Twinblades | Elden Ring Wiki

Does 23 poise damage with the first hit in pvp with 2HR1, 2H Rolling R1 and 2H Runnung R1. Any weapon could poise though it.


However, probably the best weapon for applying status effects in PvE, preferably bleed, since you can easily apply frost with freeze pots, so no need to use it on a weapon.


Also the muti hit property it has is only useful to apply status effects since it does so little damage, that and fighting off crowds in PvE.

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If you're like me and you enjoy two-handing twinblades rather than powerstancing (either because you prefer it or because you also run spells in offhand,) you can use some interesting mixups by alternating one-handed and two-handed combat. The running attacks differ significantly when you're one-handing versus two-handing, and you get some unexpected reach out of it.

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Dear mike wazowski please give me a wood quarterstaff with twinblade moveset that does blunt damage.

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The multi hit attacks are good at catching laggy players

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so im doing a mage build so dont have much strength or dex but i want to do the quick runes method by killing the dragon with bleed early game, whats the weapon that requires the lowest stats but does bleed?
p.s early game weapon that wont take me ages to get

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This weapon class feels unfinished... theres so many weird quirks with it and not in the "this weapon class has unique specialties" way

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Twinblades are so cool any way! The jump attacks rapid and whenever Maxed out it's too powerful.

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in the showcase video there's a weapon (top-left of gargoyle twinblade) that's actually not in any guide and never found it. Is a secret weapon to find or is from another game? please answer that looks so cool

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Can we address the fact that this weapon class still does significantly reduced damage and poise damage on the first swing of regular hit, meanwhile even other multi hit dedicated weapons such as claws, fists, Ornamental Straight Sword, Starscourge Greatsword do full damage on it essentially doubling damage output per single attack ... Same for dual wielding...
Meanwhile the most twin sword can get is 60 damage on the first swing with practically no poise damage, especially while two handed...
This is getting ridiculous at this point, at least the speed was improved...

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RIP Red Iron Twinblade.

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The added speed buff with this update is nice, but twinblades would really benefit from some added poise breaking damage when two-handing. Give players an incentive to play a different style other than dual-wielding in this weapon class.

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Using these with the speed buff almost feels unfair. Almost.

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part of me feels bad invading dual twinblade users. they have 1 move, and that move works on 99.9% of pve, but is completely ineffective on players because of how easy it is to predict and space

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ah yes most high strength weapons scale better with dex and most dex weapons scale better with strength

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Hold on, I just realized that more twinblades scale better with strength than with dex.

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with the new 1.07 changes, these are actually quite good for players that enjoy sword and board builds

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Its weird how despite ds2 being rushed and unfinished, er has the same amouth of twinblades. Except thats not even true, er pretty much have 4, since gargoyle`s black blade is an abomination that should not exist and the only difference between twinblade and knights twinblade is its looks (yes, i know that they have slightly different AR, but thats not enough, especially then one is just weaker, making it obsolete). It seams that infamous B team is making Miyazaki look like he doesnt know that he is doing

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Use twinblade without power stance jumping L1 challenge (impossible)

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I feel like im the only person here who actually uses twinblades as a twohanded weapon, the godskin peeler two handed is such a great moveset and is so underrated.

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I've spent about 50 hours messing with these in PvE and I find this weapon class to be ridiculously versatile. Its fast enough to use against most bosses and its reach and moveset trivializes not only groups of trash mobs but also really hard-to-hit enemies like Black Knife Assassins. Think of these as the range and moveset of a colossal sword, but with the speed and damage of a straight sword. I find it to be the best of both worlds with few of the drawbacks of either.

Recommendations on use:
- Don't use a shield. Two hand or power stance. This is how you unlock full potential
- Generally don't target lock, except when 1v1ing a tough enemy
- Winged Insignia talisman! The talisman's buff applies on hit, not attack. So because of chain attacks, its pretty much a free 10% damage buff when using a twinblade
- Jumping R2 deals pierce damage on top of being a jumping attack. Pair with Spear Talisman to be even more broken.
- Charged R2 will do a spinning 4 hit attack which makes it beastly at applying status effects, poise breaking, and following up backstabs for absurd damage
- Crouch attack is crazy fast and has great range
- Impaling Thrust and Spinning Slash ashes pair fantastically. These are all the poise damage of charged R2 without the windup.

I get the sense people complaining about twiblades are either A) playing meta PVP or B) turned off immediately by its unusual moveset, and haven't spent the time to learn how to handle it. It will seem clunky at first. But play with it a 5 or 10 hours before you decide.

