Cerberus.Eanae said:
Martial Bhuj is better then Perdu Voulge in a lot of situations. Especially when paired with King's Justice. Martial Bhuj is essentially the Hagun of Great Axes, and King's Justice tp modifier is damage varries on TP just like Sam WS's do.
I'll have to disagree quite strongly here.
Hagun augments SAM WSs hugely because they're single hit. Increased fTP is a property of the first hit of a given weaponskill only, and
Tachi Gekko: increase in damage from Hagun (martial effect) = 18.8% damage (assuming WS gorget is used), fTP 1.6625 => 1.975.
King's Justice: increase in damage from Martial Bhuj = 8.1% damage (assuming WS gorget is used), total fTP 3.1 => 3.35.
Furthermore, WAR derives a lot more damage from the TP phase of their damage than SAM does, which is another reason why Hagun excels so much for Samurai: so little of their damage comes from TP damage that sacrificing more barely hurts them. It hurts WAR.
-10atk, -5acc, -8dmg:
-10atk = ~-2% DoT/WS damage, less when Berserk is up etc.
-5acc = ~-2.75% DoT and WS frequency, moreso if you are giving up Haste in the form of Blitz Ring and such.
-8dmg = ~-8.5% DoT and -~5.3% WS damage (assuming KJ).
Martial Bhuj DoT is
87.2% as strong as Perdu Voulge's (not counting Haste gains from equip). Martial Bhuj WS damage over time is
97.6% that of Perdu Voulge's (again not counting Haste WS frequency increase).
So Perdu Voulge ends up beating it in WS damage over time too.
I would argue the top 3 nonrelic Great Axes are Rune Chopper, Fortitude Axe and Perdu Voulge (Erlking's Kheten if you can maintain full haste with the same food yada yada with capped accuracy).
EDIT: Added maff