best severing weapon?

[White Knight of Simpalot]

High rank what is best to sever tails? I hear mixed things at the moment.

[McFuzz]

The heavy bowgun lolllllllllllllllll

[Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe]

Old schoolers will say long sword. Cool kids will say charge blade or switch axe.

[Knavenformed]

If your weapon can sever, it will sever if you play accordingly

[Sunnohh]

greatsword main 4 life baybeeeeee

[Iggi]

Originally posted by Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe:

Old schoolers will say long sword. Cool kids will say charge blade or switch axe.

Even cooler kids will say IG or DB. Yes I’m joking.

[Astra]

So let's say I want to have a severing secondary weapon, I want something that's nice and quick, dive in, sever, swap back to my more comfortable main.
"If your weapon can sever it will sever" isn't helpful advice. Is there a weapon that's actually better at severing than others?

[Null Winter]

Originally posted by Astra:

So let's say I want to have a severing secondary weapon, I want something that's nice and quick, dive in, sever, swap back to my more comfortable main.
"If your weapon can sever it will sever" isn't helpful advice. Is there a weapon that's actually better at severing than others?

Bowgun with cutting ammo or greatsword. A lot of enemies have animations in which the tail is lifted out of reach, but bowguns can aim up and the greatsword's core combo is 3 highly damaging overhead chops that can still reach.

[Nihrahk]

Originally posted by Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe:

Old schoolers will say long sword. Cool kids will say charge blade or switch axe.

Meanwhile, chads will say GS.

[Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe]

Originally posted by Astra:

So let's say I want to have a severing secondary weapon, I want something that's nice and quick, dive in, sever, swap back to my more comfortable main.
"If your weapon can sever it will sever" isn't helpful advice. Is there a weapon that's actually better at severing than others?

Thinking about it again, anything that can consistently hit with precision when paired with Partbreaker. From what I have seen so far, Glaive has the best ability to sever since it can engage from any angle on the ground or the air. Otherwise, cutting ammo from Bowguns if you don't want to go in melee.

[Evensong]

all of them do a good job if you can play them well, I main glaive and tails are always the first to go.

[Astra]

Originally posted by Lion Bird Plate Plate Feather Fe:

Thinking about it again, anything that can consistently hit with precision when paired with Partbreaker. From what I have seen so far, Glaive has the best ability to sever since it can engage from any angle on the ground or the air. Otherwise, cutting ammo from Bowguns if you don't want to go in melee.

Originally posted by Null Winter:

Bowgun with cutting ammo or greatsword. A lot of enemies have animations in which the tail is lifted out of reach, but bowguns can aim up and the greatsword's core combo is 3 highly damaging overhead chops that can still reach.

This works as an answer, I think! If it's less about one having More Severing Power and more about if you can hit consistently, then Glaive, Greatsword, and Slicing Ammo bowguns seem like top contenders, thanks to reach.

[zmanbuilder]

Lance.

[meow]

hammer

[Nihrahk]

Originally posted by meow:

hammer

God, I wish the axe designs for hammer could sever stuff. It would be a cool little detail.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

bow