for those that don’t know, if you run ascension on hunter and use it while holding a sword, it’ll proc the effects of the sword (probably unintentional but been a thing for way to long at this point) with a relentless strikes perk you can literally just get free ammo, lament heals you, and ofc it procs ergo sum perks which can lead to crazy interactions
I've been trying to figure this out myself. I have noticed that when using a Hive Sword, if you try to activate Ascension, you'll do the sword slam instead. This makes me believe that Ascension is somehow(maybe intentional) coded as a "sword heavy attack" or maybe just a "sword attack". It's really good with Gathering Light on Ergo.
I disagree. I have a hunter build with ergo sum that’s very aggressive and you can get up to 80-85% DR.. jolt / freeze everything around you and does massive DPS without worrying about ammo as well as getting transcendence very quickly
@@Cordam.100% better in my opinion. Having the ability to wave a bunch of ads then instantly swipe to close the distance into them with eager edge-esque speed is such a great feature for slaying. You cant do that with caster. But for majors or champs caster does help with damage but not by a lot imo. Not enough to warrent a switch from my wave
@@Imperium87 I completely agree the heavy attack then light combo is similar to a chain reaction forbearance hit followed by a heavy sword light attack lol its cool I did luminality gm today with the wave frame with the amount of ads in that gm felt the better frame to use in comparison to caster and as you said the damage difference is not by a lot for me to switch from wave too
telesto perk on a caster frame is actually so much fun. I got a role this morning and its kind of ridiculous how much damage you can get with a radiant buff and one debuff
Aegis already basically put out all the information needed to make an educated decision on what frame and other perks do the most damage. Unfortunately wave frames are bugged in a team setting but are the best in solo scenarios. Perfect fifth and arc conductor are top tier. Unplanned reprieve is an honorable mention.
@@eyeONE_Official I don't know whether it's relevant to this but I was running a dual destiny with a friend an hour or so ago and as soon as we completed the boss encounter (I was using riskrunner/wave frame ergo) it completely removed our light and dark buffs, stopping us from getting the CI. (this has never happened to us before so idk whether it was an ergo bug or if it just happens)
@@eyeONE_Officialthe more players attack a single enemy with a Wave Sword, the less damage they will do. More specifically, it's like the game just can't keep up with the amount of waves that hit a single enemy and doesn't calculate a good amount of damage. If you're the only one using it or not doing dps, you have nothing to worry about. Instead, if you're doing dps against Arald or Crota with 6 Wave Swords, then everyone except one player should switch to something else.
FYI Wolfpack Rounds work for your own heavy sword too, not just your teammates. Plus they proc Whirlwind an extra time on each swing and build that up really fast which fixes the ramping problem with that perk.
Ascension + Gifted Conviction + Amplified ( with artifact mod ) + constant frost armor/woven mail/overshield based on your super on prismatic is very very much GM capable with several rolls on this weapon.
No way, arc conductor waveframe all the way. The free lunging light attack after you use a heavy attack lets you close the gap and get a free hit to then let your arc conductor clean up the leftovers. it's my favorite for add clear by far.
Good to hear from you Luck🫡. Try out the arc conductor roll on an Ark subclass titan.. put on the fragment that makes blinding explosions with arc special/heavy weapons.. it's crazy fun👍🏽
my personal number 1 build is Arc Conductor on lightweight frame. perfect 5th works really well with vortex frame and telesto on aggresive frame can pack alot of single target dps, when you swing the heavy all the bolts go forward so will all hit the same target
fun fact ascension procs ergo sum exotic perks and swords with chain reaction and the sword ammo artifact perk we have once i get TFS i might look for an ergo sum with the colony perk
I normally don’t shame player’s build, but you’re actually playing the hunter wrong with ergo sum. I have 2 ergo sum builds (prismatic and arc subclasses), while invis is great for survivability I’m popping out of invis too quickly for that to matter. Try arc conductor and ascension. Amp on-demand will have you speeding across the battlefield zapping all the mobs.
@@luckymec ascension is great in GM. Combo with this season’s artifact galvanic armor, it’s meta. But with the ergo sum, I’m running winter’s shroud and threaded specter for GM.
