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ummm ooga booga? me likey very muchy???

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Easily one of the most fun and stylish ashes in the game though I really wish they had carried over the guard breaking capabiliies from Prying Wedge in DS3. it was always immensely satisfying to just completely blast through a turtling enemy's greatshield like it's made of cardboard.

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**** my bad it's Alberichs

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its the altered preceptor set.

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does anybody know what the armor worn in the gif showing the move at the top right is?

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If you thought it looked familiar, it's exactly the Follower Sabre weapon art from Dark Souls 3. Few weapon arts have completely new animations. Flaming Strike for example is just the Flame Vent skill in Sekiro where you buff your weapon in fire. Even the whistle to call Torrent has the same animation and sound as the Finger Whistle in Sekiro.

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The Tarnished used Swords Dance, The Tarnished's Attack rose sharply.


(those who get the joke get free cookies).

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Does anyone know if this hits more when put on a twinblade?

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Put this on a great axe, trust me

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Prying wedge, my beloved

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Hinokami Kagura: Burning bones, Summer sun

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I miss the Saber.

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Really good in PVP and PVE, very FP efficient while dealing respectable damage. In PVP specifically it seems to have a lot of hyper armor and can be used to trade, sometimes it can roll catch too in the right situation. IMO this aow works best on a long weapon that doesn't have access to a fast horizontal slashing move in it's standard moveset, like a halberd or spear.

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The description of how much stance damage it does is wrong. It's not static regardless of weapon, it's the base stance damage of the weapon multiplied by an amount depending on which weapon type is used. What this means is that the real stance damage is 3.6+3.6 + 4.5 for daggers, 6+6 + 7.5 for medium swords including twinblades, and axes, 6+6 + 7.75 for polearms, and 7.15+7.15 + 8.25 for "great" weapons.

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This AoW is really good vs Malenia, the forward motion exploits her idle phases and allows you to get in a hit. The same with cool down on WF, Poking lunge, up and down slash. It's not advisable to get the second input off but the damage and speed of the first input gives you time to roll back. Very surprised by its effectiveness. In phase 2 as she runs at you, you can get off the AoW and stun her out of some attacks also after a scarlet pool you can use it to rush in and punish. I used it on the Guardian Sword Spear for some nice range.

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It's very good in PvE, with good damage and low FP cost. The second input catches most things off-guard. The first input is also quite quick, so there's less risk of retaliation. I tried to use it in PvP though and the guy dodged the first input and then backstabbed me when I tried to use the second input and I died. :(

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Nothing more frustrating than having a no brainer in a gank with high poise spamming that over and over.

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This is hilariously deceptive in PVP when used on a dagger.

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I tried this on the Executioner's Greataxe and it's a beautiful cleaving machine.

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It's surprisingly really good on lighter weapons for the low fp cost. The first input is the best, as it staggers Banished Knights and Black Knives, even the Castle Sol Knights or Black Knife Alecto. In addition, it moves you forward a decent amount so you don't have to be directly in front of them and risk getting instantly shanked.

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I've got this on a +25 blood grave scythe if all hits and follow up land it does silly damage to anything standing in front of me. It also works very well on the cross naginata and crescent moon great axe both do very nice damage with this AoW.
The difference in the speed it comes out on a greatsword and grave scythe isn't anywhere near as pronounced as double slash on a greatsword and katana.

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What armour set is the player doing the demo in the video clip using? I don't recognise that at all.

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simply use it for the ba anime look factor

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Okay, I have a hot take which I know some will dislike. This is just my personal preference and if it is not true for you, god speed.

For heavy weapons, more specifically, for great axe class, this weapon is a godsend and fulfills a need.

For something like the nagakiba though, I feel it sorta ruins the immersion of the game and turns it into God of War with how spammable it is in PVE due to the massive horizontal and vertical range, no wind up and cheap FP.

Unsheathe is almost always a stronger ash of war, yet it requires way more FP, spacing, positioning and has a *****y recovery time so it offers greater rewards but has a higher skill ceiling. Impaling Thrust is a mosnter to destroy stance but again, doesn't do as much damage and requires more wind up, peircing fang does one very specific thing of destroying shielded enemies with a high poise poke but again, has a ton of wind-up.

With the above example ashes, you generally want to mix in the R1s, R2s, jumping R2s of the nagakiba along with your L2s but your overall kit is amazing and diverse. With Sword Dance, you don't really care about awareness, positioning, timing and can just spam L2.

I think the best aspect of the souls games is that they make you fully immerse yourself and are mindful of your surroundings and enemy placement due to the preciseness of the combat. My gripe with this WA is not that it it is OP but rather that it enables a very mindless style of play compared to most other physical ashes of war.

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Comes out quick and does good damage in PvE, and with some decent stagger too. In PvP people don't usually fall for this, unless you try to roll catch them or bait them into it.

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Least annoying spammable ash

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This is better than Double Slash for me. It doesn't overcommit and waste tons of stamina on pointless combos compared to Double Slash.

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Best melee weapon art to use against Malenia imo. Closes a LOT of distance quickly and staggers her, hitting her for a combined total of around 2000 damage (more if you use buffs). I was using a +25 Flame Art Uchigatana on my 60 faith character.

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Can confirm gives hyper armor, Mad Tongue will use this and he can't be staggered when using it. Unless the dev's just programmed Mad Tongue to have special rules.

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Is this skill parryable?

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Might seem good but someone who knows what the are doing will just pivot to your left and backstab you.

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is this considered overpowered? i felt bad for using it a lot in pvp and felt that it made the fights easier

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The location description is misleading, which I think is the main confusion behind the scarab not being there. It is near the Erdtree on the map, but the scarab is along the path leading to the Road's End Catacombs below the tree.

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This is essentially whirlwind slash from Sekiro can really spice up the movesets of Greatswords

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‘’Follow up with an additional input to finish with a downward slash.‘’

Does this consume more FP beyond the initial 6, like the way Spinning Slash does?

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*south of west liurnia

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Ahh, yes; the Follower's Swag Sword from DS3 rises again.

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Absolutely stupid in pvp, when used on a greatsword at least

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passed the scarab during my playthrough and triggered it to teleport but didnt kill it. came back later and it doesnt spawn and I dont have the aow

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sleeper OP ash of war for PVP. good burst damage and solid roll catching/ pressure when opponent backs off to heal. try it out :o

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Missed it in my first playtrough. Went there with my second char. The Scarb was not there. I have not been at the marked spot before. Dont know how to get it...

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This owns on my nagakiba in PVP. Gankers stand no chance

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I never picked this up and went back to get after malekith but now the dung beetle isnt here

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apparently putting this on the rusted anchor is crazy

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When activated, Sword Dance acts as a mini-gap closer, causing you to slightly dash towards the target while unleashing two circular AoE spins in a broad arc. If you press the art-attack again near the end of the double-attack, you'll also unleash a downward smash to finish it off. The initial attacks have a pretty short windup, hit pretty damn hard, and deal good poise damage. I've been using it on a Lordsworn Longsword, and it can really pump out damage and poise-breaks despite being an early-game weapon. I can't speak for big beefy 2handers, but assuming the animation speeds are the same regardless of weapon size, then this Art would be beastly for full-on 2-handed bonker builds.

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Works on most greatswords and halberds. Highly recommend it. Great Omenkiller Cleaver if you want to use it on a greataxe, pretty good with the high stagger and fast attack animation

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Weapon art of Follower Sabre from Dark souls 3.

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Should I be worried that it’s gone from my inventory?

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Liking this with a scimitar for the aesthetics. Avoid the temptation of double tapping for the third hit unless it’s a finisher as it interrupts your mobility.

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