English bill or swiss halberd?

[JennaHaze]

I made a 33-3 build polearmer and i want to use bill or halberd which one should i choose? Pierce or cut?

[LordRichrich]

Bonus vs shield all the way
Before the turning nerf, Bill was better cos you could confuse people will crazy overhead turns and 1-hit most with 8PS. But now you're more of support, so take the shield breaker. it's also faster right?

[justme]

i say bill, rarely see any of them on field.. soon ill play with it too

[Shrugging Khan]

Halberd.

1.: It's not English
2.: It looks better
3.: Shield Breaker

[Gurnisson]

Bill is for the pros. Are you a pro?

[JennaHaze]

im not pro i just want to slash bots

[rustyspoon]

With that much str you're better off with the halberd.

[Digglez]

Swiss can make people in lighter armors into swiss cheese pretty quickly, plus you can still STAB and do pierce damage to armored folk.  More damage to majority of players, faster & cheaper.  SWISS wins
English is better anti-cav & teamsupport though, due to the extra range.



18 STR, 6 PS, 100 WPF

SWISS	ENGLISH
37c vs NO HEAD armor     Minimum: 58*1.5=87     Average: 58*1.5=87     Maximum: 58*1.5=87	31p vs NO HEAD ARMOR     Minimum: 49*1.5=73.5     Average: 49*1.5=73.5     Maximum: 49*1.5=73.5

37c Overhead vs 30armor Minimum: 24 Average: 31.5 Maximum: 39	31p Overhead vs 30armor Minimum: 25 Average: 31 Maximum: 37
28p thrust vs 30armor     Minimum: 22     Average: 27.5     Maximum: 33	SAME
37c Overhead vs 45armor     Minimum: 12     Average: 21.5     Maximum: 31	31p Overhead vs 45armor         Minimum: 16     Average: 23.5     Maximum: 31

[Miwiw]

Problem with English bill simply is, that it only has pierce damage. Swiss Halberd at least has a cut overhead attack, so good to kill light-armored guys (and 37c is really good). Shield breaking as well, so it really has advantages.

[GuiKa]

Now there is no more polestagger the swiss is better imo (because of the bonus against shield).

But it's always fun to kill cavs who charge you when you're holding a overhead (they usually avoid you when you're ready to thrust). The bill is better to make this bait effective.