Destroyer Blade vs Arbalest

[Uscari]

I think the Destroyer Blade is better. 2400 damage on a wide projectile that can hit an infinite number of targets? It's like a mini-BFG shot every time you fire the level 3 blade. The best part? It only costs 50 ammo.

Plus the level 1 blade is a godsend for dealing with carcasses.

Arbalest is great for dealing with Pain Elementals and maybe doing a 1-cycle on Marauders, but I don't ever use it outside of those niche circumstances.

These are both good mods, but which do you think is better?

[DanySD]

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There's a big difference between something being very powerful in the right hands and something that is very powerful in anyone's hand.

Sure, but a learning curve alone enough to make something balanced?

Ideally, wouldn't you want all mods to be equally viable no matter how good at the game you were?

Well yeah but there is always gonna the mod that is just slighly better/more practical.

[MattCryptid]

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There's a big difference between something being very powerful in the right hands and something that is very powerful in anyone's hand.

Sure, but a learning curve alone enough to make something balanced?

Ideally, wouldn't you want all mods to be equally viable no matter how good at the game you were?

Sure, but the Ballista's mods aren't as far apart in power/utility to the same extent as the mods for Combat Shotgun, Heavy Cannon and Chaingun.

Destroyer Blade may be better but Arbalest isn't that far behind. It's mods are really well balanced against each other.

[chester]

I'd usually recommend Arbalest to first time players, but Destroyer Blade is definitely better. Just takes more skill to use effectively than most mods

[Uscari]

Side note: Do you guys ever use the level 2 blade for anything? I've noticed it staggers whiplashes, but generally I only use it when I attempt a level 3 blade and need to get out quicker than I expected.

[Mortimer Reed]

I used to use Arbalest more but now I like DB better.

[DanySD]

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Side note: Do you guys ever use the level 2 blade for anything? I've noticed it staggers whiplashes, but generally I only use it when I attempt a level 3 blade and need to get out quicker than I expected.

I sometimes do if it's a group of fodder or heavies that I've already damaged.

[Grampire]

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Side note: Do you guys ever use the level 2 blade for anything? I've noticed it staggers whiplashes, but generally I only use it when I attempt a level 3 blade and need to get out quicker than I expected.

Works great on packs of shield soldiers, and that happens a lot in some of the master levels.

[chester]

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Side note: Do you guys ever use the level 2 blade for anything? I've noticed it staggers whiplashes, but generally I only use it when I attempt a level 3 blade and need to get out quicker than I expected.

Level 2 blade is good for insta killing turrets. And as Grampire said, it works great on packs of shield soldiers and carcasses

[MrXBX]

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I think the Destroyer Blade is better. 2400 damage on a wide projectile that can hit an infinite number of targets? It's like a mini-BFG shot every time you fire the level 3 blade. The best part? It only costs 50 ammo.

Plus the level 1 blade is a godsend for dealing with carcasses.

Arbalest is great for dealing with Pain Elementals and maybe doing a 1-cycle on Marauders, but I don't ever use it outside of those niche circumstances.

These are both good mods, but which do you think is better?

Arbalest is actually pretty great for combos because it hits twice, once when the projectile connect and again when it explodes. This frees you up to quickswitch to other weapons and deal massive focused damage. But like you said both are use and shouldn't be ignored.

[ragnarok]

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I'd usually recommend Arbalest to first time players, but Destroyer Blade is definitely better. Just takes more skill to use effectively than most mods

This. I'm still more used to the Arbelest, but the DB is a lot stronger. I still feel it's a small step back from the Gauss Gun from Doom 2016 though because I'm having a hard time using the DB without getting hit.