*Which one are you picking? I ended up really focusing the Smoldering Mace and the Martyr’s Blade!* _Boomstick Gaming is the haven for core gamers who value gameplay mechanics and systems, because that's what continues_ _to make anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable. Consider sticking around on the channel if you fall into that category! -Alex_

Isn’t this suppose to be an indie game? Damn it looks amazing/polished

It annoys me that you just called the ballistazooka a boomstick. Everyone that has eyes can see it's a _boombox_ .

"Mortal Shell is the dark-souls of fan-made games"

gotta say, i love they added half swording to the hallowed sword's move set. it's very widely used because of a blades inherent weakness against armor, it's like a make shift hammer or mace. you never see it in games with a medieval ascetic, so it's a cool addition.

THIS GAME HAS HALF SWORDING AND MURDER STROKE!!! Historically accurate/10

I used the hallowed sword throughout the entire game. It had a great balance of speed and range. I couldn't get into the bigger weapon and never used the hammer and chisel because I had already upgraded the sword too much.

It’s worth noting about the hallowed swords weapon special, it deals massive damage to bosses and incapacitates most (if not all of them), restores your stamina, and allows a brief window for a 2-3 follow up hits. Very useful at the end of a chain or at the end of your stamina pool as it has I-frames throughout its animation. Basically it’s a get out of jail free card if your harden is in cooldown/your out of stamina. It’s very, very strong.

My favorite weapon has got to be the good ol’ Hallowed Sword. It’s reliable, its moveset is sexy, the stamina costs aren’t too high, it’s the first weapon you get in the game, I love everything about it. It also goes pretty well with Harros.

Hallowed sword or the hammer and chisel for me, that range attack for the hammer is just straight Fun and hilarious

I like the Matyr's Blade, the Hallowed Blade, and the Hammer/Chisel. It also seems like that certain weapons would favor certain shells. Like the Matyr's Blade with the shell that has the highest Stamina.

Love the martyrs blade. One shots the regular guys when maxed out, and a 3 hit combo can take out most enemies

Honestly, the art style of this game really captures the essence of Dark Souls. I love Souls, but I think Dark Souls should have looked like Mortal Shell. It has that dark fantasy look. Not sure how to explain it, but it captures the dark fantasy essence and euphoria.

i really hope Elden Ring has movesets like this with customization

I thought I would hate the Martyr blade because of how slow it would be and how much stamina it eats. But paired with Tiel for the extra stamina and poison damage, it wrecks almost everything. Heavy attacks have small/medium enemies get thrown away off their feet and larger ones almost always get staggered. The running heavy attack in particular does massive damage and the reach is so long that enemies won't have time to attack you if they are far away enough. The freezing AoE special is the cherry on top.

I tanked my whole playthrough with Eredrim with the Martyrs Blade, no regrets, once you learn to play slow, it's great, the massive damage of the blade along with Eredrims damage boosts make him broke as fuck

Doing my first playthrough. Playing eredrim w/ hammer n chisel and the stacking execution buff is just insane

I only got to play a couple hours last night. Man, I LOOOOVE how different combinations of light and heavy attacks yield different combos. This game really does a lot right.

Martyr's Blade animation looks fascinating

The weapons in this game really do feel heavy , the character takes a considerable amount of effort to swing such a weapon and the impact feels heavy

Ok. For the hollowed sword, the second heavy in the combo is literally the quickest attack.

really liked the video, and actually this got me more hyped than all the reviews out there. great job!

I'd rather have a small roster of weapons that are well designed and worth switching between like this than a large roster with no significant differences. Thank you for your awesome videos!!! Mortal Shell is a game I'd love to play one day once I earn enough money to buy myself a decent rig first and foremost. Hahahaha. My potato laptop won't do.

smoldering mace all the way, hitting harden to block an attack just before you hit your 3rd strong attack is satisfying af.

Been a while since I pressed the "like" button before even seeing the whole video..... Cheers to you, man.... Really loving your videos!!🤘😎👍

This easily became one of my new favorite games. I played Teil with the Martyrs Blade my first time through and I just platinumed it yesterday.

