Weapon's Secondary mode

[marlla]

Hi again everyone been alot of help so fare, here's one more question.

1h weapon with secondary mode feels like 2h, and 2h weapons with secondary mode feels like pole-arm, do they actually use a different skill or do they use the original??

when i used the 1h weapon in secondary mode it felt faster then in normal mode, Im a 2hander btw

[The_Bloody_Nine]

Your feeling was right, the alternative mode uses the wpf of that mode. So 2h in secondary mode uses polearm wpf and 1h that switch to 2h use 2h wpf. On some weapons 2nd mode only flips them around so only the damage type is changed (pierce to blunt for example).

[Tojo]

yes it switches weapon type. I just wanted to add that you can make use of this knowledge by using less wep slots. An example would be as a 2h player using a 1h langes messer in its secondqy mode. Doing this allows you to use a 2h wep with only 1 slot taken leaving yu 3 slots for ranged weapons.

another example is using throwing weapons in their secondary mode. You can even get some shield skill and become a 1h/shield/thrower or hoplite thrower.

hoplite with throwing lances is alot of fun, the enemy thinks you are going to stab but you just chuck your spear in their face.

[njames89]

Yeah this is very important to know. So a war spear being used with a shield would use 1h wpf?

[Fredom]

No, War Spear used with a shield is still Polearm Wpf

[Fredom]

Hi again everyone been alot of help so fare, here's one more question.

1h weapon with secondary mode feels like 2h, and 2h weapons with secondary mode feels like pole-arm, do they actually use a different skill or do they use the original??

when i used the 1h weapon in secondary mode it felt faster then in normal mode, Im a 2hander btw

If you use e.g. Danish GS, and press X, so activate secondary mode, you are using the Danish GS while using !Polearm! WPF. Using it normally is 2h wpf.
Using a 1handed weapon in secondary has 2 options. For example the Langes Messer used in secondary uses the 2h WPF, but the Steel Pick etc used in secondary use the 1h wpf still.
But the Moringstar or Longsword etc use with a shield use 1h wpf, thats why a 2h with longsword+shield is hitting so slow coz he puts his WPf into 2h.