@@FirestarterZero exactly my thoughts. The only time you run stylish executioner is in a Liars Prismatic build with winters shroud and stylish, or a Prismatic gyrfalcon build. No reason to run stylish executioner outside of that and definitely not on ergo sum. People just dont know the brokenness of Arc Conductor ergo sum + gifted conviction + ascension. Run GPG as your aspect and you are cooking. If you aren't using gifted conviction and ascension you are doing it all wrong. I see it all the time, hunters running sylish executioner and relying on invis. No need to be invis when you are slaying out and have massive DR. Now dont get me wrong, i have some invis hunter builds but they are what i said above and also on Void omnioculus. When hunters graduate from invis and start using the other aspects you truely unlock the power of hunters. Aggressive vs passive
Got the 5th with caster. Very good. Like the spider one, void vortex. Good in low level or higher w/Titan Stronghold. Both arc are good. Missing any wave frames.
Yesterday I got it with wave frame and Wolfpack rounds it’s a nice combo since the second hit is free it make the rocket on the second hit of the wave frame and then I switch to my vorpal bait and switch fallen guiottine
See that point right there is why I'm not overly a fan of prismatic hunter. Your survivability is invis. I love the melee build but for void/solar I'd rather just stick with the originals for restoration/cure and devour/invis Warlock though I love prismatic Tbh if void super meant devour on orb pickup it would be fine instead of a 4/5 second overshield oe whatever it was
Which frame wpuld wolfpack eounds be better with? I have one in wave, vortex, and caster. Peraonally ive been using my void caster on non raid activities as it can tamage the boss akd if i cant do close rabge it is useful for proc my bait and switch on my edge transit. I also want to know what edge is better to use as i have jagged and for the longest have been told that is the way to go with swords in general
I like caster to proc wolf pack rounds earlier. Jagged edge is better for heavy swords since they get so much more ammo. For ergo sum the ammo to damage ratio is so much better on enduring blade
I'm running a vortex frame and perfect 5th on it with a hunter with renewal so freeze the things and then run it and heavy swing while getting DMG resist
@@luckymecno you're just an idiot. After the heavy attack on wave frames, you can light attack follow up that lunges at targets similar to eager edge speeds. This follow up attack also doesn't use any extra ammo so it's wasteful to not use it.
Says who? Arc conductor ergo sum + gifted conviction is goated on hunter. Massive amounts of dr while you run around amplified zapping enemies. I would say the hunter is the best for an ergo sum sum. Slays GMs, raids, any end game content
Nope its tied to a mission its never gonna be with Xur also it will just take from the challenge to reward ratio whats even the point of excision grand master if Xur sells the reward of that mission
But it's pointless without the catalyst which is locked behind a 12 man gm that is the hardest and buggiest gm in d2 history ,the weapon is so good that no one uses it for endgame content maybe 1% at a push lol 😆 Bungie need to put the catalyst in the normal lootpool and replace the reward from the gm with something else
Lol most of the ppl in the comment disagree with you and they are right you're just not using it right and its a dope exotic sword depending on the roll and subclasses you're running with
Hunters worse class for ergo sum? You are way wromg with that statement. You aint running it right. I outslay everyone in GMs with hunter and ergo sum. The amount DR you can have on hunter with gift3d conviction and an arc conductor ergo sum you dont even need devour like a warlock does. You arent running the right setup for an ergo sum hunter is the problem Like the thumbnail says if you think Hunter is the worse class for ergo sum, "You're using it wrong". One thing i see with a lot of "hunters" is they crutch too much on Stylish executioner. Don't get me wrong stylish executioner is good but too many hunters use it ALWAYS. Crutchcing invis is one of the things that really limits a hunter. When you learn to play hunter without having to rely on invis you then realize how much more you get out of hunter. Stylish executioner is definitely not the play when it comes to using ergo sum. As mentioned before your setup for ergo sum on hunter is all wrong and thats why you think ergo sum is the worst on Hunter. With the right setup your mind will change really quick. I've played with all the ergo sums on all 3 classes and imo Hunter is Top with warlock right behind it and warlock is only 2nd because of devour, if warlock didn't have devour it would be tied to last with Titan. Titan is ok but your better off just sticking with a consecration setup. And if people say "but you can use strongholds on titan" well the point of ergo sum isn't to use it as a blocking sword. With basically unlimited ammo your supposed to be running around slaying with ergo sum and hunter does it best with warlock right behind it
@theburt112 the point is when you are running ergo sum and ascension the goal isn't to be invis and not attacking, you should be running around slaying because of the amount of DR you have. Ergo sum, giftend conviction, and ascension is a aggro build where you are constantly using ascension, spamming transcendent nades, procing arc conductor and going ham with the sword not like something like a Liars build where you want to go invis after every kill because you are dodging with winters shroud and killing something
for those that don’t know, if you run ascension on hunter and use it while holding a sword, it’ll proc the effects of the sword (probably unintentional but been a thing for way to long at this point) with a relentless strikes perk you can literally just get free ammo, lament heals you, and ofc it procs ergo sum perks which can lead to crazy interactions
I've been trying to figure this out myself.
