The new raid sword (item specifications are subject to change), provides
2 AoE atk ratio
248 phys def
325 Strike damage
10% chance for Strike-type attacks to provide a 5s buff which doubles your critical rate.
It is not useful on hackapel because hacka does not have good multi-hit low cooldown strike attacks.
The physical attack is the same on regular primus 380 swords. If you already have a strong sword or drake sword, it is not worth to swap to this sword unless you really need the AoE attack ratio. Edit: unless you are falconer3 hackapel, all falconer skills deal strike damage so it might be worth to get this sword.
Please note: new special options provide up to +3 AoE attack ratio, so a regular sword will be sufficient for AoE too.
After rank 10 patch, builds changed to:
Ranger1 as best filler circle, like the old ‘archer 2 mandatory’ now.
Ranger3 rogue1 falconer3 mergen2 over qs3 version.
Qs3 x falconer3 bullet2/hackapel2, and qs3 musketeer3 are the few qs3 builds left.
Bulletmarker builds moving to Bullet3 drop qs3 because outrage cannot stack with running shot.
Musketeer3 strongest boss (debuffer). Sniper serenity buffed attacks are the strongest armour break debuff.
Falcon3 still best archer support/utility.
(Ranger3 fletcher3) mergen3 performance is great at AoE and boss, but is less vs boss when compared to musketeer3. This build beats musketeer at AoE.
Piper3 for guild territory wars.
Reiter still ok.
Hunter, scout and cannoneer are regarded as very low classes (reason for cannon’s rework as requested by ktos players). Lately sappers are becoming less too. Rogues are used for the sneak hit buff and rogue3 is very rare. Archer2 is slowly disappearing, for ranger1. With the new special options, you easily get +10% critical (max +25% critical, but this is rare).
Hope this answers all ‘what after rank 10 patch’ questions. Finally I will tell you to play any build/class you enjoy.
This previous post shows falconer3 hacka2, and hacka3 <<click
Compare to mergen:
Ranger3 rogue1 falconer3 mergen2 challenge mode <<<<click
Challenge mode Ranger3 fletcher3 mergen3 <<<click
Hunter3 and qs (pavise) builds are safe builds for this spot. Though hunter3 is rare.
Ranger1 hunter3 falconer3 mergen2 challenge mode <<<click
QS3 falconer3 bullet2 challenge mode <<<click