LogFAQs > #941449890

regarding the use of heavier, more stamina intensive weapons. because of the slow swing speed you generally won't be attacking as often. for this reason, while each individual swing takes more stamina, you still end up using about the same stamina overall. actually, I found that these types of weapons require even LESS stamina if they are used optimally.

one thing I will acknowledge is that I am a very high level challenge runner. I press the dodge button as little as possible, I time all of my attack chains, and I use very specific attack patterns and combinations. it's definitely "true" that any point of stamina is wasted -- at the highest level of play -- but I guess it's a bit hyperbolic for me to say something like that. I do think points invested into stamina are a bit of a waste, but ultimately people are going to get as much as they feel comfortable with. and lots of people dodge more than they need to, and they have uncomfortable tics which cause them to mash the dodge button or to do unneeded actions in between attack patterns, not counting their attack chains, etc. etc.

anyway I got a bit off topic but the other thing about the slow weapons is that often one of their best features is their CHARGE ATTACK. which is a single, big hit attack. it does drain a lot of stamina but you also have plenty of time to recover your stamina after you use it. because of this, running out of stamina is never an issue (once again -- if used correctly)

tl;dr if you're using one of the weapons with one of the high tier charge attacks you will knock the enemy down and then your stamina bar will recover before they finish standing back up. and you generally won't be mashing the attack button with such a weapon, so you don't need to worry about running out.


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