Narrated Thought Duels - Ornamental Straight Sword - Elden Ring

[@Tory-JJ]

hey jund, poise takes 30 seconds to regenerate. So "waiting a second" doesn't matter. Figured I'd clear this up. Not sure where the misconception came from but it seems based on the videos people who mathed out the shit did that its around 30 seconds. You can use Endure to fully reset poise immediately though or the flask that gives infinite poise.

[@ScottJund]

oh thanks for the knowledge, appreciate it

[@sauce987654321]

Don't certain weapons reset poise to some degree, too? I remember reading a greatsword's R1 resets it by 80%, but I'm obviously not sure.

[@pondiker7366]

@@sauce987654321 That's sort of how it worked in ds3, if you for example used splitleaf's weapon art for just a second your poise would reset to full. It would be interesting to see if that works in er as well, seeing how we have splitleaf's weapon art as ashes now.

[@IsraTheBlack]

The last patch broke Endure, it doesn't give any poise now.

[@Talulah_Artorius]

I believe the misconception came from the fact people were comparing this poise to DS1 and in DS1 it took 4 seconds to reset IIRC

[@pelinial]

i very much enjoy hearing your thoughts on all these diff weapons and styles of play it helps a lot for trying to get better at pvp

[@IntenseSpirit]

I must not have watched enough videos then because I'm still 100% ass at PVP

[@Brandon-bc1fz]

@@IntenseSpirit just gotta get in there man. I don't knew how to Make any other build than big sword smash and while I get stomped often it's still Hella fun.

[@sobbingacorn6375]

I'd love if they made bleed have a cool down like how frostbite does, but much shorter. That would leave it mostly the same PvE, and much weaker but still very usable in pvp I think

[@shy8054]

I think that be a good idea. Since it is really easy to proc. Having it proc twice in the same combo is a bit ridiculous. Everyone should stock on livers that increase bleed resistance or immunity.

[@Deadgye]

I don't think that would leave PvE mostly the same at all.

[@DarthAssViolater]

@@shy8054 those livers are way too hard to farm, takes 15 seconds to kill a big octopus and they only drop you 1 liver :( sure the small ones drop them too but its only maybe. and when ur using like 3-4 in a single fight, thats just not realistic to be farming 4-5 of them before every fight, or to farm 100s of them just for 20 duels.

[@shy8054]

@@DarthAssViolater yeah thats true a lot of items like this are much harder to acquire in this game. Is there a vendor that sells an infinite amount of them?

[@Umimugo]

frost can be reset by fire damage

[@feyfrost8783]

Gotta love it when you either use the poise monster armor, or you simply die in pvp. Say what you will about ds3 homogenized armors, at least you could wear more then one or two sets without playing at an extreme handicap.

[@leiderhosen7110]

I'd call that a symptom of massive damage overtune. Bleed is more obviously egregious but skills like Dancing Blade and Waterfowl are overpowered to a preposterous level. Vitality and armor imo just do not have the value they need because even in late game pve some attacks are just instant death (or close) no matter what. It's no wonder the meta is migrating higher since mid and low levels are oneshot Fiestas. Poise just highlights that issue.

[@The27Spartan]

@@leiderhosen7110 Spells that are literally impossible to dodge are also... problematic.

[@soulofcinder2007]

@@The27Spartan dragon breath bs has been a nightmare

[@KommissarBanx]

@@soulofcinder2007 I don’t mean this nastily, don’t let text make me sound like a douche when I say Literally stop running away from it you friggen dink. When someone starts to cast dragon brreath of any type, just spring right up and do a jumping R2. Scott even says it himself when using the dragon build

[@soulofcinder2007]

@@KommissarBanx no shit you dink, but I’m not always close enough to do that before getting scarlet rot or whatever else

[@mand0rk]

Straight Swords just feel so goddamn short in this game. There is absolutely no outspacing anything other than maybe a dagger.

[@TheCrell]

that makes sense though right? shorter swords not outranging longer swords?

