Crusader - which weapon?

[AdoptASloth]

Well, I recently got a new flail, which has me confused about which weapon I should use.

Please know, I am aware neither of these are my best in slot weapon, but I've only really been playing for around a week and a half, and just want to get into T3 (I do T2 pretty casually right now).

I've been using the 2H sword for its Condemn property (Each enemy hit by condemn also triggers the explosion), which gives me a HUGE aoe boost with literally no effort, and the 1k bonus flat strength it comes with.

Now, this flail offers a double bombardment, and with Annihilate as the rune, that could be cause for some huge damage, as the Crit is way up on it. As well as the flat 23% AoE on Hit could come in handy.

Here are the full stats on each:



This is my current build, which I use for the 2H sword:


This is the build I would use for the flail (it's my alternative build, mainly used for Rifts on T2+ in a group, not for solo play):



So, which weapon should I be using? The weapon also determines the build, for the most part.

[kiokurashi]

Bombardment takes too long in my opinion to really be considered as a build changer. I would suggest staying with the Blade of Prophecy, or changing out Iron Maiden for Lord Commander in the Bombardment build as you are losing over 1000 Strength if you were to use the other weapon.

I myself can tackle T2 well enough if you were curious as to my level of skill. Anything beyond though I can't heal enough for.