Best melee weapons on Reddit
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#1
Eviscerator
4.3
(9)
"Eviscerator with shred and the 'your crits ignore extra armour hit mass' blessing does well on a full crit build."
"I am running an Eviscarstor with 5 x stacking +40% Cleave on hit."
"Eviscerator and Thunder hammer are top picks."
"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."
"It’s good for hordes and can deal serious boss damage."
"Evis is a good choice for sure."
#2
State of Decay 2
4.0
(9)
"Fireaxe, combat knife, ice pickaxe."
"Nail bat."
"Oriental machete 🥷."
"The shovel will 1 hit knock a survivor with a headshot."
"The sledge hammer staggers zombies about 95% of the time with headshots."
"Greatswords, ultra greatswords, halberds, & great hammers have the best movesets for PVE."
"Iron Cleaver, stone club, iron balls or star fists come to mind."
"For melee classes I tend to prefer the sword for the parry chance."
"T1 falchions. Condemnation."
#3
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."
#4
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."
#5
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."
#6
Combat Knife
4.0
(7)
"* S tier: Combat knife."
"This works really well with a crit/bleed build."
"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."
"The combat knife will still work on Meg’s and disciples, it’s just the short reach compared to other melee weapons is lacking."
"The combat knife is pretty good for bosses minus the megs."
#7
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."
#8
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."
#9
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."
#10
Heavy Sword
4.4
(5)
"Heavy sword, excellent horde clear and deals very high damage to any non carapace enemies."
"Is probably the best melee weapon in the game for hordes atm."
"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
Greatsword
4.5
(4)
"Greatsword, Blacksteel greathammer, and Great Stars. Are my 3 favorites."
"Other essential melee are a GS/Hammer."
"Greatsword was my pick and it was quite nice when i got my hands on flaming greatsword"
"My go-to specializations are greatsword, morning star, longsword, and saber."
#12
Blaze Force
5.0
(3)
"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."
#13
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."
#14
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."
#15
Greataxe
4.3
(3)
"Has great aoe and mobility but lacks single target damage."
"I found a greataxe that had Haste"
"Has good mobility, one of the strongest AoE mana skills."
#16
Knife
4.0
(3)
"Well there's the knife. You get to run around really fast."
"I like the knife with bleed blessings."
"Because I am a coked up monkey who needs speed"
#17
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."
#18
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."
#19
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."
#20
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?"
#21
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."
#22
Bretonnian Longsword
5.0
(2)
"I run Bretonnian Longsword for my horde and mixed hordes."
"Bretonian longsword, great hammer, any shield weapon, executioner sword."
#23
Bret
4.5
(2)
"Bret Longsword hands down"
"I do bret longsword + bret sword and shield now."
#24
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."
#25
Xoris
4.5
(2)
"Xoris is probably the best for room nuking with its base 9m radius on explosion."
"Xoris (which is free)."
#26
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."
#27
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."
#28
Azothane
4.5
(2)
"Base crit multiplier of 3x, do i need to say more?"
"I use mainly azothane for forced slash proc‘s and corufell for fun 🙏🏼"
#29
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."
#30
Balder
4.5
(2)
"Enchanted balder swag sword in one hand catalyst/pyro in the other = good times."
"Balder side sword. Get farming."
#31
Okina
4.5
(2)
"I think Okina's the way to go. 5% movement bonus just for being the Okina, another 30% movement from an incarnon evolution that's always on."
"I also use okina as my main melee on gauss. The ice daggers are nice for helping to keep arcane ice storm up as well."
#32
Executioner's Sword
4.0
(2)
"Executioner's Sword is an allround-weapon, too."
"I personally like executioners + Bretonnian sword and shield."
#33
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."
#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
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."
#36
Thunder Hammer
4.0
(2)
"The thunder hammer is different to the crusher."
"I prefer thunder hammer."
#37
Lordsworn Straight Sword
4.0
(2)
"I’m doing a run with shield and lordsworn straight sword.. it’s pretty reliable."
"Lordsworn Straight Sword."
#38
Crusher
4.0
(2)
"All melee weapons are good on zealot but the best: Crusher."
"Crusher is beautiful ATM."
#39
Krell Axe
4.0
(2)
"And Huntress Spear can be thrown."
"For ranged overload application and finishing stuff off without spending ammo."
#40
Rogier
4.0
(2)
"Just adding another clayman harpoon suggestion."
"You can get Rogier’s Rapier fairly early on... Comes already upgraded to +8."
#41
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."
