War Club of the Mataru Question

[dgray62]

I recently gained access to the Deadfire pack additional items, and I had a question about the War Club of the Mataru. It seems like an item designed specifically for rogues, since it can cause afflictions that enable sneak attack. But it's not clear to me that it is useful for any other character classes. I have a paladin and priest in my current party, but no rogue, but it does not seem a particularly useful weapon for these classes. I was wondering if anyone has found it worthwhile for any classes aside from rogues.

[Blades of Vanatar]

What about Barbarian?

[dgray62]

I suppose it does make sense for some bard builds, thanks! That way you could really spread the debuffs around, right?

[Blades of Vanatar]

Since Barb has a weaker Base ACC the debuffs should help him hit more often in subsequent swings. Couple this club with another weapon that does more damage, like a sabre, then you should start dishing out some serious pain.

[Torm51]

Also if you have a party with a Paladin that does not depend on melee direct attacks for damage, meaning you do not need any coordinating attacks/marking you could use it on a support front line paladin cause its quick so casting lay on hands and exhortations would be fast, plus you get the added bonus of debuffing your target.

Edited March 27, 2018 by Torm51

[dgray62]

Does the speed of the Paladin's weapon effect the speed of abilities like lay on hands and the exhortations?

[Boeroer]

No, but if you use heavy armor and a slow weapon your recovery will be long after an attack und you have to wait longer until LoH will get casted. With low recovery on weapon attacks you can be more spontaneous with active support abilities.

[omgFIREBALLS]

I gave it to a dualwielding fighter earlier today. It's a good smacker with simple leveling requirements available really early in the game. It doesn't need to synergize amazingly with the user ^^

[Torm51]

No, but if you use heavy armor and a slow weapon your recovery will be long after an attack und you have to wait longer until LoH will get casted. With low recovery on weapon attacks you can be more spontaneous with active support abilities.

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[dgray62]

Many thanks for the answers to my multiple questions!

[ArnoldRimmer]

I used it on eder with a shield, I found it great and as clubs are also in the ruffian focus group so you can switch to sabres if you want to keep eder using his normal weapon that he comes with... or against crush resistant enemies.

 

I found eder would trigger lots of effects once the soul bound upgrades were complete... Although I did initially have trouble triggering the effects to upgrade.

 

Maybebif you are a min/maxer you will want a different weapon but as i never min-max I never felt it was a weapon just for rogues

Edited April 1, 2018 by ArnoldRimmer