I have to disagree. Katanas overall have better range and very similar damage and speed to straight swords. They also have what is probably the best running attack in the game, while the straight sword running attack is just decent. WA utility is pretty close to the same overall, you just need something extra for shields.
Also ultras get destroyed by everything except other giant weapons and most joke weapons, the only real exceptions are the two paired ones which both have quicker attacks and even then they still have a good struggle against higher tier weapons. Ultras in pve are also kind of a joke, have you tried using one against any enemies that don’t stagger?

What you mean? Strength weapons are king my dude. Playing through DS3, with any big great sword/hammer is a cake walk, in both pvp and pve

higher poison buildup at 60 luck with poison infusion

if you don't feel silly using washing pole, you should get good.

Folding metal doesn't make it sharper and the only reason the fold the metal is because they are trying to get Co2 out of the blade. If anything folding the metal actually makes it more fragile.

No sword can cut through slabs of solid steel, Katanas are good swords, especially for slashing, but no better than other swords like a cavalry saber or scimitar, also Katanas may be harder than other swords, but this is not a good thing, the best swords were made of spring steel, so they could flex, otherwise, some swords (like katanas forged in the traditional way) are prone to chipping, and if hit hard enough, could snap in two. And they definitely could not bisect someone wearing plate armour, of the european or japanese type, the chances are the sword would blunt before you got anywhere.

You can't fold steel anywhere near up to a million times, firstly it would take forever, secondly it would probably render the steel back into iron, or in the case of a million times, render it down into something that isn't really metal anymore.

Medieval Europe didn't conquer japan for two reasons, nothing to do with katanas, the first being that is it on the other side of the planet, secondly is that they have very little natural resources, and would not have been profitable (the americans in 1853 sailed up to a japanese port with some gunships and demanded that the country be opened for trade, the japanese accepted without a fight)

Katanas in WW2 Were almost exclusively ceremonial, and were only used to kill already wounded enemies, and when fighting got brutally close range. Also, for the entirety of japanese history, Katanas were a sidearm (once again, mostly ceremonial and used in non-mounted close range fighting) the main weapons used by Samurai were the Naginata (A Spear) And the Yumi (A Longbow)

Katanas are definitely not the "finest blades known to mankind" (although there is no such thing, all swords are good at certain things) again, i'm not saying that Katanas are bad, i like them, however some people seem to think that they are the essentially lightsabers, which is not true. (Sorry about this long and pointless rant, Katana weebs just really annoy me)

You sir, have won the dumbest person award.

Ha, people are taking this seriously.

@Anon 29/07/2021 incredible right?

Hammers are better! Katanas can´t cut hardened steel plate armor! They just skip off the curved surface of the armor like every other sword! Hammers can dent in plate armor and break the Bones underneath! Blocking the hammer with a shield will result into the shield arm broken while wlocking a Hammer with another weapon will result in the other weapon being knocked to the side. Besides this the main weapon of the Samurai was the Bow (used from horseback, later replaced with the gun)! Katana was just for self defense in town!

Lmao you genuinely had me till you brought up the slabs of steel. Thought I ran into the king of neckbeards can't believe people fell for the bait

People think this is serious? this is a copypasta right?

unironically this is really good bait. almost got me until the 20k part. lmao

Outstanding comment lmao

good post. i needed a laugh.

sure katanas are strong... BUT THEY'RE NO MATCH FOR MY EPIC OVERPOWERED WEAPON KNOWN AS THE PONTIFF KNIGHT CURVED SWORD (pkcs for short)
MY WEAPON IS FAR MORE DURABLE THEN YOUR PUNY KATANA, AND HAS ACTUAL RANGE, DAMAGE AND SPEED!!

You know whats funny about all this? Katanas broke so much during wars and minor conflicts that they were reserved for samurais, daymios and other high-class because the production cost was horrendous with how frequent their breaking was, and there was no way to fix them because they were too thin. Polearms were cheaper, 2 handed katanas were thicker and way more durable (though expensive af), war clubs were easier to use, etc. Western weaponry started influencing katana's crafting offering more durability with the grip designs and blade channels that jointed grip and blade, and the hand guard got altered to prevent the act of seathing to gradually separate the blade from the grip. Sure, their sharpness were inferior, but former katanas hit a roadblock with russian chainmail, mongolian iron plates and shields, chinese's lightning-fast nunchakus, etc.

shashumga

lmao

That's wild, using 2H should give more benefit for how much range you lose.