Best melee weapons on Reddit
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#1
Force Sword
4.4
(8)
"Knife. Any force sword except for the basic obscura one."
"Force sword is great."
"Force Sword. I love this thing."
"Force swords are super good and fun I love the dagger too but mostly on zealot."
"I personally prefer the force sword."
"The force swords and great force swords are great. Knife and shock batons are excellent too."
"The force sword/greatsword are both good and definitely viable."
"Force sword or force great sword."
#2
Force
4.9
(7)
"The penis looking force sword is REALLY good."
"I find the new force great sword a great go between."
"Been using the force greatsword since they released them and I'm loving it."
"The force Greatsword is a lot of fun with extra cleave."
"The force push + stab of the great sword is delicious."
"The new force greatsword feels very nice against hordes."
"Force Sword and Force Greatsword are both generically super powerful."
#3
Warframe
4.7
(7)
"Ceti Lacera, Nikana Prime, Stropha, Prisma Skana (incarnon), Wolf Sledge."
"Glaive prime, Koren prime, reaper prime."
"Is still my favourite for years now and melee influence makes it OP."
"My favorites currently are the Ceti Lacera, Falcor, and Bo Prime Incarnon."
"Glaives : glaive prime - Xoris."
"For dmg praedos for utility but meles are in a good spot."
"I haven’t used anything but glaive prime or stropha in quite some time."
#4
Illisi
4.5
(6)
"Illisi force sword is my go to."
"Illisi force sword, slices and dices."
"I mean the Illisi is the goat imho."
"Illisi is typically your default horde clear melee weapon."
"I like the illisi over the Deimos but both are fun."
"Illisi force sword is great against hordes."
#5
Eviscerator
4.2
(6)
"Eviscerator with shred and the 'your crits ignore extra armour hit mass' blessing does well on a full crit build."
"Eviscerator, chain swords, even the devil claw swords."
"Eviscerator is a solid choice."
"Eviscerator is good all-arounder."
"Eviscerator, chainsword and Heavy sword are good cleave weapons for pack clear."
"Evis is a good choice for sure."
#6
Deimos
4.2
(6)
"Deimos knocks crushers on their ass with the 2nd heavy that is easy to chain."
"Deimos 1L 2H for stabbin, or knife for mobility."
"I run deimos force sword (the one with the thrust) and the flamethrower staff."
"Deimos force sword is great against elites."
"Deimos and the 2hnd force sword."
"I would actually call Deimos the universalist melee weapon for Psyker."
#7
Spear
4.8
(5)
"The best melee weapon in my opinion because it does several things."
"Spear +Multi-hit builds are my favorite."
"The spear murders crowds."
"Other essential melee are a couple Spears."
"Spear for general big AOE."
#8
Blaze Force
4.8
(4)
"The Blaze Force Sword's the only melee weapon I’ve really fucked with since I started playing as a psyker."
"The blaze force sword and 2 handed force sword are probably my favorite."
"Been using the Blaze Force Sword since I got access to it and never looked back."
"Blaze force. Force greatsword."
#9
Combat Knife
4.3
(4)
"* S tier: Combat knife."
"Combat knife which is really just baby dueling sword."
"Use the knife. It gives you the mobility to run away in case you need space."
"Combat Knife is super fun for nyooming around."
#10
Heavy Sword
4.3
(4)
"Heavy sword, excellent horde clear and deals very high damage to any non carapace enemies."
"Ive been using the heavy sword and heavy eviscerator with zealot."
"Id recommend a heavy sword build with charge."
"Heavy sword is probably the best melee weapon in the game for hordes atm."
#11
Devil's Claw
3.8
(4)
"Devils claw is my choice purely for the parry."
"The Devil's Claw because that parry is sick as hell to land."
"I like the Devil's Claw sword for horde-clear + defense."
"Devil’s claw is a fantastic weapon but it relies on you being good with the parry feature."
#12
Syam
4.3
(3)
"Syam is one of the best pure heavy attack melees in the game."
"I have fun using syam with a heavy attack build."
"There is something so satisfying about seeing enemy mobs melt in waves to my Syam."
#13
Mistwalker
5.0
(2)
"I also believe the mist walker is still the best melee for Ashlands."
"Honestly I just feel like Mistwalker is the best melee weapon for the Ashlands."
#14
Tempered Battle Axe
5.0
(2)
"The tempered battle axe or rapier get the job done incredibly well."
"I chose tempered battle axe because it's big per-hit damage."
#15
Dueling Sword
5.0
(2)
"Dueling sword probably needs a nerf and is really in a league of it's own."
"Right now I think the Dueling sword is meta?"
#16
Clayman's
5.0
(2)
"Get a clayman’s harpoon by going down the well in East limgrave."
"My recommendation is clayman's harpoon. Low Stat investment, infusible with ashes of war."
