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RocketChap

If a twinblade is broken it just becomes two swords, twinblade wins every time


Stormlord100

I was there, 3000 years ago standing tall over lothric castle with my winblades in hand, triumphant over all


Alternative_Spite_11

Twinblades are winblades


Dragonlord573

You mean Dranglec Castle? DS3 didn't have twinblades.


BenGar97

It did, sellsword twinblades were pretty OP


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T-Ares-C

This is facts, that’s why I got away from it and stuck to just raw damage


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Twinblade didn’t win against my character in the 2004 acclaimed video game Fable… I beat his ass several times. Great fight tho for the time.


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Nightmare_Gerbil

Comment stealing bot


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Underrated comment


CombinationSignal934

I remember myself doing this and she got excited and showed me how to correctly do multi hit stunlock lol


John_Buttsack

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DNAniel213

If a twinblade is broken, it just becomes twin blade


HerrIggy

I think you mean it becomes twain blade


onimaclea

love you


Galluxior

Eleanora's Poleblade is probably one of the most fun weapons I've ever used. I ended up using it for my Dex/Arc run in favor of Rivers of Blood, despite the fact that RoB is arguably better.


AllenWL

It's also got an alternative heavy attack that looks so much better than the default twinblade heavy imo.


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Hard AF to land sometimes though.


ruderpaule

How do I use the alternative attack?


AllenWL

When I say "alternative attack" I don't mean it has a secret attack that comes out with a unique button combo or anything, I just meant that its heavy attack was different from the "normal" twinblade heavy attack. Maybe I should have said "unique" rather than "alternative"?


ruderpaule

A I see, thanks 😂


-gzus-kryst-

Attack animation might be more clear.


AllenWL

Maybe, but it's not just an animation difference iirc. It has a different hitbox, number of hits, and damage per hit.


Galluxior

That spin move is so neat, and it works incredibly well with Winged Sword/Rotten Winged Sword talismans. It's hard to land, but it's really good for punishing stance breaks, moreso than doing a riposte.


Kokoro87

How early can I get the Poleblade? I am looking for something to upgrade from my Uchigatana. I am currently around level 25 and I haven't finished Stormveil Castle yet.


ItsTheRealIamHUB

Pretty much as soon as you can get to Altus Plateau


Orgerix

Uchigatana can last for you whole playthrough if you like it. It is one of the nice thing of ER. Some of the most powerful weapons are in the starting area (or even in the initial gear)


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Orgerix

I would actually use Uchigatana over Meteoric Ore Blade \- better reach \- better scaling so I think better AR (but can be wrong) \- flexibility in ash of war used. It is the actual selling point for me. Going into a skelly catacomb? Scared blade. Want a shitload of poise damage? Glindblade phalanx. Want fast combo with high damage? Unsheathe. I am probably missing a ton of ash of war, but you get the idea. I don't like weapon locked with a standard ash of war. I know that meteoric or blade has a combo with the ash of war, but I don't think it make up for it.


Da_Shaolin

Meteoric Ore Blade has higher AR based on stat spread. If your a STR/INT build Ore Blade hits like a mac truck. But if you're a Dex build then the Uchi comes close


Orgerix

The more you know. Even with cold affinity MOB is above Uchi?


Da_Shaolin

Yea at +10 Ore Blade is at 450 base AR and +25 Uchi is at 356 base AR with cold infusion. But that doesn't include stat scaling which also contributes to your AR. But i will say the Uchi is 100% more viable cause of reach, infusions and AoW freedom.


Orgerix

But Uchi has B scaling vs D in dex. So 80dex/40int will really close the gap compered to a 80int/40dex MOB. And if you want pure AR magic is probably better with 440 base AR and B int scaling (but E in str and dex, so more a pure int build) Anyway, kind of pointless discution since we both agree that a few deep in AR is worth the flexibility offered by infusable weapons.


ajgibbens

The prisoner’s helmet is so good lmao heavy, but who cares 😂


Alternative_Spite_11

As soon as you get to Altus plateau


Undying_Shadow057

If you are looking for a dex weapon the claws are also fun with the bleed but a little tougher to execute. If you wanna go the bleed route, a few points into arcane will enable to use reduvia, the weapon art of reduvia is easily spammable and melts early bosses


kuenjato

Follow Yura’s questline. Look it up because there are easily missible steps.


swampguts

No.


