Talk:Dark Split-Sword/@comment-24543527-20160610032641

This analysis is comparing the difference in stats of other heavy blade weapons to Dark Split-sword's heavy blade stats. Stats that are equal across weapons will be ignored, and status chance will be ignored because it does not always add significantly to DPS. War is left out because it's obviously top tier of its class.

Dark Split-sword (heavy blade stance): 80 base damage, 1.0 attack speed, 10% critical chance, 2.0x crit multiplier, is a clan tech research, requires Dual Skana and forma as crafting ingredient, costs 225 plat in market.

Scindo: Has +20 base dmg, -0.083 attack speed, +5% crit chance, -0.5x multiplier, costs 150 plat, blueprint requires a simple recipe and is available in market and login rewards.

Gram: Has +20 base dmg, nearly the same attack speed (-0.050), +5% crit chance, costs 150 plat, blueprint requires a simple recipe and is available in market.

Galatine: +45 base dmg, equal 1.0 attack speed, +5% crit chance, costs 175 plat, blueprint requires a simple recipe and is available in market.

Scindo Prime: +50 base dmg, virtually identical attack speed (-0.033), +10% crit chance, plat cost can be very low or even free if obtained from a friend.

Conclusion: Considering standard Scindo is Berserker viable (and if anyone is crazy enough to keep it), Dark Split-sword is the lowest tier heavy blade in the game. I really like the aesthetics of the dark blades and was really hoping there would be at least one high-tier variant, but it's looking like dark blades are forever doomed to be low-tier in nature. Idk why they thought a whopping 225 plat for the lowest tier weapon was a good idea either.