Yeah, being so new to the game you'd be hard pressed to craft something on par with the Duellist blade, that's probably your problem.
Generally 1h spear is toally on par with 1h sword.
It does do a little less damage but it has higher speed, and ignore armor is generally the best special melee ability (out of ignore armor, bleed and slow).
Generally 1h spear is toally on par with 1h sword.
It does do a little less damage but it has higher speed, and ignore armor is generally the best special melee ability (out of ignore armor, bleed and slow).