Eredim + Martyr's Blade. AKA The Giant Dad build of Mortal Shell. You can tank hits, ignore stagger while also inflicting a lot; every kill without getting smacked the shit out of the Shell increases your damage. On top of that, thanks to Eredim's ability to inflict more stagger, the Martyr's Blade can handle several enemies at once sending them back flying with each strike, often being able to stunlock even larger enemies or Bosses, pummeling them to death without giving them a chance to recover and counter. And, obviously, if it ain't stunned, it will be frozen.

Thanks for this, defo gotta get me the hammer & chisel now, brilliant! 👍

Great video as always, keep up the nice work!

very great information on all the weapons great video!! i think the mace is a favorite i like fire damage but also ice

Such a pretty game. Did a great job look forward to the future works they put out

Hell they made a good job with these weapons ^^ they look great and visual effects look great!

I just noticed that during the combos with the Hallow sword he grabs the blade end of the sword and uses it as a bat hitting the enemy with the hilt. How awesome is that????

Helped me go for the martyr's blade! Thanks man, legend!

This vid helped me to pick smoldering mace.

I can see the Surge/Surge 2 dual wield influence on the hammer and chisel.

Man Alex you always know just what videos to put out.

Thanks for the video. I finished the game only with the default sword, but still really enjoyed it. :)

Nice vídeo, thankyou

Hallowed sword is my favorite it packs alot of punch and is pretty fast too.

Good show , thanks

great video, just got into the game, lol, I know I'm late, enjoying it, some prep for Elden Ring

I am in love with all the HALF SWORDING

martyr blade with tiel shell is a perfect duo for me!!!!!! becus i cud move around and keep them out of range and still attack them since its such a long sword...sometimes i use smoldering mace too becus its attacks doesnt use a lot of stamina i got lucky i found those two weapons early in the game and didnt even use a guidebook

This game is legit, it being souls like is the appeal. Upon playing i realized its more than just being a souls like game and im really digging it. I've platinumed all souls games and bloodborne and sekiro. This is my before elden ring game.

For me Hallowed Sword is the best weapon... Very easy to use, well balanced damage and not consuming too much stamina... It's best with Harros and Solomon which are the main shell I used in the game...

1:35 That duck under the big guys' stab was cool as shit

Those are some good animations. And well, camera shots for the specials add so much dynamism

I use the Martyrs Blade and Hammer and Sickle. The H&S really pairs well with the Thief like she’ll.

great vid, thanks

Tiel + Hammer and Chisel's a good combo. Got speed and stamina.

I love the mace. Awesome

I stuck with the Hallowed sword as I found it easier to master. I have the combos down and i jave mastered the range of the running attack. This sword fits me quite well as does the forst shell - Harros the Vassal. Upgrading this shell gives me more chances to harden during a fight which is very important to a noob player like myself 😂

I enjoy martyr blade cause its pretty easy and fun to use, you can throw them off of cliffs if you're in the right enviornment.

After seeing these weapons now the game will feel slightly easier 😜 and looks amazing! I need that ice sword! Because when you freeze the enemy's u get a chance to heal ;) and the Bazooka bolt I love the animation on reload

I'm hoping you do a video in simular format for shells. Dissecting the shells strengths and weaknesses

Martyr's blade for me!! It melts everything

My favorite combo was Tiel (the stamina shell) and the hammer and chisel, you could attack so much and got a lot of damage in, I upgraded it all the way, except for the second ability because I never found the piece. I beat the final boss with it

Def going big sword

Ok I like the half swording for the Hallowed Sword’s heavy finisher

kinda put the hallowed sword in a bad light. It's definitely the best weapon since it does high damage and swings faster than the longer weapons. The powered strikes you do with it are also very good since they stun or knock down just about every enemy in the game

Mortal shell is on game pass and I just downloaded a mod for blade and sorcery for some of the weapons so I decided to download it while playing the game and listening to this video

I love the “mini boss” description, saving any possibility of spoilers for the game. Much appreciated.

