Demon's Fist

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Requirements & Bonus
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Demon's Fist is a Weapon in Dark Souls 3.



A demonic fist that burns with fiery essence. Its wielder can release this power through use of its Skill. When two-handed, fists are equipped in each hand.

Skill: Flame Whirlwind
Spin through opponents with abandon, flaming fists outstretched. Using a strong attack while spinning utilizes your momentum to slam the ground with both fists.



Notes and Tips:

  • Cannot be Infused or Buffed.
  • Reinforced with Titanite Scale.
  • Pyromancers can easily make use of this weapon with some Strength investment.
  • Like all Fist and Claw weapons, having this weapon in the left hand allows it to be used as a parry tool.
  • The length of Flame Whirlwind depends on when the ground slam follow-up is performed. It can be done after one, two or three spins. Use the follow-up at the last spin to maximize your damage output. 
  • The stamina damage dealt when kicking with the Demon's Fist is very high, the second highest in the game behind the Follower Torch.

 

Softcaps & Scaling:

  • 20/8/9/9 = 388 AR = Base Stats
  • 40/8/9/9 = 445 AR = Str Softcap
  • 20/8/40/40 = 439 AR = Pyromancy Softcap
  • 40/8/40/40 = 496 AR

 

 

Location/Where to Find:

  • Transposable from Soul of a Demon, which drops from the demon guarding the entrance to the Smouldering lake in the Catacombs of Carthus. This demon is not a boss and resembles the demon wandering the undead settlement.



Moveset and Videos:

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Demon's Fist Upgrade Table

  Attack ValuesBonus Parameter Bonus Auxiliary Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Name
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Strength Bonus
Dexterity Bonus
Intelligence Bonus
Faith Bonus
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Regular 111 - 77 - - D - E E - - - - - - - -
+1 129 - 89 - - D - E D - - - - - - - -
+2 147 - 102 - - C - D D - - - - - - - -
+3 165 - 114 - - C - D D - - - - - - - -
+4 183 - 127 - - C - D D - - - - - - - -
+5 202 - 140 - - C - D D - - - - - - - -

 

 

Requirement Parameter Bonus Attack Values Damage Reduction % Auxiliary Effects Others
icon-strength_22.png Strength
icon-strength_22.png Strength
icon-wp_physicalAttack.png Physical  Physical icon-wp_bleed.png Bleeding  Durability
icon-dexterity_22.png Dexterity
icon-dexterity_22.png Dexterity
icon-magicbonus.png Magic  Magic icon-wp_poisonbld.png Poison

 Weight

icon-intelligence_22.png Intelligence
icon-intelligence_22.png Intelligence
icon-firebonus.png Fire  Fire Frost Frost  
icon-faith_22.png Faith
icon-faith_22.png Faith
icon-lightningbonus.png Lightning  Lightning  Curse  
    icon-darkbonus.png Dark  Dark    
    Critical Critical
 Stability
   
    Spell Buff Spell Buff
     
     Range      

Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X". 
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped. 
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has: Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)



Glitches

  • Two handing a short bow while the fist is equipped in the opposite hand will cause half of the screen on which the the fist is place to fuzz out. (Xbox One) (need confirmation on other bows)

 

 

Fist & Claws
Caestus  ♦  Claw  ♦  Dark Hand  ♦  Manikin Claws



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    • Anonymous

      this + Carthus Beacon + Old Wolf Curved Sword + Pontiff's Right Eye + Flynn's Ring

      i laugh madly as i box everything to death in 3 seconds with my spicy hulk hands

      • Anonymous

        I used this weapon almost until the end of the game. Sometimes changed to BKS when I needed more range. Had so much fun. 10/10 would highly recommend.

        • Anonymous

          I've found it at last, after eons of searching.... the ultimate technique! The lords themselves will cower before me! *sticks arms out and spins around like a child pretending to be a helicopter* BEHOLD, MY SPIN MOVE!

          • Anonymous

            My favorite weapon I never knew how to use. Got it because it looked cool, and it became a running joke with me and my roomies who watched me play sometimes that if I was struggling with a boss, I’d break out this bad boy and announce that “they’ll be no match against my ultimate weapon, the Demon’s Fist!”

            Then I’d get stomped flat. 10/10 will make a pyro build to use this again.