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Am I the only one that thinks it’s weird how none of them deal slash damage? I feel like slash/pierce would be more appropriate for twinblades, since their move sets consists of spinning, slashing, and/or stabbing

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This is weird but twinblades are easier to use one-handed in fact.

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As of patch 1.07 the dual twinblade jump attack spam setup for bleed is no longer optimal. I was using the Godskin Peeler at +23 alongside with the Twinned Knight Swords +20, both Blood infused, and the jumping L1 attack that hits 4 times no longer bleeds enemies instantly.

HOWEVER, this is a good thing, because at the same time they buffed other ways to proc bleed.
- Two-handing the GP procs bleed in two or three attacks now (not hits, two or three R1 attacks)
- The running GP R2 procs bleed (when two-handed)
- Blood Tax on usually bleeds enemies in one combo on any of these two twinblades, AND it heals you, AND it staggers most enemies.
- Bloody Slash got re-buffed and it deals more damage and bleed buildup now. Haven't tested it too much yet

I am very happy about this change, when I read in the patch notes that bleed buildup on dual weapons was nerfed I was sad since it was the first time I tried out a bleed build and it felt really powerful, but after playing around with it I realized it actually made the gameplay more fun, I no longer feel like using anything other than jumping L1s is me losing DPS.

Seppuku being nerfed is also a good thing for twinblades, now freeing up more AoW choices since you don't have to rebuff and heal every few minutes.

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Funny how except from the jumping L1 the moveset sucks ass

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A magical quarterstaff version of one of these with blue glowies and a mid range burst attack that scales with INT and you've just delivered sorcery combat people actually want instead of standing there being a turret

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"I bet he's gonna want to do a jumping attack"

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if you see somebody with two of these, you already know exactly what their build is

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infuse with bleed, spam powerstanced jump attacks. congrats you just won elden ring.

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I find it so funny how twinblades are just so much worse if you two-hand them compared to powerstancing it with another one. A weapon who’s main attribute being better twohanded is weaker than just using two separate ones…just, brilliant.

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You know that first hit of one multi hit attack deals massively lower damage compared to a second one to balance out twinblades? Meanwhile all dual wilded light weapons deal their full damage on the first hit essentially doubling their ar while losing none of their speed... wtf is this logic????

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I want a unique int scaling twinblade in dlc so badly...

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Use with Lion's claw to cut yourself in half

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WARGLAIVES OF AZZINOTH?

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Wish there was a quarterstaff for a Little John build. Or something like siegbräu for my other Little John build...

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the most difficult part of powerstancing twinblades is resisting the urge to do nothing but jump L1

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why does the twinblade talisman say that twinblades are associated with confessors but than make no twinblades that are associated with confessors

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What a weird distributiion of weapons. You find the default Twinblade within 5 minutes of starting the game, and then you find three more right next to each other in Altus Plateau, 50 hours of gameplay later. Obviously you can just run there on future playthroughs, but it sure is odd

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is twinblade or twinned knight swords better for cold infusion ar wise?

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In the picture thumbnail of the twinblade are op video, there's a curved twinblade in the middle between the 2 gargoyle twinblades. Which one is that? It's not elenoras or godskin.

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Twinblades, the reason why my strength build have 18 dex instead of 16. The gargoyle one is way too short for me.

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I didn't spend too much time using twinblades, but they offer a refreshing change of pace without feeling boring or overpowered. You can't really spam attacks when two handing it, you'll be easily punished by a counter attack in both PvE and PvP.

They don't generate as much stagger as greatswords & you'll have to play around enemy attacks a bit more, which keeps combat fresh. The chain attacks go through stamina surprisingly quickly.

This is a pretty fun weapon class if you're looking to keep things interesting on a new character or NG+. You need to stay fairly close to the enemy, be wary of leaving counter attacking opportunities, and also watch your stamina usage.

The first hit out of a standard, two-handed R1 attack does very low damage. You need to change your movements and attack timings a bit to help you connect the more damaging second swing of your attacks.

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Jumping L1

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Evidence that Elden ring is dark souls 2 2.

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Half of the weapons in this class can be found within 5 minutes of each other

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Twinblades are busted for applying statuses, i'm pretty sure they have some of, if not the highest, status build in the game. I dual wield base twinblade with Bloody Thrust and Godskin Peeler with Bloodhound step and poison and it tears through things, especially the dual wield jump attack since it's a two part attack that comes out almost instantly with the first part

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Bear. Seek. Seek. Lest.

