AngryNimbus
Terrarian
No-no I have a different experience.It’s not an S tier weapon, but it sure as hell isn’t C either.
Paladin’s Hammer really needs autoswing to work, but when you have it it becomes great, like many other boomerangs.
The thing isn’t notable for its range, it’s notable for its speed and ability to smash clusters. With autoswing, get near the group of enemies spamming the hammer and hit them repeatedly with the hammer, with almost no chance of missing your shots. You get very high DPS due to its speed and base damage, and it’s one of few examples of a short range weapon that benefits from its high knockback: it lets you run through the crowds spamming the hammer and basically just play snowplow.
In DPS, it’s roughly the same as Terra Blade when you give it autoswing. I’d argue that with more piercing against tight clusters, and and its knockback and immediate accuracy making it highly spammy, but not having a blade or much range as Terra Blade, it’s around the same in ability for crowds. It’s worth noting that range matters way less for crowds than for bosses, especially the Martians or earlier phases of the Moons.
Considering that and how it can’t be used for bosses like Terra Blade, I’d put it in A- / B+. B- or C feels way too harsh.
Also Vampire Knives may get more DPS if you land every single knife, but that’s not realistic. Vampire Knives have a spread the size of Neptune, and you usually only hit once or twice per swing. There’s a reason Vampire Knives aren’t regarded for their DPS.
Paladins Hammer does autoswing, as every decent melee gear at this point must have a glove accessory.
DPS: 1500 vs 2500 versus single-target ranged terra blade (no sword damage)
Against crowds – infinite piercing does not matter, when base dmg is 172 terra vs 90 hammer. To take advantage of the hammer you need to hit twice as many enemies at least.
Range is very important. Lets take OOA into consideration, where crowd control really matters. With terra you can stand near the crystal and spam
Vampire Knives always throw 4-5 knives in a very dense group, only 1-2 are far from them and missing. Not a huge issue,as average number of knives thrown is 4.94 (wiki info).
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