Talk:Broken Straight Sword (Dark Souls II)/@comment-4511886-20140728142415/@comment-30256048-20161017211446

Yeah, you also need like 3 of them to go from one bonfire to the next (at least), their abysmal reach and damage per swing. Even two handed, the damage per strike just barely beats punching everything to death (at base level) and good ol' righty and lefty never break, not to mention that, staffs are actually decent emergency weapons in DS2. The only way i've made their damage output decent is by power stancing them and even then their atrocious durability keeps them from being more than just passable. also, if you're limiting yourself to 3 STR, shields are nearly out of the question, not to mention weapon swapping is super quick, so why not two-hand a more powerful weapon?