Sunlight Straight Sword | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

With 40 Dex and 40 faith, power within, and the weapon art buff you can get 800 AR with the 1hand R1s

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It's a crime you can't get this weapon much earlier (without dancer cheese and suicide runs in Lothric Castle). Considering how Faith builds are neutered in the early game, Sunlight Straight Sword + Blessed Weapon would had make Faith runs more bearable at the beginning areas and actually feel your stat investment is getting you somewhere.

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Oath of Sunlight lasts around 45s

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Long may the sun shine.

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I dual wield this with moonlight greatsword to create an eclipse

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This thing’s faith scaling is insane, highest physical damage weapon for any build involving faith, and if you buff it, oh boy

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Broken straight sword better

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Oath of Sunlight is nerfed in PvP to ~1% damage/1.5% absorption

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Praise the sun

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is nobody gonna talk about how this is solaire's sword?

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If you think it’s good, it was truly broken when it got its first true patch. It b/b/a or something goof and just killed people with a buff.

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lol

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Does the buff stack with lothric war banner?

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Pretty good for cosplaying as a Silver Knight.

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i just keep this in my inventory, use its WA then just get out gundyr halberd at start blasting

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"Straight sword imbued with the strength of lightning" yet it does not have any inherent lightning damage.

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Crazy how you can have sacred oath, deep protection and lightening blade all at once on this blade. Made my first cleric playthrough fairly easy although I didn't beat all optional bosses.

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Dark Souls Most Op Builds

Ds1: Black Knight Halberd into Obsidian Greatsword FAITH CASTER BUFF MACHINE (Pure Dex Intel Pyro Sorc works too)

DS2 It's all about being a strength chad! No one did strength (AND HEXES) better than good ol Ds2. Demon Great Hammer or/into Crypt Blacksword or Ring that let's your fists frag. Strike Damage is OP its basically EZ mode. Denial is HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Str some faith adp you're set! Or just pure str vig & adp!!! Miracle builds suck tho as you know. Also I loved Ds2!!! Idk why you guys have so much hate for it???

Bloodborne: If you don't play 99 arcane fire Saw Spear & Flamethrower you're at a disadvantage it's almost like the game was made for it?! Stupid broken I love it!

Demon Souls: Creseant Falcion Mage!

Ds3 this bad boy! There's no other weapon that feels like it hits harder more satisfying and feels fun to use like this monster. IF SOLAIRE WAS A DEX USER! THIS IS HIS LEGACY & GLORY! R1 SPAM 2 WIN. INSANE FAITH SCALING & MOVESET, EASY TO UPGRADE IMO AND CAN BE AQUIRED EARLY IF YOU GIT GUD... or use gnaw lol.. MOST IMPORTANTLY THE WEAPON ART IS AMAZING AND YOU CAN BUFF IT! Only weapon I've ever gravitated towards in this game. Only thing that pumps NUMBERS. Not to mention all the utility and damage with a miracle caster! (RTSR & ROSE TOO) Twinblades feel so boring. Somehow this weapon hits just right. PRAISE THE SUN! (this is my least fave Ds imo but this weapon makes it truly fun!) Also you can put dark lightning and magic (or is DMB physical???) Either way this baby is just so great. Have faith lads! GLHF!!!

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R1 Spam to win PvE chuck miracles AND PRAISE MF SUN BOIS. BEST WEAPON IN THE GAME DONT EVEN @ME

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Isn't the WA got nerf in PVP???

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Reg sacred oath stacks with tears of denial but this doesn't :/
What's the reason for this?

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Where are you pkcs guy??

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Doth thee praise the travelling lamp?

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Clearly solaire is better believer than lothric haha

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Any ideas what the hell is doing solaire sword in mimic

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what is the damage of this sword with 99/99/99 sacred oath,the weapon art and lightining blade of the yorshika's bell ?

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Lmao, this sword is absolutely shi* now. Autistic cult of the gey sun sure not gonna like it.

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great weapon to replace lightning/blessed LKSS on a faith build, especially on a 20/20/60 faith build, it out damage the blessed LKSS unbuffed! Just use lightning blade or dark moonlight with this and deal crazy damage

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This is a contender for the best Straight Sword in the game.
Gotthard's has range, Lothric Knight Straight Sword has a nice balance of range and damage, Irithyll Straight Sword is good for ganking and getting parried. But this? This absolute unit of a sword has damage. Pure unadulterated damage. 30 Strength, 30 Dexterity, 60 Faith and Darkmoon Blade allows this thing to potentially three shot players at meta level. That's only THREE hits with a straight sword to kill someone. I'd take that over a little bit of range any day, it's still a straight sword so it has too much range anyway.

