Melee Weapons reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 231 Reddit reviews across 21 subreddits and 34 posts to rank the best Melee Weapons brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Warframe, r/DarkTide, r/worldwarzthegame, r/EldenRingBuilds, r/thelastspell. Top-rated brands include Warframe (4.3/5), 7 Days to Die (4.2/5), Eviscerator (4.3/5).
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Reviews231
Subreddits21
Posts34
Brands70
Products49
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#1
Warframe
4.3
(44)
"But generally i think the absolute best its gotta be magis"
"I personally love aesthetics of heavy blades, like Okina Prime"
"My personal favorite is the Guandao Prime with the shimmering blight stance mod"
"Melees (These are all good) (Non-Incarnon): ... Guandao Prime"
"(Incarnon): Okina Prime"
"Ceti Lacera, Nikana Prime, Stropha, Prisma Skana (incarnon), Wolf Sledge."
"Glaive prime, Koren prime, reaper prime."
"Will cut through content like nothing changed from spin to win days."
"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."
#2
7 Days to Die
4.2
(12)
"Zweihander is op. You can hit and kill few zombies on each classes. You can push away zombies if can't kill. You can heal yourself."
"Heavy Melee Weapons: Vanguard only (preferably the Zweihander) combined with "You Made Me Mad" and "All-Round defense" perks is super strong combo."
"Medium Melee Weapons: Slasher only (because this type of melee weapons oneshots normal zombies). Preferably Stun Baton or Tomahawk."
"Medium Melee Weapons: Slasher only (because this type of melee weapons oneshots normal zombies). Preferably Stun Baton or Tomahawk."
"I use the Baton or Sickles when I use Slasher."
"For slasher you can go the tomahawk with the masking perk."
"For slasher you can go the stun baton with temp hp perk"
"For non slashers and vanguards. Literally the sickles. The main purpose of melee is to push back zeke"
"Slasher should use stun baton/tomahawk, not sickles."
"Stun baton is great for dealing with bulls in close quarters."
#3
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."
#4
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."
#5
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."
#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
Falcor
4.5
(6)
"I am actually a bit annoyed just *how* efficient glaives are as a whole and Falcor specifically."
"Falcor is 100% the best glaive in the game, realistically."
"Falcor, hands down. People say xoris is better but only in vacuum."
"Then, the 2 forced electric glaives in Falcor and Xoris, these offer you great mob clearing at range."
"Falcor has a forced electric proc on throw. It’s fun enough to at least try"
"I would also probably Advocate for a Volatile Rebound falcor setup too"
#8
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."
#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
Knife
4.4
(5)
"Knife is really really good and if it still doesnt satisfy you, you cant take the shotty with you."
"Knife is the best weapon, stick it on a sturdy stick (staff) and voila, spear."
"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"
#11
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."
#12
Deimos
4.2
(5)
"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."
#13
Nami Solo
4.5
(4)
"Definitely give the Nami Solo with Incarnon a try. It’s wild"
"I would try the nami solo incarnon on volt it’s ridiculous"
"Want more range with melee, get nami skyla incarnon or slam magistar incarnon/sampotes or any glaive"
"Isn’t Nami solo incarnon supposed to be insane with melee influence?"
#14
Glaive Prime
4.3
(4)
"I’ll never not suggest Glaive P if you have the mastery for it."
"Definitely Glaive Prime and Xoris for melee."
"Glaive prime, Xoris (which is free), Ceramic Dagger incarnon."
"Glaive prime and Xoris are 2 good options for room nuking."
#15
Syam
4.3
(4)
"Syam is one of the best pure heavy attack melees in the game."
"Try out Syam with Blast + Electricity."
"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."
#16
Praedos
4.0
(4)
"Praedos because speed."
"I second the Praedos. All weapons can be viable, but after having boosted movement, it's hard to let that go."
"Praedos is a solid melee and is primarily used as a movement stat stick since it gives passive sprint speed and parkour velocity."
"I wouldn't call it the best but you get so much utility out of it."
#17
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."
#18
Greatsword
4.3
(3)
"Greatsword, Blacksteel greathammer, and Great Stars. Are my 3 favorites."
"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."
#19
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."
#20
Devil's Claw
3.7
(3)
"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."
#21
Dual Viciss
5.0
(2)
"I'm loving Dual Visciss."
"Dual Viciss & Dual Keres Prime are my most used recently."
#22
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?"
#23
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."
#24
Chainsaw
5.0
(2)
"Chainsaw is auto melee. it IS the best melee weapon outside of the autoax"
"The chainsaw. with dualbar, flaming, and +40% power attack, the only better 2 handed melee weapon is the auto ax"
#25
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."
#26
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."
#27
Bretonnian Longsword
5.0
(2)
"I run Bretonnian Longsword for my horde and mixed hordes."
"Bretonian longsword, great hammer, any shield weapon, executioner sword."
#28
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."
