Executioner Sword nerf?

[Cortex]

Before the patch, I could reliably one shot maulers with a power attack headshot(an example), post patch, I can't do that anymore, so if it takes two slow power attacks to do what it used to do. Is there a point in using it over the warhammer anymore?

(also yes i realize everyone loves the halberd but i like the exec sword and warhammer better)

[Medusahead]

All weapons have had their damage and cleave reduced.

[Cortex]

Originally posted by Medusahead:

All weapons have had their damage and cleave reduced.

I figured, is the exec sword worth running at all anymore over the warhammer?

[Horoai]

Originally posted by Cortex Σ:

Originally posted by Medusahead:

All weapons have had their damage and cleave reduced.

I figured, is the exec sword worth running at all anymore over the warhammer?

Yes of course it is. Halbert and Executioner sword are among the best melee weapons in the game.

[Kitten: No Longer Donkey-Maxxing]

Which difficulty, class and stats are you running?

[Medusahead]

Critical headshots have had their damage increased by a massive amount so If you run crit + crit power you might be able to compensate in terms of damage, but since it's a slow weapon with a low base crit chance I have no idea how effective a crit build would even be. You could also try using power vs but that only increases your damage by a very small amount.

I haven't fully tested kruber yet since the patch but if I was in your position it sounds as if I'd go back to using the 1h sword.

[Rog]

dont understand that range can 1 shot everything and as a melee fighter that has it harder to fight because you go close combat, you cant 1 shot with executioner sword that does +headshot damage, you get no reward for close combat its stupid...

[Laserfrog]

Exe sword is still worth it as a horde-mower. Going for headshots on the horizontal swing can 1-shot horde mobs even at higher difficulties, and with its phantom swing issue resolved it reliably cleaves though just about everything in its way, though you do have to compensate for its much shorter range compared to the halberd.

The overhead is still as slow and clunky as ever, but yeah, the power scaling changes might have pushed you behind some breakpoints. Try grabbing some +crit and +crit power to compensate if you feel like you're lagging too much behind. It also still cuts sizable chunks out of boss HP, so even if you do less damage to the boss overall, you can use it to burst DPS and draw aggro off your squishier party members.

[765]

I don't know whether atk speed got nerfed too, but the Executioner is one of those weapons that feel pretty inferior now.
There is such a high risk for using the overhead, that not 1shotting armored enemies seems to make it a little pointless over the other weapons.