I'm not having fun with sword and shield or Vordt's great hammer. Recommend me a weapon.

[Alxndr]

Sword doesn't do enough damage for my liking. Vordt's hammer has an incredibly annoying frost effect constantly emanating from it which often obstructs my view in tight spaces.

Is there anything in between that you think I'd like? Ideally wielded in 2 handed mode. By the way I'm only level 30 so I've not progressed far into the game... Thanks.

[urabe mikoto]

Equip Vordt on your left hand

[Alxndr]

Originally posted by urabe mikoto:

Equip Vordt on your left hand

How does this change the weapon? Do you mean equip it in my left hand then dual wield it?

Won't that lower the damage because its left hand?

[urabe mikoto]

Originally posted by Alxndr:

Originally posted by urabe mikoto:

Equip Vordt on your left hand

How does this change the weapon? Do you mean equip it in my left hand then dual wield it?

Won't that lower the damage because its left hand?

It won't obstruct your vision this way. During combat, you can two-hand it by holding the "wield weapon two-handed" key for 1 sec.

Other good stength weapons that can be found early-game are Claymore (High Wall), Exile Greatsword (Upper Swamp) or Greatsword (lower swamp).

[Eleonora]

Send Greirat to pillage and then buy zweihander off of him. It's arguably one of the best two handed sword in the game

[NeX]

You could try dual maces: https://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Drang+Hammers
Buffable and infusable per your liking. Fun to mess around with.

[Berry]

You can never go wrong with the claymore.

[Artek [General]]

Literally Greatswords (not ultra).
They are literally an upgrade to straight swords - same movesets of wide swings, only they hit harder and further, while not consuming the entire screenspace.
The only downside is that they are somewhat slower, leaving you open for counter attacks for longer, but it can be worked around.

You can buy Bastard Sword from Greirat, it's like a training Greatsword: shorter and lighter than its siblings, but consumes less stamina too while hits just as hard. It can also be heavy infused and just StrengthMaxed.

Other option is the Swiss knife of Dark Souls - Claymore. You can find it on Lothric Walls, it can be found on section of wall that keeps getting burned down by that one dragon sitting on a tower.
You can buy a bow, 100 arrows and keep shooting the guy until he leaves. After that claymore is yours - it is the single most versatile weapon in the entire game.

3rd option is to defeat rotten great wood in Undead Settlement and transpose its soul into a Hollowslayer Greatsword.
Basically Claymore 2.0, only for DEX users, with unique two handed moveset and bonus damage (+15%?) against hollow.
Hint: there's a lot of hollows in this game. Like half the enemies are hollows.

[voidofopinion]

Originally posted by Berry:

You can never go wrong with the claymore.

Claymore really is an I win button.
Its an early game weapon with low req's.
Its low weight so low stamina.
Does crazy damage with heavy infuse.
Fantastic reach.
Good Speed.
Long poke.
Fantastic cone that hits things it shouldn't.

[Artek [General]]

Glaive sold by Greirat is not half bad either. It's basically a big halberd that deals slash damage instead of standard.
A bit on the heavier side, but effective. Works with Heavy Infusion, and has the R1 > WA > R1 combo against player-like entities, great for stacking poison.

[Wushiba]

The Greatsword.

[Old Captain Yon]

If you like Vordt moveset and are low-level, I'd say try Spiked Mace out, the one that drops from Evangelists. Poison-infused it it a very potent pvp weapon, and is in general strong and breaks poise well (since it's a greathammer too). Endure is changed to a more offensive skill so more fun in gameplay. Also looks gnarly and cool

[Berry]

Originally posted by Old Captain Yon:

If you like Vordt moveset and are low-level, I'd say try Spiked Mace out, the one that drops from Evangelists. Poison-infused it it a very potent pvp weapon, and is in general strong and breaks poise well (since it's a greathammer too). Endure is changed to a more offensive skill so more fun in gameplay. Also looks gnarly and cool

The only problem with that is getting it to drop in the first place lol

[Old Captain Yon]

Originally posted by Berry:

Originally posted by Old Captain Yon:

If you like Vordt moveset and are low-level, I'd say try Spiked Mace out, the one that drops from Evangelists. Poison-infused it it a very potent pvp weapon, and is in general strong and breaks poise well (since it's a greathammer too). Endure is changed to a more offensive skill so more fun in gameplay. Also looks gnarly and cool

The only problem with that is getting it to drop in the first place lol

Well, 2 out of 3 best greathammers in the game are farmables from Undead settlement, really makes you think eh