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You can parry arrows and knives if you want to look like a boss.

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Executioners Gauntlets makes this weapon really hard to see on your person.

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why does everyone use this to parry????

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2H L1 sounds are from Bloodborne

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Believe it or not, this bad boi slaughter Murky Hand Scythe.

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What's the str soft cap for heavy infusion?

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Quite effective for dealing with your wife

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Having played DS2 and now going back to DS3 I weep. A scaling in both Str & Dex, the Caestus were mighty in DS2 but you had to be careful and precise, but the damage nerf hits hard in DS3. Perseverance is a nice reversal move I guess but I don't care about PvP and bosses will still do huge damage.
Still a great weapon, but I am sad nonetheless.

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To my fellow strength purists: Are you tired of being cheesed by daggers in PVP? Well, when the quickstep spam is just too much to handle, look no further than the caestus. Slide these bad boys on your hands, and then show that greasy, beta murky hand scythe user who's boss. Press L2 for unlimited trading potential, and then beat the piss out of them with your own two hands. Satisfaction (mostly) guaranteed.

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Perseverance, son! It hardens in response to me pressing L2. You can't poisebreak me, Jack.

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Who needs dark hand when no one at low levels can comprehend perseverance

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0.5 weight, gives parry, gives perseverance, two hand running L1 gives guaranteed hit for TOD counter, off hand blessing/simple infusion. One of best offhand helper.

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God tier utilty. Amazing weapon.
Chadstus is only looked down on because l1 spamming plebeians want their precious RaNgE and outspacing.
GET IN THERE LIKE A MAN AND CRUSH YOUR OPPONENT'S SKULL BETWEEN YOUR FISTS.

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Not a very great weapon, but it does okay damage. Where it really shines is utility in the offhand, having a quick slap, a parry, and a reliable 2hand to perseverance for general use.don't even need to upgrade it.

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TIL the weapon art for caestus makes you inmune to the miracle Force, or that was my experience while being destroyed by 2 caestus users, p interesting

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the awesome

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the bane of elfriede's scythe, perserverance man

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Probably the most useless weapon in the game. No wonder you find it in the sewer, because it's sh1t.

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YOU WA SHOCK

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Caestus? More like Chadstus

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best SL1 weapon imo.

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That thing trivializes PvE, its just so good

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its L1 absolutely shreds through greatshields and after guard-breaking still has enough hits to kill most enemies, so useful in lothric castle.

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how many hits can this thing's L1 do with 50 endurance?

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i use this weapon not for the perseverance like everyone else, but instead i use it for the L1 spam in PvE that does absolutely astounding amounts of damage.

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S+ tier utility item. Lighter than most rings. Blessed or Simple infusion provides almost free passive regen. Parry and Perseverance are both excellent weapon arts for both PvP and PvE. Surprisingly capable weapon on its own, with or even without an infusion that matches your stats; good for knocking through shields in PvE and chasing down low-HP runners in PvP. The only bad thing to say about it is that it is not as good a parry tool as a small shield; a partial parry will still hurt pretty bad and cost most of your stamina, a flub will open you up for counter damage and drain your whole stamina bar.

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should i infuse with dark gem

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I’ve occasionally run into players who are “two-handing” this weapon, but are still able to do the parry instead of the perseverance WA. Is this a hack?

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"so it's the same type of weapon."

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perfect counter to fighterPL force

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Great for parries, and off-hand utility, both as a weapon & WA. Been practicing parrying, but people automatically assume I want to parry when they see this. So they forget it's a weapon, and try to bait my parries. If they are dumb enough to roll into me, I just attack and catch them at the end of their rolls. Works 90% of the time, and deals a good +250 damage in 2 hits on blessed, assuming you're doing a hybrid FTH build.

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Great for parry, & off hand back up both as a weapon & utility. Most people assume you want to parry, & forget it is a weapon. If your opponent is dumb enough to roll into you, and they don't do a roll attack, you can catch them easy 90% of the time for 1-2 hits, around 260+ in most cases.

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best tool to deal with huge weapon, perseverance with CS or SS see some **** happen to them.

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Best infusion? I’m at 25str/70dex/30fth. Should I go sharp, blessed, or something else?

