I have been playing T1 LD as a guardian and am pretty good (from what I'm told), and it was suggested to me that I shouldn't use the Heavy Hatchet, but instead use the Thwack hammer. Any ideas here? What is the difference between the two?
T1 LD Heavy Hatchet or Thwack Hammer?
Fr, 05/31/2013 - 05:07
Fr, 05/31/2013 - 08:04
#2
Thwack Hammer stuns on the second swing, and Heavy Hatchet doesn't. If you can get a Thwack Hammer with ASI, it's absolutely worth it. Due to T1's longer fights, there are a lot more opportunities for status procs compared to T2/T3.
Fr, 05/31/2013 - 08:19
#3
You may have the asi high heavy hatchet that was given out as a prize for completing missions some 8-or-so-I-think months ago. It's faster and definitely widely used.
Thwack Hammer has probably the best charge attack damage-wise among all the stuff you can use. It's like a 1* troika! It's slower though, and the charge is usually not worth using.
So stick with Heavy Hatchet.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention: Thwack Hammer does slightly more damage than Heavy Hatchet as well. And what orbwanter said... I'm not too sure about that as I don't test it extensively nor do I play T1 competitively, so I'll give the benefit of the doubt here.
Fr, 05/31/2013 - 09:03
#4
Upon testing in t1 GTH, it's pretty close. TH can stun on combo and double-hits on charge, but HH has a free UV, has stronger stun, and more damage overall.
For the purposes of PVP, I'd say HH. You rarely will be doing combos or charges on constantly dodging human opponents anyway.
Fr, 05/31/2013 - 09:33
#5
Thank you for the input!
I'll definitely go with the heavy hatchet!
Fr, 05/31/2013 - 22:23
#6
Heavy Hatchet does more damage actually.
Sa, 06/01/2013 - 05:16
#7
Well... could be outdated information, since that information was found before the UVed 1* gear even came out.
It's all against the thwack hammer. Less damage and less stun?
Maybe it has to do with the UVs they come with.