Black Knight Greatsword | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Unironically best weapon in the game unless you really want to use femboy swords (light swords). I got this sword from black knight in road of sacrifices (basically lotric wall perimeter area) be4 crystal sage and used on every boss afterwards (including dlc ones). It might not be the best choice during location simply because of way too fast groups of enemies, but on bosses damage output is simply too high and range is big enough to reach bosses (and beloved poke attack after rolling). Also twinkling titanite is not that hard to get, iirc you can get it to +3 before abyss watchers. Oh yea, and its ability with heavy attack simply stuns everything. Absolutely do not regret using this sword throughout entire playthrough, maybe only would've used gael's gs if I had it at a time (i just love its moveset :^) )

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I always finish the DS series playing a 2h character....
This time I decided to play a character with a one-handed weapon and investing a lot in Faith to be able to use lightning later.

I met the first black knight and dropped this sword.... xD

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Got it on my first kill in farron keep and I'll be using it till I finish the game

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This sword saved me from the Demon Prince

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my guiding moonlight

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2 hours into game at level 37 and just beat the dancer solo with this +2 upgraded lol eZ

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Got it on my 2nd try near farron keep. Died twice tho so its a 2 for 2 but win for me.

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This will always be my Excalibur.

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great weapon i got it on my first try in road of sacrifices my fav weapon

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Crystal sage rapier in offhand and gold covetous ring +3 with a mimic head and still took me at least 20 runs in untended graves 10/10 worst grinding experience, 10/10 best UGS though

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The one near the Farron Keep finally dropped on on the 29th kill, I got 3 chest plates, 2 leggings, and an ember before he gave it up

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So one of the coolest looking UGS cannot be infused and only does +5?
Guessing I'm better picking another one for PvE? :(

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the hottest ugs

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Black Knight Greatsword used to be the scariest thing to fight in Dark Souls 3 once upon a time. When they removed the R1-R2 True combo, it lost a lot of its identity. The nerf was justified as built correctly it could one shot for just landing 1 R1 in the correct position. Its still incredibly strong to this day and you can do some nice mix-ups if you attempt the heavy attacks. Overall, they've always done the Black Knight Weapons beautifully in this series.

-Con

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first ds3 playthrough ever, i farmed the first BK i met in farron. managed to get his sword in probably 30 mins. beat nameless king, and SoC with it and now steam rolling m way through ariandel. looking forward to the ringed city. really wish these BK weapons were in ER along with a few others... damn.

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This thing is fugging awesome, I loved it the moment I got the black knight on the edge of farron keep to drop it.
Fantastic moveset, Fantastic damage, looks cool, is weilded by a cool enemy. What's not to love?

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Is the drop rate super low or am I really unlucky because I have been farming outside the gundyr arena for like 20 mins and still no drop, in ds1 it only took like maybe 4 runs through the kiln of the first flame to get it to drop

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Better this or the fugs?

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Played dark souls 1 and got it from a black knight and it was love.
Started ds2 and people told me it's not good but I didn't give s*** because it's my beloved BKUGS. And now I'm in ds3 and after 6 hours of farming I am reunited with my best friend!

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bro this sword ****S

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Why does a strength looking weapon scale with dexterity?

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I just can't get this weapon...

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THE FOKKIN BKUGS aka the puss destroyer, if i could have any weapon from the game in real life it would be this BEAST

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A weapon fit to kill gods with. Like literally. This **** is massive and hits like a full speed freight train. Also makes a lot more since killing huge (in size) bosses like Midir and Nameless King instead of killing them with a tiny straight sword lol

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so, so much damage and I love it

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5k riposte damage to twin demon boss, lmao

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what is the best class to start to optimize for this sword?

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I hate how good this is. You can get it really early, you can +5 it before even fighting yhorm or aldrich, it does a ton of damage and has a great moveset, it's not that heavy for a UGS either. Every playthrough I end up using this, nothing else does as much damage so early in the game except maybe smaugh's hammer. Fume would have been maybe better if it wasn't nerfed into unviability.

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So...

