Is it just me or is the Achlys combat axe a bit pointless?

[Ralendil]

@Boz

Thrust doesn’t seem to do that for me, have to move and hold sprint to chain horizontals with or without it.

This is what I had seen at first… then I wanted to write it and when I tested it I have think it was linked to thrust. I prefer that it is not linked to it.
I have made an AHK script that maintain running once I press one time the key binded to it (and it keeps running even if being hit, can’t believe that someone at Fatshark has think it was a great idea to interrupt the running every time you’re hit).
Anyways, glad it is with any blessings.

@Boz

Agree that some damage/speed buffs wouldn’t be amiss especially for the lights, the awkward heavies are the main thing keeping this from being an enjoyable weapon for me though.

How do you understand that?

@FatsharkStrawHat

Aligned the Heavy 2 and Heavy 3 attacks to the Heavy 1 attack profile.

When I read that, I have think that they had made all heavies as the heavy 1 (so horizontal).
Or is it just damages?? but then it is just useless…
Not sure…

@alsozara

Something like this:

1. Give light attacks better carapace mod, maybe speed them up a little. Or could buff finesse mod, it’d match well with the attack angles of the light attacks.
2. Give the heavy sweep decent cleave (relative to Caxe attacks). Like maybe 6 cleave, with decent cleave damage distribution.
3. Make heavy 2 a mirrored version of heavy 1
4. Maybe have a heavy 3 that is a strong overhead that links from light 2 as an optimal carapace/unyielding combo for a little more combo variety.

1. After playing a lot of it, I would say that they should up carapace damage again. But the heavy, the light does nothing. In fact only heavy hits have been buffed in last big patch.
2. Totally agree. This weapon miss that. A bit of cleave. I don’t say a monstrous cleave, just a cleave. EDIT: I wonder if it would not be better to see this weapon with a cleave modifier instead of finesse…
3. all heavies as heavy 1.
4. heavy 3… make all heavies as heavy 1