Is there an objectively "best" weapon?

[AH-1 Cobra]

What does the most DPS of any weapon? I played SOTN, and in that game it was the Crissaegrim and the Alucard shield (buffed with shield rod, this was the highest). Anything in this game as good as either of those two weapons in SOTN?

Also looking for recommendations for shards. Pretty sure the dullahan heads are the best in the familiar slot, but what about the others?

[AH-1 Cobra]

Originally posted by Pyoom:

Rhava Velar

It's just the crissaegrim lol

I found a weapon that had an identical attack animation, but it was more like a cucksaegrim. Are you talking about like an ultimate version of the one I found from a drop?

[AH-1 Cobra]

Is Rhava Velar objectively the highest DPS weapon? Or is something better?

[dustin1280]

I think from an objective standpoint, an end game gun build /w diamond bullets will be the highest potential DPS.

But there are a LOT of weapons that rank fairly closely in end game.

High end shards are objectively better DPS then high end weapons though.

[Railto]

Originally posted by crimsonedge11:

Is Rhava Velar objectively the highest DPS weapon? Or is something better?

The one you found is the basic one the one pyoom is talking about is the upgrade which shoot 3-4 slashing waves with a single "Swing"

[AH-1 Cobra]

Can you spam shards without regard for MP cost? Is there a setup which allows that?

[Kazzfire]

yeah you get some glasses once you make every item that gives infinite mp

[AH-1 Cobra]

So it's like that item you get in SOTN that gives all the items infinite uses?

[Riger82]

The glasses come out of the chest that only appears when you've gathered 1 of every shard. Including the crafted ones.

As for weapons, I never found anything that came even close to the Eternal Blue in damage. I was swinging that thing two times a second for 900-1100 damage non-crit.
I have every yellow shard at rank 9, which includes two attack speed boosts.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Riger:

The glasses come out of the chest that only appears when you've gathered 1 of every shard. Including the crafted ones.

As for weapons, I never found anything that came even close to the Eternal Blue in damage. I was swinging that thing two times a second for 900-1100 damage non-crit.

Both Deathbringer and Ukanvasara trump Eternal Blue in practice.

[Hyperbog]

Eternal Blue + Greatsword Expertise maxed is ridiculous. With GE maxed you can equip something else and still benefit from the rank bonus. However, I've hardly swung Eternal Blue at all through my second run since Void Ray decimates everything on screen. It's insane, but also insanely fun.

[Riger82]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Originally posted by Riger:

The glasses come out of the chest that only appears when you've gathered 1 of every shard. Including the crafted ones.

As for weapons, I never found anything that came even close to the Eternal Blue in damage. I was swinging that thing two times a second for 900-1100 damage non-crit.

Both Deathbringer and Ukanvasara trump Eternal Blue in practice.

Not even close. I was using deathbringer for quite a long time before getting EB. EB wins in raw dps every time, unless the enemy is insanely weak to fire.

Originally posted by Hyperbog:

Eternal Blue + Greatsword Expertise maxed is ridiculous. With GE maxed you can equip something else and still benefit from the rank bonus. However, I've hardly swung Eternal Blue at all through my second run since Void Ray decimates everything on screen. It's insane, but also insanely fun.

I use Void Ray, as well as the light version of it for enemies resistant to darkness. I also use the 8-bit fireball at 9/9 for bosses, since it one shots even nightmare bosses in just one or two shots, unless they have 'phases'. For example, the train. I did way over its health pool in seconds, but it always has to get off one attack and will have one hit left no matter how much damage you do.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Riger:

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Both Deathbringer and Ukanvasara trump Eternal Blue in practice.

Not even close. I was using deathbringer for quite a long time before getting EB. EB wins in raw dps every time, unless the enemy is insanely weak to fire.

I will have to retest them, but I am near positive that they are very close in damage (slightly less) with the added effect of the slowdown from the elemental hit.

[DairunCates]

Originally posted by crimsonedge11:

Is Rhava Velar objectively the highest DPS weapon? Or is something better?

I mean, people think Crissaegrim is the strongest weapon in SoTN despite that not being true as well (even if we ignore that a maxed Muramasa can have 999 atk after 1 million swings). It's very likely not even close to the best, but people REALLY like seeing a lot of numbers.

Also, objectively is hard, because big one hit stuff doesn't matter if it kills in one hit and then you have stuff like the Encrypted Orchid which have a stun effect that makes it easier to keep hitting a boss.

Ultimately, it HEAVILY depends on your level and stats and what you're attacking.

[dustin1280]

That stun effect is the reason Ukanvasara > eternal blue

[Tower Dove]

I really think that everything is overtuned. I ended the game using a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 2 hands that synergize with the pictures skill(the one that levitates portraits around the character) so I could finish hardest mobs after they get bumped by the hit of me running mindlessly into them.

For bosses, I killed everything using bunny kick in just 1 spam without trying to max the skill through stats, I grinded 0 stats and still oneshoting last boss phases... It was almost obnoxious. Every boss died the same through a flurry of bunny girl kicks...