Sword inflicted freeze isn't very helpful unless you're soloing. The reason because it comes off in one hit. Shivermist will constantly freeze so long as monsters remain in the mist. If you want a Glacius, even a Combuster will do as well in FSC. Combuster is actually a viable choice as the new charge attack is comparable to the Divine Avenger charge, except there, the only drawback is that you don't apply the status effect on the Slags. The best Brandish there IMO is Voltedge, but that costs 300 Krogmo Coins. I'd say go for DA. The knockback is more useful than a freeze that thaws in one hit.

Think about it this way, how often will you be in a situation where there are lots of zombies in front of you, or you need to push back some zombies to make room for escape? I think DA is better when you solo, due to it being a "safer" sword because of its large knockbacks and the ability to deal massive dmg to crowds of stuff(which happens VERY often in FSC). Glacius is better for team use because it can be used as a support weapon, due to its long range aim-able high dmg dealing freeze, or as a dps wep to pick off and slags that the DA users may have knocked out of position.

I used both. If you use just the sword without electron vortex then go for DA, wide swing is really useful, also have a good charge attack with knock back that helps in some rooms. I don't think Glacius have better DPS when dealing with multiple enemies since it has narrow swing.
But everything changes if you have an electron vortex, see Velcro's post.

I must say I was a bit skeptical about getting a sealed sword and using it because I was planning on making BIG money out of selling it. I was convinced by a friend to try it out and I must say this works it's magic BEST in arenas. Step on the party button. One combo against the spawned group, 2 out of 3 silkwings dead. Another combo and the last silkwing and 2 zombies dead. One last combo, finish off the mob. :D I must agree with Bopp about the Divine Avenger being an extremely efficient weapon against large groups. I also have a shockburst brandish and I still use it for when a speedy attack is in need such as Candlelight Keep. Every effective by keeping those pesky spookats at bay with the charge explosions.

Brandishes aren't bad, but the DA just has a lot more crowd control potency. Zombies tend to herd together in large groups, so there you go.

@Fradow: I don't see how that disagrees with what I said. I was talking about its advantages compared to Glacius, which include its charge attack (which was far superior before the buff but now arguable) and its range, which is what allows it to hit more than one monster. Nowhere did I mention charge spamming.

Glacius! Why?

BECAUSE IT'S BLUE!

I take my combuster to FSC and spam charge Voltaic Tempest. I know, completely useless help :-D

Ultimately, take whatever you like more. Both are more than good enough to FSC. Both can dps multiple monsters at once (DA has the advantage though since I rarely do more than 2 at once and 3 is about the max with a combuster), and both have awesome charge attacks.

Oh, did Alynn mention it first? Well I obviously skipped a few posts then and missed that. :(

@Bopp/Fradow/Otaris (i'm not sure anymore):
In FSC both are perfectly viable. With my Bomber loadout I use Glacius, as it's quick without any ASi bonuses and compliments shiver nicely. With my Highlander loadout I take DA for the raw damage and wide swings, however I pretty much never use the charge attack of the DA.

DA's charge doesn't play well at all with Electron Vortex so my vote goes to Glacius.

@Elduderinoo

The problem with DA charge is that it's slow to charge, and thus doesn't have that great of a dps. You'll have better result by just using normal shots. Before the zombie nerf, it was not very recommended to do that because zombie were actually dangerous, but now that they don't turn while attacking and are SO slow, every competent swordsman can hit them without being hit. So if you want to rush FSC, 4 people swinging DA will be even faster than 4 people charging DA.

As for "most useful crowd control" ? I don't really agree. Shiver and VT are useful crowd control. DA push things back and thus can mess up your teamates dps. Not saying it's not useful or bad, but it's certainly not the "most" useful.

The thing is I don't like knockback as a crowd control. But I can certainly name another weapon which do the job way better : Valliance (although its damage is rather poor).

The problem with the charge time is that it's slow. You'll achieve a better dps by just swinging. Yes, it's safe, but my point is zombies in FSC don't require you to play safe.

I can do all FSC without ever charging my DA and still not need a ranged weapon apart from Blitz for trojans (which, really, I don't use as a gun as I'm at swing range of them ...). The key is to not push zombies in places that you'll not be able to reach them in the first place. You need to oriente your knockback.

For the room you are talking about, my strat is currently to activate all switch to have some room in the middle (shield bump zombies to go through), and then normal swing everything. It's way faster that way.

Personally, I dislike the DA charge. The buggy effect (although Bopp has explained that it's actually a deliberate restriction, I still feel it might as well be a bug) causes issue, the charge time is slow as hell even at +10 and the damage really isn't that great. The projectile damages are low and the KB effect is less reliable than regular swings, as is the dps.
I have vortexes/shiver for crowd control as well as predictable swing KB and a pull-effect on my gun, so I have very specific and high level of accurate, predictable control & damage. the DAs charge just isn't as reliable as the rest of my loadout, and if I really want to send stuff flying everywhere I'll just use the Suda charge; that's a real mans wild KB.

As for ranged attack..well, I carry a gun and bombs with my sword loadout, I'm never at a loss.

The damage of the actual swing is fantastic, but I should have been more clear that I was talkin' about the projeciles, which do little more than KB; the damage of the swing is nice and solid; I just don't worry much about that due to dps concerns plus a lack of interest in the projectiles.

Aye, buggy is unfair, but I don't trust it enough; I don't like a charge attack that changes based on what I'm doing.
However, as for unpredictable was about the way the KB affects mobs, not the predictability of whether or not you make it work correctly or not; again, I may not have been clear.
For that, it's the same as using the new brandish charges for KB in the sense that it can KB them a lot...or not so much. Sometimes the mobs get fully KBd, sometimes they sort of slip to the side and don't get fully KBd, and if they're moving to sides, are just far away enough or at an awkward angle, the proj's might miss.
Too many variables in the whole situation for me to feel that it's a reliable control technique when I could just vortex them exactly where I want them or drag them to my position etc; my other control methods are very specific and let me do exactly what I want; the DA charge is a bit too unreliable in terms of the specific amount of control I'm after.

As a general Elemental weapon: Divine Avenger.

For strictly FSC: neither. Combuster and Voltedge are both significantly better.

Exactly 2 year necro.

*Slow clap*