How to Two-Hand Weapons

Two-Handing in Elden Ring lets you wield your weapons or shields with both hands instead of only one. Read on to learn how to two-hand wield weapons in Elden Ring, as well as the benefits of doing so!

How to Two-Hand Wield Weapons

Elden Ring lets you two-hand weapons and shields via specific keybinds that depend on which platform you're playing in. All of these involve holding the button that shows your quickslot menu, and tapping the hand slot that you want to two-hand with.

Two-Hand Weapon Benefits

Increased Attack Power

Two-Handing a weapon or shield increases their Attack Power at the cost of using slightly more stamina for each strike with the weapon.

Access To Another Moveset

Two-Handing also grants access to another moveset, especially if it's a larger weapon. You might have a strong downward strike instead of a normal horizontal swing.

Keep in mind, however, that you will lose the benefit of a shield's defense while Two-Handing, which may force you to rely more on dodging.

Allows the Usage of Certain Skills

Skills such as Square-Off can only be performed via two-handing its weapon first or the weapon on your other hand slot doesn't have a skill in the first place. Try two-handing a weapon if its weapon skill doesn't seem to work!

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