If you think the blaster stance is just shooting bosses from a distance, it shows you haven't really given it enough time. Try to weave shots between your saber swings.

I think everyone is sleeping on the single saber stance. It's really balanced, has really good options in gap closing to melee opponents and doesn't trade off it's strength for speed. The new dash strike is really good against these drone type enemies and is not too bad in a duel, either, as it does good stamina damage and allows you to keep the pressure on.

What I especially like about the dual wield stance is that, if you are a button masher like I am, you can always cancel your attacks by blocking. That really helps me out.

I had tons of success using cross-guard as a counter attack stance, which also took advantage of the increased defense and stamina your given. Trying to treat it like other stances leads to a bad time, need to let the enemy come to you and requires patience to master and use properly

My favorite combo is the Crossguard stance and Double blade. They balance fairly well for normal, non boss fights. For some reason I struggled with boss fights with these stances and ended up using the blaster stance.

Single blade is my personal favorite. The other stances i find gimmicky sometimes. Either long animations or a lack of tools. If you learn to use all of the skills the single saber has then you will always have something to counter an enemy.

Something that's not mentioned enough. With dual wield you can use some of the single blade abilities as well. If you have the dash strike unlocked for single blade you can use it to close the distance and do big block damage after throwing your saber in dual wield stance.

Crossguard can be pretty force depleting if you are really using it like you should. There’s a perk that slowly regenerates force but makes the force meter smaller. I actually love it, open a fight with the shockwave, get a swing or two in, by the time you have blocked a couple counter attacks you can do another force ability no problem. Love. Crossguard.

The other thing that makes Double Blade is how good it is at applying pressure to stamina. You can almost stunlock purge troopers if you get the whole combo out uninterrupted. You can also get boss stamina down quickly too.

For my first playthrough I immediately swapped to Crossguard and Blaster as soon as I got them. Blaster is fun and for knocking out weaker enemies pretty much instantly when paired with the perks that support it. Also made some bosses really easy when the charged shot would stagger them. Crossguard was pretty much my primary stance and I used it for just about everything. For faster enemies, you just have to be extremely patient for your chances to hit and creating openings via parries and dodges.

Double blade and crossguard stance is my exact loadout. Love to see all the love you gave those in this one :)

It's really simple for me. Run the double bladed stance for a strong defensive playstyle that lets you mow through fodder enemies in mass. Run the crossguard stance for stronger enemies and bosses. It's better to parry, but the increased guard gives your defense more longevity up close. You also get to wear down enemy stamina much faster. The slowness of the style isn't really a negative once you get your timing and footwork in duels down properly. I practice HEMA in real life so most of the skills around timing your wind ups, maintaining proper measure, and looking for mistakes in your opponent translates really well for me in a videogame.

Double blade and crossguard is such a good combo

I used blaster and double blade for gm playthrough. Double blade to deal with multiple ranged enemies and/or grouped up melee enemies, blaster for the ultimate dueling stance. It's counter attack is borderline broken absolutely locking enemies down, and charged blasts interrupting 1 shot mechanics. Not to mention the cool factor of a Jedi Scoundrel. I've said it a few times now, but it's how I imagine Kyle Katarn would fight.

I did Dual / Crossguard which I find is the perfect balance. Dual is quick and fast, good for a large group of smaller enemies and crossguard makes you feel like damn Kylo against huge enemies

I played almost entirely with the dual wield and the blaster stance Just tried the double blade in NG+ and I LOVE it, can't believe I didn't try it sooner.

I am using single blade and blaster stance, it fits roleplay and fighting, and the combat looks very clean when switching back and forth, some times it looks almost cinematic. Ive switched from single to blaster and back to single with a force push finisher and it looked so clean.

Crossguard and double bladed works soo well for me on GM difficulty

I exclusively use the crossguard saber in NG+ but my first playthrough, I used blaster and double-bladed.

Cross guard with double blade is where I'm heading. I was using dual wield with blaster but now I've changed. I first used the cross guard on the second dagen fight after getting smacked for about 20 minutes

Just a little tip: if you use the Dual Wield "Force Parry" and break an enemy's guard (which if you time it right with precision release, you should) you can change stance during the animation, so that afterwards you're in the other stance automatically. Going from the super strong DW precision Force Parry into a massive cleaving slash with Crossguard Stance does SO much damage. Yes, Dual Wield is hard to master, but if you put in the work you can pull off some crazy stunts. The video creator is right, though - DW is best against melee troops and Lightsaber-users, Crossguard is best against big creatures and to punish broken block bars (which precision Force Parry will generally one-shot). This also makes the Versatility perk really awesome, as the extra damage from changing stances not only makes the Force Parry - Crossguard cleave punish even stronger, but it also makes the next few seconds in DW stance stronger when you switch back.... which means more block damage dealt, which means switching back to Crossguard faster... you get the idea.

