Opinions On The Gram

[Xxaveragecat300xX]

Is the gram good and or fun with the rending crane stance ?

[Casardis]

Not really. I feel that Rending Crane is way too slow and ineffective.

 

- The good part of all combos comes only after the third hit, which means more often than not you'll be hitting the air.

- Almost all attacks from Rending Crane are vertical strikes, which is very easy to miss an enemy with (that also includes most of the combos' final hit)

- The vertical attacks aren't aligned to your crosshair, making things even more annoying to hit at times

- Gram doesn't really have a good reach. In fact, I won't be surprised if its reach is smaller than Nikana + Tranquil Cleave

- Gram isn't particularly strong, and Rending Crane doesn't seem to give any kind of damage multipliers

Edited June 18, 2014 by Casardis

[XandoCalrissian]

Looks good, but it needs a buff like all heavy melee.

[RoboDoge]

Problem for heavy melees is that DE removed charge attack. And that killed most of them.

[Xico.xide]

Problem for heavy melees is that DE removed charge attack. And that killed most of them.

I still don't understand why they removed charge attacks, I know that you need to hold your melee button in some combos but thrown weapons still have "charge" attacks in a way.

[taiiat]

Heavy Melee's at large are inferior to smaller lighter ones currently.

 

Heavies can still kill things, but will do so slower, unfortunately.

 

 

as for Gram itself, i like the design of it's new Mesh, but the handle is way too long, and the blade way too short. it looks weird.

[Sloan441]

Heavy weapons haven't faired well in melee 2.0.

 

I quit using mine almost entirely. Gram was a very good looking weapon, but generally took a back seat to Galatine.

 

Sadly, the stances and general performance of these weapons is just sub-par compared to 1handers at present. Hopefully, that will change in the future, but for now, I'd recommend not bothering, aside from earning mastery.

[Tulzscha]

Moved to the proper section.

[Monster-T]

I want Gram Prime!

[Flamingauss]

Gram+Berserker+Cleaving Whirlwind=Slice n` Dice tornado

[ServareVitas]

The main reason I have it is that it has 'fairly high damage' and 'fairly fast swing speed' whilst retaining a knockdown capability. I love weapons like Ethers, Fangs, Ichors, Zorens etc but they have no knockdown. I incorporate a lot of knock downs in my fighting style because I use it for crowd control. I also like speed. The Gram bridges all of these areas nicely. It also has a long reach.