Flail Guide and Builds (2024)

Last updated on Oct 14, 2024 at 12:30by Savvvo4 comments

General Information

Welcome to our guide for Flail, a weapon inNew World. Within these pages, you will find everything required tounderstand how best to play with this weapon in both PvE and PvP.

1.

Flail Overview

The Flail is an impactful support weapon that comes with potent group buffingcapabilities, as well as, devestating crowd-control and debuffs to help take down enemies..

2.

Flail Strengths and Weaknesses

Flail Guide and Builds (1)Strengths

  • Flail Guide and Builds (2)Incredible group support through buffs, healing, and crowd control
  • Flail Guide and Builds (3)Acts as a secondary healing weapon
  • Flail Guide and Builds (4)Versatile and can fit into many builds
  • Flail Guide and Builds (5)Fantastic disruption weapon because of staggers and knockdowns

Flail Guide and Builds (6)Weaknesses

  • Flail Guide and Builds (7)Low damage output
  • Flail Guide and Builds (8)Lacks quick, consistent mobility
  • Flail Guide and Builds (9)Lacks ability diversity in META content

3.

Flail Builds

No matter what build the Flail is in, it will be a support weapon. It will be primarily used forits secondary support build that offers the most group synergy, but it can be interestingly usedas an option for a healer-damage hybrid in PvE.

For more builds, beyond the two builds we present below, please refer to our PvE and PvP build pages:

Flail PvP BuildsFlail PvE Builds

3.1.

Void Gauntlet Support

Flail Guide and Builds (10)

3.2.

Life Staff PvP Secondary

Flail Guide and Builds (11)

3.3.

PvE Healer

Flail Guide and Builds (12)

3.4.

Void Gauntlet

Void Gauntlet offers healing over time and burst healing through Flail Guide and Builds (13) Orb of Decay. It allows you to rootenemies in place with Flail Guide and Builds (14) Petrifying Scream for defensive utility and to set up kills for teammates. You can also use Flail Guide and Builds (15) Oblivionto increase damage output, stamina and mana regeneration, and remove enemy buffs.

3.5.

Sword and Shield

Sword and Shield synergize well with the flail as it also has the opportunity for 3 additionalperks that can be provided from wearing a shield. Both of these weapons have potent support buffs, gap closers, and crowd-control lockdown potential..

3.6.

Spear

Spear offers a second weapon that can be used to disrupt enemies. When paired with theFlail, this combination will provide a devestating mix of crowd-control abilities.

3.7.

Other Weapons

The Flail is a support tool that can have viability when flexed into just about any weapon. It may not directly scale with theprimary weapon that is selected, but you may use a support Flail build to still have effectiveness in combat.

4.

Flail Attributes

Your attribute distribution will heavily rely on the build and playstyle you have selected. For clarity on attributes, please referenceour PvP and PvE build sections.

Flail PvP BuildsFlail PvE Builds

5.

Important Perks

This section restricts itself to the important perks of Flail. For acomplete rundown, please read our dedicated guide:

Flail Perks

5.1.

Weapon Perks

5.1.1.

Healer

  • Flail Guide and Builds (16) Blessed — This perk is NECESSARY for healing. It is one ofthe only weapon perks that improves healing output.
  • Flail Guide and Builds (17) Mending Vortex — This perk provides incredible PvP survivabilitywhen using the Flail as a healer.
  • Flail Guide and Builds (18) Keen Speed

5.1.2.

Damage Support

A damage Flail becomes much more flexible and you can play to your preferences. Itis just paramount to have Flail Guide and Builds (20) Refreshing Move within your build. It may also justbe best to use the Artifact - Flail Guide and Builds (21) Odo.

5.2.

PvP Perks

5.3.

PvE Perks

  • Flail Guide and Builds (30) Health
  • Flail Guide and Builds (31) Refreshing
  • Conditioning Perks — These can be used to counter expedition specificelemental damage.
  • Harnessing Perks

5.4.

Jewelry Perks

5.4.1.

Amulet

  • Flail Guide and Builds (32) Health — This is the standard pick for all builds, it is freehealth that will add to the defensiveness of your kit.
  • Flail Guide and Builds (33) Stamina Recovery — This is a backpocket save when beingfocused and taking heavy damage. You will receive a burst of stamina that willallow you to potentially get a quick dodge that can save your life and continuethe fight.
  • Flail Guide and Builds (34) Thrust Protection — This acts as a third perk option thatprovides more defensiveness against Bows, Muskets,Blunderbusses, Spears, and Rapiers.
  • Flail Guide and Builds (35) Slash Protection — This acts as a third perk slot thatprovides more defensiveness against Greatswords,Great Axes, Hatchets, andSwords.

