what is the point of the force sword?

[Zerixar]

seems.... damn near useless

[Kameh]

On the psyker? Yeah it's not good. Dueling sword so much be better

[Varivox]

The special charge is good for elites/specials. It's almost a brainburst but faster and melee range.

It's relatively fast and has a decent attack pattern that is good for headshots and decent enough to deal with hordes.

Personally, I really like it. Much more than any of the staves...

[Blackthorne]

- Can one-shot mutants and Ragers when they're powered up.
- Are excellent for taking down the shield when doing assassination runs.
- Get in behind the various Bullgryns and you can take them down in a couple of powered-up hits.
- Good for staggering multiple goons in single push-back strikes when you're swarmed.

Could end up that they're just not in your playstyle; I've had a ball with mine, but a mate I routinely run with has pretty much the same opinion as yourself, so... each to their own :)

[Lothar]

One of the two weapons that can block ranged attacks. Granted, it requires a blessing, but still.

[Flak]

Feels terrible compared to the dueling sword or even the Catachan one. Compared to chainsword/power sword it's woefully underpowered.

Psykers really did get nerfed way too hard.

[Ironslayer541]

Its good for getting the deflect trait to stop bullets, which i have yet to see or craft in 200 hours.

[Birdmancer]

If you pray hard enough to the RNG gods you have like a 0.06% chance to get a force sword with Deflector, which can block ranged attacks, which is very nice!

The special attack also does a pretty significant amount of damage.

Unless you get a really good one with the right blessings, it's not the greatest though.

[Chrystal]

one thing I noticed is a charged swing with the special TEARS assassinate targets apart (When shield is down)

Like 30~35% of their HP in 1 blow

[RageyPoo]

Originally posted by Blackthorne:

- Can one-shot mutants and Ragers when they're powered up.
- Are excellent for taking down the shield when doing assassination runs.
- Get in behind the various Bullgryns and you can take them down in a couple of powered-up hits.
- Good for staggering multiple goons in single push-back strikes when you're swarmed.

Could end up that they're just not in your playstyle; I've had a ball with mine, but a mate I routinely run with has pretty much the same opinion as yourself, so... each to their own :)

What difficulty are you speaking of? Because heresy...it is not effective

[Voltaire]

first light swing into heavy chain is good for hordes the loop would be light,heavy,light repeat. single target depends if they are beefy or not, by far my fav with that class. Remember to dodge and dodge slide to make your arc better

[PwnyHipster]

Its not useless just don't know how to use it

[Anaryl, Emperor of Sol. GEH]

Originally posted by RageyPoo:

Originally posted by Blackthorne:

- Can one-shot mutants and Ragers when they're powered up.
- Are excellent for taking down the shield when doing assassination runs.
- Get in behind the various Bullgryns and you can take them down in a couple of powered-up hits.
- Good for staggering multiple goons in single push-back strikes when you're swarmed.

Could end up that they're just not in your playstyle; I've had a ball with mine, but a mate I routinely run with has pretty much the same opinion as yourself, so... each to their own :)

What difficulty are you speaking of? Because heresy...it is not effective

Why would it be any different from any other wepaon in that regard then?

Heresy isn't that special despite what some might try and have us believe.

It's basically a psychic chainsword. Also you can proc the charge with the toughness quell regen perk, so charge it up and quell for free toughness. It's pretty handy.

[[ARA] Panzergott]

Because it is bad. Chainsword is a direct upgrade to it. Doesnt use Peril, has cleave swings, and doesnt slow your passive peril regen with it out either.

The only use is the block Blessing and even that is super niche because of Psyker's low Stamina.

[Connatic]

Originally posted by Flak:

Feels terrible compared to the dueling sword or even the Catachan one. Compared to chainsword/power sword it's woefully underpowered.

Psykers really did get nerfed way too hard.

It offers something different to the Dueling Sword, so it just seems balanced to me. Psyker isn't really meant to be the class that tears it up in melee range.

Originally posted by ARA Panzergott:

Because it is bad. Chainsword is a direct upgrade to it. Doesnt use Peril, has cleave swings, and doesnt slow your passive peril regen with it out either.

The only use is the block Blessing and even that is super niche because of Psyker's low Stamina.

Eh, I'd rather use the Devils Claw. I wasn't impressed with the Cleave of the Chainsword.

[skullhunter]

you kidding right? force sword is the pysker's strongest melee weapon