Drakeblood Greatsword | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

thoughts on simple infusion?

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The 2h moveset is really good, but 1h R1 is crazy. Uses almost no stamina with better stunlocking than a straight sword. With resins it just melts through most mobs

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The three-way Split May seem offputting, but lightning and Magic also Happen to be the 2 strongest buff spells in the Game. With sharp Infusion, 50 faith and lightning Blade, this weapon Not only holds Up to NG+7 easily, it even exceeds Most weapons I've tried. It's fast, has a great moveset, Deals loads of damage and synergizes with buffs Like No other weapon. Whenever I have Problems because my damage sucks, I Switch to this and Just win. This is the best weapon in the game and noone can convinve me otherwise.

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I feel like getting hit with 3 damage types at once would make someone **** their pants

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I love infusing with dark and then bowglitching it with carthus airplane arc to deal all damage types with a single hit. Wet noodle but mind-blowing

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The perfect 60 faith DMB/Lightning Blade PVP Raw Weapon. Makes for amazing builds starting at sl75 and will generally do 450-550 a hit.

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Weapon is so much better in ds2 in basically every aspect: Way better scaling and only dex too, has a powerful thrust attack, (high counter damage which wasn't compensated for in this version), better split damage with mostly physical damage and some elemental damage to boot that makes it more effective with buffs.

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I mean yeah, very powerful with lightning/magic weapon buffs and all that, but how good is infusing with a dark/chaos gem to just do every damage?

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should've been split fire/lightning instead of magic/lightning, then you'd be able to compensate for the 3-way split with any of the faith infusions

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They butchered this baby in dark souls 3, especially the moveset

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what do you call a viable drakeblood GS build?

Al Dente

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let's say you're a faith build, like the hollowslayer moveset, and prefer the stance skill over stomp. this is your weapon
also you better grab 2 of these: one with the blessed infusion and one with the lightning infusion. they'll have the same AR, so pay attention to your enemy's equipment.

heavy armor means higher vitality, which scales physical defense. the heavier armor also has lower lightning absorption. go with the lightning version

lighter armor means higher endurance and less heavy armor: lower lightning defense and higher physical defense. go with the blessed

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Wish it had a rolling poke and heavy poke. Otherwise it’s great but those are big negatives for me. HollowS is #1 for this moveset imo.

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If you're at all struggling with the twin princes, this thing destroys them since it hits both of their weakest defenses.

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This weapon goes from depressingly mediocre to absolutely cracked with any kind of elemental buff. From a PvP perspective, anyways.

At 40/40, expect this thing @ Refined +10 to hit a well-armored melee build for somewhere in the realm of 230. Put a Pale Pine Resin on it, and that goes up to around 295. Use a Gold Pine Bundle instead, and that number is now 315 or so.

For comparison, a Refined Claymore +10 at the same stat allotment only deals around 260 damage to the same player, and still only some 289 damage when buffed with the Gold Pine Bundle.

Additionally, because so much of the Drakeblood Greatsword's damage is elemental, its "ideal" physical infusion hardly matters, so it works very well on Strength, Dex, and Quality, which is not a very common characteristic among even infusable weapons. And it's equally (if not more ridiculous) with Blessed/Crystal/Lightning infusion, or any physical infusion + Darkmoon/Lightning Blade miracle.

Plus, in spite of its short range, this thing feels easier to use than most other greatswords. It uses the Hollowslayer Greatsword's moveset, so its hyperarmor seems to come in quicker than other greatswords, and it's also very difficult for the enemy to read your next move if you know what you're doing. And it consumes a mere 25 stamina on a 2-handed R1, while every other greatsword except for the Hollowslayer consumes 30-35. These two things combined make this thing a sort of "R1 blender" where you can pretty much just spam your light attack and dumpster even Lapp PKCS sweats if they're not expecting it.

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It is a stylish weapon with a good moveset and ar/weight ratio, but it's a little tricky to build around. Wether you are a mage or not, it's a resource-hungry weapon that will constantly eat up your resins/fp in order to access the best of it's potential ar. When infused with your element of choice, you need the respective clutch ring to benefit better from the moveset's great dps. I'd say flynn's ring should help with it's physical ar, but unless you use blessed weapon on it don't bother.

In regards of the moveset, it's almost perfect to stunlock anything in your path, but it gives less hyper armor than it appears so at least 15 poise is recommended. Don't get greedy either, if the enemy isn't staggered in the 3rd hit, roll back as you will eventually lose the trade.

For fashion matters, to each their own. In my opinion greatsword of judgment is a better weapon to show off with.

