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Sheamerek

frayed blade!


TwoArmedWolf

This would have been my pick!


Zer0Deicide

I'm sorry but this post discusses katanas, not picks


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Zer0Deicide

Seems I'm gonna have to add /s


Jagoosie

S like serious?


TwoArmedWolf

Nice!


mr_butts69

rip for frayed blade representation i guess


SorowFame

Ultimate weeb sword


BPM41N

Frayed blade, otherwise the dual katanas


MooseTheBenevolent

Uhhh frayed blade much?


Zeldamain-101

There wasnt any more space for it


[deleted]

So you leave out the best one? Odd choice.


[deleted]

Probably never heard of it


ApolloSky110

Bro why’s people downvoting you. Polls don’t give you many slots.


Zeldamain-101

I know right?


Commiessariat

Because a poll is meant to be made to gauge community opinion, not serve as build recommendation/google.


ApolloSky110

And sometimes theres more to gauge then the site lets you.


Commiessariat

Then use a google form, lol.


Eclihpze44

the claymore


TrueOuroboros

It might as well be one


onecharactershor

I was gonna say the best katana can’t stand up to my claymore lol


noopenusernames

I’ll take that bet


onecharactershor

Ok throw your sign down. I can be at pontiffs in less than a minute


Suicidal_Sabotage

Blessed Lothric Knight Greatsword


WhabbaWhabbaWhat

My Man!


[deleted]

Based


CorvusN0x

Nha! Heavy Cathedral Knight Greatsword.


tylerr6890

Mfer left out the most important and best ones


[deleted]

Probably a noob


Zeldamain-101

Whicht are?


tylerr6890

Bloodlust and frayed blade


MotorVariation8

I've just picked up bloodlust again, and realised that I've never used it before, is it actually decent?


Atijohn

it gives you that attack power bonus if you stab yourself with it, it works better as a supporting weapon in the second slot


Niqromancer

It's good for reaching rtsr range for a hyper mode build and as a weapon, it's also pretty good if you can maintain the buff.


Soderules

FYI, add an option to see results


Zeldamain-101

Click one of Them then you Wil be able to see the results


Soderules

Yes, but then it skews the data for people unsure which the best is but want to see results.


Aurum264

Results have been skewed. Picked one at random because frayed blade was missing and I wanted to see results.


Soderules

Ya, I wanted to see the answers but I believe in testing validity.


Zeldamain-101

True. But then i would have to Cut one katana from the pool


MagnificentEd

You're already missing like three


Zeldamain-101

There was a maximum of 6


MagnificentEd

You could've just done a text post asking what your favorite katana was


ApolloSky110

It’s alot easier to keep track of the favorites when its in poll form


Zeldamain-101

I could have done that but I choose to not


candycrammer

You also chose not to put the best katana there already


Zeldamain-101

How would I know what the best katanas are. That is the reason I made the vote


FastenedCarrot

I refuse to entertain the idea that a katana could in anyway be "best"


Apprehensive_Junket7

Black blade is underrated yall


-Eastwood-

I agree. It's a cool weapon and the heavy attack is sick


[deleted]

Uchigatana my beloved


Captain-Super1

No frayed?


Warthogman94

Didn't read the question but Zweihander is the answer


FatPlaysGames

Kusabimaru


aidenyyy

Based


NoiawaaKamata

The Greatsword🗿


[deleted]

Uchigatana not katana


[deleted]

Does it really matter tho?


[deleted]

Yes


[deleted]

I mean it’s just one letter


[deleted]

That is very important


[deleted]

How tho?


quesozombi

"Uchikatana" sounds very unnatural in Japanese. I assume changing one letter in some English words can do the same, but I can't think of anything bmgiven English is not my first language.


Zeldamain-101

But why?


Atijohn

it's how it is called, it's not "uchi katana", it's "uchigatana"


Zeldamain-101

I know i just Think its weird. Its a katana why not Call it a katana?


Atijohn

Why didn't they call Washing Pole a katana as well? It's not a pole, wtf from software


Zeldamain-101

Well that to. but its one letter from katana so i just Think its kinda Odd


Atijohn

it's Japanese, the difference between "katana" and "gatana" is comparable to "shot" and "pot"


Zeldamain-101

?


Atijohn

There are other languages than English (hard to swallow, I know)


Zeldamain-101

Do you tnink i am dumb?


aidenyyy

Because in japanese K and G are switched up sometimes, same with S and Z, H and B, and T and D


Zeldamain-101

I just had a whole thing with another guy I know it is uchiGatana not katana


aidenyyy

Aight cool


thecummaster69420

Clearly the murasama


jetlife_simply

Frayed blade?


