Something really important you forgot for the Messmer Axe: It actually has way stronger charged heavies than all other axes (higher motion values)! That alone makes it a viable alternative to the Warped Axe.
Yeah I missed that. It does make it more useful than a B tier. Edit: I just tested it out and compared to an 60 strength warped axe it only does roughly ~2% more damage. It makes it better but being that Axe heavies do poor stance I don’t value it that much.
The scaling for Cold infused is interesting too, for higher levels. Str/Dex/Int are all basically equal to each other, so if you have enough levels to scale all 3, the damage gets very high.
Yeah, highest range, good damage, skill does good damage, stance damage and stunlocks. Also as Youwy said it goes through even if you get stunned (and even if you die)
It's usually good as a combo tool. You CAN use it as just a solo axe but it gets a little boring. Goes great with Shields with the Guard Counter doing good Poise Damage enabling a fat Skill Usage or two. Also requires some INT into it so it can work as an Int build Slapstick.
Imagine if they didn’t give swift spear a unique moveset and put all that effort into making a unique dual weild axe moveset for the deathknight twin axe 😭
I’d rather they just copy and paste the winged knight axe moveset and the drang hammer moveset into this game than continue with whatever abomination of a moveset they created. Not only were the moveset good they also were insanely cool (especially the drang paired hammers).
No the Messmer Soldier Axe is not just niche. Its the best axe for charge attack builds. It has higher MV on Charged heavy attacks just like Alabaster Lords sword.
It only does about 2-3% more damage than a warped axe and that weapon is way better with light and skills which is more important with axes as you'll get higher DPS. Charged heavy builds are only useful if you have good stance damage which the axes unfortunately get straight sword stance. It does make the weapon better obviously and I did forget to mention it but it doesn't change the ranking much
buffs& heal spells (not regen) scale off your faith stat + the faith scaling of the seal youre using. The dragon communion aint ideal for heals or buffs, not the worst but still
Hold on. The blood grease is easy to make. Bloodroses are bought from the merchant in Moghwyn palace, while root resin can be bought with a bell-bearing from DLC.
@@terminally_phill3536 it’s almost as fast as a dagger in the off-hand but with much more posture/poise damage and attack damage. You can squeeze it into a lot of windows.
Side point about ice icerind, it's a dex weapon. No int needed to swing it, not sure how the skill works but if you want access to frost and an axe it's a decent option. Plus it swings pretty fast
Battle axe is the best weapon for rl1 wl0 runs without stat boosting, cause you can put lightning infusion on it, and it can do decent damage to status immune bosses
when powerstancing, each axe does let's say X damage per hit. If the axes each hit individually, then the powerstance combo does X damage per hit. If both axes hit at the same time, then the powerstanced combo does 2X damage per hit.
Because there is less chance of missing with one weapon and the animations are longer because you have to wait for 2 attacks instead of 1 attack that hit with both weapons
It's very unique due to that incredible str scaling as well. It's one of the few infusable weapons that performs really well on hybrid builds (str/fth or str/int) due to retaining a great str bonus.
Storm hawk axe saved me a few times whipping it out quick, when getting beat up by imps. It's a great alternative if you don't have stormcaller equipped on another weapon
The Messmer Soldier Axe also has an innate charged heavy attack multiplier, at 80str heavy it deals more damage with the charged heavy than the warped axe.
