QuantumFX wrote on Aug 29
th, 2016 at 8:36pm:
Thanks for the help so far guys. Do the sonic procs from Swashbuckler Spell crit like the Scion feats?
Resonant Arms does not. Scions do not AFAIK, but I haven't tried all of them. Which one were you using?
QuantumFX wrote on Aug 29
th, 2016 at 8:36pm:
Also, I guess I should mention that this character was a light blades kensai. So, wouldn’t I be better off wielding Balizarde, over a Level 24 Thunder-forged handaxe, in epic levels?
You can get slightly more crit damage on balizarde in t5 Kensei, but in doing so you'd either give up 20 AP of Swash or shield enhancements and have significantly lower [W] and proc damage. (Bali would be +8 2.5[d8] 3d8 bleed 14-20x4, handaxe would be +10 4[d6] 10d6 fire or 8d6 neg 15-20x4 +2 from headsman's)
Simply not enough AP to sink 30+ in kensei and still get all the swash, vanguard, defender, WC stuff you want. Without 30+ in Kensei, handaxe is strictly better.