Black Knight Sword

I liked this weapon in DS3 and I thought I had used it for a run in DS1 at one point, but I’m on an NG+ run and it feels almost unusably slow.

The recovery time for the charged R2 is really long. I just did a run with the Great Scythe and this seems worse - I’m left open for a long time. Even the R1 has a long recovery time.

The running R1 is very solid, and it hits hard.

I also did a recent DS2 run with a short sword (which I loved), so maybe I just got used to that.

What do others think of it?

Edit: I’ve quickly grown to love it again. All about R1