With no real mobility, the War Hammer can be tough to play, and you may find yourself relying on your second weapon choice more often than not. Crowd Crusher provides more in the way of stuns and knockdowns. Both skill trees focus on dealing damage, though the Juggernaut skill tree pulls slightly ahead for raw power. The slowest of the two-handed weapons, the War Hammer offers considerable damage. The Reaper skill tree does have self-healing though, so this may be a safer early pick, depending on your secondary weapon choice. Both Reaper and Mauler skill trees focus on damage, with the latter having more emphasis on AoE rather than single-target.īoth skill trees have abilities that will pull enemies towards you, with Mauler coming out on top with Gravity Well, which creates a vortex that pulls enemies-and players-into it. This two-handed weapon excels at dealing damage, with the price of slower attacks than its one-handed counterparts. But this weapon shines with its stun, knockdowns, and pushbacks, which can be handy for survivability and in various group situations.

The spear has a reasonably long range, even when opting primarily for the Impaler skill tree.

Zoner gives you a throw ability, along with crowd-control, while Impaler focuses on close-quarters Bleed damage. The first of the two-handed weapons again focuses on dealing damage. (Image credit: Amazon) New World two-handed weapons You can also close on enemies with Feral Rush or weaken them from a distance with Infected Throw. Thanks to the passive healing you can get for Berserk, the hatchet is a strong choice when it comes to survivability paired with relatively strong melee attacks. Berserker is built around the Berserk mode, which increases damage while active, while the Throwing skill tree focuses more on bleeds and diseases.

The hatchet skill trees both focus on dealing damage. While the rapier is a fast weapon and very mobile with the right build, it can still feel pretty weak, even after you unlock some of the core abilities for each skill tree. The main downside is that it's a single-target weapon with no real AoE-damage abilities. While Blood focuses on bleed abilities, Grace is far more mobility-oriented and has a lot of evasive moves. Both skill trees offer modest movement abilities with Swordmaster's Leaping Strike and Defender's Shield Rush, as well as buffs to damage or damage reduction, respectively.īoth rapier skill trees offer damage builds.

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