Question about power stance

[Cootswig]

I'm a mage. I'm using moonveil in my right hand and in my left my staff or a cold uchigatana.

As far as I understand the power stance is when I use both katanas at the same time right.

But in that case my uchigatana cold ash of war doesn't work right?

Or should I double fist the uchigatana, activate its ash of war and then go back to double weilding and it stays in cold ash form?

Or will power stance with the uchigatana in my left hand just make it a "normal" katana?

I wasn't really sure how to explain my question so I hope it's clear enough.

[An Irate Walrus]

Place the weapon whose ash you wish to use in your right hand; that allows you to powerstance while continuing to make use of the desired ash.

[MULTIPASS]

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Or should I double fist the uchigatana, activate its ash of war and then go back to double weilding and it stays in cold ash form?

This will work, yes. You can activate a buff for the left-hand weapon by 2-handing it and then going back to powerstance.

[Cootswig]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Place the weapon whose ash you wish to use in your right hand; that allows you to powerstance while continuing to make use of the desired ash.

I know but I wanna know about my offhand

[Cootswig]

Originally posted by MULTIPASS:

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Or should I double fist the uchigatana, activate its ash of war and then go back to double weilding and it stays in cold ash form?

This will work, yes. You can activate a buff for the left-hand weapon by 2-handing it and then going back to powerstance.

It does, great! That's exactly what I want.

Follow up question, does power stance also mean double damage or is that wishful thinking?

[MULTIPASS]

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Originally posted by MULTIPASS:

This will work, yes. You can activate a buff for the left-hand weapon by 2-handing it and then going back to powerstance.

It does, great! That's exactly what I want.

Follow up question, does power stance also mean double damage or is that wishful thinking?

I don't know about double, but definitely a lot more.

[Lenox]

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Originally posted by MULTIPASS:

This will work, yes. You can activate a buff for the left-hand weapon by 2-handing it and then going back to powerstance.

It does, great! That's exactly what I want.

Follow up question, does power stance also mean double damage or is that wishful thinking?

When I calculated it 6 months ago, and made a post here, it was like 20-25% more. This of course depended on the attack type. Been meaning to re-test.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

As far as I understand the power stance is when I use both katanas at the same time right.

Right.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

But in that case my uchigatana cold ash of war doesn't work right?

Right, because it's in your left hand.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Or should I double fist the uchigatana, activate its ash of war and then go back to double weilding and it stays in cold ash form?

Are you talking about Ash of War: Chilling Mist? You can two-hand it to cast the skill, but I'm unsure if that buff will be retained if you go back to dual-wielding / power-stancing.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Or will power stance with the uchigatana in my left hand just make it a "normal" katana?

What do you mean by this?

[Cootswig]

Originally posted by Lenox:

Originally posted by Cootswig:

It does, great! That's exactly what I want.

Follow up question, does power stance also mean double damage or is that wishful thinking?

When I calculated it 6 months ago, and made a post here, it was like 20-25% more. This of course depended on the attack type. Been meaning to re-test.

That's a pretty nice boost anyway.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

As far as I understand the power stance is when I use both katanas at the same time right.

Right.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

But in that case my uchigatana cold ash of war doesn't work right?

Right, because it's in your left hand.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Or should I double fist the uchigatana, activate its ash of war and then go back to double weilding and it stays in cold ash form?

Are you talking about Ash of War: Chilling Mist? You can two-hand it to cast the skill, but I'm unsure if that buff will be retained if you go back to dual-wielding / power-stancing.

Yes chilling mist.
I tested it and the frost animation stays on the uchigatana in my left hand for exactly 38 seconds. So I assume it works.

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Or will power stance with the uchigatana in my left hand just make it a "normal" katana?

What do you mean by this?

Like normal, no ash. But as seen above it works :)

[Lenox]

Originally posted by Cootswig:

Originally posted by Lenox:

When I calculated it 6 months ago, and made a post here, it was like 20-25% more. This of course depended on the attack type. Been meaning to re-test.

That's a pretty nice boost anyway.


Right.


Right, because it's in your left hand.


Are you talking about Ash of War: Chilling Mist? You can two-hand it to cast the skill, but I'm unsure if that buff will be retained if you go back to dual-wielding / power-stancing.

Yes chilling mist.
I tested it and the frost animation stays on the uchigatana in my left hand for exactly 38 seconds. So I assume it works.


What do you mean by this?

Like normal, no ash. But as seen above it works :)

Oh, cool. I've always wanted to make a Katana / Wakizashi power-stance build. I like the asymmetrical look. And the 1.08 change is nice.