Is this weapon worth holding on to?

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I meant you can play the build self-found for the first two difficulties. I do actually struggle with this build in Ultimate and also have not played with it in a while.

V1.0.0.8 Discussion - Commando and Witchblade

Historically, a complaint with Blademasters is that they are late-bloomers in that they need end-game gear to shine. If it turns out they no longer shine even with end-game gear, their base skill values can be tuned up such that players levelling them will feel stronger And they have a solid performance at max level with the best gear.

Grim Dawn Version v1.0.0.8 Preview

Based on how the changes shook out in public, we were considering the following improvements: […]

• increase base skill damage on various abilities and Devotion procs, particularly for Blademasters who historically struggled while leveling before shining with end-game gear.

V1.0.0.8 […]

Updated the difficulty curve such that the jump between difficulties is not as extreme. Difficulty now scales more with player level so that Elite and Ultimate naturally become harder as the player’s power increases, resulting in a smoother progression overall. Note that there is still an increase in challenge when moving up to Elite or Ultimate, but it is no longer as severe.

Given the announced changes, I will reactivate him, to test how much he benefits from Crate’s tweaks.