Weapon question (Unchained)

[WhoStoleMyNachos]

What pairings have you guys found work well? I'm currently using Flamesword+Fireball on her, but I never bothered to unlock Crowbill, and am thinking about trying out Crowball+Conflag, so it worth it or just stick with Flamesword (don't have WoM, flail is out of the question)

[Zhou Yu]

Since you can’t use the flail, I’d suggest the normal sword. It’s got great cleave and can reliably hit heads far better than the flamesword. I would also suggest this for Pyromancer as well due to the easy crits allowing it to hit as hard as Unchained. I stick with the fireball staff because you can easily keep heat up by just holding onto a charged ball whilst also having a nice bit of ranged chunky damage for groups.

[Medicles]

Edit: Just saw you cant use flail.

Then flamesword is sufficient, same as crowbill.

[Fudman_OhTu]

dagger + bolt staff is the best combo imo

dagger does huge damage at 5 stacks, nets a ton of THP and can deal with armor pretty well, unlike the flame sword.
bolt staff for quickily 1 shotting every elite and special and for quickily building up over charge for that sweet sweet melee damage bonus,

[Step Sis Proof Appliances]

Crowbill and Mace are both nice on her. The swords are okay, but I like the two I mentioned first better (just my opinion). I personally like all of the staffs on her except for beam just depends on how I'm feeling or what role needs to be covered. Fireball is probably the most well rounded staff for her on all her classes. It isn't terrible against armour (Bar Cw), has good crowd control and does good boss damage.

[RNG_Wizard]

I suggest any pairing of weapons that gives you a good combination of horde clear and armor damage, so that you're able to tackle any situation. Or, if you know teammates have you covered in certain aspects, build around them. If you have a shade or slayer, you don't need to worry about armor as much, if you've got a mercenary or zealot, hordes are lower priority, etc



Melee
Regular sword - Excellent horde clear, simple attacks, mediocre armor damage
Mace - Good but clunky horde clear, good armor damage with simple, easy to use overheads
Fire Sword - Best horde clear of Sienna's melee options, poor armor damage, complicated
Dagger - Good horde clear, utility with cheap pushes, mobility, bleed, alright armor damage
Crowbill - Basically no horde clear, excellent armor damage, very simple attacks
Flaming Flail - Alright horde clear, alright armor damage, some attacks ignore shields, simple



Ranged
Fireball Staff - Excellent horde clear, easy to use attacks, useless against heavy armor
Flamestorm Staff - Best horde clear in the game, capable of staggering armor but no damage
Bolt Staff - Variable horde clear, wipes out lines of enemies. Best armor damage of all staves
Beam Staff - Good close range horde clear, good against lighter armor, hitscan with high heat
Conflagration Staff - Basically just fireball but it functions a bit differently, it's a sidegrade




My personal favorite combo is Fire Sword and Bolt Staff, but those are also my two favorite weapons and they just so happen to work very well together. So basically, I'm biased.

Flamesword and Fireball will shred through hordes and be decent against bosses, specials, and elites, but you'll struggle against chaos warriors. Both of these choices have excellent horde clear and lighter armor damage though, so the only thing you'll be afraid of will be chaos patrols. The Flamesword can deal with them using a few combos, but it's will take a very long time to kill them. They've got at least 150 hp, and your attacks will do ~20 damage on your armor piercing hits which are roughly every other swing.

Crowbill and Conflag could be interesting. You'll shred through armored enemies one at a time with the crowbill without any worries, the m1 on the conflag can easily take care of specials, and the m2 on the conflag can clear hordes very well. It's a bit of a clunky combo, requiring you to keep hordes at bay to use your conflag thanks to the crowbill not being great when you've got a horde pressing down on you, but it should work if you can manage it properly or play off your teammates well.