Talk:Demon Great Machete/@comment-99.230.20.58-20130525175639/@comment-75.143.164.38-20170901173241

Any kind of weapon that sacrifices large amounts of damage, to be offset by a poison/toxin is really going to fall behind, in PvP and PvE. The Large Club is an exception to the rule, because it has poison and sacrifices very little damage for it, dealing nearly the same damage as the Great Club, and the Large Club can be enchanted with a poison resin to further supplement this.

Poison and toxin are largely insignificant in PvE as most things die before you can both apply the debuff, and for the debuff to tick enough to deal considerable damage. Also many bosses are immune to poison/toxin, thus hindering it even further. Which is why I really do not like the Gravelord Sword at all. It looks very cool though. And I enjoy using it sometimes when bored, but in practice. it isn't good.

Even in PvP it's easy to milk toxin build up by playing defensive, before the bar fills.