Thrusting swords need a buff

[RyBread]

Thrusting swords have been falling behind all the other weapon types, with heavy, great, and colossal weapons receiving buffs almost every patch/update. This most recent patch did finally mention thrusting swords and heavy thrusting swords, but it was them being nerfed. I think thrusting swords should be given a bit more of a chance to compete with the other weapon types.

[Senki]

Not sure what they could do to make them better without making them completely overpowered.

Maybe slight damage increase and some speed buffs for the heavy ones.

[Sabaithal]

They're not supposed to be as powerful as colossal weapons. See Ds2 for that, thrusting swords broke the game in low level PvP because there was no counter for them.

Their advantage is that they hit extremely fast and are lightweight, so good as a sidearm for caster builds. If they did a ton of damage/poise damage on top of that they would render larger weapons useless.

[[MD]Fox]

Originally posted by superwitherboss812:

Thrusting swords have been falling behind all the other weapon types, with heavy, great, and colossal weapons receiving buffs almost every patch/update. This most recent patch did finally mention thrusting swords and heavy thrusting swords, but it was them being nerfed. I think thrusting swords should be given a bit more of a chance to compete with the other weapon types.

Amazing bait.