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look how they massacred my boy

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What I learned from this is that people just want to thrust cause of the range, I’d guess it’s just the pokers from PvP

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It is very sad that none of the greatswords besides claymore have thrust attacks of any kind. If it's a sword, it's pointy. If it's pointy, you poke with it. As it stands now, they're decent, but it would've been awesome to have a more competent moveset on them.

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It is very sad that none of the greatswords besides claymore have thrust attacks of any kind. If it's a sword, it's pointy. If it's pointy, you poke with it. As it stands now, they're decent, but it would've been awesome to have a more competent moveset on them.

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So I'm seeing that the Banished Knight GS out damages the Iron GS at 50 str and 50 dex with a quality infusion. Is this right?

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What kinda weapons do you guys want from up coming DLCs? A "Fullmoon Greatsword" to mirror Ranni's Dark moon greatsword would be so cool. Also I would love to see a Carian Greatsword in material. Carian Knight Sword is a straight sword while troll knight sword looks like a straight sword for trolls, so a material version of the Carian sword spells would be my wish, especially if it has the banished knights gs moveset

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Oh man I miss hollowslayer, yeah the moveset is sorta there but the visual component is not there. Hopefully they will add a similar looking weapon as a callback with DLC

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We keep whining about the movesets etc but what can we actually do about it? How can I as a person ask Fromsoft why square off isn't possible to put on greatswords? Can we make them change square off to be able to put on greatswords if enough people talks about it on Twitter or writes e mails to bandai? Is there a solution to this inane problem?

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I know it wouldn't fit in this universe, but man....I really, really miss the Hollowslayer. Banished Knight's GS is a poor imitation.

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put on war cry to instantly improve the R2s

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Yes only Claymore has thrusts but that doesn't mean other swords should have the same moveset.


From the DLC I want; two greatsword with the heavy attacks of Black Knight Sword and/or Artorias GS and two more with the same r1s as banished/ knight's greatsword but with a thrust and an upward slash follow up instead, same as hollowslayer.

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Square off for the infusables and this class is perfect. I also love the Heavy attacks of Death's Poker but I want them on something that looks like a sword

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I wish there were other heavy attack choices other than just slashes. Like, yeah. They are not bad but are extremely boring.

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The sheaths do clip through some armors, however they also add another layer of fashion. Have nothing in your left hand, then switch to it. Your character will sheath their sword while "power stancing" their fists. Very cool for screenshots and being summoned for co-op. Remove capes for maximum bling.

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pokes are the opposite of moveset viriety, didnt colossal swords users teach you that?

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Incredibly strong weapon class. Move sets are varied and with the (banished) knight's greatsword, elegant as well. One small thing I'd add to them is maybe a thrust r2 single handed so they can take advantage of the pierce weapon type many of them have.

Additionally, stance (renamed square off and locked to straight swords) would be super dope on this weapon class. Honestly, I can't imagine why it's missing, but I can see it being readded through DLC in the future.

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Recovery is too slow because I can't riposte in time after a guard break.

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Some of y'alls logic of "no pokes =Literally unusable" is really nitpicky and silly, I do agree that it would be nice if there was a bit more moveset variety to them, but they aren't hot garbage just because not all of them can poke, that's just a really petty reason to shittalk a perfectly good weapon class.

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the fact you can't put square off on these is criminal

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Regular moveset is actually really good. They should remove the Clank sound at it would be somewhat realistic even. If all of them had some sort of running poke or poke on a one handed moveset they'd be perfect. One of those rolling/running overhead slashes for example.

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If a DLC introduces a greatsword with the unique elegant banished knight sword's (and knight's greatsword) R1s and also has Claymore pokes, i think that would be something i could really simp for. (unless it looked like **** and/or had a lame weapon art)

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I'm not too hard to impress, i see above average sword and go hee-hee, but i do wish more of these got pokes (sucks that the claymore is the only one) and the unique r1s that the Knight's Greatsword, Banished Knight's Greatsword, and Inseparable Sword use, its no deal breaker (unless you are extremely nit-picky) but still, more variety would be great.

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I managed to get a +12 Banished Knights Greatsword from the Banished Knight at the Dragon Communion in Caelid has anyone else gotten one? I have a picture of it in my inventory but no video clip of it's actual acquisition plz lmk if anyone else has received it through a drop there

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Greatswords should be more like longswords with some faster thrusting combos. Right now these are like miniature colossal swords which makes them suck when compared to katanas. They swing from side to side with barely any range.

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I just wish there was even a single greatsword with both the Hollowerslayer-style R1s and the thrusting R2s.

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Feel so good after the 1.06 patch. Rolling after attacks is much more snappy.

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With the new patch, greatswords are amazing in PVP now. I can actually roll quickly enough after attacking now..

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Powerstancing greatsword is powerful and all but i wished they had a badass powerstancing moveset like axes.

