New World ARTIFACT TIER LIST - Weapons Season 4

[@DukeSloth]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to those of you celebrating! :) As always, keep in mind that tier lists are highly subjective and not set in stone at all!

[@alexdgod1106]

whats the template you used to make this tierlist?

[@Kelticfury]

Merry Xmas!

[@Zeheroth69]

For you aswell Duke, Yule greetings for you and yours

[@DukeSloth]

@@alexdgod1106 Oh my bad, completely forgot to link it: tiermaker.com/create/newworld-weapon-artifacts--16163875?presentationMode=false

[@Awesomedude124]

Warning! Long list below! Finisher: - No comment, absolutely BIS in almost all areas. Scorpion: - I would say its effectiveness in PvE is less important overall vs PvP. I still think its one of the best additions regardless. Serenity: - Again, no comment. Simply awesome. Deep Freeze: - Its pretty awesome in most pure mage builds. Definitely an S tier contender. Boltcaster: - Fairly strong in PvP, but not entirely sure about PvE. Requires hard investment into boosting lightning damage and has situational perks. I would consider it to be around B tier. Abyss: - Another strong melee option for mages. Its utility and strength in both PvP and PvE cannot be understated. S tier for sure. Lifetaker: - It lends itself as a powerful off-hand utility weapon for all ranged weapons in all scenarios. Not fantastic by itself but meant to be a side piece for your ranged weapon of choice. Pestilence: - You run this artifact if you want to focus primarily on plaguing groups in all scenarios. It is still THE anti-healing weapon of choice even after buffs to plague-related perks The Wall: - Does best at what its meant to do. I would say A tier at least. The downside, while rarely ever an issue, still bites on occasion. The Butcher: - You would be surprised how many people run this in PvP. If they don't have another artifact being used for an offhand, this is what is usually used. At least A tier. Inferno: - Definitely used for melee-oriented FS builds with incinerate/flamethrower. Michael: - One of the most versatile shields to use for PvP. Kite shields are making a small comeback and this one is a strong contender for many flail builds. At least B tier material. Freya's Francisca: - While niche for making use of the less popular throwing tree, it is still the best hatchet for that purpose. B tier for sure. Mjolnir: - Mighty gavel is so useless and yet they put a useless perk on top of it. Its only better in PvE vs mobs that hammer is already strong against. C tier is fine but its definitely D tier IMO. Odo: - A bit underated IMO. Its still a good choice in Lifesteal builds for healers. The unique perk is extremely niche and makes it less desirable over others, but still solid as a weapon. C tier The Mechanic: - This would be good if using the Trapper tree was viable. In most cases its not. Vengance: - A Lifestaff is only used to heal. Any damage applied is secondary. Trying to buff its damage when its not viable in the first place is futile. Arguably the weakest artifact in the game. Gladiator: - The most disappointing of shields. It assumes that you will be using a SnS with it considering the perks which are also mediocre. No base damage increase = not even worth glancing at. You pick a round shield to begin with to do more damage. For being named Gladiator, it leaves much to be desired in any combat situation.

[@GR33Nday2]

Very nice, I´d love to see a PVE and PVP tier list to make things easier. But very good overall.

[@Zeheroth69]

Not agreeing much on Butcher honestly..succesfully ran that one for a good while in pvp. I suppose these kinda lidts are somewhat subjective for each person depending on how and what they build

[@cube1cze]

I agree with you, butcher with ring that has bloodletting and if you add more sources of bleed like keenly jagged and bleeding sweep/skewer on spear for example you have so much bleed going on that your heartrune will refresh like hell, I'm playing with healing heart perk stalwart stoneform and the uptime on bleeds and proc time between heartrunes in combination with full heavy armor gives you so much survivability.