[@leotheking1000]

Reduvia! Reduvia Reduvia! And you died, sry :/

[@mand0rk]

@@TheCrell It makes sense that their reach is shorter, but in DS3 you could stand at the edge of a longer weapon’s reach (like a greatsword) and the step in lunge of the first hit combined with the longer length of the blade would let you interrupt their combo. Not that it really matters with true poise I guess.

[@TheCrell]

@@mand0rk DS straight swords were so powerful it was pointless using anything else. I like the variation in Elden Ring...will see if it settles on some stuff of course.

[@nathanwhiting5475]

Well a dagger is the only thing shorter than a straight sword... so yeah... if you jump into water you will get wet... every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes... etc..

[@AaronStanczak]

New to souls pvp, loving these vids, really learning a lot about how it works thanks m8.

[@shy8054]

For a lot of the sorcery buffs I beleive it mostly to balance the PvE experience and not the PvP. Since a lot of sorcery spells just were outclassed on damage to fp ratio of other sorceries. A lot of the harder hitting spells cost so much more that it wasn't really advisable to use them when casting a lower damaging spell twice was more economical.

[@Chris____.]

8:02 Tell that to the Colossals Greatswords that barely do 550 AR while being dualhanded... for being so slow, they really didnt get any benefits outside "Non-parriable attacks" & "Quickstep Abusing". T-T (which might be good enough for some, but when a Katana deals 3x the DPS, and a Halbert just does a better overall job, its hard to take them seriously)

[@alexholmes8714]

I know this is late, but what the hell kinda awful stat spread are you running where a colassal has anything less than 600 AR minimum?

[@gumbotime9564]

Super happy to see you back playing souls again! I would love to see a video on a mace type weapon.

[@peterdinklage1912]

Can't wait for the next episode: Narrated Thought Duels - Morning Star its gonna be so good

[@haymes5056]

I just found my favourite new invasion build, the poise physick with the now working mohg spear WA is so much fun when 3 mans get cocky they all just die in a bleedsplosion

[@propheticrain-maker1486]

I got a lowish level invasion character with Mohg's and this rings very true.

[@chazfernandes9840]

Sounds like pure evil and I love it.

[@damedashn2139]

The poise flask is goated at low level invasions, especially if they don’t know you have it on and rush you as you’re drinking it lol

[@2inverse469]

FYI, the stats are: Barricade shield was reduced from 15 seconds active time to 5 seconds active time, and it takes 3x more FP to cast. So you can definitely just wait out on people using that.

[@ScottJund]

no i mean people using greatshields with greatshield talisman. some of them give you >100 stability which means you lose 0 stamina on block

[@BigVorst]

Good to know, thanks. I noticed the FP cost but I was too lazy to time the duration to be honest.

[@2inverse469]

@@ScottJund Only one shield does that 100%, the fingerprint shield.

[@TheFailGamer27]

The amount that these duels completely rely on "who has more poise" makes me wonder why people hated when DS3 changed how poise worked. It certainly led to a lot more variety.

[@ZirixStrarstrider]

Yeah, because is SO MUCH FUN getting stunlocked by a puny dagger, while using full Havel set.

[@Tilyaf]

@@ZirixStrarstrider Yeah because it's so much fun having to stack 50+ poise to tank a single hit from most light weapons when there aren't a lot of armor sets that reliably hit that breakpoint. Active poise may or may not be stupid, but the breakpoints being as high they are is really, really stupid. e: also I meant passive poise, not active poise (hyperarmor). dunno why I said active

[@kevo300]

Fashion always over poise people act like there playing at world championship in this game

[@Tilyaf]

@@kevo300 Yeah good luck with that mentality as people walk up in your face because they know they can just facetank whatever you have and out trade you because you have no poise and less defense. This isn't like DKS3 where you just take more damage. In this you're flat out denied viable engagement options.

[@RanEncounter]

@@Tilyaf Or just use a range to your advantage like most skilled players do. Spears, great swords, curved swords is all about spacing, not tanking a hit. Like even said in the video these short weapons demand high poise. Did you listen for even a second? Of course not.

[@Neirean]

They should probably have a buffer on Bleed so there is a delay between proccing and the next proc, so you can't just chain it.

