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How many people have a Glacius and love using it?

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Thagx

If you have a Glacius and you love using it, just post here. I want to get an idea how many people use a Glacius. I mostly see people with a Combuster or Voltedge.

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Grandfatherclock
I love mine. Bring it

I love mine. Bring it everywhere where there are constructs or undead even slightly involved.

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Hexzyle

I don't mind my Glacius, but I prefer to use the one that deals stun.

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Krakob

It's my favourite Brandish along with Iron Slug but it's sadly not top of the line so in really tough situations I don't bring it.

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Boneblinder
The Glacius doesn't get the

The Glacius doesn't get the recognition it should, as it isn't as "powerful" as all the other Brandish line's. Most people want more DPS, which Glacius isn't so good at because of it's status which is freeze. Though freeze does help in many other ways-

It is good for Vana as it keeps the Slag's held in place, so they don't jump at us.
It gives you more time to charge by keeping the Slag's held in place, as that they cant damage you.
Bonus is that when the freeze breaks, it does damage too.

From all the Brandish line's my rating would be-

1. Voltedge
2. Glacius
3. Acheron
4. Combuster

I do have a Boltbrand, which I really like. I have my Glacius and Blitz as my main Vanaduke weapons. So Glacius is my favourite.

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Bopp
obligatory

I have a sword guide with a comparison of the elemental brandishes.

Yes, I have Glacius. I got it before Combuster. I prefer Combuster by a wide margin.

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Boneblinder
@Bopp

So what would be your rating from 1-4. (I rated all the swords on #4)

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Krakob

If I know Bopp right she'll say

1. Acheron/Combuster, since the two can't quite be compared
2. Voltedge
3. Glacius

But that's just my guess, based on his frequent posts on the forums ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's also my opinion in terms of damage dealing, because it's objectively correct unless you're rolling EV+Brandish, in which case you might outdo Combuster with a Voltedge.

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Thagx
Bopp is a "she"?

Bopp is a "she"?

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Hexzyle

HexZyle loves how easily people can be confused or surprised by, or just downright believe the use of particular pronouns. Even if there is a contradiction in a post between two different gender pronouns describing the same person, many people will single out the female pronoun as odd, rather than identify the conflicting pronouns as odd.

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Krakob

Bopp is an anonymous user and about half of the world's population are female, why would we assume that she's a man?

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Jessecho
hmm

I use the Glacius line all the time. Combuster seems better for highly experienced knights who just want the highest DPS, but personally, I'd rather have a crowd control weapon, and I'd recommend Glacius to new players as their first 5* elemental Brandish, or Voltedge if they are hardcore Lockdown players.

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Krakob

Combuster offers good crowd control as well, using knockback instead of status to control enemies. It's arguably more predictable and thus safer. An issue one might face while using Glacius is that if you don't have enough damage on it and play in a big group and/or on a high difficulty the charge won't interrupt, leading to enemies hitting you in the face if you use your charge on them point blank.

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Fehzor

When I first crafted glacius I was super impressed and it became my new go-to weapon for everything. Not so much any more.

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Hawksteel
Good, but there are better

I first crafted a Voltedge, but ended up selling it for a pretty decent price and ended up with a Glacius instead. I think the Voltedge's shock offers enough lockdown against monster crowds, while also doing damage. The Glacius rarely actually does freeze damage because you will want to use the time to unleash another charge, and waiting for the freeze damage to apply is no fun.
If you can position yourself well there is really no need for the Glacius. It does help set up for a lot of things but other Brandish variants are more efficient.

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Holy-Nightmare
......

I have an Obsidian edge and that is the brandish I use, if I want to kill undead or construct I use my Divine Avenger.

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Bopp
since you asked

As Holy-Nightmare points out, people have been forgetting Obsidian Edge in their ratings. My ratings would be

E1. Combuster
E2. Voltedge (only slightly behind Combuster --- as Lilla-Gumman points out, it might sometimes outshine Combuster)
E3. Glacius

S1. Acheron
S2. Obsidian Edge (only slightly behind Acheron --- in parties it might outshine Acheron by spreading poison actually)

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Thagx
I don't really like Obsidian

I don't really like Obsidian Edge too.

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Krakob

Damn I'm good!

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Boneblinder
Good with what?

Good with what?

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Krakob

See post #7.

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Coreonn

Good with the ladies *cough cough*

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Magnum-Frost
-GENERIC SUBJECT LINE-

*stumbles in*
*hiccups*

I never go anywhere without my easy-peasy-swing-n-freezy.