I have noticed that when using a Hive Sword, if you try to activate Ascension, you'll do the sword slam instead. This makes me believe that Ascension is somehow(maybe intentional) coded as a "sword heavy attack" or maybe just a "sword attack".
It's really good with Gathering Light on Ergo.
I disagree. I have a hunter build with ergo sum that’s very aggressive and you can get up to 80-85% DR.. jolt / freeze everything around you and does massive DPS without worrying about ammo as well as getting transcendence very quickly
Can i ask what exotic armor you use and aspects?
Same here
@@RyouuGyn what exotic armor do you pair with it?
@@mehra6712 gifted conviction.. gain DR by jolting a target through any source
@@deathblock901 does the arc conductor on ergo count as jolt? Or mostly just triggered by ascension?
My Ergo Arc Conductor wave frame carried me through two dozen GMs. I've got about 10,000 kills in the last two weeks.
Same I believe wave is better than caster
@@Cordam.100% better in my opinion. Having the ability to wave a bunch of ads then instantly swipe to close the distance into them with eager edge-esque speed is such a great feature for slaying. You cant do that with caster. But for majors or champs caster does help with damage but not by a lot imo. Not enough to warrent a switch from my wave
@@Imperium87 I completely agree the heavy attack then light combo is similar to a chain reaction forbearance hit followed by a heavy sword light attack lol its cool I did luminality gm today with the wave frame with the amount of ads in that gm felt the better frame to use in comparison to caster and as you said the damage difference is not by a lot for me to switch from wave too
You’re like my twin. I have the same ergo sum with slightly more kills. 11k
14 k on mine I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ERGO SUM
Seeing you use the wave frame heavy and never doing your free follow up dash hurt my soul
telesto perk on a caster frame is actually so much fun. I got a role this morning and its kind of ridiculous how much damage you can get with a radiant buff and one debuff
Aegis already basically put out all the information needed to make an educated decision on what frame and other perks do the most damage. Unfortunately wave frames are bugged in a team setting but are the best in solo scenarios. Perfect fifth and arc conductor are top tier. Unplanned reprieve is an honorable mention.
why bugged in a team setting? i'm using it constantly in lfg gm's and so on and i don't see any difference tbh
@@eyeONE_Official I don't know whether it's relevant to this but I was running a dual destiny with a friend an hour or so ago and as soon as we completed the boss encounter (I was using riskrunner/wave frame ergo) it completely removed our light and dark buffs, stopping us from getting the CI. (this has never happened to us before so idk whether it was an ergo bug or if it just happens)
@@eyeONE_Officialthe more players attack a single enemy with a Wave Sword, the less damage they will do.
More specifically, it's like the game just can't keep up with the amount of waves that hit a single enemy and doesn't calculate a good amount of damage.
If you're the only one using it or not doing dps, you have nothing to worry about. Instead, if you're doing dps against Arald or Crota with 6 Wave Swords, then everyone except one player should switch to something else.
Ergo Sum with Stronghold on Titan is nasty, for those that know
Try with arc conductor and spirit of scars. Please I keep trying to tell people about this build. It shreds even in GMs.
@@shaddash1602 if I could get an exotic for titan that wasn't awful I would! I may try it with just scars tho. That helm is SUPER underrated as it is
@@shaddash1602im using it with class item hoil and scars aooo so good!!!
