how to kick on pc

[jesper]

i have seen that you can use the kick to guard break like in other dark souls games.. but to kick i need to unquip both my shield and sword but can't find how to do it.. i know about holding down e and then left or right clik but i can't remove both..

[Limp Brisket]

There is no longer a universal way to kick. It is now a weapon art (Ash of War), with no weapons equipped your default Ash of War becomes kick.

[GatoMancer]

when a weapon / shield doesn't have an armament skill attached you'll have the default "kick" action.

so use that actions [if it's shown in the lower left] hold SHIFT + Right mouse click to use it.

same will apply if you have an armament skill, that's the command use use them.

Shift + Left click = heavy attack

[jesper]

Originally posted by Parbe:

There is no longer a universal way to kick. It is now a weapon art (Ash of War), with no weapons equipped your default Ash of War becomes kick.

well thats the thing i can't just unequip my weapons so it become a kick.. might be doing a wrong thing ^^

[FTZ35]

You are switching to two-handing instead of switching weapons.
Switch Right-Hand Armament: Right Arrow / Shift + Scroll Up
Switch Left-Hand Armament: Left Arrow / Shift + Scroll Down

[ImHelping]

As a heads up, the kick art is pretty trash even though it costs zero FP. I naively thought it might get a buff compared to past games because it is weapon art locked now but nooooo.

Sure it can work on brass shield fodder you have zero need for a kick in the first place on.

But generic knight filler, even the literal first one in the game in that early game camp reacts to kicks one of two ways.
1: "I'm not input reading, honest!" instantly stops blocking to shield bash your leg during your kick animation (better knights like banished are more prone us a proper attack with their weapon during this). So ♥♥♥♥ you for trying.

2: Blocks your kick, laughs, and uses it as a guard counter trigger (and rolling around them not using real attacks took about... four or so kicks in a row to finally guard break him. Woulda been faster to never kick at all). But hey at least you can dodge that one.