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<blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 1214529" data-attributes="member: 474">A 19-20/x4 weapon (6 crit units*: x1 -&gt; x4 on 20, x1 -&gt; x4 on 19) is better than a 17-20/x2 weapon (4 crit units: x1 -&gt; x2 on 17-20), even when a 17 hits (which would make 19-20/x4 even better).With your keen, the heavy pick becomes proportionally better: 12 vs 6 crit units, with less chance for waste (the lower end of the rapier's threat range is useless if it doesn't hit).Double the base threat range.&nbsp; 19-20/x4 is just as powerful as 15-20/x2, in terms of average damage.&nbsp; Low crit multiplier means that you're more likely to have a pinched threat range, but you're less likely to 'waste' damage on a creature about to drop -- though Cleave helps a bit here.* Crit units: One 'crit unit' means that the weapon's damage is increased by 5%.&nbsp; Thus, a 19-20/x4 weapon deals, on average, 1.3 times what a comparable critless weapon would deal, assuming that its threat range isn't 'pinched'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CRGreathouse, post: 1214529, member: 474"] A 19-20/x4 weapon (6 crit units*: x1 -> x4 on 20, x1 -> x4 on 19) is better than a 17-20/x2 weapon (4 crit units: x1 -> x2 on 17-20), even when a 17 hits (which would make 19-20/x4 even better). With your keen, the heavy pick becomes proportionally better: 12 vs 6 crit units, with less chance for waste (the lower end of the rapier's threat range is useless if it doesn't hit). Double the base threat range. 19-20/x4 is just as powerful as 15-20/x2, in terms of average damage. Low crit multiplier means that you're more likely to have a pinched threat range, but you're less likely to 'waste' damage on a creature about to drop -- though Cleave helps a bit here. * Crit units: One 'crit unit' means that the weapon's damage is increased by 5%. Thus, a 19-20/x4 weapon deals, on average, 1.3 times what a comparable critless weapon would deal, assuming that its threat range isn't 'pinched'. [/QUOTE]

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