has a small explosion on impact instead of the small grenades and therefore is easier to hit moving targets with.
3. Not sure about the Voltures but the valkyrie cannot be rooted with the green upgraded weapons. Or its a bug on my server.
1. agreed with this one
2. Yeah, spot on. I still really do like fracturing but i find its a higher skill cap because it relies heavily on direct hits.
3. I think you're right. flying enemies can't be rooted
Best way to fight in the Ashlands is 2 eitr foods+ 1 stamina (scorching medley) and Ashlands mage armor (option to switch out helmet for flametal helmet) +feather cloak. pre bubbling with staff of protection, then spamming down a bunch of roots with staff of wild, and then going in with lightning berserker axes and fireball staff.
Troll summon recommended, but if near areas of importance like your base or portal maybe think twice. if you have enough roots they’ll be enough.
you're goddamn right man! I completely agree. With the bubble there is no need to health food at all. Just go in on eitr and stamina
Not if you hate using magic in the game. I love the berserker myth and playing it to the fullest. Big HP and Big Stam and never get hit cause dodge roll nulifies dmg. Its more skill intense but not a problem for most
I think the best way to use the Staff of Fracturing is to fire it straight up. The shot breaks up high and rains down. Usefully for fire over walls of fortresses when you can't see you target.
in my experience it doesnt seem to do a lot of damage unless you get a direct hit. I could be wrong though. I haven't tried using it as you have described. Ill give it a go!
An interesting combination with the current bloodstone "berserk" low hp = more dmg would be the lifesteal from RandyKnapp's Epic Loot. Depending on the strength of the enchant, (magic, rare, epic, legendary, mythic), I've seen Lifesteal ranging from 1-5%. Could be massive lifesteal potential when you're low health, damage boost from bloodstone, then getting even more hp back on hit. Would have to test if they do interact that way.
very interesting. Thats a whole experience I have yet to have as I haven't played much with mods
Thanks a lot for linking the spreadsheet. Wiki is not up to date so that was a great help 👍😃
No worries! Please let me know if you find any mistakes :)
I also thought about primal mace and thundering berserker axes. Just root and damage them with the mace and then finish with the awesome lightning axes
ooh I like that. Switching back and forth between them is a cool idea
I'm confused why people are saying you have to lose 50 health to gain the 10 damage on blood stone that other weapons have. It doesn't say that you gain 0.2 damage per missing health. It says 0.2% damage per missing health. So you don't gain 10 damage, but 10% increased damage. The slayer has 170 slash, lose 50hp and you now deal 187 slash. Lose 100hp and now you deal 20% increased damage. now you deal 204 slash damage. That's CRAZY. and if you just rock all health foods, you are essentially providing yourself with higher potential of damage increases.
if you have 300 hp and you lose 200. youre still sitting at 100HP but you have a 40% damage increase.
I think you're completely right. That seems like a misinterpretation on my part
I got the blood slayer today and did some testing. Sword stat 100, weapon upgrade: 2, used heavy/special attack only.
Target lox (resist dmg)
full HP = 260 dmg
~150HP missing = 338 dmg (that's what it should be with 30% bonus dmg so math is mathing)
Target fueling (neutral dmg)
full HP = 450 - 514 dmg
~150HP missing = 592 - 670 dmg (about 30% dmg increase)
Conclusion: It's totally worth using. I haven't tried all infusions yet but from what i can see is all 3 are solid and i quite like the bloody one. Best suited for aggressive melee combat with high armor and health stats. It's 7 am and i haven't slept yet but I had to do the testing. Sacrifices were made yw.👏👏
@@RezDK nice doing gods work!
The weapon combo would be the new bow with the jade and the axes from a safe distance you stun your enemies and then run behind them and destroy them with the axes while the stuned enemies can attack they cant rotate to attack you when you are behind them
I agree. Smart to have both and swap between them
having the mace with nature roots seems the op choice for tanks, as they can knockback and root enemies one by one keeping the aggro. for warrior dps yeah axes with lightning.
