Pike is for noobs

[Brax]

The sickle does more damage per swing, AND attacks faster - the only thing the pike has going for it is knockback against compy sized attackers and a slight range advantange against - you guessed it, compys dilos and pegos.

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you ever tried a sword... noob?

[Dolomite83]

Then we need an hammer too, dualwieldable with the sickle, to become the ultimate communist warrior

[Brax]

Originally posted by Banaan:

you ever tried a sword... noob?

sword is really slow - slower than pike with lower range and about the same knockback. sickle still has much higher DPS and you can still hold a sheild in off hand

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lol sword is slow... how often you wanna continue hitting that 150 rex after killing it with 10 swings of the asc sword youre wielding?????

[Brax]

Originally posted by Banaan:

lol sword is slow... how often you wanna continue hitting that 150 rex after killing it with 10 swings of the asc sword youre wielding?????

I'm just saying, if a sword takes ten swings that's like 50 seconds - with an ascendant sickle it would be thirty

[Brax]

Also not for nothing, the pike weighs 10 units of weight while the sword weighs 5, sickle weighs only two. It does more damage than the pike per swing but less than the sword, but is also much faster than both. If there was a measure of DPS per pound carried the sickle would be better than a rocket launcher

[ttv/thealangator]

Early game. Official rates. Pike is a lot better for a early player with lower HP and lower threats. 50 metal ingots can be a lot for a noob on a beach!

[Diablerie]

The pike has been my companion since the early days, before there was even a sickle, and it's pretty much gonna stay that way. Mostly because using a gardening tool as a weapon looks stupid.

[CLM]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=860832414

When I was using this before nerf I didn't feel like a noob.

[Jik]

Hey, my Therizinos do more Damage, Attack rapidly fast and can collect nearly everything you Like, Fiber, Meat and such, and it can carry a bunch of Pikes, win win

[🦊 Hermit]

This thread got me curious, so I booted up my game, crafted a training dummy and tested the weapons out. All of them were primative, with 100% weapon damage, and no melee leveled on my character. Here's the results:

Sickle

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=888807301

Sword

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=888807311

Pike

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=888807323

Hatchet

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=888807338

Pick

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=888807347

So while the sickle is better DPS than the pike, the sword is definitely the better choice for damage, as it is considerably more powerful in both single attacks and DPS. In fact the sword does almost as much damage in a single hit as the sickle does DPS.

Also, interestingly, the hatchet is the same DPS as the pike, although shorter range.

[lammaer]

Well done bro: I like your scientific approach and the victory of science over the big mouthed "noobers"... :)

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just what i said... i always run arround with asc. sword if i f.e. do pearl farming on scorched, nothing ever was able to stand my sword...
sickle... lol...

put that asc. sword in the hand of a high lvl mantis and you can kill deathworms with it, add asc. saddle too and you can chainfarm horns with that mantis xD

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by szabferi:

Well done bro: I like your scientific approach and the victory of science over the big mouthed "noobers"... :)

Watch him come in and tell that it is all false news and his sickle still does more dps then the sword ;)

But I feel something is wrong if a gardening tool like the sickle can do more dps then the pike which only purpose is combat.

[Cthulhu's Ice Cream Truck]

Originally posted by Dolomite83:

Then we need an hammer too, dualwieldable with the sickle, to become the ultimate communist warrior

Solid gold.