🏒 Dual Wield Vs Two Handed Elden Ring

Some weapon skills when used in the left hand take priority over the skill on the right hand; like all parries, shield bash and other variations. I was wondering if there are weapons that can use quickstep while offhanded instead of performing the skill on your right hand. I know I can two hand the weapon on my left to use the skill, but that 2 handing will let you exceed the 99 strength str cap. It will not show the number in the stats tab but you will effectively have ~148 Str. It lets you use 1.5x your strength to wield a weapon and scales the damage as though you had 1.5x the strength. It also changes the moveset. Dual wield also has Deadly Cloak which is a good damage/defensive skill. Two-handed is used for the skills: Carve and Stampede. Carve is notable for it's stack duration and shield capability. Main Hand - dagger, nirnhoned, fire enchantment (nirnhoned makes your abilities scale higher in damage) Off Hand - dagger, charged, poison enchantment Literally any 2 weapons that are the same archetypes can dual wield L1 like any 2 daggers or any 2 collosal swords, any 2 spears. There's at least one exception. Wakizashi is a dagger that dual weilds with any katana but not with any dagger. Literally every class of weapon can be used like this. It's called powerstancing. How to Two-Hand Weapons. By pressing left or right on the D-Pad, you can cycle between equipped main-hand and off-hand weapons, but to wield a weapon in both hands requires a bit more work. To 2 It reduces the required STR to wield the weapon by 50% and increases the damage dealt by a small amount. Typically, though, if you have the ability to wield it in one hand, it is likely to be the superior option. Well I've been trying it out on a sword i got, it seems to be doing a few more points of damage even though my strength is above the Here’s how to dual-wield in Elden Ring: Start with the first weapon in your right hand (main hand). Next, open the inventory menu and choose the second weapon you wish to hold in your left hand. L1 & R1 for PlayStation controller. Right-click and Left-click for PC. LB & RB for Xbox controller. Dual wield with greater conc is the best option until you get a FSOA where 2h synergizes with DW to min/max critical strikes, which is further buffed from smoke cloud. Smoke cloud is a flat +15% damage on your critical hits. To make the most out of greater conc you'd want access to incite fear and/or exsang, a grim, reavers or channeller's ring Wakizashi + katana feels just right. Either that or double hand one katana. Objectively right. pothocket (Topic Creator) 1 year ago #8. I've been enjoying it. Something I've noticed is that not only is the attack combo slightly faster but it uses significantly less stamina compared to two katanas. It is better to dual wield at high level for pretty much every weapon unless you are using a shield, 2 handing is never needed. Fusei1001. • 2 yr. ago. You can get 100% damage reduction on block with certain weapons (notably heavy weapons) and heavy armors, allowing you to block/counter while two handed. And since two handed weapons benefits Starting to burn out on my current build, so I've been playing around with the caestus. If you have 1 caestus, and you 2-hand it, you get access to block (lol), weapon skill, 2h light attack combo and 2h heavy attack combo. If you power stance caestus (with any other fist weapon), you get 2h light attack combo instead of block, weapon skill Lev22_. • 2 yr. ago. Yeah i tried using Twinblades and it's better to use two hand, the point of twinblades is consecutive combos and unfortunately dual wielding twinblades doesn't allows you to combo like using two hand. Each to their own, but i prefer two hand since the combo is really cool. Grey_Warden97. XTr0.

dual wield vs two handed elden ring