Which fist weapon to choose?

[crushcommando]

Been doing a pure punch playthrough so far, and have been using the spiked caestus since i picked em up but I also grabbed blackard boggarts fist orb things. I naturally put the heavy property on the caestus as i'm going pure STR. Question is is it worth going for boggart's punchers? or just keep upgrading caestus until i get the star fist in Leyndell? The bleed seems pretty tough to give up but if boggart gives more raw dmg I could start investing into it.

[Citizen of Zozo]

Star Fist is the most damaging, I think, but Katar has the best reach. Caestus and its variants have the benefit of... not looking ridiculous. Haha. The damage differences aren't that big so it's not like it's essential to pick one over the other.

[crushcommando]

Originally posted by Subluminal_:

The Star Fist is your best option.

The Veteran's Prosthesis isn't bad either. It doesn't build a status effect and it's a relatively late game weapon but it does have better AR without status buildup.

Also, though you only get one per game cycle, the Grafted Dragon does have the highest AR of all fist weapons.

So, if you get bored of the Star Fist you do have alternatives.

Sorry what does AR mean? Also I may have eaten godricks rune lol, I'm more or less going pure strength (iffy on faith for incantations). but good to know for star fist!

[Lenox]

I used the regular Caestus from beginning to end game. I liked the low stamina usage on the charged heavy attacks. This is probably irrelevant on higher stamina characters.

Originally posted by crushcommando:

Sorry what does AR mean?

Attack Rating

It's in the upper-right hand corner of your stats pages.

[SnakeshyperTTV/Kick]

Star fists with crageblade.

[crushcommando]

Originally posted by Lenox:

I used the regular Caestus from beginning to end game. I liked the low stamina usage on the charged heavy attacks. This is probably irrelevant on higher stamina characters.

Originally posted by crushcommando:

Sorry what does AR mean?

Attack Rating

It's in the upper-right hand corner of your stats pages.

oh neat! I rushed spiked because they just seemed overall better than non spiked

[fmalfeas]

Cipher Pata. Because having lightsabers growing out of your fists is objectively cooler than the other fist weapons.

[crushcommando]

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

Cipher Pata. Because having lightsabers growing out of your fists is objectively cooler than the other fist weapons.

Doing a pure faith playthru with my friends using that exact weapon!

[Facetable]

Personally I go with Katar as it benefits significantly from the spear talisman and can do crazy counter hit damage

Haven’t tried it since the new patch, but I was one shotting people before with RKR on it. Probably still pretty busted

[Lenox]

Originally posted by crushcommando:

Originally posted by Lenox:

I used the regular Caestus from beginning to end game. I liked the low stamina usage on the charged heavy attacks. This is probably irrelevant on higher stamina characters.


Attack Rating

It's in the upper-right hand corner of your stats pages.

oh neat! I rushed spiked because they just seemed overall better than non spiked

I mostly used them against enemies that can’t bleed (ex: golems) or died too quickly for it to matter. But against bosses or runebears, spiked would definitely win.

[crushcommando]

Originally posted by Facetable:

Personally I go with Katar as it benefits significantly from the spear talisman and can do crazy counter hit damage

Haven’t tried it since the new patch, but I was one shotting people before with RKR on it. Probably still pretty busted

gotcha, i solidifed myself on a punchy/brawler build so the katar didn't seem to fit the image i had for it in my head. I'm also using the seemless co-op mod even if I don't party up with friends but just incase; so i don't rlly worry about pvp.

[crushcommando]

Originally posted by Lenox:

Originally posted by crushcommando:

oh neat! I rushed spiked because they just seemed overall better than non spiked

I mostly used them against enemies that can’t bleed (ex: golems) or died too quickly for it to matter. But against bosses or runebears, spiked would definitely win.

makes sense, i'll prob just keep pumping it and my str until i get star fist

[SnakeshyperTTV/Kick]

Originally posted by author:

makes sense, i'll prob just keep pumping it and my str until i get star fist

You can get them early by heading to the tower of return hit the grace and wrap to the roundtable hold time your alt f4 until it is almost finished loading if done correctly you will be at lendyell royal capital.

[crushcommando]

Originally posted by The Berserk:

Originally posted by author:

makes sense, i'll prob just keep pumping it and my str until i get star fist

You can get them early by heading to the tower of return hit the grace and wrap to the roundtable hold time your alt f4 until it is almost finished loading if done correctly you will be at lendyell royal capital.

Ah classic wrongwarp, I appreciate the tip but i've already got the star fist and cleared leyndell! Currently backtracking to get the great jar talisman so i can wear full bull goat armor and still med roll