I love how the Stances represent the Forms of lightsabers combat Single Blade: Form 1 simple effective nothing to much Double Blade: Form 3 best defense with multiple enemies and great counter attack Dual Wield: Form 4 fast acrobatic but defense lacking Baster: Form 2 Dualing stance for both sword and gun play and can adapt to different situations Crossguard: Form 5 Heavy attack and/or Strong defensive just like the two forms of Form 5

I use Cross guard and the double sabre. I switch between the two although the switching could be smoother and flow better but hopefully that will be sorted with later updates. Nice video mate.

I use single blade and dual wield. Something old and something new. It’s hard to move away from single blade just because of the lore and you just feel like a Jedi with it. Biggest issue with it is that it takes a ton of investment for it to be really good. The best skills for it are high up on the tree. I use dual wield for crowds and when I want to use stance switch combos. Btw - stance switching in this game is most definitely a thing and can pull off some crazy combos. You can do something like a dual wield flurry, jump, stance switch and use the air attack with single blade. Cool stuff.

The single blade stance has one strength that the others doesn't have: an aerial skill for aerial combat, and a reminder that even if Jedi FO or Survivor is a soulslike, its more akin to Sekiro, you can jump, dash and execute attacks mid air. The Blaster Stance, you can mix in shots in melee combos, even shoot charge shots mid combo, even parry, guard, attack while charging your shots, if you change the charge shot to stun, you could stun a group after force wrenching them together, switch to an aoe focused stance then wipe them out at the same time, blaster stance is also quite good at messing with some bosses, doing charge shots while they're knocked down while closing the gap, lunging and doing an energized flurry to refill the whole clip, and parrying with the point blank skill. if you're only using the blaster stance as a stay away option to attack enemies, you're playing it wrong.

I feel like I consistently do more damage with blaster stance compared to cross guard on single enemies. just weave in shots with the attack combo. I imagine dmg will be much higher with the right perks

Double blade gang!! I beat the whole game on Jedi master with it and was so good and a ton of fun. I focused solely on using it so I could try and master it and I really feel like I learned how to use it effectively in every scenario. Took a lot of time, but worth it. People say it’s not great in 1 on 1, but used the right way it can be great.

The double blade and crossguard are my favourite. Had so much fun playing with these two stances

I think it's funny how everyone thinks dual-wield stance is the best because you can cancel out of attacks with a block. The reason they did this wasn't as a strength, they did it to prevent the style from being utterly unusable. Each attack input has two swings in it, so the ability to cancel out of an attack is just necessary. It isn't even necessarily a strength because the block won't even activate until you've already done one swing already, similar to other styles.

Blaster stance is quicker than dual wield. If you look at it, it follows fencing 🤺 like how dooku uses his saber.

They streamlined quite a bit in the single-bladed stance. Just from a gameplay perspective, I used it probably more than any other stance. It's a huge amount of fun. I usually ended up with single-blade and dual blade as my general defaults.

Crossguard and double-blade are my two stances. Each shines in different scenarios. Magnaguards just melt under the crossguard...they barely even get a chance to take a swing.

Crossguard is great, but I actually found the skill ceiling to be too low. Because the attacks are so slow, there’s few chances to get hits in between enemy strikes and parrying/dodging. Players just end up partying and dodging a whole combo and then counter attacking when the enemy is vulnerable. I’d argue the single saber and the dual wield have a higher skill ceiling because you can find gaps in enemy combos to slip in an extra attack. Combat flows smoother and faster with this style, and it feels like you’re always chasing some form of perfect balance of attacking and parrying/dodging. Way more fun imo

I finished the main quest a few days ago. I struggled a bit with the stances until I got the blaster. At first I didn't feel right or fluid but a couple of hours in blaster got the main spot thruout the entire rest of the game. Blaster is a must once you get it and should be the first to top on experience points. After that I play a little bit with different stances on the 2nd slot and the Doble bladed took the spot for the rest of the game. So, what worked best for me was blaster + Doble bladed, except on boss fights when I prefer blaster + crossguard. I'm now "exploring the galaxy" trying to not let a stone unturned and make 100% on every map before I go to journey + where I plan to use other stances just for fun.

