Which Sword To Use?

So I'm currently at a crossroads at what to do right now for my MH weapon. This is my current gear:

ItemSet 399913

As it stands now I have no issues tanking any content even though my gear is not "top tier". Odyssey, sortie and w3 dyna clears have all been done with me as main tank with no issues. But I'm looking at my gear and trying to shore up my weaknesses and my sword is sticking out.

Sakpata's isn't bad so I'm looking for alternatives. Burtgang is the obvious choice but I don't even have the process to make it unlocked and it would take awhile. I've been looking at alternative swords like the su5 sword and even Excalibur. Moralltach in particular looks very nice once it's augmented on Path C, but it's an expensive investment. Excalibur doesn't really offer the stats Mor does, but the augment of Shield Block+10% is very nice, alongside the regen and refresh.

So I figured I'd post this looking for help from other experienced paladins. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Burtgang is the obvious choice yes. It's also the one that wins by miles. Atonement spam is a good way to build and keep hate especially in Odyssey.

Excalibur has some uses. At least Aminon. Unsure what else. I would probably go for that until you get Burtgang.

Or..You know...PLD can use Naegling

I’m in the same boat of not being anywhere close to a Burtgang. When I need a tanky sword, I use Brilliance. I got lucky to get a max aug on first drop.

It's nice to talk about interim steps but TBH, this would just delay the Burtgang significantly, especially in this day & age. Excalibur, especially R15 Excalibur (for the block rate, the only defensive stat), will be 120m+ on most servers.

To OP: Get working on Burtgang, ASAP. The pre-reqs don't take all that long. Investing tens of millions into a stop-gap will just put you further behind the 8ball.

There are niches occupied by the alternatives (Excalibur, Moralltach), but they're extremely niche once you have a Burtgang.

TBH sakpata doesn't look like a bad choice.

If the main issue is holding hate then a good augmented Briliance is afaik the second best option after burtgang.

malignance sword must be best option vs magic damage and debuff spammers.

If you can DPS its gonna be naegling, for magic related stuff its malignance sword, for just tanking its kind of a wash beyond burtgang

Brilliance is your top enmity stick even without a high augment roll
Nixxer is an okay just general block sword but i think brilliance is roughly the same block increase via shield skill
Sakpata's is just a decent all-rounder with 10 DT, a nice chunk of HP, and later refresh if augmented

Everything else i can think of immediately was mentioned and could be pretty costly like excal or moraltarch(though idk how useful moraltarch actually is once you have a solid cure set)

stick with sakpata or naegling for now, just start grinding that mythic content.

get the prime obviously

Is dual wielding sakpata and caliburnus a thing?

it could work; but you need to use an inferior sub - if you chose the prime GS, you can still /RNG and you get to reap the benefits of PDL+ aftermath and the STP+ on the Prime GS

Ah yes, /RNG for Ullr build.