fauchard question

[Saya]

i feel like fauchard is one of the best 2h weapon type (reach + 18-20 crit range) but I didn't find that many fauchard in the game (only one from drezen vendor, just began act 4) for my 2h mc. Is it worth to invest into fauchard exotic mastery + feats then ?

[LordSith]

At the end of the game, i had one in inventory that i found really good and which gave me the idea to have this weapon as a 2H speciality in a next run or for a merc. So i'd say yes.

[Garessta]

Originally posted by Saya:

i feel like fauchard is one of the best 2h weapon type (reach + 18-20 crit range) but I didn't find that many fauchard in the game (only one from drezen vendor, just began act 4) for my 2h mc. Is it worth to invest into fauchard exotic mastery + feats then ?

you can use Greater Magic Weapon spell to give any weapon enchantment scaling with levle, and Crusader's Edge for outsider's bane. Beyond that, you won't need anything from your weapon, so even a non-magic faulchard will be fine enough. if you find a faulchard with some decent additions to that, then you can use that with greater magic weapon
faulchards are great. give them to a str-oriented melee with cleaving finish, cast enlarge person or better yet, legendary proportions, and enjoy reach of half of the fight with cleave

[Serendipitous]

Finnean can become any weapon you need and has pretty good abilities. So you can always give it to your 2h damage dealer if you didn't give it to your archer. +1 Ghost touch cold iron, any weapon, can get right after shield maze basically. Later Heartseeker and Brilliant Blade. Both are great for my 2h warrior merc. 5 star recommendation.

[Garessta]

oh yes, and finnean. everyone forget about finnean. brilliant energy is great until you run into undead and/or constructs. keep a spare weapon equipped

[Serendipitous]

Originally posted by Garessta:

oh yes, and finnean. everyone forget about finnean. brilliant energy is great until you run into undead and/or constructs. keep a spare weapon equipped

Thankfully there is only a handful of those. To the point where i always forgot to actually equip a spare and didn't suffer much for it.

[Garessta]

Originally posted by carashi:

Originally posted by Garessta:

oh yes, and finnean. everyone forget about finnean. brilliant energy is great until you run into undead and/or constructs. keep a spare weapon equipped

Thankfully there is only a handful of those. To the point where i always forgot to actually equip a spare and didn't suffer much for it.

same.... i remember giving wenduag finnean for a longbow once when i switched lann with her while forgetting to pick up a longbow for her to use (i had lann using shortbows), and then kept forgetting giving wendu other weapons till... i dont even remember

[dwarner]

Originally posted by Saya:

i feel like fauchard is one of the best 2h weapon type (reach + 18-20 crit range) but I didn't find that many fauchard in the game (only one from drezen vendor, just began act 4) for my 2h mc. Is it worth to invest into fauchard exotic mastery + feats then ?

If you have Martial Proficiency you're better off staying open and using best available. If you don't and planning to use STR-based attacking as your main action economy it's worth it to invest in Fauchard and the Drezen one is good enough to last most of the game.

[dwarner]

Originally posted by dwarner:

Originally posted by Saya:

i feel like fauchard is one of the best 2h weapon type (reach + 18-20 crit range) but I didn't find that many fauchard in the game (only one from drezen vendor, just began act 4) for my 2h mc. Is it worth to invest into fauchard exotic mastery + feats then ?

If you have Martial Proficiency you're better off staying open and using best available. If you don't and planning to use STR-based attacking as your main action economy it's worth it to invest in Fauchard and the Drezen one is good enough to last most of the game.

That said I have a Purifier Angel who chose Great Sword via background so it's not live or die unless you're planning to Cleave.

[Serendipitous]

Specialization is generally better than jack-of-all-trades. Besides, reach is one of the best weapon qualities for 2h damage dealer. Add great crit range and you easily have a weapon that you don't want to change for anything you find. It doesn't help that you don't really find a lot of great 2h weapons for some reason. Couple of decent greatswords at best, is all i can remember. But they don't have reach.

[B Unit]

Exotic weapons can be kind of a trap in that way. Sure your weapon might do slightly more base damage but you can quite easily find yourself stuck using an average exotic for a loong time due to rarity of exotic weapons, when you have a variety of amazing martials (bardiche, glaive for example) sitting in your bag. Even if or when you do find a high end fauchard, you might only have one to choose from whereas other weapon types might have several, each with powerful enchantments you can pick to suit your needs.

[Purodiusa]

The tip about Greater Magic Weapon is very important to remember. That spell in addition to Magic Vestment don't get enough recognition, and they last a VERY long time, an hour a level.

Low-end weapons with good effects can stay relevant for the cost of 1 spell slot a day all the way to the end of the game. Same goes for armor (or no armor, Magic Vestment doesn't require armor to work.)

[Winger]

Originally posted by Saya:

i feel like fauchard is one of the best 2h weapon type (reach + 18-20 crit range) but I didn't find that many fauchard in the game (only one from drezen vendor, just began act 4) for my 2h mc. Is it worth to invest into fauchard exotic mastery + feats then ?

If you want to avoid the feat tax for exotic weapons, you can also consider Grave Singer. Same crit range as fauchard but x3 crit multiplier. No reach though. It can be grabbed early by defeating a demon army in the east to get the Unholy Symbol of Rovagug and researching it (can also be made into a hand axe or battle axe).

Forgot to mention, it's a great axe.

[Saya]

I forgot about Greater Magic Weapon, thanks everyone!

[Taear]

There's a +5 Fauchard named Mastery.
I used Toybox to give it to me and it hasn't got any particle effects, so I assume it's not ACTUALLY in the game.

I think the only choice is Finnean honestly.

[[Heretic]Rivga]

Originally posted by Taear:

There's a +5 Fauchard named Mastery.
I used Toybox to give it to me and it hasn't got any particle effects, so I assume it's not ACTUALLY in the game.

I think the only choice is Finnean honestly.

From kingmaker if I recall, I used it to great effect.