A selection of axes: which has the highest average damage?

[Blomdor]

Something that has never been entirely clear to me despite playing for years is how to determine which of a number of powerful weapons is "best". In most games, of course, the selection is quite ordinary and often it's just a matter of deciding whether to use a battleaxe or an executioner's, that sort of thing.

Occasionally, however, you find an unrand and/or randart that really stands out, by having a higher enchantment than is normally possible, being branded with speed, or having a very high bonus to strength. This is where I have difficulties. In my current game, I have:

The +8 Mithril Axe "Arga"
The +10 battleaxe of Beyond {drain, Str+3 Int+3 SInv Stlth+}
and a +9 executioner's axe of flaming.

I have no idea which of these will have the highest damage output, or at what skill levels. Being a formicid only makes it more difficult to choose, as I will keep my shield regardless. Obviously, one could easily win the game with any of these; I'm simply curious as to which one of them is most effective for killdudes.

I'm aware of a fight simulator that can be used to shed some light on questions like this, but I do not know how to find or use it. Any thoughts?

[Arrhythmia]

Press & in a game other than this one, then press f. This is fightsim and it's pretty easy to work.

e: PS if you have 26 axes the answer is the exec axe.

[Blomdor]

Thank you! I'm sorry for being stupid. Wizmode doesn't seem to work online, and I've always played there. Hopefully then I can answer the raw numbers question, but I'm still very curious about opinions as to which of these axes a formicid would generally want to use. People tend to put more thought into skilling efficiency than I usually do.

[MainiacJoe]

Is there a way to get to wizmode online?

[nago]

As far I know most of the servers have it disabled because it causes too much load.
One of the less crowed server had it working if I remember correctly, but I don't know which one and if the option is still available

[Arrhythmia]

I think admins can also enable it per-person; I vaguely remember watching gammafunk fuck around in wizmode once upon a time.

[Sar]

admin privilege!

[and into]

Any of those is a great weapon. I'd probably go Arga. Speed is a great brand and it is fun to use unrands.

The exec axe will do more damage, but not until you get above 20 levels in axes, which is a lot of experience. But, again, any of these is really, really good.

[4Hooves2Appendages]

As a rule of thumb (assuming even brands / enchantment level) you can divide the base damage by the attack speed (modified by your weapon skill of course) for each weapon. Then go with the highest number.

[ololoev]

admin privilege!

I think admins can also enable it per-person; I vaguely remember watching gammafunk fuck around in wizmode once upon a time.

You lamers just go crawl.berotato.org:8081. I can't believe Arrhy and Sar don't know how to wizmode online!

[Arrhythmia]

admin privilege!

I think admins can also enable it per-person; I vaguely remember watching gammafunk fuck around in wizmode once upon a time.

You lamers just go crawl.berotato.org:8081. I can't believe Arrhy and Sar don't know how to wizmode online!

I play offline these days