Most Defensive Weapon?

[Zawarudo]

I realized most of the hits I take are not due to failed parries. They happen when Im swinging my weapon, mostly when Im recovering from a swing.

Do weapons have the same number of frames for attack and recovery? I thought maybe katanas take less but that double attack lasts forever.

What do you think?

[bunny de fluff]

Katana is the fastest weapon regardless of its weight and length. It is the way they do weapon animation. You can make it faster with higher dex but only so much.

[Zawarudo]

Katana is fast but its double strike animation is the longest attack concerning duration. They might not be the best choice.

I tried comparing combat with a katana and a falling sun, the damage was about the same. The difference is i killed enemies a lot faster with falling sun.

[Bedelguese]

At high stats a character can swing and block with a heavy weapon as fast as someone with a light weapon, just takes practice and making sure you have armor for the hits that slip through.

[[NFG]Binz]

Something like Katana's or Wakizashi's sandpaper the enemy to death... they will have all thier limbs and parts hurt, whereas you go with a plank or a falling sun and you can sometimes outright kill or KO an enemy in one hit, rather than needing multiple hits on the same guy.

The most important thing is not giving someone a weapon they cant use well. Low Dex is terribly ineffective, make sure those guys use light cutting weapons to level them up before moving on to Falling Suns etc.

[SmallGespenst]

Originally posted by Binz:

Something like Katana's or Wakizashi's sandpaper the enemy to death... they will have all thier limbs and parts hurt, whereas you go with a plank or a falling sun and you can sometimes outright kill or KO an enemy in one hit, rather than needing multiple hits on the same guy.

The most important thing is not giving someone a weapon they cant use well. Low Dex is terribly ineffective, make sure those guys use light cutting weapons to level them up before moving on to Falling Suns etc.

falling suns aren't actually a bad option for levelling dex, they are primarily cutting weapons so as long as you're landing hits you're gaining a decent amount of dex.

[wordwaster]

Sabres supposedly have the most conservative attack animations. I never really pay too close attention to things like that, but that’s what you’ll see if you look at the wiki.

[Spack Jarrow]

heavy weapons seem to have the slowest recovery rate

the strength of heavy weapons is the AOE. The way to fight with heavies for maximum impact , is to spread your heavies and encircle enemies on the outside of the battle, so that every one of them has the maximum amount of targets to hit with a swing , while being targeted by few.

While Katanas excel at counter attacks the most , they do well inside a crowd. While it's true that the double attack animation is slower, they have the fastest 360 reaction In my experience.

@awhurley
"falling suns aren't actually a bad option for levelling dex, they are primarily cutting weapons so as long as you're landing hits you're gaining a decent amount of dex."
- you can't use it effectively until you have 30ish str and dex to begin with. Due to weight and naturally slower animation. Not to mention if you want to actually wear Protective armour as opposed to rags.

Heavies are really good at higher level, but are also a huge commitment and timesink.