best 1h in your opinion?

[tankmen]

knightly arming, broad one handed battle axe and the warhammer thats the 1h to go

[MrShine]

My favorite is probably the Italian sword as others had mentioned.  It has good damage speed and reach for it's cost.  Lots of other 1-handers can improve upon it in some way, but it's an excellent 'all around er'. 

[Heres Ronnie]

LEET SCHIMI ferrr suree

[SchokoSchaf]

Crush their shields with the Broad One Handed Battle Axe and warhammer them into the ground! 

[MrShine]

LEET SCHIMI ferrr suree

I'm genuinely curious: why do people take the elite scimitar over the regular?  Elite has 2 more cut and 3 more length, but 2 less speed and nearly double the price of the regular.  Frankly I feel like the regular is way better.  Both are still great weapons though.

Scimitar
weapon length: 97
weight: 1.3
difficulty: 10
speed rating: 101
thrust damage: 0 pierce
swing damage: 30 cut
slots: 1
Cost: 4394

Elite Scimitar
weapon length: 100 (+3)
weight: 1.3
difficulty: 11 (+1)
speed rating: 99 (-2)
thrust damage: 0 pierce
swing damage: 32 cut (+2)
slots: 1
Cost: 8116 (+3722)

[Lezard]

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I'm genuinely curious: why do people take the elite scimitar over the regular?  Elite has 2 more cut and 3 more length, but 2 less speed and nearly double the price of the regular.  Frankly I feel like the regular is way better.  Both are still great weapons though.

Scimitar
weapon length: 97
weight: 1.3
difficulty: 10
speed rating: 101
thrust damage: 0 pierce
swing damage: 30 cut
slots: 1
Cost: 4394

Elite Scimitar
weapon length: 100 (+3)
weight: 1.3
difficulty: 11 (+1)
speed rating: 99 (-2)
thrust damage: 0 pierce
swing damage: 32 cut (+2)
slots: 1
Cost: 8116 (+3722)

Lenght and damage. Those two extra damage points prevents more bounces than one would think. That's also why heirloomed 1h swords makes such a big difference compaired to non loomed ones.

[Heres Ronnie]

I'm genuinely curious: why do people take the elite scimitar over the regular?  Elite has 2 more cut and 3 more length, but 2 less speed and nearly double the price of the regular.  Frankly I feel like the regular is way better.  Both are still great weapons though.

Scimitar
weapon length: 97
weight: 1.3
difficulty: 10
speed rating: 101
thrust damage: 0 pierce
swing damage: 30 cut
slots: 1
Cost: 4394

Elite Scimitar
weapon length: 100 (+3)
weight: 1.3
difficulty: 11 (+1)
speed rating: 99 (-2)
thrust damage: 0 pierce
swing damage: 32 cut (+2)
slots: 1
Cost: 8116 (+3722)

To me those two stats are huge in my gameplay and the speed is 100 for me since mine is heirloomed!

[DrKronic]

My one handed uses the 1337 spamitar and it is my favorite, I never like thrusts anyhow and the reach and damage are what does it for me, against the str builds I can dance and use right swings(good range, and of couurse the left swing and especially overhead are almost always headshots

Its not heirloomed, but even with seven PS I can break people off

Also looks appropriate with Arab gear, which I have an overall preference for.

[Tomas_of_Miles]

I liek the side-sword- it's pwetty!  In all seriousness though, I do like using the side-sword from horseback, with a kaftan, makes me feel so civilised.

[Neo_Qc]

Steel pick

[Matey]

hmm tough call. It took me a bit of getting used to the 85 reach on my Grosse Messer... but I really like it now. lotsa cut, lotsa speed... and it looks better than all the others! closest you can get to a cutlass! The broad one handed battle axe is also full of win.

[Mithlodir]

Langes Messer.
 Gotta love that savage looking hard hitting 1hander with a thrust attack to boot! 

[Kabookie]

Yep, Matey can show you how to use a broad one handed battle axe! Good weapon... destroys shields w/ lots of damage.
Tactical use is most important with any 1 hander though.
*I use the knightly arming sword for flexibility.

[Christo]

I'm not a dedicated 1h user, but the Italian Sword is just beautiful..
Also, I love these.. "All-round" type weapons. It can do almost everything. 

[Paul]

Wtf? Do these diverse answers imply that the item balancers did a good job for once?