Savage lions claw or normal lions claw?

[uranus]

Isnt savage lions claw supposed to be an upgrade or why are people saying its worse :{

[Nauct]

Savage is so sick tho, you gotta use it

[uranus]

Originally posted by Nauct:

Savage is so sick tho, you gotta use it

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[Nihrahk]

Savage looks so cool, and I love how you can hit them twice with it. Basic lion's claw is probably better overall, because you might not be able to get the full damage from savage due to how aggressive bosses, and some enemies are in the DLC are. Even after a big attack, you might not necessarily have enough time for the follow up hit.

[Detective Costeau]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the first hit of Savage Lion's Claw literally just Lion's Claw?
You can just not use the second attack if you don't have time for it.

[Knavenformed]

Dunno but a self respecting Guts cosplay needs the savage version or it is Fail RP

[FreudsHedgeHog]

The first part of savage lion's claw does less damage and less stance damage than regular lion's claw, and considering how fast many bosses and enemies are it just takes too long to do both parts of the savage lion's claw attack, so regular lion's claw is better a lot of the time I think

[uranus]

Originally posted by Nihrahk:

Savage looks so cool, and I love how you can hit them twice with it. Basic lion's claw is probably better overall, because you might not be able to get the full damage from savage due to how aggressive bosses, and some enemies are in the DLC are. Even after a big attack, you might not necessarily have enough time for the follow up hit.

TRUE i was exactly thinking this, damn what a waste

[Agoraphobic Meep]

It is, in most situations, slightly worse unless you can get the follow ups off, but it is objectively 200% more badass, so use it anyways.

I got it to work against radahn, you have time if you position yourself right after his 5 hit combo that ends with the AOE and his meteor -> clone move too, if you're willing to tank the holy AOE at the end. Holy braid + decent armor makes the holy damage tickle you though, so honestly it's not even a bad strat to savage lions claw through the holy AOE finishers.

If it works against radahn, you can probably get it to work against a lot of other bosses too. Messmer's spear toss specifically has high recovery, probably enough time for 2 flips in that. Midra's swing -> thrust-> spine expansion gives you a lot of free time if you position yourself away from where he's poking, so probably enough time for 2 flips there too.

You can always get the cool stuff in this game to work is my point, so go for it man.