omg you play elden ring too. thats so cool. have u checked out the great katanas yet??
I like them well enough, but I don't think I'd dedicate a build to them. They have that middle ground where they don't quite swing fast enough (or maybe it's the delay between attacks) to justify how not-crunchy their hits feel to me. I suppose I might like them better if I played Longsword in Monster Hunter.
The beast claws and hand-to-hand arts are probably my favorite additions.