Talk:Exalted Blade/@comment-181.188.97.8-20180616205438/@comment-70.162.254.193-20190426113214

Exalted Blade actually hits "twice" in melee range; Once for the actual sword, and once for the wave, ensuring that a melee focused Excalibur is doing more damage than a "ranged" Excalibur. The sword will increase the combo multiplier, but the waves do not, however both the sword and the waves benefit from a combo multiplier.

You can equip Drifting Contact to keep your melee combo going longer, but it will require that you adopt a more melee focused playstyle to really take advantage of. The damage is definitely worth it.