by Ryukotsuki » 12 Jun 2014, 15:33
Since I'm that guy who's always in the gray area, let me put this into perspective:
There's no such thing as "Strongest weapon", because depending on what kind of skills you have on a weapon (As well as how strong your weapon is and how many stats have you allocated to add more to the weapon's power), it's easy to say that if such weapon suits your build and the situation you are in right now, you can use it to your heart's content.
I kinda screwed up my build on my main by putting POW/DEX equally (with occasional VIT's here and there), but then I found some DEX weapons that have the necessary skills to get me through dungeons on solo, even if I have mistaken stats.
So in the end, my setup has one axe, one twin blade, and two bows:
> The axe is a placeholder for the skill "Fierce God's Focus", which grants 100% crit chance on the next hit.
> Twin blades have skills that do very decent burst damage against single enemies, but I also use this to clear crowds due to their swift attack animations and multi-hitting skills.
> First bow is also my crowd tapper because it has a splash damage skill that kills mobs with a single or few hits. I pretty much switch around between my twin blades and this one depending on what type of enemy I face.
> The last bow I don't use unless I'm in a boss fight, in which by then, I use the axe's Fierce God's Focus and this bow's Collapsing Arrow to OHKO them (or kill them within 2-4 hits while in a safe distance)
Anyway, no one has to follow this example, but I've pretty much been soloing the whole game with that setup. I'm not gonna say it's effective either since I know there are other ways to win the game.
@Kori: POW only increases the attack of Oodachi, Axes, and Sword. And this is coming from a guy who screwed up thinking POW + DEX will make twin blades/bows powerful. I also think POW adds some points into your HP and Physical DEF, but that's just me taking an educated guess.