#42
Moonlight Butterfly
4.0
(2)
"Moonlight butterfly spear is pretty good I've heard."
"Moonlight Butterfly Spear is great."
#43
Ubersaw
4.0
(2)
"Ubersaw: Upgrade over stock, generally."
"Ubersaw. There's a hidden stat of +100% percent chance for a random critical hit."
#44
Katana
3.5
(2)
"There's a katana that's +2, will curse (-2 to all stats) on a hit and best of all is keen."
"Katana with curse"
#45
Sword and Shield
5.0
(1)
"Other essential melee are a couple of SnS."
#46
Ice Gauntlet
5.0
(1)
"Off hand an ice gauntlet."
#47
Rapier
5.0
(1)
"If you want the best chance to be slotted go with rapier with beast bane, rogue, and omnidirectional evade."
#48
BOT Battlestaff of Terror
5.0
(1)
"BOT for sure(battlestaff of terror in case you don’t know)"
#49
Shortsword of First Blood
5.0
(1)
"Best weapons in Act 1 for that are Shortsword of First Blood."
#50
Dual Keres
5.0
(1)
"Dual Keres is my go to"
#51
MK3 Combat Blade
5.0
(1)
"I use mk3 combat blade with bleed and uncanny strike, it kills anything given enough time."
#52
HEAT Hammer
5.0
(1)
"A bundle of shaped High Explosive Anti Tank charges on handles."
#53
Protector's Broadsword
5.0
(1)
"The Protector's Broadsword is the only vanilla tier-7 melee weapon in the game."
#54
Throatslicer
5.0
(1)
"Is all you need, really."
#55
Justicar's Scimitar
4.0
(1)
"Justicars Scimitar for blind."
#56
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"
#57
Gram Prime
4.0
(1)
"I really like Gram prime and broken war with him."
#58
Broken War
4.0
(1)
"I really like Gram prime and broken war with him."
#59
Reaper Prime
4.0
(1)
"Reaper prime works well too."
#60
Corrufel
4.0
(1)
"I enjoy using a corrufel with him"
#61
Undermountain King
4.0
(1)
"I usually use the strength glove and the knife of the undermountain king, no dual wielding required."
#62
Powercrusher
4.0
(1)
"Personally I'm a huge fan of the newly patched powercrusher."
#63
Heavy Flail
4.0
(1)
"There is unique heavy flail"
#64
Zenistar
4.0
(1)
"Zenistar for the memes"
#65
Halberd
4.0
(1)
"There’s a set of equipment and a halberd focused around force conduit."
#66
Gith Weapons
4.0
(1)
"Any of the gith weapons that have Soulbreaker or whatever that stuns."
#67
Ekhein
4.0
(1)
"The new weapon Ekhein gets charged up when you use his #1 skill."
#68
Susser Weapons
4.0
(1)
"Any of the susser weapons for silence."
#69
BOOOAL's Benediction
4.0
(1)
"For the slicing shortsword you can also get BOOOAL's benediction."
#70
Knives and Axes
4.0
(1)
"Knives and axes. Also chainswords and the heavy sword mk9."
#71
Pickman’s Blade
4.0
(1)
"Pickman’s blade with sneak bonus strikes works well."
#72
Rockville Slugger
4.0
(1)
"Rockville slugger is a good choice bats are super versatile."
#73
Magic Infused Throne Watcher Greatsword
4.0
(1)
"I just did it with a magic infused throne watcher greatsword."
#74
Majestic Greatsword
4.0
(1)
"Try using the majestic greatsword, it provides some great physical damage."
#75
Addy 2h
4.0
(1)
"Grab an addy 2h +3 and go kick some giant butt."
#76
Ceramic Dagger
4.0
(1)
"He can get much more value out of the ceramic dagger than most other frames."
#77
Lighting Jabber
4.0
(1)
"Can apply Shock on hits."
#78
Atrox Tactical Axe VII
4.0
(1)
"The Atrox Tactical Axe VII is the most underrated weapon no one ever talks about."
#79
Ironhelm Hammer
4.0
(1)
"Definitely give the Ironhelm hammer a try."
#80
Staff of the Ram
4.0
(1)
"My favorite weapons to use for this are Staff of the Ram +6 and Ixil's Spike +6."
#81
Nyrulna
4.0
(1)
"Nyrulna can inflict bleed and throw enemies off balance."
#82
Blasphemous
3.0
(1)
"Blasphemous blade isn't a lightning weapon anyway."
#83
Combat Axe
2.0
(1)
"It's damage is absolutely trash and it's kind of great."
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