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Katanas suck! Everyone must use the PKCS now! It's the best weapon in the game!

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Man this was such a weird weapon to bring back from DS2.

It was the most obscure katana in the game, with one of the laziest item descriptions in the series, in a game that largely served as a testing ground for funky weapon and spell mechanics - and a member of A-team goes "yeah I wanna revive that for the sequel. throw in a description about some random who hung out with Wolnir to eat burritos and vape."

And here we are. Another Souls, another iteration of a sword that people kinda sorta care about, but not really.

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like butter, baby!!!!

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So, based on the lore description, this is implied to be an ancient Blacksteel Katana from DS2, right?

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Best katana in the game if you can get over the range. A sharp will out damage a chaos blade at high levels, and can be buffed. A dark infused will outdamage a frayed blade with the right stats, and you can parry with it.

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I use this on a build with 82 dex, 82 vit, 60 vig, 20 attunement, 25 faith and 12 str. It is just enough to 2 hand it and I Spam parries. I Infuse it to sharp and upgrade it to plus 10, and it DESTROYS everyone.

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From my experience, this is the only Katana in the game better used one handed rather than two handed, as the one handed R2: looks cooler and has more range than its two handed variant, which makes up for the short range on the weapon.

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you can get the fire demon to kill the mimic for you, just get it real quick or it's gone forever lol

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this weapon is so ba d me hate dsi weapomnm

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The only katana in the game that is better used one handed due to the heavy attack being better than the two handed version

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GOAT

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PARRY

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the wiki says this thing can pancake people but after like 10 minutes of testing moves on drakeblood knights, not a single move fully charged could flatten someone.

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18 strength, 40 dex, 30 luck

hollow infuse this blade and a caestus in your offhand and give the blade a dark buff for a nice little 530ar at sl125 ;)

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I'm missing the PKCS Guy on this page. Either I didn't see him or he forgot about this weapon.

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It's actually a quality weapon. Katanas are usually for dex-oriented builds, but this one is an exception

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Am i crazy or this is the only katana can break guard with only 3 hits

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Short range, stamina-eater.
But reliable damage and the charge attack is samurai AF.

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Killed the mimic in such a way that he fell off the ledge. Black Blade spawned in mid air. Reload of the area doesn't fix it. Literally can't collect it on this play through until NG+. There goes that build.

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upgrade table is incorrect, weapon gets A dex scaling at +7

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Only weapon that has 200% motion value on a fully charged two handed R2 and 172% on the fully charged one handed R2. Hits harder than an ultra if you can land them.

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What’s the best luck stat for viable bleed?

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How good is this weapon for a pyro build?

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Invaded someone who was using this weapon. I was already impressed to see someone using it over other popular katanas, but then I got parried by the WA and killed. I'm now following in their footsteps in hopes to one day achieve such greatness.

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My sharp black blade has B scaling at dexterity...what's happening?

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I have this feeling that my luck is none too good
This sword here at my side don't act the way it should
Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave
Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave

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Y'know how Sekiro's second mortal blade is Black? If for some reason someone would want to do a sword saint isshin character, this is the katana for them

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Someone needs to adjust the scaling on intelligence and faith with chaos infusion. I can confirm that Chaos Black Blade scaling is B, not C, on both int. and faith.

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This weqpon is weird it requires 16 str but scales really bad with str it seems like it is encouraged to weaild it 2H at 12 str exclusively yet people are saying the 1H heavy attack is the best feature. Why fromsoft why?

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using this weapon while listening to the song Black Blade is very fun while everything you fight takes like 200 damage because literally everything is resistant to slash but your just having a fun little time

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Infusing it with a dark gem not only improves darkness, but also makes it turbo edgey.

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I wouldn't recommend using this weapon strictly 2 handed as I feel it's strength is from the heavy attacks while it is 1H. PvP and PvE both benefit from 1H heavy attacks as it is unique to the katana moveset.
The horizontal slash and holding the strong attack can let you finish off most enemies with the slash, especially if surrounded (With good judgement on when to do so) without using FP. You can feel the short reach with the light attacks and I will still sometimes miss attacks after a roll into a light attack on bosses or some enemies in general compared to one with the little bit range advantage. I personal use this katana along with a second Katana with longer reach adding mixups or for when I just need the range.

