Cestus heroes...

[IlluminaZero]

Firstly I suspect that Cestus heroes are initially worse than they should be since there is no "Veterans Pike (16 DMG rather than 14)" or "Captain's Axe and Shield" (14! damage rather than 10) to give an initial power boost to player created custom heroes.

Perhaps Cestus needs a Captain's Axe equivalent to be competitive early game? Particularly since Cestus weapons seems to drop so infrequently that you likely won't be able to make it viable without the item forge.

Anyone actually use and enjoy this weapon type on heroes? You guys think it could use some love? A "Captain's Axe" Cestus equivalent would be appreciated on my end... Maybe I'm missing it on the Pantheon rewards screen though.

[Astronimo]

What?
You have pantheon cestus with a unique Leap ability. Which is the key thing for cestus type in the first place.

[Isseus]

Cestus needs a damage buff because it's a 1H weapon dealing 1H damage but you can't use a shield with it.

[Blanch Warren]

Astronimo has a point. You'd probably take it for the leap ability. You may encounter more powerful weapons anyway, even if you haven't built one. Even just my neighbor sent me quite an amazing hammer.

[Isseus]

Originally posted by Blanch Warren:

Astronimo has a point. You'd probably take it for the leap ability. You may encounter more powerful weapons anyway, even if you haven't built one. Even just my neighbor sent me quite an amazing hammer.

I don't think I've seen a single cestus weapon made by the AI ever, and I tend to trade with them quite a lot to get more crafting points. All they make are shields, rings and wands.

[Partholonian]

I'm always disappointed when a defender in my recruit list starts with a cestus (well I guess it's actually a pair of cesti?) because it doesn't work well with either side of their skill tree. And you can't even equip shields you have in your inventory unless you also have a 1h weapon to replace the cestus first (annoying if you haven't built forge yet).

As for the low damage, I think it's supposed to be compensated by the 3rd strike bonus (leap allows you to reposition and still get all 3 attacks) but that really only works well for warriors using a frenzy build, not for any other class that can use them. (Maybe DKs?)

[IlluminaZero]

Originally posted by Astronimo:

What?
You have pantheon cestus with a unique Leap ability. Which is the key thing for cestus type in the first place.

that’s unique to the pantheon cestus? I thought that was inherent with the weapon type itself to try to make it competitive.

If standard cestus don’t come with leap then - yikes

[Syrris]

No, it's an extra trait on the pantheon one.

From what I can see, the general bonus of the cestus is the third-strike AoE. The jump makes it easier to set that up, but it isn't strictly necessary.