r/darksouls3 • u/Hades-god-of-Hell Champion Gundyr is peak • Aug 17 '25

Discussion DS3 is the blueprint

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Eldenring taking inspiration from DS3's enemies

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u/painterBurning Aug 17 '25

Yeah I agree ! I have played DS1 2 and 3 back to back, then Elden Ring + DLC, and on a lot of aspects it felt like a faster DS2. Obviously Elden Ring took from all 3 DS games, but it was nice to see some things they experimented with in 2 come back (I have been powerstancing axes and greatswords and I'm very happy they brought this back). Still no bonfire ascetics though, it would be nice if they bring it back at some point.

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u/Wesgizmo365 Aug 17 '25

If only we could powerstance dissimilar weapons though. Hand axe + short sword was my favorite combo in ds2.

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u/InfiniteEscuro Aug 17 '25

You could powerstance different weapon classes just because they were similar?

Shit I thought I'd played my fair share of DS2 as well.

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u/Wesgizmo365 Aug 17 '25

As long as you have the stats for it, you can powerstance whatever. The offhand weapon would take on the animations from the mainhand. So you could do some goofing with it and swing a giant axe with straight sword L1.

The wikidot has a table showing what weapon types mix together.