Vertical UGS are hard to space out and punish, because they seem to have slightly more range in 2h mode, plus their R1 slam stuns nearby players.

However, vertical UGS are very prone to backstabs, because your weapon only covers narrow area.

The Black Knight Greatsword comes with solution - unique R2. Not only backstab fisher needs to dodge first backslam of R2, but also try to predict if R2 partially charged or fully, and roll accordingly in a split second moment. Unless they wanna get rollcaught or sent to space.

Very good weapon, as all black knight weapons are. I'd dare to say that it's by far the most comfortable UGS in it's class against faster smaller weapons.

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Lothric space program is a go.

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I haven't played the game in years because I basically finished so I decided to play it again, trying to get this sword brings back the memories of how hard it is

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ligma

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What get chosen from older games to get into the newer ones is generally the "most memorable" ones. Sometimes it means the most stylish, the most unique, or the strongest. Black-knight weapons in DS1 were definitively on the "strongest" type of memorable. They could carry you from 1st area (undead burg) till last dlc boss (manus) if you were lucky enough to drop them from the non-respawnable black knights that serves as kinda of mini bosses in DS1. Justified by the plot as being the weapons used by Gwyn knights to fight enemies much bigger than themselves, those weapons deal more damage, break guard more easily and stun more easily than anything on the same weight class. They also do bonus damage against all demons for plot reasons. In DS3, all of this is still true, except that the drop rate is much smaller, but the black knights are respawnable. It still do more damage, break guard more easily and stun more easily than anything on the same class, and still enjoy bonus damage against demons. It can't be acquired as early as in ds1 (needs to go to road of sacrifices), but still can carry you till the end of the game. It's a fantastic weapon against friede, soul of cinder and judicator boss.

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R1->R2 may not work but it's pretty easy to bait an invader, pretend like you don't know they're behind you, and when they go for the backstab, hold R2, hit them with the backswing, turn the camera and send them to neptune

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Houston we have liftoff

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Ah, old friend, how I missed you

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1. Host of embers thinks he can get a hit in time to interrupt my charged r2 with this weapon.

2. The r2 connects.

3. "host of embers was not an impostor".

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pariere das du dreckiger Casul

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The 2HR2 deflects off the entire carpet in the dancer arena, just letting it be known so you guys don't die as embarrassingly as I did a few minutes ago

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So, yes, I'm here to rant, but not for the reason you may think.

See, I got bored with other games in my catalogue and thought to myself, "Hey! Steam is doing their annual summer sale! DS3 should be alive and kicking, let's do that!" So, I started playing again after a long, long break.

Now, let me briefly establish my bona fides: Prior to the break, I'd beaten through multiple courses of NG+ (I'm on NG+6, I think?) and every game before that. When that got old, I spent most of my time up at Pontiffs chilling with fight club bros, which is to say that I'm no slouch in PvP, I admit I'm not the best, and I'm not a poor sport about losing. Losing is just an opportunity to get better.

To the point, then, where I've just been reminded (by sad, hard experience) that:

1.) From Software nerfed the GK UGS 2H*R1+R2 (charged) wombo combo. Apparently, the back swing was nerfed so that kids can roll out of it now, and the weapon no longer true combos. I *CAN* complete combo with it, but I suspect that I'm catching summer sale kids rather than it being anything I'm doing.

2.) From Software gifted the world weapons like the RKPGS sword, or the Splitleaf Greatsword, for the dead easy L2 into wham bamb thank you mamm combo.

Yes, yes, I realize there are ways to counter these weapons. TO BE CLEAR: I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO USE THESE WEAPONS. I regularly make RPKGS users my *****, so that's not the problem.

The problem is this:

Why, by all the gods, WHY did From Software nerf the GKGS wombo combo, which arguably requires skill and weapon mastery to execute properly, but they go and leave (or create anew) weapons like these and a few other stun-locking-meme tier weapons unmolested?

tl;dr

Why does From Software hate UGS users so much?

