Nerf G.Axe
Let’s talk weapon design then. If any weapon should have lunge, it should be the spear. Maybe rapier, but for the sake of the argument lets say spear.
A 300 str gaxe user does significantly more damage than a 300 dex spear user. Even with the 20% bonus vs targets with grit, gaxe comes out ahead when trading hits.
When one weapon is #1 in multiple categories it’s a problem.
#1 in dps (not counting ranged but those shots take skill to land)
#1 in CC (probably tied with warhammer)
#1 in chase potential
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I’m in light armor and kite great axes easily.
The problem is I see a lot of people cancel their dodge animations too early, so they cover as much distance as a med armor dodge and have shorter iframes. Time it better… it’s not spam dodge + weapon cancel. It’s dodge + wait until your feet/heels hit the ground + cancel
Are you kidding me? Spear is a hard counter to great axe. What are you on?
Tell me how you dodge out of reap root, gravity well root ( you can’t roll dodge as it pulls you to the center) and have stamina enought to roll dodge every light attack they have since it’s basically a free roll dodge for them
Diference is, their free roll dodge, aka light attack, doesn’t consume anything.
No weapon should have lounges, period, not axe, not spear, not anything, plain and simple, just learn how to hit the attacks, which on melee isn’t even that hard to have the need for a aimbot.
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Do you actually want to learn? Or are you just arguing with me?
- Reap root is .25 so they can get their spin attack off. If you can’t tank this, put more CON
- Gravity well proc sounds like metal scraping concrete. when you hear it, dodge
- NEVER use your dash skills, ALWAYS save them for gravity well (if you failed to dodge) or if you know their gwell is on cooldown.
- For STR users, never double roll to zero stamina. Pulse your dodges, (Dodge, dodge again at 80+ stamina)
- For STR users, learn to triple roll (roll, double roll at 51 stamina) for emergencies only.
- Always animation cancel every dodge. Do NOT cancel too early/late. Learn timing
Last tip, the best way to counter great axe is to not give them your back. They are designed to chase, and if they have rouge/vicious, then you already lost the moment you turned around.
The best counter to great axe is to fight back. Spear, rapier, hammer, and (if your build is good, hatchet) will beat axe in a 1v1.
If 3 or more axes are chasing you, use my tips above. If you can’t get away in light armor, then it’s a L2P issue.
Edit: some more helpful tips i forgot to add
- Get the ring perk that gives 9 extra stamina. This allows STR users to immediately triple roll in emergencies.
- Try your best not to have 0 stamina (only in emergencies). 0 stam = death
- Resilience on all gear is a must
- If you’re in med/heavy armor, throw all these tips out the window. Why are you running in heavy armor?
I’m the guy above that said GA is balanced in group play, which it is, but most of what you said is BS.
You can’t escape GA. If it’s not the mobility attacks and abilities that catch you, it’s bloodlust proc at 15m.
In a 1 v 1 situation, a DPS can’t beat GA if they’re wearing heavy. If not, yes they can.
But as you said, GA is a chase weapon and the kit is working as intended, but it’s working just that little bit too well.
You play GA and probably get beat by good players sometimes, but when you have to struggle and play perfectly to win in a 1 v 1 situatio against GA and still.lose 9/10 times, the said weapon is too strong.
If i dodge the grav well ( takes 2 dodges at least most of times since they aim exactly at center you), how will I, with 1 dodge available only at this point, dodge their Rush plus light attack lounges?
Plus axe hits 2k on frontal light attacks easily, how you gonna just stay there and fight back ? Riposte is easily dodged btw, so against skilled player, pretty useless so its 1 ability less you have.
And also, 3 axes? So basically in total, 3 grav wells, 3 reaps, 3 rushes. If they time their abilities correctly with each other, you got no chance, period.
Sir, you can argue with me or learn to play better.
Keep crying on forums and dying everyday to GA. Or start killing the GA players yourself.
Or just leave it all to me. Idc.
And you can just admit your afraid they gonna nerf it.
I never said don’t nerf it.
Nerf it.
Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. But in the meantime, I’m trying to HELP you stop dying everyday to GA.
But you just keep arguing.
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Sorry but given the fact they have 2 roots, 1 gap closer, 1 pull, fcking autoaim assist on light attacks, plus 3-4 dodges, plus stupid passive that gives shit ton % of haste just by looking at enemies, plus 2k on each light attack. If with all this you think axe is ok right now, you are just delusional, i don’t care how many you can kill. Everyone can die if they don’t know wtf their doing with the weapon. But a decent axe vs decent whatever other build, axe will win. simple as that. Compare their total 8-9 chase potentials to my 5 escape potentials.
Man look, i’m not complaining about GA because I can’t kill them. I can. But even tho I can kill I can still recognize that it needs changing drastically.
I’m not going to have the mentality of : I can kill it, so it’s fine. No changes needed. No changes = game being crap forever.
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