Category:Hero Melee Weapons

Weapon statistics

The important statistics on weapons are DR and weapon max damage. HR is not of much importance.

• For wields and weapons needing two hands (like hafted, two-handed, double and chain weapons), max is more important. A rough rule of thumb is that 1 max is equal to 2 DR.

• For offhand, since you only hit once with it, DR is more important, since the extra DR will help with the damage you do with the wield as well. Since bld can hit multiple times with offhand as well, it is good to concentrate on max for offhand as well in this case.

The above means that for wields, it might be better to farm some "worse" weapons (something which has a lower natural DR modifier), if you cannot afford to get the "best" weapon.

Maximums and minimums for hero weapons

For weapons that are in the 44-50 range, the most common max is 47, 50 and 44 are very rare, as they appear 1-2% of the time. 45 and 49 is about 5%?

For example, below table shows max hit values of Sceptre of Igecsoz over 739 pops

Common Hero Melee Weapons

One Handed Piercers

• Usually worn as primary wields on roguelike classes, as only piercers can be used to backstab.

Other One Handed weapons

• Slicers and slashers are often worn by high level bladedancers, but unlike piercers they cannot be poisoned.

One-Or-Two Handed Weapons

• No specific preferred use, can be used by anyone.

Chained and Double Weapons

• Both desirable by warrior-types that can use Double Hit, though only double weapons can be used to Double Parry. Chains are better for disarm attempts.

Hafted

• Can be used for bashing, and often are. More likely to return in PSI telekinetic attacks.

Powerswingers

• Commonly seen in hands of dwarves and giants as those races hit more often with these weapons.