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It's the best weapons in the game. Nice moveset, pairs extremely well with Xander's, Two-Handed, Multi-hit talismans. I always come back to the winblades.

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Powerstancing these looks dorky as hell

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kind of poop weapons for how heavy some of these need in stat investment just to hold

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Give me these movesets on a Quarterstaff

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never was a huge fan for twinblades in ds2 except for the red iron one. sucks theres not one like that in this game, a heavier but still big sweeping and multi-hitting beast wouldve been so fun in elden ring...

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Giving the Knight's Twinblade 'Ice Spear' is a faster mid-range version of the 'Ancient Lightning Spear' skill.

You also get the benefit of a fast close range weapon if enemies get too close...

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I like single twinblade I think the moveset is so versatile whether one handed or two handed. My favorite in the entire game.

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is it good to duel wield them

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They're back! Oh how i missed my lovely twinblades! They even can be dual welded to great effect compared to DS2!
Thank you From! I take back most of the nasty things i said about you since DS3 where they didnt appear!

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So based on an earlier comment, I tried twinblades one handed with a shield. I'm not going to say it's "better" than two handed, because two handed is for multihit or status proc which can ramp very fast with late game talismans and physick, but it is weirdly versatile and fills gaps in moveset that straight swords and spears have, and even its own two hand gaps:

Twinblades are dramatically longer than SS's, about 30% longer than the longest SS Noble's Slender and longer than some spears, making R1ing and guard counters (and all attacks) whiff much less, while R1's being only very slightly slower than SS's and much faster than 1h Spears at the expense of shield poking (but much more reliable guard counter).

The 1h moveset doesn't have as long of recovery time off the various R2 incarnations, R2 is a single hit (which is significant because often the 2hR2 doesn't always apply hitstun until the last hit of its combo, 1h applies the hitstun immediately), and also the R2 turns into this nice big lunging horizontal sweep (fixing the problem with most spears lack of crowd control and aim). Other than Peeler, this helps with the major problem of twinblades: the R2's suck (they're very long, don't do much stance damage, it's virtually always better to just R1, and are very backloaded for damage so the very last hit has to connect...which many enemies counter or disengage after the first hit) and lead them to be R1 machines that don't hitstun important enemies and get interrupted frequently. So it actually lets you reliably do more than R1 and L2.

The running and feint R1 is a nice poke as well. Like I said, damage isn't better than 2h with a multihit/status setup, but if you were to do a sword and board style shield build, 1h twinblade is more reliable than SS's and Spears, oddly. If you can stand how goofy it looks lol.

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Is twinned knight the best?

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I wish there was a twinblade that dealt a diffrent DMG type with both blades

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they aren't amazing but they aren't terrible. I just like using them to see the tarnished..actually displaying how to use a weapon properly.. greatswords? Smash into the ground, fists? Weird backhand punch thing wtf, spears? Poke. Poke. Poke.

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We needed just one infusable twinblade with bleed on it. JUST.ONE.

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These have excellent sword and board potential and nutty damage when two handing with multi hit talismans, you just need an ash of war with good poise damage to complete them.

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Genuine question, I have played around with every melee weapon in the game since the game released and really enjoyed them for what they have to offer however, I really struggle to want to use twinblades. They have a lot of AoW available to them unlike Reapers (Scythes have no poking AoW or strangely access to any Blood AoW without the black wetblade) and TB's have excellent status build up. But when it comes to move set there is something up for me, rolling light some times whiff for me where swords would connect, the Charged Heavy feels like the longest in wind up similar to the Flail and the R1 chains feel slower too. I'd really like the look of the Black Steel TB and would like to use it on my Fth/Arc build, but what do I need to change / focus on to really get the best out of this Weapon Class / move set?

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why none of them have slash damage?

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Despite everything telling you to two-hand these - i find that two-handing them comes with annoying downsides.
Most notably: not a single two-handed R2 attack combos into continued R1 combo, and instead the weapon restarts the combo from scratch with an annoying delay that can cost you.
This ends up just kinda funneling you into spamming R1 and only R1. No reason to use running R2 unless its intended to be a deathblow, jumping R2 just for stance breaking if you're interested in that (just use AoW instead).
Also the 2H rolling attack is too slow and gets you punished way too often for my liking.
Speaking of AoWs: Impaling Thrust and Piercing Fang DO combo into continued R1, although with a slight glitch to character's model because i think there's a single frame where the guy looks in the wrong direction.

