Great Katana is amazing.

Hello fellow Tarnished. I recently decided to hop back on to my Samurai Dex build character and wanted to try out the new Great Katana class of weapons. And I must say, as someone who vastly prefers STR builds over DEX builds, the Great Katana is the answer to all my woes with DEX builds in PvE.

So any souls veteran knows that STR and INT builds are the king of PvE while DEX truly shines in PvP, INT is more for cheesing the game as a whole while STR is for those who want to be good at PvE while still having a challenge. DEX is ok for PvE dont get me wrong but it gets outclassed by STR for one big reason.

The main issue with DEX in PvE is that they dont do as much poise damage as STR, and they cant stagger bigger and beefier enemies. Sure they can stun-lock smaller and some medium enemies but big chucky guys will punish DEX players in PvE.

However, with the new Great Katana class introduced in SOTE, that all changes, with a few well placed Piercing Fang Ash of War, even big guys like Horned Warriors and Banished Knights will get their poise broken. I am currently doing a Great Katana run and it feels amazing being able to run a DEX build and still being able to break poise, not only that but the Great Katana bleeds enemies like crazy.