Paired Weapons | Elden Ring Wiki

A question: can you do powerstance with a great sword and a colossal sword (or ultra great sword) like in Dark Souls 2, I'm new to the game and I would like to know if it works with both weapons?

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genuinely prefer using this over powerstance, solely because i despise having to right click to attack with both weapons when powerstanced. it's something i just can't get used to

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Really wanted some different-class paired weapons

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man its really weird how much they wasted by not bringing back cross-class powerstancing. imagine ss-axe or ts-katana, while maybe 1-2 attacks would look weird it would have been way more interesting

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Honestly a bit surprised they didn't add paired Katanas, paired Straight Swords and paired Greatswords to the DLC. I personally don't like Katanas but they really deserved a paired option

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I always disliked how paired weapons had their L1 relegated to blocking in the base game. After all if their damage negation and guard boost is so low what's the point? The Deflecting Hardtear no doubt alleviates this issue but does make me wonder why it wasn't a core mechanic from the beginning.

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New from DLC:
Light & Lord UGS
Falx, dancer, and horned CS
Rellanas LGS
Smithscript dagger
Death knight axes
All Hand to Hand, beast claws, and perfume bottles

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Missing falx, claws, fists, rellana’s light greatswords, new radahn swords.

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This page is awfully outdated. Barely any weapons from the dlc are mentioned.

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Falx curved swords not mentioned anywhere ?

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I think it's worth noting that the Paired Weapons, when two-handed, count as being two-handed for the purpose of shield bounces, wall deflection, not rebounding off hard enemies, etc. I know it seems obvious that "when you two-hand a weapon, it counts as being two-handed," but two-handing paired weapons means you're holding two with one hand each, not one with both hands. It doesn't behave like normal powerstancing, despite looking the same.

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I'm not seeing anyone talk about this in the comments so I'll ask, is there any difference between using 2 separate paired weapons with 1 in each hand vs using 1 in the paired mode? I.E. If I pick up the Hookclaws in my first playthrough and equip them, I then have two claws that act as the same weapon effectively. If I then in NG+ get a second Hookclaws and instead equip them to my other hand, is there any noticeable difference assuming they have the same upgrade levels?

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The dancing sword of Ranah should be here too

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The page still have yet to include into this the Throwing Blades, Perfume Bottles, Rellana's Twin Blades, the 2 Greatswords of Radahn, Dancing Blade of Ranah, Horned Warrior's Sword, and Death Knight's Twin Axes (i think Hand-to-hand and Beast Claws are also all paired). At least at the time this comment is written.

And also, so far Rellana's Twin Blades is the only paired weapon that doesn't allow guarding when two-handing, and instead does the left hand attack.

And i believe the "uniquely" note doesn't only apply to Starscourge Greatsword, but to any attack that only use "one weapon" while two-handing.

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It's still pretty weird how instead of replacing DS3's paired weapon system with DS2's powerstancing, they both coexist in ER lol

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Attack with both weapons = double damage?
In other case it's just cosmetical?

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Step 1)put ornamental straight sword in to 2 handing
Step 2)use the skill
Step 3)hold heavy attack button and let the carnage begin

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I want sulyvahn swords, but paired this time pleeeeassseee!!

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We need Valorheart from. Pleeeeassseeeeee

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BLOOD HOUNDS CLAWS!

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Once again, From has refused to make the Shotel a paired weapon. We cannot even get 2 in a single playthrough. Poor Lautrec.

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Main hand is a hard hitting weapon with a nice AoW (any of the "Great" type weapons, spears, anything with reach), off hand is a fast swinging weapon (dagger, handsman axe, thrust swords) with a buff type AoW. Start a fight with the left hand buff, swap to use both weapons and let carnage ensue.

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I would love to see some paired weapons in the DLC that are two different weapon types. Like the carton greatsword as an ultra with a dagger.

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there is no page for powerstance/dual wielding and its intricacies at all unless im blind.

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Here's to hoping they add more paired weapons to the DLC. Would love to have something like the Sellsword Twinblades or Gotthard Twinswords.

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According to the page, "Using paired weapons still counts as two-handing a weapon and confers the associated strength bonus for two-handing, allowing to use them with less than the required strength."

This is simply not true EXCEPT for the starscourge greatsword, which DOES get the damage boost for NON-PAIRED attacks ONLY. The Ornamental Straight Sword, and all Fists and Claws do NOT get the 1.5x str multiplier whatsoever.

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What is the key to make the second weapon come out on ps4(specifically radhans swords)

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Main hand - katana
Off hand - wakazashi

These work together like power standing but only when the dagger is in the off hand. Kinda cool.

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I find it supper weird that we somehow got this b*stard child of a paired weapons system alongside powerstancing...

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The wiki is incorrect when it says strong attacks remain the same. For fists and claws only; They vary both charged and uncharged to the one handed moveset, usually adding one or two more hits depending on if the attack was charged, which part of the chain the attack is in, and if one of the shouts that alters movesets was used..

