Thrust Damage is a Damage Type in Dark Souls 3. It is one of eight damage types presented in the original game and one of the four Physical-type damages.
Weapons dealing Thrust damage
- Thrusting Swords;
- Straight Swords;
- Wolf Knight's Greatsword;
- Black Knight Sword;
- Drakeblood Greatsword;
- Claymore;
- Onyx Blade;
- Hollowslayer Greatsword;
- Gael's Greatsword;
- Ultra Greatswords - excluding Fume Ultra Greatsword and Greatsword;
- Katanas;
- Crow Talons ;
- Claw;
- Manikin Claws;
- Halberd;
- Red Hilted Halberd;
- Winged Knight Halberd;
- Lucerne;
- Immolation Tinder;
- Warpick;
- Heysel Pick;
- Pickaxe;
- Talisman;
- Spear & Pikes - excluding Soldering Iron.
- Talisman
- Bows;
- Crossbows;
Items & Spells that increase Thrust Damage
- Sacred Oath;
- Deep Protection;
- Oath of Sunlight (Sunlight Straight Sword's Weapon Art)
- Morion Blade (when health is under 20%)
- Red Tearstone Ring (when health is under 20%)
- Lloyd's Sword Ring (when health is 100%)
- Flynn's Ring (when weight is low)
- Leo Ring (applies only to counter attacks)
Items & Spells that increase Thrust Resistance
- Ring of Steel Protection
- Lloyd's Shield Ring (when health is 100%)
- Blue Tearstone Ring (when health is below 20%)
- Sacred Oath
- Deep Protection
- Equipment with resistance to Thrust
Enemies dealing Thrust damage
- Grave Warden
- Hollow Soldier using sword/pike/crossbow
- Peasant Hollow
- Hollow Assassin
- Darkwraith
- Hollow Slave using Blowpipe
- Peasant Hollow
- Silver Knight
- Farron Follower using Follower Javelin
- Devout of the Deep
- Grand Archives Scholar
- Wretch
- Ghru Grunt using either Rotten Ghru Spear or Rotten Ghru Dagger
- Crystal Sage (Mob)
- Ringed Knight
- Gargoyle using Gargoyle's Flame Spear
- Serpent-man (small)
- Corvian Rapier Knight
- Overgrown Lothric Knight
- Boreal Outrider Knight
- Cathedral Knight
- Lothric Knight
- Drakeblood Knight
- Ruin Knight summoned by Judicator
- Rapier Champion
- Holy Knight Hodrick
- Yellowfinger Heysel
- Longfinger Kirk
- Daughter of Crystal Kriemhild (only as an invader)
- Londor Pale Shade
- Livid Pyromancer Dunnel
- Alva, Seeker of the Spurned
- Black Hand Kamui
- Crystal Sage
- Deacons of the Deep
- Dancer of the Boreal Valley
- Pontiff Sulyvahn
- King of the Storm & Nameless King
- Lorian, Elder Prince
- Aldrich, Devourer of Gods
- Soul of Cinder
- Champion's Gravetender
- Halflight, Spear of the Church
- Slave Knight Gael (without 1st phase)
Enemies weak to Thrust damage
- Crystal Sage (Mob)
- Man-Serpent
- Man-Serpent Summoner
- Ascended Winged Knight
- Cathedral Evangelist
- Devout of the Deep
- Man-grub
- Cage Spider
- Silver Knight
- Crystal Sage
- Pontiff Sulyvahn
- Aldrich, Devourer of Gods
- Ancient Wyvern
- Father Ariandel
- Curse-Rotted Greatwood
- Lothric, Younger Prince
- Darkeater Midir
Enemies resistant to Thrust damage
- Infested Corpse
- Irithyllian Slave
- Lothric Knight
- Black Knight
- Ringed Knight
- Winged Knight
- Sewer Centipede
Enemies immune to Thrust damage
- N/A
Notes
- Thrust-damage weapons are very effective against dragons.
- Thrust-damage weapons are effective against enemies, which can easily be staggered and to break charging attacks.
| Damage Types |
| | Lightning Damage | | Fire Damage | | Dark Damage | | Magic Damage | | Standard Damage | | Strike Damage | | Slash Damage | | Thrust Damage | |
Anonymous
- Anonymous
Does all attacks from thrust weapons count as thrust damage or just the poke attacks?
- Anonymous
Faith dex lightning build.
LH- lothric war banner.
RH- essentially any thrust weapon ( spear for double long range, rapier for something up close )
Miracles.
Leo Ring.
Boost the hell out your AR.
Sharp Gems+ Lightning Blade.
Poke poke zap zap your mad and im a little to far away to hit.
Like to run this with -30% weight boost
- Anonymous
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Do back stabs, generally speaking, count as thrust attacks?
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