Zoh Shia GS or Artian GS

[Harry Coxx]

Is the new Zoh Shia Greatsword good? I‘m a Little disappointed about the Lack of deco Slots it only has 1 deco slot for each Tier.
That means I either have to waste one tier 3 or one tier 1 and 2 Slot just to get the Focus skill and I only could get Crit Boost to Level 3 at Max.
I have Both skills maxed out on my Artian GS but statwise it’s the Same as my Artian GS.
Is the weapon skill worth and is it better than the Artian Greatsword because I‘m tried of seeing this Green ugly slab of Metal on my back.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Harry Coxx:

Zoh Shia GS or Artian GS
Is the new Zoh Shia Greatsword good? I‘m a Little disappointed about the Lack of deco Slots it only has 1 deco slot for each Tier.
That means I either have to waste one tier 3 or one tier 1 and 2 Slot just to get the Focus skill and I only could get Crit Boost to Level 3 at Max.
I have Both skills maxed out on my Artian GS but statwise it’s the Same as my Artian GS.
Is the weapon skill worth and is it better than the Artian Greatsword because I‘m tried of seeing this Green ugly slab of Metal on my back.

Long story short: no

The weapon skill triggers with how often you hit an enemy. The Great Sword is not known to be a quick hitter.

[Harry Coxx]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Harry Coxx:

Zoh Shia GS or Artian GS
Is the new Zoh Shia Greatsword good? I‘m a Little disappointed about the Lack of deco Slots it only has 1 deco slot for each Tier.
That means I either have to waste one tier 3 or one tier 1 and 2 Slot just to get the Focus skill and I only could get Crit Boost to Level 3 at Max.
I have Both skills maxed out on my Artian GS but statwise it’s the Same as my Artian GS.
Is the weapon skill worth and is it better than the Artian Greatsword because I‘m tried of seeing this Green ugly slab of Metal on my back.

Long story short: no

The weapon skill triggers with how often you hit an enemy. The Great Sword is not known to be a quick hitter.

Thats all I Need to know. Thank you!
Layered weapons cant come soon enough.

[Mechanique]

It is OK, assuming you can keep the sharpness up because it burns through white and blue really really fast.

Skill is fine and it's damage adds up over longs hunts, but for GS user these extra ~400 damage/minute aren't that impactful when you can hit TCS for 800+ damage over and over

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Mechanique:

It is OK, assuming you can keep the sharpness up because it burns through white and blue really really fast.

Skill is fine and it's damage adds up over longs hunts, but for GS user these extra ~400 damage/minute aren't that impactful when you can hit TCS for 800+ damage over and over

Theoretical numbers are all fine, such as "400damage/minute", but they are also not usable in actual hunts.

Sure the added damage is not bad - extra damage is never bad - but there are better choices for the way of how Great Sword is used and played.

[lailaamell]

Zoah also dont work with db so artian is better

[lailaamell]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Mechanique:

It is OK, assuming you can keep the sharpness up because it burns through white and blue really really fast.

Skill is fine and it's damage adds up over longs hunts, but for GS user these extra ~400 damage/minute aren't that impactful when you can hit TCS for 800+ damage over and over

Theoretical numbers are all fine, such as "400damage/minute", but they are also not usable in actual hunts.

Sure the added damage is not bad - extra damage is never bad - but there are better choices for the way of how Great Sword is used and played.

The zhao weapons are honestly not worth crafting artian is just better in every way

[PhantomΩ]

It's pretty, that's what matters. Nothing warrants such power yet UNLESS you're looking to speedrun (or perhaps beat the Monster before your team mates cart 3 times?)

[nicken chugger]

Zoh Shia GS doesn't come with focus, so you have to slot it in, taking away points of crit boost. Thus artian is still much better due to the extra slots. Strongest craftable greatsword is still arkveld.