Talk:Anku/@comment-25506106-20150607231014

Anku is so far the best of Scythe weapons, boasting the highest base damage, Highest critical chance, and tied 2.0X critical damage to Hate and Reaper Prime. As well as tied for fastest speed matching the Reaper Prime at 1.1

However it is still not outstanding. The critical stats are barely good enough to make a critical build an improvement of DPS or damage per strike without Berserker. With limited reach, and a short lunge/helicopter range, and a slow holstering time from quick attacks. Both Scythe stances are 'stationary' fighting stances, meaning that while activly attacking, the warframe has limited mobility and movement speed. There are many weapons available at or below this mastery, for similar low building costs that can perform as good or better then the Anku, such as the Amphis staff or standard Bo staff.

That being said, the Anku IS an improvement over MANY of the melee weapons available, and at an affordable and relativly easy construction cost.

If you want a Scythe, Anku is a good bet. If you want a good cheap low mastery melee, get the Amphis. If you want a high mobility weapon, get the Tipedo. If you want Critical monster weapons, Dual Ichors, Atterax, or posibly the Dual Cleavers. Anku won't stand out as a high performance monster melee, but at least it's not complete garbage, and doesn't need days of sucessive building weapons as components like the AKJagara or Dual Raza