Black Knight Greataxe | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Takes my entire life force to swing this bad boy twice

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Looks? 10/10
Moveset? 10/10
Damage? 10/10
Fun? 346/10

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splitleaf this, sellswords that, why dont you pick up a REAL MANS COMBO WEAPON

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I miss you in Elden Ring.... very much...

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Ouch.

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I miss this ***** like you wouldn't believe

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this weapon essentially asks you to form a contract where u sacrifice all your stamina for raw power...and it feels great hehe

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For anyone who was curious, you can wield this weapon at SL10 using knight's ring, hunter ring, carthus milkring, and 9 points invested in str while two handing.

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This is my favorite weapon in the game for PvP. That being said, I find curved greatswords and ultras very difficult to fight against due to their range advantage.

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"Has the most unique moveset out of all the Greataxes."
Don't they mean "the ONLY unique moveset"? Aside from WA every other GAxe is just downward vertical strikes (and whatever the 2H rolling attack is supposed to be).

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Wtf? Where did all the comments go?

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Black knight greataxe? More like black knight greatsex.

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Aaahh the only “big“ greataxe in the game

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In my ng+4 which is fifth gameplay that was the last of black knight weapons for me to try out fighting demon prince And I must say that it was the best and pleasantest one. ****ers almost could not recover from constant ripostes.

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Was this nerfed? Used to start at 216. Now it starts at 201.

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r1, l1, r2 is a teue combo if you didnt know (though it depends on the your oponents latency, and i dont know why you have to guard for a split second)

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…well a lowly tarnished playing as a lord. I command thee,KNEEL.

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if you have war cry active then
one handed r1 to r2 is a true combo

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Darn near impossible to fight dancer with this thing. It bounces off of the rug every time. Oh and offhand a reinforced club. It combos into the war cry 1HR2. Pretty much one shots most phantoms/invaders at SL 90 and below. Very fun noob stomper, but requires skill to use effectively.

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War Cry last for about 30 seconds if anyone wanted to know

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Use for swagger, not for effectiveness.

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I know this will sound dumb but my favorite thing to do with this is 2 hand and trade with people using pkcs and straight swords

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This weapon bounces off from the ground it feels like I’m playing ds2

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God of Combos

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Imagine having farmed so hard to get this axe just to realize that it sucks ass as you casuls got pooped on by someone with a curved sword that is much better and easier to have - pkcs.

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is it me or the War Cry Attacks are really underutilized by most players?
like, you can close the gap against an opponent really good while doing some nice damage.
i don't really see people using it and i can't understand why exactly.

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How does one outspace this weapon? I swear it has the weirdest hitboxes

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Perfectly balanced as all things should be

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Drops first time on a pyro build, takes hours to farm with a str build

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This weapon is garbage just like the players who uses it.

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Whenever I run into this weapon in PVP the dude just spams the 2hr1 and is it just me or does that one attack have stupid phantom range? Lol

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why does it need 18 dex :(
I wanted to use this on my pure str character
he only as 16 dex so I have to use rings to weild it :/

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this weapon looks so goofy

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I have only seen this raw strength only one before...



But seriously, this thing deals insane damage

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Can't believe I wasted an hour farming this POS weapon. Consumes way too much stamina for the damage it puts out. I can attack 5 times with Dragonslayers greataxe and this thing barely does 3, while doing less damage. It makes sense now why I never see people using this weapon. You need like 99 endurance to get the same dps of other heavy weapons. Useless garbage.

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Is this a good weapon against the demon princes or should I use a different black knight weapon

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Tested: This weapon does indeed bounce off the floor in certain areas when you swing upwards. Incredibly annoying.

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Guide how to do R1 to R2 combo: 1)R1 2) Block once to shorten recovery after initial R1. 3) Uncharged R2. Hits like a truck, but takes plenty of time to perform so if you are fighting few plauers at once you will get backstabbed.

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Is the r1 for this weapon the same animation as the black knight greatsword?

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am i just really lucky to get 2 for killing 4 knights?

