An Introduction to Estocs and Thrust Oriented Longswords

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[@mephistophelesthesilentchi3446]

"I am not R1 spamming. I am merely employing refined historical thrusting techniques that deftly target the gaps in your armor..." - The Neo-Estoc User

[@ToozdaysChild]

The Chad Estoc-Enjoyer vs the Virgin Greatsword User

[@silentxphoenix7188]

"R1 R1 R1 O O O O O *ESTUS* R1 R1 R1" -Sun Tzu "excerpt from the Art of War"

[@cip689]

Tekhartha Zenyatta a wise technique indeed

[@sterlingmuse5808]

I think you'll find that the original text actually calls it Sunny D

[@silentxphoenix7188]

Oooo thats good i really want to change it now, but i cant... That *edited* mark would haunt me til the end of my days.

[@silentxphoenix7188]

... *starts unscrewing pommel*

[@ronaldmcputin127]

Lol

[@Mystakaphoros]

These are Thrusties. They love to thrust; in thrust they trust, and thrust they must.

[@Skallagrim]

Ah, a rare Dungeons of Dredmor reference. Thumbs up, good sir.

[@justmutantjed]

Bravo. Love DoD.

[@traior246]

Trusty Thrusties

[@holepunch1829]

and no matter what, inside a woman they won’t thrust

[@moesnnargul1717]

"harness the power of whatever and like, stuff" EMOMANCY!

[@hmoobmikah]

1:20 Estoc is a French word, meaning R1 spam.

[@nef36]

After all, French and Latin make everything sound fancy.

[@paulieripface0073]

Skal just summed up the entire Dark Souls PvP community

[@ixflqr]

PaulieRipFace00 *smashes humanity* *chugs divine blessing*

[@mihailmilev9909]

So dark souls has armor physics?

[@sebastianb.3978]

@@mihailmilev9909 he was referring to the intro bit. R1 spamming is the PVP meta.

[@kaidrescher6321]

*sigh* so Skall leveled Dex after all...

[@shadowstorm657]

Dex is the godstat of 5e

[@kaidrescher6321]

that's true but im doing a Str-based Swashbuckler and im having a blast with him

[@dianabarnett6886]

Dex is best!

[@veng3r663]

And Ultima Online..!! :D

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

Sharp astora greatsword is the best sword.

[@CelestialHunter-]

you forgot to point down

[@Mage-7734]

And spin on a circle when doing it

[@godzerkertf4764]

pointeth d o w n w a r d

[@Grimwalkerx]

point down meta

[@artyknighto6052]

R1R1R1R1R1R1 *dark souls credits*

[@kuronoroux8864]

Arty Knighto [Nameless Song Intensifies]

[@darrianweathington1923]

Arty Knighto dark souls end credits into bloodborne open credits

[@Ryan-cf7bf]

YOU DIED

[@zerakielvmark]

Stiff things do penetrate better, in my opinion.

[@MisterDantastic]

Zerachiel van Mark I'm gonna shag, then try to shag again _immediately_ afterwards in order to get experimental data.

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Yeah, try penetrating with nunchaku.....meh. =/P

[@FilmGuy7000]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@masterchief3007]

Indeed! I find that gripping halfway up the length of the item helps to improve stiffness during penetration.

[@nigelft]

Freedom Man In addition, grabbing hold of said item to be penetrated helps, as one can also push against it to aid withdrawal, especially if one intends on multiple, deep, thrusts ... (Innuendo...? Whadda mean ...? I was thinking about using balistic gelatine during test cutting/thrusting ... any other inference drawn is your own grubby mind ... )

[@bashkuch]

Just parry it bro

[@asailioss]

Disparage message? (Yes). No.

[@osamasllamas6389]

*u r ded

[@shaegis]

Thrust, but hole!

[@tunakann7629]

@@shaegis heyyyy! I get it XD

[@ogrbell8297]

Git gud

[@peasant8246]

*"An Introduction to Erotics and Thrust Oriented Longswords"*

[@mattiamamusa5599]

Zm_ranger *"Stiff things penetrate better"*

[@CrazyChemistPL]

Here in Poland we have a saying that roughly translates as "When you are hungry, bread comes to mind".

[@edi9892]

Zm_ranger someone needs to make that hentai happen...

[@matteussilvestre8583]

"Try thrust but hole"

[@cerealkiller7143]

CrazyChemistPL here in Greece we have a similar saying which says that a hungry man dreams of bread.

