best melee weapon for ogryn?

[lElysiuM]

what is the best meele weapon for ogryn?

[RNG]

Bull Butcher MKIII cleaver. Nothing else compares.

[T-Rex]

Originally posted by RNG:

Bull Butcher MKIII cleaver. Nothing else compares.

Yeah its not even close

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by lElysiuM:

what is the best meele weapon for ogryn?

Bull Butcher Cleaver with Confident Strike and Slaughterer, is the meta. Slaughterer is optional, Confident Strike is a must or you'll struggle on Damnation keeping your toughness supplied in a horde. The heavy attack traits you have ain't just cutting it anymore on Tier 5.

Shovel and Bully Club with Confident Strike and Skull Crusher or Thunderous, are a little weaker, but will quickly catch up once you are inside the horde. They just don't work as well as the Butcher, but are liked by a lot of people.

Maul is only really an option if you have other ways to deal with the Horde. Its well paired with the Rumbler or the Grenade Gauntlet. Its mostly just good for 1v1 enemy Ogryns, tho.

The movement set on the Krourk Cleavers makes them pretty bad, unfortunately, but they pair well with heavy attacks. If you get one with Momentum IV, and lean all into heavy attacks, it might work. But its a lot of work compared to the more responsive and satisfying Bull Butcher.

[Krush]

MK3 cleaver with the cleave blessing and then either of the toughness regen ones or slaughterer

[varicose 'vascular' vinny]

Bull butcher, then Mk 1 with haymaker, then Brunt's Pride, then a shovel if you can get thrust and skullcrusher on the same set. Power maul is decent. The rest are trash. You still want thrust on those clubs for doing things that are actually worthwhile like 2 shotting crusher/mutant.

[W1ndt]

I really like shovel for the crowd control but cleaver is also really good

[Bloodwest]

Bull Butcher is my favorite, it's great against most of enemies, hits fast and hard, especially when comparing light attacks. BB is bad against heavy armored targets though. That's why currently I'm testing Bully's Club. It might be the most effective against heavy armored targets. Also, Power Maul is a decent choice if you'd like to cosplay Vet's Powersword gameplay. Other options are either mediocre or bad.
All in all, there are optimal choices but no best. While BB definitely covers most of the bases, without decent anti-armor in your team you can get into a weird spot against bunch of crushers.

[Fingeris]

Bull Butcher is the best horde cleaner in the game.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Fingeris:

Bull Butcher is the best horde cleaner in the game.

I wouldn't go that far. Its a good horde clear but best? Eh... Heavy Sword and Combat Axes do a better job.

[Fingeris]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

Originally posted by Fingeris:

Bull Butcher is the best horde cleaner in the game.

I wouldn't go that far. Its a good horde clear but best? Eh... Heavy Sword and Combat Axes do a better job.

They can't get even close to it without perfect blessing combo, not talking about stats.

[Tunnfisk]

On launch I used the butcher cleaver and really liked it. But I also really like the shovel and that's what I currently use. It's an excellent horde clearer and I can hold my own against any horde. It's also very good against all types of armor, even big ogres. Plus, it's a shovel!

I've tried a few clubs out, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. They just don't feel as good as a cleaver or shovel.

[Aleera]

Originally posted by Fingeris:

Originally posted by Ishan451:

I wouldn't go that far. Its a good horde clear but best? Eh... Heavy Sword and Combat Axes do a better job.

They can't get even close to it without perfect blessing combo, not talking about stats.

Perfect being that even 1 tier 1 blessing turns the Antax in a horde clearer. Where a ogryn will apply stagger to quite alot of enemies and knock them about, the zealot with a Antax will actually be killing faster.

Bull butcher is a amazing weapon. But a Antax is just more killy and can actually handle enemy Crushers.

[Fingeris]

Originally posted by Rianne:

Originally posted by Fingeris:

They can't get even close to it without perfect blessing combo, not talking about stats.

Perfect being that even 1 tier 1 blessing turns the Antax in a horde clearer. Where a ogryn will apply stagger to quite alot of enemies and knock them about, the zealot with a Antax will actually be killing faster.

Bull butcher is a amazing weapon. But a Antax is just more killy and can actually handle enemy Crushers.

If Bull Butcher staggers horde instead of slicing it with each hit then you're definitely doing something wrong.

I can just spam LMB and run thru it, on any difficulty.

And with Ripper 'Can Opener" it's easy to remove Crusher in 2 taps on Damnation difficulty (why even waste time to melee it?!)

[Bloodwest]

Originally posted by Fingeris:

If Bull Butcher staggers horde instead of slicing it with each hit then you're definitely doing something wrong.
I can just spam LMB and run thru it, on any difficulty.

Are you kidding? How? On damnation it gets stuck in meat surrounding you so LMB spam won't do, gotta mix it with heavy attacks

[Fingeris]

Originally posted by Bloodwest:

Originally posted by Fingeris:

If Bull Butcher staggers horde instead of slicing it with each hit then you're definitely doing something wrong.
I can just spam LMB and run thru it, on any difficulty.

Are you kidding? How? On damnation it gets stuck in meat surrounding you so LMB spam won't do, gotta mix it with heavy attacks

https://prnt.sc/FpzSkDY2lo4B

Didn't even require a lot of Cleave Damage stat