Plague Kripath. Rapier or Polearm?

[Meme Lord Stranger]

I want to make a status Plague Kripath but I have no idea if I should make it a polearm or rapier

The polearm deals more damage than the rapier and personally I prefer range and love the Bleeding Willow stance, but I already have the Orthos Prime as a polearm:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/912420365352411093/33DC4915F2F056DE1DE2951067574666D9421104/

I heard that the rapier has guranteed puncture hits (Regardless of status chance, it will apply the status). However, it has less range and deals less damage than the polearm:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/912420365352411939/53BEDA31822CDCED58F533C8AA767A52BDA2E56E/

What should I do?

EDIT: I found the perfect combination. Unforutnately, I have to reach Trusted on Ostrons. So thanks for your help anyways

[Ghin]

I went with the rapier form because like you said, Orthos Prime and Lesion exist. There really aren't any good status rapiers to choose from.

Rapiers are great for single targets. The Vulpine Mask stance gives guaranteed slash procs. Combine that with Condition Overload and the innate Viral damage and you will be doing an absurd amount of damage. Plus you still have 15% crit which is enough to use Berzerker.

I think Peye is the best grip option for the rapiers, but that's my opinion. A slower rapier won't be able to stack status as quickly.

[Meme Lord Stranger]

引用自 Ghin：

I went with the rapier form because like you said, Orthos Prime and Lesion exist. There really aren't any good status rapiers to choose from.

Rapiers are great for single targets. The Vulpine Mask stance gives guaranteed slash procs. Combine that with Condition Overload and the innate Viral damage and you will be doing an absurd amount of damage. Plus you still have 15% crit which is enough to use Berzerker.

I think Peye is the best grip option for the rapiers, but that's my opinion. A slower rapier won't be able to stack status as quickly.

But with Peye, the weapon deals pretty ♥♥♥♥ damage. Are you sure I should go for that?

[Ghin]

My bad, I actually did mine with Kwath. Glad you noticed that because I wouldn't have lol.

Korb with Ekwana II Jai seems like the best option. You'd get 94 damage and 0.9 attack speed, which is comparable to Endura's 95 damage and 0.917. But you'd also have far better crit and status stats.

If you aren't 100% sure, try out Endura or a rapier zaw with the Dehtat strike. If you don't like it, you can make a staff instead. If you don't like short range weapons, there's really no reason to make a rapier.