Drang Hammers | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Infused these with a blessed gem to clear out skeletons in NG+, and they're as fun as heck. Very weak because I only have 9 faith, but they stagger everything and I finally get to cosplay as a graveyard xylophonist.

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With dedication and patience, you can +10 heavy infuse these bad boys before even fighting Abyss Watchers. First thing you need to do is obtain them at Cathederal of the Deep (by which point you should be able to +3 them). After that, since you're now at the Cathedral, just step into the Ashes of Ariandel DLC and score some Large T-Shards. The 2 Greatwolf encounters should net you an easy 6 Large Shards, with a few more to be found at the Corvian Settlement, and 2 back at the Cathedral (killing both giants for 1 each). The earliest Slab you can get is also in Ariandel, obtained by descending into the Depths of the Painting, killing the tree lady at the very end of the chasm (the one guarding Snap Freeze) and climbing two sets of ladders. With your hammers now +6, and hopefully some Human Pine Resin gathered along your journey, you can beat the Dancer to death with her 2 greatest weaknesses: Dark and Strike damage. Once you get past her, just rush in and gather 12 Chunks from both Lothric Castle and Consumed King's Garden to get your hammers to +9, and immediately +10. Now you're ready to shake your murder maracas at the entire game like it's Dia de los Muertos. You can do this for almost any weapon that can be upgraded to +10.

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Loving these in PVE. Speed, strike damage, poise break. They actually go well with left and right pontiff rings.

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Not the best weapon, but it sure is fun. I like to use this with the executioner set and the thrall hood

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If you dont enjoy Morning Star or Spiked Hammer, but you want to Perm-stun Demons, Skelettons and Cath-Knights <3

great with Blessed vs Revive, Int/Faith Infusions or Buffs ;)

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I had trouble with Gael with my int/fth build. Upgraded these bad boys to raw +10 and used frozen weapon. Probably one of the best weapons to use against him since you can throw in many hits in between his attacks. Way better than my chaos Lothric Knight sword.

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His boink levels are over 9,000 ! - The Skeletons in the catacombs when I roll up with my +10 blessed infused Maracas

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I like calling those Las Maracas

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WA R2 followup has hyper armor btw

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used these bonkers on a quality build and had full lothrick knight set and spear on my back to help whith poise and roll punish.....all i can say is that i fell bad for some of the peaple that i demolished.

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So I decided to roll with these on my SL46 invader build and they are working very well.

I did find out unfortunately that the timing of the hits lines up perfectly with the medium shield parry frames when bads try to spam parry.

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best physical infusion for AR?

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I've found this to be a very rewarding weapon when infused with a heavy gem on a high strength build, although it's range is pretty stubby. Good complementary weapon to something like the Exile's Greatsword when you want a faster swing or need the strike damage.

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is it possible to parry this? i can parry twin spears guy but not the one with hammers

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Pretty sure this is the strongest "death combo" in the entire game. Does more damage than Gael's, Splitleaf, Old Wolf, Harald, Gotthard's, and even Sellswords. I shudder at the thought of this weapon in the hands of a hyper-goat.

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Since no one talk about PvE: These things not only have a good dammage output but can also consistently poise-break the Anor Londo Silver knights, making them unable to do anything so if you hit hard enough or have enough stamina you can stun-lock them in a combo where they can't do anything.
Yes other weapons can also easily poise break these specific mobs, yes the Silver Knights have a lot of poise but not THAT much, however the Drang Hammers are (as far as I know) the only strenght scaling weapon that can do that and still be considered on the faster side of this kind of weapon.

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Great for ravaging through the catacombs

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On a Sharp infusion with 35 DEX, these things are still a beast. 700~ish damage on light armor and 500~ish on heavy ones, all the while stunning them physically and psychologically. It won't have much poise even compared to other maces that can also do perseverance WA, but you simply play it like a DEX weapon and by crafty/unpredictable in your approach. A bonk by any other name, but 2 bonks together are better.

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Even when sharp infused at 35 DEX, you'll still be hitting like a train. +700 damage to light armor & around 550 damage to the heaviest.

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One hand these, infused it with lighting or buff it. And you got tonitrus.

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I made a build called Cuban Pete with this... WORTH IT!

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You could use any other hammer to get the *BONK*
But these boys? They give you the *BONK BONK*

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Me after playing DS3 for 400 hours: I think I want to try a character who uses the Drang Hammers! *discovers they're easy mode for PvE* Oh.

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Because these knights descending from Drangleic both wield a weapon in each hand, I like to think that this references the power-stance mechanic that was unique to Dark Souls 2

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More dmg, reach than sell swords.. slower but not slow slow.. utilize the slight step forward on the first L1... I enjoy these a lot.. understand I'm biased though as I feel duel weird weapons are the best in pvp... Don't be to predictable as parry bait and your good.. mix in r1, backstab attempts and parry shots of your own.. delay attacks against parry fishers.. keep em nervous.. if just 1 hammer connects on the L1 you have the combo.. and sometimes just commiting with the leaps of the WA alone with no initial contact makes people respect these things space... Which imo space control and various burst dmg is the truth to pvp.. how you get it is the fun parts

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Go to horny jail. BONK!

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What is the best way to use these weapons in PvP? They look fun, but their slow speed and lack of hyper armor can makes it feel difficult to hit people. At least when I finally do hit someone it hurts

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Prepare for rapid bonks

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Not bad when you want to crowd spears and halberd users, but don't expect to win any trades with these

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This weapon would have good if the L1s actually had hyper armor like every other hammer.