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I've gotten into the twinblades for my endgame build, and for the best damage I can get (with my stats) I've been using the godskin peeler with the black flame tornado ash of war (in flame art mode) in my main hand with the Gargoyle's Twinblade in my off-hand (also with a flame art ash of war for stats) the peeler's attacks are fast and do decent enough damage, but when dual wielding the gargoyle's and the peeler you get a monstrous combo. I noted that the Gargoyle's twinblade feels like it attacks slower than the others (both the standard one and the black one), but when in the off-hand and dual wielded with another twinblade (not a gargoyle's twinblade) it attacks at the normal dual wield speed. I'd highly recommend this combo or an Eleonora's poleblade combo if there's the need for bleed.

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Surprisingly good. I regret not using these during my first playthrough. Also, try it with Rotten wing talisman and axe talisman as well as the Flask of Physic tears with similar effects. While buffed from both "consecutive attacks" effects, a fully charged R2 will do upwards of 3000 damage as well as causing insane poise damage. Less to players, of course.

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Every age it seems tainted by the greed of men. Hmmm i dunno maybe its just the way we are. Il stick you in my prayers. A fine dark souls 2: scholar of the first sin (2014) twinblades to you

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Star Wars Kid weapons

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Really disappointed none of these can be farmed. I like to be able to get multiple of the same weapon to equip a variety of Ashes to them and swap between them during fights.

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Twinblade + Tower Shield for robot Spock cosplay.

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No one respects you if you use this weapon class

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Power stance Eleonora's poleblade with a fat arcane stat. Jumping L1 is delightfully broken.

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cringe weapon

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Be forewarned: twohanded these are extremely easy to parry. With the multihit nature of the weapon's attacks, your opponent can mistime a parry for the first hit, receive damage, and still have parry frames active to intercept the second. I learned this the hard way on a buckler user, so I'm sure with things like golden parry it's even worse.

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The powerstanced versions jumping attack needs to consume way more stamina it deals way to much damage for how spammable it is.

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Why tf does the twinned knight sword have B strength scaling when cold infused. Makes no sense to me.

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Twinblades are the weapon type that can equip the greatest amount of different ashes of war, to my surprise. Surpassing even straight swords, greatswords and katanas in ashes of war variety.

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I'm bummed they didnt add a quarterstaff in this game

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Why the hell are the twinblades so poorly distributed throughout the game? You'll only have access to the basic twinblade for the longest time, as the second one you can get is in Nokron, and by that point most players will have done Limgrave, Liurnia and Caelid, along with some side areas, which is a huge amount of content. Then once you get to Altus, the game just gives you 3 new twinblades back to back since they're all so close to each other. Like, the twinned knight twinblade is just sitting there as regular loot, why not move it to Liurnia or something? Other weapon types seem fairly well spread out, so it makes no sense to me.

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I love twinblades but I hate how all of them are basically the exact same except for Eleonora's and maybe the peeler

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2h r1 has no range :(

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Which one do you recommend for a full DEX build? I'd go for the godpeeler

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I WISH they added th3 Quarterstaff weapon and Category in the game! Should have had at least 1 Twinblade that does Strike Damage! Such as a hard wooden pole with metal strong ends for example.
Sadly, From Software Souls games never included one of the most simple, used and popular. Polearm... they should have either added Quarterstaff Category or made 1-2 Strike Damage Twinblades! Would have been perfect. ;(

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Amazing weapons. Great moveset, extremely fast and gigantic status buildup makes them lethal.

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i wish twinblade videos were more than just, Apply frost and bleed to your twinblades! OMG SO MUCH DAMAGE!!!!11!1 jumping attack, jumping attack, jumping attack. i feel bad for the people who are using youtube for a twinblade build that doesnt revolve around bleed or frost

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Poleblade Dex scaling is C not D

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Eleonora's Poleblade,Godskin Peeler, and black blade are the three best. You will like one of them so if your looking for a good twinblade.

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Two handed they hit twice similarly to when you powerstance. Good for buff builds. First R1 of the two-handed combo is pretty bad though because of the short range of the initial attack.

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Dual wield bleed twinblades are the best pairs of weapons i've used across many NG+ cycles

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Which one has the fastest attack rate? Godskin ?

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we can be darth maul???? even thanos?????

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Twinned knight swords seems to outclass the damage and scaling of the normal twin blades in a lot of ways even on dex builds (godskin is better than both for dex)

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Just use Eleonora and Godskin blood infused dualwield jump attacks destroy everything also much better than dual katanas coz of stagger.

