I’ve been a longsword fighter since almost Playtest 3, and I’ve dropped it because it is just not reliable anymore. Something about the servers often causes attacks to just phase through the sword, and my own lack of skill despite hundreds of hours doesn’t help either.
I love the long sword and will probably always stick to it. It has so much outplay potential with its poke and the parry I think it’s just hot garbage because people rely on the parry to much 😂
The poke does the same damage as a one handed sword, but the long sword has the speed penalty of a two handed weapon. If you arn't going to parry your losing dps and ms. Yes you could alternate between parry and swing, however you'd be better off doing that with a shield, since it would have the same ms, but also give you a larger block hitbox and armor rating just for holding it. Also lantern shield (although it would have slower ms without the use of a dagger) has a parry anyways. In comparison, long swords parry has the highest base weapon damage in the game, gets two hits, and has a minimum of 55%, if not 65% action speed from sword mastery, shield mastery, and optionally counter attack. Yes it's stupidly hard to get the parry consistently, and yes people often die without landing a single parry, but that being said if you arn't trying to get a parry all the time you'd be better off with a different weapon. Something like a zweihander if you like two handed swords.
Maybe if blocking actually worked you wouldn't be able to just spam LMB. This games combat is actual trash, the concept is on point, but the mechanics in this game are just dog water.
I think the mechanics are amazing tbh, when they’re working well it’s smooth like butter but often times due to desync and other related issues it makes them feel like ass
The game is designed for trios!!! Barbarian is supposed to be the shield buster with the slow heavy hitters like war maul, but in a trio fight where both teams have ranged he can’t participate in the poking and if both sides have a pocket cleric fighter has the advantage because he relies on pdr more than hp.
The only logical way to use a longsword is to try and take advantage of its range and NEVER HOLD RIGHT CLICK. Quick defensive almost taps (works especially well with barricade) Also m1s exist... please fighters...
holding right click is supposed to happen for like second long intervals I think you gotta do pokes and spacing and bait the opponent weapon into whackin your sword
With accell and clipping through blocks its kinda mid. Key is having the first hit with the LS, so that you are rdy to block their first hit without wasting time, after that it should be only lmb, unless the fight seems impossible to win w/o riposte or the fight resets. But the main reason for LS in 2025 is clearing mobs fast and having fun.
Ranger holds left click. Wizard presses e, selects a spell and holds right click. Most of the combat for all classes is positioning, mechanics and timing. If barb was nothing but w and left click then most barbs 1v1s would be a 50/50 or a stat check, but surprisingly no.
@@douglastakle8242 But barb 1v1s are stat checks if the weapon is the same. Even Pete gets rekt by over juiced warmaulers all the time. Zwei is the only weapon that has any advanced mechanics. All other weapons are pure stat checkers. The fact that so many barb players get their weapons stuck in doorways doesnt mean that its rocket science, but that some barb players are so far behind, skill wise, that they couldnt possibly play another class. Doesnt mean every barb is dumb, just the average barb is 52 IQ. Good luck playing Ranger holding down w/lmb, which I did on barb as a joke before multiple times with crush builds... literally... go GC only press W and LMB, its possible you get 3 kills and extract and I am dead serious and afterwards do it on wiz/ranger, good luck :D ...
@ I don’t play barb much I play mainly ranger and cleric. If it’s a mirror, sure it’s the most stat check class using the most in your face stat check weapon im not denying that, but even then there’s still plenty of mechanical skill going into it even if it’s subtle.
Nah. Notice how pete's hugging the LS users; that's intentional, so that even if they put up their guard, the hammer head will land before it becomes corporeal and strike the blade.
@@NeedBackup_ Not if the pole is through the LS before going corporeal; you can see this more evidently with shield users trying to block stabs. It's a pretty known bug.
Until they fix blocking and hit registration in this game, longswords will remain an off meta f around weapon. Its fun af and decent for bossing but PVPing with it feels like its genuinly not working properly. Shields feel a bit off too but work most of the time, longsword it works like 50% of the time XD most inconsistent weapon in the game
Its the fact that thrusts overpenetrate shields and swings have to also be caught at a sweet spot distance or you'll take the hits. You can handle stuff polearms with your shield though.
