What DW ebon imbued to pick?

[Eris]

<DIV>Well all is in the topic. Im almost 40, will use SBD in one hand and wish for an ebon imbued DW weap in other hand. However, i dont know the stats of those weaps and was looking for some advice. I wont go for the SSOY since the ebon imbued are overall better nor do i wish to go for armour atm since my role is more DPS than tanking (But will prolly go with armor later on).</DIV> <DIV>So if any of you fellow brigands has any input/stats to offer/post please do so.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV>

[ag]

Keeping in mind imbue'ing only adds the Gleaming Strike proc...from: <a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/eq2form.m?Form=Item.Search.General&name=pristine+forged+ebon&slotId=1&knowledge=&minLevel=&maxLevel=&adornmentName=&modifierName=" target=_blank>this link..</a><pre>pristine forged ebon spatha - agi 10, str 10, health 35, power 33, dmg 22-66, dly 1.2, min/dly 18.3, max/dly 55, avg/dly 36.7pristine forged ebon falchion - agi 10, str 10, health 37, power 31, dmg 22-66, dly 1.2, min/dly 18.3, max/dly 55, avg/dly 36.7pristine forged ebon short sword - agi 9, str 11, health 34, power 33, dmg 22-66, dly 1.2, min/dly 18.3, max/dly 55, avg/dly 36.7pristine forged ebon dagger - agi 11, str 9, health 35, power 33, dmg 23-69, dly 1.3, min/dly 17.7, max/dly 53.1, avg/dly 35.4pristine forged ebon rapier - agi 7, str 13, health 37, power 31, dmg 23-69, dly 1.3, min/dly 17.7, max/dly 53.1, avg/dly 35.4pristine forged ebon kris - agi 13, str 7, health 29, power 39, dmg 26-77, dly 1.4, min/dly 18.6, max/dly 55, avg/dly 36.8pristine forged ebon hand axe - agi 10, str 10, health 34, power 34, dmg 26-77, dly 1.4, min/dly 18.6, max/dly 55, avg/dly 36.8pristine forged ebon stiletto - agi 13, str 7, health 33, power 35, dmg 27-80, dly 1.5, min/dly 18, max/dly 53.3, avg/dly 35.7pristine forged ebon crescent axe - agi 10, str 10, health 33, power 35, dmg 28-83, dly 1.5, min/dly 18.7, max/dly 55.3, avg/dly 37pristine forged ebon sabre - agi 10, str 10, health 38, power 30, dmg 30-91, dly 1.6, min/dly 18.8, max/dly 56.9, avg/dly 37.81pristine forged ebon short spear - agi 12, str 8, health 37, power 31, dmg 31-94, dly 1.7, min/dly 18.2, max/dly 55.3, avg/dly 36.8pristine forged ebon sai - agi 7, str 13, health 25, power 44, dmg 31-94, dly 1.7, min/dly 18.2, max/dly 55.3, avg/dly 36.8pristine forged ebon leafblade - agi 8, str 12, health 31, power 38, dmg 39-116, dly 2.1, min/dly 18.6, max/dly 55.2, avg/dly 36.9</pre>Unfortunately eq2players doesn't show the new damage rating field, but you can get some ideas from that list.Personally, I prefer lower delay weapons, so I'd go with kris/hand-axe or spatha/dagger, something like that, to get both a piercer and a slasher.

[Twist_nd]

I have the imbued ebon leafblade and love it.  It seems to be the most common of the imbued DW ebon weapons (almost all the high level DW players have at least 1 in my guild).  Very nice weapon.  It really comes down to personal choice though.  All the imbued ebon weapons are nice.

[Eris]

Thanks a lot for posting stats. Now ill have some hard figures to look at to choose my soon to be next weapon :smileyhappy:

[Gyilok]

<P>the leafblade has th highest dmg, my highest melee hit has been climbing everyday since the day I got it, got also a falchion made (for the looks :smileyvery-happy: mostly, stats are pretty balanced on all of them)</P> <P>when I have 3 imbued weps equipped (bow also), gleaming strike proc comes a lot, the usual 200-300 dmg addition is nice</P>

[fur]

<P>Ebone crescent axes...when you see the look on em you will understand why =), i went X2 crescent axes cause ill use bone razor and sbd for piercers or perhaps make a kris+bone razor until i can get my talons on a prismatic weap.</P> <P> </P>

[Zagur]

<P>In general they are all the same, but combat parsing seems to indicate that slower weapons have a slight advantage to damage output. This appears to be primarily due to how combat arts suspend normal attacks for the duration of the CA. At least that is what I have heard :smileytongue:</P> <P>That being said since you have the SBD (piercing) for your primary I would recommend getting a slashing version for your off-hand. The cresent axe seems to be the popular choice for its looks, but it also the slowest slashing ebon weapon as well.</P> <P>Once you have those two you should be set up deal damage to any mob, but you will obviously have reduced damage against those that have resists to slashing or piercing. When you can afford it I would therefore look into acquiring one more weapon of each type so you can switch to the damage type that is most effective. </P> <P>While I am only level 39 (so no practical 40+ experience) I plan on going with . . .</P> <P>Slashing Weapon #1 - Pristine Imbued Ebon Cresent Axe</P> <P>Slashing Weapon #2 - Polished Granite Tomohawk</P> <P>Piercing Weapon #1 - Pristine Imbued Ebon Leafblade</P> <P>Piercing Weapon #2 - Serrated Bone Dirk</P> <P>For fights where damage type does not have a large impact I plan on using the two ebons for group sessions switching in the PGT for longer fighters when I get short on power. For solo I want to test out ebon/ebon vs ebon/pgt to see which one makes the most sense.</P> <P>Of course like I said, no practical 40+ experience here so I could be way off :smileysurprised:</P> <P> </P> <p>Message Edited by Zagurim on <span class=date_text>04-19-2005</span> <span class=time_text>11:00 AM</span>

[Kegofbud]

<DIV>The damages really do balance out pretty closely on all the weapons as the average suggests in the list. I personally like the Kris and the Axe. The Kris I like because it is nice for power and AGI. Really, it's about what you prefer for your character because it's not a huge impact between which you take.</DIV>

[Blutzo]

can anyone please post a picture of a Pristine Imbued Ebon Cresent Axe? i'd like to see how it looks when equipped... <div></div>

[Dtrick]

<DIV>Here is some pictures of my Pristine Imbued Ebon Cresent Axe and Pristine Imbued Ebon Leafblade:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt=pristineeboncresentaxe11md.jpg src="http://img266.echo.cx/img266/9088/pristineeboncresentaxe11md.jpg"> <IMG alt=pristineeboncresentaxe24ch.jpg src="http://img266.echo.cx/img266/9861/pristineeboncresentaxe24ch.jpg"> <IMG alt=pristineeboncresentaxe32lj.jpg src="http://img266.echo.cx/img266/5324/pristineeboncresentaxe32lj.jpg"> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt=pristineeboncresentaxe43az.jpg src="http://img266.echo.cx/img266/2446/pristineeboncresentaxe43az.jpg"> <IMG alt=pristineeboncresentaxe67ai.jpg src="http://img266.echo.cx/img266/4813/pristineeboncresentaxe67ai.jpg"> <IMG alt=pristineeboncresentaxe74wo.jpg src="http://img266.echo.cx/img266/9130/pristineeboncresentaxe74wo.jpg"></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks to Cohh for making the Leafblade and Thanks to Fidelus for making the Cresent Axe.</DIV>

[Aery]

Does the short spear have the tribal look, with the feathers on it?