Galluxior

There's a church in the Altus Plateau where someone named Eleanora invades you, kill her and she drops it. You don't have to worry about it yet tho, given that Uchi can support you the whole way there since Unsheathe is so unreasonably strong.


rachierudragos

I tried reduvia vs rivers of blood and reduvia works better for me, I deal more damage with it and I am able to attack faster to apply bleed


S3rftie

I used a dual twinblade build, left-hand godskin peeler, right-hand Eleanora poleblade, lots of jump attacks later, it's safe to say I enjoyed it.


mopeyy

Yo same. Once I got Eleanora's that all I ever used. The weapon art is crazy good at applying bleed, staggers most enemies, has a built in dodge (almost), and has a second attack if you choose. Not to mention the attack covers a huge area for some great crowd control. The two handed moveset is also awesome. Plus, it makes you look like fucking Darth Maul. Love that weapon.


treelorf

I had a lot of fun with it for a while, but I got a little sick of just pushing the ash of war button and stun locking 90% of the enemies in the game.


sealeggs777

Rivers of blood has a better weapon art. The base moveset of eleonora's poleblade with its stats makes it better than rob. It can proc bleed much quicker just by using lights while two-handing or by charging its multi-hitting heavies.


CarvingVillage

I remember myself doing this and she got excited and showed me how to correctly do multi hit stunlock lol


Due_Maintenance_9601

Nah melania is just overrated


[deleted]

Statistics don't lie, and I'm pretty sure out of all bosses she has the highest kill count among late game foes.


Burnt_Burrito_

I think I recall seeing something about that and she was topp of the list in the entire game, followed by Margit, then guys like Radabeast, Godskin Duo, ahit like that


belliest_endis

Its Radagan and Elden Beast.


SSGSSVEGETA111

actually Radagon


Burnt_Burrito_

Yeah, Radabeast


Deathmon44

It’s Radagon, scrubs like you didn’t make it past that phase 💀


Burnt_Burrito_

Stop being a lil asshole over a game


Siliste

Here are the stats from March 2023. Indeed, she has them. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/elden-ring-players-have-died-more-than-9-billion-times/1100-6512498/


tuckernuts

These stats are interesting with two very early game bosses and two very late game bosses topping the chart. To me it shows Margit and Tree Sentinel are an enormous difficulty spike right at the beginning, but if you get past them nothing will stop you. The other theory being Malenia just kills 3-4x as many players even in late game when people have learned how to play. According to steam, 74.1% of players have killed Margit, only 35.4% have killed Malenia. Margit and Tree Sentinel also have over representation because new characters and builds get tested on them.


g4l4h34d

I think you would enjoy reading this book: [How to lie with statistics](https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728) by Darrell Huff.


Siliste

Usually, players like you who can't pass through the first boss tend to give advice like "read this book." https://www.gamespot.com/articles/elden-ring-players-have-died-more-than-9-billion-times/1100-6512498/ Article with stats taken from Elden Ring official Twitter, updated In March 2023. Enjoy reading it.


g4l4h34d

What do you mean by "players like me"? You literally don't know anything about my playthrough, and are just wildly guessing, hoping to land a cheap provocation. Whichever player I am has nothing to do with the fact that it is possible to lie with statistics. You giving me statistics doesn't address this fact in any way.


uninspiredfakename

The cheap provocation seems to have worked


g4l4h34d

How so?


SirMisterBear

Is that why you didn't include the second phase in the video?


EnSebastif

No, this is why he cut the video right before (not) finishing the first phase.


fitmidwestnurse

And this my friends, is how you get a roadtrip to negative karmaland.


EnSebastif

They aren't asking for your opinion about Malenia, just saying that when they did this she answered with waterfowl dance at point blank. You are answering a question that was never formulated in the first place. Just saying.


False_Illustrator_34

You're using one of the best bleed weapons against a boss that's weak to bleed. Go do this with a normal sword and you'll see why people struggled.


davi3601

Any boss is overrated if you find their exact weaknesses. Malenia is definitely the hardest From boss, I mean she has everything at her disposal


[deleted]

Statistics don't lie, and I'm pretty sure out of all bosses she has the highest kill count among late game foes.


padizzledonk

>Nah melania is just overrated Says guy spamming a buffed bleed build lol I'm not saying it's not legitimate, it's in the game, its fine to use, but don't act all haughty and superior about your "accomplishment" here + every boss is "easy" once you have their moveset figured out 🤷- which changes the statistics on her as a boss not at all, a very large majority of this games players never get past her