Bro mowing the lobby like nothing and my dumbass getting demolished in lobbies that aren't even half as good. BTW they need to make Slayer way more viable than PDR, nerf his armor, and buff other shit... whatever they can do, just change the Fighter meta, at least for a 1 Wipe
Its rondel pdr fighters and rogues with a sprinkle of barbs that becomes a steady trickle in 0-24. No joke 50% of the lobby is fighters. 25% rogues. 10% barbs. 5% rangers. 10% everyone else.
The title of this video would be more accurate if it read “Why You Shouldn’t Fight The Red Lizard Barbarian”
I’ve been a longsword fighter since almost Playtest 3, and I’ve dropped it because it is just not reliable anymore. Something about the servers often causes attacks to just phase through the sword, and my own lack of skill despite hundreds of hours doesn’t help either.
Shield man, I just want to say, you're pretty based
Sheild man is my favorite super hero
Shieldman is the hero we dont deserve
6:19 the guy in the background tries desperately to get on the elevator in time and misses it 🤣
We totally need a video of Pete and Shield Man playing together.
Why longsword fighter shouldn't hold right click all fight.
Shield Man kinda cooked pete twice! The only reason Pete won is that Shield Man is too noble to carry a crossbow
I love the long sword and will probably always stick to it. It has so much outplay potential with its poke and the parry I think it’s just hot garbage because people rely on the parry to much 😂
The poke does the same damage as a one handed sword, but the long sword has the speed penalty of a two handed weapon. If you arn't going to parry your losing dps and ms. Yes you could alternate between parry and swing, however you'd be better off doing that with a shield, since it would have the same ms, but also give you a larger block hitbox and armor rating just for holding it. Also lantern shield (although it would have slower ms without the use of a dagger) has a parry anyways.
In comparison, long swords parry has the highest base weapon damage in the game, gets two hits, and has a minimum of 55%, if not 65% action speed from sword mastery, shield mastery, and optionally counter attack.
Yes it's stupidly hard to get the parry consistently, and yes people often die without landing a single parry, but that being said if you arn't trying to get a parry all the time you'd be better off with a different weapon. Something like a zweihander if you like two handed swords.
7th of January is, indeed, an Orthodox Christmas!
Pete vs Sparky please
Maybe if blocking actually worked you wouldn't be able to just spam LMB. This games combat is actual trash, the concept is on point, but the mechanics in this game are just dog water.
I think the mechanics are amazing tbh, when they’re working well it’s smooth like butter but often times due to desync and other related issues it makes them feel like ass
@@BigPandazTTV They don't "feel" like ass. If they operate like ass as a standard, it's not a feeling; they *are* ass.
The game is designed for trios!!! Barbarian is supposed to be the shield buster with the slow heavy hitters like war maul, but in a trio fight where both teams have ranged he can’t participate in the poking and if both sides have a pocket cleric fighter has the advantage because he relies on pdr more than hp.
@@douglastakle8242 Literally no one here is talking about barbs and their position in a teamfight. What are you talking about?
I agree 1000%. Been saying the same thing for awhile now.
new title - why you shouldnt get stat checked in dark and darker
shield man was cooking!
Bro almost got pieced up by that first fighter
It’s comedic how some players will block w/ long sword the whole time you’re hitting them. Like dawg I’m not hittin ur stupid sword
Weakest Accel user vs strongest block build
man these hits are so satisfying to watch like wtf
The only logical way to use a longsword is to try and take advantage of its range and NEVER HOLD RIGHT CLICK. Quick defensive almost taps (works especially well with barricade)
Also m1s exist... please fighters...
holding right click is supposed to happen for like second long intervals I think you gotta do pokes and spacing and bait the opponent weapon into whackin your sword
yeah unless its a full pdr barb which is rare i can literally just left click them with a ls and out trade them
With accell and clipping through blocks its kinda mid. Key is having the first hit with the LS, so that you are rdy to block their first hit without wasting time, after that it should be only lmb, unless the fight seems impossible to win w/o riposte or the fight resets. But the main reason for LS in 2025 is clearing mobs fast and having fun.
Blocking doesn't work on anything rondelious dingleberry beats all weapons
The rondel powerhug is op.
By the time you get a swing off you've taken 4 hits.
Nothing can stop the real enemy of dark and darker, shit latency
I’ll never drop Longsword, Peter 😂
10:07 yo it’s mowdee!
i agree with this title
8:40 pretty much sums up barb pvp lol
Welp , longsword's poo poo even sparky said it too :(
nah im unbeatable with longsword
Are you the itswill guy who always comments about the beers?