Dual stance is the only stance where you can cancel the attack. In any attack use block after the first swing (which is very fast) Cal will block using the second lightsaber and cancel the attack. It's the most aggressive one

I like to mix using some of the quicker stances like double blade because it’s so good with croissants and if you’re fighting a boss you use the double blade or the dual wield to protect and wear down and when ever you get an opening just wail on them with either. Or I use cross guard and blaster, I use blaster with ricochet for crowds and to help with bosses and beat them up with the cross guard, it is more difficult but it makes the game more fun with the difficulty of it.

While playing this game, I used the single blade as a "end all be all". If I was struggling against something with other stances, I'd pull it out and wipe the floor with whatever I was struggling with, then put it away.

This guy: "don't use single blade" Single blade: *Is the most versatile and consistent out of all the options, and doesn't come with jank like the really long un-cancellable animations of double-blade or crossguard*

The cross guard stance is better for those who wield the force a lot. You definitely would have to be one of those Kylo Ren style fighters. I am not really a blaster type of guy, but it is the quickest way to get rid of those pesky one hitter quitter’s, so you can get down to business with a bigger boys.

My first playthrough I used blaster heavily closing the gap and pinning down an enemy until their stance was broken or near broken, then following it up with a blaster/sabre combo

My first playthrough is in GM, and I almost exclusively use split saber because I can cancel my attacks. Now I think I understand why I’ve been having a hard time with this game, I didn’t know that the parry time was more strict with it. I also used Crossguard for a while for the challenge, and I used blaster up until recently for my secondary, where I replaced it for double to use against crowds and blasters.

Love the video and your analysis can you tell me your outfit and saber costumization ?

For me i use the Double blade and the crossguard. However for Main bosses i use the duel wield as it has attack cancel and it means you have a little bit of time to parry if you go to attack but the boss is also attacking

If you wait for an opening with the cross guard stance with the purge troopers, you can easily overwhelm them with the sheer force of your blows

Single and cross guard for me. Do love the double blade as well. But like you said I think for immersion the single is perfect.

Is double bladed and blaster stance a good combo?

I just wish I could have 3 stances available at a time, I find myself swapping Dual and Blaster out alot now, Crossguard my number one tho

I love using the blaster and crossguard stances. They made the game for me honestly so much fun. Also i almost always go for heavy builds and big swords in games like the soulslike ones 😅

I think the blaster stance is the best cause it has the parry shot, but also it has two perks strictly for it, marksmanship which increases it’s shot power and ambidextrous which increases lightsaber damage after you shoot once, and blaster has ricochet or stun shot that can eliminate crowds real fast when put together with those two perks

When I saw in the trailer that 2 swords could be used, I was hyped. When I played it I realized that it was horribly done, the animations never complete and it has an ability for people with skill issues

I’ve been rockin’ the double blade since I got it at the beginning, paired with the dual wield and then after I got the crossguard I tried it out and enjoyed it so I switched out dual wield for the crossguard and I’m probably gonna stick with these til the end of the game as well as NG+ the blaster stance I think is only really useful if you want to xp grind but I wouldn’t recommend doing it unless you want to just unlock all your skills early.

Im doing it like this. while playing story and running in to bosses i use Blaster and dual wield. when just exploring i like the double and cross. I didnt like using blaster together whit cross. Also i dont know if this is for controller players but i find it a lot more ez to time my parrys on jedi GM than on easy. So ppl try Jedi GM if it feels of on easy.

Cross guard and Dual wield on my first play through, was pretty challenging on master, think I'm gonna try blaster and double bladed

I was never a huge fan of the cross guard saber. But surprisingly in the game it fits my play style perfectly.