Except if you use that you lose the Strongholds. As a solo tank player I'm not giving up Strongholds for about anything.
@@MarklovesmoviesTHATS WHAT IM SAYING!!!!!!!!!
FYI Wolfpack Rounds work for your own heavy sword too, not just your teammates. Plus they proc Whirlwind an extra time on each swing and build that up really fast which fixes the ramping problem with that perk.
"The only exotic weapon that can get random rolls"
Hawkmoon: 😐
This is the only exotic for pve that does this
@@eliadams3711 nothing is stopping you from using kawkmoon in pve
DMT: 😢
@surprizeforyou dmt is craftable now though, I don't think it counts
Ascension + Gifted Conviction + Amplified ( with artifact mod ) + constant frost armor/woven mail/overshield based on your super on prismatic is very very much GM capable with several rolls on this weapon.
Lightweight frame wolfpack rounds + Heavy Sword with relentless strikes = practically infinite ammo.
No way, arc conductor waveframe all the way. The free lunging light attack after you use a heavy attack lets you close the gap and get a free hit to then let your arc conductor clean up the leftovers. it's my favorite for add clear by far.
Good to hear from you Luck🫡. Try out the arc conductor roll on an Ark subclass titan.. put on the fragment that makes blinding explosions with arc special/heavy weapons.. it's crazy fun👍🏽
@seansanford9044 that's a fantastic idea with it being a special weapon, I'll definitely be trying that out
That sounds nastyyyyyy
damn dude, that's finally a good way to clear my last gm on arc for the conqueror title. tyvm :)
my personal number 1 build is Arc Conductor on lightweight frame.
perfect 5th works really well with vortex frame and telesto on aggresive frame can pack alot of single target dps, when you swing the heavy all the bolts go forward so will all hit the same target
I have a titan build with stronghold, literally impossible to die as long as you block and hit at the right time
Thanks for the overview. It will help winnow down my Ergo Sum inventory to know what is a better choice.
As a Hunter I love using Ergo Sum. I don’t run invis but instead I run threaded specter
3:53 im sorry was that a vesper of radius+PHEONIX DIVE??? boom or arc conductor boom
What about Banner of War ? StrongHold ?
I wish Triton Vice worked with Special Swords as well
fun fact ascension
procs ergo sum exotic perks and swords with chain reaction and the sword ammo artifact perk we have
once i get TFS i might look for an ergo sum with the colony perk
I really really like my lightweight arc conductor ergo sum as the heavy attack only cost 3 ammo
I normally don’t shame player’s build, but you’re actually playing the hunter wrong with ergo sum. I have 2 ergo sum builds (prismatic and arc subclasses), while invis is great for survivability I’m popping out of invis too quickly for that to matter. Try arc conductor and ascension. Amp on-demand will have you speeding across the battlefield zapping all the mobs.
@@FirestarterZero fair, I was thinking about it from a GM perspective, though ascension would be great in regular play
@@luckymec ascension is great in GM. Combo with this season’s artifact galvanic armor, it’s meta. But with the ergo sum, I’m running winter’s shroud and threaded specter for GM.
Bruh ascension + ergo sum arc conductor poops on any gm. With gifted conviction is probably the best gm hunter build
@@FirestarterZero exactly my thoughts. The only time you run stylish executioner is in a Liars Prismatic build with winters shroud and stylish, or a Prismatic gyrfalcon build. No reason to run stylish executioner outside of that and definitely not on ergo sum. People just dont know the brokenness of Arc Conductor ergo sum + gifted conviction + ascension. Run GPG as your aspect and you are cooking. If you aren't using gifted conviction and ascension you are doing it all wrong. I see it all the time, hunters running sylish executioner and relying on invis. No need to be invis when you are slaying out and have massive DR. Now dont get me wrong, i have some invis hunter builds but they are what i said above and also on Void omnioculus. When hunters graduate from invis and start using the other aspects you truely unlock the power of hunters. Aggressive vs passive
My only Arc Conductor is an Aggresive Frame :( Feels like shit to use :/
Got the 5th with caster. Very good. Like the spider one, void vortex. Good in low level or higher w/Titan Stronghold. Both arc are good.
