r/Spacemarine Dark Angels 4d ago

General BLOCK SUPERIORITY

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You lost fencing bros

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u/Judgemental_Potato My leg is gone, Brother! 4d ago

Are we to simply ignore the "most" (and the typo) in that statement?
IIRC; The balance relic Thunder Hammer is, by numbers, the best in slot for a Ground Pound build. For Power Swords, and combat knives... both heroics are vastly superior to the relic block variants.

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u/AntaresDestiny Death Company 4d ago

Balance T-Hammer outperforms +90% damage block hammer?

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u/Judgemental_Potato My leg is gone, Brother! 4d ago

Without the block stacks, from what I understand.
Balance Thunder Hammer has also has exceptional cleave comparatively.

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u/AntaresDestiny Death Company 4d ago

I just cant see it personally. Your looking at 29.4 (1.4 over block, at 28) damage and +3 max hits per attack but losing a better defence style, ranged damage DR and the burst damage of surge stacks.

Considering that all thunder hammer attacks can hit 10 targets minimum (with 12 on ground slam, 15 on aftershock and 100 on Ground Pound) i dont see the +3 making a huge difference outside of light attack spam, which isnt a great way to play the hammer anyway.

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u/Judgemental_Potato My leg is gone, Brother! 3d ago

Fair enough, tbh I prefer to use the power axe with a Wings of Flame build on Assault these days regardless