[@gaigeriel]

Scott have you seen that you can get a guaranteed follow up with with bascially every weapon type after an Ultra greatsword poke? From testing the only thing that doesnt combo is very slow stuff like colossal weapons, but great hammers DO combo. I was running a Zwei and Battle Hammer and the combo damage is kinda of cracked

[@beefstrokinoff]

Do you mean if YOU poke with an UGS you can then switch weapons and get a follow up?

[@gaigeriel]

@@beefstrokinoff you need to be 1 handed an UGS and have the other weapon in your off hand

[@DarthAssViolater]

shiit people are starting to copy my maliketh build i see hahahahaa

[@gaigeriel]

@@DarthAssViolater Never seen you before in my life, aint no one copying you dawg 💀

[@thomaskopv2366]

I must say, its so relaxing to watch you play elden ring compared to DbD. DbD always has some controversy or arguing or some shit, while elden ring is just so chill.

[@frizzman1991]

Hey Scott! I was thinking about your old DS3 content, when quality reigned supreme and you did oodles of weapon showcases. I would LOVE if you did a little quality demonstration in Elden Ring: you could showcase some of the more basic weapons and discuss the fundamentals of each weapon type and how you want to try to win with it. Simple things (Dagger, Longsword, Claymore, Halberd, etc.) could be done easily and quickly PLUS it'd be tons of fun seeing you try to outspace some broken-ass lasers and giant explosions with basic bitch knight weapons. *flails dagger around nonthreateningly*

[@DarthAssViolater]

weapon arts are too strong in this game, using a weapon with only your dex and strenght is putting yourself at a clear disadvantage. the meta now is to put minimum requirments to weild the weapon, put the rest into vit, mind, and either faith or dex depending on what kind of build your using. Everyone in the game gets 7 free memory slots, so use them.

[@frizzman1991]

@@DarthAssViolater Oh, I know. That's why I want to see Scott do it. Because I know he probably could do pretty well with garbage options.

[@Ketchupkamisama]

I think it’s interesting how not everyone who is new to dueling have picked up on that you’re not supposed to use flasks in fights. I made a post on Reddit just trying to point out how things have been for over a decade and was just met with “git gud”. Anyway, glad to see you back with Souls content, super nostalgic!!

[@Summon_Aery]

These swords actually look so cool, just wish the buff didn't take as long, and also lasted a bit longer. Any chance you could give the Sword of Milos a go? I think it's a pretty interesting weapon.

[@Tory-JJ]

Back stabs only really work when they're animation locked (end of a jumping attack/long ashe of war)

[@HumbleHomunculus]

They need to animation lock shield pokes to allow some counter play. Rn shield poking is way too strong.

[@Tory-JJ]

@@HumbleHomunculus 100% it would let you backstab fuckboy fingerprinters for sure.

[@griffinshames8627]

I've been having fun with dual halberd jumping attacks with the claw talisman. Moveset is fine but no one expects a jumping attack to do 900 damage

[@zMajin]

I really enjoy these videos, so much insight with these different matchups!. Keep up the good work scott!

[@VoermanIdiot]

On my low level invader, using straight swords combined with Endure was great. But I don't know if it was intentional or not but the latest patch either changed Endure or broke it because now you can't even tank more than a single hit which was certainly not the case before.

[@leiderhosen7110]

Barricade got a justified nerf, so Endure was probably stealth patched as well so people wouldn't just immediately jump on it to escape the Bari nerf.

[@Kyle-hv8ed]

@@leiderhosen7110 barricade shield is still just as strong as it was before, just more fp cost and it's active for less time.

[@xxxzeroxxx8406]

@@Kyle-hv8ed So... Not as strong? xD

[@Kyle-hv8ed]

@XxXzeroXxX it does its job, you just have to time the shield buff for when you actually need it

[@-snek.]

You mentioned spears for the next of these, I'd LOVE to see some pike action.

[@BrandurnPorchiga]

Pike is really good.

