Messer VS Longsword?

[waldo]

Which is better?

[Brother Frank]

They're both good, messer has more slashing damage but its stabs aren't that great, while the longsword is good all around with a bit less slashing but more piercing.

[Cool Detective]

Originally posted by hi how are you:

Which is better?

Longswords R allows it to smash armour, Messer allows for use with a shield

[Brother Frank]

Originally posted by Cool Detective Geza:

Originally posted by hi how are you:

Which is better?

Longswords R allows it to smash armour, Messer allows for use with a shield

Only on headshot, otherwise you'll kill them in the same amount of hits, but you lose any sort of cleave. Mordhau grip is extremely disappointing.

[Caramel_Clown]

I get murdered by messers so easily for some reason. They are tricky to parry, and I don't understand why.

[ÐåŕķMệşşịäħ]

Doesn't matter which. It all comes down to your skill with that weapon and how good you are at using feints, morphs, parries, and ripostes.

And longswords do more stab damage then a messer and has longer reach. While messers do more swing damage.

[TotallynotaBot]

Originally posted by Caramel_Clown:

I get murdered by messers so easily for some reason. They are tricky to parry, and I don't understand why.

This.

There timing is different from most other weapons.............I think.

[kak]

messer is better easily.

[Caramel_Clown]

Plus messer is just cool. Longsword is just a basic ♥♥♥♥♥ of swords. Messer looks like a brutal chopper. Real decapitation machine :D

[Abacus]

I like a medium messer. I also have one with 2/3/2 that is good with breaking lines and pushing back the enemy.

A targe is a good shield and It works well in frontline with a messer.

Longsword is a good weapon, the biggest mistake is people thinking it is like a Great sword aka Executioner, Great, and Zwei.

Longsword has a good stab and a very quick overhead for it's size.. where messer, I feel is better at tandem slashes and actually plays more like a greatsword with Faaaar less reach.

Think of a Longsword as a standard Two-hander (bastard is it's own thing.) with far less reach then the "Greats" and a little less power, but faster swings, and an excellent overhead.

[Abacus]

Originally posted by Caramel_Clown:

I get murdered by messers so easily for some reason. They are tricky to parry, and I don't understand why.

Real messer treatise have a style you can pull off in the game of this left and right tandem swinging.

It's almost a dance, and it one of my favorite (smaller) weapon for decapitations (for some reason MY maul is weaker then everyone else)

[Admiral Obvious]

I think the reason people struggle with parrying the messer is the fact that the user can change the speed of their swing with the push of a button. You've got two modes of speed with the messer, and it's basically a giant falchion designed to cleave people.

The longsword is a good universal utility weapon, and goes well with any build, and works for pretty much every player. If you're good at fishing for headshots, the Mordhau grip is amazing.

[FatCatAttack]

There's a rumor that longsword will get nerfed next patch so probably the messer.

[Hammerjack]

Originally posted by FatCatAttack:

There's a rumor that longsword will get nerfed next patch so probably the messer.

I heard that its getting a 25 milli second nerf

[Admiral Obvious]

Originally posted by Low IQ Crusader:

Originally posted by FatCatAttack:

There's a rumor that longsword will get nerfed next patch so probably the messer.

I heard that its getting a 25 milli second nerf

Possibly, though that would bring it extremely close to the Greatsword in terms of speed.

[Jeor Mormont]

Longsword for duels where you utilize stabs frequently.

Messer for winning 1vX in Frontline, Team Deatchmatch or Skirmish.