Personal Broadsword:
I prefer the broadsword just because the guarding mechanic can be very, very handy for early game and for the rest of your Minecraft experience. (until MPS or QS)
- Paper Wide Guard
- Cactus Tool Rod
- Manyullyn Sword Blade
All modifiers to Quartz and one for a recharge modifier. Has decent attack, but I doubt it does the most damage. Does anyone know what is the best combination?
The 'best sword' will depend on what other mods you have installed.
If you have Mekanism installed, the vast majority of zombies and skeletons will be wearing some fairly potent armor. In that case, the armor penetration of the Rapier will likely end up doing more damage to the mobs than the broadsword does.
The Cutlass is a pretty good sword, although you have to find the Full Guard in a chest in a TiCo villager building.
The Buster Bla... ahem, I mean the Cleaver has one specific use: Wither Skeletons. With additional Beheading modifiers, it can rack up the heads necessary to summon and fight the Wither in fairly short order. You can also throw on enough nether quartz to be able to one-hit kill them as well. However, swing speed is so slow that it is not efficient for normal use.
I happen to really like the Scythe for crowd control. You can hit four or five zombies all piled in and coming after you pretty easily. Throw on a single Necrotic Bone for life-steal, and you've got a weapon that will keep you going. It might not do the most damage, but it will deal with crowds and it is going to be very hard for you to be killed while stealing life per hit per mob.
- Cobalt Pickaxe Head
- Ardite Binding
- Manyullyn Tool Rod
All modifiers to Redstone and one for Lapis and another for a recharge modifier. I doubt this is the best, but the combination of Stonebound and Reinforced make sure it keeps low durability for a super long time for some super fast mining. Cobalt head because I wanted the Reinforced and because it's the fastest mining possible. Ardite for Stonebound ability. Manyullyn Tool Rod is pretty much your best bet for any tool rod.
I would actually disagree here, this is a waste of Manyullyn. Ardite has the second best handle multiplier in the game, you can use that as a tool rod without too bad a hit on your durability. That means you can then use a paper binding for an extra Modifier slot for more redstone.