#17
TF2
5.0
(2)
"If you are using the Crossbow, I'd recommend the Ubersaw - you are going to be using your melee to defend yourself anyway."
"The general best is the Ubersaw, 25% free uber from a cocky spy or scout is no joke."
#18
Drake Throat Glaive
4.5
(2)
"Drake throat glaive with ice + banshee bow + the ring that makes ice fields."
"You can put frost damage from drakethroat on weapons."
#19
Shock Maul
4.5
(2)
"Shock maul. Shits good on everyone who can use it."
"I love the shock maul. The stun special is a great panic button."
#20
One Handed Axe
4.5
(2)
"Has been my go to for melee. can specialist or equip an off-hand shortbow."
"With Spiky Counter and Poisonous perks is fun."
#21
Greatsword
4.5
(2)
"Greatsword, Blacksteel greathammer, and Great Stars. Are my 3 favorites."
"My go-to specializations are greatsword, morning star, longsword, and saber."
#22
Harvester's Scythe
4.5
(2)
"For true melee up in your enemy's face play its 100% Harvester's Scythe."
"For true melee your best bet is either harvester scythe or wrathbringer."
#23
Greataxe
4.5
(2)
"Has great aoe and mobility but lacks single target damage."
"Has good mobility, one of the strongest AoE mana skills."
#24
Xoris
4.5
(2)
"Xoris is probably the best for room nuking with its base 9m radius on explosion."
"Xoris (which is free)."
#25
Lordsworn Straight Sword
4.0
(2)
"I’m doing a run with shield and lordsworn straight sword.. it’s pretty reliable."
"Lordsworn Straight Sword."
#26
Anvil Hammer
4.0
(2)
"Anvil Hammer and Milady are two of my favorites."
"Anvil Hammer has the highest AR if you don't mind the colossal hammer move set."
#27
Ubersaw
4.0
(2)
"Ubersaw: Upgrade over stock, generally."
"Ubersaw. There's a hidden stat of +100% percent chance for a random critical hit."
#28
Glaive Prime
4.0
(2)
"Glaive prime, Xoris (which is free), Ceramic Dagger incarnon."
"Glaive prime and Xoris are 2 good options for room nuking."
#29
Rogier
4.0
(2)
"Just adding another clayman harpoon suggestion."
"You can get Rogier’s Rapier fairly early on... Comes already upgraded to +8."
#30
Crusher
4.0
(2)
"All melee weapons are good on zealot but the best: Crusher."
"Crusher is beautiful ATM."
#31
World's Edge
4.0
(2)
"World's edge for ranged attacks and cleave."
"Some bosses can't be hit by melee so you'd ideally want one with a projectile."
#32
Thunder Hammer
4.0
(2)
"The thunder hammer is different to the crusher."
"I prefer thunder hammer."
#33
Knife
4.0
(2)
"Well there's the knife. You get to run around really fast."
"I like the knife with bleed blessings."
#34
Ancient Force Sword
4.0
(2)
"Helps the ancient force sword scale for quite a long time."
"Solid melee weapon that increases damage based on your psy rating."
#35
Spear and Gloves
5.0
(1)
"Spear and Gloves reign the most supreme in all levels of gameplay."
#36
Disciples
5.0
(1)
"The instigating disciples cutlass severely outclasses everything else in the game due to it being a knife coupled with the ridiculous damage output."
#37
mkXV
5.0
(1)
"Probably the best all-round melee weapon in the game."
#38
BOT Battlestaff of Terror
5.0
(1)
"BOT for sure(battlestaff of terror in case you don’t know)"
#39
Shortsword of First Blood
5.0
(1)
"Best weapons in Act 1 for that are Shortsword of First Blood."
#40
HEAT Hammer
5.0
(1)
"A bundle of shaped High Explosive Anti Tank charges on handles."
#41
Sword and Shield
5.0
(1)
"Other essential melee are a couple of SnS."
#42
Dual Keres
5.0
(1)
"Dual Keres is my go to"
#43
Great Axe
5.0
(1)
"Makes any melee weapon op. Enjoy your 1000 dmg great axe swings"
#44
Azothane
5.0
(1)
"Base crit multiplier of 3x, do i need to say more?"
#45
Whirlwind or Cursed Axe
5.0
(1)
"For sure"
#46
Skull Scythe
5.0
(1)
"Fight me."
#47
Moon Daggers
5.0
(1)
"When I want to change things up."
#48
Citzals Spirit Lance
5.0
(1)
"Might be the strongest melee weapon in the game."
#49
Morning Star Saru-Sichr
5.0
(1)
"Is absolutely amazing, especially for fighter/monk."
#50
Gram Prime
4.0
(1)
"I really like Gram prime and broken war with him."
