Trash Weapon Survey for Rogues

[karl_k0ch]

Preface: This thread has not been updated since 11-08-2011. I intend to keep this thread as a snap shot of a rogue's arsenal in 2011 and will not upgrade it any further.

Fellow Backstabbers!

I am interested which weapons you use typically against trash mobs. I am mainly interested in mid- to endgame weapons, even only planned setups, but feel free to include transition weapons.

If you are not using TWF as a main fighting option, please indicate that. I will try to collect the information provided in the OP. (I will not include the weapon used against raid bosses in the OP. However, you can still mention them.)

Meinir's Choice is/will be:

Primary Set: Rad2 Rapier + Epic Smallblade.
Secondary Sets: Banishers and Smiters. Unsure if they are going to be used post U9.


TWF Survey: 48 participants (32 piercing, 16 slashing), multiple answers possible

Piercing Weapons:
12 rogues use Radiance 2 Rapier + Epic Smallblade
6 rogues use Radiance 2 Rapier + Lightning 2 Rapier
5 rogues use Dual Radiance 2 Rapiers
4 rogues use Dual Puncturing Rapiers
3 rogues use Radiance 2 Rapier + (Seeker +10) Rapier
2 rogues use Dual Lightning 2 Rapiers
3 rogues uses Lightning 2 Rapier + Epic Small Blade
1 rogue uses Mineral 2 Rapier + Epic Small Blade
1 rogue uses Radiance 2 Rapier + Triple Pos Rapier
1 rogue uses Radiance 2 Rapier + Ash2/Steam2 Shortsword
1 rogue uses Lightning 2 Rapier + Epic Smallblade
1 rogue uses Mineral 2 Rapier + Epic Smallblade
1 rogue uses Epic Smallblade + Epic Spy Dagger
1 rogue uses Lightning 2 Rapier + Mineral 2 Rapier
1 rogue uses Improved Destruction Shortsword + Destruction Dagger
1 rogue uses Tier 2 GS Rapier + Treason
1 rogue uses Lightning II Rapier + Water II Rapier
1 rogue uses dual Weakening Heavy Pick of Puncturing
1 rogue uses MinII Pick + Triple Earth Heavy Pick
1 rogue uses Turbulent Epee + frost/force/acid/pg rapier
1 rogue uses Rad2 Dagger + Lit2 Dagger
1 rogue uses Radiance II Rapier + Turbulent Epee
1 rogue uses Radiance II Rapier + Epic Garos Malice
1 rogue uses Dual Epic Spy Dagger

Slashing Weapons:
7 rogues use Dual Lightning 2 Khopesh
5 rogues use Dual Radiance 2 Khopesh
3 rogues use Dual Radiance 2 Scimitar
3 rogues use Dual +5 Holy of PG (Or Min2) Khopeshes
3 rogues uses Radiance 2 Khopesh + Lightning 2 Khopesh
1 rogue uses Dual Midnight Greetings
1 rogue uses Lightning 2 Khopesh + Radiance 2 Khopesh
1 rogue uses Lightning 2 Khopesh + Radiance 2 Kukri
1 rogue uses Dual Crystal Cove Epic Tier 3 Cutlasses
1 rogue uses Dual WoE Khopeshes
1 rogue uses Rad II Khopesh & Infectious Hooked Blade
1 rogue uses ESoS
1 rogue uses situationally Min II Falchion some hard/elite content
1 rogue uses situationally Rad II Falchion



Situational/independent of Piercing/Slashing:

15 rogues use situationally Smiting/Banishing/Disruption/Greater Banes
3 rogues use Dual Triple Pos Maces/Morning Stars
1 rogue uses situationally Radiance 2 Rapier + Icy Burst Banishing Rapier
1 rogue uses situationally Radiance 2 rapier and +4 Holy silver/cold iron shortsword of lawful/chaotic outsider bane
1 rogue uses Epic Hammer of Life
several rogues use situationally Treason as an off-hand weapon


Acrobat Survey:
5 participants

3 rogues use a Rahl' Might
3 rogues use an unsuppressed Dreamspitter
2 rogues use a (Petrifying) Staff of the Shadow
2 rogues use an Epic Souleater
1 rogue uses a Lightning 2 QStaff
1 rogue uses a Radiance 2 QStaff
1 rogue uses a Staff of Nat Gann
1 rogue uses an Icy Burst Weakening Q-Staff of Stunning 10
1 rogue uses situationally a Stunning +10 QStaff


Mechanic Survey
3 participants

2 rogue uses a Radiance II Heavy Repeater.
1 rogue uses a Lightning II Heavy Repeater.
1 rogue uses a Triple Earth Repeater

[Thanolis]

I am interested which weapons you use typically against trash mobs.


