Quick update: I've been trying it a bunch and it keeps murdering be brutally. It has its 3 line head attack that I automatically defend very often and that gets me stuck in a guard loop where I end up running out of stamina and losing. The last move also has the trick and I always dodge into it on reflex, so that's cool. This thing is genuinely the most punishing monster I've fought so far and I'm just stuck. I mean, all I wanted was a cool edgy sword I'd never use but could look at sometimes.

Thanks. I believe you can be a CB expert one day, keep at it!

Did you ever master it?

Dante's Devil sword is one of my favourite looking charge blades in the game so far! Used it alot in high rank.

Thanks! I don't consider myself a serious speed runner but I appreciate you watching my videos for learning the game more.

Unlike other weapons that benefit from Artillery, the zorah set bonus is not really worth running in my opinion for impact charge blades. This is because it would be too much of a trade off to run Zorah Artillery 5 over Master's touch due to Zorah's mediocre skills and deco slots. Without Master's touch sharpness would also be an issue, especially for Safi jiiva charge blades, and because of this issue you would have to sacrifice offensive skills (or Awakened upgrades for Safi weapons) for handicraft, the Razor Sharp charm or sharpness increase to prevent having to sharpen all the time. In the case of this video in particular, my weapon would have certainly dropped to blue sharpness and very likely green sharpness early in the fight. If you want more information on the Zorah set bonus for impact charge blades I recommend watching Jinjinx and Tuna's KZbin video on the topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKiQfoF3pbehr5I

You can tell which side he's going to slam with by looking at which arm he raises the highest after he roars. Also, before he leaps he will hold one arm up to show which side he will slam. However he does have a move where he will hold both arms up and perform a tracking slam. You can identify that move by a different sounding roar followed by him holding both arms up before jumping.