Talk:Black Knight Halberd/@comment-25950924-20150218135051/@comment-26048032-20150218204316

LONG COMMENT IS LONG. LOOooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOONG.

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"this weapon isn't worth levelling for". Seriously Mats?

You only need 35 Str/18 Dex to wield it, and +5, it still has a D/E scaling, meaning Dex is redundant in this weapon's damage bonus.As for the strenght scaling, this is not DS2, the bonus is dependent of the base damage, meaning a weapon with a high base damage like the BKH doesnt need a high scaling to shine.

The BKH has a UNIQUE moveset. No spin attack bullshit, but instead, a powerful overhead strike as the strong attack, one that is unique to the BKH. While the Lucerne's weak attacks 1h/2h are the same overhead attack as the BKH, it does NOT have a Follow-up attack, instead repeating the overhead strike over and over again. The BKH, like the Gargoyle's Halberd, has a left to right low sweep follow-up attack.

Comparing the Lucerne+15(which beneficiates HIGHLY from my Str/dex build with D/C) with the BKH+5 with a 52Str/46Dex build, the Lucerne has 275 base + 253 bonus= 528 damage. More than HALF of the bonus damage comes from the Dex scaling(D/C). While the BKH+5 has 367 base + 159 bonus= 516 damage.

The Lucerne+15 BARELY manages to overcome the BKH even though more than 25% of its total damage comes from the Dex bonus, which the BKH does not beneficiate from, And has a terrible moveset.

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As for the Gargoyle's Halberd+15, 287 base+ 237 bonus= 525 damage with a (strongD/averageD) scaling, meaning about 20% of the total damage comes from my 46Dex.

While the BKH = 516 WITHOUT the help of the 46Dex (D/E scaling).

As for the moveset, Weak attacks are the same as the BKH, though it does not share the unique powerful overhead strong attack of the BKH, instead doing a 2 spin attack.

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Also, the BKH has 150% the durability of other halberds(Except Giant's) at 300 durability.

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THOUGH i must give it to you that the WEIGHT of the BKH is more than DOUBLE that of the Lucerne( 5.5 units) or the Gargoyle's(6.0 unit) at a quite heavy weight of 14.0 units.

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Overall, for a Str build, and even for a Str/Dex build, the BKH has more STYLE, a better, more reliable MOVESET, better OVERALL DAMAGE, and is not dependent of its SCALING, meaning a 35Str/18Dex character still has about 85% of the total potential damage of the BKH, while other halberds rely more heavily on STAT BONUS.

Only downside is the weight, of course.

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So, has anyone something to say?

NEF