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Reject LKS, return to Long Sword

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the broadsword sl1 virgin vs the longsword sl1 chad

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the broadsword sl1 virgin vs the longsword sl1 chad

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I'll take this over broadsword for sl1 run. Only 13 less ar, but it has better range and those pokes are just too damn good.

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The good old Longsword. My main weapon in all of the Souls games except for DS1 (I used the Balder Side Sword).

It has always served my well. My ol' reliable.

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Great replacement for broadsword if youre dumb like me and sold it ...

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ds2 mace's successor

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Beat all 3 DS games with this weapon. Nothing fancy for me.

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Broken straight sword better

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hands down one of the best weapons in the game

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THIS my friend is your good old reliable.
Is good no mather of build.
Got big ass weapon for strength but enemie rolling or running too fast? Just do quick swap. Got magic but need some self protection for no mana cost? its there for you. You wanna build dex build but wanna focus bit more on health and little bit on magic? Raw crystal and good to go.
This weapon is by no means the best. Nor most exciting and fanciest one in dark souls. But it's doing its job how it should be doing. Doing good. Not fantastic, but good. If you don't wanna use this weapon it's fine and understandable, but you should at least consider having it as back up option. You never know when you gonna need good speed with solid dmg.

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Straight Swords 3

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One of the best and most flexible weapons in the entire series, no matter what game it appears in. Perfect for Quality builds, as a sidearm for magic builds, and even a backup option for Dex or Strength-based builds. Do yourself a favor and use one of these (or a Lothric Knight Sword, either works) for any of a variety of reasons.

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Just upgraded on of these reliable gems to +9 with dark infusion its physical atk is 113 at C scaling and it has 118 base dark damage with A scaling in int and faith instead of B as shown in the table. Im at 60 faith and It gives me + 143 in dark damage. Just wanted to point out.

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If you’re watching this, kindly please help me share this and invite any ds3 enthusiast you known to this new fight club, your little effort would be much appreciated.
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Welcome to the Gael’s Sunset Arena, the most beautiful map in the entire series, the last arena at the End of World.
I will await you there, in the End of the World, and we shall fight eternal, shiny and incandescence.
LONG MAY THE DARK SOULS COMMUNITY LIVE

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Simple in presentation; limitless in application. A conquerer's weapon; in your hands.

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The Saw Blade of DS3.

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My favourite weapon to take down Midir. Like: hey dragon, look on my toothpick

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I hate all of you, dex users!!! F off!!!

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If only it was shiny like the dsr and ds2 versions. And while I understand the reason, I really wish its blade was clean as well.

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Perfect weapon for ANY build.

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My dumbass gathered titanite to +10 one of these and infuse it with hollow for my str/luck character. It was days before I remembered Anri's sword exists

Anyway if Dark Souls was Smash Bros, Longsword would be Mario. Might seem a bit boring with all the other options, but it can take you all the way to the top. It has the speed, power, range, and versatility to handle just about any situation

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Hollow Gaming

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The gold standard in perfectly balanced phallic weapons that naturally seeks a confident alpha male. Beta's go for the longer but girthless lothric straight sword. Inferior stock gravitate to the chode-like broadsword that can only thrust in one style that is telegraphed and predictable. The Longsword is like a true classic. It never goes out of style. Even if you stray from it with a murky dagger build or the lapp armored hunk with an irithyll curved sword, the Longsword isn't jealous and partial. It serves everyone and will be there when you inevitably decide to take it back. No matter your build.

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Makes an excellent melee weapon for a Pyromancer due to its low stat requirements, relatively high attack speed and excellent scaling with either Chaos or Dark infusion.

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Can never go wrong with the longsword and claymore

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Best weapon in the mf game my niqqa

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S in faith you say?

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There's a space in the name unless it's infused. For example Long Sword becomes Refined Longsword. Isn't that neat and definitely not confusing or arbitrary?

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Only dumb fat Casuls would use such a trash weapon!
PKCS is so much better!
Real Pros and skilled players only ever use PKCS, the best weapon gaming history!

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This versus Lothric Knight sword?

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In baseball terms this is the guy who bats .270 hits 25 home runs and has 85 rbi. He’s not great at one thing specifically but he is able to do pretty much everything.

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Do yourself a favor and use the PKCS instead. This weapon is garbage

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Daddy♥

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how 2 counter this op wepaon:
>equip caesus in offhand
>press le l2

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Literally the only good weapon for everything.
Speed, dps and easy to level and get.
I feel after BB influence, any weapon that has even a 1 second delay before hitting its target, is automatically worthless.
Why weapon art?
Just spam.
Why use boss weapon arts?
By the time the animation is done, youd have killed them with your sword
Big club mace against anything?
No, just use sword, the mace wont kill em fast enough.

