I use a Serpent Sparker with Firebirds offhand and I found a good 2hander:
Its pretty hard to decided if I use my only Rama gift and switch to the 2hander for my hydra built. Id sacrifice a second hydra for more damage. Since the base damage of that weapon is pretty nice it might be worth it,
Besides, your sparker is better than it already (remember, you lose 20% fire damage when you switch out your firebird orb).
Damage wise Crushbane is better by quite some margin(remember it's firebirds we are talking about here), what makes sparker pull ahead though is the double hydra. And yes am counting 10% crit and 20% fire damage.
Crushbane isn't usable. There's plenty of weapons you can find within a day that would be a better candidate...
Burning Axe, Aether Walker, The Furnace, Sun Keeper, Devastator (crafted).
Besides, your sparker is better than it already (remember, you lose 20% fire damage when you switch out your firebird orb).
Thank you for your answer, but please let me correct you and maybe help you instead.
Hydra does damage based on your weapon damage, which is why 2handers are better than 1hand+offhand (+ Im using the poison orb as a third gem, which affects weapon damage as well). 17.1 damage gain is a lot better than my 18% fire damage on the offhand.
You mentioned just 1hand weapons. None of them is better than the Serpent Sparker because of the second hydra. And finding one of the rarest 2hand weapons (The Furnace) is surely NOT done within a day.
The fact that Im considering using the Crushbane is because of its very high base damage! Most 2handers (besides The Furnace) have between 2000 and 2500 min damage.
Im sorry that I might not have been clear enough but the only reason Im not sure, is because I dont know if the damage increase will be better than a second hydra
its me again.
I use a Serpent Sparker with Firebirds offhand and I found a good 2hander:
Its pretty hard to decided if I use my only Rama gift and switch to the 2hander for my hydra built. Id sacrifice a second hydra for more damage. Since the base damage of that weapon is pretty nice it might be worth it,
Burning Axe, Aether Walker, The Furnace, Sun Keeper, Devastator (crafted).
Besides, your sparker is better than it already (remember, you lose 20% fire damage when you switch out your firebird orb).
Hydra does damage based on your weapon damage, which is why 2handers are better than 1hand+offhand (+ Im using the poison orb as a third gem, which affects weapon damage as well). 17.1 damage gain is a lot better than my 18% fire damage on the offhand.
You mentioned just 1hand weapons. None of them is better than the Serpent Sparker because of the second hydra. And finding one of the rarest 2hand weapons (The Furnace) is surely NOT done within a day.
The fact that Im considering using the Crushbane is because of its very high base damage! Most 2handers (besides The Furnace) have between 2000 and 2500 min damage.
Im sorry that I might not have been clear enough but the only reason Im not sure, is because I dont know if the damage increase will be better than a second hydra
point is, i tried both. with a 2,5k serpent sparker and a 3,3 maximus the sparker was ahead.
thats also what the community recommended to me