PSA: 1H Sword is bad

[the chazz]

90% of the skills are parries or counters which are useless against Yokai, the only bosses worth worrying about. The only skill that is an actually viable attack is lai quickdraw, and that can be found on at least 3 other weapons including dual swords.

[Silver Nightbane]

You obviously haven't found the good stuff yet. Every single weapon in this game is completely viable. You just need to find the right set-up and tools to complement them.

[the chazz]

You're talking about boss skills? Any weapon that has to rely on an extremely rare loot drop from certain bosses to make it viable is poorly designed
I didn't say it wasn't viable, I said it was bad and in comparison to every other weapon it is.

[Silver Nightbane]

Originally posted by the chazz:

You're talking about boss skills? Any weapon that has to rely on an extremely rare loot drop from certain bosses to make it viable is poorly designed
I didn't say it wasn't viable, I said it was bad and in comparison to every other weapon it is.

Never said anything about relying on boss skills. I repeat, it just needs the right tools and set-up, just like every other weapon in the game.

Some just need far less over the plain ol' reliable.

[Skiptro]

almost every weapon i've tried, and i only have hatchets left to try, i hated at first but once i got into the groove of that weapon i couldn't put it down. The other ones i didn't hate at first. the weapon i hated the most was spear, but even that after spending about 15 points became enjoyable.

[the chazz]

Originally posted by Silver:

I repeat, it just needs the right tools and set-up, just like every other weapon in the game.
Some just need far less over the plain ol' reliable.

So you have even less of a point than I thought. No item or build makes up for a lack of skills. Skills are what does damage in this game, it's what you need to build around to survive through the higher difficulties. You have a fetish for the one-handed katana and that's fine. It does look aesthetic, but you've just admitted you're purposely gimping yourself to accommodate it

[Noeat]

why ppl who have no idea how to play and didnt learn anything make topics like this one? :D
they just try find excuse for their incompetency?

[Noeat]

Originally posted by the chazz:

Originally posted by Silver:

I repeat, it just needs the right tools and set-up, just like every other weapon in the game.
Some just need far less over the plain ol' reliable.

So you have even less of a point than I thought. No item or build makes up for a lack of skills. Skills are what does damage in this game, it's what you need to build around to survive through the higher difficulties. You have a fetish for the one-handed katana and that's fine. It does look aesthetic, but you've just admitted you're purposely gimping yourself to accommodate it

uhm.. he didnt write anything what u blame him for..
but i think it doesnt matter for you, right? u will just dream up any nonsense..

[the chazz]

Originally posted by Noeat:

why ppl who have no idea how to play and didnt learn anything make topics like this one? :D
they just try find excuse for their incompetency?

Noeat? more like Noarguments
I'm currently progressing through depths in dream of the nioh. I've never summoned an actual player to help me defeat a boss, I have more idea what I'm doing than you do

It's clear that english isn't your first language so please don't try to correct me on what he said either lmao

[󠁳]

you are able to parry 1/3 of the yokai variaties paired with burst counter makes it a total of maybe 90%
from the viewpoint of someone that always used katanas: is more about things getting boring once you mastered it and with the mystic art sword of salvation getting parries even easier plus the action with the other types of weapon look much cooler and fancier, how they jump back and forth like some habbits and do nice moves, not with katanas, some dry looking moves.

[amathy]

PSA: being bad with sword does not mean sword is bad

[Goilveig]

Also, you have two weapons for a reason. If you like 1H swords against humans but not yokai, then pair it with a weapon that you like against yokai but is perhaps not as good against humans.

[Nigrescence]

Every weapon in this game is viable, even based on my limited experience with each weapon in the game. I agree that the tree could have allowed for more variety for 1h sword, especially in mid stance, early on in the tree. But that doesn't make it completely invalid as a weapon type.

[the chazz]

My point is that strictly as a weapon on it's own, sword is bad compared to every other weapon. No one has been able to refute this yet
It is clearly designed for human enemies so yeah it could be good for a secondary weapon.... but so could every other weapon

[amathy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTf3IIKwnk4
maybe watch someone that knows what they're doing idk
sword is objectively not bad

[Nöitalommi]

Originally posted by Lo Wang:

I like sword - that's a personal weapon.