[@climhazzard115]

2:20 Brass shield is the best medium shield for blocking, it's one of the ones that gives you max guard boost with barricade shield. I'm more interested in the fact that he opened with a glintstone pebble ash of war. I've been kind of wondering if it can be used in PvP, but it feels a bit to slow.

[@KingGorrino]

Because the glintstone pebble AoW is a two-step process actually. The second attack is a long range stabbing lunge. And if you hit the initial glintstone pebble, it can combo into the lunge. You end up having a safe-ish ranged option that can hit-confirm into a shitload of damage. I'm not sure that it is 100% guaranteed, but from what I have seen, it is pretty consistent.

[@intraviator8694]

I've been fighting the Bloodhound step R1 all night, and I found the best counter to literally be a neutral jump heavy. At 60 poise I can trade with them, and it usually f**** them up more.

[@agreatoldone8902]

I like using beast roar to counter bloodhound step. I haven't tested how much poise you need to not be staggered by it but it tends to stagger people out of their BHS attack when they're being aggressive. The tracking is pretty good and it's a pretty wide hitbox

[@csquared4538]

Poise. Guarantee poise will be the reason Scott gets bored of this game in a couple weeks. I hope I'm wrong because it's still nostalgic watching these.

[@TheFiftGuy]

You say that but this man played DBD for years without really stopping. And nothing is more stale than the DBD meta.

[@steliosp1770]

Yeah.. even if they fix what needs to be fixed, if poise doesnt get nerfed i m gonna get bored as well. Already thinking of respeccing back to sorcery just to spice things up.

[@Tory-JJ]

@@TheFiftGuy lmfao amen to that. jesus that games boring as FUCK.

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

@@steliosp1770 you can’t really nerf poise without making it useless. Maybe poise health should restore hella slow, I don’t know.

[@itspaddyd]

I'll be real it seems like it's worse than ds3 hyperarmour from the outside

[@sauce987654321]

I think it's fine that 2H colossals can't be parried. They have enough against them as it is, like the limited pool of ashes usable with them.

[@BrandurnPorchiga]

Well I was trying to be nice using a parry shield but now I’ma use the infinite stability ability since I have no other option. Good luck getting shield poked all day. You will switch weapons

[@blackbrot]

rolling and running attacks should still be parryable tho. This is a mistake imo

[@TheKripox]

It would be fine probably if not for the spammable bloodhound step BS. There was no such thing as a quickstep UGS in DS3.

[@O_Coisa_Ruim]

Scott, make a video reading the last patch notes like you did for DBD. Maybe even share your opinions about the new Bleed META.

[@bloozism]

I hope you get around to making a lot of these videos. They’re my favorite.

[@Chuckyfunk504]

That parry at the end earned you the like and comment. Well done sir

[@augustus4928]

Loving these dueling videos, Scott.

[@Baxtyr]

I'm pretty sure UGS 2H poke should be parryable.

[@Mix_009]

Nah it does have the window of "less damage failed parry" ive tested this with my brother (while trying to parry it but with no luck) sadly the UGS is thr only playable Collosal type weapon that is actually playable on pvp, anything else against a good player u will never hit then ever

[@Baxtyr]

@@Mix_009 true I tested it again and it does have the partial. It's a decently powerful tool, I dont hate it anymore since you can jump it. Definitely plenty of counterplay strats.

[@thephoenix8892]

The unique R2 is really cool for this weapon, so it kinda sucks that you can’t get it off effectively unless you’re in a really specific situation

[@Ghost.girI.]

straight swords dont get to be as long as katanas in this game because japanese devs even though historically longswords are supposed to be longer than katana

[@Freddy-jk5jq]

I've gotten 1 backstab in pvp because i rolled through a guy who was doing an ash of war(bloody slash) and i instantly hit him when i was behind him, not even trying to backstab him and it backstabbed him, and boy did it feel good. And I wasn't even trying to pvp, I just happened to get invaded during coop.

[@switch7917]

I've only backstabbed once as well, guy unfortunately crouch flasked and I got him.

[@nomad9098]

I had to deal with an invader spamming bloodhound ultragreatsword poise build yesterday, Running R2 from Godsticher seems to flinch them pretty consitently.

