Broadsword ?

...Headsplitter. It's not a cone for Stalkers?

I checked in game says it's a cone. MiDS however, shows it as a single target set for IOs.

Is MiDS wrong? Or is was HS changed when ported over to Stalkers?

Suckerpunch says it's a cone too. I don't have a high level BS Stalker, though, so I can't confirm it.

Just logged on my 41 broadsword to verify, head splitter accepts the following sets:

- knockback

- accurate defense debuff

- defense debuff

- melee damage

So yes it accepts straight melee damage and not PBAoE sets. Which is kind of funny because it is a cone and not single target (I routinely hit 2-3 critters at a time with it if I line up correctly). What is confusing about this is the scrapper version is the -exact- same attack but accepts the PBAoE sets, but ours takes the melee sets. I wonder if this will be changed in game at some point?

Does it crit from hide like an AoE, or an ST attack?

It crits from hide like an AoE, so 50% chance to crit from hide.

Personally I like it being a cone because hitting 2 from hide in one shot = a single target crit from hide, not to mention if you can pull off hitting more than 2 plus manage to pull off a few of the 50% crits . BU + head splitter from hide can create some big hurt. If they change to to a PBAoE set you can slot two -20% res procs in it that stack (fury of the gladiator and ach heel). Either way it's win/win for us.