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Overall i like greatswords, but i think more of them should've gotten unique movesets, i don't have a problem with the standard moveset but more of these should've gotten some unique ones.

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Used to be my favourite class in DS3. So many unique weapons. In ER they are good but lack variety, most of them are nearly identical apart from scaling, especially on non-int or -fth builds. Hopefully DLCs will add some spicier greatswords

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This comment section almost made me lose brain cells Jesus Christ.

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Why the hell are less than half of the GS strength oriented? Like the top 8 longest GS require int, fth, or dex. Guess I'll have to use a comically oversized colossal and crouch poke like every other smooth brain.

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To the people complaining about the claymore being the only one with a thrust r2... JUST USE SPEARS IF YOU LOVE POKES SO MUCH.

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Feel free to ignore the crybabies, these weapons are perfectly viable, most of the whiners are just being super nitpicky.

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You guys complain too much about greatswords

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I get why some people don't like swinging the sword into the ground but for me it honestly makes it sound like It hits harder. Like if I'm using more force in the swing. The animations fits well to certain swords that look clunky like the Marai's Executioners and the one-hand animation is even more caveman.

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As someone who has been using greatswords most of the game i don't get why people are shitting on them so hard over here.

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Honestly, despite personal and/or read nitpicks, GS in ER feel better than in DS3.

In addition, you have multiple innate FTH scaling GS that are vastly superior to the hot trash that was Wolnir's Holy Sword.

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God, the r2 of these swords feels so clunky and useless, use claymore if you are a str/dex build, only sword with a thrusting r2 attack

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If they put some kind of stance aow that has a lunging poke on this class It will become the most fun class in the game. They should fire the guy who decided to make Claymore the only thrusting greatsword

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I wish there was a way to sheathe your swords without two handing the the off-hand slot. Also, I wish the sheath were similarly placed to how the straight swords are. I know they are on the longer side but they can be placed at an angle that makes them not clip on even ground.

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Greatswords have been neutered in this game compared to ds3 thanks to the shitty hyperarmor system that can actually REDUCE poise when you are over 60 poise and the fact that all the non unique greatswords except one have sweeping r2's. the sweep is a good attack but there needs to be more variety in the movesets.

A few fixes would first of all be to fix the god awful hyperarmor system then update the moveset of some of the weapons

Give the lordsworn, knight's, flamberge, death's poker, and sacred relic sword poke r2's and rolling/crouching attacks

Give claymore and Ordovis's greastword a poking running r2

Finally edit the scaling of the Golden Order GS, Death's Poker, and Helphen Steeple so that they scale INT FTH to improve underpowered INT FTH Builds

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If only we had the possibility to remove those damn sheats.
They keep clipping through my capes/ hoods and most just look stupid, especially when dual-wielding.

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are greatswords faster than greathammers and greataxes? it feels like they are, but I’m not certain

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just make Greatsword class great again like DS3 GS class

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I hate greatswords because all greatsword except clamore have terrible moveset making Gs user just rely on jumping attack and ash of war
If you want just spam jump attack and ash of war why not just using colossal sword which have significantly more damage and reach
I maked other character after beating this game with greatsword
Using other weapon class make this game so much easier for me

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I hate the slam down rolling attack and the r2’s most these get. Too bad they didn’t make a new rolling poke that’s faster. Kind of like the straight swords poke and can combo into a super fight lighy attack that looks very good and fluid. They should really add more unique r2’s and rolling attacks for these. I liked the claymores running light attack more than this running heavy. Feels slower. Just not picking here. Two handed straight swords are one of the best movesets in the game imo. Similar heavy though for most those besides the miquellan knight sword which gets the best heavy/charged heavy attack in the game.

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Make the horizontal sweep running attacks thrusts and they are perfect. Im okay with only Claymore having thrust R2 but none of them having at least running thrusts is a crime. Maybe they will release greatswords with decent movesets in the DLC.

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So like a good 90% of these can deal Pierce damage too, yeah? So where's that thrusting attack I can perform on anything other than the Claymore?

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I love greatswords, but they are kinda lame and weak when compared to other weapon classes. Wish from soft will buff them like they did with colossal swords

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Make their r1 crouching attacks a poke and/or their running R1sna poke and they are fixed.



If they dont do this but put new greatswords with better movesets to the DLC they will basically power creep half of the weapon class and elden ring will become one of the worst from games to pvp with. With all the L2 spam it already is but they can still change that I believe.

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I love Greatswords, especially the Claymore, but why does my character have to put Greatswords above their shoulder? I don't like it, it makes them look like a barbaric character.

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Are there any greatswords that have the same moveset as the hollow slayer or drakeblood greatsword from dark souls 3? Or do they all have the same ‘slow’ moveset?