Also of note: Quickstep is stupid good on these as it gives you a reliable access to those backstep thrusts, which act as a direct upgrade to the rolling attack - you can dance around your victims poking and slashing them from all directions, which is honestly exactly how i imagine a twinblader would fight. I haven't had this much fun in a long while.

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poo poo pee pee tier weapons that are basically straight swords with a stronger jumping attack but no square off. except euphoria. euphoria is busted.

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get one of these, put magic/cold ash on it but standard infusion (the skill will scale int apart from the weapon), then cast enchantment incant that scales with faith, or do it all the other way around. A twinblade for a twin sage.

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Intelligence twinblade would be nice, I don't even care if it's just another uninfusable crystal weapon, just please give it ok scaling.

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Can someone explain what damage type do this actually do?
What does standard/pierce mean? that it depends on the attack? If so what is the damage type for ps?

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So what is this type of weapon actually called, because I looked up “twin-blade” and this was the first thing that came up, I just want to know if twin-blade was a term made up by fromsoft or this is just what these are called

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If you want to powerstance something, use curved swords. This weapon class has the best two handed moveset in the game and you want to use these just to spam the powerstanced jumping L1? What the hell is wrong with you?

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before the dlc came out these were a little overshadowed by powerstancing in general since you can also use consecutive attack buffs effectively on most paired setups that aren't colossals. HOWEVER. the two handed sword talisman shifts things in the twinblades favour dramatically. any one of these on a strength build with the insignia and prosthesis talismans + the thorny cracked tear will net you ridiculous dps, in addition to only being one weapon to upgrade instead of two - which also makes weapon buff uptime more consistent, which makes cragblade even better. another advantage over powerstance builds is that your left slot is free for a passive buff shield, a casting tool or a parry tool.

my favourite build with these is as follows:
strength main stat
twinned knight swords with cragblade or freezing mist
turtle shield
rakshasa armour
two headed turtle talisman, rotten winged sword insig, milicent prosthesis and the two handed sword talisman
thorny and strength tears in physick
ez R1 spam

I recommend the twinned knight swords over the gargoyle's because the extra range is more useful for buff stacking and is more consistent than the slight ar boost of the shorter gargoyle blades.

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Sometimes my combo just gets interrupted when using twinblades, even more often when powerstancing. Does anybody know why or is it just a bug?

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Huge missed opportunity for a dryleaf bo staff. Would've paired perfectly w/ the dryleaf arts

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People who dual wield these have an average of IQ of 83. Two-hand it.

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Looking at Euporia, a powerful and well designed non-infusable weapon, I hope that Fromsoft learned their mistake and will never make brain melting L2 tools like Blasphemous Blade, Mohgwyn spear or Rivers of Blood ever again. Sure, we still have weapons like AMOGS and DHGK but at least they are not AS strong and have more to them than just broken weapon art. Blasphemous Blade is literally nothing more than fire infused bastard sword without its WA.

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it's a secret but if you one hand a twinblade they're just straight swords with higher damage and a better moveset

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I don't care how many nerfs they get, twinblades will always be my beloved

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Feel like this class should've had an AoW that worked like Wild Strikes but with DD2's Duospear 'Winding Cut' animation. Even if it was just an animation-swapped clone, would've been nice to have a skill that matched the weapon

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Still can't believe we never got a bo staff in this weapon category. If straight swords get a strike damage option twinblades should've gotten one too especially with how many fans requested it.. Would've been a great pair opportunity w/ the Dryleaf Arts for a monk-style build

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I wish they could make a twinblade like Rakuyo where you could detach it into 2 separate blades

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An otherwise ok weapon class carried by 1 slightly overtuned attack

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Another 40 trillion to faith builds

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No innate bleed twin blades with changeable ash of war :(

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I really wish they added a Strike Damage "Twinblade" in the form of a quarterstaff that would be so lit.

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So much missed potential with these, I wish there were more of them. One of the weapon types and they're slept on. Guess they were too busy designing the 40 different kinds of daggers and straight swords.

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RIP my dream of there being a strike damage "twinblade" as a bo staff or quarterstaff.

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What’s the best twin blade for an intelligence build? Leaning more towards str than dex at the moment but I can respec if needed

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**** you dorks for putting dlc weapons on here

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its an immense missed opportunity that we dont have a staff twinblade that does strike damage

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Weapon idea: Confessor's Twinblade
Trademarks: either rot buildup or 110 crit
Appearance: Confessor Sigil as the blades or smth, with a black handle

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"Weapon Range Data for Whips in Elden Ring" I'm fairly sure that these are twinblades, not whips, but okay

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It works wonders on malenia if you use an infuseable one put giants hunt and you get a free proc of your choice if you use two light attacks

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These have one of the best suites of Ash of War among all weapon types

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Why are the heavy attacks of these weapons so strong?!

