Did brand got a buff in DE?

[Calculus]

Or is it still completely underperforming for it's price?

[Karsh Highwind]

Went from 18/18 to 20/20 so a slight buff.

I believe it's the 4th or 5th strongest sword in the game in terms of damage numbers at 40 combined. There are a couple 40 damage 1h swords however, but they are almost all exclusive to the Three Brothers DLC, so take that as you will.

For how early you could acquire it, with enough funding of course, it's a very powerful weapon.

Up to you if you think the money is worth it or not.

[Nerevar]

since geps blade 1handed got buffed aswell (to 22/22 from 18/18 which is the biggest buff of any weapon in the DE) and that one is FREE and available at gamestart without any fighting needed brand is still not worth it. as ether dmg is just better than frost overall and geps has the added beneift of area dmg AND its ether dmg ignores blocking on enemies and its also 20% faster than brand.

its just no contest when compared directly.

brand is still a good weapon but the hefty pricetag makes it sadly not super good.

before someone argues "but brand debuffs its own dmg" yes. but it inflicts PAIN. as a 1 handed sword that thats the worst debuff your weapon can have. why? PUNCTURE 1handed sword skill applies pain at a 100% rate and has 10 seconds cd. thus all 1 hand swords have access to pain by default. thus fully useless.
chill is the only real benefit brand has therefore. but that doesnt make up for the all other stuff compared to geps.

it also doesnt help that the bottle in levant got more expensive with the DE.

there is just better 1hand swords.

and people need to also learn that SPLIT dmg type weapons are worse than PURE dmg type weapons especially when it comes to elemental dmg. so brands actual dmg isnt 40. its only 40 on paper. but in reality is always less as alot of enemies have higher phys resistencen than elemental resistence in this game. nearly all enemies have atleast SOME phys defense thus lowering your dmg. meanwhile a ton of enemies have ZERO or negative elemental resistence to certain elements.

[Luxinae]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

and people need to also learn that SPLIT dmg type weapons are worse than PURE dmg type weapons especially when it comes to elemental dmg. so brands actual dmg isnt 40. its only 40 on paper. but in reality is always less as alot of enemies have higher phys resistencen than elemental resistence in this game. nearly all enemies have atleast SOME phys defense thus lowering your dmg. meanwhile a ton of enemies have ZERO or negative elemental resistence to certain elements.

Split damage are especially bad because there isn't armor sets that increase both physical and elemental at the same time. I was really hoping for a new DLC that would add this kind of armors. So you are stuck with increasing damage of half your weapon or increasing both but with a much lower rate.