You cant beat the overall usefulness of the B1HBA. 35 cut to massacre peasants and lightly armored folks, break shields and doors...plus flip it over and you are doing close to the same dmg as a pick would, without suffering -6 to reach.
Agi-whores will give you trouble in very wide open maps, which is why having a very long sword is nice. KAS, NCS or LAS good picks.