[@francismcalister7811]

The intro is too accurate

[@quint3ssent1a]

>skall >estoc memes Oh shit. This thing is contagious.

[@DARKERanimexxXxx]

"tries to use greentexting outside 4chun" i can tell that you are new

[@4f52]

ITS CALLED LE MEME ARROWS XD BRUH

[@4f52]

*BRUH*

[@ТимурМурзаев-о4б]

​@@DARKERanimexxXxx greentexting is far more widespread in Russian communication and is not limited in imageboards only. That's what is called a cultural difference.

[@actionturnip395]

Ironically the intended gimmick of the estoc in those games is that it has some slashing attacks, where the normal rapier has only thrusts. They got em switched around.

[@theProClaimer]

He mentions that's some estocs could slash. There aren't unbreakable rules in production and usage of weaponry, especially in feudal era

[@algorithmgeneratedanimegir1286]

@@theProClaimer This is especially true when you look at some of the weirder weapons produced in the time. Things that clearly weren't the most effective design, and that if you made in a show or book people would scoff at. Yet, some Lord told his blacksmiths that THIS is exactly what he wanted, and so they made it.

[@Cosmic_A.A.]

0:00 - 1:27 DEX build 1:33 - 2:06 INT build

[@CommissarLORDBernn]

To end thy opponent swiftly and deadly, repeatedly make use of R1 until the scoundrel is smitten. -Velka Fechtbuch

[@Gillymonster18]

Smite? Smoten?

[@biohazard724]

Grammatically smitten in this case is right because it's a past participle but sounds weird because of the other usage of the term.

[@Gillymonster18]

The more I know...*rainbow*

[@cip689]

yes, but why mash r1 when you can just throw a pommel? 🤔

[@VoidySan]

The *point* of the *estoc* Beautiful.

[@crowleytophat9862]

Random Dark souls joke? Yes please

[@ixflqr]

Touka Lockheart funny thing is I've been playing dark souls for years and I don't recognize that nickname. 🤔

[@crowleytophat9862]

I was refering to the joke at the begining

[@davids7646]

ixflqr probably because you didnt watched souls youtuber creating meta memes.

[@madcat789]

Thrust me Skaddy!

[@prestonnormile9996]

madcat789 I hate your clever pun

[@shadowstorm657]

Please no..But also, oh yes Skaddy. For the love of god don't let this start becoming a thing. I write this as I am slightly intoxicated. If drunk me does not approve, you should not either.

[@ostravessos2252]

No, just no, stop

[@divinexve4135]

"Your heart will explode..."

[@EzioIlMentore]

Go home C'thun, you're drunk.

[@ArkBlanc]

*Stiff things penetrate better*

[@tedarcher9120]

Who would have thought

[@nemak89]

That's what she said

[@ArkBlanc]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@MrSamulai]

So rapiers could be used for slashing attacks but estocs can't? Dark Souls movesets going strong since 2011.

[@albaker9443]

u dont wanna be slashed by a rapier

[@MrSamulai]

@@albaker9443 ?

@@MrSamulai In DS Estoc has slashing attacks in its moveset, while rapiers usually only thrust :D

[@MrSamulai]

​@ Yes?

[@SIGNOR-G]

Dark Souls and Elden Ring confused the 2. But since they are japanese games ill forgive them...for now...

[@schoolguy2970]

Why do you tag as entertainment instead of education? I always feel like you are teaching us more than entertaining us

[@TheBaconWizard]

That's probably true, but Skall makes a particular point of not claiming to be an expert and that what he says is his opinion only, also that some of the testing he does is not as realistic as he or others might like.

[@rickc2102]

They need an edutainment tag.

[@RevRaptor898]

Education video's are far more likely to be demonetized due to content. That tag is really not worth the hassle.

[@gadyariv2456]

videos tagged as Educational are demonized more quickly and often than those tagged as Entertainment

[@runakovacs4759]

This doesn't make sense one bit. OTOH; youtube doesn't make sense one bit.

[@HiopX]

I find your lack of innuendos disturbing

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

It hurts my brain, yeah.

[@davidadams7602]

what are you stupid? he made an innuendo about stiff swords penetrating better...

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

David, it's all in your head.

[@daanwilmer]

Go watch Scholagladiatoria, that should make up for it. Also: 6:11.

[@phalcon23]

"stiff things penetrate better... who would have thought" -Skall... sounds innuendoish to me

[@merendell]

So basically the estoc just isn't going to cut it but your opponent will still get the point. had to be done. No regrets.

