How to two-hand in Elden Ring Nightreign

Elden Ring Nightreign two-handing great axe and swinging at banished knight
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Knowing how to two-hand in Elden Ring Nightreign is important as it can help you maximize weapon damage for melee-oriented characters like Raider and Wylder. Similar to activating your Character Skill and Ultimate Art, you need to hold Triangle or Y and then press the attack button to change your grip. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring Nightreign does mention this i♛n its tutorial, but it's quite easy to miss, so I don't blame you for needing pointers.

Two-handing is also not with🤪out penalties. You'll have to put up with a slower attack speed or movement speed depending on the weapon type you're using and will lose defensive power since you can't use a shield at the same time𒆙. I've explained everything you need know about how to two-hand in Elden Ring Nightreign below, including its best use cases.

How to hold a weapon in two hands in Elden Ring Nightreign

Elden Ring Nightreign two-hand weapon tutorial tooltip

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To two-hand a weapon in Elden Ring Nightreign, you need to hold Triangle/Y and then press R1/RB. This is assuming you're holding the weapon you want to two-hand in your right hand, but if you want to ܫgrab your left-hand weapon, just press Lಌ1/LB instead. Press the same inputs again to switch back to a one-handed grip.

Two-handing a melee weapon in Elden Ring Nightreign increases the damage of every strike, which also makes breaking an enemy's stance for a critical hit easier (useful against 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring NIghtreign bosses!), but each 🐼attack is also sli𒁏ghtly slower and consumes more stamina. You also can't block as effectively as when using a shield.

For some 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring Nightreign classes, mainly the Raider, this isn't really a problem, and you'll just have to a adapt to a dodge-heavy playstyle and rely on some help from your teammates. Furthermore, with nothing in your other hand, two-handing allows you to freely use your weapon's Skill which might be essential if you're using one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查🦩询:best weapons in Elde🥃n Ring Nightreign as they come with some excellent Skills.

If you're using a bow, likely as Ironeye, two-handing it lets you use a precise free-aim mode by holding L1/LB, but your movement speed is reduced and you can't use the R2/RT heavy attack option. Two-handing staves and seals does nothing aside from let you block and use them as a melee weap💃on, but they are woefully ineffective at both compared to other weapons and shield.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring Nightreign emotes are also buried in menus and aren't explained, so we've got a guide on using those too to celebrate with your team. And if you're trying to assemble a team in the first place, our guide on how to play Elden Ring Nightreign with friends will help you out.

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