Talk:Ankyros/@comment-109.186.90.177-20130812184914/@comment-15719487-20130828180131

The truth is, "best" is always going to be a little bit situational.

Furax benefits a great deal more from a charge build than this does. But the OP was asking about a crit build. With a base crit chance of 20% and base crit multiplier of 200%,  on normal attacks, I'd say it's a pretty good crit weapon (particularly against Grineer b/c of Physics Impact damage), and dirt cheap. Furax has the same crit stats on regular attacks, but is slower. The wiki has not confirmed that Ankyros has the reduced Charge Attack crit stats that Furax, Dual Cleaver, Dual Zoren, and Kogake do. If Ankyros retains its high crit numbers on Charged Attack, it is the only weapon to do so.

Dual cleavers and dual zoren will be better for a crit build, with their 25% base crit chance and 300% base crit multiplier, especially against light infested, as they do Blade damage. Dual Zoren are also insanely fast; with enough Fury, the only way to keep up would be to put melee on your mousewheel and spin to win. They also have the reduced crit stats on Charge attacks.

Looking over the Weapon Comparison page, I'd say that anyone building solely for crit is probably going to spam regular attacks and ignore Charge, which means using Pressure Point and Fury, not Killing Blow and Reflex Coil.