Scharfrichter vs. Trinity sword

[Kwan]

Both swords have the same attribute (fast hitter).
Trinity sword has hp leech (which is 99.9% irrelevant).
Scharfrichter does more damage.
Trinity sword cant be used 1handed, another disadvantage.

Why is that?

Could it be that trinity sword has more reach?
Either the devs thought hp leech offsets the damage reduction, or i dont know...

Trinity sword looks way cooler tough, so maybe thats the reason.

[Raverbasher]

If you check out the wiki, Schar is generally considered better. Same reach, fast speed, but better scaling than Trinity, so Schar does more damage.

Trinity does seem to stagger more.

To wield 2 handed weapons 1 handed you need the next rank in sword mastery. So for a rank 4 sword to be wielded 1 handed you need rank 5 in sword mastery. Mastery maxes out at rank 5, so rank 5 greatswords can only be used 2 handed.

[No One]

The trinity sword is also heavier! Hooray!
I think they figured health leech would be relevant, but forgot to do anything silly like giving it a large enough value to be relevant.
The damage difference is quite small. Little over 2%.
The trinity sword benefits more than scharfricter from elemental buffs, enough to easily offset the difference. (Not the weight though, IMO.)

[Kwan]

Im trying to find the reason why trinity does less damage, because it does not really make sense. As said hp-leech is only thing trinity does better, and thats really useless.

[Kwan]

I prefer trinity over scharfrichter tough, because it looks cooler.