PvE

For all possible perks, check out Temptation’s Hook over on light.gg

Temptation’s Hook is an absolutely EN FUEGO Season 11 sword that has all the perks you’d have to get separately from Honor’s Edge, Steel Sybil, Stryker’s Sure-Hand, etc. It’s got Surrounded, Flash Counter, Whirlwind Blade… AND VORPAL WEAPON folks!

What makes this even better is that as with all other swords, the perk pool is super small, and with the Recaster perk Umbral Enhancement III, all of your Focused Umbral weapons get an additional final-column perk. As of this writing it appears to be bugged and I’m getting an extra final perk on unfocused drops 🤷‍♂️ (but also bugged in that I’m not getting a second perk on Cold Denial or Falling Guillotine 🤪)

• “Why no roll w/Whirlwind?” If you’re going up against hordes of adds, you’ll benefit best from Surrounded (see below). If you want to whack on a single target, then this sword isn’t the choice; you want Falling Guillotine instead.
• Surrounded + Surrounded Spec ends up giving you a massive 36% damage increase (“only” 25% w/out Spec) and since a Sword is in-your-face there’s a high chance you’ll proc this regularly. Classically great perk on swords.
• Flash Counter not only disorients but applies a 20% debuff! This means all incoming damange is upped by 20%. You can imagine how helpful this would be in Public Events (like the S11 Contact event), to debuff the boss with up to eleven other Guardians attacking. The debuff lasts for five seconds, so you’ll need to periodically switch to blocking for this to take effect. Given that every boss in the game stomps, this is a great way to take out your anti-stomp rage 😡

Fortunately the perk set is very small and chances are you’ll get the roll you’re after relatively quickly? When you do, rejoice! That roll will keep you all the way through Season 14.

Note that swords only have one possible Masterwork (Impact) hence the appearance of “any MW will do” in the wishlist; which isn’t really the case

• (PvE) Swiss Army 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭 Collector’s Edition - 2.1% chance: Vorpal is a solid tool to have here. This roll won’t do the most single-target damage against bosses, but that’s not why you have it; you have it for the utility it brings. Being able to slice through adds and throw a heavy attack at a Champion or Boss is 😙 C/o this analysis, Jagged Edge is the clear choice for the first column, but you’ll want to make sure your reserves are increased in armor. Heavy Guard sacrifices Charge Rate and massive increased all the other important sword stats, but that’s fine because Charge Rate is such a compressed stat you won’t notice the difference.

  Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
  Mags    [ 40%]: Swordmaster's Guard
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Vorpal
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) Swiss Army 🇨🇭🇨🇭 (Minus Magazines) - 5.3% chance: Same as the CE, minus Heavy Guard. That’s OK because you won’t be doing all that much defending while slicing away with your sword.

  Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
  Mags    [100%]: *
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Vorpal
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) Swiss Army 🇨🇭 (Baseline) - 13.3% chance: You really only need these two and fortunately they’re pretty easy to find!

  Barrels [100%]: *
  Mags    [100%]: *
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Vorpal
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜🚜🚜 Collector’s Edition - 2.1% chance: With Surrounded up, you’ll be mowing through hordes of adds in no time. C/o this analysis, Jagged Edge is the clear choice for the first column, but you’ll want to make sure your reserves are increased in armor. Heavy Guard sacrifices Charge Rate and massive increased all the other important sword stats, but that’s fine because Charge Rate is such a compressed stat you won’t notice the difference.

  Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
  Mags    [ 40%]: Swordmaster's Guard
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Surrounded
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜🚜 CE - 5.3% chance: Same as the CE, minus Heavy Guard. That’s OK because you won’t be doing all that much defending while slicing away with your sword.

  Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
  Mags    [100%]: *
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Surrounded
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) “Lawnmower Man” 🚜 Baseline - 13.3% chance: You really only need these two to do phenomenal amounts of damage and fortunately they’re pretty easy to find!

  Barrels [100%]: *
  Mags    [100%]: *
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Surrounded
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) “Perfect Parry” ⚔️⚔️⚔️ Collector’s Edition - 3.7% chance: Flash Counter is akin to parrying in many games, where a perfectly timed block will stagger your attacker. Same set of rolls as above, but with Flash Counter in the final column.

  Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
  Mags    [ 70%]: Burst Guard, Enduring Guard
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Flash Counter
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) “Perfect Parry” ⚔️⚔️ CE (Expanded Magazines) - 5.3% chance: Same as the CE, minus Heavy Guard. That’s OK because you won’t be doing all that much defending while slicing away with your sword.

  Barrels [ 40%]: Jagged Edge
  Mags    [100%]: *
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Flash Counter
  MWorks  [100%]: *
  

• (PvE) “Perfect Parry” ⚔️ Baseline - 13.3% chance: Baseline Guard Efficiency is pretty awful, but if you’re able to time it right, you won’t have to keep it up for long so maybe you’re OK with it?

  Barrels [100%]: *
  Mags    [100%]: *
  Perks 1 [ 33%]: Relentless Strikes
  Perks 2 [ 40%]: Flash Counter
  MWorks  [100%]: *