Really enjoyed this game

nice presentation

I'm gonna be checking this game out soon since it's one of the free PS+ games this month.

Hammer and chisel all the way the best weapon in game hands down once u get the 1st weapon ability for it and the item from the corrupted sester that allows ur resolve meter to fill faster and u can kill bosses or any enemy with complete ease never taking a hit or losing resolve...once I figure this out the game has been super easy I even beat the martyr 1st go by just hitting him over and over with the weapon ability since its fastest weapon it also builds resolve faster allowing u to never run out of resolve especially if u play as Solomon

Smoldering mace is awesome for me

How this game play is and weapons mechanic work's i would like to see more of this game 😁 Stay safe everyone 😊✌

Thanks

Dude... I love longswords but that mace is literal fire

I have the platinum trophy for this game i had a lot of fun. Solomon is by far the best character and hollowed sword and hammer & chisel best weapons.

I love the mace

nice vid

Thanks brosef

hey any vid or walkthrough to acquire all the upgrades for the hallowed sword early?

Martyrs blade + Tiel is god tier

I like the smoldering mace cause of the running attack

The only correct choice is the Ballistazooka, of course!

Y'alls need to learn the LHLH for the hallowed sword.. it's da bomb!

You can kinda cheese the Harden mini bosses by running away from them. They then do the charge attack which you then parry and then rince and repeat.

I started chuckling to myself last night after I beat the game for the first time and then starting new game plus, I BARELY fixed the ballistazooka. So yeah, the whole game I missed out on launching mobs and making them go splat

Honestly i think the Halowed sword is the best weapon in the game. For me the least good one is the hammer and chisel unless ure using Eredin as ur shell because that weapon often doesnt stagger the enemies which is a pain since u have to harden and then run away and all other weapons u can continue to hit them. Poison dmg barelly does anything as well if they buff poison then it will make the weapon way better. My second favorite is the Fire mace since once u get the "infinite" resolve with the corrupt sester, u can spam the second ability and just blow up everything and it works prtty well on Bosses too.

"Big ICE AOE." I see what you did there ;)

The pick is really good with Solomon. I beat almost every boss without upgrading until the world changes the first time.

Use the hammer and chisel to charge up your resolve and then switch to your other weapon to spam then special attack

The sword you start with is my favorite weapon

I can't help but think the giant greatsword is doing surprisingly low damage considering the light attack seems to be slicing through every enemy in the area...

How I viewed it Martyr's Blade and the Smoldering Mace are STR+INT weapons Hammer & Chisel is DEX Hollowed sword is a quality build, STR and DEX

Hallowed Sword and Smoldering Mace look good to me.

I’m destroying with Harros fully upped and the hollow sword. i disagree with the vids that say harros and the hollow blade are middle of the road. i mean they are balanced but once you’ve upped them, there’s no stopping the combo. after a hard time in the temple of ash and some grinding i did the eternal narthex with no problems at all. died only once from falling on that damned stair with the crossbows. great game

I've seen others use the hammer and chisel. Im gonna go mace and the shell with the hood and skull

And other thing, cant seem to turn on the hdr in the options menu on the xbox version🤔

Heavy armor shell and the zweihander. Literally the best and easiest to manage.

So basically if you want to be a mage; equip the shell with highest resolve and equip the martyr sword.

A finally I know from which game my larp flail is rippt

mace makes bosses so easy lol, light-light-harden during final heavy aaand stunned the boss

The twohanded great sword kinda reminds me of the GS in mhw. It’s kinda the same dynamic with the harden being the shoulder tackle in this game

How do you activate the special attacks ffs? :D sorry for the noob question, but I have all the weapon and I even got returned the fire gland, but I still don't know how to ignite the mace or make freeze the long sword. :))

Wait what? I finished the game with the default weapon 😭😭😭 Upgraded it to +4 and that's it. Also stuck to Harros cause of his Glimpse-centric stats all the way. I must replay this game.