Also donвЂ™t trade against the Chaos Blade.

Did I say donвЂ™t trade with them? DonвЂ™t trade with them.

You will inevitably lose some matches against it.

The Chaos Blade has a decent split between physical and elemental damage, rendering most shields useless.

Of all the parries IвЂ™ve gotten against it, they are incredibly rewarding, but the risk is so high itвЂ™s generally not worth it. If you must, make sure youвЂ™ve got their attack pattern down-pat. The risk is not worth the reward because of netcode, even a seemingly well-timed parry will equate to you getting salty. They will win every trade and will love every moment of it. This is your prime moment to watch their movements and capitalize on punishing their predictable attacks. They usually will either switch weapons, or get sloppy. To be honest, I will roll dodge all of their attack for a solid minute or two, just to get them frustrated. It is imperative that you be patient and bait attacks. Chaos Blade users WILL win every single trade against you. Most Chaos Blade users also use the same tactics, so they can be translated to other fights as well. ItвЂ™s rather simple, and can be done in a few matches. I recommend practicing menu-swapping for this purpose. Spears are generally my go-to weapon against the Chaos Blade, both because of their reach, speed, and ability to catch them in whiffed R1s. Menu-swapping takes practice, and is much, much easier to do with an organized inventory. I highly recommend keeping an upgraded spear in your inventory to menu-swap to to fight the Chaos Blade.I find that this works with most Chaos Blade users, with the exception of some who really know what theyвЂ™re doing and avoid that second R1. Once you have distance, use either a jumping attack, throwing knife, or spear to catch them in that second R1. ItвЂ™s as simple as walking within range, baiting an attack, and the waiting for them to start their second R1. Chaos Blade users will almost always use two R1 attacks in a row. Because of their predictability, itвЂ™s actually fairly easy to punish them with practice. Most of these counters take advantage of the fact that Chaos Blade users are predictable.One missed roll means you eat 700 damage from a single swing. A word of caution This takes a lot of practice with rolls and ADP. IвЂ™ve managed to get an easy 300-400 damage on Chaos Blade users using this method. Because Chaos Blade users are so aggressive and itching to 3-shot you, itвЂ™s easy to bait attacks and roll dodge them to make them damage themselves. Unfortunately for Chaos Blade users, the self-damage DOES register for themselves. This is the effect in which you hear the attack noise and see the blood, but because of netcode the attack didnвЂ™t register. But! What most donвЂ™t know is that because of Netcode, the Chaos Blade will register hits that connect on THEIR screen, but you avoided on your own. Normally this is negligible, considering a successful hit with the Chaos Blade can mean 600 or 700 damage against your oppinent. The Chaos Blade has an effect in which it damages the user by 50 points when a hit is successfully landed.Many of these stem from the fact that Chaos Blade users are predictable вЂ“ They use their weapon as a crutch to fight, and this can be exploited. While the Chaos Blade can usually end fights in a matter of a four or so hits, there are some methods to fighting it. In my time of using it, I even 3-shot some people for over 1800 damage. With this incredibly high AR, swing speed, and counter damage, the Chaos Blade can easily hit for over 1,000 damage in a two hit combo. This is more than most rapiers, which are designed for counter damage. But perhaps the attribute that makes it so resented is its Counter Damage: A whopping 150 multiplier.

When used in conjunction with Dark Weapon and Sacred Oath, it has an enourmous AR, rivaling most unbuffed Ultra Greatswords. Most already know its attributes through experience, but IвЂ™d like to give a brief overview of the weapon for those that donвЂ™t.ДЄs previously stated, the Chaos Blade is a katana, which generally have the same attack speed as Straight Swords, perhaps a little less (although it would be almost negligible if it were slower in any way). There are a variety of reasons as to why itвЂ™s widely considered to be overpowered, and its attributes are unlikely to be nerfed (lessened via an in-game patch) any time soon.

The Chaos Blade is a katana that is the bane, or backbone depending on your stance, of many playersвЂ™ experience in PvP of Dark Souls 2. Whether you know it or not, chances are that if you have more than a few hours of PvP in Dark Souls 2, youвЂ™ve seen the Chaos Blade. Dark Souls 2 Countering Chaos Blade GuideВ by _MCC_

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