[@icebox1954]

Now that every armor set has been massively buffed in terms of poise with patch 1.07 it's very easy to meet the 50-60 poise needed. 100 Poise is still difficult but most people will have the first poise check in PvE and PvP.

[@mogullll]

Oh my god I completely forgot demogorgon guy was the narrated duel guy from 5 years ago

[@mumbles4763]

Kind of hope they increase the FP for blood hound step. When its spammed like that, it's a problem

[@frayjais2942]

make it cost more based off weapon weight. Encourage its use on the intended weapons, but still allow it on the bigger ones.

[@ashfield4313]

It should cost HP

[@xbeliefs4242]

Screw those ideas make it require staggered timing to continue using it. Like if you spam it, instead of stepping have it make you roll and easy to punish but if you are using it properly to be aggressive, say during an enemy attack that will leave an opening let it still be rewarding.

[@sonicsucks2961]

You could probably just give it a cooldown between steps or make it have a lot of recovery time.

[@Skilow]

@@sonicsucks2961 Or just give it the same immunity frames as a regular dodge? it's only overpowered because you can't punish bad timing, and it has enough immunity frames to never get hit as long as you spam it.

[@MombaTrout]

I really don’t understand why bloodhound step isn’t only available for daggers and claws

[@Willowo98]

the shoulders clipping through that hat is gonna give me nightmares

[@kt-fn7uz]

What's the general consensus on the new weapon classes pvp-wise (flails, greatspears, heavy thrusting swords, etc)?

[@ScottJund]

flails useless, greatspears and heavy thrusting swords quite good

[@BrandurnPorchiga]

@@ScottJund I think the great epee is really good. Can’t poise running r2. Shield poke hits as hard as lance and can shield poke poise tankers and get out. Has un parry able attack which is unique to weapon if you charge r2 and hit back step. Disgusting r2 range. Leo ring.

[@artiscool6873]

This is the first non-broken build. These ER build videos are fun to watch for once.

[@bubbajoe117]

As much fun as it is to see scott back in his element, i've gotta say the pvp aspect to this game has been a real flop so far, the restrictions on phantoms and lowered phantom capacity has made any potential fight clubs (which were fun as shit to host and be apart of in DS3 at the pontiff bonfire) and the damage to health balance of the weapons has made a lot of what made souls PvP fun in the past dead on arrival in this game it feels like... Aside from griefing or ganking of course, it's just it feels like there isn't really a whole lot that can be put out there that isn't just making compilations of "whoaaaaa check out this weapon that has a one shot attack guys it's craaazy." really just puts into perspective how much we took DS3's pvp for granted.

[@silverbell800]

Yeah as of right now, it's essentially a game of "pick your cheese". There's very little depth to the PvP. At this rate, Fromsoft should release Dark Souls 2 PvP as a separate game and call it good lol.

[@SirWetBiscuit]

1) Pontiff was cringe 2) basically every Souls game's PvP was broken on arrival, also 3) DkS 3 PvP was boring trashgarbage and I'm glad I'll never play it again

[@BigVorst]

@@SirWetBiscuit Based.

[@HOFxBoards]

There is also a lack of red summon signs. Ds3 would literally have 15-20 signs overlapping and Elden ring has maybe 5 or 6 at a time if you’re lucky

[@lintystarfish]

Tbf we are only like a month into the game so far

[@lllXanderlll]

I've been thinking about this for a bit, a way to possibly rebalance bleed: making it so bleed has a cool down. Think like how poison and toxic work where the bar fills and then depletes over time.. of course it would have to deplete faster for blood loss. This is actually how bleed worked in DS2 but bleed in DS2 was functionally different to the rest of the games. Ultimately they're probably just gonna nerf the bleed build up numbers for weapons and spells which will probably be enough

[@raspberry3189]

If you're looking for a weapon with more range for next video, check out the pike! It feels super nice in this game.

[@preekja]

He already uploaded a pike max poise video.

