Glaive | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Fun fact: glaive (the hyperpop singer) actually got his name from this exact weapon while playing DS3. It gets even more exhilarating when you consider how this is more of a bardiche rather than an actual glaive, lmao. But don't misunderstand me, that guy is awesome!

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"A bardiche or berdiche ("long poleaxe") is a type of glaive polearm.." - Military history fandom

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how did fromsoft manage to name the bardiche a completely different type of weapon TWICE

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This weapon used to be my go-to in dark souls 1 couldn't find it in dark souls 2 but it is also my go-to and dark souls 3 it's sharp has a lot of range and plus infused with a heavy gem that's decent amount of damage for PVE and PVP so in other words this weapon will kill

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Fun fact: Bardiches were originally designed for use with muskets. Look up an image of it online

That means that the dark souls universe canonically had guns this entire time

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Had an awful lots of fun with this thing. Performs fairly well on Heavy Strength build. Long reach, decent AR, and even has a true R1>WA>R1 combo because why not.
Only negatives: weights like a bag of bricks and consumes stamina to match.

Personal note: for some reason i really get off from the fact that it deals Slash damage. There's something deeply sadistic about watching the raw iron blade hit my targets, i can basically FEEL how the thing bites into them.

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Works wonders on a quality build, 508 AR with a 40/40 build.

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This is a solid refined weapon, gets 508 AR with a 40/40 build. It's reach and moveset make it one of my favorites.

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One of the best Strength PVP weapons in the game. Reach, speed, hyper armor, hard to dodge 2H R2, and the damage isn't bad either.

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gundyr's halberd dollar store edition

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You know what, this looks fun.
I'll do a playthrough just using it.

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Goddamnit, why tf do they have to have such a crappy hitbox on these? It's been the same since freaking DS1, i *want* to use this, it should have good range, the NUMBERS say it has higher damage than my greatsword but STILL it does 195 when it SAYS that it should be doing 361 because of that goddamn finicky ass hitbox, "oh no you hit the enemy with the handle! You gotta hit juat right with the blade everytime!" I see mother****ers hitting people while right next to them with a ultragreatsword! The freaking hilt is the first part of the aword that comes into contact but they get to do full damage!? Fromsoft, fix this **** come elden ring.

Or why bother having polearms on the game even? I see nobody using them.

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If you use this in PvP and you have gundyr's Halberd as a hot swap you can trick a lot of people dude to the similarities.

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Ds1 called it a Glaive. Ds2 called it a Scythe. And now Ds3 calls it a Glaive yet again. There was a similar looking weapon in Demon Souls called a War Scythe. What do y'all think Elden Ring will call it?

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"And you call it a glaive despite the fact that it's obviously a bardiche."

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Definitely an overlooked weapon, due to it being not uniquely named, locked behind 3000 souls + a boss fight, and just not looking very interesting. A few friends and I did run a Discord Glaive club in post-Pontiff tonight, though, and it was actually super fun! Everyone had theirs customised, with one person even using it on a mage build with the Magic Weapon buff. The winner was a sunbro who used an offhand Estoc, and they knew their timing with stun and wake-up hits like a MASTER. I'd love to do it again sometime, if any of them read this!

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DS1 and DS2: its a scythe
DS3: i am smarter than my siblings... this is clearly a glaive

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You've made a glaive mistake...

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best pvp weapon in the game. pretty mediocre pve tho

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I've tried out this thing recently, good stuff.

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Far superior than BKG and i don't understand why so much love for BKG, i understand the BKG R2 is cool but being unable to buff the weapon just make Glaive far superior.

Heavy is the best infusion, this weapon is hight dependant of the WA, if you are not the type that use WA, just use the Winged Knight Halberd or Crescent Axe (coz at refined 40/40, with WA you gain more AR than normal Glaive)

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ITS A BARDICHE

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only reason I ever used this **** for is a Glaivemaster Hodir build. 10/10 would recommend (please help me it doesn’t get any more hollow than this come on daddy Miyazaki drop that Elden ring trailer already)

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Nobody ever use this weapon.

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Splitleaf for chads who don't level dex

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*glaive is just brown gundyr's halberd*

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Well, it does damage when you hit someone with it, so I'd say it's pretty good

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I love this on my twink build

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I mean...it's a glaive

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guys I don't about you but this is *clearly* a scythe

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I've picked this up for a change and I'm finding the weapon art combos aren't working. R1>L1>R1 people can block the last R1 if they have a shield, R1>L1>R2 can be rolled out of before the last part of the R2. The latter combo being nerfed seems well known, but everyone seems to think R1>L1>R1 still works, but it doesn't.

I was maining this yesterday as an Aldritch Faithfull (lvl40 +7) and I couldn't get up the ladder at the water reserve without being summoned first. Game is not dead.

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I miss my twinblades

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Why in the blue blazes was this, a weapon in the halberd class, called Scythe in the previous games?

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This is not a hlaive. That notch makes it a bardiche. Gundyr's weapon is a better example of a bardiche too.

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Is it just me, or is there a problem with the range on the jump attack? (Having severe problems with crystal lizards)

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please better scaling w lightning & other elemental infusions please

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Why i dont see so much people with the glave or others Halberds, i think they are great, good damage, moveset and range.

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I main this on my SL20 PvP build. Does 217 damage at +2 Raw with minimal investment (12 strength/11 dex if two handed, run knights ring if you need to use it one handed). Buff with magic weapon for an extra 85 AR and this thing is beastly. Gives you a nice reach advantage over the Astora straight sword and Uchigatana users you'll be facing, and the weapon art is deadly.

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Is it better for STR builds? Looks like it has better scaling for STR

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for anyone wondering this is actually called a bardiche.

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I gave her the ashes after killing the thief , but she dosent sell the glaive..

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You nerfed my baby but you don't fix your *****ing game ***** OFF FROM

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What is the AR of 40 str and 40 dex +10 refine please, with a cherry on top?

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Might need to send him on a search or two first.

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is this not a Bardiche?

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Andre can't infuse this weapon with ightning gem, but he can do it for fire, magic, etc. Bug?

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this weapon has an amazing moveset, has anyone tried this at +10?

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So is this weapon geared more towards strength? In the upgrade screen, only the strength scaling turns blue.

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Did the devs mess up again by calling it something different again? I remember this weapon being called a scythe in 1 and 2. Are they changing the name to a glaive, when it's supposed to be a Bardiche?

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