I was exactly in the same mindset about the cross guard always go for speed on mele games but towards the end of the game It wound up growing on me. I maxed out the duel wield first and kind of put the double bladed on the back burner before getting its abilities but it’s easily the best stance abilities even more fun then the duel wield. Duel wield is good when your learning to parry

I re-specced a few times throughout the game, but I kept coming back to both double blade and crossguard

my favorite build is blaster + Crossguard. Blaster rips up most situations with the ricochet charged shots for groups, or standard shots to break the guard of lone elite enemies / bosses. Crossguard's critical blaster deflection skill basically instant kills swarms of blaster enemies and AT-ST's (which the blaster stance doesn't work against sometimes), and is handy for fighting skritons on Jeddah, (Skritons are blaster proof so blaster stance is useless against skiritons)

I’ve been using crossguard for single targets and double-blade for crowds and it’s great

I imagine the crossguard stance synergizes well with that perk that increases the damage of the lightsaber attack directly after using a force ability. As that perk only applies to a single hit, you get the most out of it with a heavy hitting weapon. So slam the enemy into the ground or make him float, then whack him with the big sword. Only thing I don't like about that stance is that it feels too heavy for a lightsaber. I'm okay with it being slower and more deliberate than the other stances, but I think they went a bit far.

The blaster stance has a slow swing because you can put blaster shots in between them. There’s a skill that knocks enemies with a blaster when they are about to attack. When an enemy attacks you while doing the swing and blast combo, there’s a chance that they’ll knock back. Saved me a couple of times.

Crossguard is the best IMO. I love that it mostly ignore the block meter. Just power thru enemies. You have to time it right. I use Crossguard and dual wield for the most part. But i have been using the blaster stance in place of the crossguard from time to time. The blaster stance is crazy strong too.

Love the double blade for blaster defense. I always have it on me.

Oof, big oof on your take on the blaster stance. It doesn't struggle at all in close range, I use it all the time with multiple enemies around because that first thrust in the combo is so fast and allows you to dodge very quickly after you hit. You need to be aware of the enemies and what they're doing when you decide to attack, so you don't get hit, otherwise you're going to have a problem no matter what stance you use. That is especially true for the crossguard, and I main crossguard since I unlocked it, as I have the blaster stance. Also crossguard is better in its own way against blaster enemies, especially droidekas. I tried using double bladed stance against them, and ran out of stamina before I even got their shields down. But with crossguard, thanks to the skill that enhances the bolt that you deflect, I can kill a single droideka by deflecting 4 of the bolts with the crossguard, and that's on grandmaster. Also the blaster stance is far better against large beasts. I can get free damage in at the start of the fight with blaster, and sneak hits in while I dodge their attacks. It makes most of the large beasts on jedha and koboh a breeze on grandmaster. For a whole group of enemies, there's no contest using the force ability to pull them in (left trigger + right trigger) and then using the crossguard sweep attack (block + attack) to shred the enemies around you. For groups of b1 droids with blasters, a strong force push is enough to kill 10+ of them in one hit. Crossguard is better against B2 droids, as it will stagger them so they can't get off their charged shot, and it does more damage than if you deflected their bolts with double bladed. So all around I found the crossguard with blaster stance to have coverage for every fight.

"There's no point using single blade cause it was in the first game." Bruh what?

Your have more defense with the crossguard, so i think you are meant to focus on parrying and only attacking when you broke their guard or is sure the enemy is done with their combo

Play all stances except single, stance i have the most time with would probably be the blaster because it's like elegant Count dooku style but with a gun and crossguard just needs you to get good

I’m sorry but I got to point this out whenever I here the draw “Jack of all trades master of none” used the full quote is “ a Jack of all trades master of none is still better than a master of one”

Double blade is GOATED used it my entire playthrough. Good damage, great crowd control, awesome abilities when you upgrade and like he mentioned amazing defense

THERE IS NO *WRONG* STANCE! 🤦🏻 Once you unlock more and more abilities , they are all great. I used double-blade, and crossblade the majority of my first playthrough, with some single in the beginning. Now I'm using blaster and dual weild and guess what? It's just as fun! WHAT A SHOCKER! 😂 Anyone who thinks blaster is just for cheesing your way through Oggdo/Rancor fights clearly needs more practice.

I pretty much only used the single bladed stance. The most acrobatic style, works best for form 4 lightsaber use.

As someone that has used crossguard for 4 playthroughs so far , i can tell you that the baton-purge troopers , are some of the easiest opponents. Just gotta let them be aggressive , and the moment their block meter is down , you 1shot them.

I'm using the blaster and crossguard stances, simply because i want a more unorthodox gameplay (from a traditional jedi standpoint) and the constant switching between the crossguard and blaster between combos has made me unstoppable, ngl the blaster is the worst of all the stances for close range attacks, but thats where the the power of the crossguard comes into play. All this being on jedi grand master.

