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Needs to be nerfed to the ground in pvp

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The moment I got these my immediate thoughts were "this is going to get nerfed in PvE because of PvPers whining about it"

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really makes you feel like dancer of the boreal valley

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Weapons like these make me wish fromsoft would stop pretending to care about pvp, I’m tired of being let down, either start balancing or just gut the system already.

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the amount of times i've nearly beat a guy and he just soft swaps to one of these and just starts spamming swift slash or blind spot lmao. it's like the "i give up but still want the screen to say victory" weapon

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Yeah these Swords Are Amazing do you know what would make them better. If You Gripped them Blade Up.

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Really sucks how there's only 3 weapons of this type. There's so much potential here for a ton of cool weapons

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Luke, have I ever told you about Ahsoka Tano? We told her to grip weapon backwards like a dîldo. And she was a good friend.

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Hey I'm the guy who made the "running attacks will make or break this weapon class" and I was kinda wrong actually, what makes this weapon class insane is the ash of wars! I couldn't have guessed! Welcome back Bloodhound step, Patch 1.06 - 1.12.

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PvPers stop playing and go cry to your mommies

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I hope these are the first weapons the next patch nerfs. Including the ash of wars.

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This weapon is making pvp an absolute snoozefest and on top of that the design is just lazy. I mean, an entire weapon class that's basically curved swords but held in reverse grip? It's so unbelievably dumb.

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Tested with 14 str 80 dex:
Blackhand blade has 579 damage has S scaling with keen and longer so better to catch up people;
Curseblade has 603 damage shorter reach also unlike blackhand blade can not be used with resins. As for the last one smithscript i dont know where the hell is it as i barely explored the map alone and im underleveled :/

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Drenched in sweat.

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The dual wielded running r1 completely whiffs on enemies you are locked onto sometimes. For some reason you go completely around them missing your attack altogether.

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feels a lot like claws - really fast, up-close and personal.

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The guard counters on these go so unreasonably hard. Hits like 4 times with good poise damage and fairly fast too. That sounds like a bad meme until you find the new deflecting tear and whoops you have a weapon with high dps, good mobility/spacing, a dodge and punish WA, and even a psuedo-parry.

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SellsswordArts arch nemesis

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Ngl, every dog and their mother use this weapon, and the AoW is ridicilously spammable - with decent damage to boot.

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im the biggest fromsoft fanboy but if they only added 3 (and only one cool normal sword pair) to that new type its a bit of a fumble because these chakrams look very weird and dont fell as cool as the normal reverse blades they should have given the deathknight dual light swords for his flashy style not these clumbsy axes (i dont like axes because they have these heavy ass moveset)

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have they found all 100 new weapons ? im a bit confused about i saw a guy telling there are only 70 new weapons and the coolest weapon class only having 1 cool option is a bit weird (i like normal smithing stone weapons alot more then these chakrams)

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Bro, the Cirque is bugged, the throw attack is sooooo short.

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Why is there only one icepick grip curved sword, and two chakrams? Feels odd having two completely different weapons in different categories. Also, why is there only one reverse curved swords?

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Kinda disappointed that there is no backhanded straight sword

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Holy pepperoni Blinspot's back

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WAIT- so are these reverse grip swords, swords that have the curved blades facing the other direction, or arm blades?

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I mean, aren’t these swords like made for the purpose of reverse gripping them, wait if that is how you’re supposed to hold them, then would it just be a normal grip for these types of weapons. I’m going to stop talking.

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From the footage it seems like Reverse grip blades have a bit slower dual moveset compared to 2 curved swords.

However, from the skinny basic ones we saw in streamer footage, they had high damage at 80 dex compared to a scimitar which would be it's likely counterpart. Imagine how much damage the "Bandits Curved Sword" Reverse grip counterpart will be.

Furthermore it seems these weapons are paired by default, meaning when you buff them you get bloodflame blade on both hands, or lightning armanent on both hands etc. This is the return of the high dps king of dark souls 3, sellsword twinblades buffed with sunlight blade.

God is Great.

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Ashoka Tano build incoming! — The Fist of Fury

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The redditor's choice

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for maximum edge

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Ahsoka Tano build lets goooooo!

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How to hold a Sword Wrong 101.

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Vyke's Dragonbolt has entered the chat.

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SellSwordArts has been really quiet since this dropped

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That scene in Mongol where the elite horseman charge in a spread out formation - they are wielding blades in reverse.

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Kinda like Asuma's hand thingies from naruto?

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This is the only weapon class that I have issue with. Like realistically they aren't any different from normal swords, the guy is just holding them differently

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so i'm writing this for people who like me have some issues. the goal is to ease acceptance and maybe appreciation. Around the 1700s CSs started having some double edged tips, one recorded technique was throwing a side cut followed by a nasty reverse slash the to stomach that would rip the guts out. Going back to the preview footage these weapons would make use of both the concave and convex edges, and the shown moves are physically plausible at least (even if they're not practical, colossal weapons aren't either). my only gripe is that i'd rather have that slick nice looking sword as a normal cs, but we thankfully have modding

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Need some built in bleed ones for maximum edge

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Reverse EDGYed Swords

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Assuming these are naturally paired like claws and fists, and have the fast moveset and high ar of paired curved swords, these would make very good weapons to use scholars armament or lightning armament as it would be applied to both hands and twice every l1.

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Skies of Arcadia?

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The make or break for this entire weapon class will be the dual wielded running attacks and jumping attacks. If it isn't insanely spamable and shreds near instantly then people will just stick with curved swords.

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dual reverse hand great hammers when?

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Reverse-gripping swords doesn’t sound practical at all. But hey, they look cool as hell.

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Heh... nothin personnel kid...

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Swords made specifically for reverse-grip, sure, why not, I hope their moveset is stylish.

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Yeah, these look silly and aren't very practical, but is it really worth it to complain about lack of realism in a game where you shoot magic beams at dragons and can fist cosmic beings to death?

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these things look like a good way to break your wrists

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I’m not gonna lie Reverse grip Swords is kinda dumb I think maybe From has moved a little to far from their “realistic” Medival Weapons. Granted the Greatsword Moveset Is Still how a Neaderthal would Swing it Despite it being my favorite weapon class and You can use a Giant hammer the size of your body so it’s not like it’s a big Issue just giving it its own weapon class is Strange.

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The Rengar build...

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Gonna be honest, these look like a total meme from the clips I've seen.

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Why the retarded reverse grip, though? Powerstanced curved swords is the way.

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