weapon augmentation

[Light]

what is the best augments for longsword / sword and shield / charge blade and the bow? I use these weapons and im wondering which augments would be best for each, thanks

[Wicked]

Usually health augmentation on every weapon except bow, lbg and hbg.

Health because it allows you to keep up Peak Performance and you'll need to use less often potions.

It's not worth it on range weapons because you won't benefit much, the health you're getting back is peanuts.

[Your Mom's Oshi]

As long as your build can get to 100 affinity with wex use health augments on anything but guns. Otherwise use affinity.

[Tregrenos]

Probably not so much for the Bow, but for everything else you listed Health Augment should be top priority. Attack/Affinity is secondary and situational based on the gear and deco you have access to as well as the general stats of the weapon. Defense doesn’t factor into anything and if you’re using a Kulve weapon you’re already getting a defense bonus.

[StormhawkV]

If your build uses Peak Performance go with a health augment. Then ask yourself if your build needs an affinity augment to reach 100% affinity. If not it's between health and damage. Ask yourself if the additional damage uptime from a health augment would be better than the additional damage from a damage augment. Yes => health, no => damage.

Health augments are stronger on heavy hitters and weaker on light or ranged weapons. On a Spread HBG it's totally useless but for a Lance it's a must have as you take small amounts of damage when blocking attacks and you can't heal yourself without sheathing your weapon first. Afaik the Lance is also the only weapon where the additional slot is useful as many Lance builds need extra space for Ironwall decos.