[@Zeheroth69]

@@cube1cze ^this

[@GenDrake3]

Butcher tickles. Low dps build

[@Zeheroth69]

@@GenDrake3 if you dont know how to build in it

[@GenDrake3]

@Zeheroth69 so much slash resistance going around makes it weak currently. Whirling blade is a slash based attack and bleeds scale with slash. As a healer I can ignore butcher assassins trying to kill me as they don't do squat

[@Jayson_Tatum]

I'm almost fully bis on my Boltcaster build and can say with confidence that it's incredible. Most people are running full opal with one or two physical gems at most (Onyx or Moonstone), and it still hits ridiculously hard, because people just aren't going to run full lightning resist. There's a Boltcaster Rapier combo that can one-shot healers. It's very good right now.

[@chasecarroll3]

What is that build? I’ve been looking for a healer hunter build

[@ThaCousin]

Nice tier list Duke! With the good artifact I can make strong builds With the bad artifacts I can make meme builds With Gladiator...well.... a new skin? 😅

[@mickdiebold517]

Cool list... I would be interested in your thoughts on best perks to add to each

[@KittTheDev]

Not agree on the Odo ! (Healer POV) And i think most healer are wrong to not using it , I litteraly destroy and lifesteal so much with it making easy to 2v1 ; the flail pair with a shield is solid ++ but you need to not get a traditional round shiel ; Refreshing , Keenly jagged , Enchated on it for exemple, make your damage back and getting nice life stealing...S tier for me !

[@capnmorgan867]

Thanks for the breakdown. Tier-rankings are indeed subjective, but it's good info to have when judging for yourself. As a mostly-solo Expedition NON-enjoyer, Dark Matter is difficult to come by, and this helps when thinking about what to allocate Artifact upgrade limited materials towards. Also, this is a much better video than the last few, in that you are managing to suppress the obvious Existential Dread and Hopelessness About The Future Of New World from your voice and underlying energy! Thanks! Most of us also share this feeling *cough* 5-months = HALF A YEAR of no projected interesting content! *cough* but there needs to be a bare minimum of Hopeium-huffing every day in order to find motivation to even log on and do Dailies. Cheers.

[@bjorntrond9727]

I very much disagree with the Hatchet (Freya's Francisca) It's one of the best weapons for PvE tanking and DPS, but you don't run the throwing tree. You run rending throw - berserk - torrent. As for PvP, I agree it's niche if you are going for damage, but it's decent as an off-hand weapon.

[@ianbrooke6342]

I'd love to see one of these for the armour items

[@kermitdfrog1511]

Vengeance damage boost helps a lot in opr where most of your healing comes from light attacks (the damage boost increases the heal from the projectile passing thru friendlies)

[@greyaye8565]

I would like to mention how disgustingly powerful Michael's Refreshing Cleanse is. Even with a medium armour build in OPRs, I was way tankier than I should've been. I just wish that the shields would count as weapon artifacts so I can run Featherlight with Michael and stay in Light.

[@Sadoruro]

They should definitely remove the cooldown on Odo's defense, to make it heal on every blocked attacks. That's what gonna revolutionize tanks gameplay.

[@DukeSloth]

It used to be that way on PTR for both Odo and the perk on Michael and then they nerfed it on both. I think nerfing it was fair since the self-heal was insane, but increasing it to a 3s CD was way too much

[@SweaggerRexxar]

I think Odo needs a Rework... idk... maybe somethin like if u hold Odo ur Shield counts a Shield one Weightclass lower.

[@Snoopchilla]

A little PvP Insight: SnS heavy tanks slot butcher cause its BiS. THe bleeding you apply adds crazy to the heartrune generation, since it applies bleed with both spins from whrling blade. if you hit 3 targets you get 6 seperate bleeding ticks. Thats why its 100% BiS for SnS point tanks.