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For real paired weapons like the Ornamental Straight Sword your weapon carry weight isnt doubled when you dual weild/powerstance them

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Why do paired weapons block with L1 in this game? In dark souls 3, L1 was the dual wield attack and R1 was the standard one handed attack. Huge shame.

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Paired weapons > Powerstancing any day. The paired weapons in DS3 are the most fun and unique weapons in the entire Dark Souls trilogy, and the Rakuyo and Blades of Mercy in BB are two of most unique weapons in the entire franchise in terms of movesets. Quality over Quantity any day.

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The paired weapon right hand attack button uses the same moveset as dual wielding the weapon type, but the charged/heavy attacks are different. That's the main benefit, outside of reduced cost to upgrade, I'd say.

The main downside is that you can't use the one handed moveset, reducing your options, as it replaces that with blocking.

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With the samurai start, you can pick up a second uchigatana and those pair. One left hand light attack does a quick slash with left then right hands, a second light attack flows into another paired attack with different motions, and a third light attack does a simultaneous slash both hands.

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Weapons do the same damage for crits and backstabs regardless of whether you're using one or both. Should be noted.

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One of many missed opportunities in this game. Basically only 2 paired weapons? No onikiri&ubadachi? No twindaggers or winblades? I would have waited another dev. cycle to get some the cut content, or otherwise absent content that really should be in the game, but isnt.

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I’d like more paired weapons especially buffable ones

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Why are the Warhawk Talons not a paired weapon? Every Warhawk uses two. Just saying. I was dual wielding them before switching to the Ornamental.

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wish we could PS different weapon types like in ds2

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so many comments about power stancing on a page about paired weapons. Have people literally lost their ability to communicate or comprehend basic reading?

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Because of how broken they made powerstancing in this game I honestly wish they didn't add the mechanic.

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Powerstancing needs nerfs all across the board.

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I wish they made the mantis blade a pair weapon.

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I wish they did this to the mantis blade

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neat wakizashi is a dagger but can be used for katana combos, too bad they didn't add the same thing for other daggers and straight swords. waki/katana should be taken off the list though it's not one weapon becoming two, changing r1/r2 attacks to dual, and the left to a block, it just acts as dual wielded katana. interesting but unrelated

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Paired weapons are life, we need more paired weapons (specially stormhawk axes).

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Seems like there is a lot of confusion in this section. Paired weapons are weapons that you equip in one slot, and when two handed will be two separate weapons. Dual wielding separate weapons from the same class is called Powerstancing, and do not receive the two handed bonus to strength. Also pretty sure the Wakizashi and other katanas should not be in this section, as they are powerstanced, not paired.

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Equipping two great spears makes the L1 attack with both spears

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I dont get how to use wakizashi wear itll work as a paired...

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Just tested this on patch 1.04. TLDR, strength reqs on paired weapons ARE met by two handing 1.5x, unlike DS3. This may be patched later if it's a bug.

Level 1 character, heavy Star Fist +12 (req. Str 12 and Dex 8), Scaling Str B
Str 10: 1h=34 dmg. | 2h= 108+108 dmg (2 hits)
Str 15: 1h=142 dmg. | 2h=125+125 dmg (2 hits)

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Wakizashi can be paired with katanas for the dual katana moveset.

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i wish there was a paired curved sword for buffing purposes

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I know that it says so on this wiki, but can anyone actually confirm if paired weapons receive the strength bonus from two handing? I keep getting mixed messages on it, especially with the starscourge greatsword

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Okay, I've been seeing mixed information on if paired weapons receive the two handing strength bonus. Do they, or do they not? I get the most mixed messages concerning the Starscourge Greatsword

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Really wish they chose to use two different weapon types instead of one. Starscourge Greatsword and the Ornamental Swords are not bad, but I just wish there was more weapons like the Farron GS or the Valorheart.

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Missing the cypher pata

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I wish there was more paired weapons in the swords category

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Description says there's paired daggers, what is it?

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umm why was my post removed it was on the same topic

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so i found that dual wielding the golden epitaph with the Ornamental Straight Sword gives the combo of the ornamental sword neat trick for changing combo of the epitaph also both wepons ashes can technically be used by two handing the epitaph buffing then swaping back to the DW and using ornamental buff

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My tests so far so that the light and heavy attacks remain the same and the block button becomes a dual attack button and you do carry the weight from both weapons. This has been specifically with claws and fists. The character in question has not gotten duplicates of any other weapons yet. So either this entire post is inaccurate or the wording needs to be updated to better explain that fists and claws are specifically excluded from the... everything

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I like the paired weapons solution and the power-stance solution to dual wielding, but I wish this category were more fleshed out with super creative weapons like the Farron Greatsword from DS3. It is what it is, I suppose.

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Add Ornamental Straight Sword as a paired weapon

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