And dont worry, most enemies, like you, dont have poise.
And the few that do, can be rolled trough their attacks, cause stamina in 3 is more generous, so you can spam after dodging.
Skip magic builds, by the time your done casting, the sword would have finished them.

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Allow me to explain why this weapon is 'bad' (not actually bad just in a weird spot)
So, it's useful for builds that don't want to build much Str/Dex, but most of those builds also don't like to level Endurance very much, making the Shortsword the far superior weapon due to the lower stamina consumption. Stamina cost really starts to matter when you aren't leveling Endurance. If you ARE a build that levels Str/Dex, you'll either go Lothric Knight SS for a Dex build, Gotthards for a Quality build, Broadsword for a Strength build, so where I ask does this sword truly fit in? I don't think the slight range bonus is worth putting it over the Shortsword, and the Shortsword does everything else better.

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Would this wep be good for sl1 run? Or broadsword is still better? Also, for the sl1 run is it good to go Raw path or Elemental? Say Deep or Fire. I guess its probably best to go Raw with high usage of resins

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the 0 cons weapon

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"Ol' Trusty"

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this weapon literally work on basically any build it's kinda insane how flexible it is.
want a pure AR build? has great scaling for Quality, Strength, and Dexterity builds
want some elemental damage? well it has great elemental infusions and can buffed without them
on top of that no matter what you do to this it's usually top of it's class only either beaten by the broadsword or competed with by the dark sword.
if you need a weapon for any build, use the long sword, it won't let you down no matter what build you run.

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Hilarious how this is one of the best weapons in game

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This one is underrated I used this sword with a refined build (40 dex 40 str) and my ar was around 500, 600 with buff and WA is rewarding when playing offensive. i recommand a "simple" caestus offhand for sp regen, parry and fast hit

It is also very rewarding to play it agressive

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I literally played through the entire game with this with a lightning gem fully upgraded. also got me through my second play through. It's kinda sad but the long sword can be a beast

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Guys, I had a silly questions, I want to know the dimension of this swords, like handle length, blade length, cross guard length, so I can tell my local blacksmith to craft this sword

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The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master it becomes the most versatile of weapons, and just as the imagination is limitless, so too are the possibilities of the sword.
- Piandao

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Is it a good idea to get this to +10 with fire infusion?

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Y da fug would u use this*****ty default sword??? Go look for the one called lothric knight sword (lkss) instead. Why? Because it's the swaggiest god sword that will help you wreck any1 in pvp.

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Good for dark souls 3 starters. Play as knight which has long sword at start. Infuse with raw gem. Maximise health and stamina. Spam r1. It also has thrust for narrow spaces.

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Viable for a FTH build? I wanna try running a sort of "holy knight" character but given that this is a quality weapon I might be starved for stats while remaining within meta level (as FTH already requires me to level it and ATT, and VIG and END are necessary for any build). Given how lightning miracles aren't very good until you hit 60FTH I'm really stretching my levels here.

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On the chaos table, why does it say that a +9 has more fire damage than a +10?

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Would a Longsword with dark infusion be a suitable weapon to use with a mainly STR/INT/FTH build? Alongside using Dark Clutch Ring and Pontiff's Right Eye?

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Good for any occasion. Whether it be for fashion or practical purposes, you can always rely on the Longsword.

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On this weapon its worth to infuse it with a simple gem for a mage. It reaches almost the same damage as the crystal infusion since it has a better scaling on a simple infusion while you profit from the FP regen

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Does this weapon have hyper armor for weapon art?

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Is the slightly increased range of the LKS worth the 8 levels in dex?

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Possibly one of the best weapons. Great Utility moveset, the weapon art has very nice usage (especially the guard break r1, not as good as the claymore but a lot faster) and excels with just about any build, from regular sword and board to a caster, this'll work on anything. Especially on a mage, as crystal LSS might be a bit better, the stat investment can make it non viable. Great weapon, and if you use it right you can really go to town with this.

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Ol' reliable...

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Very good jack of all trades with low stat investment. Sure the LKS is more successful, but maybe your strength build doesn't want to invest that heavily in dex. The longsword is very good with scaling infusions all-round too

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Less reach than LKS, which is everything when using a SS.

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Weightless, Reliable, Quick, and most importantly deadly. With it’s only downside being range. Highly recommend if you want a good backup or like to get up close to attack.

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