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Poothis
*Raises Hand

Ooh ooh pick me! Glacius was my first brandish due to it being blue. Great reason right? It's also my highest leveled one, so it gets more love.

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Midnight-Violet
Oops!

Glacius for a long while was my go-to 5* Sword, even before it got the charge attack buff ages ago. I switched over to Combuster since one of the guildies was trying to get a Brandish with CTR VH and ASI Med on it, and happened to give me a spare CTR Med Brandish from it. Combuster took that spot as most used sword for many situations. Glacius is good, but I do like being able to push more enemies back (occasionally) and do more damage, even if it doesn't inflict the status (as in the case of FSC.)

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Holy-Nightmare
@ Bopp

They also forgot the Cautery Blade..... the poor weapon that was abandoned by OOO sooner than all the other unfinished gear lines....

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Boneblinder
@Magnum-Frost and Poothis.

@Magnum-Frost

Me too :D

@Poothis

Same :)

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Hennils
4xGlacius -> FSC -> instant killing of entire waves

I'll make my ranking as if all them would have the same damage type:

  1. Pure Damage (Acheron):
    The damage value of Acheron is simply too strong. Actually it should be nerfed, but i also like using it in its overpowered state.
  2. Poison (Obsidian Edge):
    The damage increase against poisoned enemies and reduction for damage they deal is great. Unfortunately Obsidian Edge doesn't see much light since it is outclassed be Acheron.
  3. Freeze (Glacius):
    Freeze effect on its own is very neat for controlling enemies. But its potential lies in my opinion in the ability to line up charge attacks of multiple knights against the same cluster of enemies to deal massive damage, because they stay at the same spot; this does require some teamplay though.
  4. Fire (Combuster):
    Fire simply adds a fair amount of damage here and there and a strong knockback.
  5. Shock (Voltedge):
    Shock has the advantage of interrupting enemy attacks, but has the huge drawback that enemys become unpredictable and uncontrolable.

If there would be a pure damage or poison elemental Brandish, that one would win the race quickly, but since there isn't, Glacius and Combuster are what to choose from.

  • If you know your team and can work together with them, you can potentially deal the most amount of damage with Glacius. When fighting alone Glacius can most likely not reach the damage of Combuster, but with frozen enemies you shouldn't have to much to worry about anyway.
  • Combuster has the advantage that it is more comfortable to use since you gain room to move with the charge attacks. The drawbacks are less teamplay opportunities and cases in which you can endanger teammates through pushing attacking enemies to them, so be careful.
  • Voltedge may interrupt enemies with its first charge attack against these, but after that it sometimes pushes back, sometimes doesn't, sometimes let's enemies attack, sometimes interrupts them, sometimes allows you to push them where you want them, sometimes it does not. It is a total mess. Unfortunately many people believe it has to be better, simply because they need to play PvP to get it. (It would be a better choice for PvP though, if sword charging were a thing there.)

Personally i use Combuster more, since you can adapt to more situations with it. But if i know my other teammates are using Glacius too, i definitely go for that. I see Glacius as the superior one under the elemental Brandishs, but it can't reach its heights when disturbed by one of the other two.

I also recommend Glacius to new players since the freeze effect keeps enemies away, even when you don't actually think about controlling them.

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Boneblinder
@Hennils

I agree with Hennils.

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Hexzyle

If there would be a pure damage or poison elemental Brandish, that one would win the race quickly, but since there isn't,

Can you please tell me why?

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Holy-Nightmare
@ Hexzyle

Obsidian edge and Poison/elemental brandish would be the ultimate pair to give the middle finger to Gremlin menders. I would especially like the elemental one because it would have low damage to the gremlins thus giving them more time to aid me in killing their own poisoned machines.

FYI I despise gremlin menders so that is the reason I love the Obsidian edge so much (plus it has the coolest looking charge out of all the brandishes)

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Boneblinder
I've never tried Obsidian

I've never tried Obsidian edge. When the apocrean (sorry if I'm spelling it wrong) event came out, I was 3*. I had started playing after a 2 year break, so I really didn't know about the Obsidian edge. Im waiting for the next event to make it.

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Holy-Nightmare
@ Boneblinder

It's a moderately devastating weapon, it doesn't hit quite as hard as a Combuster or Acheron and its status doesn't offer the offensive utility of the Glacius or Voltedge but the poison it deals severely weakens enemy attacks and can make even a bad shield able to take hits much better.

Poisoned enemies also take extra damage and the Obsidian edge deals very nice damage to poisoned enemies, not quite Acheron levels but still very solid.

The best part is the healing reversal that the poison applies which trivializes menders in arenas and forces them to work for you.

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@Holy-Nightmare

Thanks.