Why use a Greatsword when a Ultra-Greatsword exists?

[Tethryss]

Ultra-Greatsword: Hyper armor, long range in most cases, they hit like trucks and often punish mistakes BRUTALLY.

Greatswords: Toned Down version of Ultra-Greatsword.

am I missing anything?
I mainly have ran dex weapons till now and would love someone with experience to clarify.

[Lothric NASA Space Program]

Greatswords have better roll-catch, more varied weapon arts, and quicker attack speed/backstab animation.

[Tethryss]

Originally posted by Airplane01 | DGSC:

Greatswords have better roll-catch, more varied weapon arts, and quicker attack speed/backstab animation.

Ah! OK
That is much clearer, thanks.

[darklinkpower]

what airplane said is correct. Also, you are right in the fact that an ultra greatsword punishes hard, but it only works in bad players tbh. Any decent/good player will easily roll them since they are slow af, keep good spacing that will make you unable to hit at all and the punished will be you since an slow weapon can be easily countered with a ranged weapon like a crossbow, pyromancy or spell. Some people use an estoc in the offhand when using an UGS because of this.

[Midlife Crisis]

*why use either when straight swords exists *
fixed it for you

[Meat Man (Alfons)]

One handed greatsword got relatively quick and simple swings, twohanded greatswords got quick hyperarmor which makes approaching such difficult.

Ultra greatswords has to rely on punishing mistakes which isnt entirely reliable in the long run, and the hyper-armor kicks in slower than a greatsword would.

[Jemppa]

Originally posted by Expired Meme:

*why use either when miracle builds exists *
fixed it for you

Fixed your fixing

[EmeraldCowboy]

Originally posted by Jemppa:

Originally posted by Expired Meme:

*why use either when miracle builds exists *
fixed it for you

Fixed your fixing

Praise the Lightning

[Justice]

Only casuals use ultra greatswords. Cuz they suck at everything else. They can't deal with enemies that doesn't die in 1-2 hits

[Jemppa]

Originally posted by Justice:

Only casuals use ultra greatswords. Cuz they suck at everything else. They can't deal with enemies that doesn't die in 1-2 hits

Nice joke, try harder next time

[Tethryss]

Originally posted by Jemppa:

Originally posted by Justice:

Only casuals use ultra greatswords. Cuz they suck at everything else. They can't deal with enemies that doesn't die in 1-2 hits

Nice joke, try harder next time

I actually gotta agree with him.
Ultra-greatswords do make the game a walk in the park.

[Jemppa]

Originally posted by Terrix:

Originally posted by Jemppa:

Nice joke, try harder next time

I actually gotta agree with him.
Ultra-greatswords do make the game a walk in the park.

Maybe for early ng's and pve but try one late ng's and pvp and you'll get ♥♥♥♥ on

[Tethryss]

Originally posted by Jemppa:

Originally posted by Terrix:

I actually gotta agree with him.
Ultra-greatswords do make the game a walk in the park.

Maybe for early ng's and pve but try one late ng's and pvp and you'll get ♥♥♥♥ on

-All bosses in the game are made faaaar easier for a player using a Ultra-greatsword than a Dex build.
-Ultra-greatsword allows someone who otherwise has generally below average skill to severely chunk down their enemies' health, thus putting the other player now on the defensive as they try to make enough room between you and them so they can estus or if in a duel the dex or faith or pyro or whatever now must play SUPER careful because another wombo combo from the ultra-greatsword is a 100% defeat.
-Most enemies are utterly destroyed by ultra-greatswords.
-Hyper-armor.
-Fume Greatswords Doubles as a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shield.
-Ultra-greatswords have longer reach than most other weapons in the game.
-Ultra-greatswords can fit pretty much any role, you can 2h it and use usually a vertical slash or one hand it and use a stupidly wide horizontal slash.
-Ultra-greatswords can stun some bosses and likewise allow the individual to do faaar more damage generally than a dex build in the small window that permits you to attack said boss.
-Blocking a ultra-greatsword with anything but a greatshield means on the second swing you most likely will have your guard broken, allowing him to then wreck your health bar.

Just a couple reasons why the Ultra-Greatswords are very much a casual's dream baby.

[Jemppa]

Originally posted by Terrix:

Originally posted by Jemppa:

Maybe for early ng's and pve but try one late ng's and pvp and you'll get ♥♥♥♥ on

-All bosses in the game are made faaaar easier for a player using a Ultra-greatsword than a Dex build.
-Ultra-greatsword allows someone who otherwise has generally below average skill to severely chunk down their enemies' health, thus putting the other player now on the defensive as they try to make enough room between you and them so they can estus or if in a duel the dex or faith or pyro or whatever now must play SUPER careful because another wombo combo from the ultra-greatsword is a 100% defeat.
-Most enemies are utterly destroyed by ultra-greatswords.
-Hyper-armor.
-Fume Greatswords Doubles as a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shield.
-Ultra-greatswords have longer reach than most other weapons in the game.
-Ultra-greatswords can fit pretty much any role, you can 2h it and use usually a vertical slash or one hand it and use a stupidly wide horizontal slash.
-Ultra-greatswords can stun some bosses and likewise allow the individual to do faaar more damage generally than a dex build in the small window that permits you to attack said boss.
-Blocking a ultra-greatsword with anything but a greatshield means on the second swing you most likely will have your guard broken, allowing him to then wreck your health bar.

Just a couple reasons why the Ultra-Greatswords are very much a casual's dream baby.

-dex builds can just hit adn evade where as later on bosses tend to trade with you meaning you have to retreat to heal more often than not
-yes you can do damage but in pvp you'll mostlikely never gonna hit them and in pve aswell enemies can swarm and some of them have poise to trade and ugs has 0 pressure ie if you get hit while healing you just suck ass at spacing, what ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wombo combo ugs users burn through more stamina than katanausers body pillows
-they are utterly destroyed by most other weapons/spells, your point being?`
-to trade cus we can't hit and get out
-horizontal swings are better and fugs is heavy, doesn't do that much dmg in the end and burns trough stamina, needing alot vit/end and str
-yes at the cost of them being slow as ♥♥♥♥
-1hand ugs is easyparry gameover tryagain later, but points for effort
-they can, but at a cost of never having stamina almost between rolling boss attacks and burning stamina on even 1 attack
-why would you block ultra anyway, also you aren't ment to be blocking everything, if you don't roll after blocking 1st ugs swing anyway you deserve to be molested by the guard break

that being said try sellsword winblades, retarded dps, staggers bosses aswell, doesn't use that much stamina, those if anything are casuls wet dream.
and more of a addon, ugs/greathammers, -axes can be punished by literally rolling behind them and backstabbing, go ask anyone whose good at the game and they'll mostlikely all say that ugs is the worst gatecory of weapons in ds3