I respect it. I think generally we can say the axes and mace are best combined with the lightning and nature powers. You can't go wrong with either of those
@@SpazzyjonesGaming update: I've finished all content, made all weapons on all specifications and since you make these videos I want to recommend two handed ashlands swords blood/lightning and of course the splitnir spear lightning. the sword will oneshot most ashland mobs with skill and can do up to 1500 dmg on swing, the spear will do crazy combo after a few hits and it has fastest attack speed, combined with lighting proc, it's a dream + u can wear big shield with it. for me these are best weapons atm.
@@charon7320 thanks for your insights my friend! Danng! I don't love spears but i knew the attack speed could be a problem with the lightning chain ability
The staff of the Wild does have a hard limit on how many roots you can have at once but you will probably never reached the amount without doing some /heal tho
That makes sense. Maybe the cap isn't achievable based upon the regeneration rate of eitr
Ehh eating 2 Ashlandic Eitr foods can consistantly get me like 8 roots out and thats more than enough to deal with hordes of the undead and Askvins that approach
They really should add an effect to the blood enchantment. If you guys think so too remember to send them feedback
I agree. My suggestion was lifesteal potentially. But at the same time, that would heal you and counteract the increases damage from lost health... I'm not sure what they should do with it
@@SpazzyjonesGaming maybe more resistances with every lost % of your health, so you can keep low hp for longer periods of time?
@@acidlizard7774 interesting idea
Chance on hit to give you a blood absorb shield. That lends to the suitability of life-steal but keeps your HP low so it doesn't conflict with the passive effect
also worth mentioning whit the axe doing slash dmg its an axe and allowes to cut wood.
you're right, good point
I’ll never call those javelins spears. You don’t hold it like a spear, and you don’t attack with it like a spear. And you throw it like a javelin. They should add proper spear wielding where you keep enemies at a distance and don’t hold it backwards like a jackass.
fair point. definitely like javelins
thank you for the video it was very helpful
Glad I could help!
The green Axe is by far more superior against Big and strong enemies with high health, once you applied the root effect they basically are done for and can’t move at all
The fight against Reto was basically a joke once my brother applied root to him with the Vines i went in striking him non-stop until he died, he was unable to move, unable to attack, unable to do anything at all, and i kept re-applying the effect so it was basically a one-sided fight, the root lasts for 7 seconds or more and with the quick attack of the axes its easy to re-apply it over and over again within those duration.
Also just do consider we are playing on a Hard mode difficulty where almost every enemy one-shots or deals way too damage, the enemies also have a Huge Poise being able to withstand multiple and heavy attacks before being stunned, giving them a chance to fight back and get a hit on you basically trading a hit against them is NEVER worth it.
yeh the Root power is so OP and the more times you hit them the more chances of rooting so the axes attack speed is awesome!
I got the blood slayer today and did some testing. Sword stat 100, weapon upgrade: 2, used heavy/special attack only.
Target lox (resist dmg)
full HP = 260 dmg
~150HP missing = 338 dmg (that's what it should be with 30% bonus dmg so math is mathing)
Target fueling (neutral dmg)
full HP = 450 - 514 dmg
~150HP missing = 592 - 670 dmg (about 30% dmg increase)
Conclusion: It's totally worth using. I haven't tried all infusions yet but from what i can see is all 3 are solid and i quite like the bloody one. Best suited for aggressive melee combat with high armor and health stats. It's 7 am and i haven't slept yet but I had to do the testing. Sacrifices were made yw. Also pls pin this so ppl know it's not trash.👏👏
doing gods work!
