It is unbelievable how bad Norseman is

[noisyturtle]

I felt like that soldier in Saving Private Ryan that was wandering around in a daze looking for his arm, but the shellshock was how completely ♥♥♥♥ the Norseman was at every single thing in the game. Damage sucks, he is slow as ♥♥♥♥, his attack speed is slower than a roofied turtle DESPITE having 2x ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ weapons, he does nothing well, he sucks at everything.

What is the reason for him to exist? Is he like a challenge character meant to make the game more difficult?

[Wolfyr]

Uhhh ur probably building it wrong... I've done some insane builds with him, its quite ez to get 100m damage on his axes. He has good def scaling, has immoral attack speed scaling, has good crit/crit bonus scaling, has move speed + attack speed traits and all the move speed traits are +9% (instead of 6%).
It might not be easy at first, but once you understand how to build it, its just nasty.

[Larry Croft]

He's difficult and that's all.
You need something to get him through early game and then you can go physical, ice or change his main weapon dmg to elemental and go with that.
With elemental ring (I tried fired with a great success) and perhaps a mark from hero focused on that element you can do wonders with him.

[CY13ERPUNK]

what? norseman is like the best physical dmg dude in the game XD , he's got great atk spd and dmg boosts and his AoE shout is great

the variance in in-game experience is pretty wild imho XD

[Inaluogh]

Are we playing the same game? Norseman just ♥♥♥♥♥ on everything when you got good enough damage paired with crazy attack speed and multistrike. Stacking mask just makes him go insane because all its buffs benefit him greatly.

[🌺💗Tazzamorous💗🌺]

I love how the immediate response is always that the character is bad and not that the player doesn't know how to use them. Truly, a classic.

Instead of coming to the forums to complain, spend that time looking at solutions instead. They're right here, on the forums too.

[LegenDaddy]

Son you haven't see things yet!!! for me its the most OP character with the right item and traits

[Didi mau]

Smashed aqueduct torment earlier with him

[jackattak]

norseman can kick chuck norris' ass.

[⭕TheSodaman]

I was thinking about this thread earlier thinking the TC / OP might have been the Land Snake thread creator, but didn't want to bump it to say how disappointed I was that the Norseman wasn't as weak or as challenging to play as the OP claimed.

[Ulyaoth]

Well, he gets alot of hate from many people, since he feels completly different somehow.
I am still convinced this Dude is a beast, even his arms are short and the axes shorter...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3162406806

[A Ballad from Nocturne]

Norseman is good, but wants to be build around having high regeneration & generally a bunch of defense. He excels when you just go ham and shred stuff in close range, but for that he needs regen & defense. Mark of the Cleric for example & then using Reverberant Tinkture on both the .50 regen and the 25% regen dedication will usually be enough to carry your run if you also go with Bulwark, the .25 Regen & the Defense. Aside from that try to go for something like Transfixion to soften up targets & Phantom Needles to boost your physical damage output & getting some needed range on top of Transfixion.

[Blood]

Originally posted by Inaluogh:

Are we playing the same game? Norseman just ♥♥♥♥♥ on everything when you got good enough damage paired with crazy attack speed and multistrike. Stacking mask just makes him go insane because all its buffs benefit him greatly.

It must not be the same game since Norseman in this game is easily in the top 2 for best character.

[MrQun]

Norseman is my second least favourite, as there are many other classes that are more fun to play as. However, he isn't weak at all. I just did a Main Weapon only run, and the damage and overall score was quite decent.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3167835374