Figsint

I’ve just reinstalled the game after stopping around the time when crossplay went live and loving a few of the new things like trials and escalation (haven’t done Malk yet). Being a bit out of the loop I didn’t know about the new weapon at all, but in the 5 or so group hunts I’ve done with matchmaking everyone seems to be using strikers. Are they the new best weapon or is everyone just grinding masteries or is it just the flavour of the month? I main sword and hammer and from what I’ve seen of the strikers they look really fun, is it worth grinding out some masteries for these.