It’s a bit janky compared to those two. The stab light attack doesn’t even pierce armour, does the same damage as the sweep lights and has less cleave than them. I’m hoping they’ll make the stab light the same as the push attack, and let the push attack chain into the heavy stab. Would give Sienna a proper finesse weapon finally. Chaining heavies feels clunky but that might be fair for the weapon, I’m not sure.
You might be interested in this thread: Handmaiden's Inherent Design Clashes.
Yes, but I think that pile is more reasonable to manage than you might suspect. I’ll find out by doing the event as HM (or failing) and uploading it soon (within 24 hours hopefully, depends on my internet connection).
Definitely is. The entire point of HM being so mobile in the first place is freedom, but in practice missing things like the dash counting as a dodge makes Handmaiden better at surviving than kiting and dealing damage. Slayer’s leap feels safer to me because Slayer can just jump over hordes and keep attacking. HM often has to block or at the very least immediately dodge after using what is supposed to be a mobility ult.
WHC in many ways is also reactive but still has very good control of a situation through movement, reach, speed and dps which allows WHC to play very aggressively (it’s a shame more WHCs don’t).
Nor am I. I just don’t like that I can bodyshot SV with the Rapier so easily, and that light spam is optimal effective dps on 90% of the enemies in this game. Mixing in heavies makes its gameplay so much more interesting.
Of course, but that’s why Exec pairs well the Mace & Sword. Mace & Sword’s heavies with Virtue of Ideal deal with shielded infantry well (the 1h Sword’s heavies can do this as well) while dealing decent damage to any elites they might hit. Throw in 45-50% movement speed and 60% stamina recovery and the GK can deal with mixed hordes reasonably well, and pick out specific elites out of a horde with good safety (especially CWs).
I hate to say this but invis dash + Longbow works well for picking off the occasional elite to supplement any dps issues. I’m going to use flight mod to go to the end event as Handmaiden and do this (should have it done by in 24 hours).
Very true. Trivialised by some weapons while being a nightmare for others.