[@damianoferrario4330]

Well played, sir. Well played.

[@wellguesswhatIthink]

Rapiers can cut but estocs can't? Oddly they reversed that in Dark Souls

[@dianabarnett6886]

Yeah, they got that totally backwards. A rapier isn't the best cutter, but it can cut. A proper estoc blade is less of a blade and more of a long, metal spike.

[@Corvid_Crew]

I think of it as a long Rondel Dagger with a proper hilt, really.

[@darrianweathington1923]

wellguesswhatIthink video games are bullshaight...who would've thunk it?

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Darrian Weathington Dark Souls is surprisingly less bullshit than most, though. Still a lot of dung pie, but WAY less than other series.

[@NoahWeisbrod]

A lot of people, when you say rapier, think of later style swords: smallswords or Spanish rapiers.

[@CWojcieszak]

R1 master race

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

What a coincidental encounter

[@Darknight4434]

R1 at a incredible speed

[@andriel2519]

Giant dad master race

[@praisethesun69]

what rings u got bitch

[@CWojcieszak]

None, I have cool earrings though.

[@richardsobieski2229]

"stiff things penetrate better"-Skal 01/02/18

[@KaiserAfini]

The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Skallnan. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts, not pommels. _points to Estoc_ This you can thrust

[@robertpatter5509]

"Swords can cut , but this can penetrate the soul. This can thrust. And thrust you can trust. And thrust you must" -

[@edgarvasconcelos5290]

"stiff things penetrate better" skall 2018

[@gilly508]

That polish "estoc" is actually essentially an iron lance with a sword grip called a koncerz. They were EXTREMELY long (over 50 inches), and only served as a thrusting weapon on horseback. Not really all that similar to the use of the estoc or tuck in western Europe.

[@balin1920]

Exactly. It was basically a disposable weapon/1 time use. It was different from a Estoc as it was used in a single hand not double handed/half sword ingredients like the estoc.

[@hellios5576]

I play dark souls with keyboard and mouse Fight me

[@etiennemiemczyk7081]

I play with onscreen keybord. Because I only have a mouse.

[@artyknighto6052]

Hellios55 well in that case I’ll win lol

[@artyknighto6052]

Dance mat or nothing That’s how you really play souls

[@matheusmoreira9951]

Now that's some next level masochism

[@mrrdirty6198]

Props to you if you're good with it. And I don't mean good in the condescending way, I mean if you can pull that off, more power to you.

[@marcusc9931]

The weird "Polish estoc" looks like something I've seen in relation to hussars - it was a one-handed version used from a saddle - a backup weapon allowing the hussars to maintain their reach after using up the lance.

[@dm_9428]

you mean "koncerz"

[@marcusc9931]

@@dm_9428 yes and no. names are horribly inconsistent when it comes to blades.

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Great vid on medieval estocs, Skall. :-) To this day, I don't understand why people think every thinner historical blade had to be used for bypassing armour. The "rapier = anti-armour" misconception annoys me as well.

[@AnUtterSimpleton]

You may be drawn to those slender blades but I've always been a sucker for a thicc boi.

[@lackusshock]

So enter Mordhau. And you can wield the Estoc in a Murder-Stroke grip.

[@calebhehl3404]

And couch it on horseback

[@seskal8595]

*R1 intensifies*

[@Elipus22]

Infinity *click*

[@thegoodkidboy7726]

upvote! Enjoy your gold!

[@mj2carlsbad]

I dont get why yall say thank you for likes

[@PetroleumSnoMan]

Thank you for this intro to the Estoc! Having never even seen one in person, this is my (theoretically) favorite sword! I always thought this would be perfect in movies since mostly everyone only knows how to slash either super fast or super hard. I never know what to write here. Uh, kisses?

[@plakjesalami777]

gives me Conniptions...

[@aurourus6894]

Don't level dex casual.

[@josh4601]

wut r u, casul?

[@aurourus6894]

wat rinsg you got bithc

[@falsebeliever8079]

We parry kings level Dex. If you can't handle it, get gud.

[@fungus2116]

You sound like a filthy uchi peasant

[@undercoverknucklesagentwhi6815]

Ulf Ravndal Let us watch as these plebs attempt to smite us with their strength builds whilst we parry away every single hit.

