Trying to pick between two different curved swords.

[Hroar the Red]

Alright, so I have a situation. I'm mostly Dex and I have two sword options, first, the scavengers curved sword which has STR D and Dex D.

On the other hand, there's the Bandit's Curved Sword which has Str D and Dex C.

So my question is- what's worth more at the end of the day? Will I get more use out of the Scavengers curved sword if I level up both STR and Dex, or will I get the same sorta damage from Bandit's Curved Sword with just Dex?

[Timbermaw]

Use bandit's and level dex. Also infuse it for keen

[Veles]

I heard the Bandit's Curved Sword is a pretty solid weapon. Go with that.

[♔V3RD1CT]

Upgrading the weapon at some point will also upgrade your Str/Dex/ ash on that weapon so either is plenty viable for both str. and dex at a high upgrade +. Bandit's will scale for dex more on this same situation because it started with C. So you can expect like a +18 to make it a B.

[Hroar the Red]

Makes sense, so effectively I'm not losing out either way?

[♔V3RD1CT]

Originally posted by Hroar the Red:

Makes sense, so effectively I'm not losing out either way?

Well you will OVERALL lose out in Dps at end game status, on a rather small scale IF your str/ dex stats ON character are balanced. It will not be a lot of dps from what I heard long as you have points well in both stats.

[Yagger]

I'd say use the longest one, I'm not sure which has more reach though bandits or grossmesser

[Hroar the Red]

Got it, thanks Smokes!! Also, is there any way to easily tell which curved swords are longer, faster, etc?

[♔V3RD1CT]

Originally posted by Hroar the Red:

Got it, thanks Smokes!! Also, is there any way to easily tell which curved swords are longer, faster, etc?

Yes, test the reach of the weapon against NPCs. I do not have that huge 'vet exp' to tell you flat out, the basic great sword may have/ or had the best reach post nerf. IDK

But! You absolutely can easily figure this out by just hitting npcs/ at length. I learn/ test this on horseback myself by seeing if the 'hold down attack' will cut through multiple npcs at an angle efficiently.