My level 60 PvP weapon tier list

[Garbage King David]

So, I've been doing quite a few wild pvp duels around lvl 60 recently (with a greataxe/Warhammer) and here's my take on each weapon (keep in mind that this is the efficiency of each weapon in 1v1/2/3 situations):

- Sword and shield : Incredibly annoying to deal with and basically unkillable especially if paired with a healing staff. Almost 0 killing potential though even paired with a dps weapon. When outnumbered can he quite easily ignored to go for the squishies.

- Rapier : one of the best PvP weapon in wild encounters. The counter is very easy to use if you're against something slow like a great axe or a Warhammer. Crazy amount of damage and an escape option.

- hatchet : stupidly broken only because of the 3 seconds immortality passive. Also crazy chase or escape potential paired with a crazy damage outpout. The second best melee weapon for wild encounters to me. Can also be abused When doing bosses and in 1v3 situations.

- Greataxe : The weapon I have the most experience with. It is without a doubt one of if not the best weapon for solo PvE and PVX especially with all the healing passives and paired with a Warhammer with all healing perks. In high level wild duels though the weapon is very lackluster. It is extremely easily kited, that autoattack is so slow that you can litteraly outrun someone chasing you with a greataxe if you just run straight and roll after the grab. The main issue to me is that the damage falls off by a crazy amount in late game and you have to land 6-7 back hits to kill anybody, which makes the weapon very average in 1v1 situation.

- Warhammer : Simply trash in duels. You can outrun and dodge everyspell without any difficulty. The range stun is not strong enough to allow the Warhammer to catch the opponent. Incredibly good in pvX though.

- Spear : Without a doubt the best weapon in the game right now for duels. Crazy damage outpout almost one comboing even an heavy armor. CC's on every spell, very fast attack speed, high range, high kiting potential.

- Bow : I'm unsure about this one. It's good against someone with only melee weapon if you know how to dodge but probably the worst ranged weapon. As an heavy armored greataxe, bow is a nightmare though. A single hit will easily cut through a third of my health.

- Musket : Extremely strong if played well and paired with a spear. You can very easily harass anyone for 1/4 of their life every shot and kite them with your secondary if they get too close. The weapon alone though is absolute trash in close quarter so make sure to pair it with a close quarter option.

- Fire staff: Another one I have mixed feelings about. It deals way less damage than the bow with each shot but has an incredibly strong escape option with good burst if you aim properly. Though be honest I never feel threatened by a fire staff

- Ice gauntlet: The NIGHTMARE for melee players. They can litteraly Stunlock you for 3 seconds with 2 spells which is a death sentence. If they play with their zone and switch to a melee option after eating at your health bar they can kill you very fast. The weapon is not much of a threat at longer ranges though

- Life staff: By itself just makes the fights incredibly long and if the gear score is high makes you basically unkillable. In PVX it makes any 1v1/2/3 situation basically unwinnable for the solo player.

Remember to take all of this with a grain of salt and that this is from the experience of a melee only heavy weapon player.

[Psycho]

yea im new to this game and yesterday i got a rapier, and it feels insanely good.. its just really really fast

right now im using a fire staff + a rapier. im using the staff cuz i made a mage/wizard character so i wanna use magic, but the fire staff isn't that great, i almost wanna use swords more

hopefully theyll add more magic weapons in the future

[Mad Max]

Before people start complaining one weapon is OP over the others, keep in mind this game doesn't seem to be balanced around Duels...at all.

[Sean Cena]

Sword and Shield no killing potential lol? You use the kit for the insane CC and gap closer, paired with a spear or any other melee weapon you have decent kill potential on non-healers.

Rapier I agree, the side-step ability is absurdly good and has nearly no cooldowns if used properly.

Hatchet is good, agreed on most points.

Spear is excellent, but requires more finesse than hatchet or rapier. Rapier particularly I think is very forgiving because of the iframes and fast attacks. Definitely the best weapon right now IMO. Javelin is insane but hard to land.

Bow insane in the right hands, wait until you start finding these players that are insanely good at spacing and kiting.

Musket is goat for long range battles, it’s just too good compared to bow unless you want to put a ton of time into the bow.

I don’t play around with much magic stuff but they all look pretty good to me. I think the ice block on gauntlet is kinda op and just too good overall but that’s it.

