2 handed weapons

[Rholan]

I havent found many good 2 handed weapons around the world , is it me or if u want good ones you have to craft them?

[Smartik1]

STR or DEX? There are few. Best weps are really 1 handed. Best 2H I found are few 130 or 145 for either one (155 STR Ramsey's Family Axe). I suspect that anything more than that you have to craft. I'm already in late Chapter 5.

Best 1h swords I have are 165 dmg for DEX and 125 dmg for STR.

I'm a mage so I didn't explicitly buy any. These are all drops.

[Someone]

I have the same problem with bows the only good one are the ones I craft

[Smartik1]

Speaking of the devil, Pablo in CH5 sells you 175 2h / 170 1h STR swords. He also has a 220 1h dex sword and some other stuff.

[simple cat]

Guess it's a bit better for 1h (such as one in the Tomb), and you get 160 dmg bow as a reward.

Best recipe i've seen so far for 2h is
Southerner's Sprear - 210 dmg, 165 dex, +15 two handed
iirc blacksmith in wolf'd den sell its diagram.
Its a great weapon given that it boosts 2 handed, you can combine it with Wolf's Son amulet, 2 rings and a belt for a serious 2h boost.

[Rholan]

Im using str weapong , and so far everything that is increadibly good is 1h or some mix of 1h and 2h dex weap. And well ,for 2h just recepies from some sellers.

[Myspulin]

Originally posted by Smartik1:

STR or DEX? There are few. Best weps are really 1 handed. Best 2H I found are few 130 or 145 for either one (155 STR Ramsey's Family Axe). I suspect that anything more than that you have to craft. I'm already in late Chapter 5.

Best 1h swords I have are 165 dmg for DEX and 125 dmg for STR.

I'm a mage so I didn't explicitly buy any. These are all drops.

You can get an amazing sword from Cortez in chapter 5 if (spoilers for city guard playthrough) you are in the city guard and you give him the terms of surrender on roderich's orders, after which a giant fight/persuasion ensues and you can grab it on the ground afterwards.
The sword stats are 230 edge dmg with a 10 boost to one handed, requirements are 170 dex

[Local Jerk]

Originally posted by Smartik1:

STR or DEX? There are few. Best weps are really 1 handed. Best 2H I found are few 130 or 145 for either one (155 STR Ramsey's Family Axe). I suspect that anything more than that you have to craft. I'm already in late Chapter 5.

Best 1h swords I have are 165 dmg for DEX and 125 dmg for STR.

I'm a mage so I didn't explicitly buy any. These are all drops.

Being the blacksmith's apprentice gives you the chance to get a Str 1H sword in Act 3 that deals 155 damage, and in the fire mages quarters there's a schematic for a Str 1H sword that deals 180 damage.

[Niras]

Crafted weapons are usually better than vendors offers. I belive that the best 2H weapon is crafted and recipe is obtained in Vardhal, in ch5. However particularly noteworthy are weapons given to after last promotion in your faction. Warrior branch of Merchant guild gave me 3rd/4th best 2H weapon I've ever got(Idk if weapon type depends on your dominant weapon skill).

[Fussl]

Dex weapons have higher damage, because they have to compensate for NOT having much STR for additional damage when the weapon skill chance procs.

Melee STR builds can add their STR value on top of weapon damage when the %-Chance for the weapon skill activates. Thats why even with lower top-end damage, you will always deal overall better damage with STR+Melee.

Thats the same reason why bows are better than crossbows: str for equipping the crossbow does not add to the damage of a crossbow. DEX does for ranged weapons. Thats why bows are better and crossbows are mainly useful against weak or flying enemies.

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On topic: I found a Nordmar-2H-Hammer with 120 weapon damage and 110 STR requirement in Chapter 2 in the slums. It's hidden behind the fight club quest chain with Alena in the larger warehouse in the city-slums

[Local Jerk]

Originally posted by Fussl:

Melee STR builds can add their STR value on top of weapon damage when the %-Chance for the weapon skill activates.

Apparently that's not how things work anymore, from either G2 or NotR, not sure which. Now crits do the same dmg as before but non crits do 10% of that damage. For melee anyway.