Say what you will but double blade might be the best offensive stance as well if you're patient and know the animation times. Those hold-square attacks are so fun to watch and pull off

In cross guard jumping than using standard attack is much faster than trying to use standard attack

Am I the only one that rocks a single blade?

The one change I'd like to the gameplay is cycling thru your unlocked stances with l/r on the d-pad or numpad on keyboard.

There is no "WRONG" stance, there is only a disturbing lack of faith.

Me personally i like to use dual blades with cross guard because they cover each others weaknesses dual sabers are weak blocking stamina so when i need to block and pary a lot of blasters cross guard will last but when there's a lot of melee enemy dual blades definitely help me get in and out but for slower enemys or if an enemys guard has been broken leaving them stuned potentially getting a couple swings in with crossguard destroying there health

Double + Single seems to be the most balanced way to play for me. Boss fights, Crossguard + dual wield seems to be the best. Dually for parry ability and wearing down block meter, Crossguard for damage, and Crossguard seems to have better defense/easier parrying.

It’s the least novel of all of them but single blade can do anything. My first play thru I went single blade and blaster style the whole time and did just fine- was on Jedi knight difficulty though so idk if a higher difficulty might require you to switch it up more

Dual wield stance is better than you think, it can guard cancel at any time so you can be as aggressive as you want.

Single stance abilities compliment force combos very well.

I like the cross guard because it looks good asf during the fight cutscenes

I wish i could pause to change my stances mid battle or equip 3 stances😅 but i guess its just a skill issue on my part lol

The wrong stance? Nah, Ima use whatever stance I think is fun lol.

The Crossguard stance is HIGHLY effective at breaking down guards quickly, especially against bosses. It's got the best defence stats of all the stances...

I don't like double-bladed because of long animations, short range and the lack of mobility. Personal preference - dual-wield, blaster. Crossguard is a pleasure to work with against slower, more powerful enemies.

Not a fan of the crossguard (too slow), not a big fan of dual wield (not enough defence), blaster stance however has grown on me cos I've noticed the very quick thrust move Cal does can actually cancel some enemies unblockable (red) attacks. Double blade is definitely the best all rounder though aside from the obvious single blade (which at this point must seem a bit boring!)

Idk much about star wars I just really enjoy the games, but the crossguard doesn't make sense as a lightsaber stance. Like a claymore is swung with wide heavy swings because the blade is extremely heavy, i dont see how cals lightsaber suddenly gains an extra 50lbs

My go to stance is the cross because it’s slower giving me some more time to think

I’ve been using dual and cross guard now I’m talking a break and using blaster

Crossguard veing significantly slower than the rest and most abilities requiring force by far has the steepest learning curve, but once learnt melts bosses.

Playing my first go on the difficulty below grand master and i run dual wield and cross guard. Its so much fun.

Dual wield and crossguard were my go to.

I save the single or double blade for boss fights. I use the blaster stance strictly for immersion.

Cross Guard takes an absolute dump on the hammer bros in the raider faction particularly if you open with that heavy overhead chop (first skill you get). That either full breaks their guard or nearly breaks it so you just use like one basic attack to open them up then follow with your Force heavy on Triangle/Y button which throws them half the time. Can also Force lift them and do the charged throw to ravage them hard. Most of this also applies to Dark Trooper Sentries but instead of big staggers you like one shot their arms off. Between those two enemy types, the BX Hybrids and BX Melees and the Raider Elites or Purge Troopers with the staves and even the Magna-Guards you can straight bully the harder enemies with Cross guard and put them all down fast. Then switch to Dual Blade[d] or Blaster [for] anything that's not a heavy elite.

3:00 when a beast like this lights up blue, use your Force Push There's a reason they light up blue instead of red :)

Blaster + double-bladed is like easy mode. Blaster for single-target, double-bladed for multi-target. It made Jedi Knight so easy that the contrast to being locked to single lightsaber against that certain Sith Lord on Jedha made me rageswitch down to story mode for that boss only.

Went through the entire game with dual wield and double blade. I will probably do NG+ with single blade and double blade.

I am the great cross guard Jedi and what I have to say is it is the best stance but only if you put in the time to master it the only time cross guard can go wrong is against multiple strong enemies like magnaguards and hammer guys but use the wrenching pull and sundering swipe for a great combo against fast enemies