[@raspberry3189]

@@preekja has he? I cant seem to find it. Are you maybe mistaking the glaive for the pike or am i just blind lol

[@BigMFWrubez]

I’m a huge fan of straight swords since it’s just pure souls nostalgia for me. Kind of disappointed that they didn’t really give a legendary option aside from the darkness and flames sword (which got the nerf hammer hard bc, well, it was cheese). But from what I hear, a maxed longsword with quality scaling and a decent ash of war is really good and even better when dual wielded. Any truth?

[@mythvrl]

Need a video on all the counters to BH quickstep and Finger Print Shield. Only thing that works for both is hoarfrost stomp.

[@steliosp1770]

Try dual st trinas vs fp shield. I personally just use the severing item to go back to my world when summoned by someone who uses it. I cant even be bothered. Same for BHS, they re both too boring and lame.

[@mythvrl]

@@steliosp1770 I also thought of using sleep, with st trinas swords and a pulley crossbow with sleep bolts. First guy I found that I was able to try it on had the sleep bolouses, so it was rendered useless. For now, the best counter is dual cold naginatas with hoarfrost.

[@steliosp1770]

@@mythvrl yeah but hoarfrost got netfed. Think storm stomp is better than hoarfrost now. Guess hoarfrost is still good for helping you build up frostbite if nothing else. Could try sepuku on maginatas instead and go for the bleed but idk man w/e you do you re just forced into such a boring playstyle vs that setup that i cba. Summon duels at main gate arent a tournament, if they have BHS or turtle i just leave, miss me with that shit.

[@mythvrl]

@@steliosp1770 yea imma just start leaving, shit is boring asf

[@NeverBeenElsewhere]

So im assuming the shield person was panicking bc they two handed the shield, didnt realize , then did realize and couldn't remember how to switch Bc thats just a medium shield with [no skill]

[@faulsname8869]

If my weapon is +12 can I still get matched with meta level 120ish ppl?

[@vavakxnonexus]

After hearing about bleed being so good it even counters poise, I want to see Bleed Mage™ (Briars of Sin/Punishment, Staff of the Guilty, etc) attempted.

[@bonehed1]

During my level 70~ invasions lately I have been using a Pike on my STR build and seeing great success out of it. The damage is unimpressive but the range is downright stupid, maybe the best in the game, combined with the very quick and practical spear moveset. Damage gets better if you load up on STR, make it Heavy and 2H it, I'm sure there are other ways like loading up buffs or w/e.

[@terps710]

I can vouch for that as well. Pike hits hard as fuck on strength build. Even duel partisans are nasty to

[@pinip_f_werty1382]

Remember to stop your movement before pressing r1. I don't know why but it has helped with securing backstabs.

[@TheVascoBernardo]

Good to see you can finally duel where you wanted to!

[@IsaiahBuchanan175]

Imagine being a new player when you come to this place to see all those blood stains by a Grace

[@gnubbiersh647]

awesome video, nice new duelling location having FULL poise armor and 70 dex makes me feel like 120 is too high for meta level :D

[@moplolblub]

It only works because his weapons are super light. If you want to have that poise with an UGS you need ~45 Endurance. Also he only has 50 Vig.

[@KommissarBanx]

I have 15 END on my second character and it’s still enough to fast roll. Trust me, 120 is a lot better for PvP than 150 was…Jesus the Havel mages…

[@moplolblub]

@@KommissarBanx Fast roll in what? And yeah, 120 is probably better than 150 as a meta, but lower than that would certainly not be good either. If we lower anything it should be weapon level, but unlikely that will happen. Not that it matters though as long as infinite equip load physics flask can be used.

[@yellow4633]

I kinda wish the R2 had a lower charge time when your buff is active. It's a really funny move.

[@wellardsharks]

I think if they reverted STR to have equip load tied to it instead of END like it did in the network test it could fix or at the very least mitigate the amount of poisemonster builds. Every build needs some amount of END, so everyone ends up being able to wear tanky armour, but if it were tied to STR again then dex/int builds would be more varied and STR would receive a much needed buff.