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Sword imbued with the power of lightning, 0 lightning damage

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Imagine using a weapon only for its weapon art... GUNDYR

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nice sword indeed for pure faith

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[T]/

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this weapon does crazy amounts of damage on a faith build. at 40 or if your crazy even 60 faith this does way more damage then any blessed straight sword in the game and this can still be buffed with something like blessed weapon, darkmoon blade, or lightning blade, and on top of all that since you have lots of faith so you can stack some extra buffs like this weapons WA or some stuff like sacred oath if you leveled attunment a little or even just a lothric war banner.
PVE I'd say this is one of the definitive faith weapons as it's damage output is ridiculous for a straight sword.
if your willing to shill out 60 faith and add lightning weapon to this with yorshka's chime you'd get a AR of 590 and if you want blessed weapon it'd be doing around 382 pure physical AR
that's only the high end though even at 40 faith this still outclasses every blessed gem straight sword so you'll always be doing more damage and be able to buff your weapon to even higher numbers.
Again since it does outclass every other blessed straight sword it does still do well in PVP but weapon buffs aren't always as reliable in PVP due to duel charms so it's still useful to have a blessed weapon for it's passive health regen. But quickly using this weapons WA when engaging in PVP is a nice AR boost on top of it's top tier damage so even without buffs I'd say this weapon does just fine.

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Someone should add that the weapon art buff is greatly nerfed in PvP.

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A special weapon that can be buffed with miracles? Scary...

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[T]/

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Using this for a Silver Knight build, absolutely amazing with Sacred Oath buff + Lightning Blade...just, dear god the damage.

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buff with frozen weapon for a "sunny winter day aesthetic"

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PRAISE THE SUUUNNN!

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I am going to become solaire on a faith build!

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should we be worried that this thig with its weapon art and darkmoon blade allow us to get to at leas 720 AR per swing WITHOUT magic clutch ring? being a straight swrod and all...

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For anyone wondering, this weapon outclasses the Harald Curved Greatsword with a quality build and darkmoon blade. Even if it doesn't 3 bit true combo, it can probably deal more than 1200 dmg in 2 swings in PvP and is harder to dodge. If you're fully buffed with magic clutch ring, crown of dusk, sacred oath and power within, you will two hit most phantoms. Yes, this is a STRAIGHT sword not a UG Sword. I'll be running this on my high SL faith tank.

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But the real question is does the r2 buff stack with Rose of Ariandel. slight testing seems to prove no, no it doesn't. (But you do get both aura's so still misleading)

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Primary use IMHO is PvE on pyro or faith build.. have chaos and dark weps on my pyro but have a faith scaling non split physical dmg WEP with thrust was a God send. Good against certain mobs/bosses... First thing I used twink tit on... JS

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Says it has the strength of lightning, doesnt do lightning damage and cant be infused.
Oh dear.

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This might be the best weapon for faith builds; unfortunately faith builds aren't as OP in DS3.

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I looked for this sword since it had a scale in faith, but mine has no scale in faith -.-

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Is this weapon considered a "special" weapon?

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best sword in ds2

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Idk if this weapon got buffed since this post but it currently has D scaling in both str and dex un upgraded

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B scaling my ass this thing has more AR then a blessed lothric knight straight sword with an S scaling in faith. AND it can be buffed.

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ARRIBA ESPAÑA JODER!

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Make sure you use the weapon art before using tears of denial. It cancels out your tears.

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60 FTH with Yorshka's chime, apply WA and SLB or DMB. Equip Lightning Arrow, Lightning Stake and Sunlight Spear, and the Canvas Talisman for when you must poise-cast. If you want even more miracle damage, equip a Lightning infused War Banner in the right hand and use its WA. Profit.

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This thing with +5 at 60 faith, 22 dex and 35 str, with yorskas chime+10, lightening clutch ring, you can pump the AR to 750. If you add the WA buff its almost 800. With dark magic its slighty weaker but better against lightening resistant enemies. Darkmoon blade is the same damage but with magic just remember the magic clutch ring. Insane faith weapon.

