Talk:Dragon Nikana/@comment-34733210-20180317171128

I have a set of compelling arguments about how Dragon Nikana is the best weapon in the game:

1- Strong dispo, no need to explain, simply good.

2- Hit boxes on attacks, Blind Justice is a piece of garbage and only degenarates will call it good, but Decisive Judgement and Tranquil Cleave have really good hit boxes, they can hit enemies above, below, behind and of course in front the player, only two classes of weapons that can compete with it are Heavy Blades and Polearms.

3- Fast wind-up animation, subtle but important, most weapon types have a tremendous delay during the first attack, not Dragon Nikana though, Dragon Nikana moves that delay to the second attack, which means your first attack goes out really fast (almost immediatly). Very important if you are breaking containers or dispatching weak enemies.Again, Heavy Blades with Tempo Royal offer a similar experience.

4- Decent Stats, I will call it very balanced, good range, good attack rating, good attack speed, subpar to decent status and crit values. There are weapons that surpass it in every single category, but you won't find a single weapon that can perform better and has strong dispo as D. Nikana has.

5- Great combos, hit boxes are one thing, but having combos that actually destroy enemies in seconds despite their level is just nuts. People talk about Condition Overload and Maiming Strike, but none can deal with high level enemies as the finishers attacks on Nikanas Stances, the higher the level the bigger the difference. Daggers with Covert Lethality can kill just as fast, but then again daggers. Maiming strike is better for low level enemies but then again, you are forced to do one thing through out the entire game.

6- Quick melee allows you to attack at full sprint speed, just like polearms. This isn't for most weapon types

This is a elitist approach, not many have or can afford a decent Riven to realize how strong this weapon is, but that doesn't change a damn thing, single attacks dealing over 2k dmg (without crits) with 1,7 atk spd and a huge range (about 9m on spin attacks), make this weapon the absolute best melee in the game. Even if you are a dumbass and try to argue how whips clear rooms faster, you should at least understand how a well balanced weapon outclasses whips in most scenarios, not everyone does low level speedruns and reducing your gameplay to one macro is the most anti-fun I've ever seen.