morning star straight upgrade to mace?

[Favkis Nexerade]

are there any drawbacks? 1 more dex for bleed and more damage doesn't seem like a drawback

[Jackington]

The moveset seems the same, go for it

[Favkis Nexerade]

Originally posted by Jackington:

The moveset seems the same, go for it

i googled it looks like it has better heavy attacks with more range and area

[Scraps]

Generally the morning star was worse than the mace throughout Dark Souls, since it dealt less raw damage for bleed. Elden Ring, it's pretty much a straight upgrade.

[battledroll]

Some guy made a video documenting why no one can use the mace. Does the morning star do this too?
https://youtu.be/NnIoXFX3fBY

[ImHelping]

I forget the length comparison of mace to morning star. But...

Morning star is so short it loves to miss even huge targets due to hitbox barriers of "where you can stand vs where the enemy is"

Which is why I switched to the spiked club, which is notably longer... and still loves to miss (Floating away from the back half of my combos did not save you, renalla!), but not as much as a morning star.

Still, I expect the sort of people who whine and cry about crouch attacks will flee in terror at the mere sight of a morning star. Because if I remember right, the morning star crouch attack is a thrusting motion.