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[tahujdt]

So I'm making the royal axeguard squad for the Count(And, when he arrives, the King) when my weaponsmith goes into a secretive mood. He produces an artifact steel battle axe. I gave it to the captain of the axeguards.

I am shortly going to equip the axeguards with candy axes, which raises the question: Will a ☼candy battle axe☼ beat an artifact steel battle axe?

[Xenos]

So I'm making the royal axeguard squad for the Count(And, when he arrives, the King) when my weaponsmith goes into a secretive mood. He produces an artifact steel battle axe. I gave it to the captain of the axeguards.

I am shortly going to equip the axeguards with candy axes, which raises the question: Will a ☼candy battle axe☼ beat an artifact steel battle axe?

I think the candy will be better against armored things, but enemies don't come in steel and an artifact axe wins on a badass scale anyway so I say keep it.

[Corai]

Steel, go with steel. It has weight so it is usable in every possible way, including bisecting.

[Xenos]

Steel, go with steel. It has weight so it is usable in every possible way, including bisecting.

Addy would work for bisecting, it would just do poorly for the bashing.

[Corai]

Steel, go with steel. It has weight so it is usable in every possible way, including bisecting.

Addy would work for bisecting, it would just do poorly for the bashing.

Yeah, I was meaning it could be used for bisecting AND bashing. Unlike bluemetal's limited bisecting/cutting whatever.

[Xenos]

Steel, go with steel. It has weight so it is usable in every possible way, including bisecting.

Addy would work for bisecting, it would just do poorly for the bashing.

Yeah, I was meaning it could be used for bisecting AND bashing. Unlike bluemetal's limited bisecting/cutting whatever.

Ah got it.  Regardless of what he gives to the rest of the squad, the captain needs to keep the artifact steel.    (I would leave addy for spears/swords personally.)

[Broseph Stalin]

Unless you're having a problem with your steel weapons piercing armor the steel is the best bet. Artifacts have a pretty sweet accuracy modifier so they preform much better than candy weapons on even terms.

[tahujdt]

Steel, go with steel. It has weight so it is usable in every possible way, including bisecting.

Addy would work for bisecting, it would just do poorly for the bashing.

Yeah, I was meaning it could be used for bisecting AND bashing. Unlike bluemetal's limited bisecting/cutting whatever.

Ah got it.  Regardless of what he gives to the rest of the squad, the captain needs to keep the artifact steel.    (I would leave addy for spears/swords personally.)

Spears don't need to be candy, iron work just fine, steel is the best I would use on spears. I read a whole thread about spears. Swords vs. Axes is a personal choice, but I like axes because the higher decapitation rate means more ☼goblin bone bracelets☼ for me.

[krenshala]

Just for reference, my Skilled Speardwarves armed with -steel spears- (and +spears+, but nothing better) where taking off hands and feet of their enemies yesterday.  They also, due to a mistake on my part, dropped a human swordsman in bronze breastplate/helm in 3 hits, two of which where to upper and lower body, the other being a slice to the arm. (I told them to kill the goblin master thief, but he had died so I actually told them to kill the human who had lopped off the thief's arm and foot moments before.  I chalked it up to "He saw into the fort! He must die to preserve our security!" )

[Sutremaine]

Picks and adamantine go together beautifully. Picks are the only dwarven weapon without a blunt attack, and their edged attack is very nice indeed. The only downside is that without crosstraining, your pickmeisters won't be considered Elite soldiers until their Wrestling skill hits Great, and that takes a while.

[ltprifti]

test it out, lock two in a room one with candy one with artifact steel, have them fight it out see who wins

[SharkForce]

test it out, lock two in a room one with candy one with artifact steel, have them fight it out see who wins

hasn't anyone ever told you about sample sizes?

you have to do this at least a few hundred times to get meaningful results ^^

[jellsprout]

Steel and adamantine pierce iron, bronze and copper armor just as easily. Only against other steel or adamantine armor will the material make a difference. So unless you're at war with the humans or decide to visit the parade, the artifact steel axe is far better.

[Xenos]

Steel and adamantine pierce iron, bronze and copper armor just as easily. Only against other steel or adamantine armor will the material make a difference. So unless you're at war with the humans or decide to visit the parade, the artifact steel axe is far better.

It could be something like how steel warhammers and silver are both comperable in efficacy because silver penetrates armor better but steel wounds better.

[tahujdt]

I can see this turning into a science thread...

I will capture some goblins and have my mcap fight them with his arty axe, and have another axe lord fight with his candy axe. Which one can kill the fastest? Only one way to find out!