The normal form is wielded with one hand. It has a damage boost against enemies vulnerable to righteous weapons which is active both in primary and secondary modes. His range is increased and he becomes harder to hit as he stands up more, limiting the area you can hit him in. Ludwig had a very different approach to hunting beasts than his predecessors in the Workshop had: Do not ignore the populous, arm the populous.
Paladin gets the regular, long sword version while Dark Knight gets the trick weapon part where you use the giant sheath as a blade. If you use the Heavy Metal Longswor you can dye the cross guard. Jump to: navigation, search. HOWEVER ludwigs blade is also rather strong with his hand form being fine and hand form being able to stun alot of bigger enemys with ots rhit.
Its a matter of preference, upgrades and simply getting used to its advantages. MUCH better than arcane with the Ludwig blade. My hunter axe has already been upgraded times and I have two blood gems equipped on it. Im current level with skill and strength and my main weapon i saw cleaver.
My question is does it go well into late game(its lvl now),should i keep fortyfing it or farm blood echoes for the ludwigs sword or maybe some other weapon. Secon the weapon is capable of inflicting an amazing amount of its damage.