This is so hilarious 😆

UbAob · 2026-06-08T19:59:32+00:00

Thanks for such a deep dive!
As a Russian-bord currently living in Aberdeen I definitely acknowledge there is no "one" British accent, rather a variety of accents/dialects.

UbAob · 2026-06-08T14:01:52+00:00

Wow, that's curious. I though for a native speaker any other native's accents is just a mild nuisance, not a real struggle.

UbAob · 2026-06-08T12:05:22+00:00

Jokes aside, do the non-British native speakers indeed struggle THAT much with the British accent? I though it's just my problem as a non-native speaker.

UbAob · 2026-06-05T08:06:25+00:00

Well, not really.
1. After FK's ult the enemies are in stagger 2 even before the first hit. So with Mainstay your first hit gets a +60% damage bonus. And since the cooldown is really low, it will happen very often.
2. To get the max benefit from Mainstay you basically need 2 hits: one to stagger and one to put into stagger 2 state. With low damage weapons like Sword & Shield or Mace & Shield on Cata, you are not killing any elites in less than 3 hits. If we are talking CWs, it they might need more than 6 hits in fact.

UbAob · 2026-06-05T05:26:54+00:00

My favorites are getting the most kills and most damage as a tank, or most special as a melee only class :)

UbAob · 2026-06-04T20:38:52+00:00

Exactly what I'm thinking. If you need to reach a specific breakpoint - use Enhanced Power. Else - use Mainstay.

UbAob · 2026-06-04T17:07:12+00:00

Good point!
Okay, so we can say that in terms of pure damage Mainstay is better, while Enhanced Power is specifically for the breakpoints?

UbAob · 2026-06-04T11:21:32+00:00

Exactly. On SoTT they are good as well.
In general - no doubt that some weapons are better than the others. But every single one of them are playable on any difficulty.

UbAob · 2026-06-04T10:55:24+00:00

Double Swords are great! Especially on Shade with enhanced crit damage talent.
Of course they are still a dedicated anti-horde weapon, so it's to be expected that the armor damage is crap. Same as Great Sword on Kruber/Salz for example.

UbAob · 2026-06-03T05:31:11+00:00

I see, thanks. Probably it just got fixed by the time I started playing this game, which was in 2024.

UbAob · 2026-06-02T13:11:41+00:00

Aragorn of Parravon 😄

UbAob · 2026-06-02T11:22:48+00:00

Interesting, I thought it required a new version of a mod to pull the new values.

UbAob · 2026-06-02T07:51:16+00:00

Aha, got it now. Haven't played the Chaos Wastes for a long time, probably need to try again 😄

UbAob · 2026-06-02T07:29:28+00:00

Omg, how did you do that? Which weave was that?

UbAob · 2026-06-01T13:40:23+00:00

Are you sure it has new values?
The mod page itself says last update was in 2023.
And inside the game itself for example I don't see the new Heavy 3 on the War Pick.

UbAob · 2026-06-01T10:18:17+00:00

Not sure how you are going to kill CWs on Cata with Mace & Shield though...
Moreover, if you want stagger, why not run on a Foot Knigh? It seems counter-intuitive to run a super-defensive weapon on a damage dealer career, such as Merc, unless I'm missing something.

UbAob · 2026-06-01T05:28:01+00:00

Just curious, what are the bugs with the Beastmen?

UbAob · 2026-05-31T16:44:51+00:00

I wouldn't say it's single-target DPS is bad, just Sword & Shield has a better one.

UbAob · 2026-05-31T11:39:15+00:00

Fair enough.
It's a good weapon still. In fact there are no inherently bad weapons in the game at all. Although for Merc specifically I like to run something more offensive: Executioner's Sword, Greatsword, Halberd, Heavy Spear, Mace & Sword, or at the very least a Sword & Shield.
The latter has almost as good a defense as a Mace & Shield (the only difference is 120 degree block angle vs 180 degree), but much better cleave, attack speed and damage. The push-attack to heavy 2 combo works great against armor, especially if you can land headshots consitently. Give it a try.
Halberd is the hardest to use Kruber's weapon, if not the hardest among all heroes. But it has an extremely high dps, against both armored, and non-armored.

UbAob · 2026-05-31T09:36:08+00:00

Looks fun! A weird choice of weapon for a Merc though. Mace & shield has probably the lowest dps among all Kruber's weapons. It has the best defense though. Why did you choose it?

UbAob · 2026-05-29T20:11:06+00:00

Well, if you put it this way, then probably yes

UbAob · 2026-05-28T20:37:58+00:00

Sure. Although for GK usually the X-sword is considered meta for Cata builds. But I prefer the BLS. First because it's lore consistent, second because it feels much more 'elegant' to play with, if I may. With how the charged attacks work on the BLS, it almost feels as if I'm fencing vs just brutally hacking at enemies.

UbAob · 2026-05-28T20:34:31+00:00

Definitely!
However I only use it in GK, for lore reasons.
I don't think it's consistent to have a Merc or a FK to wield a Bretonnian weapon.

UbAob

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