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Shame there is no B scaling twinblade for magic affinities, considering you can only use Loretta's slash on these and other polearms :/

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If you put bleed on one of these, it deals more than a bleed katana does.
Seppuku on a twinblade can do a huge amount of bleed. I've bled some enemies by hitting their shield with it once after using the skill.

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Pretty strong against NPC humans fights.
They miss time their rolls a lot against this weapon.

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It's very telling that eleonora's poleblade is not listed as one of the best... Like ok cool you can't change the ash or buff it? But its heavy charge has alot of potential and multi hit alone. The ash it comes with may have start up but the first jump can sometimes just let you straight up evade some attacks. And it staggers a lot of things. Plus the second input allows for a quick retreat? Like talk about a versatile weapon. Not to mention the design of it.

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Kinda weird that half of all twinblades in the game is str based when its a weapon type that is supposed to be dex based.

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Anyone else feels like the Two Handed moveset is better than the Powerstance moveset for twinblades? the character never properly uses the dual blades when powerstanced except for the jump attack, but when two handed both blades are properly used and the charged R2 damage feels almost like a free Ash of War.

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Would any of these be most similar to red iron twinblade from ds2? Easily one of my favorite weapons/attack animations

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Anyone knows that? Got the feeling that godskin peeler is a bit faster than other twinblades. Anyone know how to test or can confirm this?

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Why is this "Best Twinblades in Elden Ring" section even there? A best section is always subject to opinions and opinions aren't objective which is what a wiki needs.

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youd think a weapon literally meant for bleed build up would be good right? lmao, katanas completely pooping on ANOTHER weapon class yet again

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Honestly they should give us more freedom to tamper with weapon stats and passive abilities this whole class almost rendered null

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powerstance 2 Godskin peeler +25 w Bleed Ash of war (Seppuku)

And you can basically cheese alot of things in this game with the sheer bleed buildup (132 each with 45 arcane)

Havn't tried Twinned knight sword tho

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Very disapointed they didn't add a critical animation for this weapon like they did for reapers.
The classic sword stab doesn't look good with this.

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I really don't like this weapon class. Used one for my whole first playthrough and was completely disappointed. The bosses in this game operate at such lightning speed the poor twinblade class just can't keep up with how slow their swing speed is. You can only really get about one hit in on most of the main bosses with any of these weapons before it's back to dodging.

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Is it to much to ask for a twin blade with a blade similar to the clean rot spears.

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Damn, i really like how twinblades hit and its attack moveset, but the lack of blood loss passive is suck. It is gonna be extremely good if there is one twinblades that doesn't has AoW and still has bleed effect just like katanas.
For now, Eleonora's Poleblade is ok-ish i guess

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Three of these are essentially the same weapon. Slightly different scalings. Boring. 4 really except godskin has the tornado art. Black blades is just the others except locked in to faith/holy. Boring. Powerstance is super disappointing. Eleonora is the only really interesting thing here. Bleed and fire.

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Do they apply effects on each individual hit when 2 handing? I think it applies damage from buffs with each hit but I don't know about things like bleed, poison, etc. Has anyone tested?

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It sucks that the best DEX twinblade is the Godskin Peeler because I hate the aesthetics of sickles (and I hate the boss so much that I don't even want to suggest emulating him). I guess I'll hold off for when I eventually do a STR build and try out the Gargoyle's Twinblade. :(

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these probably look so sick with weapon buffs

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Finished my intial playthrough with dual Twinblades, they felt really great to use in this game! Here are some of the standout points for those that are interesting in joining the Twinblade supremacy club:
- The Horseback hold R2 cleans Mausoleums really well (and goes swoooosh)
- 2-handed R2 stun locks the miner enemies (and goes swoosh-swoosh-swoosh)
- The dual-wielded jump L1 attack looks awesome and stun locks bigger enemies, such as the Omens in the sewers (and goes swoosh-swoosh)
- You can equip the Loretta's Slash Ash of War for a neat Lightsaber style move
- You can enchant them with the Bloodflame Blade Incantation and you'll go full Darth Maul mode

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wosh wosh wosh wosh

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For anyone wondering how to get the Gargoyle's Black Blade, there are 2 Black Blade Kindred bosses, the one in Caelid has different drops from the second one that is at Mountaintops of the Giants, the one in Mountaintops is the one that drops the Twinblade version

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How do I get them tho

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Can you power stance twinblades?

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