Counterintuitive to historical precedent, their long reach makes them easily the best horseback melee weapons normally available to the player.

This can make them less potent in the late game against groups, although they remain powerful against single opponents.

As bladed weapons, longswords also lose much of their damage potential against heavily armored opponents.

This can prove a problem early on when the player isn't yet capable of brewing Nighthawk. Since they are also held in the off hand, torches also can't be used with longswords without sacrificing attack speed and combo ability.It also requires the player to be more precise with perfect block and master-strike timings. This can be a problem against groups which contain archers as the player has no passive defense against their projectiles. The main disadvantage of longswords is their very poor synergy with shields.On the flipside, failing to execute combos can remove a lot of their damage potential, which becomes an increasing problem in the late game. Indeed, they have several combos which only require three strikes instead of four, making them harder for enemies to interrupt. Longswords possess by far the most numerous and versatile combos of any weapon class.This is especially effective if the player holds the stab button until the enemy is locked in an attack animation too far away to hit him. Such enemies may simply be stabbed at to keep at bay, or baited into a premature attack which Henry may attack into without being countered. The impressive reach of longswords makes them naturally strong against small groups of less armored opponents.It also has the longest range out of any type of melee weapon, except for the polearms. This type of sword requires strength and is balanced between stabbing and slashing damage. And although you are not able to perform longsword combos, you are however still able to perform one-handed sword combos that work with shields. Longswords are a type of weapon in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which are held in both hands, however, though you can use both longswords at the same time as a shield or a torch, the speed at which you swing the sword is slower.

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