is witherhoard even still worth it at all?

[megarock96]

the new GLs seem to be waaaay too good in comparison. they have the same effect of leaving a pool to do damage and they shoot multiple times and most importantly they don't take up an exotic slot.

is there even a reason to use witherhoard anymore?

[Mez Koo]

If you have the catalyst then yes.

[Azure]

Is any weapon "worth it" in a game with so many options? Yes if it does what YOU want it to

[Fearagen]

I agree with Azure, as long as it still does what you need it to do in certain situations or whatever than yeah, it's worth it. Having the catalyst is recommended to have its full potential,

[Dark, House of Luck]

The new Area Denial GLs are great, and they do a lot of things well, but Witherhoard still does way more damage, and can be double stacked for ever more damage(one in the target, one under it) vs the new Area Denial GLs can't overlap damage, instead they offer perk options and a wider area of damage instead.

[Kylito]

Blight effect for malf, ticks for longer so better for envious arsenal swaps, yes there are still reasons.

[Megumin's Husband]

it was top tier a while back but I think there are better options now a days

[NationX]

Not really, the ALH nerf killed it off. Just better DPS rotations now

[Hi11Zone]

the devs had no right to nerf it no right... can care less if op in pvp make a pvp only one jerks

[Mastodon_2]

It used to be amazing for spawn killing enemies when the blight pool duration was like 7 or 7.5 seconds, they really hurt it bad when they dropped the pool time to 3.5 seconds. It is still go in damage rotations though. Fire Witherhoard, swap to autoloading / Envious Arsenal GL, dump a mag, swtich to Witherhoard, fire, switch to second weapon, fire, back to GL and so on.

The extra damage ticking away definitely adds up over time.

[Bacon Alligator]

In short;
Area-Denial GLs are better for area denial. and Witherhoard is better for passive Boss/Champ damage.

In detail;
Area-Denial GLs can inherently do most of what Witherhoard can do. ADGLs have lower base damage, but they've got good enough damage perks to offset that for add clear and control. They've additionally got a fair amount of utility perks that ultimately relegate Witherhoard to a niche exotic choice. That main use is within Bait and Switch rotations, and it's still a great choice for that.