Why are artificer power swords so bad

[Voodoo]

fencing variant with 2.5 speed, ok fine, at least can parry reliably.
block variant with 2 speed, good luck getting perfect dodge when animation locked.
then balanced variant with 7 speed, but only 4 damage, have fun whailing on a warrior for good minute on substantial+

can we please just get straight upgrade to mstercrafted swords a nice 5 speed with 7-8 dmg

[shithead]

Yes, parry with fencing+gun strikes.
You try to dodge while blocking? choose one or the other.
Balanced - parry blue indicators, block or dodge other attacks.

[Voodoo]

Well youre encouraged to master all variants and im cheapskate when it comes to spending data, but god is that block one horrible, fishing for gun strikes is pain.

[DrEคD LØrD]

the answer is on the surface, it's Soymarine sword aka primaris weapon for weak and soy marines, they can't even handle the gun with ought a foregrip yelling "soibot I need you"

[RobeRonin]

isant the knife the strongest melee weapon thats what i have heard? seems super lame to me the a knife would outmatch a power sword ! does the power sword even act like a power sword and cancel out shields etc?

[Voodoo]

Im not even talking power swords in general, they are fine, just artificer variants are really underwhelming then relics get normal straight upgrades again.

[MoonZ]

I just found out about the artificer power sword, the hard way. I'm confused too, why are they mostly worse than the previous ones ?

[Voodoo]

Originally posted by MoonZ:

I just found out about the artificer power sword, the hard way. I'm confused too, why are they mostly worse than the previous ones ?

its same with power fists and hammers, then theres are questionable chainswords on relic.

[EmperorVolo]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Yes, parry with fencing+gun strikes.
You try to dodge while blocking? choose one or the other.
Balanced - parry blue indicators, block or dodge other attacks.

Just so everyone knows you don't need a blue indicator to parry an attack. The blue just indicates basically "freebies".

[CapNKirkland]

I cant successfully parry for ♥♥♥♥ so what's the best artificer version for me?

[Voodoo]

Go for any fencing one

[el pepe]

the whole game is bad why should the power swords be any different