5.4.2.

Ring

  • Flail Guide and Builds (36) Sacred — This perk functions similarly to Flail Guide and Builds (37) Blessed. Itis one of the only ring perks that will result in a healing output increase.This should be the main perk you are searching for on a ring. ONLY USE IF YOUARE A HEALER
  • Flail Guide and Builds (38) Hearty — This provides an increase to your stamina cap by10%, which is just enough to allow you to dodge twice while in light armorwithout draining your entire stamina bar. It significantly improves yourmobility, making it a high priority in light armor, but it is not needed inmedium or heavy loadouts.
  • Flail Guide and Builds (39) Purifying
  • Flail Guide and Builds (40) Invigorated Punishment
  • Flail Guide and Builds (41) Arcane Damage
  • Flail Guide and Builds (42) Strike Damage

5.4.3.

Earring

6.

Artifacts

6.1.

Weapon

6.2.

Armor

6.3.

Jewelry

7.

Flail Heartrunes

7.1.

Stoneform

Flail Guide and Builds (52) Minor Heartrune of Stoneform is the most defensive and useful option ahealer has. It allows you to freely break out of crowd control effects, becomeimmune to stagger, and obtain defensive buffs. There are three viable upgradeoptions:

Flail Guide and Builds (56) Stalwart Heartrune of Stoneform is the best pick as it notonly gives a 10% Fortify, but a healing over time effect as well.

7.2.

Grasping Vines

Flail Guide and Builds (57) Minor Heartrune of Grasping Vines is the best option for non-healer supportbuilds that are trying to emphasize their presence in a fight with crowd-control.

There are three viable upgrade options:

Flail Guide and Builds (61) Brutal Heartrune of Grasping Vines is the best pick to make sure that enemies caughtin the rooting effect are vulnerable to high damage bursts.

When using other weapons, or if you are seeking more damage, Flail Guide and Builds (62) Minor Heartrune of Detonate can be used.

There are two viable upgrade options:

Flail Guide and Builds (65) Brutal Heartrune of Detonate makes you more vulnerable, but will result in a massiveAoE burst of damage. This is best in more defensive builds or for light armor buildswhere you play with more risk.

8.

Gems and Consumables

8.1.

Gems

For more detailed information on how to properly use Gems in your Flailbuild, please refer to the our Flail Gems guide.

8.1.1.

Weapon Gems

It is best to use a Runeglass variant of a Flail Guide and Builds (66) Cut Pristine Diamond. This will allow for a mixtureof increased damage and healing all while also applying damage over time effects.

8.1.2.

PvP Gems

In PvP it is most effective to have an even resistance split, and then dedicate additional defensiveness to Thrust or Slash through an amulet perklike Flail Guide and Builds (67) Thrust Protection or Flail Guide and Builds (68) Slash Protection.

8.1.3.

PvE Gems

In PvE combat, more specifically mutators, elemental resistance is the main concern. You can use the following gems in your gear:

  • Elemental Resistance Gem x8 (Based on mutator elemental effect) + Amulet Protection Perk (Based on mutator elemental effect)

8.2.

Consumables

For more information on how to manage your cooldown hotbar, what consumablesto use, what foods should be eaten, or tips on how to be more effective withyour consumables in PvP and PvE, please refer to our Flail Consumablesguide.

9.

Flail Rotation and Gameplay

Your rotation will change dependent on the build you are playing. For more specific rotations pleaserefer to our PvP Builds and PvE Builds:

Flail PvP BuildsFlail PvE Builds

For more information, about Flail abilities, we have a dedicated guidethat goes through every single ability in great detail:

Flail Abilities

10.

Changelog

  • 14 Oct. 2024 (perks page): Guide updated for expansion.
  • 15 Oct. 2023 (PvP builds page): Guide added.
  • 15 Oct. 2023 (PvE builds page): Guide added.
  • 15 Oct. 2023 (gems page): Guide added.
  • 15 Oct. 2023 (perks page): Guide added.
  • 15 Oct. 2023 (abilities page): Guide added.
  • 15 Oct. 2023 (this page): Guide added.

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