Which is better blade staff or sanguine staff

[BambooFrog24]

please help

[Luke99M]

Sanguione staff

[TrueEvil]

I prefer Sanguine Staff for the most part but Blade Staff is pretty good when dealing with cramped areas. It's much better at knockback/stunlock to protect you in close quarters.

[TaterTot]

Blade staff is way better. The armor pen is glorious!!!! Plus its burst dmg is faster then the Sanguine.

Not a lot of people like it for some reason and can be used pretty well till ya kill Golem :) If you stack it with the StingerNecklace that is a lot of ArmorPen.

Everyone plays differently. But if you want some serious dmg go BladeStaff :)

[Smetrix]

The Sanguine staff is a step up, as you typically would acquire the blade staff first, being that it is easier to acquire and isn’t locked behind as many layers of RNG.

From my first playthrough before they made it so that just the Queen slime drops the blade staff (originally also dropped from enchanted swords), it got me through the mechanical bosses pretty easily. That was awhile ago though so how far it can get you isnt in recent memory,

[Celator]

Both are about equally good but need different builds to make the most of them. Sanguine Staff synergizes better with Firecracker, while Blade Staff synergizes better with whips that give summon tag damage like Spinal Tap. Both can take you from the beginning of hardmode up through Golem though.

[TaterTot]

Originally posted by Smetrix:

The Sanguine staff is a step up, as you typically would acquire the blade staff first, being that it is easier to acquire and isn’t lock behind as many layers of RNG.

Because its easier to get doesnt mean its not better. SanguineStaff has a much better drop rate then BladeStaff. So really the BladeStaff is harder to get with it having only a 25%/33%/33% drop rates compared to SanguinStaff's 50%/100%/100%.

People can fight Dread before SlimeQueen pretty easy so ether can be obtained before the other XD

[Smetrix]

Originally posted by Elfo:

Originally posted by Smetrix:

The Sanguine staff is a step up, as you typically would acquire the blade staff first, being that it is easier to acquire and isn’t lock behind as many layers of RNG.

Because its easier to get doesnt mean its not better. SanguineStaff has a much better drop rate then BladeStaff. So really the BladeStaff is harder to get with it having only a 25%/33%/33% drop rates compared to SanguinStaff's 50%/100%/100%.

People can fight Dread before SlimeQueen pretty easy so ether can be obtained before the other XD

Like I said, how far it can get you isn’t in recent memory, also RNG, because you have to actually get a blood moon, then be able to fish up the boss, instead of just having to find a gelatin crystal. So how lucky you are is also a factor.

To each is their own.

[Alucard †]

And IMO Queen Slime is safer to deal with than Dreadnautilius. Plus you get a nice mount as bonus.

[K13Cove]

Sanguine Staff does more damage and isn't locked behind a Hardmode Boss, I'd go for it.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Rgmemo:

Sanguine Staff does more damage and isn't locked behind a Hardmode Boss, I'd go for it.

Sanguine Staff is Hardmode only too.

[K13Cove]

Originally posted by ⎛ Alucard ⎞ ✟:

Originally posted by Rgmemo:

Sanguine Staff does more damage and isn't locked behind a Hardmode Boss, I'd go for it.

Sanguine Staff is Hardmode only too.

I know, but it's still available before beating any pre-Hardmode bosses. Blade Staff used to be but then Relogic moved it to Queen Slime so you have to fight either her with the Spider Staff of all things, or beat Dreadnautilus for the Sanguine Staff.

[Alucard †]

Personally i prefer fighting Queen Slime with pre boss gear she is easier than Dreadnautilius