-Some guy

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fashion souls recommendations to go with this

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I have 300 hours in Dark Souls 3 and already 100% this game on steam and I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WEAPON because I almost always just go straight down to the fire demon and never bothered to check before going down. I didnt even know about the mimic wh

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Is this good with a chaos infusion

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We can't have the Dark Dark Sword so Dark Black Blade will have to make do

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Really wish the Mad Warrior set would've made it into the game as well

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it wont let me buff.did they nerf the buff on this weapon?

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I love letting the Mimic and Demon fight against each other. The mimic does surprisingly good damage against the demon and is a easy way to get rid of it. Sorry if it sounds like I can't pick up a fair fight against the demon 1v1 but it's just hilarious seeing the lanky mimic defeating the demon in like 15 seconds. So, if you want this weapon but it's to hard because of the demon constantly firing try aggroing both and let them fight each other.

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Is 18 strength a lot for a dex build?

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The mimic is dead and no black blade drop? Am I screwed?

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This as well as all katanas (apart form the frayed blade) actually get a good dmg boost from Hollow infusions. Especially this katana. I'm getting 466 with 40 LUCK, STR and DEX. which isn't bad considering it's honestly not that must investment. The bleed build up is alright as well.

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The OG Isshin Ashina technique.

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I have this feeling that my luck is none too good This sword here at my side don't act the way it should Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave And it howls! It howls like hell! I'm told it's my duty to fight against the law That wizardry's my trade and I was born to wade through gore I just want to be a lover, not a red-eyed screaming ghoul I wish it'd picked another to be its killing tool Black Blade, Black Blade Forged a billion years ago Black Blade, Black Blade Killing so its power can grow

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i put a poison gem in it... i dont know.. seems mediocre i would sujest using anything else than poison

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Racist weapon name >:(

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Not like duravility matters, but for anyone with a phobia of breaking your weapon, this katana has more durability than most others

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This blade is absolutely amazing. It's short but you'd never know; half of the moves include a good step forward. I used to think it just needed a standing thrust attack (like the Longsword R2) but after PvPing with it (40 dex, 60 int, SL 132, sharp infusion with crystal magic weapon) having the redundancy of moves that start the same but have different swing speeds (for example, WA R1 and 1H R2) has allowed me to catch so many parry spammers off guard. And make so mistake, that 2H R2 is the king of roll-catching, it's perfectly timed to land and, as only as their not <30% load, you'll hit them a lot.

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I wonder why katanas in japanese games are always highly overpowered. Hmm...

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Randomly upgraded this based solely on the aesthetic and it's surprisingly really good. Not bad for a***** weeb sword.

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With its shorter blade it could qualify as a Wakizashi, samurai/ronin fashion souls :D

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It's funny - even with a heavy infusion, it does pretty decent. I grabbed it out of pure boredom on my guy (60 Str)

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At +10 and sharp the black blade has an A dex ranking

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ummm so i killed this mimic but got the mimic head instead. not complaining (mimic head is sweet) just confused, so how do i get the sword now?

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I have found this sword to be the bane of parry spammers. Its short range and advancing attacks make its rhythm hard to grasp, and it has enough speed to pressure a habitual button-masher into sacrificing their own rhythm. The flow of the fight is best controlled with weapons like this one. Be careful, however, to vary the time you hold your heavy attacks. If you always go for the full charge, you’re predictable.

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This sword R2 have poise more than other katana? more insane if you have poise over 40

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I have terrible luck and good dex (38). What should I infuse it with?

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You people need to stop putting messy paragraphs into articles attempting to describe a mere R2.

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Personally my favorite katana in the game. The R2's on this thing is insane at catching other players! It also looks pretty darn cool.

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I'm aiming for a 40/40 quality build, is this weapon worth it with a sharp or refined gem?

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the heavy attack gives me a total hard-on, i must say

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I fought the mimic and it glitched into the wall. It didn't respawn. Did I lose the Black Blade?