Dark Souls II's Abandoned Stance

#sword #darksouls #eldenring #hema #martialarts #shorts

[AlliSinned]

Dark Souls 2 also had dual-wielded giant chicken wings which is obviously the most ideal way to arm yourself

[Unknowlogy]

My guy came straight out of the office to sword classes

[JoaoPedro-litw]

Waiting for the dude to loose his clothes and show he’s actually Superman

[connrized]

I also love that in Dark Souls 2, when you lock on to an enemy, your character will take a deeper combat stance.

[averageplayers]

lets not forget that DS2 is the only souls game that has animations to let others know your are in a menu

[Terabit]

A wild Clark Kent enjoying his swordsmanship hobby on the weekends

[malum]

there's a lot of weird little things that they just nonsensically went back on from 2. of animations: in dks2 it used to be that using all of your stamina caused your character to be visibly out of breath. i loved that! why'd they take it away!?

[MrColorblind]

Demon's souls two hand grip is the same as the ds2 grip so thats cool

[hybrid]

So basically, dark souls 2 had surprisingly accurate weapon motions

[maaderllin]

As a beginner in Fiore, I have an anecdote that supports this point.

When I passed from nylon wasters to steel practice sword, I started taking the bad habit, as I wasn't used to the weight of the sword, to keep my Posta di Donna lower. I made that error unconsciously, letting my arms rest a little bit more.
I realized, while making my cuts, that I started telegraphing my cuts by raising my hands before doing the cut, as my gard was too low to start a cut from.

The very simple corrective to apply in that case was to go back to a higher stance.

[drazlet]

Dark Souls 2 has so many genius details and ideas it’s so good to see people talking about them

[Sphendrana]

The fact that Clark Kent got REALLY into medieval weaponry is so flippin wholesome =)

[LaputanMachad]

They had that grip in the original Demon's Souls as well. I really wish they had kept it

[snider]

As a person that fights in armour holding the sword in that position becomes second nature when you're trying to recover energy while still fighting. It gets hard to bring up your guard to protect your head when you're exhausted.

[negljbreakergaming]

Ds2 two handed swings also followed through with momentum and looped back around, instead of just slashing into the ground or stopping midair

[cksupreme]

There was a lot of really great design choices for Dark Souls 2 which I wish the rest of the series retained. Unique crit animations for different weapon classes, better swing patterns and stances (which were partially preserved through the unique greatsword moveset), overall these are three things which are just flat out upgrades, and it's a shame they didn't go with this.

[JBLakers]

Hearing the wind being cut with the swings is just 👌

[cordyceps]

The DaS2 greatsword moveset is also my favorite of the series. A lot more fluid than just swinging the weapon wildly.

[generationfallout]

Yes, I loved that dark souls 2 stance as well, thanks for bringing attention to it! Dark souls 2 deserves the love!

[marcodiesta]

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