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*Minor Circuit intensifies*

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I get 710 AR (not including right eye ring or old wolf CS) with these on my star platinum cosplay build. 50 dexterity 60 faith + darkmoon blade and I switch Sunlight SS in and out whenever I need it for oath of sunlight. One thing people often forget about fist weapons is that they require basically no stamina to swing, meaning you can pool all of the points you would've put into stamina into damage. That on top of flynns ring and master's attire means you do enough damage to trade with ultras and great hammers as long as you're buffed up and are using perseverance correctly.

Full stats are here if anyone is interested, I basically never see people use this as a main weapon which is a shame because they do immense amounts of damage and nobody ever expects it when it happens.
Cleric start: Vig-35 Att-20 End-10 Vit-7 Str-12 Dex-50 Int-7 Fth-60 Lck-13

I out-damaged a guy in full havel armour with a buffed great mace, it's stupid. Lack of range and getting parried are the only issues, but most people suck at parrying and you don't need range when everyone just tries to trade with you anyway. Also it has one of the better running attacks in the game, both the running L1 and R1 are quite good for roll catching which you'll be doing a lot of.

On a final note, Caestus gets over 50 poison damage when infused with a poison gem. That with the speed and ability to trade makes it likely the single best poison weapon in the game. I haven't tested this out but the numbers show that it should work in theory at least.

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main hand simple caestus +10, off hand Chaos Lothric Greatsword +10 = Perseverance Superdamage

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Just started using these little guys in the arena for the first time and I have never won so many matches before.

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Jesus fckin christ! I cant believe this sht has parry and perseverance. Tool abuse...

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Is there a way to get another one if you sold it?

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YARE YARE DAZE

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Anta baka

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You know someome is salty about being beaten up/parried with this weapon when they use 8 paragraphs to say "i don't like it"

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why does everyone use this as a parry rather than an actual weapon? it works surprisingly well as a weapon...

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I accidentally sold it D:

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It's easier for me to parry with this than using parrying dagger. Not even joking

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Ah yes the humble caestus. Weighing In at 0.5 pounds this handy tool is a staple for all my builds. At +10 with a simple infusion they provide priceless utility in your off hand. No more wasting precious blessings because you got carried away spamming weaponarts. Just simply have it in your offhand, equip two in-between fights to double the effect. There is so much you can do with these babies.
And on top of the free for, you also have a handy deterrent to any r1 spammer with half a brain, even if you can't parry. Having a caestus out will make them think twice, or even hesitate expecting a parry.
As an actual parry tool I'd say this one is a mixed bag however. On the one hand you get a very fast and cheap parry tool. On the other it's a high risk high reward kind of tool. Whiff on a caestus parry and you can lose an entire bar of stamina. This can mean life or death vs ganks or certain high damage builds, as you will suddenly be pounding the b button trying to roll while your toon stands around and dies.

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This weapon shouldnt let parry dont you agree?

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ONE MAN PUNCHU

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how many of us are jojo fans and came for the MUDAMUDA's

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caestus is bestus

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I remeber when i got used to parrying and discovered this handy, little tool.
First thing i marched back to Friede an MADE. HER. PAY.
For everything.
Ahhh, good times.

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naked man running at you with this = おまえはもうしんでいる
NANIIIIIII

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Pkcs user: lolz bezt wupon me really tryhard lul noobz gonna hate

Caestus user: hinjaku hinjaku.

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Blessed or simple? Or should I use it to attack with?

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Dumbest WA I've ever seen. The only counter is to use a heavy trading weapon or not attack at all. Tried using claws in PvP and this WA makes it impossible to attack since all my attacks bounce off and stun me

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All these notes about off-hand use, but is no one gonna mention the fact that this is quite possibly the best weapon for a Flynn build? The damage output is absurd with the right set-up, and Perserverance partially makes up for the lost defense.

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lighting infused ceastus + one-handed UGS + Any Crossbow = A not really efective but really fun build

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I wonder, would it be worth applying blessed weapon on this?
Since these pair well with the pontiff rings, blessed weapon would get buffed from them, since it purely applies physical damage.

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My Caestus disappeared and I have no idea what happened to it

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This is a dagger-like weapon in terms of weight/damage ratio, but has the benefits of an ultra. Fits everywhere.