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A couple of comments mentioning 2h R1 + jumping attack is a true combo. My favourite but not a true combo is R1 + R1 + Jumping attack. The amount of duels I’ve ended due to people naturally rolling backwards once hit by the first two R1’s only to get caught by the massive vertical jump range. (I found this out by someone doing it to me with Astora great sword and practised ever since)

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My names lukas Stuart I work in the bar industry from Manchester will someone make love to me

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I really need a poo

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Feet

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dang people still here commenting lmao, the 2h r1 on this thing is ridiculous

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This should hit harder than BKGA yet it seems weaker strange...

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Best ultra greatsword ;)

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Can someone please drop one for me? My psn id : m38-mf__1998

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should i use this or the greatsword?

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Does anyone have a poise value for the weapon art? It's definitely lower than others in it's class but knowing the number it adds would be helpful for certain breakpoints.

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Why can I use this in tight spaces while the Black Knight Sword hits walls all the time? So stupid.

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I guess the only way to buff it using miracles (sacred oath and deep protection) and pyromancy power within still a beast <3

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so theres the black knight sword the greatsword and the black knight greatsword the ultra greatsword?

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has anyone got a spare one they would like to trade with me?

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This weapon made my D*ck and B*lls grow to the largest size compared to all men and women.

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Why is it so ****ing hard to get

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Toxic comments ahead

ignore use whatever you feel like despite what others think as if you enjoy the weapon and have fun with it thats all that matters

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I just like using big weapons, and sending people into orbit is fun.

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Stop using this garbage weapon right this instant you can’t hit anything and you will just get killed like the casuls out are. Pick up the pkcs and git Gud .

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if you hardswap this with gaels gs WA it does crazy damage

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Can someone please drop for me the sword ? Psn ID: m38-mf__1998

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Try tounge but hole

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Why can’t all the dex and str builds and LKS and PKCS come together lul.

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Does the 2h r1 not combo into itself for this weapon? I've had 3 people roll out of it already thinking I've gone crazy. Asking for a friend.

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Greatestsword

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fore!

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Anyone willing to donate one? Been farming for hours with no luck. I know there is items to help I’ve just been through this before. I was on nameless and my account was lost..

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baseball

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Best weapon in the games

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pros:

classy weapon, refined model art

640 AR, 2h, 40/40, very good ar before any buffs

cant be buffed and infused so dont have to worry about resins

both vertical and orizontal swings

cons:

cant be buffed or infused

both r2s look great but are situational. Both gugs and fugs r2s are better

lowest poise health on stomp compared to any other ugs (this will matter if you are hit twice in stomp with a great hammer)

others:

All in all a great weapon, Looks good, does nice damage. There are better options out there, for example gugs with 66/10 heavy will do 676 AR before any buffs. The weapon is good enough to carry the ashen one in NG +7 (used it myself with a 40/40 build) so if you like it, farm it and use it, you wont regret it one bit.

Cheers.

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Dexfags: NOOOO you can't use ultras poise weapons have no skill!!! Black knights: haha health bars go brrrrr

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My Favorite Weapon.

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The article doesn't really tells this, but if you land R2's backswing on enemy player, it will stun him long enough to get hit by following uppercut. Yes, it doesn't work in a combo any longer, but it will work if you only do R2, without landing R1 prior to it. It is great thing to do when you are being chased. Kite them and when someone gets close hit them with backswing and launch them into space. I have 29 poise and backswing move has enough poise to hyperarmor through straight sword or any other onehanded light weapon attack. Black Knight Greatsword is truly... great. Unlike many other UGS it has a really diverse and useful moveset which can catch a lot of people off guard. I strongly suggest you to pair this big boy with something small and fast attacking, like Corvian Greatknife in offhand. Lets you catch those pesky rolling dudes when offhand or twohand it when putting pressure at low HP phantom. Either way, it's an amazing weapon.

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You can also start the windup on the basic attack two handed while looking away and it will follow through behind you. Making this plus cats ring one of the best ways to **** with both invaders and host

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This weapon does increased poise damage, Does that apply to pvp also or only pve?

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The ultimate kite sword because of the overhead. 1v1 against another GS this wins 9 out of ten because of massive range and a small aoe that will stagger.