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Did some testing with the pontiff right eye and it seems it buffs all 3 damage types. With it this greatsword goes from "meh" to "oh sht!"

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Weight to power ratio it's the best weapon in the game, gobble my huevos if u think different

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Everyone is so concerned over it being good or bad that they haven't realized how good it looks. So much for fashion souls you casuls

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And yet the drakeblood summon manages to one shot me with this thing every time...

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This thing on sl1 runs WRECKS, depending on the boss you can change between magic and lightning resins, giving you variety. it has very good rolling attacks which is essential on openings against bosses. It has INSANE critical damage, since the split damage wont matter. riposting sb with this thing, say bb. Its also very light for a greatsword

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Sick of seeing elitism in a virtual chat created to discuss a game

Every weapon in the game is viable, doesn't matter what it is - stop worrying about what weapon is best, and just try them out yourself without worrying about trolls screaming about split damage - nobody said the Drakeblood is best, but I WILL say why you should try it and make up your own mind

But yes, the Drakeblood Greatsword is entirely viable, it's just whether that weapon works for you. It has split damage sure, and you'll notice that against the vitality meta in higher level PvP, you'll also notice more and more situations at higher levels where the claymore might've been more useful, but we all know the claymore is an utter beast, and yes it has bad range like the bastard sword

but if you know what you're doing, use it. It works great with Chaos/Pyro and Faith builds with lightning and chaos gems, it also works great as a buffable quality weapon - you'll be waving around 700+ AR minimum, again split damage or no that slaps. It's an interesting, and surprisingly versatile weapon for different builds

It shares a similar moveset to the Hollowslayer, making it unique and the HyperArmour frames kick off much earlier than on other GSs. Some aren't a fan of the moveset, but I am - the 2 handed R1's are fantastic for playing unlocked, the swipe tends to create a wide arc behind and in front of the player so it can catch multiple foes off guard, you can protect all sides of your character with these (they can also catch someone in a 4 hit combo if they try roll through your attack instead of away), and it has a 1handed R2 poke so it's not pokeless which a lot of people slam it for compared to the claymore - also, don't sleep on the shield break weapon art for moveset versatility, and the L2/R2 for closing distance - people ALWAYS underestimate a player with this weapon too

It's a really fun weapon, it's a nice change from the popular meta, and much MUCH stronger than any self proclaimed Souls expert will tell you on the net - hope this helps, and have fun

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Buffing with lightning blade boosts damage pretty considerably but it's still worse than Sunlight Straight Sword for faith builds, don't be fooled

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Refined drakeblood + lightening blade/darkmoon blade would deal pretty decent damage.

Still, a lightening Claymore or a Judgment sword could do better without the buffs.

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imaging being such a dumbass that you use a weapon with triple split damage loool

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Infuse it with Dark for all the scaling! then go shank those Silver Knight bastards and have them drop NOTHING!! for 2 hours.

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Sharp and Raw infusions have same damage with minimal stats (18 STR and 16 DEX), so infuse with Sharp if in doubt of leveling DEX sooner or later (for cast speed or anything)

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Works wonders in higher NGs with refined infusion and sunlight/darkmoon blade.

Its very quick 2hR1s are perfect for faster bosses my twinaxes whiff at.

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Works wonders with the sharp infusion + gold pine resin on a silver k***ht cosplay

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should i use this on a chaos or dark build? looks absolutely smexy

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looking at the table for the elemental infusions it seems lightning infusion is by far the best, but if you want a focused magic weapon, is this the best weapon to infuse with simple? the magic damage is only slightly less then crystal but a jump to A scaling should make the difference and it still deals slightly more physical (a miniscule amount but its something)

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if this weapon bad then how come that k************************** keeps melting my health bar with it? also if you have 40 in dex, str, int, and faith shudn't it melt peaple like it did me? also i was 40 vig with +3 fap and full havel.

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the AR it can get with chaos/dark is retarded for how small of a weapon it is

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I see all the different infusions but don't fully understand what would be best for what me and some buddies are looking for. We want to use the weapon but be able to infuse it and use darkmoon blade or lightning blade on it to get some nice bonus damage from it. What infusion should we put on it to get the most out of it? We plan to eventually spec for 40 Faith first along with whatever Str/Dex is needed for the weapon. Any input on a proper infusion for Dark Blade and Lightning Blade spell uses with 40 Fatih?

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Splitdamage Greatsword

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On a strength build and with a heavy infusion, does it work well with lightning /pale resin?