#51
Duviri Hammer and Shield
4.0
(1)
"All the Duviri weapons pair really well given their focus on combo multiplier and his built in benefits for combo multipliers"
#52
Atrox Tactical Axe VII
4.0
(1)
"The Atrox Tactical Axe VII is the most underrated weapon no one ever talks about."
#53
Justicar's Scimitar
4.0
(1)
"Justicars Scimitar for blind."
#54
Powercrusher
4.0
(1)
"Personally I'm a huge fan of the newly patched powercrusher."
#55
Ceramic Dagger
4.0
(1)
"He can get much more value out of the ceramic dagger than most other frames."
#56
Steelforged Sword
4.0
(1)
"Steelforged Sword, a normal +1 Shortsword found in the Bl."
#57
Addy 2h
4.0
(1)
"Grab an addy 2h +3 and go kick some giant butt."
#58
Majestic Greatsword
4.0
(1)
"Try using the majestic greatsword, it provides some great physical damage."
#59
Ironhelm Hammer
4.0
(1)
"Definitely give the Ironhelm hammer a try."
#60
Dagger
4.0
(1)
"The best choice for assassin builds is to have a shortsword in the main hand and a dagger in the off-hand."
#61
Magic Infused Throne Watcher Greatsword
4.0
(1)
"I just did it with a magic infused throne watcher greatsword."
#62
Rockville Slugger
4.0
(1)
"Rockville slugger is a good choice bats are super versatile."
#63
Shortsword
4.0
(1)
"The best choice for assassin builds is to have a shortsword in the main hand."
#64
Pickman’s Blade
4.0
(1)
"Pickman’s blade with sneak bonus strikes works well."
#65
Knives and Axes
4.0
(1)
"Knives and axes. Also chainswords and the heavy sword mk9."
#66
Dual Blades
4.0
(1)
"Everyone touts the Long Sword (takes a lot of skill) and Dual Blades."
#67
BOOOAL's Benediction
4.0
(1)
"For the slicing shortsword you can also get BOOOAL's benediction."
#68
Halberd
4.0
(1)
"There’s a set of equipment and a halberd focused around force conduit."
#69
Longsword
4.0
(1)
"Everyone touts the Long Sword (takes a lot of skill) and Dual Blades."
#70
Gith Weapons
4.0
(1)
"Any of the gith weapons that have Soulbreaker or whatever that stuns."
#71
Susser Weapons
4.0
(1)
"Any of the susser weapons for silence."
#72
Sledgehammer
4.0
(1)
"I'm a big fan of sledgehammer propagation builds."
#73
Lighting Jabber
4.0
(1)
"Can apply Shock on hits."
#74
Nyrulna
4.0
(1)
"Nyrulna can inflict bleed and throw enemies off balance."
#75
Fang Prime
4.0
(1)
"I used Fang Prime with surprisingly great results for a while."
#76
Kullervo
4.0
(1)
"I hear good things about combining Kullervo's 1 with the Ghoulsaw."
#77
Magistar
4.0
(1)
"Incarnons are much better (magistar, dual ichor, nami solo, hate...) but basically all melees are viable."
#78
Dual Ichor
4.0
(1)
"Incarnons are much better (magistar, dual ichor, nami solo, hate...) but basically all melees are viable."
#79
Force Great Sword
4.0
(1)
"Force sword or force great sword."
#80
Force VI Dagger
4.0
(1)
"All three force weapons are solid and the VI dagger are pretty nice."
#81
Zealot
4.0
(1)
"Zealot has tons of great options for melee."
#82
Relic Sword
4.0
(1)
"I've been having a lot of fun running relic sword mk2."
#83
Relic
4.0
(1)
"Relic is better vs everything except Crushers, Maulers, and Unyielding."
#84
Mirage
4.0
(1)
"I have been carried in apocalypse by pubs who use the mirage."
#85
Tokugawa
4.0
(1)
"I'd reccomend looking at the Tokugawa licenses since the mech itself has a flex mount."
#86
Heavy Charged Blade
4.0
(1)
"Heavy Charged Blade is ole reliable for new players."
#87
Vlad Combat Drill
4.0
(1)
"Combat Drill from Vlad does absurd amounts of damage, but requires setup."
#88
Vita-Saw
4.0
(1)
"Vita-Saw: Use with Kritzkrieg."
#89
Solemn Vow
4.0
(1)
"Solemn Vow: Provides passive info of enemy health and enemy ubercharge."
#90
Heavy Eviscerator
4.0
(1)
"Ive been using the heavy sword and heavy eviscerator with zealot."
#91
Basic Shovel
4.0
(1)
"With veteran and have had no issues on damnation."
#92
Great Katana
4.0
(1)
"I really enjoy the great katana moveset plus it has high AR and native bleed buildup."
#93
Auto-Axe
4.0
(1)
"Auto-axe for bossing."
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