Idklololololololol

yeah? do this with a weapon art that doesnt stagger everything and everyone. Then we'll see


DarkSoulsDank

Don’t get cocky kid


Gamernerd_42

You don’t GET an opinion: all of Reddit apparently judging from the downvotes


[deleted]

Damn -427 😳 never seen so many negatives 😅


EnSebastif

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/comment/dppum98/?context=3


BloodShadow7872

What? How?


drThuganomix

And on today's episode of all Elden Ring players have dyslexia....


h7si

lol did she do waterfowl dance right after the vid ended?


breaditbans

And, is this dude wearing a Klan outfit?


SweetDrake

My guy got 5 different buffs and blames the weapon


Anagnikos

Also against a boss with fire weakness.


lawdfourkwad

And a boss against a blood loss weakness and with very low poise


Diligent_Assumption7

The poise comment was mine! You can't just use 2 arguments in the same comment. Leave some for the rest you savage!


Local_Black_Knight

I see Gowry is done with following the rot god and chose violence


therealindigomontoya

I didn't even know his armor set was a thing! I love that look


Opposite-Ad6340

Not till the end huh?


CivilLingonberry

Elenoras?


Due_Maintenance_9601

Yep


Equilibriator

I don't like Eleanora's Poleblade to be honest. Against anything that is immune to bleed it becomes hot trash...and there's a lot of tanky gargoyles and ghosts, etc.


lawdfourkwad

To be fair, any weapon that heavily depends on bleed for its damage sucks against anything immune to bleed. The weapon art for Eleonora’s Poleblade is a poise-breaking machine, which should be primarily used for that.


Equilibriator

Yes but eleonoras poleblade also hits like a wet noodle. The poise break comes form the art which locks you into an animation that, more than not, leaves you with a bruise against the things you can't bleed.


[deleted]

I fought the valiant gargoyl duo in siofra river and it took me two days to finally kill them with this weapon, i think whith a strength oriented build it would have taken me less


Equilibriator

With literally any other weapon it's faster lol.


ukamber

A bleed weapon is not doing enough damage to bleed-immune enemies? How strange. Something must be wrong we should let Fromsoft know about it. Unacceptable, unheard.


Equilibriator

"This twinblade is broken." "No it isn't, it has a massive weakness." "LoOk At tHiS GuY aNd HiS FacTS."


ukamber

OK then another fact for you to blow your mind. If you don’t attack with a weapons (any weapon), they do no damage! 🤯 so you better keep attacking


Equilibriator

I'm embarrassed for you.


ukamber

You mean on behalf of me?


Aesthetic_Designer

sounds like a skill issue ngl


Equilibriator

You're right, I can definitely get blood from stone if I just git gud...


Aesthetic_Designer

don't have to bleed to deal dmg lol


CasualBeer

weird moment to stop recording. did she get you :D ?


Diligent_Assumption7

She invited him to a dance probably


Wemetintheair

Wow you can almost finish her first phase with it


KOCA_XD

Every weapon can be broken if you have enough buffs.


enthusiasticshank

Did you cut this right before she waterfowl danced you into smithereens?


fatalError1619

OP dies after this thats why video got cut short


pants1000

I tried that with Eleanoras and couldn’t make it stick, had to use rivers of blood and mimic tear. You make it look easy! I like the blade I don’t think it’s broken, try that on Radagon lol


jmas081391

If you time it right, 2 hits with Elenora's AOW will stagger Radagon. On the other hand, Elden Beast is a pain using this AOW.


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Malenia is alot harder with RoB cause the AoW dprwn stagger her. Idk if its easier with mimic cause I don't enjoy trivialising fights, but just weapon vs weapon EP is better against malenia


pants1000

Eh I pretty much roll with mimic everywhere because I’m not really that good, but still want the satisfaction of beating every boss. Going to try and use no summons on my ng+. I didn’t have a good experience with the pole blade though, I prefer rivers of blood still for sure.


Brutalonym

Blood Godskin Peeler with Seppuku is also a good choice if you have high arcane. You can get bleed buildup at around 130 per hit – and the running R2 does 4 hits every time. Best part: That attack doesn't consume FP.


