Exploding Pickaxe
ThrustExploding Pickaxe Head + Exploding Pickaxe Handle
PvE Rating
★★★★★
3/5
Type
Thrust
Blade
Exploding Pickaxe Head
Motivity
45
Technique
85
Advance
35
Overview
A modified pickaxe that delivers explosive thrusts on charged attacks. It combines technique scaling with area damage potential, making it excellent for crowd control situations.
Strengths
- +Explosive charged attacks hit multiple enemies
- +Solid Motivity secondary scaling for hybrid builds
- +Area damage is rare among thrust weapons
- +Good Advance scaling adds elemental synergy
Weaknesses
- -Charged attacks have long windup vulnerable to interruption
- -Lower Technique scaling than dedicated thrust weapons
- -Explosion radius is small -- requires precise positioning
Weapon Tips
- 1Charged attacks create small explosions -- use against grouped enemies
- 2Best Technique weapon for crowd control in multi-enemy encounters
- 3Explosive hits stagger nearby enemies even if not directly targeted
- 4Works well in the Black Rabbit Brotherhood fight for AoE damage