What do all the alternate grips do?

[Socrates Johnson]

Is there a guide to them? Like zweihander for instance, what exactly does it do and what are the pros/cons?

[Admiral Obvious]

Alternative grips do a variety of things based on the weapon. The Zwei gets a more powerful stab in exchange for reach and a little bit of windup time.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Choking up on things like polearms and axes can give you better control in real CQC, and help avoid lots of friendly fire and TK. Alternate grips also change your timings, and if an opponent isn't ready for them, you can catch them off guard and score an easy kill.

Some alternate grips also specialize in certain attacks, like the Longsword's Mordhau grip, which is better against armor.

[.Blade.]

Try the alternative grip on the warhammer sometime, it's fun. Just hit them in the head with strikes and you'll see what I mean.

[Jimmy]

read the advanced section in the weapon descriptions, you can toggle "alt mode" and see exactly what they do, with numbers and everything

[OIE ZHI :3]

Nice nce

[ÐåŕķMệşşịäħ]

It lets you grip the weapon differently.

[Socrates Johnson]

Originally posted by Jimmy:

read the advanced section in the weapon descriptions, you can toggle "alt mode" and see exactly what they do, with numbers and everything

Oh I haven't unlocked any weapons yet. I just use the stock builds. After I get plumed helm and armor I want I'll start unlocking weapons.

[λdambomb]

Originally posted by Thulsa Doom:

Originally posted by Jimmy:

read the advanced section in the weapon descriptions, you can toggle "alt mode" and see exactly what they do, with numbers and everything

Oh I haven't unlocked any weapons yet. I just use the stock builds. After I get plumed helm and armor I want I'll start unlocking weapons.

This is a bad way to play the game. IMO the plume helm is ugly AF. Your going to be limiting yourself to the default classes totally bypassing customization for so long to just unlock the most expensive item in the game. Theres a whole bunch of weapons that the default classes don't even touch. But you do you man.

[Deaths]

Originally posted by Thulsa Doom:

Is there a guide to them? Like zweihander for instance, what exactly does it do and what are the pros/cons?

The alt is good to go to in tight corridors, or against short range weapons, swings faster.

[♣ ¥ʊϗӁ§₰ ♣]

Originally posted by Thulsa Doom:

Is there a guide to them? Like zweihander for instance, what exactly does it do and what are the pros/cons?

It swaps the weapon into parry mode. You'll be able to block arrows, bolts, rocks, cannonballs. You name it!

[Kaelus Von Sestiaf]

Originally posted by Thulsa Doom:

Originally posted by Jimmy:

read the advanced section in the weapon descriptions, you can toggle "alt mode" and see exactly what they do, with numbers and everything

Oh I haven't unlocked any weapons yet. I just use the stock builds. After I get plumed helm and armor I want I'll start unlocking weapons.

that's a very unhealthy way of playing the game, mate
you gotta realize that cosmetics like the plumed helmet are worth in the thousands, while the first armor slots and every weapon are cheap as hell, to allow you to make proper starting builds and yet still have something to work towards when you already have a bunch of stuff.

[Socrates Johnson]

Eh I don't care about custom builds. I'm happy with the default classes and a frying pan peasant (that one I unlocked).

[Indyscout]

You can check the stats of all the weapons when you select them in the loadout menu. You just gotta click the advanced tab and you can select slash or stab and choose regular or alt mode.

[ImHelping]

Some alt modes are very useful, like the Bardich extreme range mode. The Greatsword alt grip is only detrimental to it's swings, but the slight increase in thrust speed has saved me quite a bit in throwing off people parrying by muscle memory rather than thought.

Others are a complete joke. The title drop "Mordhau" grip for example, is pathetic, and only good for praying for slower, shorter, headshot swings against tier 3 helmets, otherwise don't bother with it. The torso damage only goes from 37/34 to 41/40, yeeeeesh.

"Better against armor!" I mean, if you want to be an overly literal exact words snake oil salesman, sure.

It's so sad when I see someone clearly better at the game than me switch to the Mordhau grip to fight my heavy armor guys, and it ends up letting me beat them when sticking with the pointy end would have clearly finished me off.