Executioner's Greataxe vs. Great Hammers

[Greywander]

I was thinking about this. Executioner's Greataxe has a 115 crit modifier, making it one of the few great/colossal weapons that might actually do more damage on a crit than a charged R2. But great hammers will do more poise damage and thus stun more often, which in turn translates into more free damage. You can even still use things like the Crimson and Cerulean Dagger talismans, and these will benefit more from the increased stun frequency.

So what do you think? If you made a great weapon build around critical hits, which would you rather use?

I can't help but feel like the "correct" answer is neither, and to put Glintblade Phalanx on a Misercorde while off-handing a medium shield with Carian Retaliation. But the unga does not bunga with that build.

[mydogisbad]

axe wins all day

[CB]

for a crit build executioner greataxe wins, but another thing they have going for them is they're really long, too. they have best-in-class range.

[Kalamir]

Crits don't work as advertise.
115 crit only means that your doing a extra 15% DMG on a crit. This is separate from the Weapons type Crit modifier. Generally Smaller weapons get better modifiers, but this is a hidden stat. Ironicly, dual dmg type also do more DMG on crits due to Hard defence not reducing as much. This is also why SoNaF crits like a truck.

As for the Great Axe Vs Great Hammer:
-The G.Axes will do more DMG, they compete whit the Colossal class in sheer pain. The Executioners is considered one of the best ones, particularly for Block Counter Builds.
-The G.Hammers do indeed do more poise, but their DMG is not far behind. The amount of good ones & special effects on the infusable ones as well as Strike being rarely resisted while being a common vulnerability. Great Stars being a Bleeding all rounder that also heals on hit and you can grab 2 in a single play-through.