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I miss when I could pump 1000 at with this thing

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can this weapon be infused? I cant seem to find it in the infusion menu

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This weapon is not for PvE roaming. This is more for bosses and PvP so for critical battles. Unbuffed it sucks but buffed eith lightning this thing hits hard. But this means it consumes FP and requires the lingering dragon crest ring to be truely effective. I did some testing vs lothric castle bonfire knights: Lightning shortsword R1: 370 dmg. Unbuffed sunlight blade: 200 dmg. Lightning buff sunlight blade: 470 dmg. My stats are 12 str 12 dex 60 fth. I'm using a lightning clutch ring.

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Notes: WA Oath of Sunlight, Boosts all damage by 11.5% While in PvP only 2.5% Miracle Sacred Oath: Boosts all damage by 10% While in PVP only 5% Miracle Deep Protection: Boosts all damage by 5% While in PVP only 2% Pyromancy Power Within: Boosts all damage by 20% While in PVP only 15%

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If you have Tears of Denial up, it will be overwritten when you use Oath of Sunlight. However, if an ally uses Oath of Sunlight, you will retain Tears and get the buff simultaneously. It pays to have jolly cooperation.

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this thing has dumb faith scaling so I made a 40 faith build on a character and made blessed lothric knight straight sword for S scaling in faith however when I made my faith 60 the sunlight straight swords AR became monsterously high which makes me think this things soft cap is like 60 and not 40 cause it scales much much higher then a weapon with S scaling in faith at higher levels despite not having an S scaling

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Overrated. Gaining physical damage while scaling from faith should make it the ideal choise for a faith build, right? Wrong. Fully upgraded this blade has an AR of 386 on a build with 40 dex, 17 strength and 40 faith. A fully upgraded, sharp infused lothric knight sword has 390 on a build with 13 strength and 38 dex. in terms of point investment this blade needs heavy investment in three stats just to be on par with other straight swords. On a buff build you'd be better off going with a heavy/sharp infused weapon of a different kind.

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This is the best Straight Sword for NG.

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Without upgrading it has D D C

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Is this still lowkey sss tier?

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Grossly Incandescent

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A thing to note, if nobody talked about this, it's that the sacred oath for some reason removes Tears of Denial (ToD) but if u use the sacred oath first and then ToD nothing strange happens, Pretty sure its a bug

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@the guy below me: Oh sweetie, everyone's known about the SSS's insane AR stacking forever now. You're right, it's a great weapon. Perfect for faith builds.

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Best faith weapon, hands down. Straight swords are already pretty flexible weapons, so one that puts your faith investment into PHYSICAL attack, while it won't compete with the A and S scalings some weapons get with heavy or sharp infusions, is pretty useful. However, the Weapon art buff boosts ALL damage by 10% AND stacks with weapon buffs. So with 60 faith you should be getting about 365 AR with the straight sword alone (minimum dex and strength), and a Dark Moon Blade buff cast with Yorshka's Chime will add about 235 magic damage for a combined total AR of 600 AR. Toss on the weapon art buff of 10%, and you now have a 660 AR straight sword for 45 seconds. Enough time to absolutely annihilate a boss. Or put an enemy down in 3 hits in pvp.

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use the WA near Andre the blacksmith, then he will get stronger and will be able to create a +11 weapon

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P R A I S E T H E S U N.

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Just a thought does anyone remember in the pruld's dark souls misadventures when it was Christmas and the mystery man showed up at the door and gave solaire that gift was that what made the sunlight straight sword magically imbued cause it didn't have any powers before nothing of solaire's had any mystical powers everything of his states that it doesn't but this now does so maybe in dark souls misadventures solaire's one sided adoration brought gwyn or maybe the nameless king to give him a gift which was this magic sunlight straight sword

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Should mention that if the physical requirements are not met for the weapon, the weapon art will not take place.

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"Straight sword imbued with the strength of lightning" My god that's misleading, I thought it would do lightning damage. Not even the weapon art buff adds lightning damage.

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I made a semi-pure faith build. I use this, at +10 with oath/deep protection/lightning blade I'm getting 639AR one handed. Fth 50 Str 14 Dex 13. No buff is 351. Only Lightning Blade buffs to 546AR. So to save fp I stick to just LB buff. Currently at SL93, plan on 115-130sl.

