Can roll 6 sockets, can take grief, beast, death, doom, kingslayer and perhaps most important of all - lawbringer.
Scourges are awesome looking, easily themed to the above runeword and deserve a go at botd. Don’t forget, 2 min damage will always keep them as a dicey choice. No balance issue here.
Scourge is the most fitting weapon for kingslayer, death, doom etc. Fits perfectly.
literally none of those runewords require 6 sockets, and none can be made in a scourge anyways because its a mace… and none of those support maces
a rw checks the weapons base… not the other way around… you would need to change every single one of those runewords to support maces, not change the weapon itself.
Do that then. 5 minutes tops. 6 sockets is for botd.
making botd in it would be dumb the base damage is too low, greif would always be better.
if you REALLY want to use a scourge, go trade for a stormlash, they quite nice!
Maybe you could make a compelling case as to why Scourge absolutely needs to be able to contain all those runewords?
Runewords not being available on all bases is part of what helps set weapon types apart, so this request to broaden weapon types available for such a high number of runewords seems a little counterproductive.
i have no idea what hes on about either, stormlash is a fantastic weapon and even a low roll one goes for twice the price of a shako. and a high ones is over 5x as much
barely any elite weapons actually have useful endgame unique anymore… scourge does.
thats more than enough.
When was the last time you saw a scourge wielding frenzy barb? Utterly rare indeed, all the while being the coolest looking.
Ill conceded stormlash is fantastic though, because it is.
My rationale is, there is no reason to really pick up a scourge base. But when you do you weep at the wasted potential.
Yeah, maces are notably lacking on strong runeword options (since most of them cap at 3 sockets) which gives them a stronger identity with rares, sets, and uniques. I personally like that they’re “unique” in that regard, I don’t think runewords need to dominate all weapon types.
Then why not request the addition of a new interesting mace-only runeword, or to allow one specific runeword from the list to be used on scourge, rather than the whole list? Or ask for the improvement of the unique scourge?
It seems to me that allowing the whole list is overkill.
OTOH too many factors funnel down the choice until there is really only one or two options for a runeword. Look how many are going to be a berserk axe or phase blade. They could streamline damage ranges based on weapon base quality rather than base type. Like all normal one handers have x-z damage and range and all exceptional 2-handers have w-y damage and range, etc. Then you can choose your base on how you want your character to look instead of the only viable option. For me, wielding yet another phase blade is boring to the point of disliking the game because of it.
It wouldn’t change much for PvM and would probably just be an option for PvP since most of the named runewords don’t have indestructible or selfrepair.
AVG damage would still be higher on berserker axe, but scourge needs less ias and has higher peak damage.
I don’t mind enabling more weapon bases for runewords, because even if you want to play stormlash, you don’t have good mace options to pair it with.
Stormlash is also far less dps than it’s competitors for 99% of content, with hell being largely lightning immune. And ultra rare.
I usually find a Lo before a Stormlash.
Botd stormlash with lawbringer offhand would be far from op, with a min damage of 6 or something like that, and then only because it’s eth. Grief phase blades still king.
Vote for reasonable choice!