[@Chyror]

Lol no it Would destroy dex wep

[@AtraxaApologist]

16:01 I just hope when they change bleed its still usable to a degree.. The ds3 nerf made it fall off the map completely

[@user-eh8xp8xr8i]

How did they nerf if in Ds3? I never used bleed so never noticed it

[@AtraxaApologist]

@@user-eh8xp8xr8i The meta at the start of the game was Warden Twinblades / Sellsword Twinblades and Bleed, I believe they nerfed the damage heavily, I can't remember. All I remember is I went from seeing it nearly every PvP session to never seeing it a single time again in years

[@Sinisphere]

Love the golden tempering animation.

[@Breadugalagan]

Also could you try to make a video where you use the great sword without the bloodhounds step and not abuse the crouch r1? Curious to see just how it holds up

[@ScottJund]

Badly

[@HatTrickzTV]

Can you do dual daggers plz preferably something without a status effects I'm trying to see what I'm doing wrong with daggers on my assassin besides the running R2 poise kinda screws me and I kinda rely on parrying and back stabbing is damn near impossible

[@jerjerbinxy]

that buffed charged R2 should come out right away and last until you let go. Would make it at least usable

[@Cellery701]

So basically if I don't like wearing heavy armor for poise stacking I'm screwed in most if not all pvp scenarios?

[@grantpolley]

yeah, pretty much limited to spears or casting

[@s41tysilver59]

Hey Scott would you be able to tell me an underutilized weapon class I should try I am trying a faith build rn

[@scottmauricio5608]

The old straight sword metaaaa ehhh scottymyboiiii…. Really showing these gamers how to squeeze the hog nice and proper with the ollll back up save to straight sword tech

[@qtsmug8853]

Have you tried out the pike? its probably my favorite weapon to use so far

[@karlinscoe4679]

block talisman plus turtle talisman then block the first attack of the opponents combo and hit them right after, so you dont need poise

[@QckSGaming]

You can hold your sword buff cast to make it last longer. It lasts like minutes for me and I always hold all my buffs as it's free damage for damage spells for same FP cost. E: Hold cast I mean, don't tap

[@Goobermanguy]

If you are going to do an episode on a spacing weapon like a spear, will you consider the partisan? Can't do epic combos from R2s like in DS3 anymore, but it's still my favorite and I'd love to see it get more attention :) Nice parry at the end lol

[@Neirean]

Suitable that the new world painted by From had the pigment of the Dark Soul in it, very much so.

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

I wish we could get some more PvE content. I never saw the uploads beyond Stormveil. Would love to see Scott VS Maliketh, Malenia, etc.

[@dantebozzini8568]

Yes, please. This! ^

[@ipotato95]

Is the raya lucaria gate the new duel spot?

[@Fextris]

Please give one of the 30 faith rune weapons a run? They're all I use and one of them weighs 0.0. it has around 500 AR at 50 faith. Would love to see the video with the great moveset they both have.

[@Fextris]

Apologies the straight sword has 20 faith requirement not 30 like the claws

[@ScottJund]

its basically the exact same straight sword moveset but unblockable blade is a telegraphed lunge. id wanna space out doing that after just doing this one

[@Fextris]

@@ScottJund reasonable reply

[@Michael-ib6ky]

Double straight swords slap- but there might be better options out there. St. Trina's and the Rotten Crystal Sword come to mind, good mix of damage and status. Double Coded would be excellent for an aggressive Faith buildup and counters the shield turtles

[@naota909]

I can't even hit that Blessed Charged R2 in PVE

[@ostormblessed5831]

How do u dual wield but not have a weapon in your left hand slot?

[@Impaler722]

Jumping attacks do more shield stability damage than normal attacks

[@peterwarburton1355]

I might be wrong but storm stomp catches ppl out of bloodhound step

[@TheKie168]

Just going to say this as it's my favourite weapon the blade of calling with high faith and +10 with the holy attack increase in psykick can do nearly 2000 damage with its weapon art should give it ago

[@TheGianKl]

Mage are to op in this "arena" can we change it? Somewhere with cover

[@Breadugalagan]

I was wondering what multiplayer password you use to duel because I would like to get into dueling too

[@liltugboat4207]

Scott when you play with poise and others don’t they choice scissors and you chose rock

[@MezkaG]

I'm sorry Scott, but all I can think of when I see this armor set with how the arms are held out is "Mom said it's my turn on the Xbox."

