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Quake
Burrow hammer head into the ground with a great slam, and use strong attack to upheave earth, creating a shockwave that rumbles like a mighty warcry.
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Quake is a Skill in Dark Souls 3.

Weapons That Have Quake

• Quakestone Hammer

Notes & Information

• Grants 100 poise health, 45% damage absorption for 5 seconds, and 15% damage absorption for 1 second afterward. Effectively the same as using Perseverance on a Great Hammer.
• Leaves the user vulnerable to backstabs, so it's best used in tight spaces where the opponent can't move around you or during their combo.
• True combos into the follow-up attack in PvP.
• FP costs with Farron Ring: 9( -/ 8)
• Without the required FP, suffers the following penalties:
  
  • ~50% more Stamina consumed
  • Damage is ~30% reduced
  • Only grants 10% damage absorption, lasts for the duration of the skill.
• The second attack can also hit targets behind you, dealing the same damage.

Testing:

• Quakestone Hammer +5
• 66 Strength, AR 619 (two-handed)
• Versus the first Drakeblood Knight summoned at the Dragon-Kin Mausoleum

First hit dealt 271. Second hit, slightly more at 292. A total of 563 damage. Compare with a standard 2HR1 hitting for 275.