So I recently acquired a Flourish and because I love having a large variety in my gear, I've decided to upgrade it. For the life of me, though, I can't decide which upgrade path to take. I was wondering if some of you folks who use the Final Flourish, Furious Flamberge or Fearless F--Rigadoon could make a case for which weapon I should pick.
Relevant information:
-I already have the Barbarous Thorn Blade, which does identical damage to the Final Flourish with its normal attacks; the only difference is in the charge.
-I have no weapons which inflict fire, but I have the Sudaruska and Callahan, which inflict stun.
-Coolness value is an acceptable argument.
Relatedly, there's a fifty-damage-per-hit discrepancy between the status-inflicting lines and the Final Flourish; does anyone know if the Furious Flamberge regularly makes this discrepancy back with fire damage? Also, can the status lines inflict their statuses with regular attacks, or only with charge attacks?
The reasoning here: a piercing sword should kill quickly and viciously enough to not need a status.
Status lines can inflict statuses with regular combos; that's why they have lower raw damage.
Furious Flamberge's fire might make up for some of the lost damage, but it's a random chance of inflicting fire so don't count on it.
Also, Furious Flamberge is not recommended because fire-themed beast and fiend levels exist, which means that in some levels you'll be stuck with a nerfed version of the Final Flourish.