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The Power Stance - All You Need to Know (Research Complete!)

by BLA1NE » 14 Apr 2014 09:01
You've been waiting for it (I hope!), here it is: All You Need to Know about the Power Stance. Specifically: weapons compatibilities and movesets (I'll skip over the basics, like how you need to hold the triangle button to enter the power stance or that you need 1.5x the base wielding stats to be able to Power Stance a weapon, etc. Also: you only need to meet the Str and Dex requirements to Power Stance, not Int or Fth when applicable).

- First off, generally speaking, when you Power Stance two weapons, the weapon in the right hand will determine the Power Stance moveset. However, there is a certain weapon class hierarchy at play. As such, some weapons classes, even when they are in the left hand, will override the right hand weapon's moveset and will instead determine the Power Stance moveset.

- As far as Power Stance movesets go, there are essentially two types of compatibility, classified according to the resulting moveset: weapon and class specific moveset or bash movesets. The main distinction between the two is that weapon and class specific movesets will change depending on which hand two different weapons are wielded in, whereas bash movesets will result in the same moveset regardless of which hand either weapon is in. I say weapon and class because most weapons of a class will have the same Power Stance moveset, but there are exceptions within each weapons class that have a unique Power Stance moveset. Also, bash movesets, plural, because there is more than 1 type of this moveset. Further detail:

- All Bash movesets don't have the same swing angles, neither do they all have the same swing speed. They all have the same attack patterns, though, which are simultaneous swings of both weapons and single-strike attacks (1 button input = 1 attack, as opposed to combo moves that hit more than once per button input). They do, however, take the same amount of stamina to execute (with 40 Endurance, you can execute 2 L1 attacks and finish with an L2), no matter the size of the weapons you are using. There are a few different types of Bash attacks, and the main difference between them is their swing angle and attack speed.

- Similar to Bash movesets, certain weapons classes share the same Power Stance movesets. I will not group them according to the same class, however, because doing to might end up being misleading when considering using a weapon with a unique moveset. For example, the spears and lances have the same moveset, but saying that using a straight sword with a lance would end up with the spear moveset could be confusing if you're using a lance with a unique moveset. Instead, saying that using a straight sword with a lance results in the lance moveset implies that, if the lance has a unique moveset, that is the moveset the combination will result in.

I won't go into descriptions of movesets, I'll just list what resulting moveset, according to weapon class, you'll get from using the Power Stance. I will however make a distinction between the Bash moveset speeds (all speeds--slow (S), medium (M), and fast (F)--are estimates, due to my testing limitations--namely: observation only!). The weapon class being tested (in capitals, underlined) is the one in the right hand, the one in the left hand is the one listed below it, and the resulting moveset is in italics. Example:

WEAPON CLASS IN RIGHT HAND

Weapon class in left hand: Resulting Moveset

POWER STANCE MOVESETS

( Google Spreadsheet)

DAGGERS

Dagger: Dagger
Straight Sword: Straight Sword
Curved Sword: Curved Sword
Katana: Katana
Thrusting Sword: Thrusting Sword
Spear: Spear
Lance: Lance

THRUSTING SWORDS

Dagger: Thrusting Sword
Straight Sword: Straight Sword
Curved Sword: Curved Sword
Katana: Katana
Thrusting Sword: Thrusting Sword
Spear: Spear
Lance: Lance
Twinblade: BASH (M)

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The Power Stance - All You Need to Know (Research Complete!)

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