[@JJMTB]

Boltcaster is a B at best. Shirking Lightning and bolt are both very situational and bolt only works on basic attacks. Its more a PVE bow then anything and even then that is questionable. If bolt worked on ALL attacks, yea it would me worthy of an A rating

[@propersod2390]

Delusional much? Lmfao

[@Alig80r]

For me lifetaker, deepfreeze,serenity, finisher, pestilence, butcher all S tier . I have the scorp spear but haven’t used it to give it a score

[@justinnee8558]

I think they need to slow down on the release of artifacts the newest string of armor ones for example are very uninspiring. I cant be displaced. I am faster for longer. Very boring in design frankly. Maybe they can give them unique effects that you can activate that do something actually cool. example On heartrune activation gain 100% haste or something actually powerful to prompt someone to play with it.

[@Jayson_Tatum]

You mentioned Lifetaker being useful for ranged players, like healers, but what about paired with say a musket? I've been running musket with finisher recently and I'm curious if you think Lifetaker could be a better option. I primarily play the open world PvP modes for reference. Thanks!

[@ecrank83]

I would say finisher would probably be better since muskets have no mobility.... But it does pair awesome with bows

[@shawnmurphy6670]

I run musket with lifetaker and it's pretty good but as mentioned above, it takes a lot of awareness to not get caught.

[@Jayson_Tatum]

@@ecrank83 I am running an Arb attuned musket with Rapier now and it does insane damage. I think i like the rapier more for that mobility

[@DukeSloth]

When I said ranged players, I definitely meant Muskets, too! I think Lifetaker is a great option for Musket, but keep in mind it's less safe than having a Rapier offhand!

[@Jayson_Tatum]

@@DukeSloth yeah I've been using finisher as an offhand with it and it's been incredible. The build does loads of damage and I'm still able to get away with 100 CON

[@planetg2125]

Any bow that isn't using lifetaker to me is crazy. It's so strong with that combo

[@DukeSloth]

Imo as long as you have KJ finisher is a good alternative that gives you some more self-peel

[@gabrielalmeida6674]

Bow artifact its FUC*ING BROKEN bro... heavy atks hits 6k dmg on people using 4 ele aversion, 2 enchanted ward, 20% lightning protection(runes). I have seen hits of 9K on people without proper protection. that's fking crazy for a long range weapon. I know so many people who are leaving the game after getting into PVP because its just so much unbalanced that it becomes annoying.

[@alexanderbarnes20]

yes want a armor One as well for pvpve.

[@teleruin8686]

People still don't understand whwt the artifacts are, and if it noes not boost the current meta usage of the weapon it is considered bad. But if the artifacts were just the BIS for every weapon it would render the existing weapons useless... Therefor many of the artifacts are there to boost strange and alternate builds, have a very specific purpose, , or are simply good offhands the enhance another BIS weapon.

[@gamebufferbuff]

To be honest with you amigo, I think GS should be SS tier, getting hit for 8.5k in mid gear is insane and the fact you can’t get away from it.

[@danielescada6785]

I have not tested it, but wouldn't the increase in damage given by Vengeance increase the healing on things like Blissful Touch and Sacred Ground, which state healing is based on weapon damage? Because if that is the case, maybe we could see a increase in healing power too, which would definitely make it useful. If not, then compared to a regular BiS Life Staff, it can have 3 excellent perks + Enchanted, so it is better... But barely. I think one would be better off with Lifetaker as a secondary weapon.

[@SoldatHannes]

Bolt is S tier in PvP. Im often 3shot by Boltcaster & im playin with Feaver +200Con.

[@crowsnestbomber6869]

Agree with most of this. Mechanic could be real good if the trapper skills werent so clunky and slow to use.

[@drtranzocs]

i Personally don't agree on Mjolnir, it's still offer the most single hit damage out of all melee classes ( PVP ), i play Mjolnir + GA in light full lightning dmg. I can confidently say that it's the only light counter to the heavy meta in arena. No hammer can reach the same effective damage in any scenario, and of course, don't bother using gavel, you will run it without using those 2 perks, you are not missing out any damage anyway. I think it's bottom B tier, since it's also effective with other weapon, you just need to play it on his strenght. And there is NO WAY the butcher is not A tier, absolutely insane for an heavy sns in arena/open world, criminally underrated.

