The best weapon is . . . . .

[Desert_Dweller]

the stinger. Hope this helps :)

[vine]

metal plated battle axe for me..
let's do this, fav weapons post, another one XD

[MacSuibhne]

Favorite ...St George long sword. Maybe not the 'best' but I like it above all the others. Beat Zoul with it.

[Castyles]

Bailiff's Mace for armored foes and Saint George's longsword for everything else.

Short swords and hunting swords suck. Axes are meh.

[DargonBlak]

For now, i'm with Vine on this one (the one with stab damage)

https://kingdom-come-deliverance.fandom.com/wiki/Metal-plated_battle_axe

I was loving this hammer for a while (beats all other "maces" for damage - just check ur stats), but it makes the game too easy (pounds through opponent's stamina quickly).

https://kingdom-come-deliverance.fandom.com/wiki/Heavy_warhammer

p.s. u can get the hammer as a drop from heavily armored folks at Skirmish sites - like Skalitz, and the path along the river from Sassau to Rovna. Really sucks when your opponent has one :)

[MF]

I'm with Vine on this one. So many benefits to axes. You get some of the benefits of maces, plus you can sharpen them and with the proper perks do additional stab and slash damage. Win win.

Kinda OP so lately I've been sticking to swords.

[MF]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Bailiff's Mace for armored foes and Saint George's longsword for everything else.

Short swords and hunting swords suck. Axes are meh.

Stinger is awesome. Repeatedly shoving that thing up someone's nose eventually kills them. Ditto St. George's longsword. Wicked stab damage which is my go-too when using a sword.

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by MF:

Stinger is awesome. Repeatedly shoving that thing up someone's nose eventually kills them. Ditto St. George's longsword. Wicked stab damage which is my go-too when using a sword.

I tend to use Hunting Swords for all the early Main Quests - any other weapon is simply OP until ur opponents are wearing better armor. 1-2 hit kills on most enemies (but i'm fairly strong/agile before i start main quest).

The Stinger has a very high Stab damage, and Stabs (jab) are quick and get through more often than Swings (just like unarmed combat).

So, you can jab the chest also, even for fully armored opponents, and will start doing enormous damage to their torso once you cause enough damage to armor.

[𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐲𝐫𝐞]

Longsword for me

[PafunaMT]

Longsword in general, St. George in particular - and a close second is the spiked metal-plated axe. Yeah, that one vine uses. Smashy smashy.

[Valfary]

I think that mace is the best if you only look at the damage output. However, the longsword is the funniest weapon to use, as you have a lot more combos and can use many playstyles.

[Castyles]

Anyone tried polearms? There's a mod that adds them to shops and as a skill, with perks and all.

[Valfary]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Anyone tried polearms? There's a mod that adds them to shops and as a skill, with perks and all.

They are extremely powerful, which is really accurate historically speaking. It can be fun to use but it trivialize the game a bit too much, and it doesn't fit so much with the gameplay.

[MacSuibhne]

Originally posted by Valfary:

They are extremely powerful, which is really accurate historically speaking. It can be fun to use but it trivialize the game a bit too much, and it doesn't fit so much with the gameplay.

Agree. I have trained quite a bit with Capt. Bernard in polearms and I've come to the conclusion that they aren't even fun (or interesting) to play with, although against someone with a polearm can be mildly challenging.

Bottom line, however, is that while Henry is wise to be proficient in all weapons, the polearm is for peasants and foot soldiers. Henry has his sights set a little higher... usually.

[2GenL]

balif mace - one shot anything if you hit well into the face
or
magdeburg longsword - love fighting with a longsword as this one looks best with the plate armour personally

Originally posted by Castyles:

Anyone tried polearms? There's a mod that adds them to shops and as a skill, with perks and all.

Which mod is this?

[PafunaMT]

Originally posted by Valfary:

Originally posted by Castyles:

Anyone tried polearms? There's a mod that adds them to shops and as a skill, with perks and all.

They are extremely powerful, which is really accurate historically speaking. It can be fun to use but it trivialize the game a bit too much, and it doesn't fit so much with the gameplay.

Ah, yeah, I concur bigly on that -

Let me quote myself from a long-dead thread -

Originally posted by PafunaMT:

Look, polearms were never meant to be 1v1 type weapons, they were best used in massed formations like the phalanx, square, or schiltron. There's a reason they are slow in game because they are very long and ungainly against just one guy.

And fast and nimble swordsmen were one of the counters against pikes, like the rodeleros of the famed Spanish tercio, because once they got in close, a guy holding what is essentially a very long tree limb was highly vulnerable to small, sharp pointed objects during close-in combat.

Next time you're up against a pikeman, take him down with a sword, any sword will do. You'll see what I mean.