Astora Greatsword | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

So slender, elegant and lightweight that hosts try to parry it. 10/10

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Simply the best ultra in terms of weight, damage and design.

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use this for a golden age arc guts build. ****s up everything with the leo ring.

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use this for a golden age arc guts build. ****s up everything with the leo ring.

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"Designed for a focus on thrust attacks"

How... how do swords work? I thought I knew, but apparently I don't. Wouldn't a sword of this length be unbelievably difficult to thrust when compared to a shorter sword? Because the further the weight is away from you, the heavier it feels to the swinger (think of it as a lever).

I'm thinking about it like this: for sweeping attacks, the angular momentum (not sure if that's technically the right word.. I mean the force that presses you against the wall of the Gravitron at your local carnival) keeps the sword moving in an arc. But when you *thrust* a sword, the motion/momentum doesn't help you keep the sword lifted, it just keeps it going forward. So wouldn't the combination of those two physical realities mean that a comically large sword like Astora Greatsword would be rather unwieldy?
Maybe I'm missing something, i don't know. Full disclosure: I've never swung a real sword (mostly out of my latent Catholic school boy fear that someone will call me a homosexual for it), but I'd very much like to.

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My beloved

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Like the Astora straight sword and Anri's, it has relatively high (though hidden) luck scaling. Combined with its base values as an ultra greatsword, plus the Charge weapon skill, it can easily apply poison or bleed with one L2 or just a few R1s. Its damage is also serviceable with Hollow infusion, where it can enjoy the application of rotten pine resin or Carthus rouge and allow their effects to scale with luck.

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this is the only valid dex weapon because it makes you feel like you’re using strength

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i found this thing early in my first playthrough and used it the rest of the game. stupidly light (both for equip load and cheap to upgrade), excellent moveset, ridiculous scaling

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Defeated every single boss and enemy in the game from cathedral on with the 2 handed poke attack. Fully charged does knockdown.

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On 40 de*terity with sharp+10 and leo ring+lloyd sword ring and blessed buff it deals 1000 damage per thrust at midir's head,use the WA with both eye rings for even more.

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I have a dexterity build and this is the weapon I use on it
highly recommend this sword for any spellcaster who wants to have a melee weapon on the side as spell casters would level up dexterity anyway for casting speed and the scaling on this one is actually pretty good

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I fell in love with this thing.

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weapon for vendrick build

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Wish this was in Elden Ring...

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A ULTRA GREATSWORD HAS S DEXTERITY SCALING WHEN INFUSED WITH SHARP?!?!?!?!?!?

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No clue why this weapon has the roll attack that it has, but it is really good

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"Designed for a focus on thrust attacks" doesnt even do the roll stab smh

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Design wise this isn't an Astora weapon.

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Chaos/Dark is absurd

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I have to convert a friend to use this manly weapon instead of letting him spam the sellsword twinbaldes

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Weapon ranges can be compared easier on the Reddit post "Weapon's attack ranges (updated with DLC2)" by Angeluso

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Bruh why doesn't this page say what the range is, lol. The long range is one of the swords key selling points, since it is slower than normal greatswords and can sometimes also not scale as well.

We get figures for the dark sword, claymore, and executioners greatsword (and most swords in general), but not this. Even the starter straight sword has a range listing. Please update.

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According to the math on Soulsplanner, this thing also apparently has the highest Bleed aux in the game if you blood infuse it (101 over the second best Carthus GS at 99). I'm curious how this interacts with the WA and if you can hit an easy, or even multiple bleeds with it

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Fun fact: the Astora greatsword is so light for its size that it is less dense than air, and if the Ashen One let go of it, it would float away

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Astora when its +5 heavy its A scaling, just tested

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Im pretty sure at a sharp infusion 5+ It gets S scaling.

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Bussin weapon

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Every time I rethink about playing this game, I start putting together builds and one of the top weapons if not THE top weapon is this thing. I love it but goddamn do I also hate how it makes most other weapons feel pointless to try out.

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Using this infused with chaos as an alternate weapon to my dark corvian scythe on my pyromancer. same stat requirements and both have A/A scaling. one of these weapons in slot 1 and witch's locks in slot 2 on my right hand. pyro flame and blessed target shield in my left hand.

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should i infuse it with a ligfhtning gem??
since i have a faith build

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Love this thing. My favorite weapon hands down. It was my first playthrough and I decided to be a pyromancer. I realized later on that I relied on pyromancies too much, and that I was struggling too much, however I didn't wanna waste away my life and soul getting something like 28 strength for the Greatsword when I only had 15. I also didn't want to use dex weapons. One day the astora greatsword was in my inventory and I didn't realize I had picked it up. I realized it was light to carry, had great damage and happened to match my strength. Too this day this baby carries me in PvE and PvP. 10/10 totally recommend

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This w/ Blessed Weapon vs LKGS w/ Blessed

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My favorite weapon no question. Early in the game, great damage, ridiculous on dex builds, and also solid on strength builds as well. It carried me through multiple playthroughs. 10/10 recommend for any dex builds, drang hammers are better for strength though.