[@seraaron]

The guy that invented the boar sword must have felt so proud, only to realize that he'd basically just reinvented the boar spear 😂

[@jasperoliger]

The estoc is by far my favorite medieval sword/ weapon. I love the idea of a long as rondel dagger with a real gaurd lol

[@TrangleC]

I still struggle to see what the advantage over a pole weapon is. If you're not cutting with it anyways, then why shape it like a sword? A lance can do everything a estoc does, while being lighter and cheaper. Sure, a wooden shaft can perhaps (not as easy as people think) be chopped through, but that is why most late medieval pole weapons had metal bands running down the upper shaft, to prevent that.

[@GothicSoldier9000]

​​@@TrangleC lance is designed to be a shock weapon only ever used on horseback, and after the first use would often shatter. You can't reuse wood fragments the same way you could reforge a broken sword. Skallagrim literally explained the estoc's niche, which is exploiting the gaps in plate armor on foot. It can still do solid blunt damage from a swing as well. As a sword, it will be much easier to handle than any large polearm, much less a lance.

[@TrangleC]

@@GothicSoldier9000 I'm not a native English speaker, so I don't know for sure whether the definition of "lance" is the same as it is in my language ("Lanze" in German), but in German the difference between a lance and a spear is that the spear is a wooden pole with a metal tip, while a lance is made of all metal or mostly metal, or a wooden pole encased in metal. So the shattering isn't really the issue, at least not if the English definition of lance is similar to the German one, which it might not be, but I assume it is, because otherwise you would have 3 different names for the same thing: spear, pike and lance. That sword-like character of the estoc is what I don't get, or better said, I get it if you are fighting on foot and want to parry sword blows with it, but you aren't really doing that on horseback.

[@TrangleC]

I heard Polish Hussars carried a saber and a estoc as their standard "loadout". A interesting combination in my eyes, because I don't know any other examples of soldiers carrying 2 different, specialized kinds of swords around.

[@kamikage9420]

Held in the left hand, Crystal Mage and regular Rapiers and most curved swords can be used to parry by pressing L2. The rapiers have the same animation of the parrying dagger, but curved swords have a fancy flip parry.

[@Kobalt758]

That was the best intro ever

[@Bastardson_]

I can't think of why anybody would have intentionally used a sword with no edge. Did this type of weapon have any advantage over, say, a small spear or dedicated thrusting polearm?

[@silverhand9965]

I clicked on this video to make an R1 comment I have been bested

[@Rain-me8fd]

Bestoc-ed

[@fontunetheteller410]

BUT DOES IT GRANT POISE?

[@undercoverknucklesagentwhi6815]

I appreciate the use of Dark Souls meems Mr Skall.

[@dagomeiudex6583]

Meems? Did you mean meymeys?

[@undercoverknucklesagentwhi6815]

Dagome Iudex I think i misspelled myeeyms

[@GCurl]

"R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Arwan Arwan Arwan Arwan" Arwan the legendary warrior

[@ethankapolis]

The boar sword was super cool/interesting. I'd love to hear more about 'special use' weapons, or weapons for hunting in general.

[@iraqigamer2407]

R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Bestoc is for casuls, pommel is for pros. Edit: It's SL1009? I don't think you can reach that SL in Dark Souls. ;)

[@monsieurboks]

You can reach that level if you aren't a *FILTHY CASUAL*

[@iraqigamer2407]

. Oh yeah. I think it's because I leveled Dex...

[@skipmage]

"All swords weigh 3.5Lbs" I was doing a lot of looking into Rapier Weights, and I had been given a museum's catalogue of weapons. It was interesting in that even a 16th century claymore was listed as 3.5 pounds. it lead to the above quote being used quiet a bit at the gaming table.

[@AMoodyB3ar]

technically, if you put an acute blade on one of those giant anti-castle battering rams, you could pierce plate armor directly.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Good luck moving one of those things faster than someone with two legs. They would have to move less than two feet left or right and render a strike useless, and that's assuming they were unwilling to turn

[@AMoodyB3ar]

you know, the Romans have just the thing for your issue there.

[@jello788]

@@AMoodyB3ar ?

[@raptorjesues1445]

The true question is: can you unscrew the pommel of an estoc?

[@cerealkiller7143]

Looking for such a comment.

[@ImMora1]

Surprised that there is almost no pommel jokes in this comment section. Could it be that pommel jokes are dying off?

[@cip689]

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE

[@cerealkiller7143]

1st of all, Skal don't try to make us stop spamming pommels thus ending the coment section rightly. Secondly, the meme has survived 500 years, why should it die off now?

