Upon further investigation, it was the ash of war: glintblade phalanx that broke the giants poise. i tested with the spell version and it isnt as effective. Honestly, just put the ash of war: glintblade phalanx on a weapon u can swap to, choose the keen variant.

Upon further investigation, it seems I was using the ash of war: glintblade phalanx and not the spell version. I tested the two and the ash of war is better than the spell version of both carian and glintblade phalanx, at least for poise breaking which is all u should be really using it for. Keep in mind to use the keen variant of the ash of war when selecting it.

that's the thing about spells like this, you actively have to avoid them while the caster can cast and forget, making it an excellent tool against an otherwise aggressive opponent

I have to do this on evergaols because they'll fire and do no damage while boss summons in.

On top of that, you can pivot your character model to a 90-135 degree angle (from you having your back fully turned towards the opponent) so only a couple of the blades start firing.

been doing this since ds1

Yeah you are wrong and need to retest... Def does more damage

Math strikes again

So THAT'S why Newton invented the calculus...

Newton invented physics not calculus dumbass

Don't drink and cast

It does more damage than glintblade and cost less than greatblade and doing more damage than either... It doesn't do as much poise damage as greatblade which is disappointing

I believe it does less damage per blade, but in total does higher damage. and ofc with more blades you have a higher chance of more hitting, since bumping into a wall loses a smaller percentage of your blades and if they fire with a offset to each other it could be harder to dodge all the blades

You must be thinking of the ash of war, not the spell

It's like saying if you want to beat a wolf, be a stronger wolf :D