            • Anonymous

              You see, i don't care that i could be doing better damage if im fisting A DRAGON RIDING GOD AND RIPPING HIS GUTS OUT BLOODBORNE STYLE WITH MY FLAMING FISTS OF FURY

              yeh its good

              • Anonymous

                Fun fact: The weapon art works on Watchers of the Abyss, both phases. Launches them into the air and everything. So not only is it extremely effective, it's also VERY cool.

                • Anonymous

                  Has the same problem as the Caestus: Super short range combined with poise basically not existing in this game means it's hard to actually do anything before you get staggered. The difference is that the Caestus gets a WA that helps with this problem, this doesn't.

                  • Anonymous

                    I'm thinking of making some sort of weeaboo genkai build and this seems perfect for the melee portion. Just need to figure out the spirit wave spell equivalent.

                    • Anonymous

                      Works great in off hand on a pure strength build with vordt's great hammer. A single hit with this weapons resets the frostbite status so it can be proc'd again for insane damage on bosses. Plus it is incredibly fast and does good damage for a strength build, which compliments the hammer wonderfully. That's not even mentioning that this thing can parry.

                      • Anonymous

                        You don't use the Demon's Fist because you want a fist weapon for your pyromancer character.
                        You use the Demon's Fist because you want to send dark spirits to space.

                        • Anonymous

                          Are you running a Strength Build? Do you want one of the fastest weapon speeds in the game? Grab this ****. Even with high-levels of enemy fire defense it will almost always outperform the regular Caestus.

                          • Anonymous

                            It's hilarious, most of the comments here are just meme comments instead of actual words discussing the pros & cons of this weapon.

                            • Anonymous

                              Damn, should have bought the atomic karate instead of the lame ass fire axe I swapped for (LITERALLY ANY GREATSWORD)

                              • Anonymous

                                ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATAT
                                Proceeds to use weapon art:omae wa mou shindeiru

                                • Anonymous

                                  Even if almost nobody will think about it, be aware that the ground slam foolow-up can be parried but if you touch the player with the spin you are fine.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    ANCIENT WISDOM
                                    ARCANE ART
                                    MARTIAL PROWESS THAT WILL STOP YOUR HEART
                                    EPIC POWER
                                    DISCIPLINE
                                    NUCLEAR MOVES THAT WILL ALWAYS WIN

                                    • Anonymous

                                      This is such a good troll weapon, the damage isnt very good but launching hosts and phantoms up into the air with the special combo is so satisfying. I can land it surprisingly often, a lot of players especially noobs and mid tiers like myself never really come across it in pvp or dont see the full weapon special combo.

                                      • Anonymous

                                        Sometimes, the last part of the spin wa can be cancelled to 2 l1 s. Must be a really precise timing, because is really hard to pull off

                                        • Anonymous

                                          Use these with havel's gauntlets and the demon fists look the same, but the textures line up so you have chains wrapped around them. Looks sick

                                          • Anonymous

                                            This, motion blade, old wolf curved greatsword, both pontiff rings and the red tearstone ring. L1 spam any boss or player to regain insane HP, dealing more damage with every hit, increased when further with the red tearstone ring. You are a boxing god. ***** weapons, play a monk today

                                            • Anonymous

                                              i made a character using this, SL65, invading as an aldrich faithful, and i almost didn't lose at all. The only weapons against wich i will definately lose with this, are astora GS and Red Hilted Halberd.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                Absolutely love this weapon. I use it offhand on a quality build with full Black Knight armour and Black Knight Ultra Great Sword main. In PVP enemies are so focused on avoiding the ultra great sword, when they get close they don’t expect a fiery tornado.

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  Easily one of my favorite weapons, also criminally underrated. Grab yourself a weapon art shield (Preferably Black Night Shield) and bait for an opponent's attack. Punish with an R1 and follow into a weapon art, but let the spin last as long as possible for best damage, then release with your ride into the skies. Mixes well with Pontiff's Right Eye, but I recommend not use Old Wolf Curved Sword so you can have a shield since you lack a perseverance like caestus. Easy 600-800 damage!

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    Currently running a build with these as a "monk" along with the Millwood Greatbow and utility Pyromancy. Super fun

                                                    • critically underated, ran a build with this in offhad, ringed knight SS in main hand, and relatively poisey armor. most people don't expect you to suddenly start using your parrying tool as a weapon, a GOOD one no less! only thing is that the weapon art should really only be used similarly to Stomp, it's pretty predictable but has hyperarmor.