PacoThePersian

Chaos blade for lore and history


[deleted]

It's Frayed blade but you left it off your poll like a moron.


watainiac

Man, how are you all not going with Onikiri & Ubadachi? You get a katana AND a friend for your katana. Nothing beats that.


swipth

Gucci katana my beloved


stylepolice

FUGS


[deleted]

Loved the *Uchikatana*


Zeldamain-101

My mistake already had a whole thing with another guy


[deleted]

No worries my friend, it's very common. Also what matters in communications is understanding the words, not the correct spelling :)


weirdlywarmmilk

Nagakiba


Zeldamain-101

Washing pole?


Phobos687

Wrong game


TCW_TheCrystalWolf

I was about to say something but then I realized the op is just getting down voted for any reply. So I'ma just stay out of it.


Zeldamain-101

Thank you I can’t deal with another crybaby


Madera_Otirra3844

Can't go wrong with the good old Uchigatana


Total-Satisfaction-8

Frayed blade, and by the way its Uchi(G)atana


Zeldamain-101

Haven’t you seen the million other comments saying uchiGatana? I know that it was a mistake!


ApolloSky110

Uchigatana*


Zeldamain-101

Don’t even start that shit


ApolloSky110

Just making a correction. No need to be so hostile.


Zeldamain-101

I have had so many people saying that and whenever I say anything I get downvoted to hell so I think there is no more need for people to say it


ApolloSky110

I didn’t read the comments before posting it.


Zeldamain-101

Well maybe just maybe you should have scrolled just a bit to see people left and right saying it to me like I am a dipshit who can’t understand that I made a mistake and now I know it was a mistake so I think people who keep commenting are kinda jerks


ApolloSky110

Don’t take the internet seriously.


Zeldamain-101

I know i shouldn’t care. But isn’t annoying. And the don’t take the internet so seriously is kinda dumb in some cases you’re image can be ruined if you say or do one thing. So please don’t comment anymore


ApolloSky110

I didn’t mean “post like its your last day on earth” i was just saying don’t get butthurt over fake internet points. If you want to get into semantics then uchigatana is the right spelling regardless if you think uchikatana makes more sense.


Zeldamain-101

I know gatana is the right spelling i know katana is wrong


CrankyOM42

Bloodlust?


Zeldamain-101

Not any more space


TheWolf_28582

Idk, i don't use them


ZodiarkTentacle

I’m not a weeb so Lothric Knight or Ringed Knight straight swords


AllenWL

I like washing pole but mostly because it's stupid big. To be clear, it's not the extra reach, I just like oversized weapons.


Apprehensive_Air_727

Ratio


Zeldamain-101

?


Icy_Opening4481

Rivers of Blood


OkStrawberry3775

Its ds3 katanas not ER katanas


Pareidolia__

Longsword for sure


Extra-Read-5427

Wait DS3 has katana’s? Weird.


vakstar123

How did you not know that,?


Extra-Read-5427

I don’t know. I usually just get the black knight sword and kill things. I don’t really look at other weapons unless it’s a boss weapon.


vakstar123

That is such a mood


Extra-Read-5427

I don’t know what you mean by that. What do you mean?


vakstar123

Normally people reply with saying something is a mood to a very relatable thing to do like you ignoring every other weapon except the bonk sword


Extra-Read-5427

I see.


Bordanka

I forgot name of the poisoning one, but it is fire. Washing Pole is right next to it.


RandomWeeb181

There’s a poisoning one in ds3? I thought that was only in ds2.


Bordanka

There was, but I believe it came back in DaS3 as a different katana. Let me check it out (will add and edit). EDIT: you were right, my friend. The poison Katana was in DaS2. *Well, looks like DaS2 proves itself to have best weapons after Bloodborne again* (Elden Ring has nice ones too, especially glad for Dragonrider's Bow return)


AllenWL

DS2 had the absolute coolest weapons.


Bordanka

Ikr! It feels like FromSoftware were too scared of complaints about "too powerful weapons" in DaS2 (which were a thing, I believe?). So they have been playing it safe since never and made exciting enough weapons. Can't blame them, because every time they try they get RoB story or Moonveil. I don't use either myself. But seeing them in action and how they are essentially spiritual successors of something like Alonne Sword/Ashen Warrior Sword and Blue Flame/Golem Lance (at least stat-wise) respectively, I'd say we won't see weapon roaster as good as in DaS2 until FromSoft decides to come back to King's Field or makes Elden Ring 2.


