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[iKayde]

So i am in search for a meele and idk which are considered to be endgame or worth building can you guys give me some advices please?

[AndouRaiton]

Zaws are easily the best, make one with good crit chance (30% when gilded) with decent status chance (~20% or higher) then later in the game you can use a bloodrush condition overload build on it and you will kill everything the game can through at you. They're even better if you have plague zaw parts in them, as they have higher base damage stats.

Outside of that, if you are a newer player, go for the galatine (later grab the galatine prime) as it is a strong melee weapon you can grab early on in the game and will be useful for the whole game if you build it right.

Also, if you want a better idea of how good melee weapons are i recommend searching around on youtube; i recommend MCGamerCZ as he has covered pretty much every melee weapon in the game and has just released a video with the top 3 most damaging weapons in the game for primary, secondary and melee weapons.

[Lightning_Bloom]

Zaws, paracesis, and primed heavy blades are very good. A condition overload build on redeemer prime does best single target damage, but can't deal with alot of enemies at once.

[Arkennstar]

If you've not started on zaws yet, I would recommend Nikana/Nikana Prime, Lesion, Tipedo/Tipedo Prime, Guandao

[reaver894]

the zero forma redeemer prime with 100% status chance condition overload and 2 combined elements is brutal but as said already only against a couple of enemies at a time. Zaws are insanely good if you set them up well. Gram prime can also be completely OP.

Based on you previous posts I would be working on a plague weapon when the star even comes, and do not be afraid to throw as many forma at it as you want to.

[vegetosayajin]

zaw, spinny atterax(you gotta have the bloody maimi strike mods for it tho), redeemer with the bullet dance stance, and by far the best - excalibro's raging lightsaber and condition overkill mod

[QuantumFix]

Personally I use the Hirudo, which I highly recommend. It's a sparring weapon with 5% lifrsteal on crits. Basic crits mods (TS, OS) with blood rush and a combo extender makes you practically unkillable - especially with Warframes like Inaros or Nidus.

The only downside is the short range, but if you don't mind that - then go for it!

[Xzorn]

Nearly every Melee weapon category has a weapon that scales well. Some have more than one.

It would be easier to pick a style then pick the appropriate weapon.

I like to use Blade whips as an example of what I mean. Jat Kusar does a lot of flat Damage output but starts to fall flat against armor, Lacera has moderate damage but shreds through armor like butter. Mios is a middle road pick between the two. Point is even a weapon that scale well might not against what you're hitting.

[DeckChairVonBananaCamel]

2 minutes ago, Xzorn said:

Nearly every Melee weapon category has a weapon that scales well. Some have more than one.

Dual daggers are the reason for this "nearly"

it's best to stay away from them (unless melee 3.0 fixes this of course)

[Xzorn]

5 minutes ago, DeckChairVonBananaCamel said:

Dual daggers are the reason for this "nearly"

it's best to stay away from them (unless melee 3.0 fixes this of course)

Lol, that and Scythes.

[DeckChairVonBananaCamel]

2 hours ago, Xzorn said:

Lol, that and Scythes.

i havent built a zaw scythe yet, are they not good either?

[Xzorn]

35 minutes ago, DeckChairVonBananaCamel said:

i havent built a zaw scythe yet, are they not good either?

 

Very poor stance modifiers and combos. The weapons themselves are fine enough.

It's kinda how Machetes sucked until Cyclone Kraken showed up. Sometimes the stance can make all the difference.

[Lutesque]

Zaws are ugly.... just use a Gram Prime with Berserker like everybody else... or Redeemer Prime with 100% Chance....

[hooperinius]

Mighty prisma cleavers ftw

[(NSW)Badger]

I second the notion that Zaws are really freaking good. I have both a Mewan Polearm and a Dokrahm Heavy Blade, both are quickly becoming my most used melee. However, there's nothing wrong with the Atterax-  this is probably the best non-Zaw, though spin-to-win will be leaving relatively soon and can be quite cramp-inducing until you get used to it. Prisma Dual Cleavers from Baro are also very, very good and in my top 5. Also, Gram Prime is a monster and every tenno should have an Orthos Prime, if only for the memes. 

[(NSW)Badger]

3 hours ago, Xzorn said:

 

Very poor stance modifiers and combos. The weapons themselves are fine enough.

It's kinda how Machetes sucked until Cyclone Kraken showed up. Sometimes the stance can make all the difference.

 My Dokrahm kills everything pretty easily, but it's built for status and not crit (I use it on Saryn Prime so perhaps that is why it performs so well). Tempo Royale is awesome on this thing. My only complaint is that it needs more cowbell. 

Edited June 14, 2019 by (NSW)Badger

[Xzorn]

18 minutes ago, (NSW)Badger said:

I'm sorry, but my Dokrahm kills everything pretty easily, and it's built for status and not crit (I use it on Saryn Prime so perhaps that is why it performs so well). Tempo Royale is awesome on this thing. My only complaint is that it needs more cowbell. 

 

I think you might have confused something. I was talking about Scythes and Tempo Royal is a Heavy Blade stance.

Also Dokrahm as a Heavy Blade has a pretty niche use but it does have a use I guess.

It's biggest perk is a 10m Reach where other Heavy Blades are 7m which makes it great for Infested when paired with Exodia Hunt but both Gram Prime and Galantine Prime will put it to shame since Heavy Blades perform better as Bleed builds when paired with Status and the IPS of Dokrahm isn't great for that.

[(NSW)Badger]

5 minutes ago, Xzorn said:

 

I think you might have confused something. I was talking about Scythes and Tempo Royal is a Heavy Blade stance.

Also Dokrahm as a Heavy Blade has a pretty niche use but it does have a use I guess.

It's biggest perk is a 10m Reach where other Heavy Blades are 7m which makes it great for Infested when paired with Exodia Hunt but both Gram Prime and Galantine Prime will put it to shame since Heavy Blades perform better as Bleed builds when paired with Status and the IPS of Dokrahm isn't great for that.

ah, I read "heavy blade scythe" so thought you meant the Dokrahm. Sure, it may be pretty niche. But it is an awesome niche.

[DarthKadra]

7 hours ago, iKayde said:

So i am in search for a meele and idk which are considered to be endgame or worth building can you guys give me some advices please?

Currently bleed procs are the best for the most part, so anything that lets you apply more of those faster is great, and if you can pair it with viral damage would be twice as good. There are many melee weapons which make easy work of high level enemies, however a lot of people have their heads so stuck up in the meta arse that they cannot see past builds focused around slide crit. I hope that the coming melee rework will change things in this regard. Anyway, for now you must have a decent status and a weapon that can reliably proc bleed from that status, and as my tests have shown on many weapons attack speed is the most important thing once you've installed the mandatory mods.  

[Ka-Jin]

Zaw polearms and heavy blades, primed heavy blades, paracysis, redeemer prime