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twenty, TWENTY ****ing greatswords and literally only claymore has a thrust attack while every other greatsword just has a copypasted slash moveset, i hate you so much fromsoft. and i really, really doubt that they'd actually change the moveset of a weapon, what a wasted opportunity aswell since so many of these are pretty unique

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I really wish there was an option to remove the sheath.

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My favorite class - greathammers

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The Greatswords need a huge buff, especially in a PvP setting where quick status effect weapons are meta. Just having the Square Off AoW would make this entire class of weapons significantly better. Look at the dual wielding Banished Knights: if we had access to his dual wielding moveset, the class could compete with any of the other weapons, including the blood Katana builds. I'm not even referring to the Oleg exclusive AoW where he spams the helicopter, but in a game where Corpse Plier/Bloodblade Dance/Waterfowl Dance exist, having access to that AoW wouldn't even be out of place.

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It depends.

If you are dual wielding, it's easily the Iron Greatsword. Just use AoW/spells that buff both weapons, like Sacred Order/Golden Vow/Flame, Grant Me Strength.

If you're two handing and are at RL150 or above, a Quality Banished Knight Greatsword is best. 54 Strength/80 Dex/40-60 Vigor/20-25 Endurance are ideal numbers. Just rebirth, use the Radagon Soreseal, and use 5 less points than you need in Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dex.

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What is the best greatsword that you can put an ash of war on?

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A lot of people seem to have a lot of gripes about the movesets and poise of these weapons. I've been using double banished knight greatswords and I've been having an awesome time. The jumping L1 attack is awesome and I easily stagger the majority of enemies I fight. I two-hand the greatsword for a faster, longer-ranged moveset. I think thats where this class really shines, the ability to easily and quickly stagger enemies at a good distance, whilst dishing out some impressive damage. Just make sure you space youself out, and your enemies won't stand a chance. And of course the sweeping R2 is good for clearing a crowd or breaking the poise of mightier foes.

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The banished knight sword is the best greatsword, because it only requires 9 dexterity. The lower the dexterity, the bigger the chad (Giant dad would be very proud). I dream of the day we can have 0 dexterity.

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they rly need to fix the recovery time and Hyper Armor. srly i never had problems with R1 ing someone in DS3 since the Hyper Armor was on during the start of the animation.

like c'mon.

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This class is gimped by the shitty way the hyperarmor works for it. instead of just adding 30 poise when swung, it divides your passive poise by 2 then adds 30. This means above 60 poise you have LESS poise while swinging your sword. They NEED to change it, it ruins the weapon class.

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These are my findings for the highest Attack Power for the HEAVY Greatswords (99 Strength):

Sword 1-Hand (2-Hand)

Iron 749 (812) - Best for dual wielding
Gargoyle 748 (816) - Best two hand damage
Banished 726 (785) - Best two hand move set with damage
Bastard 720 (783) - Best attack/weight ratio
Claymore 705 (762) - Best for thrusting
Knight 686 (740) - Best two hand move set with furthest reach

They ruined the Knight's GS by making it dexterity based even though it has a a higher minimum strength requirement. Bastard should be buffed with a R2 thrust and move set from from the two Knight swords. It's the lightest and shortest sword in it's category so it would benefit from faster swings. Otherwise, the attack power of these swords are mostly based off weight.

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Is claymore really the only greatsword with a thrusting R2? Did they forget what straight swords are for?

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Not a programmer or anything, but how hard is it to add some variety to the movesets? There's like 20 Greatswords and only some of them have unique attacks without power stancing like Claymore's pokes (1H R2, 2H R2, 2H crouch, 2H rolling) and copy-pasted Mirrah/Hollow-Slayer 2H light attacks on Banished Knight Greatsword and Knight's Greatsword. They couldn't have given the pokes and other GS attacks from the previous games like DS3 Black Knight Sword's rushing 2H heavy upper cut attack and Loyce's Greatsword? I just want the complete Mirrah/hollowslayer package and that includes pokes.

Weapons like colossal weapons also lost their vertical attacks and no sick black knight grinding uppercut heavy attack. Disappointed.

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Greatswords pros and cons

Pros:
High damage
Good poise damage
Not too slow

Cons:
Stat requirements
Heavy

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Way too slow. The damage they do does not make up for their slow-ass movesets and stagger damage.

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There's a bug when 2-handing greatswords, to where you can't sprint attack for some time after jumping/landing. It really hampers using jumping as a feint in pvp. Tested with Claymore, Lordsworn, and Gargoyle's, but I'm going to assume it's the same for all of them. Hoping to get this fixed like the rolling rapier bug

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I wonder who was in-charge of handling the weapon animations

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From has made some questionable decisions in the past but giving only 1 greatsword a poke heavy attack takes the cake.

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its such as shame that fromsoft did not make a new moveset for the greatswords, since these slams in the ground to uppercut is getting a bit tiresome

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Would have loved to see a version of the Hollowslayer in this game.