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Most of the case, the R2 option is so much better and somewhat trivialize the R1 option. I think if From still keep one of them as a parry the skill would be more balancing and enjoyable.

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I miss DS3 unsheathe since it had a parry. A katana was the all purpose weapon.

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Does it scale with DEX or with a weapon AR? I wonder if I can use it effectivly on STR uchigatana (STR uchi has better AR than DEX if you put it in 2 hands).

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This hungry boi will eat multiple mana bars

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Bad for PvP, it's too telegraphed and doesn't reach far enough.

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Aah, the Chaos Blade! Wonderful, simply wonderful!

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I wish unsheathe could parry like in DS3.

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In case anyone doesn’t know rellanas cameo boosts this skill

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Dlc came and no parry or flurry variation of this....

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can you put this on the Great katana

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Unsheathe is one of the best AoW's in the game, both for pve and pvp. It got tweaked to lose the parry R2 from ds3, and now has a recovery animation to both enders (the wrist flick). Yet it is still one of the most damaging, versatile and best scaling skills in the game for almost any build.

Unsheathe R1 is still bonkers, and you can still roll catch like there's no tomorrow with it. Only this time the low hurtbox your character assumes when you do it is much more pronounced, and you can dodge under a surprising number of moves with it.

Unsheathe R2 is great for breaking stances, and for swiping bats and birds and anything flying with its nice vertical hitbox.

With some practice you can actually chain multiple Unsheathe R1/R2s as many times as your FP and stamina allow (something you could also do in ds3). The 'trick' for the ER version is to understand that the wrist flick animation can actually be cancelled by blocking (amongst other things). But you basically hold L2, tap R1/R2 for your ender, and tap L1 as your character finishes the slash, and you'll go right back into the Unsheathe L2 stance, allowing you to loop the sequence.

There is a great Youtube video by Benevolent Duck that covers all the other quirks of Unsheathe (as well as the above loop combo), but the main point I'm gonna say here is don't sleep on this skill. It's limited only to katanas, but for good reason because if ANY other weapon type had it it would absolutely be game breaking. As it stands it is an easy A+/S tier skill.

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My aow of choice when I meet Blaidd

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30 stance damage on a fast (and somewhat inexpensive) skill like this is criminal

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Of course FROM had to remove the parry, as the Tarnished is a special kid with a fetish to either beat the earth or to go full retard monke with movesets that completely defeat the design and purpose of the weapon used.

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A pretty reliable skill to use against Radagon to eat his poise away.

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Elden Ring: *doesn't allow you to sheathe your weapon*
Also Elden Ring: this AoW

Maybe in Dark Souls 14 we will get the ability to put the damn sword away properly.

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It was rumored that originally this was set to basically be Transicent Moonlight in AoW form. Can you imagine. Exactly how would that make you guys feel?

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I hate how this got gutted. It's parry was so ****ing cool in ds3. Now it's just two attacks, except one of them is worthless.

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If it only deals 30 poise damage then why do I push Godfrey into riposte after just several attacks with thia skill?

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Why does this have a higher motion value than both Stamp AoWs? It’s got better range, speed, and recovery than either of those AoWs.

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I believe ashes of war like these, appliable to 1 weapon type, should get additional effects with affinities. Like, fire gets a flame spray/explosion or magic gets a magic mist/cristal burst. I think it would make them more unique.

Godrick could do this with a greataxe, so why can't we with lesser weapons?

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This seem to have a very annoying bug-ish thing,it does a light attack follow up randomly even if you did not press the attack key

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Ittoryu Iai: Shi, Shishi Sonson

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only valid usage of CE is to put this on a zweihander

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I miss the dark souls 3 version of this. It took a lower stance for light attack, and heavy attack was a parry instead, overall, it was much more useful.

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I'm currently playing a DEX/FTH lightning build with a Keen Guardian's Swordspear. But after playing Samurai for most of my previous playthrough, I'm struggling with letting go of this skill. And now that I just got another katana from one of the catacombs, I'm really struggling with resisting the appeal of Unsheathe. It's just so effin' good!

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Why is this not available for Wakizashi?

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Not a great player by any sense. But man, you can play some mind games with this in PvP. It can be one NASTY roll catch.

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i want this on ugs

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The light attack varient in my experience is good for group kills tough you have to be surprisingly close to hit given the forward step animation and if the target is low hanging Close to the ground, it can still miss. The heavy attack varient is a single target high damage blow that can one shot most mobs and stagger elite and boss mobs in 2 to 3 uses. Over all it is super satisfying to use and has decent versatility, but requires situational awareness and recognition.