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40/38 str/faith build, equiped this sword in one slot and my heavy claymore in another. First i use the weapon art, then i buff my claymore with lightning weapon= 711 AR hehe

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12/40/40 gives 385

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Even without buffing this weapon, the physical scaling with Faith makes it an understated but reliable armament for a pure Faith build. A scant four point investment in physical stats with a Cleric start, and reasonably light. Its weapon skill saves you two attunement slots. And to top it all off, it is buffable. Given that Miracle casters get Darkmoon Blade, Dark Blade and Lightning Blade to choose from, you’ll not find an opponent you can’t target with an effective element on top of decent physical damage. This and the Saint’s Talisman are all a pure Faith build truly needs in terms of weaponry.

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it should say that useing the WA cancels ToD deep protection and magic barriers, but weirdly the spells dont cancel the WA buff

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Do you need 40 faith for it's weapon art or am i reading it wrong ?

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At a 40/40/60 build, buff it with a lightning blade and it will out damage a Lightning Lothric Knight Sword or a Refined Lothric Knight Sword+lightning blade buff. Thus it remains the best stright sword for faith warrior build.

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They nerfed this weapon so perfectly that no one realized it was nerfed

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It's good when you use it's wa and sunlight blade, ideal for bosses and pvp, but for getting around in pve i'm not going to constantly be doing that for the regular mobs or i'd be out of mana quick. It's a very lame sword when not buffed, so I use other things when not pvp or bosses.

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I got this on my first playthrough. Started a new class and got a symbol of avarice from this mimic not sunlight :( got the same from the other mimic. The one up the stairs when all them hollows throw bombs down at you.

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I guess after all the centuries it has been through, it became less effective. That would explain its nerf compared to DS1.

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This weapon, Lothrics Straightsword, and the Saints Bident do pure physical based mainly on faith. However, only Sunlight and Saints can be buffed.

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This weapon is surprisingly good for a Pyromancer as a Carthus Flame Arc buff. Right now my Pyromancer has 16/20/38/38 (will go to 40/40) and at default (no buffs CFA or OoS) it has an AR of 350 one-handed, with Carthus Flame Arc it goes up to about 538 AR with a fully upgraded Pryomancy Flame. For comparison a Sharp infused Longsword (with 16/20 Sharp is better than Raw) hits 322 AR (Raw only hits 309 AR) and a Raw Falchion hits 338 AR.
The closest Strait Sword in terms of AR that can be buffed is the Broadsword and that only hits 337 AR when Sharp infused (Raw hits 322 AR), but at 16/20/40/40 the Sunlight Strait Sword will hit 355 AR one-handed. I'd recommend it to any Pyromancers as at 14/16/40/40 (min stats for Demon's Scar and to be able to one-hand the Onyx Blade) you still get an AR of 346, which for a buffable weapon with very little STR/DEX investment is pretty darn good if I'm being honest

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fun fact this sword has weird scaling even though it has B in faith scaling it has no REAL hard cap (i think) so it kind of just keeps scaling to high levels with faith at 99 faith for instance a sunlight strait sword does 394 AR at 99 faith alone while a blessed lothric knight strait sword at 99 faith has 389 AR. making the sunlight strait sword one of the best weapons for a pure faith build.
(trust me i use it, its pretty good)
This is more obvious at lower levels like 60 Faith were the sunlight strait sword will do 370 AR and blessed lothric will do 356.

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I have it at +0 and it has c in str/Dex and no faith scaling

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Scaling is off. At +0 it is D/D for STR and DEX.

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this sword buff is the best buff in the intired game, its far superior to the sarcred oath in every way.

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just for info: nobody is using it except for the buff. Many Katanas, TwinGS and Splitleafs, Fume, Exile, GS of all sorts, Dragonslayer Axe ofc...and that's it for 90% of the players (caster aside). Yesterday I saw someone running into a boss fight even with Arstors spear! Casters not able to do something besides spamming R1... Dark Souls seems to encourage people to understand the game on first glance but in reality all you need is a sunbro doing the dirty work and not to forget to point the finger down at the end.

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Does the buff stack with the lothric war banner buff and/or the Rose of Ariandel?

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Buff lasts for 40 seconds, best for duels.

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Sunlight sword has sacred oath xD

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Hai mai lodato il sole......PUTTANA??????? (cit.)

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Is the effect of oath of sunlight affected by your faith level? or does the buff do the same buff strength with any level of faith? I just have enough faith to use the weapon art, and i'm not sure if it even makes a difference.

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Danklaire of memestora granted this and the sun to us r1 spammers, now... PRAISE THE SUN AND DRINK THE SUNNY D

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What a shame there is no INT equivalent weapon, ie a high int scaling only weapon that is buffable. Moonlight greatsword is close, but not buffable or as fast.

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