Used the Halberd upgraded with lightning and the Heide spear w/ raw for tight corridors for my first playthrough. For some reason I don't understand, I've gone to a caestus and claw combo for NG+
I'm currently working on a weird sorcery light armor enchanted zweihander character.
It's more of a minimax than anything. Enough attunement to get 5 slots, 50 intelligence (Which scales both my sorceries and my zwei due to the Enchanted upgrade) and the rest between Vitality and Endurance. And then super light armor mixed with the cloranthy ring and the dark wood grain ring, to allow for ninja flipping. A grass crest sheild on there too, and mask of the child, for maximum stamina regen to use with the dragon headstone (When needed only) as well as basically limitless evasiveness and attacks (for those pesky dex builds) Because why not.
That technique (unfortunately) does not work with the Dark Souls 2 engine. Besides, Great Scythe was better anyway. Yeah, I'm a dex fag, ******* sue me.
plz don't yell at me, like other dex users, I'm fragile
Actually dead-angling still works with some large weapons, it's just not first-hit dead-angling but you can change directions almost 180 between swings which makes for some decent back protection.
Alternatively if you don't want your back tickled equipping jesters works.... if you don't mind being a fag that is.
Only made worse by the sweet spot ******** in 2. It's so inaccurate and makes using some weapons impossible. And even then, those weapons weren't usually worth the hassle.
I like using a rapier and some miracles. Im a pretty basic build. Its simple and effective. I don't use a sheild because i dont really like their use in close quarters pvp.
I like the zweihander because of its knockdown effect. Unlike with a rapier or miracle, if I use the zwei with one hand, I can effectively just smash normal enemies into the ground until they die. Use it with two hands, and it can pound down anything major
i used the zweihander for my first run through, and it was great don't get me wrong, but i got bored of how easy (for me) it became. so i challenged myself with the rapier and miracle build. currently doing a fist only build, and am actually going pretty well
Too bad Dutvutan got fed with people making references to TF2 on his original songs and removed the Scoutellite channel.
Mostly because of Surprise Buttsecks references.