Power Sword - what is it good for?

[AmDDRed]

Like, I understand it should be something that kills when Powered, but it's like trying to sharp a heavy poking stick and only then it deal enough damage for something. On Auric Damnation Maelstrom missions it's good only when you get buffs from your comrades - otherwise, being a bit too far from them, cornered, you're just a dead meat slowly kicking incoming hordes with a useless piece of metal, that you don't have to recharge, even you add +2 stamina and 20% running.

I've tried to compare this to chain sword - and it's completely different feeling, that you're having a SWORD in your hand and you can resist any enemy, with enough agility, so you can outshift ogryn, you can kill hordes.

Power Sword requires rebalancing, or it's just a toy to throw away after Malice.

[Sgt. Osiris]

Power Sword (What is it good for) absolutely nothing!

[Engine-ear]

I find meleeing with a Helbore Lasgun is much better than the power sword. Seems charging it will help you play fruit ninja on the horde but the charging itself is a death sentence if you use it at the wrong time.

[Lil Larrikin]

İlk olarak Mari tarafından gönderildi:

It's good for WAR.

HUH

Good God, y'all.

That's what it's good for.

Absolutely NOTHING

[Dou B Jin]

I'm assuming you're referring to Veteran's powersword and not Zealot's powersword.

With power cycler and slaughterer you can cleave through pretty much cleave through anything the game throw at you short of bulwark and maybe crushers.

The push attack is a overhead that can two or three tap crusher on the highest difficulty. An overhead + 2 light attack can kill a crusher in one activation.

Downside is their activation gets canceled if you get hit by anything and the weapon makes running and dodging pretty awful. It's slow movement and activation being canceled on hit can result in times where you get caught in a lock stun by mobs that you can't really get out from. It's weapon without activation is also terrible, little to no damage or cleave.

It's weird to say people calling the weapon weak. Until veteran got dueling sword pretty much all the auric games I've played in past few years is a toss up between knife and powersword. Chainsword, chainaxe, sword, and axe are in the minority. The only time I remember they falling out of favor was when they initially nerfed the sword from the default 3 activation charge (now a blessing) to 1 charge.

[Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am]

İlk olarak AmDDRed tarafından gönderildi:

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https://youtu.be/ggcSlbYWTn4?si=Qjr1pF6mF48GZ55a

Yeah, it's cool to show controlled simulation in Psykanium, with one type enemy let out, and you have the time and space to maneur and recharge.
What would you do when you have hordes incoming, and you slash the first line with charged attack, and then you find that 2nd line of horde is already there, while you stil have to recharge Power Sword to make it "sharp", otherwise, if horde is not just minor bums but semispecialists, moebians, you're baked. And if you meet ogryn squad with maulers and specialist support, requiring you to maneur like hell, you wouldn't be able to do it: the Power Sword make you so slow, that you might think - "should I switch to rifle to run and lean faster?!".
That video is a theoretical show, good, I dunno, OK T4, ok, for T5 with Low Intensity modificator, when the enemies are rare things, and you don't need stressfully think if right now will be the moment your lean move would be the last because you'd be eventually stopped by some boxes or unholy promethium, and the blighted heretic in filthy Chaos God name will strike you down.

git gud

dodges and pushes exist in game for reason
power sword is actually best choice for up to havok 40. Especially if everyone bring toothpicks and cant really fight melee, onmly doge kite and wait someone else do job

[Engine-ear]

İlk olarak Dou B Jin tarafından gönderildi:

I'm assuming you're referring to Veteran's powersword and not Zealot's powersword.

Isn't it a 'shared' power sword? If you level it up through the Zealot's then the Veteran's would have same mastery level and vice versa.

[Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am]

İlk olarak Live Bait tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Dou B Jin tarafından gönderildi:

I'm assuming you're referring to Veteran's powersword and not Zealot's powersword.

Isn't it a 'shared' power sword? If you level it up through the Zealot's then the Veteran's would have same mastery level and vice versa.

Power sword and relic blade actually different weapons

[PJ]

It's a light saber if you use it correctly. It's a letter opener if you use it wrong. Perfectly balanced.

[123]

İlk olarak Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am tarafından gönderildi:

Veteran's power sword actually strongest weapon in game.

This challenge run video is a proof that power sword is not the strongest weapon in the game. There is literally no challenge run videos that say "no power sword havoc 40". You are delusional if you think power sword is the strongest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszEGjktgrY&ab_channel=j_sat

[AmDDRed]

İlk olarak Jacket tarafından gönderildi:

This challenge run video is a proof that power sword is not the strongest weapon in the game. There is literally no challenge run videos that say "no power sword havoc 40"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszEGjktgrY&ab_channel=j_sat

Well, I see that it's team meta and character build that cover weaknesses of this weapon, that still suck on its own - the guy is forced to run with a lazpistol to be agile, and actively use scream to shock enemies and refill toughness.
As I said, when surrounded by idiots (c), and only super-cool damage this weapon can do is when charged, it's a very slow toothpick, I'd prefer more Chainsword as something that can do stable damage that counts in any condition while keeping you moving.

[JDLS]

İlk olarak Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am tarafından gönderildi:

power sword is actually best choice for up to havok 40. Especially if everyone bring toothpicks and cant really fight melee, onmly doge kite and wait someone else do job

Some people are just still living in 2023 lol. Power sword is useful if your team doesn't have a single relic blade or psyker. You might not kill hoards particularly fast with the knife and duelling sword, but you still stun them and draw agro and a single psyker can delete a entire hoard faster than 4 power sword veterans.

[Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am]

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İlk olarak Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am tarafından gönderildi:

power sword is actually best choice for up to havok 40. Especially if everyone bring toothpicks and cant really fight melee, onmly doge kite and wait someone else do job

Some people are just still living in 2023 lol. Power sword is useful if your team doesn't have a single relic blade or psyker. You might not kill hoards particularly fast with the knife and duelling sword, but you still stun them and draw agro and a single psyker can delete a entire hoard faster than 4 power sword veterans.

Usually there is no relics and flame psykers in team, i play publics.
I found better not to wait someone else will assist you, weak mobile types of melee just not work

[JDLS]

İlk olarak Eagle_I_am | .tv/eagle_i_am tarafından gönderildi:

Usually there is no relics and flame psykers in team, i play publics.
I found better not to wait someone else will assist you, weak mobile types of melee just not work

Maybe its a regional difference. I basically only play with randoms and I cant go a single game without a flame psyker, and relic blade seems more popular then duelling sword on zealot now.

[talkingmute]

Power sword was EXTREMLY OP a while ago. Even after the nerfs and fixing it's bug (infinite cleave), it's still OP.

As for you having trouble in hordes with it, it's more a skill issue than anything; you shouldn't be only swinging, you should also be dodging and blocking.

Even unpowered, it's damage is stupid strong compared to other weapons.