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the dlc trailer features a knight boss with a comically large twinblade

only a spoonful!!

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we need some kind of lighting wepone

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Honestly, the hitstop especially on bigger enemies makes these weapons so much worse than they could be. They have so much potential, but for most boss fights, they kinda suck.

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My only issue is how when hitting some enemies (Golems or Trolls for example) it feels like your game is lagging. I think it's cause when you hit an enemy the game does like a screen shake or something like that for feedback but because this hits so fast it overdoes it and feels laggy. I remember there was a spell or AoW that had this problem and had to get patched or something.

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My dream weapon is a somber twinblade that has good dex scaling, buffable, have unique spinning slash that transform it into dual straight sword that also has unique sword dance to transform it back to twinblade

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‘Ate twinblades (not unbalanced just don’t like ‘em)

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Something I didn't expect from twinblades is that it might be the only weapon type that can reasonably stance break with r1 attacks. The 30% bonus from two-handing combined with the fast attack rate means you're getting about 13 stance damage from every 2-hit swing. That's the same as a 1 handed great hammer but twice as fast.

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A paired Twinblade (paired as in powerstancing when 2-handed) would go insanely hard, especially if it’s infusable.

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Why is it you find three of these twin blades all in the same area? They should’ve had the Peeler drop from the Caelid tower Godskin, and put the Twinned Knight in Liurnia.

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A Carian Twinblade would go hard

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Why is there no hit box on the back? I know it make a joke of enemies when they surround you but at least deal like 4 damage

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We need some curved twinblades,mace twinblades and quarterstaves.
And also a halberd(and/or scythe) twinblade

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I slept on these things for way too long. Multi-hit attacks on a single weapon make them amazing both for Bleed Builds and buffs like Lightning Slash.

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I slept on these things for way too long. Multi-hit attacks on a single weapon make them amazing both for Bleed Builds and buffs like Lightning Slash.

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give us an infusible twinblade with innate bleed you cowards

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I actually think these are better than dual wielding katanas. Not only are they lighter, but most of their two handed light attacks deal either 150% or 200% status buildup, which is more than the 130% of powerstance light attacks. They do less raw damage per hit than powerstanced katanas but are much faster, i think they are at least as fast as curved swords.

The best advantage is that they count as only one weapon so you need less stones to upgrade them compared to dual wielding, and weapon buffs affect both ends, which is huge if using flaming strike, lightning strike, sacred blade or bloodflame blade.

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Love the basic twinblade, very versatile two handed and imo more fun than katana for early game bleed build.

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easily the coolest weapon class

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Twinblade ignoring shields with madness buildup Miyazaki pls

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twinblade and greatshield for a sentinel prime cosplay.

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Parry

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It would be really cool if they added a twin blade that had kicks mixed in with the two-handed move set. Like the stone knights from DS2, those guys were awesome.

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these things with a status infusion are unfair, for their speed they inflict too much buildup. at 40 ARC rivers does 63 bleed per hit while blood twinned knight swords does 104. it does more bleed than bloody helice, bleed-infused curved swords, occult scavenger's, everything! 1H running R1 into spinning slash will just delete people

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Twinblades are the longest straight swords in the game

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The Charge Attack is like the flail charge attack comically unpractical. Ludicrous wind up, no hyper armor and only the last hit does decent damage. If there is one attack in the game that needs hyper armor, it's the charge attack of Twinblades or make the charge up time much faster, because as it stands right now, the charge attack is objectivly unusable pve and pvp wise.

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I'm counting on you, hopefully this update did you justice.

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I just love this weapon set. I play up close sword/shield so it pairs great. Bloody slash in right hand and swap between shield or Eleanora in left and I can dual, 2H or block as needed. So versatile. Props are so consistent or go occult for more damage or any scale you like and you will have fun. By end game you can restat and go mage or any other path you like but for PvE these are great. Only disappointment is variety. Completely understand why you can't dual these til mid game.