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Trashy weapon for clueless noobs... 40/40 STR/DEX is too much of an investment and the worst part is that you scrubs still gonna be owned by skilled players who only need around 40DEX.

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Just got two in a row lel

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This or the Profaned GS?

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This thing has utterly disgusting phantom range that a friend and me discovered, rolling back from the forward slam still leaves you with a good chance of being hit by the massive hitbox on it, which is a good foot longer than the weapon, I used to destroy him with a flamberge but now with this and iron flesh I can barely beat him anymore

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Am I missing something? The attack power on this thing with 40 Dex and 40 strength is weaker than my great sword. A +5.... Be sure to note that black night sword and black night GREAT sword are two different things.

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Oh, so sexy, baby! You make me die from pleasure when I use you!

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Can someone add to the notes that a 2HR1 > 2H jumping attack combo's

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R1 + R2 combo is still amazing. The can roll after the r2 first cut, but they still have to get away from the range that huge uppercut has.

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Returning to my point on 14 Feb 2019, It goes to show that with the patience to take this into ng+3 or higher, it can still almost 2-shot people with RoF+3, RoSP+3 and 40+ vig

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Can't remember when I used a quality weapon last time. Weapons with heavy and dark infusions dominate this game so much that a quality weapon needs to have a very usefull ability if it wants to be a competitor. BK Sword or the Paired RKGS are 2 of these.

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This weapon has pseudo combo wich goes R1->L2->R2 as seen in this video: timestamp 3:12

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"At 40/40 Str/Dex this weapon has 612 AR and becomes stronger than the Greatsword by 11 points on top of being lighter and having an arguably better moveset." It's worth noting that at 40 Str only on a Heavy Greatsword, the AR is just slightly higher (615 if I recall), so you ultimately get similar damage with lower stat requirements, plus greater range. The BKGS is indeed lighter, but that can be offset by funneling some points from Dex into Vit. In the end, the BKGS really just stands on its unique moveset and bonus damage against Demons.

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forgot to list it has a .000000001 % drop chance

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what is the drop rate on this thing? i was farming for at least 45 minutes at untended graves with 157 item discovery and got 0.

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With 40/40 str/ dex on level 100 this Beast almost oneshot every phantom with the combo R1 and Jump atack, and the poise uuf<3

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I'll be honest, everybody says, "This weapons sucks" or "this weapon is just mediocre" but I used it on a SL 200 character with around 90 STR and ~60 DEX and it devastates health bars while simultaneously deleting what broken remnants of poise are left on players hit by it. if you don't have the patience to lvl this weapon and your stats with it, but you have enough time to whine about how bad it is, just don't use it then and pretend it doesn't exist. Point is just stop complaining and use it right, and if you can't, don't use it.

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Weak. Just use the Lothric Knight Greatsword. It has Lightning Damage and can still be Infused AND buffed. I really see no reason to use this other than the better fashion and better moveset.

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could it be that the true combo does not work anymore? i did the combo perfektly several times (pressing and holding R2 before the R1 animation even finished) then i turn and hit the enemy with the slam on the ground but they sometimes still manage to escape the upwards swing in the end

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This sword is my bae weapon. It took me through ds1 and ds2 so it holds a dear place in my heart

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Role playing as a black knight while in full bk armour, the shield in one hand and the greatsword in the other has been the most fun playthrough I have ever done. I recommend it to everyone.

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The black knight sword is a guaranteed pickup from a corpse in smouldering lake and not a % drop.

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I dont have a black knight greatsword but i have the almost 1% drop black knight sword its my 3rd best weapon

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I don't really want this weapon. Anybody wanna trade? My sword is at +10

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I feel this weapon is more for new players who don't know what they want to do yet, seeing the damage before reforging it is high so of course what do new players do? they use the strongest weapon they can find but it would require them to grind those souls and level up a lot to be able to use this weapon. It's kinda a gateway between casual new player and becoming a pro player if you think about it... as long as the player has some sort of armor set that absorbs decent damage and a good shield all together to be less than 70% so they're not fat rolling everywhere

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