LogFAQs > #941823711

it scales only with bloodtinge. two things to keep in mind:

first, your listed AR is not always your true damage value. the move set of every weapon consists of different attacks that all have different damage multipliers. so some weapons actually only do like 0.90 multiplied by your AR, while others do like 1.1 multiplied by your listed AR. as with the scaling discussion before, there is no consistency or logic to it. for example, the two handed chikage basic R1 moveset starts with a 0.95 mutliplier. transforming from 1h into 2h has a MASSIVE multiplier (1.42), while transforming from 2h back to 1h has a really dingy multiplier(0.95). so keep that in mind.

second, with all that being said, no, the chikage is just insanely fucking powerful. the tradeoff is the HP drain but yeah. the massive damage easily offsets the cost of a tiny amount of HP drain.

as a sidenote I'll mention something else cool. certain weapons get a special move that works as an L1-R1 combo trick attack. basically while standing normally, pressing L1 causes you to change your weapon into the alternate form without attacking, right? along with the ludwig holy blade and the kirkhammer, the chikage also has a special unique attack that can only be triggered during this moment. in fact, it gets two!

if you transform into the two handed state and press R1 while the weapon is changing forms, you'll launch a special light attack. you can also do L1-R2 to do a special heavy attack, it can also be charged, and it drains less HP than the normal R2 attack.

it's definitely not a coincidence that these secret L1-RX combos are some of the best attacks in the moveset of the three weapons I just mentioned, as they are somewhat advanced things that novice players are not going to use -- for lack of even knowing it exists, or how to do it correctly.

---

all the rest weren't so unfortunate
https://imgur.com/yv2eC4n