Missing any wave frames.
Yesterday I got it with wave frame and Wolfpack rounds it’s a nice combo since the second hit is free it make the rocket on the second hit of the wave frame and then I switch to my vorpal bait and switch fallen guiottine
Still waiting to get my perfect 5th caster frame roll...
It isn’t the only exotic that rolls with random perks, hawkmoon does too lol.
I've got 99 ergo sum's but an arc conductor wave/caster frame aint one!
I can't take off the solar side arm 😭😭😭😭
I have almost 10k kills on my Arc Conductor Ergo Sum. I love it. And you never run out it ammo if you have the catalyst.
does the frame matter
See that point right there is why I'm not overly a fan of prismatic hunter. Your survivability is invis.
I love the melee build but for void/solar I'd rather just stick with the originals for restoration/cure and devour/invis
Warlock though I love prismatic
Tbh if void super meant devour on orb pickup it would be fine instead of a 4/5 second overshield oe whatever it was
Fyi, song of flame does more damage if you only use the melee in it just something nice to know with warlock
I tend to do that, I might throw a grenade here and there for the range
@@luckymecsame I still use the grenade just to cause extra ignitions due to the new artifact perk
Which frame wpuld wolfpack eounds be better with? I have one in wave, vortex, and caster. Peraonally ive been using my void caster on non raid activities as it can tamage the boss akd if i cant do close rabge it is useful for proc my bait and switch on my edge transit.
I also want to know what edge is better to use as i have jagged and for the longest have been told that is the way to go with swords in general
I like caster to proc wolf pack rounds earlier. Jagged edge is better for heavy swords since they get so much more ammo. For ergo sum the ammo to damage ratio is so much better on enduring blade
@luckymec Thanks for the advice!
Does it keep you up all night? Talking about what your title says
Gifted conviction for dr is good
Love the video - wanna know your recommendations for exotic class item rolls for these builds
Star eaters was one
On my arc conductor one I use my apotheosis/verity one with storm nade. If not that, then anything that has osmimancy and run vortex nade
0:52 blur :(
How do you get the catalyst? I just came back to the game, I love swords and transcendence is really cool but I don’t know how to get the catalyst
@teddymilton5 you have to do the GM version of Excision. It's a guaranteed drop, just might be a bit hard to find 11 other people to do it
@@luckymec ah..thank you for the answer but…damn
Ergo Sum feels like what exotics should feel like.
Im stuck on final warning with my lock. Lol
Can you get shinys again in onslaught? Or is it just the specification on zavala which came again
Attuning is just bumping that weapon to a 60% drop rate (I think that's the rate)
Shinies aren't back
Ergo sum is not the only random roll exotic, but I could see why you would think that.
It's the only one with a random exotic perk I believe is what he meant
I'm running a vortex frame and perfect 5th on it with a hunter with renewal so freeze the things and then run it and heavy swing while getting DMG resist
Does the Vortex frame proc the explosion every heavy attack?
@@luckymec yes
@@novatheavenger3314 👀
@@luckymec as a matter of fact I was running with it and had an ally running solar warlock and we were chaining ignitions back to back
just got a caster frame and in add dense areas the heavy swing causes all kinds of mayhem
Yo for real! You didn't mention the warlock class perks you used or suggest? I have every one. What do I do?!
I guess I go back to the moba and fkn read, huh. Thank you!
Well the catalyst is needed wich a lot of players cant realy get wich is pretty sad
Why can't they get it?
@majesticgoyim6592 no one plays the activity on higher difficulty to get it in fire team finder.
Need a 12 man team
@@MegaWaynoT yeah I don't have that
Man really said a sniper that doesnt go in heavy, only 2 exotics do. Unless he meant double special but didnt specify.
Welp okay then guess im hitting lfg to finally get my ergo catalyst
Gimmick weapon. Fun in low level content but there is so many better options for higher difficulty content.
Dude forgot about eager edge on wave frame
@@Dreadnotus eager edge is a glitch
@@luckymecno you're just an idiot. After the heavy attack on wave frames, you can light attack follow up that lunges at targets similar to eager edge speeds. This follow up attack also doesn't use any extra ammo so it's wasteful to not use it.
