| Hiku said: I don't imagine that's the only powerful build. And I've seen people beat the bosses with slow clunky two handed weapons. |
This is true, even in my case. I usually don't do heavy two-handed weapons as I find their slow move-sets to be a pain with timing. But I tried many times with Star Fists against Messmer, then took a break, came back with a Bloodfiend's Blood Arm (+25, I have a lot of smithing stones laying around). The pure damage output, along with the insane bleed buildup (217 without buffs, 60 Arcane and Blood Affinity from Lion's Claw) shredded him really quickly. I wouldn't call it fun, but it sure was efficient.
As far as I can tell, the good 'ole "block and poke" meta builds from the base game are still insanely strong in the DLC. I have the Fingerprint Shield, and a few decent poking weapons, but I just don't want to use them as it more or less breaks the game for me.
