Talk:Tipedo/@comment-174.54.100.25-20150816024857/@comment-26355183-20150816151915

They are!

Most people go Orthos Prime but the differences are:

Tipedo is a stronger status weapon, has SLIGHTLY lower base damage, has a VERY high attack speed, and falls under the Staff category.

Orthos Prime has a lower status chance, a higher base damage, is still relatively fast (but the Tipedo is one of the fastest in the game) and falls under the Polearm category.

I'm not to sure on which one has a farther reach, but you can get pretty similar effects from both of them with Reach/Primed Reach. Tipedo will do less damage but it'll lead to more status procs on everything around you.

What I'd say it really comes down to is what feels better. To me staff stances don't feel fluid compared to the polearm stances.

Hope this helps!