[@mavsfanforlife3488]

Syncretic bow > Boltcaster by a long mile which makes Boltcaster C/D class in a lot of people’s opinions including mine. Shirking Lightning and the passive are useless 80% of the time while you’re missing out on runeglass/ attunement effects.

[@StatusPia]

This. Boltcaster is extremely overrated. I've been maining a Bow/X dexterity build since NW launch and I'm not even collecting Boltcaster at this state

[@michaniepowiem4361]

Hi i have a Q while useing artifact shield can u use artifact chest? I mean is it count as weapon or armor?🤓

[@mertdurak3969]

Hello, i wonder that if i combine blunderbuss and greatsword, is it make sense?

[@shawnmurphy6670]

Does Vengeance make void blade usable?

[@NoTalker_]

Wow now only if the pvp artifacts could just show up

[@AiMZ16]

where can i get artifact ?

[@Starman.2112]

The Abyss gives you a PvP OPR mage build that is arguably the best by far, even more then using a BB. It truly allows you to be a solo hunter putting charge and bburnout together along with reap.

[@OlegC3D]

Scorpion Sting in S tier? it's basically useless now that cooldown time is 20s.. Unless you had tons of time to practice with it and get good at aiming you'll be wasting your time considering that most people are used to it now and block / dodge / roll out of pull etc... the spear was fun but now why would you use it when the only purpose for it is to pull someone in - it's hard to hit the target, & the cooldown is long as fuck.. there are so many weapons still broken as fuck and do insane damage that are WAAAAAY easier to use. RIP Scorpion Sting, you will be missed.

[@Ohanzea]

Odo sns light… trip to eruption combo.. destroys healers and mages,,,,,butcher is cracked in war and OPR..

[@jonathonbailey8320]

A more accurate way to rate these would be to have a pvp column and pve column. Stack the artifacts in each category. Mixing pvp/pve and rating them is useless and just a way to troll views.

[@epicexx5114]

Gladiator is so trash the stats on a regular round shield are significantly better then the shitty bleed that dosnt stack

[@dokanyon]

To be honest most of them need rework

[@kirilmartinov1929]

DukeSloth i am not sure butyou ave very very biased in your opinion for the ranged player as a ranged player i tried have for the first time its easy man so easy i want to see you how you play bow with light i want to see you how you win with bow against heavy players the game its not in a good spot havvy is meta bow makes damage only to light and medium we are not doing a lot to the heavy bow player need better bow better gear havy player base like you talking about bow players its not ok its a skill to play bow and stay alive its not a skill to play heavy abyss and fire staff both weapons great eskape option so please show that you can play stream only with bow and see how broken the meta is you have good videos overall but but you are biased ass hell thanks for the videos but don't biased

[@bentobox3453]

Boltcaster is S tier

[@Jayson_Tatum]

It is not. At least for open world PvP, it is not S tier at all. I think it'll be incredibly good in PvE though.

[@bentobox3453]

@@Jayson_Tatum I literally hit people for 7k heavies in opr. Light armor players get deleted in 2-3 hits

[@mgw5377]

@@bentobox3453 ive been hit for max 10k a few times. Shit def hurts.

[@amadukane597]

agree that serinity is for pve and braindead defiance stance hvy spams. single shirking element on any gs will overscale the damage from damn serinity if u have more than 1 iq

[@d3h547]

First

[@abnormous69]

I don’t think I’ve been killed by any other artifact more than Serenity. The butcher and pestilence I think would both be A tier. A fair amount of players I have seen use them. The butcher I ran into a full blown tank at a race last night that must have been entirely CON and was able to help CC using the butcher. I think the vengeance is a bit new but I’ve been trying to farm. The new gems allowing for focus to be a main trait in any weapon with plagued crits can turn anyone into a nuisance for any back line. Keen beacon and maybe magnetic gloves on a great axe will allow that player to heal with the passive and apply plagued crit constantly. I could see it being added into a group for diversity.