Single-Target Melee Weapons

[PaperFett]

... They seem pretty useless when compared to multi-target melee weapons. And slashing into a huddle of enemies to only damage one doesn't make a lot of sense. If you get swarmed by as little as 3 chargers ur gonna get locked into that obnoxious chain stun, so having a weapon that only damages one enemy in close quarters situations isn't ideal.

"Well don't use a single-target melee against infected ya noob!"

That's my point, 1/3rd of the enemies make this weapon type something to avoid.

 

Why not rework single-target weapons to instead have a damage drop off for each additional target hit after the first? So that they can distribute collateral damage and effects to enemies, at reduced percentages. Where multi-target weapons have no penalty. This will maintain their use as precision weapons but also make them a more desirable (and practical) weapon choice.

[krisp]

They seem pretty useless to me too. But think of all the damage you're gonna do to that boss.

[PaperFett]

They seem pretty useless to me too. But think of all the damage you're gonna do to that boss.

 

yeah, but bosses make up such a tiny portion of the enemies and going melee on higher level bosses never turns out well. lol

[krisp]

 going melee on higher level bosses never turns out well. lol

You obviously haven't experienced this game's invisibility mechanic.

[JoeHook]

Dark sword with charge time mod and charge damage mod is incredible. single target only but i crit for numbers that im pretty sure are some kind of  joke.

[Einsig_SV]

I'm pretty sure you could just use Furax and do just as much damage, faster, and with a higher crit chance.

 

Furax is the only single target melee I think is worth using right now. As for Ankyros, I don't yet know how it fares.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Ion_Sig

[sambarpowder]

I really like my Ankyros, I've built them for crit, speed and base/ele damage. They kinda require the slide/ground attacks to initiate or finish, but they have good dps. The fact that they have no innate modifiers puts most people off.

[Playbeyond]

If you stack Damage and Fury on your sword along with lots of fire or frost damage single target melee is still viable in a pack of chargers. I have Dual Heat Swords with freeze mod and I just jump for the AoE which freezes all chargers and then i can target them out from there