What is the deal with the rusty sword ?

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Every time I go to the forum of the game, I see a topic about someone who isn't happy with the random weapon upgrade and wants to play with the rusty sword.

Except the rusty sword is objectively inferior to all the weapons available, because it was designed that way.
So I am genuinely asking this : why do you want the rusty sword that much ? It sucks !

[Pulse]

Well I just beat The Watcher with a level 1 balanced blade, more practice needed for the diving attacks only run.

[ChaosSabre]

Any weapon is great if you pump str. Rusty sword has one of better hit chain stuns and hit animations actually. If you get round 8 str it can carry you super hard by just mashing.

[sprish]

I really wish I could revert back to before the "perk" that took away one of my favorite weapons. Bring back the Rusty Sword!

[Frozen Lipeh]

If I'm not mistaken, the Rusty Sword had a stun in the third strike, while it was almost as fast as the balanced blade (wich has it's stun in the fifth hit or fourth hit, dunno).

I would like to use it again in a run if I could.

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Ok, so I had my save erased by the update (thanks, MT), and I confirm, the rusty sword sucks ass. The combo is ok, but it deals so little damages it makes the game quite frustrating when you know how to handle yourself. Which makes it feels bad as well (at least, the other weapons of the game feel good to use).

In a way, it makes sense, the blade was created as a teaching tool for timings and combos, and as a way to extend the lifetime of the game/the learning curve.

But still, I would rather play with every other weapon than with the rusty sword.

[I'm Mr. Meseeks, look at me!ݴ]

Originalmente postado por Frozen Lipeh:

If I'm not mistaken, the Rusty Sword had a stun in the third strike, while it was almost as fast as the balanced blade (wich has it's stun in the fifth hit or fourth hit, dunno).

I would like to use it again in a run if I could.

No weapon has a stun on any hit. There is a stun when you hit a certain amount of damage, and it is heavily effected by your strength stat and the level of enemies. If you were stunning better with the rusty sword you either had higher strength or were fighting lower level enemies.

[Frozen Lipeh]

Originalmente postado por Flargliklarfglikarf:

Originalmente postado por Frozen Lipeh:

If I'm not mistaken, the Rusty Sword had a stun in the third strike, while it was almost as fast as the balanced blade (wich has it's stun in the fifth hit or fourth hit, dunno).

I would like to use it again in a run if I could.

No weapon has a stun on any hit. There is a stun when you hit a certain amount of damage, and it is heavily effected by your strength stat and the level of enemies. If you were stunning better with the rusty sword you either had higher strength or were fighting lower level enemies.

Are you sure? Because no matter how much strenght I have Blood Sword never hit stun an enemy (I don't count bosses)

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Originalmente postado por Flargliklarfglikarf:

Originalmente postado por Frozen Lipeh:

If I'm not mistaken, the Rusty Sword had a stun in the third strike, while it was almost as fast as the balanced blade (wich has it's stun in the fifth hit or fourth hit, dunno).

I would like to use it again in a run if I could.

No weapon has a stun on any hit. There is a stun when you hit a certain amount of damage, and it is heavily effected by your strength stat and the level of enemies. If you were stunning better with the rusty sword you either had higher strength or were fighting lower level enemies.

There is actually a sword who has a kick/stun at the third hit ; The sword that deals crits damages if you are hit before attacking.