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Edited by Lord Magris: 11/6/2019 5:06:00 AM
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Little Did Everyone Know, Legendary Swords Are Really Good in PvE

I remember getting kicked from a Heroic Menagerie fireteam after I said I wanted Death's Razor. They said, "who in the world cares about swords" and "the only thing that matters is the triumphs". I didn't mind going for the triumphs, but all of a sudden I'm not allowed to play with them because I said something... ridiculous. I think Crota and Oryx rolled over in their graves and Eris sneezed. Maybe some players only care about titles and the Crucible, but I know a ton of players prefer PvE. Same here. Yeah, you might be better off with a shotgun over a sword in Crucible, but let me tell you, PvE is a different story, especially after the buffs that swords last got. With swords, especially ones with Whirlwind Blade, you can stun-lock a lot of strong enemies with the aerial combo and deal considerable damage at the same time. And they're swords, so you don't have to worry about reloading, so increasing your sword's ammo capacity isn't a bad thing when those extra swings can make up for your impact. Two things can happen when you increase your sword's ammo capacity. When you pick up heavy ammo, you get extra ammo. And this helps in the long run with blocking. Yeah, I said blocking. Even that's useful. Blocking also does two things. You can reduce a lot of damage at the cost of 1-10 sword ammo depending on the damage that you block. And a lot of enemies' knockback effects get reduced or nullified when you block them. Enemy quakes usually take away around 10 ammo, while regular shots take away around 1 or some value less than that. Standing in a fire (not to be confused with being inflicted by the burn status effect) will usually sap a lot of your ammo while you're in it though. Just block when you need it. Don't use it excessively unless you have a sword with Infinite Guard. If you use an Adaptive sword, you may want to try out light attacks a lot. Using your heavy attacks too much can take away a lot of ammo and lower your potential damage output. If you like jumping, you may like chaining an aerial light attack into an aerial heavy attack. If you use that particular combo, the heavy attack only costs 1 ammo but it still does the same damage. Doing little hops into that combo repeatedly does a MASSIVE ton of damage. And since the combo comes out fast, you can be ready to block when you need it. Now sometimes sword swings get a little weird. You might swing at a Minotaur's legs and completely miss for some reason or, if you're trying to attack a moving target, SOMETIMES you'll start lunging the wrong way for no apparent reason but not ALL THE TIME. So, if you use your swords right and in the right situations, PvE can be a breeze. [spoiler]Oh, and against Zulmak in the Pit of Heresy, I can confirm that legendary sword strats are a thing. Use a Well or a Bubble, maybe along with Oppressive Darkness, and you can employ these strats during damage phase. Nothing like doing in 3/4 of the boss's health yourself in 2 phases with this strat and a Nova Bomb as a 2-man fireteam.[/spoiler]

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  • Edited by Lahgtah: 11/4/2019 10:59:11 PM
    Been rocking crown splitter for a long time. Over 30,000 kills with it and counting. Crown spliiter+Stronghold gauntlets+top tree sentinel=absolute TANK. With well-timed blocks, you can very well be invulnerable, but it is tricky to time the blocks(hence what makes it so rewarding when you do.) Can also punch an opponent to death for an overshield and go to pound-town on multiple enemies, or throw down a bubble(I like to call it my dueling-dome) on top of an opponent and absolutely slaughter with weapons of light. Furthermore, you are a very valuable asset to your fireteam in that you can rez other players with ease just by blocking while rezzing, making it much less risky for you. Too many people sleep on swords because of their long history of being useless/too dangerous, but since their buffs in season 6(IIRC?), they have been incredibly useful. Fun fact: swords have the highest potential damage output of any power weapon by a long mile given their ammo capacity. This is, of course, balanced by the fact they can't crit, the time it takes to get through this ammo, and how high-risk they are to use. At the end of the day, in my opinion, swords are just THE most fun weapons to use in the game with their high risk high reward gameplay, and that's why you'll find me running around with Crown Splitter in my power slot 90% of the time. I would get a throne cleaver, ideally with the same crown splitter rolls+assassin's blade, but finding 6 other players for heroic menagerie just ain't happening on my end. I only know 3 other people who play D2, and the LFG tool on the website is clumsy AF(really wish they had one integrated in game), so the extent of my endgame only reaches nightfalls.

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