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i think its hilarious that when you use the weapon art the game thinks youre using a halberd so your character grabs the blade while doing it

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60/60 fth/int 40/40 str/dex, fused with dark gem
An actual 800 damage, 1600 charged r2
Using the fp for heal miracle.... Best way to fight

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I only want to play with it because my char's name has "of Astora" (because I finished DSR and I love all the NPCs from Astora).

But it actually is an OP weapon, hell yeah!

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The Zweihander uses less stamina per swing than this despite weighing two more units.

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Probably the unironically best UGS in the game, which is ironic, considering that its a dex weapon. Its SOMEHOW lighter than the Claymore (Miyazaki, please explain), it has the good thrust R2's and its WA is a very good wakeup. Just make sure that when you go for the WA as a wakeup, that whoever you are fighting doesn't just parry the life out of you, if you sense a parry, just use the fully charged R2 thrust as a wakeup instead. Other than these strongpoints, the weapon still suffers from the same problem as all slower weapons, you will either get outspaced or backstabbed to death. Use this weapon intelligently and don't just try to blindly attack people and you will be having a great time.

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Okay but why does everyone I meet in the arenas that use this insist on using the running attack all the time?

I don't roll hornet ring, but I'd expect after one parry they'd stop, but no. 80% of them keep doing it.

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kinda reminds me of Anduril, anybody else?

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Alright, I'm gonna say it. This thing is overpowered given it's absurdly low weight.

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Extremely powerful for a 40 int / 40 fth pyro build when infused with chaos or dark, if you're willing to invest in the str and dex requirements. With one of the corresponding clutch rings it'll pull over total 700 attack before buffing yourself with anything. Plus at only 8 weight it's easy to equip with no investment in vitality and no rings for more equip load, lighter even than the claymore. A major contender for a pyromancer who wants to mix it up in melee.

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i can't believe just how GOOD this weapon is, i plan out a build where i'm thinking lets say a rapier or a irythll sword. i get this and i just say sCREW It im using this again.

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Im a bit disappointed by the toxic comments here criticizing or defending this weapon. I made great experiences in the community of souls games but in pvp the community doesnt seem to be diffrent compared to cod sweaters or fortnite kids. It doesnt matter how good you are in a game if you cant behave.
My opinion.
Amazing chest ahead.
Try thrusting.

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Mail breaker evolves into estoc at level 16 and then into Astora greatsword at level 36

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Best looking weapon in the series imo, it's a shame the moveset isn't as pretty

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I love this weapon. 80/50 dex/fth with a sharp infusion and darkmoon blade and this deals like 700 damage per hit to other players. Plus it has absurd range for its speed and hyper armor, like other UGSs. And the skill is overpowered

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Dex is for those who like gae sex. Swap to the manly strength weapons if you got balls.

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This thing is so op lol. Scales very well with pretty much everything,low stat req,good WA so long as you don’t spam it like a retard and is light as a feather.

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Good alternative to the thrall axe if you want a good quality weapon that does massive damage at once

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dEx

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What’s the consensus best infusion for this weapon?

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why do dex users get an ultra greatsword but strength users cant get a thrusting sword :( cmon from

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I wish it had a better skill

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fun fact: spamming r1 while someone is around you just kills them instantly

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Put a sharp upgrade on it and it ups the dex scaling while allowing you to buff with items still. I used this up to ng+ 9 I think and only switched things up for variety...but if I'm done playing games with a boss or w/e, this is the bad boy that comes out. Sometimes I can do over 1000 damage with a single heavy attack. The range on the jump attack is great too. Overall boss destroyer. PvP not so much...

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Buffs or infusions are almost mandatory on this ugs bcoz of its low AR compared to other ugs. But if u do,its a top tier weapon for quality builds or maybe even the best

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Gosh, the guy who won't shut up about the Pontiff Knight Curved Sword is all over this comment thread. I know that he/she's a troll, but I'm honestly wondering if they're actually a bit salty about this weapon, because usually they just leave one comment and move on.

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used by scrubs everywhere

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if you want to do a almost one shot combo with this, here's what you have to do. first, you need to learn about weapon moveset swaps. what that is is basically if you are fast enough, you can make any weapon swing as fast as a dagger. I reccomend looking it up on youtube if you want to learn more about weapon moveset swap. the combo uses dagger moveset on astora gs, and dagger speed astora can combo into weapon art for a 1000 damage combo. its best to use this combo when the opponent is close to wall, because if the the angle is not right, the weapon art won't hit them. the combo is very inconsistant and hard to land, but when you land it, its so rewarding.

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this weapon is pure fire, but damn, ppl are spamming WA like crazy, literally begging for parry

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