[@Kia044]

“Getting hit in the head with the steel bar is not a pleasant experience” - added to the golden fund of quotes

[@Kuro3k]

R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1

[@whale3473]

Dark Souls 3 actually has wrong movesets for their thrusting swords. The generic R2 for a thrusting sword like the rapiers is a bigger thrust, whereas the estoc is a slash. Since estocs don't have an edge it's safe to assume the developers mixed them up. It's funny since the slashing R2 was generally considered better, due to it's ability to combo, further making bestoc the one and true thrusting sword of the game.

[@VirusesX01]

Fattybot also funny that Ricard used a rapier, an everyday-folk weapon, and not something noble-like

[@reapy_s0ul26]

Pretty sure all of the souls games have a slash on Estoc r2, Fromsoft seems to think that the Estoc is a dual slash/thrust weapon.

[@xXbrokenvoidXx]

It was a Slash/Thrust type weapon in DS1 as well.

[@mikkaelmansbridge5154]

VirusesX01 Well, the rapier was fire imbued, so it was probably pretty noble by that regard.

[@malango255]

*''stiff things penetrate better''*

[@wojciechkowalski8061]

I raise you this: Polish Koncerz! An estoc having usually between 1,3 to 1,6 meter long blade (sometimes even 1,8), used by Polish cavalry when their lances shatter during the charge. And it was actually used against Cossaks, Crimean Tatars, Russians and Ottomans, who were using chainmail sometimes even in the early years of XVIII century. Try fencing with this thing ;)

[@michapuchalski4869]

Also, they were mostly one-handed, with saber crossguard.

[@bashkuch]

can someone tell me if they were used with shields ;w;

[@wojciechkowalski8061]

Bashkuch :3 I don't think so, but maybe? If they were, it was propably by either Pancerni (heavy cavalry, but not as elite as Winged Hussars), or Pospolite Ruszenie (mobilized nobility armed with whatever they had), though both units prefered sabers. Sorry to shatter your dreams ;) Although I plan to buy a copy of a koncerz just to see how could it be used on foot ;) I could imagine more than a few people trying to half-sword it, turning it basically into a short steel spear ;)

[@RedLikeRosie]

But why?

[@wojciechkowalski8061]

Ross Dickson Propably to keep reach advantage, especially when fighting infantry. Also, it was primarily used by Winged Hussars. Why it is important? Lances of Polish Hussars were designed to shatter on impact, to deliver as much of force as possible without redirecting part of it into the hussar (lances were also only part of their equipment provided by King), but it left them at a disadvantage afterwards, until they regrouped and were rearmed. Koncerz allowed them to deal with this disadvantage, but (as you may have figured out) it was always a niche weapon. Most hussars, especially the poorer ones, still prefered to use just straight or curved sabers instead.

[@wardenofashfeld4952]

Yo Skall remember a game called For Honor?you made a review on it. Well the hero Warden is getting an execution called End him rightly or something like that, next week on Thursday

[@goukagrimm8773]

Do you think you would be able to talk about the Zweihander? I've looked into it and has a light weight but it extremely long so I just wanted to know how practical it was.

[@Marines_Memelevolent]

So.....Stabby McStabSword?

[@psych0185]

You sure know how to thrust with your stiff and rigid sword.

[@maun4rah]

wow after watching the video i want the devs of dark souls to change the horizontal attacks to blunt now that would be nice

[@jrs4516]

that would be great. i'm a life long estoc user and always had to carry an hammer to swap to for skeletons and other thrust resistant enemies. although in DS3 this seemed less of an issue.

[@Steverogers-s8k]

I never understand the logic behind the estoc in darksouls. I mean its a long two handed sword but the moveset is a rapier and stabs?!🤷‍♂️

[@NoxMortem]

Moveswap...... then Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 Running-R1 :D Great Chest Ahead!

[@robertpatter5509]

Where can you get a proper Estoc with a triangular blade from? I looked around and couldn't find any. I know Windlass has one ma y years ago but stopped because it had low sales.

[@davidkam4398]

*DELETE DEX CHARACTER AND LEVEL STRENGTH OR WE UNSUB*

[@shorelockhomes943]

What are you talking about? Never saw what you are referring to.

[@753anime]

lolol dragon head infinite souls. I HAVE ALL THE POWER

[@ottomansipahi8208]

i have 66 str and 60 dex c: gonna kill myself now

[@davidcarr7436]

Wouldn't a fully round shaft tapering to a point with a sword type hilt and pommel have been a functional weapon for piercing between armour plates?

[@maximilianiholyromanempero6085]

Hole but thrust.