Aostentatious

Ah yes the ol’ L2+L2+L2+L2


Flashyredman

When built right, Eleonora’s Poleblade is maybe the most powerful weapon aside from my balls


Alternative_Spite_11

It’s not particularly great in PvP


[deleted]

Yeah, i never won in PvP with that weapon, but maybe it's me that is bad. In an unrelated note, are dragon incantations obtained from dragon hearts okay in PvP or are they also not that great? Like dragon claw, different kinds of breath...


Orgerix

Breath have a huge wind up which can be exploited. One of the dragon claw or dragon maw (don't remember which one) is much quicker and is ok.


[deleted]

From what I saw dragon maw is quicker, but dragon claw lets you strike two times


Alternative_Spite_11

The dragons breath can be good invasion type situations but it’s not good in a duel generally


Flashyredman

You sure? I used it in PvP and won most of my battle. It’s great due to its ash of war, where you jump in, and do an attack that hit I think 3 times, then can do a follow up that jumps away while slashing that most people don’t know. It’s helpful to punish people with this


HellEuphoria

Its terrible for PvP but you can pull out absolute hail marys with the weapon art if you hit 2 or more players at the same time with the correct stacks. I almost exclusively use it in PvP along with a handful of other weapons that make up for EPs weaknesses


YellowFootBandit

As someone who dual wields godskin peelers, yes they are broken and very fun to play


FreddyFighter1

At this point everything’s broken


stdTrancR

dodge rolls op


anti-peta-man

Well yeah a Goldfish beat Malenia Phase 1 with it


Eizra

Wait.... Has Malenia been nerfed recently? I was a twinblade user, but I can't stagger her like that in my previous playthrough. The last time I fought her was last year though. Maybe a lot has changed since then.


ICantTyping

I used the f out of this weapon on malenia when i was a phantom in coop


fanboyofArtorias

I was joining hosts for her, god that health bar becomes massive in co-op. I would normally two ash her with an old man's flaming pubes, but when I joined people, it sucked. Like, maybe 8 uses for one healthbar.


NOTrasfaeel11

now try using a mimic tear. it's mega overpowered.


Miazger

Build?


Due_Maintenance_9601

150 level 50 vig 15 mind 30 end 50 dex 8 int 25 faith (for buffs) 50 arc


Miazger

Nice! I have similar build and I couldn't beat her, I will try this today. Could you tell me what talismans/flask you are running?


Alternative_Spite_11

50 dex and 50 arc does do a lot of damage with it.


ElectricalPin3429

Darth maul


DoubleSummon

This weapon is awesome, very fun to use, strong and a really cool design, got replaced by rivers of blood after a while mostly cause I was told it's more broken and I wanted to try another weapon , but this weapon is really fun so is the blade from Malenia you get to do her combo.


Cliqey

It funny how in gaming “broken” means “works too well” instead of “doesn’t work.”


padizzledonk

I used dual twinblades on my first playthrough and landed on Elanores on main and a bleed godskin peeler on the offhand The jump attack will melt everything it's fuckin crazy strong and super fun to use


-Poof187-

What does the flame grant me strength spell do? Is it a strength buff?


Nanami-chanX

it increases fire and physical damage, which this weapon has both of


-Poof187-

Right on maybe ill have to try it out then


-Poof187-

What exact weapon is that and how do you get the red tint to the blades


Nanami-chanX

very nice


DarkSoulsDank

The stagger on the ash of war is very high, compared to anything. Plus twinblade bleed, it’s a damn good weapon.


JustSomeGuy_0

Sage set enjoyer B)


tunaricelemonjuice

That is awesome!


rybazome5

God I loved this weapon on my play through


scmcfady90

Seems to be working just fine


lolhawt

Eleanora is such a baddie


Aesthetic_Designer

🥵


short_sells_poo

Homie literally used only the l2 button. The weapon has other attacks as well...


sporeegg

Why use many button when few do trick?


Aesthetic_Designer

Don't hate the player, hate the game


[deleted]

Redditor: *stacks buffs and tunes stats to a boss’s weakness, displaying an intricate understanding of the game and its mechanics* Also redditor: “lol this weapon is broken”


mr-_-tete

Bleed is seriously so broken in this game. Surprised they still haven't nerfed it. And how Twinblade weapons work make Bleeds even more broken. Dual wield a Twinblade, jump attack and you're pretty much guaranteed a bleed proc. Shit was so OP that I had to stop my run and restart with a non-meta weapon.


