You dont need gems to upgrade armor, you need elementals, however, you need gems to get the armor, which can be obtained through boss rush, if that's what you wondered about:)
Yes it's very frustrating but keep at it. I just got mine today and maxed everything at half price. But I still cant understand why all my spears and axes including the mystery axe, maxed and higher than my Breaker still cannot perform better than my Breaker.
There is a big balance issue in this game between 1h and 2h weapons.
1h have always been dealing more damage with charge and parry.
So yes, you would expect Mystery axe, Dragon Bane and General's spear to deal more damage than breaker but it's just not the case.
The best way to compare I've found is black dragon, he has a big health bar so you can easily try to parry an attack with each weapon, take screenshots and then compare. Some people would be surprised how bad are 2h weapons...
I'll post some screenshot I did some time ago.
EW3 - Mage lvl51 / 11.5K gs
EW2 (retired) -Grand Dragon Lord - LVL70
Dragon Braker / Full Mystery armor
here i thought mystery axe would be the strongest, i cant believe breaker is out performing it, only downside to it is a very short range against mobs.
[ANDROID] EW2 Lv75 Grand Dragon Lord
[ANDROID] EW3 Lv42 Warrior, Lv18 Mage
Invite me to play eternity warrior 2. Go to multiplayer inside the game, then use the game center tab...then we first take boss rush 4 two times, then 3 and 4 etc.. And you'll have over 230 gems:)
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1h have always been dealing more damage with charge and parry.
So yes, you would expect Mystery axe, Dragon Bane and General's spear to deal more damage than breaker but it's just not the case.
The best way to compare I've found is black dragon, he has a big health bar so you can easily try to parry an attack with each weapon, take screenshots and then compare. Some people would be surprised how bad are 2h weapons...
I'll post some screenshot I did some time ago.
EW2 (retired) -Grand Dragon Lord - LVL70
Dragon Braker / Full Mystery armor
On comparison the breakers win still,
[ANDROID] EW3 Lv42 Warrior, Lv18 Mage
for 100% success rate u need gems(iOS) or credits(android), you either pay for them or get it from bosh rush & the dailies
[ANDROID] EW3 Lv42 Warrior, Lv18 Mage