Are literally all the shortswords garbage?

[bulldog0890]

i just wanna be sword and shield man, but apparently i can't have that. i have a smaller axe that does ok. but really the only weapons that do any meaningful damage at all are large swords and bigger. and i'm going by dps here, not just raw hits.

[Yves23]

tbh i think only Pieta s sword is good

[Rena Ichigawa]

Besides pieta's overtuned lightsabre, and its unbral sister, shortswords need a buff. They are barely better than daggers, but daggers get a bonus to criticals.

[Torv]

I thought the same thing. Until I realized I was a walking marshmallow with a short pool noodle.

Tossed those aside and now rock a giant axe in one hand, flail mace in the other. Come get some, demons.

[Inquisitor Zalinto]

Originally posted by bulldog0890:

i just wanna be sword and shield man, but apparently i can't have that. i have a smaller axe that does ok. but really the only weapons that do any meaningful damage at all are large swords and bigger. and i'm going by dps here, not just raw hits.

I like them for their faster attack speed and their attack pattern. I do prefer using grand-weapons though generally but I've played this entire playthrough (umbral ending) with short swords and axes (axes have same attack pattern+speed). I wouldn't say it's the "meta" but it's not garbage, I still beat most of my invaders even, though i typically use spells, the faster attack speed allows me to actualy hit the enemy right after casting a spell that they dodged - instead of the slower wind up of regular swords or larger weapons.

[Khryst]

I found that the shortswords with status effects that ARE NOT BLEED, tend to be better.

Lefthanded sword of Stillness if you want frostbite which is very strong.
Ebbs or Kukajins for poison (Kukajin's has bleed though)
Chopper or bloodlust for the burn (bloodlust has bleed too)

they tend to apply their debuffs fairly easy due to their moveset and speed and all the debuffs except for bleed and explosion tend to be very useful.

[bulldog0890]

Originally posted by Yves23:

tbh i think only Pieta s sword is good

bleh, I didn't put any points in radiance more than necessary to get the heal spell