Thanolis uses a Rad II rapier with an epic small blade in offhand or 2 metalline rapiers of pure good (has OTWF) for raid bosses. Ive been contemplating making a Vacuum II rapier but Im waiting to see what changes occur in U9 before I spend the larges for it.

[blitzschlag]

don't have a pure rogue atm. 12ftr/7rog/1mnk only. will change with the next tr though

using

lit2 khopesh (main)
rad2 khopesh (off)

or

+3 WoE khopesh x2 (on elite quests)

or

lit2 khopesh x2

or

mopg x2 (no mintu's yet)

[Draccus]

Dual RadII rapiers.

Getting a mob blind even 1 swing sooner makes it worthwhile to me. I'm amazed at how long it can take to blind a mob with two RadIIs so I'd never consider dropping that to one.

Additionally, a 15-20 crit weapon that does 4d6 light damage on a crit is pretty good DPS on its own.

[Velexia]

Radiance II Khopesh, Lightning II Khopesh

[Bolo_Grubb]

level 20 assassin twf human rogue

most of the time I am swinging a RAD II and a Lit II rapiers

If monsters are held then a pair of rocksplitters or a dreamspitter

sometimes a pair of vampiric short swords

[SableShadow]

If there's enough dps for others to hold aggro (including SB IV + Tharne's), dual LitIIs.

If there isn't, dual RadII's.

Rapiers.

[Cap_Man]

level 20 assassin twf human rogue

I generally use a RAD II rapier paired with a Tier II Epic SmallBlade.

I ran out of time before I could craft Tier III on it so it does not have the Corrisive Salt or Red Augment slot.

[Spoprockel]

Human Assassin

I use a Rad II Rapier + Lit II Rapier for general trash

or Rad II + Icy Burst Banishing Rapier where banishing works.

[Alerax]

lvl 20 Drow Rogue. TWF, Assassin
RadII, LitII and MinII Rapiers. Rotate as needed.
offhand Epic Cutthroat tierII, or Treason if Im with weak tanks XD
If Im rockin DPS Ill do LittII mainhand MinII offhand

[destiny4405]

dual radII peshes, but i'll soon make a pair of litIIs, so we'll see.

[Gkar]

rapiers - rad II paired with lit II. A bit of blind, a bit of zap. Seems a good combo.

Min II/Holy silver rapier set for DR bypass

various situational weapon sets such as banishers (/sadface for the rapier banisher nerf), and festival frostburst greater elemental banes to deal with those pesky things that don't like to be backstabbed.

[Nospheratus]

Dual radiance2 rapiers without doubt!

Well, without considering special cases when banishers/smiters can be used of course.

[stille_nacht]

NOW
Lightning II khopesh main hand Radiance II scimitar offhand

PLANNED
dual radiance II scimitar switch to dual lightning II khopesh when they are blinded.

[KingOfCheese]

NOW
Lightning II main hand Radiance II offhand

PLANNED
dual radiance II switch to dual lightning II when they are blinded.

This--for high hp trash. For lower hp and out of laziness, LitIIs.

Edit--slashing (kopesh for litII; scimmy for radiance)

[Razcar]

My rogues are in different states of TRing, but generally for trash at level 20:

Rogue 1: Rad II rapier, Epic Smallblade
Rogue 2: Lit II khopesh, Rad II kukri.

[karl_k0ch]

Dual radiance2 without doubt!

Well, without considering special cases when banishers/smiters can be used of course.

PM recieved. Rapiers it is.

NOW
Lightning II main hand Radiance II offhand

PLANNED
dual radiance II switch to dual lightning II when they are blinded.

PM sent

Khopesh or Rapier?

[Bodic]

RadII rapier +Epic Small Blade
RadII+ LitII (in progress)
+4 Holy Burst Silver SS of Wounding
+3 Holy Burst Silver rapier of junk (wish I could just change the suffix)

[SableShadow]

Khopesh or Rapier?

Oh, sorry, rapier ... I'm something of a traditionalist.

[Cardtrick]

On my acrobat, Rahl's Might (force version) for most things that don't need DR-breaking. (The x3 crit is the primary reason, but also that nothing's immune to force, the base damage is higher, improved destruction is sometimes useful, and the deception seems to proc really often now, so I'm usually getting sneak attacks.

Against devil/demon (evil outsider) trash, an Unsuppressed Dreamspitter (primarily for the +5 Holy of Greater Evil Outsider Bane, with the level draining just as a nice bonus).

Against giants (mostly in Prey) and other high-HP, low-save enemies, a Stunning +10 weapon to stun them, followed by Dreamspitter.

In epics, Dreamspitter and Bloody Shadow Staff.