I've used the Sudaruska as my first, and main weapons since I started the game many years ago.
I don't understand why the Divine Avenger has a faster melee speed and more damage compared to the Sudaruska (and all it's variants are the same)
These heavy swords are probably the slowest in the game, the Sudaruska's charge does have a decent AoE, but as it may not look like, so does the Divine Avenger's swing during it's charge, but has less "range" in the initial swing since the Sudaruska gets thrown forward. The Divine Avenger's charge deals slightly less damage than the Sudaruska, but with the projectiles it throws out, it can easily deal a bit more damage.
On top of being faster and dealing more damage, the Divine Avenger also deals some amount of Elemental Damage, which makes it even better against enemies that take + elemental. The Divine Avenger would deal less damage against Beast and Gremlin types, but it deals much more towards two other factions.
As much as I'd want to keep using my Sudaruska and Triglav, I can't help but feel bad that I could be handling much better with a slightly faster and higher damage weapon that works the same.
When I first started I wanted to stay spoiler free and didn't look up a single thing about the game, I liked the knockback of the Heavy Hatchet and thought it'd help protect me early on, the Sudaruska was the easiest available weapon to craft after. I didn't compare the Gran Faust in this since I'm unsure how much damage it deals in the long run with it's much faster swing speed and much less damage than the other swords.
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also they look cooler than the sealed sword line
come to think of it, sealed sword line hasn't gotten reskins but that's probably because they're bought with tokens from a boss or aren't from hall of heros.
I am caught up with using my normal damage weapons more often since I like them more and I'd feel bad if I crafted more gear and used them over my normal damage, rendering them fairly "useless" compared to weapons with different damage types that deal more damage to specific factions. This is my own problem and choice though.
I'd much rather use my CTR H Triglav and Amputator over my other crafted weapons, as I have many.
amputator also looks way cooler than the basic brandish line
but that's also just my opinion y'know
I also wonder if it's more worth using my CTR H Amputator over an ASI med Combuster, spamming charges against Undead & Construct enemies without the use of CTR Armor, perks or trinkets. I should max my Combuster since it is only level 5 compared to my maxed Amputator, and currently it does not deal all that much more damage tham my Amputator
I don't understand why the Divine Avenger has a faster melee speed and more damage compared to the Sudaruska (and all it's variants are the same)
Having more damage is a clear design choice; it's how the game rewards specialization. But I don't know why the Troikas have slower strokes than the Sealed swords. I agree that it's unbalanced and makes the Troikas worse than most other swords (although fun).
I didn't compare the Gran Faust in this since I'm unsure how much damage it deals in the long run with it's much faster swing speed and much less damage than the other swords.
Gran Faust does not have faster speed in regular attacks. The displayed stat bar is simply wrong. It has been wrong since the game launched. Also it does not have less damage on regular attacks. The charge attack is very slow and launches only one projectile, so I agree that it does less damage, if we ignore the curse effect. (For detailed study of sword speed and damage, see here.)
I am caught up with using my normal damage weapons more often since I like them more and I'd feel bad if I crafted more gear and used them over my normal damage, rendering them fairly "useless" compared to weapons with different damage types that deal more damage to specific factions. This is my own problem and choice though.
Right. You are ignoring how the game incentivizes knights to use non-normal weapons. But that's a fine personal choice, if you like the Troika play style or the aesthetics. :)
I also wonder if it's more worth using my CTR H Amputator over an ASI med Combuster, spamming charges against Undead & Construct enemies without the use of CTR Armor, perks or trinkets. I should max my Combuster since it is only level 5 compared to my maxed Amputator, and currently it does not deal all that much more damage tham my Amputator
I agree that CTR is better than ASI for a knight who spams Brandish charges. It's too bad that you've sunk so many resources into Amputator. On the other hand, Chaos armor would give your Combuster CTR+5, or even CTR+6 once it's at heat level 10. Yes, I would make the switch.