Perks Meta

General
-Meta right now is stacking +damage% perks since they are multiplicative with each other
-Ragehunter, Aetherhunter, and Pacifier are top tier perks. Both Aetherhunter and Pacifier are bugged atm. Both proc on enrage just like Ragehunter and Pacifier buffs all damage instead of just stagger Pacifier maxes at +160% which makes it better than the other two since they cap at 150%.
-Overpower is also very strong can be better than the enrage cells for speed runs(Tragic Echo) or runs with lots of staggers
--Part break, shock stun, and interrupt animations count as "staggered" as well so there is a lot more uptime on Overpower than you would think
-Rage is good too if you can stay below 50% w/o dying
-Cunning can be considered a 10% damage increase under any condition, good but not great
-Would recommend 1 mobility cell slot for better stamina management
--Generally: Conditioning > Agility > Nimble > Endurance
--Agility can cut down the massive cost of dodging while charging with Axe.
--Nimble has the unique effect of allowing you to dodge multiple times when completely out of stamina but if you have Conditioning or Agility you will probably not run into that problem
-Sharpened is better than Bladestorm if you hit for more than 133 per hit (200 for perfect dodge bonus)

Sword
-Two main routes: +0-1 Energized and take advantage of Repeating Q (RRLLLQ) spam OR stack Energized and go for attack speed build, Overdrive (Q) gives 10% attack speed boost that stacks multiplicatively with other attack speed buffs (there are diminishing returns though).
-Attack speed build with Evasive Fury/Wild Frenzy with Shrike lantern will probably need some Attunement for 100% uptime on lantern

Pike
-Savagery, Barbed, and Acidic are great cells
--Usually want either Barbed or Acidic
-Barbed allows you to wound a lot faster and is great for party play
-Acidic also gives a hefty boost to wound damage but allows you to exploit the damage from Savagery since the parts will be wounded longer before breaking, more useful for solo

Axe
-Overpower can greatly increase your damage once you have KO'd a behemoth with stagger
--Can combine that with KO King
-Attack speed perks (Evasive Fury/Wild Frenzy) are also a good option so you can do longer combos in shorter openings.

Hammer
-Overpower is especially good since you will be stagger more than other weapons
-KO King's boost in stagger damage is great for party play, may not need it for solo/duo
-Can also go for attack speed build, but if you do know that primed hits are not affected by attack speed buffs