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These are a “pocket weapon” on a refined build. Just make sure you cast perseverance from a ceastus before attacking. It’s hammer class but even when two handed it still only counts as 1 h in terms of poise. Try them in LH 1 with Lothric Knight spear in RH 1, a ceastus in RH 2, and another ceastus or parry shield in LH 2. Or be a robot and hard swap, whatever your thing is

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On a dedicated build, what infusion should I use (not elemental)

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They don’t have hyper armor but behold, L1,L2,R2 is one of the strongest combos in the game. The only weapon that pulls of as much damage with the benefit of poise frames is the splitleaf but that’s DLC pay to win

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Just like the drang set has no poise, these have super low hyperarmor. Also it's cool how drangelic weapons are powerstanced, it's like miyazaki is spitting on the grave of the B team's coolest idea

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Anybody doing a battle cleric build with this weapon?

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I've recently started using these. Really fun weapon, but in PvP I seem to have to rely on L1 dash attacks a lot. Seems to come out significantly faster than the neutral L1, and occasionally the L2 to set up a combo. Still learning how to use the weapon well.

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I too would like hyper armor on the L1, but think about how strong these are when you actually catch somebody in a combo... they would have to lessen the damage or range or get rid of its combo capabilities to constitute such a large buff. I honestly think it would be worth it since its so efficient with buffs.

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These things are really fun. But the L1s are in desperate need of hyper armor frames. Fighting anyone using a SS or something is a nightmare because you have less range, no hyper armor, and it will always be a trade you won't win. I think if it had enough hyper armor to Poise through light weapons it would be fine. But ah, these things are almost obsolete against any fast weapon.

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The spears are better in my opinion. Do more than damage than these hammers, and look better as well. Also they can't roll catch for S%^t

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Took me forever to realize that these are Drangleic weapons, which is why they're powerstanced.

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definitely not the best weapon in the game, but the moveset looks cool and they are fun to use.

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sharp balls for dex builds. because fuck you that's why.

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While they are really easy to parry, you can abuse this weakness and make it an advantage. Many players will probably try and parry these weapons, so all you have to do is charge at them, make them think you're gonna do a running attack, and then run behind them and backstab them while they're stuck in the parrying animation. Being unpredictable is the key to success!

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these break lore because everything that wasnt by daddy miyazaki isnt canon obviously

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Fixed the damage tables a bit. Removed fire damage from crystal infusion, swapped poison and bleed infusions.

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Every infusion seems to have a good scaling parameter... raw, heavy, sharp or refined it doesn't matter... the damage is always high and can even be buffed.. I've not tested it in pvp though, although it looks like a pvp oriented weapon.

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table has it wrong i think.. bleed infusion deals poison damage and poiosn infusion deals blood? i think its the other around..:)

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Even though it's easy to parry, you can use that weakness to your advantage. Be unpredictable with your attacks; don't attack where you normally would, and attack where you normally wouldn't, and then just backstab them or something while they're in the parry animation.

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So the Crystal infusion gives fire damage?

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I love these *****ers, but I feel they need SOME hyper armor, not a ***** ton, but the weapon art doesn't even have any...:T still I love these weapons

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Best when Refined at 40/40.

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Did the buff improve these?

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A "Double" Standard?

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Dual tonitrus

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40/40 str/dex refined = 420 ARMaracas are dankest weapon confirmed

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I'm impressed about this weapon, very efficient bot on PVP and PVE. Amazing L2 + R2; no joking around while facing these two powersticks!

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I'm in love

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Just started using this mean pair of baby rattles and I must say I am thoroughly impressed. I have a +9 Shortsword for comparison, which does about 250~ dmg per swing in PvE, but these weapons deal a little less than that per hammer AND a stun on the 2nd R1 hit. As for PVP, exchanging hits with these is no joke, dishing 400 dmg easily when buffed. But the scary part about it is the WA, a gross prospect to consider as a whole. In PvE it's the best WA I've seen in dealing damage. But in PvP you get to see it shine and do its thing. Unlike other WAs that propel you forward, its follow-up R2 is a tad slower. You might think this is bad, but it actually catches most people off-guard. In most cases the initial L2 will miss when the opponent rolls away, but the follow-up R2 (if timed in the middle of the opponent's roll I-frames) allows the weapon's tracking to get back on target so that it catches them dead-on at the end of the roll. If they only roll once, they get punished with a pair of lead weights to the face. If they counter you will a rolling attack, 50/50 it goes 2 ways; on one hand, their counter doesn't reach or hit you 1st then you catch them immediately after when they are vulnerable, while on the other, you hit each other and you walk away from that exchange of hits obviously better off HP-wise. But what's truly sickening is if you can get all of the L2+R2 to hit. That trainwreck deals over 800 dmg when buffed. Like a hot knife through cold butter.

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Drang is supposed to be short for Drangleic, right?

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Straight Swords for standard/thrust Vs naked and light enemies, Hammers for those Heavy armor wearers and skeletons, the staggering is insane.

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I finally tried this weapon against the Carthus Swordsman Skeletons which puts them in their place by causing them to crumble into an extended stun which you can chain over and over until their dead. Thank Jeebus. Those guys are a ***** to fight with any kind of sword.

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Using these in a 50 strength build. I've only got hem at +8 right now but a full L1+L2+R2 combo does over 1000 emanate which is pretty insane Granted, it is pretty hard to pull off without your opponent rolling it

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who ever changed the item description in the wiki to this: "Paired hammers of Ringo Starr, descendant from the band who let it be.When the beatles disbanded, they scattered across the lands as solo artists. They quickly became known for shieldless, aggressive tactics that struck fear in the hearts of men.Skill: Spin BashBash foes with a large spinning motion, and utilize the power of rock to transition into an overhanded strong attack smash."