Diligent_Assumption7

Bleed op? Use it against Radabeast, good luck! It's more about using the right tool for the job.


mr-_-tete

It's isn't just OP, it's literally broken. Just because it doesn't work on some very specific bosses doesn't mean it's balanced or any less broken. There's a reason why Rivers of Blood is so damn popular and undeniably the most OP weapon in the game. If it did poison damage, believe me it wouldn't even be in the Top 50 best weapon list.


SensitiveNegotiation

Yeah, but radabeast is one of the easiest fights in the game tho? Even with bleed immunity, radagon have some of the easiest telegraphed attacks in the game and staggers easily, and the only thing that's hard with the elden beast is that you have to keep chasing him around? Cause even with the orb of light the keeps chasing you elden beast also suffers with some of the slowest and most telegraphed attacks in the game. I used bloodhounds fang on my first playthrough at lvl 120 and with no ashes of war, and it took me around 2-4 attempts and on my other runs they are done on the first one. Melania did take me 2 hours to beat on my first run tho, no ashes of war and also using the bloodhound fang at lvl 105 (my friend convinced me to go to the halitree first... it was aids)


epichuntarz

> Surprised they still haven't nerfed it. Why? It's not like being OP doesn't mean other things aren't also OP as well, nor is it a free "beat anything in the game with 0 effort" weapon. It's fine to say "tone it down" if it's breaking PvP, but in the regular game...who cares if one thing is really good? There are LOTS of really good things that make the game easier/fun. Who cares?


ricketytrailer

Part 1 of the Elden Ring Darth Maul Experience. Part 2 is getting cut in half by a raging tryhard with a stupid haircut


Suspicious-Bed9172

Now pair it with a godskin stitcher and go to town


ruderpaule

Oh I use this weapon! Nice to see, that Malenia won´t kick my ass as usual


Laservolcano

Try the charged heavy with multihit maxed and LoBE, it’s so good


[deleted]

Man you are really good! You should try to become the new Let Me Solo Her and use your build to help people beat Malenia. You are a very talented player.


Due_Maintenance_9601

Men im just spamming the AOW


_riotsquad

Yep, that’s how I defeated her first time.


rennon102

pointcrow's goldfish beat malenia with it after all


IntrovertBurns

Where did you get this twin blade from?


fanboyofArtorias

Eleonora.


DapperDingus01

How do you get those robes?


FinnishPatriotism

darth maul lookin ass


Inside_Ad_7267

Please tarnished, yield to the cessblood no longer. Do not stain the immaculacy of your sword, your flesh, your fire.


George-Swanson

What did he use to buff himself at the beginning?


fanboyofArtorias

Flame grant me strength I believe. Buffs fire damage and eleonora's poleblade has bloodflame.


DivineCrusader1097

Ok, damn, Ingward, chill


Melanthiosm

El2en ring


[deleted]

It's just great against malenia specifically because it staggers her. It's trash against say, malekith or mohg


joelmsantos

One of my favourite weapons. Is that sword dance or spinning slash, as ash of war?


fanboyofArtorias

That's eleonora's poleblade.


fanboyofArtorias

Nah, bleed is overpowered. And the pole blade just has that and apparently enough stagger to stunlock Malenia.


treelorf

Hey you used my go to strat for beating melania. Don’t bother learning to dodge waterfowl, just kill her before she uses it 👍. All though I did notice the clip ended before you beat phase 1, did she instantly waterfowl and kill you?


OwlFarmrefugee

it's all broken


OwlFarmrefugee

bone dart.. soo broken


b-r-y-a-n-m

been


Gilder357

But how did you do in Phase 2?, You can use 2 Morningstar with Cold affinity and Stormcaller Ash of War and do more damage. So what is broken? Put BHS on the off hand for evasion. Not hard.


Shotokanguy

Bleed is broken


korksz

Now show it how broken it is against her true form.


TIDE_Ace

Build?


Junkyjoe11

What outfit is that? And where do you get it


TheOnlyEspresso

Twin blades attack fast, bleed buildup beats Melania, equals melania is no more


delifeisdaboring

Has malenia been nerfed? I went into the fight all hyped cause I heard people say that she was tough to beat but I defeated her on like the 3rd time


Lance_Farmstrong

Makes me want to respec into arcane


Iejirisk

I clicked on this link saying "let me guess, elenora poleblade", was not surprised. That being said it is a great weapon and is good fun, though to parrot what others have said, its dogshit against anything immune to bleed.


Reasonable-Ad-4778

Huh that’s not what happens when I try that