>>335088807
Nice current meme there. So fitting for a DS3 thread OP too.

Charged R2 attacks tend to stagger even huge enemies. Many enemies will be outright knocked down. Now you know.

>>335088807

Almost never bother with weapon arts. They use too much FP, are a pain in the ass to use (got to either use a shield without it's own skill, or two hand to use it) and in general are just not that good with one or two exceptions.

Only time I bothered with R2 was when I used a rapier and enemies were dumb enough to slowly walk to me and let me get in a free 3x damage hit on them.

>>335089028
Poise means nothing in DS3 so you can stagger with any weapon.

>>335088807
style
also, I think they're a fantastic idea to allow non-magic users to benefit from having focus points

>>335088807

all casuals know is spam r1 and spam dodge

easiest strategy to beat the game

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why do weapon arts use fp is i can still use them while fp is gone?

>>335089451
Even the pros R1 for easy kills. It's the bar that's set to kill off casuals. If you can survive/counter R1 spam, you move into R2 territory

>>335089157
DS2 weapon arts were handled much better. They used durability instead of a magic meter.

>>335088807
The Drang Hammers have a decent L2 for crowd control, but it's mostly R1 and L1 for them. The Battle Axe has a very solid L2 in Warcry with that damage buff.

Otherwise no. The game feels really slanted towards fast weapons this time around so using slower moves won't cut it.

>Dodge a bosses attack that leaves him vulnerable
>Too far away to run in and whack him
>Take out composite bow and use all FP on some rapid fire

Some are pretty useful.

Not nearly as useful, but I used the Pontiff Knight Curved Sword frosty spin on Old Demon King and it made the fight pretty easy.

>>335089469
perhaps they do less damage?

>>335089805
Possibly that and they won't have any special effects. I doubt the guard break on straight swords is as good without FP