@@luckymec clown. It is a feature said in the perk sword frames 🤡🤡🤡
No when you use the heavy attack on a wave frame you can do a follow up light that has big lunge@@luckymec
Do you mean the light attack after a heavy attack that let's you fly forward?
Vorpal frame.
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So ergo isn't worth it on hunter go figure I guess all hunters are now is still hunt and nighthawk
Says who? Arc conductor ergo sum + gifted conviction is goated on hunter. Massive amounts of dr while you run around amplified zapping enemies. I would say the hunter is the best for an ergo sum sum. Slays GMs, raids, any end game content
Ergo lock is the best
Hopefully Bungie moves this catalyst to Xur. I can only imagine from a full day of trying that the LFG success rate must be tiny.
I got it first try in a random group that lost half as the mission went on.
Nope its tied to a mission its never gonna be with Xur also it will just take from the challenge to reward ratio whats even the point of excision grand master if Xur sells the reward of that mission
Why not just hand out everything through xur at that point?
@@theburt112 bungie said Xur wont have catalysts that are attached to missions such as malfeasance, Ergo, witherhoard…
@@Cordam. I forgot to add an /s for sarcasm.
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But it's pointless without the catalyst which is locked behind a 12 man gm that is the hardest and buggiest gm in d2 history ,the weapon is so good that no one uses it for endgame content maybe 1% at a push lol 😆
Bungie need to put the catalyst in the normal lootpool and replace the reward from the gm with something else
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Lol most of the ppl in the comment disagree with you and they are right you're just not using it right and its a dope exotic sword depending on the roll and subclasses you're running with
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No I'm not
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No, im not using it at ALL.
Hunters worse class for ergo sum? You are way wromg with that statement. You aint running it right. I outslay everyone in GMs with hunter and ergo sum. The amount DR you can have on hunter with gift3d conviction and an arc conductor ergo sum you dont even need devour like a warlock does. You arent running the right setup for an ergo sum hunter is the problem
Like the thumbnail says if you think Hunter is the worse class for ergo sum, "You're using it wrong". One thing i see with a lot of "hunters" is they crutch too much on Stylish executioner. Don't get me wrong stylish executioner is good but too many hunters use it ALWAYS. Crutchcing invis is one of the things that really limits a hunter. When you learn to play hunter without having to rely on invis you then realize how much more you get out of hunter. Stylish executioner is definitely not the play when it comes to using ergo sum. As mentioned before your setup for ergo sum on hunter is all wrong and thats why you think ergo sum is the worst on Hunter. With the right setup your mind will change really quick. I've played with all the ergo sums on all 3 classes and imo Hunter is Top with warlock right behind it and warlock is only 2nd because of devour, if warlock didn't have devour it would be tied to last with Titan. Titan is ok but your better off just sticking with a consecration setup. And if people say "but you can use strongholds on titan" well the point of ergo sum isn't to use it as a blocking sword. With basically unlimited ammo your supposed to be running around slaying with ergo sum and hunter does it best with warlock right behind it
Brotha you said the same thing about 10 times in this comment, cut it shorter and he'll be more likely to actually read it
@@711_skiddlzI didn’t even read it, call this man salt greppo with this long ass paragraph about the game
Jesus you typed so much but said so little it's impressive
Actually stylish is still pretty good. The jolt from ascension/gc procs invis.
@theburt112 the point is when you are running ergo sum and ascension the goal isn't to be invis and not attacking, you should be running around slaying because of the amount of DR you have. Ergo sum, giftend conviction, and ascension is a aggro build where you are constantly using ascension, spamming transcendent nades, procing arc conductor and going ham with the sword not like something like a Liars build where you want to go invis after every kill because you are dodging with winters shroud and killing something
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Bungie needs to stop locking game changing loot behind the most tedious chore activities.
Translation: I want the weapons but I don’t wanna play the game to get them
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Lmfao two months sleeping on something obviously top tier. Gg man
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Hmm an L take. Wont be back to this CC anytime soon
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Ergo sum is not that good no matter what roll. Sidearms do more damage than most heavy weapons