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        . . O̧̞̭̰̭͐̔̇͘͠Ŗ̡̖͔̞̝̟̖̻͛̏̉̇̅̇̎̚͠Ǎ̶̢̡̝̹̣̞͖̏̑̐̈́̚͢ Ơ̦̜̗̜̟̱͊̑̏̿Ŗ̸̺̻̖̩̬̭̮̅͛̌̔͛͜Ḁ̷̧̬̩̠̐̽͐̆͊͋̎͛̅͟͞ O̸̢͕̭͔̪̹̣͙̎̂͊̂̈́̆́͝ͅR̠̩̯̥̻͇̟͔͕̿̄́̂̄͒̀̚Ả̶̙̺̤͙̰̒̾̏̃̈̌̔͝ Ò̴͖̬̞̱̖̮̱̙̃͆͟͠͝R̮̠̬͕̹̫̗̗̈́͒̊̒̓Ȧ̵̡̧͚̟͈̮͇̞̈͒̌͗̌͘͟ . .

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          Ơ̶̢̨̧̨̢̡̨̢̧̢̧̡̨̧̧̡̢̧̢̡̨̢̢̧̢̧̛̛̛̛̜̠̺̣̞̻̺͙͍̣͔̪̳̳̰̯̮̭̻̼̩͙̩͎͙̟̮̹̺̜̥̪͔̳̣̲̪̻̘̮̠̦͔̺̞͇̬̣̘͇̞͈̲̹̞̱̙̻̜̟̲͓̝͚̫͖̜̭̯̙͚̰̻̼͔͍͔̻̻̻̤̭̠̲̼͚̼̗̖̦̫̝͍̤̣̖̩͇̼̥̙̯͕̰͓̮̣̬͔͎̭̱̮̩͖̘̻͈̤̱̥̳̲̦̹̫͚͈̲͙̙͍̹͉̣̖̦̰̤̫̝̪̻͙̣̪̥̻̺̟̪͔͈̩͉̜͉̥̦̹̱̱̰͈̦̲̺̺̤̼͈̥̙͚͈̭̗̻̪̳̣̲̲̱͖̜̪̺̹͍̣̯̤̻͚̠̱̺̼̰̣̱͇͕̬̳͙̟̞̙̰̤̣̮͇͍̹͓̦̪̱̖̣͖̝̻̫̭̮͖̠͖͔̖͙͈̱̒̍͗͂̀́̈́̿̔̃̊͑̈́̈́͋̀͆͛̓̃͂̓̋̌̅̄͛͗͒̈̌͋͆̽̀̃́̉́́͐̂͗̋́̐̄̑̑̆̉̒̌̓̈͗͛͋́̐̌̈́͑̈̓̔̒̉̋̾̾̇̽͌͐͛̀̎̈́̀̏̏̆́̔͋́̾̌̃̌̔̉̂̋̆̉̃̌́̈́͛͒͋̒̈͊̔̉̏͆̾̒͊̌͊͆̂̏̅̓̇̉̉̓͒́̍̀̈́̽͌̀͑͒͆̚͘̕͘̚̚̚̕͘̕͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͠͠͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅR̵̢̧̢̡̡̢̧̨̨̧̢̡̧̢̡̡̧̨̡̨̨͚͓̺̤͎͎̙̹̱̜̯̻̪͓̳͇̟̜̖̯̥̮̼͈̥̘̬̼͓̼͍̭͙̮̗̲̣̙͍͎̟̪̩̘͎̮̰̮͓͓͔̱̯̲͈͔̺̝̹̗̫͔͉̭̘̭͇̣̮̪̖̱̣̙̖̙̺̠̹̹̹̣͇̲͇͓͈̼̩̲̤̤̠̯̯̤̞͔͖̠͙̭͍̠̙̫̼̠̟̻̜̜̙͔͖͓̗͍̤̪͚͇̳̱͕̦̠͎͕̭̠̞̙̣͓̯͎͎̘͙͈̫̭͈̤̲̙̹̪̲͕̖̲̥͕̙͇̼̠̳͔͖̝̳͎͓̜̦̮̟̥͎̯͚̪̪͈̺̤̗̻͚͉̩̺̣͙̺̲̟͔̼̗͔̹͖̠͔̝͎̬̺̘̟͈͙̙̫͈̬͎̪̳̬̘̙̼͓̖͚̣͉̥͎̥͉̙̖̣̼̙̪͎͉͔̤̱̜͇̠̼̠͍͍̳̫̥̃͑͐̎̋̎̓̏̾̄̏̑̅̋̄̃̉̂́̾͒͑͛͌̑̃̌̏̏́͛̈́̓͗̓̈́̔̈́̑̓̽̂͘̕̕̚̕̕͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͠͝ͅẴ̵̢̛̛̛̛̛͙̟̣̻̭̘̜̜̰̗̻̮̘̺͚̥̗͖̼̟̝̠͙͕̙͕͓͙̠̗̮̼̦̱̹̫̜̿͊̔̽̆͋̃͒̿̅̄͋̂̏̂̒͛͛̀̆̿̑̉̋̎́͌̒̾̂̑̾̍̇̔̌̐̓̂͒̄̐͊̀͑̿̓̈́̍̂̾́͗̔͗͗̉̄̔̓̋̂͗́̄̆͗̇͗̑͂̏̀̽̃͗̓͒̈́͐͒̅͋̐̋̾́̄̓̓̅̽͋̓͂̀̏͆͆̚͘̕̕͘͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅ