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I killed about a thousand of these guys and I can even get any drops and I even have the boost effect

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This drops one in a million. I can't get it to drop even with 300 discovery. I got Black Knight armor set and shield between 7-10 times, and I got 10 embers. Not a single time.

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You don't have to farm for this. You can pick it up at untended graves behind firelink white tree

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I see 201 for damage. Not sure who is wrong here.

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I find the weight of this weapon and it s stamina downsides balanced, considering it has the highest physical damage in the game. And has warcry wich boosts it s ar and, unlike other warcry axes, black knight greataxe s range becomes huge with those big lunge r2 attacks warcry has.

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Due to latency issues, if you use this weapon when sunbroing, you will sometimes see it deal double damage. It doesn't actually do it, but it's fun to see a single R1 hit for 1500 in phase 1, when in reality it still hits for 750.

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The more I think about it the more sense the increased stamina cost makes. You are swinging this thing horizontally one handed and upwards two handed vs the other greataxes which slam down with the help of gravity. Small price to pay for such an elegant set of attacks.

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R1 cancel animation then R2 hits like 1200+ to my opponent and they think im hacking LOL

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i got 3 of these trying to get black knight gloves. The drop rate is about 2% for each black knight item (I had 106 item discovery and it took me 15 minutes).

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Casual slayer...

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Lemme guess, the drop rate is about 0.0000000000000000000001%?

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The drop rate feels awful

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This weapon is mean. Even after its alleged "nerf" it still hits SUPER hard. That, paired with its dummy T H I C hitbox and Viscious WA heavy combo, this weapon is terrifying to fight against if the user knows what they're doing

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holy mother of stamina consumption

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They patched this weapon to oblivion reduce DMG, increase stamina drain....

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“The one hand R2 and leaping attacks are capable of flattening some enemies” No, they’re not.

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"Has the most unique moveset out of all the Greataxes." Correction, has the only moveset that isn't trash.

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I lucked out and got this from the first greataxe knight in untended graves with no item discovery boosters

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Fun fact: in the room where you fight Dancer you can't perform 2H R1 or R2 while standing on the red carpet, attacks will just bounce off the floor. Same with BKGS, haven't tried other weapons. Other carpets I've tested were fine

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Does anyone else just think this thing’s really sexy?

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i've killed around 30 those axe knights so far , gold serpent +3 symbol of avarice and rusted coin and i got around 20 armor pieces and single axe ... but i got one so i dont care

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I find some of the comments that complain they use all the Item discovery increase items and still not getting the axe are 100% lying , im farming embers in untended graves and ive killed 20 of these and 20 of the knights with greatswords , and I got 6 greatswords and 4 axes....using only Covetus gold serpent +3 and symbol of avarice. No coins or crystal sage rapier

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If you are past sl 210 give a like.

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Why does it say it has 100 bleed? It does not have bleed on it, this is misleading

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Was the DMG buffed on this?

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This weapon is garbage. Many times, i've been too close and hit with the haft, doing no damage at all.

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It just feels so good to carry this 19.5 myiazakys monstrosity, activating warcry, and just spinning around and slamming it into the ground like its no tommorow. Not to mention the badass followup that carries this hunk of iron on the ground just to swiftly lift it up and slam it down again dealing 900 damage at the very least. Conclusion: A mediocre weapon.

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after 300 tries to get this axe with the chest helmet, golden coin, hollow weapon, crystal rapier, and the ring, I have decided to never play this fucking unbalanced piece of shit game again.

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Whenever I am planning to do a rolling attack with this thing, I switch over to one-handed, as the one-handed rolling attack is actually pretty good.

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Back in the day i use this beauty to ***** slap Nameless on daily basic before it got nerf( long before AoA come out), ah, good time, just re-play the game and killed CGundyr now, don't know if it still good, can't wait.

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Great axe, but the only issue I have is that roll attack. Man, why do you smack the entire weapon, not blade part, but handle and all into the ground.

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Damn, I was so hyped to use this weapon but the insane stamina consumption ruins it... sigh.

