It weighs much less, has a far superior and more diverse moveset, is faster and more stamina efficient, has more reach, looks better...

Elden Ring player type comment

This is a good question.

Short awnser:
For low STR/DEX and uncapped chars Claymore is better. For 120 LVL cap Man-Serpent Greatsword is better.

Long awnser:
Let's say for the sake of argument that the base STR and DEX are 10.

Claymore would require to invest 6 points to weild, while Man-Serpent Greatsword would require 14.
Man-Serpent Greatsword also has 4 aditional weight.

That being said, Man-Serpent Greatsword has a 521 AR with 40 STR, with 30 invested points. Claymore has 525 at 40/40 with 60 invested points. If you take into consideration weight diff, then Man-Serpent Greatsword would require 8 more points into END to stay at mid roll compared to Claymore, or 16 to stay at fast roll. This leaves the Man-Serpent Greatsword with 14 to 22 levels of difference. Claymore has a slightly more usefull moveset, but Man-Serpent Greatsword doesn't lag behind.

Taking this into consideration, elemental upgraded Claymore is a better choice for vey low STR/DEX characters or for a uncapped level character. For a lvl 120 capped character, the regular Claymore lags behind the Man-Serpent Greatsword, since the huge stat investment makes it impossible to enchant it unless trading VIT for FTH/INT.

LMAO SMH

Don't tell anyone you leveled that $h!t

True combo means that these attacks can generally stun your opponents allowing you to get another "free" hit. For example a heavy attack stuns an enemy and you follow it with a quick attack and the enemy has no time do dodge that. It is mainly used in PvP, not really in PvE and I have heard that a lot of times

"true combo" is a real phrase usually from fighting games it basically means an inescapable combo. once you use the first move the second cannot be escaped unless the combo was messed up. like in ds3 r1 into r1 is a true combo technically its a real phrase for fighting games and it makes sense people apply it to from soft games. at least the pvp.

Bro just got out Blighttown with the full toxic bar

"True combo" is technically more of a Smash Bros term. In traditional fighting games like Street Fighter, the "true" part would be redundant as there's no directional influence that lets you escape follow-ups. Likewise, hitstun in Dark Souls either lasts long enough to get in another hit, or it doesn't. There's no middle ground or way to move your character while in hitstun. It's debatable if it even makes sense in Smash. So yes, "true combo" is a funky term to use, but not for the reasons OP thinks. Attacks that combo are simply combos.

Holy bait, Batman!

True combo has nothing to do with pvp. What it really means is that it doesnt reset your attack animation and chains into the next attack.

what a long winded and incorrect answer, i bet you're a blast out and about. I love how hard you tried to sound smart though.

true combos stun or cannot be avoided. regular combos can be interrupted or poised.

Take a break from being a pompous unintelligent douchebag and go touch some grass.

True combos are just combos. What Souls people think regular combos are would better be labeled as strings.

Why are you booing, he’s right.

People like you are the main reason most people hate FromSoft fans, including other FromSoft fans. Toxic basement-dwelling a$$hole

it looks pretty

I never used the dark halberd so I am not sure if it is trully better, but claymore is 100% the better first timer weapon, it has amazing quality scaling good with all builds, it's base damage scaling is amazing, eazy to get, moveset is eazy to learn but does not trivialise anything, you need to learn how to play the game with this weapon, while it also keeps the difficulty fair and balanced, trully probably the best weapon for new comers, and veterans also love this weapon due to it being so reliable.

The claymore is one of the best, if not the best, sword in the game and not only for starters.
This thing is easy to use easy to find and easy to fall in love with

wtf is the "dark halberd" ? do you mean black knight halberd?

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