[mlem]

my weapon tier list:

- ping : 50ms, yes, melee, range or mid-range battle you wont lose confident or stuttering, this is the best weapon

[Sir_Noob]

OP with extreme obvious blindness and bias to his own main weapon, the GA. Great axe is easily the most over tuned weapon in the game, even if it didn't have face roll easy CC and hit detection it also has the best passives by a factor of about 3 Ice gauntlet is one of the worst weapons in the game after bow and musket, only reason you think otherwise is because it is able to deal with Great Axe since it makes chasing less easy

[Garbage King David]

One of the main factor that frustrates me with the GA is that the grab will grab the ground or not grab at all sometimes for reason I suppose to be latency. I don't think that the GA is the worst pvp weapon though, I just think it is very easily kited and countered by anyone playing safe and kiting with a ranged weapon.

You can very easily score a kill on someone playing with light armor and 0 constitution if you can catch them by surprise. Except if they start to small rolls, drink health potions and stun you before running. As said the passives is broken on paper but isn't working in a lot of situations due to bugs (not working before you hit someone for exemple) And the light attack is so slow that even with the passive if you try to hit after catching up most of the time the lunge will not proc or you will hit nothing because the guy kept running

[♛ SeŇoR DoG ♛]

I would say that this tier list will be updated since you do more pvp in time with all the guns and not only pvp. Bow is much better than musket in general combat except the ones where the opponent doesnt have possibility to get closer just because its not a sitting duck, with bow you can RUN and GUN and this is what you want, meanwhile muskette is just for bushcampers (ideally laying down trying to be simply invisible).

[Sir_Noob]

Originally posted by Kaarlo Pentti Linkola:

meanwhile muskette is just for bushcampers (ideally laying down trying to be simply invisible).

Really unfortunate that you can't actually hide since you have a huge red name plate

[♛ SeŇoR DoG ♛]

But the name plates are limited mostly to a a bit lower number than is the whole number of attendants of the battle so keeping far at distance you can hide from most potato PCs :)

[Sgt Griss]

Im a pure Sword/shield life staff PVE tank build. I dont have a ton of killing power but I can keep alot of heals and buffs up on a group so I tend to get targeted and that makes for a huge mistake on a enemy players part because all they see is a life staff in hand. Swap to sword, shield slam get a few hits bash few more pop defensive and by this time people are on them or they are hurting bad and im healed back to full and another CC from me is incoming.

SS/LS pure Tank is a nasty combo. If a player runs ill fire life staff at you and if you fire back at 44 I have 8k health and can push 70% mitigation with LS buffs running and heal to full with Hots ticking quickly + defiant stance.

My points in Con/Focus and Gear is a Mix of Str/Foc/Con. Ive found PVP in this game to be much more about staying Alive than putting out damage and if you plan to PVP not lagging behind your level in gear/gear score average. if I stay on top of keeping players infront of me and watch my stamina and time blocks and CC right I can usally hold a couple hammer or GA guys at once for awhile even a good bit higher level.

[Kashra Fall]

Sword and shield

Shield bash
Power attack
Reverse stab
Repeat

Enjoy your killing potential while being unkillable in return.

Power attack gives empower
Standard hits give slow so they can't run.
If they do run, leap strike.
Repeat from step one.

[Garbage King David]

Originally posted by Kaarlo Pentti Linkola:

I would say that this tier list will be updated since you do more pvp in time with all the guns and not only pvp. Bow is much better than musket in general combat except the ones where the opponent doesnt have possibility to get closer just because its not a sitting duck, with bow you can RUN and GUN and this is what you want, meanwhile muskette is just for bushcampers (ideally laying down trying to be simply invisible).

I agree with you that bow is generally stronger against melee opponents because you can kite forever ( I legit can't beat my bow/spear friend whose 5 level below me just because I cannot even hit them) but I feel like in range battles it will get outclassed by musket and a tank lifestaff build

[RoadDog]

i go rather with rapier and musket. nothing else is good.

[Sir_Noob]

Originally posted by RoadDog:

i go rather with rapier and musket. nothing else is good.

Both are vastly inferior to Greataxe/Hatchet. Good luck running from a person with berserk and a 20m charge and a permanent 30% speed buff when they get within 15m