Which is better? Scythe VS Sickle?

[Ka'shurio]

I am deciding which one I should upgrade using my research points, but am not sure which is better.

Which one do you guys think is better?

[nosferatu's blood bag]

Easily the Sickle.

[YOPG]

Sickle.

[The Dude]

None of them.

[St0rmFury]

Sickle

[Grey Paint]

Sickle is effective midrange and long range.

Scythe is effective mostly at long range.

Trident is a short range and mid range multishot laser gun (like a shotgun).

las-98 like the scythe is effective vs illuminati and non-armored enemies.
count as a heavy weapon.

Tanto is a short range miniversion of scythe, shoots fast and can be held in one hand.
good when you have to carry objects.

[HealBotMkII]

Sickle, as I've heard, deals more damage but with less total fire time. Scythe gets less power but more fire time. I am personally fond of the Sickle because of the more damage factor, but if you want longer uninterrupted fire, ho for th Scythe.

[Cockpuncher]

Sickle - it's the best weapon in terms of accuracy and manouverability. Also quite powerful when you know when to shot single and when in bursts. Very versatile weapon. Besides versatility, it shines in clearing off-screen patrols and helping teammates (always perfect accuracy and cannot kill a helldiver with single shot).

[Agent Graves]

Tanto is best. Tanto is perfect.

But regarding your question: you'll probably get more mileage out of the Sickle.

The Sickle is basically a laser-powered assault rifle. It is very reliable and does good damage to most targets, it does, however, overheat very quickly (compared to the Scythe) so you will always need to keep a close eye on your heat-meter during combat.

Personally, I find the Sickle to excell against Bugs and Cyborgs, but lacking against Illuminates; I often find myself unable to deal with multiple Illuminate Watchers (due to their shields), but if you use a KBM-configuration and/or if your aim is generally very precise then you might fare better with the Sickle than I do (I play on gamepad, btw).

The Scythe is a long-range weapon and it should be considered more of a laser-powered Sniper Rifle. Aiming is slow and damage is only high if the fire is sustained on the target. The weapon is, IMO, better against the Illuminates than the Sickle and also very strong against Bugs, especially their scout units. The Scythe definitely suffers against Cyborgs because it is unable to quickly eradicate their patrols and it is also massively underpowered against the Butchers.

One thing to note about the Scythe when fighting Cyborgs:

Unlike the Sickle and Trident it is entirely possible and viable to hurt Hulks from behind as well as hurt Warlords with the Scythe - the same goes for the other laser-beam weapons, Tanto and LAS-98.
Just like most other primary weapons in the game, the laser-pulse weapons Sickle and Trident do no damage to Warlords, so this is something entirely reserved for the Sniper Rifles and the laser-beam weapons (well, and some of the exotic weapons such as Scorcher, Dum Dum and Obliterator).

TL;DR: Sickle. Good allround laser-weapon. But don't dismiss the Scythe (or Tanto), because they can do things that the Sickle can't.

[Vamandrac]

The Sickle is the better between the two for sure.

[Noble Ten]

I've found the Sycthe to be down right bad, but pretty decent if playing on easy missions. Well thats obvisou since you get more time to walk in the park. If you want to use a laser beam, bring out the heavy laser instaed, its pretty decent, but a little slow on aiming. You can hurt shields and warlords with it.

I like the Trident but I been using the Tanto recently and I been liking it. I dont have the Sickle to test it

[Struggle Bus]

Tanto can also cut up Warlords pretty good. Two helldivers strafing a Warlord with Tantos is a hell of a sight.

[Struggle Bus]

oh, and as for upgrading. Sickle and Trident first, then Tanto. Don't get too locked into the energy weapons though. The Arsenal is huge and there are a lot of benefits to the other guns as well. Especially if you are the RARE type that actually tries to flesh out the weak points of the team with your loadout.

[V0lcanF1re]

Struggle Bus の投稿を引用：

oh, and as for upgrading. Sickle and Trident first, then Tanto. Don't get too locked into the energy weapons though. The Arsenal is huge and there are a lot of benefits to the other guns as well. Especially if you are the RARE type that actually tries to flesh out the weak points of the team with your loadout.

if you know control the HEAT on auto fire, so without reload is great.
each energy bullet hit can be disaster to the enemy.

can you recommend for none energy weapons to use that are good and not ammo waste or high miss change?

[Vamandrac]

The Justice is an excellent assault rifle once fully upgraded as it has armor pen and good rate of fire.