[@cairohaiyerm5790]

L 2D3cl that is a dark souls message if I ever read one

[@hisholiness4537]

Thrust But hole

[@alexanderguesthistorical7842]

I think it possible that the etymology of "tuck" could be from "tache", the old French for nail, which is the antecedent of the English word "tack". It certainly describes the tuck to a tee; no cutting edges, stiff four sided blade, mean to thrust into something. Just like a nail, or a tack.

[@therez2058]

I meet your r1 spam with an l2 and a chaos Dagger

[@yaman9463]

Drives me mad that in dark souls the Estoc has an horizontal cut attack option, while the Rapier, that actually has edges doesn't

[@methyllithium323]

I prefer curved swords, they've got pretty nice attack animation and do good dual wielding

[@lockyourdoors5886]

Stuff things penetrate better. Who would've thought, right? Lol your jokes are getting more pronounced these days

[@kike5186]

Could you do a video comparing maces with flails with their pros and cons?

[@Debilinside]

Flails didnt really exist. They are not true battlefield weapons because they are too dangerous to use.

[@kike5186]

Debilinside *Theyre badass tho*

[@goodoldaley6375]

I think Germany did deploy troops armed with the Footman Flail "Big wooden 2 handed flail" in large enough numbers that it was noteworthy, but very small numbers still. As for your traditional flail, I don't recall any military force deploying troops using them in vast amounts. However, I wouldn't say they were never used on the battlefield. Their effectiveness might not have been impressive enough to be written down. I'm sure some warriors used them, but certainly not your common militia or conscript. They just take so much time to master.

[@shorelockhomes943]

I agree it's needed and wanted for his video collection on his utube channel.

[@christopherjared3624]

Ok but you can't say you're name is Inigo Montoya with an Estoc, but you can with a rapier.

[@Toutong_]

I'm french, did not know that estoc is a French word, and definitely did not know it meant thrusting for me it was just the name of the weapon o:

[@shrikefenris6844]

Could you sharpen the edges of an estoc? Or would having sharp edges not make it an estoc?

[@adolfogoicoechea4971]

Estoc Bestoc

[@-Mu-min]

For people wondering when typing in alucard in the searchbar and this pops up alucard’s sword is a estoc

[@musingexistence269]

DS I bullied kids with a similar sword Can’t handle the heat stay out of the keep

[@Ilyas-ty6cy]

I see longsword= Instant like!!

[@jarrarwinks8470]

NO! USE CHAOSHANDER! ITS OP IN ALL GAMES! DONT FORGET GRASSCREST AND A SEXY METAL FACE! GITGUUD

[@astahfirula]

Good video, but certainly not matt easton level of innuendos. lost points because of that. hahahahaha

[@Qba86]

A single-handed Polish cavalry version of estoc was generally refered to as koncerz.

[@nerissacrawford8017]

Alucard has entered the chat.

[@markziff7234]

Any chance when you put links in can we have for the UK too please? Many thanks.

[@xavierbelmont8935]

Well if that sort isn't an estoc that you are holding that kind of screws up your presentation about the a estoc

[@Spazattitude]

Anyone here after watching the castlevania show were Alucard uses one like a beast?

[@GardenFootCreature]

All honesty, if you only use the Estoc's R1 you are bad at using the estoc

[@RayTC]

i literally searched "Estoc" to make dark souls jokes, fuck

[@jacksutter1158]

Good overview on the Estoc. One thing that's worth pointing out though is that a lot of surviving Estocs actually have deeply hollow ground triangular cross-sections very much like that of a smallsword. In fact, I think close to 50% or more of the original Estocs I've seen are actually made this way.

[@rango962]

Me sees intro. Rmebers crushing my keyboard

[@amitabhakusari2304]

Need more of these educational videos for those not really knowledgeable about Medieval warfare. I find yours especially easy to understand and entertaining than say the ones people keep referring to in the comments.

[@alessandromariani3015]

I want a video where peoples try to penetrate armor with an estoc! Is it possible?

[@johnvanek9514]

"scroll wheel up scroll wheel up scroll wheel up"

[@calebhehl3404]

-faints 6 times

[@quietstorm8916]

I like this estoc in the game Mordhau :)

[@youremakingprogress144]

One thing that has never been clear to me is why they would use a dedicated thrusting sword rather than another thrusting weapon, like a lance or spear. Was it because the sword's shape and crossguard were still useful for parrying?

[@geneharper7535]

Yeah, why not just use a poleaxe?

[@dethdrone1419]

Skallagrim "stiff things penetrate better"