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Can I use this weapon in a prue str build? What is the AR when I have 66 str and 18 dex?

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Want something fun and interesting though not really that effective? True combo: 1hr1 BKGA, Bonewheel shield L2. it does alright damage but depending on your stats its probably just as good or less effective then just a normal r1r1 combo, but its stylish and stuff

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when we sent people to the moon we didn't send them with rockets, we just hit them with 2hr2 from this beauty

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Do I have to be close to the opponent if I want to land the 2-Handed R1>R2 combo? They always roll away after the first R1

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Despite the hugenormous stamina it takes with each swing, people keep whining about it being OP. I managed to butcher more than four people in a row in a fight club with this weapon, yet I got my ass handed to me when I fought a player that actually knew what he was doing, using gael's greatsword, a shield and some wits.

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Kinda tricky to use at first, but when you get used to it's slow swings and know where the hyper armor begins, it becomes a monster in both pvp and especially pve.

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I am so sick of this axe. It is absolutely amazing in so many ways. I keep on turning to it for pvp because I get around a 7 kdr average with this. I highly recommend whoever is reading to try this. And a tip for a good way to close distance is a one handed r2.

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The close non charged R2 has some instant hit, if guarded the second huge swing breaks guards... :(

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Such a *****ing cheaty weapon... More cheaty than the dark sword in Dark Souls 1

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Would anyone be willing to drop me one? Steam > Rubbrbandman

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After activating warcry, the BKGA has a true combo of 1HR1 -> 1HR2 (uncharged.)

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Tell me, which is the better demonslayer, this or the glaive or greatsword. I can't kill the demon princes with a plus 10 executioners greatsword with magic weapon which sits at about 650 AR I believe

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There are few things more satisfying than sending an invader into the air with this xD Especially when you do that, then switch to your offhand Sacred Flame and just annihilate the rest of their health

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Try coupling this with a straight sword or other weapon with decent speed in pvp. Since poise is garbage, the straight sword stuns the target, leaving them open for a hit from the BKGS. The drawback is the reduction in damage as you are'nt two handing but this combo is effective against roll spammers.

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whats up with the sort of superfast "half done" r1 attacks? Did that dude used cheats on me or is this normaly possible to do so? Well, I'm parried him into oblivion anyway but if this is normaly possible this could be the fastest, hardest hitting thing in DS3. New meta material even.

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I hate the short range on the 2h R1... meanwhile the 1h R1 has one of the biggest AoE arc..

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This things is gonna do crazy damage to the demon prince boss (20% more damage vs demons+ plus that crazy AR)

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OP

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This weapon is the Bees Knees!

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I remember seeing the black knight greataxe at the firelink shrine where you can buy it but because I started journey 2.and I forgot how I got it there can anyone help me?

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If you guys are having problems with gankers, I can recommend this weapon. 1 handed has the widest hits I have seen, coupled with the built in buff.

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at 36 str 19 dex it has a 595 two handed AR, I don't think the extra stat investment is worth it for an extra 50 damage when I can load vitality and endurance so I can get more than two hits and have a good amount of poise. This was for a no shield build that I didn't take past new game.

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I don't know if anyone has already noticed this, but in the Dancer's boss room there's a red carpet on the floor. If you perform the 2h R1 while standing on it, the BK Greataxe will fail to attack, as if using the weapon on a wooden surface. I haven't noticed this on any other kinds of floor, so I don't know if it is a bug, or it was intended. I hope not, couse it turned the Dancer's fight even more frustrating for me...

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You all scrub your family dogs tate and tickle buttholes when not playing dark holes

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Took me about 6 tries to obtain this. I used the crystal sages rapier for the killing blow, and had a rusted coin on. Once I used these on concert, I got it first try.

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40/40 Str Dex Build, +5 stats:
350 +297
1h - 647
2h - 672

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the best weapon ever.

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"At 74 STR and 74 DEX the Black Knight Greataxe +5 has exactly 700 AR." Umm, neat to know?

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