Why Can't I Power Stance?

[Neulz]

I have 7 STR and 41 DEX which requirements of meet of powerstance with Bandit's Knifes but when I press and holding the dual wielding button my character just stands his left hand up like when you have no spells but trying to use your staff. What could be the problem?

[Agathocles69]

http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Power+Stance

An effective strategy is to power stance two of these weapons, have the main hand be normal so you can use Bleeding Serum and have the offhand be infused with bleed. The r1 power stance attack comes out almost instantly after a rolling attack. However, note that bleed will be nearly worthless heavily armored opponents.

found this too...interesting for power stance too:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/693331-dark-souls-ii/69237175

good luck

[Neulz]

Originally posted by Agathocles69:

http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Power+Stance

An effective strategy is to power stance two of these weapons, have the main hand be normal so you can use Bleeding Serum and have the offhand be infused with bleed. The r1 power stance attack comes out almost instantly after a rolling attack. However, note that bleed will be nearly worthless heavily armored opponents.

found this too...interesting for power stance too:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/693331-dark-souls-ii/69237175

good luck

Of course. I've found the second link as well too but he was trying to use different type of weapons. I'm trying to use same type of weapons but that just doesn't work. My question was that. I didn't get what the first link has to do with what I've asked for.

The lists in the second link tells you which weapons match with others? I just wanted to make sure.

[Agathocles69]

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

Originally posted by Agathocles69:

http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Power+Stance

An effective strategy is to power stance two of these weapons, have the main hand be normal so you can use Bleeding Serum and have the offhand be infused with bleed. The r1 power stance attack comes out almost instantly after a rolling attack. However, note that bleed will be nearly worthless heavily armored opponents.

found this too...interesting for power stance too:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/693331-dark-souls-ii/69237175

good luck

Of course. I've found the second link as well too but he was trying to use different type of weapons. I'm trying to use same type of weapons but that just doesn't work. My question was that. I didn't get what the first link has to do with what I've asked for.

was only for your information according to power stance in general.

The lists in the second link tells you which weapons match with others? I just wanted to make sure.

cant do more for you dude

[Agathocles69]

ah...maybe this is the thing:
"You need 150% of the required stats to wield the weapons and they need to be of a similar type."

its in the content of the second link. they talk about this.have a look
maybe its this the problem? i only want to help

[Neulz]

Originally posted by Agathocles69:

ah...maybe this is the thing:
"You need 150% of the required stats to wield the weapons and they need to be of a similar type."

its in the content of the second link. they talk about this.have a look
maybe its this the problem? i only want to help

I have stated my stats and the requirement stats of weapons. So it meets the requirements otherwise pressing and holding to the dual-wielding button doesn't cause standing your hands up but single-wielding, dual-wielding instead. Do you get it?

[Agathocles69]

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

Originally posted by Agathocles69:

ah...maybe this is the thing:
"You need 150% of the required stats to wield the weapons and they need to be of a similar type."

its in the content of the second link. they talk about this.have a look
maybe its this the problem? i only want to help

I have stated my stats and the requirement stats of weapons. So it meets the requirements otherwise pressing and holding to the dual-wielding button doesn't cause standing your hands up but single-wielding, dual-wielding instead. Do you get it?

nope, now i dont know either. wish you good luck.
never played dual-wield.

[Neulz]

Originally posted by Agathocles69:

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

I have stated my stats and the requirement stats of weapons. So it meets the requirements otherwise pressing and holding to the dual-wielding button doesn't cause standing your hands up but single-wielding, dual-wielding instead. Do you get it?

nope, now i dont know either. wish you good luck.
never played dual-wield.

Okay. Thank you.

[SethFrost]

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

I have 7 STR and 41 DEX which requirements of meet of powerstance with Bandit's Knifes but when I press and holding the dual wielding button my character just stands his left hand up like when you have no spells but trying to use your staff. What could be the problem?

There is no problem here, as far as I can tell. If your character stands up his left hand, it means you are powerstanced

[Neulz]

Originally posted by Seth Light:

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

I have 7 STR and 41 DEX which requirements of meet of powerstance with Bandit's Knifes but when I press and holding the dual wielding button my character just stands his left hand up like when you have no spells but trying to use your staff. What could be the problem?

There is no problem here, as far as I can tell. If your character stands up his left hand, it means you are powerstanced

Yeah. I didn't know you should hit and press attack buttons too. Because what I've read from how to power stance is only holding the dual-wielding button. Nobody mentioned about LT1/LT2. And just pressing does not work, you have to hold these buttons as well.

[SethFrost]

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

Originally posted by Seth Light:

There is no problem here, as far as I can tell. If your character stands up his left hand, it means you are powerstanced

Yeah. I didn't know you should hit and press attack buttons too. Because what I've read from how to power stance is only holding the dual-wielding button. Nobody mentioned about LT1/LT2. And just pressing does not work, you have to hold these buttons as well.

If you press and hold the two handing button (default Y button) and your character raises his left hand weapon then you have entered powerstance. The only difference afterwards is that L1/L2 become the powerstanced movesets instead of the left hand weapon's moveset. There is no need press and hold those buttons as well.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

As the above guy said, if you don't two-hand your left weapon when holding the two-hand button, and instead it still looks like you're holding a knife in each hand but you change your arm position, then you are in powerstance. This goes for every weapon type. As long as you have 1.5x the stats (which you do for Bandit Knives) it will work.

When you do this, it replaces your L attacks with powerstance attacks (you will attack with both weapons at the same time, instead of only your left weapon). You do not have to hold the L buttons or anything either, it's automatic just like two-handing is automatic.

[Neulz]

Originally posted by Seth Light:

Originally posted by Dark Diamond:

Yeah. I didn't know you should hit and press attack buttons too. Because what I've read from how to power stance is only holding the dual-wielding button. Nobody mentioned about LT1/LT2. And just pressing does not work, you have to hold these buttons as well.

If you press and hold the two handing button (default Y button) and your character raises his left hand weapon then you have entered powerstance. The only difference afterwards is that L1/L2 become the powerstanced movesets instead of the left hand weapon's moveset. There is no need press and hold those buttons as well.

You need press and hold eY and L1/L2 otherwise powerstance will break.

Originally posted by ⊂╫i└└ i∩':

As the above guy said, if you don't two-hand your left weapon when holding the two-hand button, and instead it still looks like you're holding a knife in each hand but you change your arm position, then you are in powerstance. This goes for every weapon type. As long as you have 1.5x the stats (which you do for Bandit Knives) it will work.

When you do this, it replaces your L attacks with powerstance attacks (you will attack with both weapons at the same time, instead of only your left weapon). You do not have to hold the L buttons or anything either, it's automatic just like two-handing is automatic.

INo bro you have to hold the L buttons otherwise it does not work as you have to hold Y button as well. At least for me it is.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

That's odd that it's doing that to you. You should only have to hold Y to activate it as long as you have the stats.

[Neulz]

Originally posted by ⊂╫i└└ i∩':

That's odd that it's doing that to you. You should only have to hold Y to activate it as long as you have the stats.

Dunno, weird.