Before Ashlands I did full game runs with every Melee weapons and I found the Axes to be the least efficient because of the longer timing between hits. Especially in the Mistlands I had trouble with Seekers that would hit me after my first hit, with a mace or sword I would be able to deal at least 2 blows before they hit me. How did you find levelling up the axes, and what was your skill level for axes arriving to the Ashalnds.
i totally agree with you. Up until the berzerkir, axes were for chopping trees for me, not for combat. Dual handing them really makes up for the slower attack speed of previous attack speed as you mentioned. Admittedly, my axe skill was definitely low when I arrived there. Your skill level is absolutely a consideration when choosing the best weapon
For goals so far I am set on the fire sword, lightning dual axes, and the poison bow. TBH I was hoping the red gem would have given a life steal effect T.T
I wished the red gem had lifesteal too. i think it needs something like that to be viable. The fire sword is a super nice chase item too. Easy to make a goal to seek it out
@@SpazzyjonesGamingI finally got all the weapons. Lightning dual axes has insane damage, and the poison bow has amazing utility. Although I got the fire sword I prefer using the lightning and poison mace to deal with crowds.
@@chilairearts4238 I couldn't agree with you more! Great choices
Which melee weapon would you recommend for a mage? I probably won't be using a backup shield
I'd probably go with a sword as they're most versatile. Mistwalker in the mistlands and slayer in the ashlands
Important info for melee players.
Yes new thunder axes are the best dpm machine in the game BUT you have two of them which means you cannot use a shield and parry any 1* or 2* effectively (maybe with a high block skill u can parry a 1 star)
This means that if u used swords, axes, maces before with a shield, you are now losing that high def parry capability.
I strongly suggest making few weapons to always be ready, their durability is also low so you will often see yourself repairing it all the time.
You need to pick your weapons based on your preferences.
For example, thubndering nidhogg is the fan favourite as it can deal chain lighting strike, but for me it does lower dmg than my bloody nidhogg since im always tanking every fight with my friends on a server.
Which means im actually getting better dpm without the thundering chain chance.
So look at your playstyle and pick the best, whether you like to risk or play safe from a distance, how often u parry etc.
Everything matters.
As for the balancing issues, we still need a proper balance patch, but maybe we can get one in the future who knows.
Totally agree. Everyone should play the way they enjoy the most!
Never used a shield. I use dodge roll aggresivly and never get in trouble
Another awesome video
My guy! thank you. Glad you enjoyed
MAN I wish Dyrnwyn was an actually interesting weapon. Technically it isn't *bad* but I think the main issue with it is that it's boring. People think it'll be useful come deep north but if I'm going to be completely honest that just sounds like pure copium in a definitional sense, since a *torch* has more fire damage than dyrnwyn does. You would have to craft the entire biome around enemies being immune to frost, lightning, AND rooting to try to make dyrnwyn good, but even then people will just use the staves with plentiful fire damage...
I agree. it needs a bonus effect like from the other elemental infused weapons. Like a random chance to shoot a fireball or something
Fire wave sounds more interesting than a fire ball
@@honorguard7616 facts
I made the thunder axes myself. A issue I find with them however is that cause they attack so fast their durability becomes a problem. Feels like they break double as fast as other weapons. This could easily be fixed by letting us upgrade our gear more then once. I feel its such a waste in general and make using the axes kinda annoying. It makes you feel bad when using them against easy enemies
ooh I didn't notice that. yeah that is annoying
That cape is out of control ;D
its sick!
A bit late to this discussion, but I feel the troll staff could be fantastic on hoards when paired with a major health mead. While you regen they take down enemies, and they are dead by the time you are ready to fight again
trollstav is for sure good. and badass!
we love to see spears being nice
I have never been a fan but with the elemental chance there is potential there!
For me switching between the staff of frost, staff of protection, and staff of the wild just can't be beat. It's kinda disgusting the amount damage dealt and makes the Ashlands pretty much trivial for the most part. Just got to keep eye on protection is all.
This is exactly what I have been doing. It makes the ashlands kinda easy. Totally agree
I haven't progressed very far yet but i captured my 1st Fortress.
