Talk:Crescent Rose/@comment-25764680-20180315013109/@comment-25936766-20180321043623

Farm tools can be decent weapons, and that is the case with pitchforks. The problem with scythes is their design.

It is, by weapon standards, unwieldy and awkward to use. The weight is also unbalanced, like with some polearms, but even then the scythe is inferior to them. The blade has a very specific shape meaning that in a swing, it can only slice in a very specific area. The blade's shape also doesn't make it as good at hacking or piercing as other weapons.

The axe is just as good, if not better, at catching momentum and has a bigger effective area, while the hammer cripples whatever it doesn't kill. And that's just general comparisons. Overall, the Scythe is either mediocre at what it does or is eclipsed by other weapons.

The only decent Scythe, is a Warscythe. Which have a different design from the stereotypical scythe, and were only good if used by cavalry.