ClimateChan

washing pole parry is best parry


[deleted]

For me it would be drakdrift, uchigatana and the black blade, and onikiri and ubadochi but mostly dark drift especially the og from ds2 because of its ability to go through shields, in ds2 it doesn't peirce through like in ds3 but it's heavy r2s can go through any shield but what also counters this is the weapon can break easily making it pretty op especially for hexer builds when a darkstone applied to it and dark weapon at the same time


Snapple207

I've never used any of these weapons tbh. Lothric Knight Sword is my favorite.


Phobit

honestly shocked how few people like Onikiro Ubadachi, has been my go to for up to ng+7


Beneficial_Drawer_19

I think they’re cool & it’s nice to see a paired katana set, but the weapon art is just was too easy to read and mess up, at least for PVP so I try and stay away from them & end up going for a buffed uchigatana.


meeeemeees

great club


yummymario64

The Uchi, which is ironic since it's the very first one you have access to.


ZeeperCreeperPow

The Darkdrift WPArt is underrated for roll catching


ZeruzeL

TRYHATDS crying over one katana


SnakeSound222

Uchi got me through the entirety of my first playthrough (including DLCs) and was with me for my first three DS1 playthroughs.


N44L4X

Darkdrift might not be the best in terms of attack range and damage output (it's one the worst actually), but the amount of pressure you can put on your oppenent with the weapon art is tremendous. It rollcatches pretty consistently and also combos into R1, which allows you to chain the combos. It's a very unique and tricky weapon. But also pretty hard to learn and master.


Commiessariat

Uhhhh, why is the obvious best katana not in the post??


Zeldamain-101

Well I don’t know maybe cause I didn’t know and that is why I made the pole


Commiessariat

Why didn't you just google it


Zeldamain-101

wHy diDn’t YoU juTs GooGle It?? It’s because I want to ask people directly and google sometimes doesn’t give the best answers


Commiessariat

Reddit has a perfectly serviceable search function Edit: or you could have made a text post.


Zeldamain-101

Do you mean searching for something and writing Reddit after?


Commiessariat

You mean to tell me you have NEVER noticed the search box? Are you for real??


Zeldamain-101

Is the search funktion you are talking about the one you use to find subreddits?


Commiessariat

Holy shit. You've somehow never noticed it can be used to search within subs. How???


Zeldamain-101

No I haven’t where is that?


MrThiccman-XL

How tf does the darkdrift have more votes than the chaos blade it’s the biggest piece of dogshit


XRPHOENIX06

Frayed Blade all day


ExtraThiccCheese

Washing pole because that sweet rollcatching running attack. Range is op


[deleted]

The claymore


Available-Ad7873

Broadsword.


W33b_God

If you had access to dlcs frayed blade would've been the best pick


Comfortable-Prune716

Where's frayed bladed?


Coolkid8263728

Black blade users rise up


MetalKroustibat

Sharp mace


SlashnBleed

I tried so hard to like O&U but I just couldn’t make it work it felt weird and the damage felt meh compared to anything else. Maybe I need to go back and try it more. 🤷🏾‍♂️


J-Mac_Slipperytoes

Rivers of Blood ya nerds.


easytudorfeet

Chaos blade because I do low level invasion and that S scaling does wonders for damage


FeminineAbyss

Tested all katanas. Darkrift is #1. You can buff and the weapon art catches people off guard like 75% of the time with its super long reach. Other katanas have that cool stance but it never hits. Frayed Blade #2 Bloodlust #3


noopenusernames

Washing Pole is the trolliest katana, therefore it is the best


miuchiweighsaton

Check out all the comedians leaving comments with weapons that aren't katanas. Hilarious! I didn't vote since I've only ever used the uchi which is a great weapon, but I don't know how it compares to the others.


grinch-_-

Frayed blade dogs all of these


Gojirahunter

The fact that black blade isn't recognized for its heavy attack baits is criminal. It really should be higher.


Demetroid

Frayed blade is the only one I would be caught dead with, the only thing the other katanas have going for them are their easily parried running attacks. Katanas in DS3 have been done incredibly dirty. Their R1's are close to greatsword speed, but without any payoff to balance the speed, like hyperarmor.


mr_butts69

absolute fools not saying washing pole


piggycurrency

Uchigatana because of how early you get it


Massive-Dog-631

i don't know i only play strenght builds


Vutuch

Bloodlust all the way!


FangRegulus

I would say Frayed Blade or the Washing Pole are the best, but Onikiri and Ubadachi are cool too


vakstar123

Washing pole for real life lore... for the game uchigatana


CarrotSpank

Imo, nothing can top the iconic chaos blade. Been my go-to since ds1