#29
Xoris
4.5
(2)
"Xoris is probably the best for room nuking with its base 9m radius on explosion."
"Xoris (which is free)."
#30
Karsolas
4.5
(2)
"Karsolas pickaxe heavy attacks. You don't kill crowds. You reap them."
"Karsolas pickaxe if you want to kill smaller groups and have an overhead for carapace and boss."
#31
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."
#32
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."
#33
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."
#34
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 🙏🏼"
#35
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."
#36
Bret
4.5
(2)
"Bret Longsword hands down"
"I do bret longsword + bret sword and shield now."
#37
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."
#38
MK4
4.0
(2)
"MK4 knife is a light / heavy sweeper starting from push attack if possible to enter the combo."
"Mk4 knife with the +200% cleave on hitting 3 guys (you can easily get it with light attack spam)."
#39
Rogier
4.0
(2)
"Just adding another clayman harpoon suggestion."
"You can get Rogier’s Rapier fairly early on... Comes already upgraded to +8."
#40
Incarnon
4.0
(2)
"Incarnon and some Kuva weapons are pretty strong."
"Best in slot right now are incarnon weapons if you can get em tenet and kuva weapon’s are decent xoris and occucor"
#41
MK3
4.0
(2)
"Mk3 Bully Club, my go to is Flak and Unarmored with Skullcrusher and Thunderous."
"Mark 3 bully club, brittleness and toughness regen."
#42
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."
#43
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."
#44
Thunder Hammer
4.0
(2)
"The thunder hammer is different to the crusher."
"I prefer thunder hammer."
#45
Crusher
4.0
(2)
"All melee weapons are good on zealot but the best: Crusher."
"Crusher is beautiful ATM."
#46
Last Hope
4.0
(2)
"One handed: last hope"
"Last hope was always my favorite."
#47
Lordsworn Straight Sword
4.0
(2)
"I’m doing a run with shield and lordsworn straight sword.. it’s pretty reliable."
"Lordsworn Straight Sword."
#48
Ubersaw
4.0
(2)
"Ubersaw: Upgrade over stock, generally."
"Ubersaw. There's a hidden stat of +100% percent chance for a random critical hit."
#49
Executioner's Sword
4.0
(2)
"Executioner's Sword is an allround-weapon, too."
"I personally like executioners + Bretonnian sword and shield."
#50
Moonlight Butterfly
4.0
(2)
"Moonlight butterfly spear is pretty good I've heard."
"Moonlight Butterfly Spear is great."
#51
Krell Axe
4.0
(2)
"And Huntress Spear can be thrown."
"For ranged overload application and finishing stuff off without spending ammo."
#52
Prisma
4.0
(2)
"Prisma skana with incarnon and riven. I get around 100-400mil dmg before using buffs and its really fun to use."
"Prisma Ohma🤨"
#53
Volatile Hunter
4.0
(2)
"One handed: Volatile Hunter baton"
"Swords: Volatile Hunter sword(dlc)"
#54
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"
#55
Laetum
5.0
(1)
"For me the essential secondary - Laetum. I take it on the mission if I'm not sure what to expect, that thing cuts through anything."
#56
Shield
5.0
(1)
"Shield with heavy spam. You want skull crusher and the bleed on hit perk to maximize the destruction."
#57
Skullcrusher
5.0
(1)
"Skullcrusher + brutal momentum, heavy 1 block cancel spam. Throw in occasional block attack when a quick counter is needed. Ez game."
#58
H1
5.0
(1)
"The H1 does more damage and has uncapped min damage, so it’s significantly better."
#59
Dual Ichor
5.0
(1)
"In terms of raw killing power I'll give it to the Dual Ichor(Incarnon) as I've personally not seen anything come even close."
#60
Magistar
5.0
(1)
"For melees, Magistar Incarnon Slam is the strongest bar none."
#61
Cold Steel
5.0
(1)
"20 bucks on Amazon buys a cold steel spontoon hawk, harded hammer pole and unsharpened crow bill. Work every penny."
#62
Amy
4.0
(1)
"If you wanna throw swords use Amy if you wanna chop with swords use Jacob."
#63
Heavy Flail
4.0
(1)
"There is unique heavy flail"
#64
Warhammer
4.0
(1)
"Very nice warhammer with fear on hit"
#65
Epitaph
4.0
(1)
"My picks, epitaph or laetum for secondary, torid incarnon genesis, nateruuk for primary"
#66
Ceti Lacera
4.0
(1)
"I might test Ceti lacera too. 40% Base status chance, free eclectic status, pretty good base range."
#67
Arca Titron
4.0
(1)
"Use it on arca titron with these elements Heat, cold and toxin in that order"
#68
Trollslayer
4.0
(1)
"I ran most of the module with the Trollslayer (longsword)"
#69
Bruno
3.0
(1)
"Bruno I don't remember what he's best with."
#70
Acid Mace
3.0
(1)
"Acid moringstar"
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