Talk:Obex/@comment-93.211.221.170-20140418093051/@comment-92.85.43.51-20140511112739

The real advantage Obex has over Kogake is it's slam attack AoE's radius and electric proc - it's exeedingly useful when you get surrounded by tightly-packed enemies. Can also use Fury better then Kogake. It's your choice - Kogake has the punch while Obex has the utility and speed.

On speed: Old Obex stats where 1.7 speed and Kogake had 1 (I think) - in practice that meant you'd land 6 punches with Obex and 4 with Kogake in the same timeframe. Here's the odd part - after Melee2.0 nerfed every weapon's speed... the same rule of thumb still applies as far as I can see, even the punching speed seems the same as before. There's something fishy about this speed nerf. Obex still consistently punches about 50% faster then Kogake - I kept wailing on a wall with both and after several attempts that's what I noted.

Not exactly hard science, but if I'm correct, Obex would do 6x25=150 dmg in the time Kogake would do 4x35=140 dmg, meaning Obex has the better dps. Of course, I could be wrong and it's more like 6 punces vs. 5 punches, meaning Kogake would win with 25 more dmg.


 * shrugs* I've sold my Kogake after above mentioned tests and decided to keep Obex around as the sole representative of the Hands & Feet stances. (Sad really. Personally I thought Kogake looked better with elemental mods, but it was pointless to have two nearly identical weapons, since catalysts are in limited supply to most of us.)