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best weapon class as long as you ignore the weaknesses also **** dual wielders

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powerstanced twinblades was a stupid ****ing moveset and I'm glad it got nerfed. 2H supremacy

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I really wish there’d be a few more twinblades available :( I was surprised to see the list is so short

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these things kick ass but you've gotta keep the range in mind. you may think it's long but your character's forward motion on each attack is very short so you end up not traveling as far as you would with other weapons and whiffing attacks when your enemy backs up a little. makes roll catching with r1s in pvp impossible if they roll backwards lol

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If you look at the Thumbnail in Fextra's twinblades vid, you'll notice the Twinblade of Abundance and Decay in the upper mid of the of the image, but it features neither in the video, nor on the main Twinblades page, as it's cut content. Hope we get to see it in the dlc

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The backstep attack is so sexy, love using it for mixups

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The REAL proof that Elden Ring is secretly Dark Souls II 2.

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Do both Gargoyle blades have the same range? I'm asking this because I don't see two gargoyles on the visual above.

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you can but giants hunt and lions claw on these. need i say more

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For PvP, they lack the ability to stun heavily armored players, so cragblade is really good for them

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these weapons are so weird when you think about it, they're better when two handed so strength is the obvious choice but they're more dex focused than anything else for obvious reasons, and the only pure physical damage one that's strength oriented has much lower range than it's dex counterparts. it's like you're punished for using them they way they're intended

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keep getting better and better with every update, they kick so much ass

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after using one-handed Twinblades (mostly Lightning Twinned Knights Sword and Keen or Blood Godskin Peeler) a lot in a sword and board context (with three heater shields to swap between for different skills), I gotta say the one-handed twinblade moveset really is the bees knees. R1 Spam is great on it, it feels like a bigger fancier version of longsword R1 spam. The first R1 comes out 2 frames slower than the longsword's but the following attacks' speed is extremely similar to Longsword's but with better damage and I think bigger hitboxes (especially with the Twinned Knight's which feels surprisingly reachy). And your running R1 becomes a quick stab.

The two-handed moveset is still better for sheer damage-dumping on big vulnerable targets, to be clear, but if you're just lashing out with quick hits and dodging then the one-hand moveset feels super nice. I'm getting a little sick of shields making me shield-brained (hiding behind my shield) so I'm trying to find something else to use in my off-hand (currently trying the pulley crossbow) but the centerpiece of my build remains one-handed twinblades because the balance of speed and damage and style feels so compelling to me right now. Also worth noting that the offhand chain is worse (slower) than the mainhand chain in spite of them looking very similar, which is unfortunate.

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Does 23 poise damage with the first hit in pvp with 2HR1, 2H Rolling R1 and 2H Runnung R1. Any weapon could poise though it.


However, probably the best weapon for applying status effects in PvE, preferably bleed, since you can easily apply frost with freeze pots, so no need to use it on a weapon.


Also the muti hit property it has is only useful to apply status effects since it does so little damage, that and fighting off crowds in PvE.

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If you're like me and you enjoy two-handing twinblades rather than powerstancing (either because you prefer it or because you also run spells in offhand,) you can use some interesting mixups by alternating one-handed and two-handed combat. The running attacks differ significantly when you're one-handing versus two-handing, and you get some unexpected reach out of it.

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Dear mike wazowski please give me a wood quarterstaff with twinblade moveset that does blunt damage.

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The multi hit attacks are good at catching laggy players

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so im doing a mage build so dont have much strength or dex but i want to do the quick runes method by killing the dragon with bleed early game, whats the weapon that requires the lowest stats but does bleed?
p.s early game weapon that wont take me ages to get

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This weapon class feels unfinished... theres so many weird quirks with it and not in the "this weapon class has unique specialties" way

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Twinblades are so cool any way! The jump attacks rapid and whenever Maxed out it's too powerful.

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in the showcase video there's a weapon (top-left of gargoyle twinblade) that's actually not in any guide and never found it. Is a secret weapon to find or is from another game? please answer that looks so cool

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Can we address the fact that this weapon class still does significantly reduced damage and poise damage on the first swing of regular hit, meanwhile even other multi hit dedicated weapons such as claws, fists, Ornamental Straight Sword, Starscourge Greatsword do full damage on it essentially doubling damage output per single attack ... Same for dual wielding...
Meanwhile the most twin sword can get is 60 damage on the first swing with practically no poise damage, especially while two handed...
This is getting ridiculous at this point, at least the speed was improved...

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RIP Red Iron Twinblade.

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The added speed buff with this update is nice, but twinblades would really benefit from some added poise breaking damage when two-handing. Give players an incentive to play a different style other than dual-wielding in this weapon class.

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Using these with the speed buff almost feels unfair. Almost.

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