@@brendenklein784 lol no
It wild people thing longsword is a pvp weapon, its not its a crazy good pve weapon.
That's the point you dps bosses and mobs with it.
@ great for both imo
Ty for crashing the longsword market for me
all u do is press left click..... this class feels realy boring af
Ranger holds left click. Wizard presses e, selects a spell and holds right click.
Most of the combat for all classes is positioning, mechanics and timing. If barb was nothing but w and left click then most barbs 1v1s would be a 50/50 or a stat check, but surprisingly no.
@@douglastakle8242 But barb 1v1s are stat checks if the weapon is the same. Even Pete gets rekt by over juiced warmaulers all the time. Zwei is the only weapon that has any advanced mechanics. All other weapons are pure stat checkers. The fact that so many barb players get their weapons stuck in doorways doesnt mean that its rocket science, but that some barb players are so far behind, skill wise, that they couldnt possibly play another class. Doesnt mean every barb is dumb, just the average barb is 52 IQ. Good luck playing Ranger holding down w/lmb, which I did on barb as a joke before multiple times with crush builds... literally... go GC only press W and LMB, its possible you get 3 kills and extract and I am dead serious and afterwards do it on wiz/ranger, good luck :D ...
@ I don’t play barb much I play mainly ranger and cleric. If it’s a mirror, sure it’s the most stat check class using the most in your face stat check weapon im not denying that, but even then there’s still plenty of mechanical skill going into it even if it’s subtle.
@@douglastakle8242 just try to play sorc u'll understand the difference
i don't think this sword is long anymore
Lol a quarter of skinny's fights are just shieldman.
this video showcasing everything wrong with the melee combat in this game..
People are shameless with the 3rd parties this wipe
All he had to do in that first clip is parry the opposite side and he woulda easily parried the maul on its way out. Thankfully most LS users are shit
most long sword players forget it also has a normal attack
Nah. Notice how pete's hugging the LS users; that's intentional, so that even if they put up their guard, the hammer head will land before it becomes corporeal and strike the blade.
@@maxverlix7840 yeah but the hitbox is still active after so you can parry it even after it hits you
@@NeedBackup_ Not if the pole is through the LS before going corporeal; you can see this more evidently with shield users trying to block stabs. It's a pretty known bug.
@@maxverlix7840 what im saying is parry the other way after it hit you and goes through your body
Until they fix blocking and hit registration in this game, longswords will remain an off meta f around weapon. Its fun af and decent for bossing but PVPing with it feels like its genuinly not working properly. Shields feel a bit off too but work most of the time, longsword it works like 50% of the time XD most inconsistent weapon in the game
Its the fact that thrusts overpenetrate shields and swings have to also be caught at a sweet spot distance or you'll take the hits.
You can handle stuff polearms with your shield though.
Love shield man
bro doesn't talk anymore
Bro mowing the lobby like nothing and my dumbass getting demolished in lobbies that aren't even half as good.
BTW they need to make Slayer way more viable than PDR, nerf his armor, and buff other shit... whatever they can do, just change the Fighter meta, at least for a 1 Wipe
clearly we can see the state of solos is just PDR barb or PDR fighter with random shitter rogues sprinkled in between 😂
Well yeah, most players are low skill and rely on easy classes.
Its rondel pdr fighters and rogues with a sprinkle of barbs that becomes a steady trickle in 0-24.
No joke 50% of the lobby is fighters. 25% rogues. 10% barbs. 5% rangers. 10% everyone else.
@@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey idk about 10% everyone else. I almost never see bards or druids, I see solo clerics more than those.
Dunno what you're smoking, most lobbies that aren't high roller are full of Warlocks lol
mowd33 what do you doing theree dont die to pete you are embrassing yourself
This video is just u killing timmies who had longswords. A skilled longsword player would of punished you.
Timmies are geared out in highroller now?
@@douglastakle8242 yes, hr full of timmies because of egs
@@douglastakle8242 just because they're geared doesnt mean they're good. So many RWTers now. lol
@@delirious846 sure but it’s complete cope to say it’s majority goldbuyers
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I would have to dissagree on your claim and also agree, ls i ass if you don't know how to use it lol
What the shi is bro playing with 💀
but longsword is cool though
5:40 later nerd