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One of most wasted weapons in the game, IMHO.
Yes, i know it can be good under certain conditions, but there are things that From could do to make this weapon truly unique and wasted it.

First of all: i'm absolutely pissed that this sleek, graceful weapon doesn't have a 2H R2 thrust. Out of 16 greatswords in this game only 4 can 2H R2 thrust, and this beauty isn't one of them. That's a crime.

Two: the low range really hurts this, just like it hurts Bastard's Sword. It basically has similiar range to something like Lothric's Straight Sword, only without the speed. Which is bad. You can't initiate with this thing, getting staggered just trying to start a combo, or even better - you simply get outspaced. Lovely.

Three: i'm gonna do a little DS2 praising here. DS2 was fairly creative with its' weapons movesets. DS3 drops an absolute ball here. Since this weapon strides a short line between greatsword and a straight sword having both range and size of the latter - they could give it some unique hybrid moveset where certain arbitrary attacks use straight sword animations instead of greatsword ones.

Still one of my ravorite weapons though, because i love the realistic design of the thing and i love the sound it makes when it hits a target.

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Give it Fire or Deep infusion for that epic 4 way split damage and no scaling

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Unironically extremely underrated. Everyone sees the triple split damage and thinks, "Oh, this thing has garbage damage" but when you buff it with DMB or Lightning Blade on a 40 dex 60 fth build it gets insane damage at a very low weight and stamina cost. Pair this with the great hyperarmour and moveset and it's one of the best greatswords IMO

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Fun fact: it's easily mistaken for a straight sword if wielded in the left hand.

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Is this viable with lightning/crystal infusion? It seems like it would be at least OK. Also, what about dark/chaos? Seems worse since it gimps the base magic/lightning damage but the fire/dark is decent and the magic/lightning will scale to an extent. Split damage is pretty bleh though.

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Since this is the lightest greatsword, do you guys think this could work with flynns ring?

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"If infused with Dark or Chaos, both Magic and Lightning damage will scale with Intelligence and Faith, respectively." Can you go full pyro with 40 int & faith?

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This weapon confuses me...

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infusing with lightning isnt all too bad

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Get darkmoon blade or lightning blade on this weapon and the damage will skyrocket.

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Why does this weapon give me dummy high crit damage compared to other greatswords? I have this dark infused at 30/30 int faith, I also have a dark bastard sword +9 and does more damage but less crit damage than the dark drakeblood greatsword +10, and the weapons both have 100 on the crit. Help.

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Ok I’m new to the game and series can someone explain like I’m 5 how the split damage works? Apparently this sword is bad despite doing 2 elemental damage types? Like, what if you’re fighting something weak to both magic and lightning? Does is still not fully apply both damage types? Why doesn’t it just add both damage types to every hit? Guess I’m just used the MHW where it did that

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IMHO use this thing with raw for that big bump in physical damage and use a fire or dark resin to gain a 3rd element damage and bam now you got a hard hitting greatsword that deals good physical damage and not 1 not 2 but 3 different elemental damages.

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Weapon is really good for farming the winged knights in grand archives very beautiful moveset lowkey underrated too.

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Actually a great weapon for mid level, using pale pine and gold bundles(i have been going sharp infused, but im going to use it raw with DMB also). The fact it is buff-able makes up for the split, and it has the best dmg types for mid level as most people have less magic/lightning absorption. Then the moveset is not perfect but good, i use hollowslayer and flamberge a lot so it fit me. Then to really make it worthwhile, its very lightweight. Makes it so you can manage to have 37.7 poise and stat investment, all good things. Also one hand moveset has a poke, great for pairing with crossbow. Underrated but not top tier.

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Drakeblood + Fire gem + Dark balde tumblebuff = Avatar,master of all 4 elements

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It has a B scaling in dex with sharp infusion, not a C

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infuse with fire or dark, you now have the ULTIMATE SPLIT DAMAGE STICK

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Good for silver knight cosplay

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Unlike Dark Souls 2 it is actually good in this game because of how few buffable elemental weapons there are.

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People say this is had, but actually it's quite good. Yea it has low starting damage, but it has innate magic and lightning, meaning using either dark moon or lightning blade with a clutch ring gives this serious elemental damage. Also gets bonus blessed. I'd reccomend trying a high faith build with it and see how it goes

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Would this work well with a dex/int build? If infused with sharp and buffed with Crystal weapon?

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btw a +10 crystal infusion is 214 just like lightning, so this weapon for each is exactly the same, scaling and base.

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I use this at high level because I hate myself

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Best weapon to roll catch

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