Superior Movesets, First Playthrough

[Flushing]

Hey all, I am still in my first playthrough.

As of now, I spend most of my time using the following weapons:
1. Omen Cleaver
2. Golden Halberd
3. Colossal Great-sword (Guts)

I have collected a lot of weapons and would like to branch out, but I feel like I already made a mistake because I wanted to use the Sword of Night and Flame and just got the minimum intelligence to use it, which turned out to be a mistake.

All that aside, I like great-swords, but like the oomf from colossal swords, is there a sword with the great-sword move-set and speed that comes close to colossal swords?

Also, I haven't really dabbled with axes, maces, or spears, but I have messed around with the land and like it.

[Artek [General]]

There's godslayer colossal sword - it has a very unique R1 moveset that is faster than regular collosals.
For normal Greatswords... I don't think theres too much choice. It always comes back to Claymore.

[Flushing]

Originally posted by Artek General:

There's godslayer colossal sword - it has a very unique R1 moveset that is faster than regular collosals.
For normal Greatswords... I don't think theres too much choice. It always comes back to Claymore.

Thank you. I have not gotten the godslayer colossal sword yet, but wiki says it's in Caelid, so it shouldn't be that hard.

Question, does it's special move also imbue it with extra fire damage?
if you slice through it, like the fire ashes of war?

[nfinite.recursion]

Banished Knight Greatsword and Knight's Greatsword.

2-hand them to get one of the best movesets in the game.

BKGS scales really well on STR. KGS scales slightly better on DEX. Both are technically Quality affinity weapons. Just use the Iron Whetblade and / or an appropriate Ash of War to change its affinity.

[Flushing]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Banished Knight Greatsword and Knight's Greatsword.

2-hand them to get one of the best movesets in the game.

BKGS scales really well on STR. KGS scales slightly better on DEX. Both are technically Quality affinity weapons. Just use the Iron Whetblade and / or an appropriate Ash of War to change its affinity.

I really like how the BKGS looks, is it worth dual wielding?

[Nauct]

Claymore

[Burns]

Spears aren't known for their 'superior' moveset but for instance if you put Ice Spear on a Clayman's Arpoon you have a pretty solid anti-dragon's weapon and a generally good and inexpensive ranged option.

Messmer Soldier spear has a nice charged heavy and hits pretty hard...their axe is also quite nice.

As movesets go, I d agree with nfinite.recursion regarding BKGS and KGS. Both very nice GSs.

[rhoenix]

I really like the dual katana moveset, but it's pretty light on poise damage.

The Fire Knight Greatsword has an excellent moveset, but it's only found in the DLC.

Putting the Storm Strike AoW on a greatsword (my favorite is the Banished Knight Greatsword for this) is pretty fun, though. Storm Strike is a good ranged AoW that you can refire on the same or different enemies pretty easily with (and costs less FP than the initial cast), and if you use it in melee it's like carving down a tree with a hurricane. Pretty fun.

Storm Strike aside, dual-wielding greatswords (such as the Banished Knight Greatsword) is effective if you get the timing right, but always felt clunky to me.

[Artek [General]]

Originally posted by Burns:

Spears aren't known for their 'superior' moveset...

*Cross-Naginata smiling smugly, while the rest cry*

[rhoenix]

Originally posted by Artek General:

Originally posted by Burns:

Spears aren't known for their 'superior' moveset...

*Cross-Naginata smiling smugly, while the rest cry*

Oof. That's an excellent one that I completely forgot about - props for mentioning it.

[pauloandrade224]

Mine is the dual wielding of katanas such a good moveset. u do the mouse 2 whilst crouched and u attack with both weapons at the same time doing the damage (and every other effect ) of both! it also has good aoe too AND the charge attacks are pretty decent for poise too.

and they look badass and apply the bleed effect too its how i killed the fire giant myself!

[Burns]

Originally posted by Artek General:

Originally posted by Burns:

Spears aren't known for their 'superior' moveset...

*Cross-Naginata smiling smugly, while the rest cry*

That's true. A bit stamina-hungry but nice moveset for a spear.

[2001 Space Oddity]

Originally posted by Flushing:

I really like how the BKGS looks, is it worth dual wielding?

I dual wield them on a quality build, they kick ass. If you're a strength build, Iron greatsword is best, but they are a pain to farm. If you have the DLC, Greatsword of Solitude is a beast and you can get it right away.

[Señor Brown]

Zweihander

[Flushing]

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

Zweihander

I like the Zweihander a lot for it's range and lunge but isn't it also the weakest colossal sword?

[Artek [General]]

Originally posted by Flushing:

Originally posted by Señor Brown:

Zweihander

I like the Zweihander a lot for it's range and lunge but isn't it also the weakest colossal sword?

Baby's first Greatsword, yes, but it works just fine. Also just looks realistic.