[@yeldarbnostam2046]

I didn’t know you couldn’t parry 2H ultra great sword but you can parry power stanced ultra great swords

[@jeremiahwise2076]

Not being able to break through poise in one hit with most weapons is a good reason to have a lower meta level. Right now I'm testing level 100 and I still feel like I have everything I could ever want.

[@Kaienowaty]

Its worth to have less vigor and 25 faith for golden vow?

[@subcinericius]

Dont remember if it was in DS3 but bleed and other effects building up despite attacks missing because of lag is so dumb. I have had bleed fully build up on me and get one shoot because the first attack that actually hit me triggered bleed. If it does not affect the hp thanks to lag compensation so should the effect.

[@ReavenM1911A1]

Coded sword is an amazing straight sword. The ash of war isn't the greatest but it has huge reach and is a decent off hand. That way you have Straightsword R1 and the dual wield moveset on L1. all you lose is blocking while gaining shield bypass. 500~ AR with 60 faith. Powerstancing Straight Swords seems like the way to go, the crouch/rolling/running attack isn't bad

[@Michael-zp6hq]

is there any chance of a video dedicated to poise mechanics? it seem quite central to duel buildcrafting

[@aidanmcguire3096]

any chance we could see a shot at bow pvp? (i know its bad :( )

[@AZAELinvaded]

You can't parry two handed rolling ultra? F*ck…that's why I was getting melted by that…and I thought I was just bad at timing it right lol

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

remember people, if poise gets nerfed too hard than a good chunk of weapons will become unuseable due to lack of hyper armour. i won't personally care, but i can see the pool of good weapons shrinking pretty hard.

[@momoirobara959]

Hyper armor is in the game too especially on certain AoW.

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@momoirobara959 that'd be the AoW that's effective, not the weapon.

[@nostalgicactuator8448]

@@thehumanstunlock7588 why not just give heavier weapons more hyper armor? it’s like the situation with bleed, no one wants to see bleed builds be useless same as no one wants heavier weapons be always interrupted, but when a single pair r1 can instableed or a katana can poise through a straightsword and kill there’s a problem.

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@nostalgicactuator8448 heavy weapons are fine where they are, you're thinking wide-spread nerfs, i'm thinking more specific nerfs to the problem weapons specifically, moonveil being one of two potential candidates, or, maybe buff straight swords, wouldn't fix the fact that katanas in a japanse game are gonna be strong, or that everything below greatsword-class don't have hyper armour, but as it stands, what i'm hearing is that straight swords are too weak, and katanas have too much killing power, poise wasn't the issue to begin with and neither where heavier weapons.

[@Zerokion]

In DS3 you can’t parry 2h ultra great swords normal attacks but you can parry the dash or rolling ones. I haven’t come across anyone with that bloodhound build to test it but I believe it’s parry-able

[@HumbleHomunculus]

You can't parry the crouch attack/rolling attack/bloodhound step attack.

[@Filet_Mignon22]

Being a poise monster is unnecessary for 2 straight swords I run a faith build with dual straight swords and at 57 poise I can trade with katana , dagger , straight swords , and curved swords and still win the trade

[@hezcrawford3765]

You should try the Guardian Swordspear next, it's a lot of fun and has a unique moveset for halberds. I like to run double slash on it, but I don't doubt there are other, more busted, ashes of war for it as well.

[@terps710]

Farmed one last night. Even tho it was on my strength build made it heavy with royals knights resolve and I was one shotting 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@terps710]

Fucking love that weapon

[@HAHAd2]

Why are straight swords so short in this game tf

[@chriskilian7529]

Stupid question, why aren't you supposed to heal during duels? What about mana pots

[@cherdnad2630]

Host has a lot more potions so it's unfair for the invader. Mana pots are allowed.