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SHOW ME A GOOD TIME, JACK

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As someone who has never used this and only his fought it, I don't really mind it because it's pretty fair to doge but what the **** is that damage like damn it's more than a colossal

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Can i still parry with this? It was a nice thing to learn because it has a smaller window than a shield and it really felt like i mastered the blade like a Samurai or something. Tried it but i couldnt get it to work. Is it possible?

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VERGIL

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Does the damage scale off of dex or just weapon damage?

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They should let us put this on halberds

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WHY CAN'T YOU PARRY ANY MORE WHO DID THIS TO YOU

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So if this only works on katanas and all the non-somber ones have it as default, what's the point of it being an ash you can collect? Unless wakizashi has quickstep but I've yet to find it.

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Anyone getting a unsheathe bug? After second phase cut scene the player starts phase 2 in unsheathe stance if the skill is used as last strike of 1st phase. Wasnt pressing L2, happened on Malenia and Godfrey.

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Unsheathe, I can’t quit you no matter how vanilla you may be. Blade Dance, Spinning Blade and Double Slash are all nice, but I keep coming back to you.

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Why does this AoW hit like a charged R2 colossal sword when it's lightning speed. Fromsoft: "OH hey let's give one of the fastest attacks in the game a 4x damage multiplier, sounds right to me!" My God, pull the katanas out of your asses and balance the game already!

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I can't put it on my weapon with quality afinity, someone knows how?

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I wonder how different affinities affect the poise damage. Is it constant for each affinity ?

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let us pray they put a variant with the parry in DLC

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are there really no variations on this in the whole game? I really miss the flurry and shockwave options you got with the Frayed Blade from the DS3 DLC.

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You might be temped to use this with nagakiba but try it with uchigata. Uchi is way faster and near insteant.

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i wish you could put this on other types of swords

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Katanas get their own AoW while Flails don't get their Spinning Chain. Why From?

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Dont know if its a bug, but this does way more dmg with lightning infusion. Ashes appear to scale with their core attributes regardless of infusion, and scale better with the right infusion. On my quality build keen and quality unsheathe have comparable AR, but lightning infusion does 30-40% more damage against the knight outside of prayer room. Regular lightning r1s do maybe 10% more dmg because of their low resistance, but 30-40% is something else

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The r2 with a nagakiba is stronger than a giant greatsword. I think the somber katanas may have been a distraction

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Really miss katana parry

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The heavy attack comes out really quickly in its own right, so what's the advantage of the light one? Is it just there to be even faster?

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RIP the katana parry :(

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This is most likely the strongest Ash of war in the game if you build for it right. In pvp it easily one shots most people. Moonveil is nothing compared to a regular Uchigata with this.

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This is most likely the strongest Ash of war in the game if you build for it right. In pvp it easily one shots most people. Moonveil is nothing compared to a regular Uchigata with this.

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This is one of the most reliable AoW in the game. I started with the Samurai class, and I basically finished 90% of the game using this AoW. It comes out quickly, has good range, deals a lot of damage to both health and poise, and it looks rad as hell. Put this on the already long Nagakiba and you now have even more range! With this setup, I managed to beat Malenia on my own without summons. It's a very satisfying AoW to use!

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This is one of the most reliable AoW in the game. I started with the Samurai class, and I basically finished 90% of the game using this AoW. It comes out quickly, has good range, deals a lot of damage to both health and poise, and it looks rad as hell. Put this on the already long Nagakiba and you now have even more range! With this setup, I managed to beat Malenia on my own without summons. It's a very satisfying AoW to use!

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did it got nerfed on the latest 1gb patch? i feel like the start up of the R2 attack is longer now

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In the Blazing Bushido Build u say that unsheathe would change the Variation of a Katana to "Quality". I tried this and it actually doesn't apply "Quality" but "Keen" instead. Is there a different Form of unsheathe or are u able to change the Ash of War in any way?

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Memories broken The truth goes unspoken I've even forgotten my name

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Horizontal slash is the attack when it is charged

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can you put this on the nagikaba?

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How you do the horizontal slash?

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does anyone know how to do the horizontal slash on xbox

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Is there a penalty besides damage if you cast it without fp?

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How do you do the horizonal slash special or parry on PC?

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Is it worth it to put this skill on an Uchigatana for the added Dex attribute scaling? (D->B)
*assumption: Going for Dex build.

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Can this skill parry like in other souls games of you time it right?

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isnt LT+RT literally always better than LT+RB? Same range, same speed, same recovery time... It just takes up more FP. Right? Or am i missing something?

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