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I slept on these things for way too long. Multi-hit attacks on a single weapon make them amazing both for Bleed Builds and buffs like Lightning Slash.

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I slept on these things for way too long. Multi-hit attacks on a single weapon make them amazing both for Bleed Builds and buffs like Lightning Slash.

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give us an infusible twinblade with innate bleed you cowards

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I actually think these are better than dual wielding katanas. Not only are they lighter, but most of their two handed light attacks deal either 150% or 200% status buildup, which is more than the 130% of powerstance light attacks. They do less raw damage per hit than powerstanced katanas but are much faster, i think they are at least as fast as curved swords.

The best advantage is that they count as only one weapon so you need less stones to upgrade them compared to dual wielding, and weapon buffs affect both ends, which is huge if using flaming strike, lightning strike, sacred blade or bloodflame blade.

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Love the basic twinblade, very versatile two handed and imo more fun than katana for early game bleed build.

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easily the coolest weapon class

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Twinblade ignoring shields with madness buildup Miyazaki pls

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twinblade and greatshield for a sentinel prime cosplay.

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The cringiest weapon class in the game

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Parry

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Life is Roblox

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It would be really cool if they added a twin blade that had kicks mixed in with the two-handed move set. Like the stone knights from DS2, those guys were awesome.

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these things with a status infusion are unfair, for their speed they inflict too much buildup. at 40 ARC rivers does 63 bleed per hit while blood twinned knight swords does 104. it does more bleed than bloody helice, bleed-infused curved swords, occult scavenger's, everything! 1H running R1 into spinning slash will just delete people

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Twinblades are the longest straight swords in the game

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The Charge Attack is like the flail charge attack comically unpractical. Ludicrous wind up, no hyper armor and only the last hit does decent damage. If there is one attack in the game that needs hyper armor, it's the charge attack of Twinblades or make the charge up time much faster, because as it stands right now, the charge attack is objectivly unusable pve and pvp wise.

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I'm counting on you, hopefully this update did you justice.

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I just love this weapon set. I play up close sword/shield so it pairs great. Bloody slash in right hand and swap between shield or Eleanora in left and I can dual, 2H or block as needed. So versatile. Props are so consistent or go occult for more damage or any scale you like and you will have fun. By end game you can restat and go mage or any other path you like but for PvE these are great. Only disappointment is variety. Completely understand why you can't dual these til mid game.

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best weapon class as long as you ignore the weaknesses also **** dual wielders

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powerstanced twinblades was a stupid ****ing moveset and I'm glad it got nerfed. 2H supremacy

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I really wish there’d be a few more twinblades available :( I was surprised to see the list is so short

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these things kick ass but you've gotta keep the range in mind. you may think it's long but your character's forward motion on each attack is very short so you end up not traveling as far as you would with other weapons and whiffing attacks when your enemy backs up a little. makes roll catching with r1s in pvp impossible if they roll backwards lol

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If you look at the Thumbnail in Fextra's twinblades vid, you'll notice the Twinblade of Abundance and Decay in the upper mid of the of the image, but it features neither in the video, nor on the main Twinblades page, as it's cut content. Hope we get to see it in the dlc

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The backstep attack is so sexy, love using it for mixups

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The REAL proof that Elden Ring is secretly Dark Souls II 2.

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Do both Gargoyle blades have the same range? I'm asking this because I don't see two gargoyles on the visual above.

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you can but giants hunt and lions claw on these. need i say more

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For PvP, they lack the ability to stun heavily armored players, so cragblade is really good for them

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these weapons are so weird when you think about it, they're better when two handed so strength is the obvious choice but they're more dex focused than anything else for obvious reasons, and the only pure physical damage one that's strength oriented has much lower range than it's dex counterparts. it's like you're punished for using them they way they're intended

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keep getting better and better with every update, they kick so much ass

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after using one-handed Twinblades (mostly Lightning Twinned Knights Sword and Keen or Blood Godskin Peeler) a lot in a sword and board context (with three heater shields to swap between for different skills), I gotta say the one-handed twinblade moveset really is the bees knees. R1 Spam is great on it, it feels like a bigger fancier version of longsword R1 spam. The first R1 comes out 2 frames slower than the longsword's but the following attacks' speed is extremely similar to Longsword's but with better damage and I think bigger hitboxes (especially with the Twinned Knight's which feels surprisingly reachy). And your running R1 becomes a quick stab.

The two-handed moveset is still better for sheer damage-dumping on big vulnerable targets, to be clear, but if you're just lashing out with quick hits and dodging then the one-hand moveset feels super nice. I'm getting a little sick of shields making me shield-brained (hiding behind my shield) so I'm trying to find something else to use in my off-hand (currently trying the pulley crossbow) but the centerpiece of my build remains one-handed twinblades because the balance of speed and damage and style feels so compelling to me right now. Also worth noting that the offhand chain is worse (slower) than the mainhand chain in spite of them looking very similar, which is unfortunate.

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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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