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            Cool idea, sad implementation. Moveset aside the Dark Hand beats this in every way: this is weaker, consumes much more stamina, seems slower and on top of all weighs a ton compared to other fist weapons.

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              Try this +5 with fire clutch and flynn's while wearing Master's set, loincloth and ragged mask and you can do some major damage before quickly rolling away

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                I feel i need to mention. A Chaos Infused Ceastus as the same stat spread for this weapon. Is actually better damage wise on a Pyro build.

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  defeating abyss watcher with this weapon its easy , but littlebit tricky , , check this video ---- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdVvU2VynJE&feature=youtu.be

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    I'm currently using this for a Yang Xiao Long cosplay build with bursting fireball, sacred flame, and GCFB. Just a fun fact, all NPC invaders can get stunlocked with a full weapon art to sacred flame, back to weapon art, so on and so forth. I bullied the Pale shade without taking a hit.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      This weapon is not clocking in at 5.5 weight, i currently have 65.7% WR and equipping this puts me at 73.1% WR, not visual bug either, at perfect 64.50%% it still puts you over incorrectly

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Is is poosible to Parry the Demons fist? i just don't know if i can parry someone while their using this

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          resembles strongly the Ifrit fists form Devil May Cry (the good first part). If it only would have the kick and charged fire ball attack...and range.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            Some of the best cosplays require fist weapons. Rocky, Xell Dincht, Kenshiro. And I think we all would miss a ton of fun if we had not at least one playthrough with caestus/demon fists only. I mean it can't be worse than a Mimic cosplay...

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              I want them to get buffed. There isn't really anything wrong with them, I just want things to die faster by punching.

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                L1 can't be deflected by shields. It gets blocked, but you don't have extra recovery frames like you do with the R1, meaning you can safely spam L1 against shielding opponents.

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  I really love this weapon, but no matter how hard i try, i just cannot create a good balanced build around it.
                                                                                  Frequent hitbox bugs ruin PVE battles, low range ruins PVP. Of course it is possible to play using it, but there is no reason not to use dex dual weapons with the same moveset, unfortunately.

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    Am I the only one that is reminded of DMC by these? They look like Ifrit almost. And I mean the GOOD DMC, not that*****ty reboot.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      I giggle like a maniac whenever I stunlock a Lothric Knight into oblivion with these. I don't care if they're not "good" or "viable" they're fun

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        Dont let the haters turn you away, besides your only option is the demon axe...which is garbage. On a pyromancer with 20 str, 10 dex 26 faith and 22 int, this weapon hits hard for its speed, hits fast, and has a wonderfull wep art. Knocks up or guard breaks most things, dose good damage, cheap cost. Also good gap clowe and for a combo. Enemy rollsinto your pyromancys? Whiwind, knock em up and down, spit boulder on them while they are down

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          After fighting the same player twice who used this weapon, I noticed that after s/he used finished Flaming Whirlwind and I was knocked to the ground, they were able to use it again a second time in a row with no chance of me escaping the attack. I fought said player again, and the same thing happened. It seems the combo wouldn't work more than twice tho. Has this happened to anyone else?

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            Ive seen players with this weapon equipped and they had fire coming out of the fists, but the picture doesnt? It seems like it would blend in more than the ceastus with your fists but not if it glows.

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              If anyone has played the original Devil May Cry, you'll notice this weapon bares resemblance to Ifrit. Maybe FROM drew inspiration from it? Thumbs up if you agree

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