Terrible damage against maniacs, horrendous damage against carapace armor, poor cleave damage, armor damage requires spamming push attack, no movement combos.
The stagger is okay…
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In my opinion the shovel does what it should - it‘s the best defensive option for the Vet. High mobility, good blocking efficiency and good crowd control.
Pair it with an armor piercing gun like plasma/bolster or my favourite the Lucius for that Deathkorps trenchfighter vibe…
I‘d definitely buy DK cosmetics should they ever come.
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I actually think they need to buff all the other weapons that are rarely used, some swords and axes, or Ogrin’s arsenal in general(PLEASE PLEASE I WANT TO KILL THEM NOT BULLY THEM).
Also, all the weapons in the veteran’s arsenal pale in comparison with Power Sword, this weapon is too much of everything.
But to be honest, I don’t think that this weapon need that much of a buff at all, it’s kinda fine, does the thing
It’s a shovel.
Imo killing enemies is the best defensive option for vet. Shovel has good mobility traits but no actual movement modifying attacks, so it ends up being only slightly more mobile than power sword, which still does everything else better.
To be fair shovel does do its thing a bit better than some other weapons in veteran’s roster, which is kinda why I wanted to see it buffed - its one of the only options that I feel might be anywhere close to getting picked instead of power sword, but its not there yet. Though I guess it’s almost irrelevant to compair weapons against power sword in a discussion about balance, because its just a cut above everything else… Id just like to be able to use a different melee and not feel like im deliberately handicapping myself.
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True true.
I think all weapons should be viable and not handicapping.
Ogryn’s shovel could use some love also. It does good dmg vs big bois, but sadly its horde damage is just…tedious.