I'm using Mistwalker for melee
Spine bow + cold arrows for ranged
And 2 magic weapons that work great in Ashlands, the Staff of the Wild (serious recommend) and the Staff of embers.
Somehow the frost staff has been underwhelming here.
Really nice weapon choices. I've really enjoyed the staff of fracturing surprisingly. In a lot of ways its worse than the staff of embers but still very good. Staff of the wild is SUPER busted but i don't love the playstyle of it. I like being more active in my play if that makes sense
better upgrade the quality or add the element first ?
DO NOT upgrade the base level weapon if you plan to add an element to it because no matter what level the base level is, the elemental version will always start at level 1 so you would be wasting materials upgrading the base :)
Your good as long as you dont use a melee weapon. You just get swarmed instantly and you cant survive without magic.
Yeah magic has been my go to so far (however, I'm still using mistlands gear at the moment)
Magic armor is for pussies!
Be a man and use a heavy armor and smash those skeletons while playing doom music in background.
please note the roots from the new mage weapon can take damage and be destroyed by fire, not the best thing to use on the new boss haha
is that true?
@@SpazzyjonesGaming yeah, mobs dont really target them specifically, its more the aoe/fire damage that can destroy them especially the new mob boss fight
@@Waddlington good to know
Lightning goes wild.
so strong!
how did you get your stamina that freaking high ?
3 stamina foods! And 3 ashland stamina foods for good measure
The Slayer is obviously a Berserk reference, lol
what is Berserk?
@SpazzyjonesGaming It is a Manga/ Anime. It's super dark, but the main character's name is Guts and he uses a giant great sword called the "Dragon Slayer". Look up the sword, it is very similar in design, especially the way that the character carries the sword
@@kyhowton6229 ah i gotcha. very well could be a reference
. ...shiitake snow peas just got real folks,,
Snow peas. Waaat
who in the dev team desided it would be good idea to hip fire the cross bow ? its a real shame and for that reason iam out
why do you dislike that?
probably the same guy that did the spear atk animation, he/she must be purged!
The sword of the allfather
Is that what Dyrnwyn is? Badass
Berserker Axes are not that great when you actually play the game. Because as we can see in yout video your helth go to 0 fast, and high dps will not help you.
You need reasonable range weapon.
Number1 - Lightning/root bow
Number2 - Ligtning one handed sword with a shield
Number3 - Root Berserker axes (lightning or root) - just for fan as they looks nice.
Darnwing - for now its not good at all.
oh and yes, dont forget the Troll vand. Its huge :)
I still like the axes. For range Im more of a spellcaster. Like you said, the trollstav is a blast!
It's now : Dark Souls 4 Valheim
OH YEAH!
We even got the grave lord Rito 😂
@@daveyfrancy3118 i never thought of that haha
no atgeir sadly
BIG F's in the chat for no atgeir :(
everyone knows primal berserkir axes and storm star are best weapons
OKAY TEME! What is your THIRD best weapon then?
@@SpazzyjonesGaming lightning ash bow
@@Frostenblitz lightning is pretty OP isn't it
@@SpazzyjonesGaming good for swarm control
@@Frostenblitz absolutely
Ultimate weapon guide without recipes isn’t an Ultimate guide
All the weapon recipes are in the video with full upgrades. I have screenshots in the video plus a link to a complete Google doc in the description. What are you talking about?
It’s a weapon review. Not a basic tutorial of readily available information
magic weapon is just a trash
whaaat! no way jose
Dude, spear is best weapon in the entire game
Not in the Ashlands it isnt since the Charred are all resistant to pierce damage. Slash or Blunt are effective at killing them pierce damage isnt
yeah shields are not the best IMO
THIS. plus I find they struggle with elevation differences a lot
why they abandoned knives?(
The axes are very similar to the axes so there is that!
@@SpazzyjonesGaming yeah, but my skill at knives are high, not axes(