Estoc | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

One of the most simple yet fun weapons to use in PvP. The R2 attack is very useful and seems to combo into another R2. The weapon art is great for hitting those shield users who refuse to let go of block, and against others it’s still useful as it combos into an R1 and does very good damage. I recommend pairing this with a shield in the offhand to gain access to block hits further increasing your available moves. Or of course, you can just R1 spam. Whatever suits ya.

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so... i don't know how this bug happen to me, but i created a mage to try a new build, wanted to buy this from greirat, so i send him to the undead settlement, but couldn't find it on the inventory when he got back, and... for my surprise, there was the pointiff curved sword... so yeah i got no estoc but a good weapon for pvp on low levels XD

(sorry for my bad english btw)

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Is the WA actually worse when used without FP? Damage, shield penetration, stam usage, range all seem the same.

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Best infusion for this?

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Haha latency goes brrr...

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ooooohhhh the smell, the toxicity of this comment section. reminds me of the PKCS page on the DS3 wiki

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hey so... does the second 1h r2 on this thing have a parry during its startup? I was using it on a claw wielding corvian knight and somehow got a parry from it. not sure if I could replicate it tbh.

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ds3 estoc = DEX
ds2 estoc = STR
Once again it is proven that ds2 is the better game.

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Pretty good early on and late on if you know how to use it. Don’t spam, look for opportunities and dance out of your opponents range. This weapon also has pretty damn good stun on first r1 so use that to your advantage to cancel the attacks of heavier builds, as this weapon is fast. Not meta but very fun to use honestly.

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Classy and elegant, bestoc 4ever

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why this is quality weapo its need to be dex

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God I just started playing this game and came to the wiki to see if it’s a good weapon, but y’all go waaaay to deep into it. Just choose which weapons are fun jesus. And maybe go outside every once in a while.

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never forget this was a strength weapon in ds2

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It's actually not sold by the Shrine Handmaid after giving her Greirat's ashes. Beware of that

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This fking troll going around on different weapon pages talking about how "this weapon bad just pick up pkcs already" needs to stop. seriously, people come to these pages to find helpful info, and crackhead trolls like this one make it hard to find helpfull insights from other players, and even harder to find the actually FUNNY comments. Doesn't matter how old they are, internet trolls are all mentally children

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Anyone who thinks this weapon is trash never played against someone that knows how to use it. For real

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A good choice for hyper-mode sorcerors. Decent reach and a good swing speed. Also does absolutely H U E G damage when buffed with CMW with 60 int and court sorceror staff. When combined with damage boosters like magic clutch, dusk crown, red tearstone and morion, it gets around 780 AR (raw infusion, btw). Obviously if you are going to be using hyper mode, you probably dont want to be in melee range, but it's basically impossible for that not to happen sometimes, so you might aswell have something strong AF for the occasion.

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r1 r1 r1 r1 r1

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you can use this on sl1 run with hoonters ring OR the milkring. its damage sucks but if you like stabby weapons you should try this

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Such a trash weapon that is favored by the weak casuls who offer nothing in skill if you casuls are reading this pick up the pkcs and git Gud already

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Wiki has wrong info, estoc doesn't parry

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from my experience the estoc is not good for elemental infusions. on my low level elemental build, with 25 int and fth, crow quills outdamages the estoc by alot of damage. but on my low level sharp build, with 30 dex, the estoc does way more damage than the crow quills. on my 120 meta build, crow quills outdamages estoc with sharp gem. so if your doing a low level dex build, i would go with estoc if you want a thrusting weapon

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No wonder this is so OP, Andre has been hammering it for years...

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Thrust but hole

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So is this offhand meta? I've been experimenting with the corvian greatknife and it has better tracking. So better tracking vs more range, which would win?

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Viable for main buff-ing arcane build. Low stats requirement. Long reach. Single-AoE attacks.

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trash casuls estoc user ewww, i guess being parried all the time still not gonna stop you from using this shhit

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use this stick looking weapon in your offhand while using a heavier weapon*****'s broken

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Pretty good in the offhand while using a heavier weapon, range will offset or match that of your main weapon. When your enemy is low on health and plays defensively, you can switch to the estoc and use running/slashing attacks or just spam that shield splitter with its surprising range. Definitely feels cheap to use but so do most winning tactics

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I'm writing this post a slight guide for new players, and I'll touch a bit on this weapons good aspects and some of the not so good. So I'm first say that after years of playing with every weapon in the game, this weapon is pretty good. However, it isn't as easy use as a straight sword or a curved sword, and anything that is easy to use lends itself to become even better as your skill and knowledge with the game mechanics increases. Following this logic, this weapon isn't really top tier. It's attack speed tends to be only a frame or two faster than straight swords, but it loses out on range and damage, and has a rather small and finicky hit-box. However it does have a slightly faster recovery, and this leads to one of the first unique aspects of this weapon. Off-hand, like all weapons, it gets a small boost to range. But the quick recovery frames after an attack allows you to combo into ANY main hand weapon attack. This makes the weapon extremely useful for dual wielding slower weapons, as catching an opponent with a hit from this can combo into a hit from a more devastating weapon like a great hammer/axe or ultra greatsword. The slightly faster attack speed allows it to combo AFTER most spells, if the enemy is in range. Some spells with extremely quick recovery (like lightning arrow) actually combo into two R1's. This is due to the fact that there is a kinda of build up mechanic for stunning players, with diminishing periods of being "stunned" as it builds up. Bigger weapons deal more stun "damage" so to speak, and as a result, the stun window after a spell and the first R1 hit is too small to land a second R1 with most weapons. Certain spells and this weapon deal enough stun damage to stun a player, but so little that the stun window is still long enough to land a second R1 even after a spell has landed. However, this weapon cannot land 3 R1's on it's own. Another unique aspect is that the slightly faster attack speed makes registering back stabs more consistent than a straight sword, and the range the weapon posses makes it better than daggers at registering backstabs. Seems to be that registering requires some kind of "check" that is influenced by the weapons attack speed, range, and the opponents position. In short, the range and speed of this weapon just registers backstabs more consistently than the slightly slower straight sword and the much shorter dagger. Personally, I can't give a number to quantify this, but it's definitely noticeable. Even through latency, opponents seem to get "sucked" into a backstab animations quite a bit more often than any weapon I've played with. Lastly I'd like to shed light on two of this weapons attacks in particular as they exceed in some common situations. One, is that while blocking with a shield, you can perform an R1 with reduced range. This is useful for closing with and trading against weapons that might have a slight range or speed advantage (don't try trading with ultra weapons like this, as it's not necessary to block slower weapons you can easily roll). Also, the running attack adds extra running steps when initiated, giving better range and several frames of damage registration in a linear pattern. This is useful for chasing opponents rolling directly away from you. My final opinion is that this weapon works best with with a shield backstab fishing, or off-hand for the increased range and capabilities to combo. On it's own the moveset isn't particularly strong, and as a back up weapon for a caster it's moveset (being mostly linear) just does what casters already do well. I suggest just using a straight sword for the better range, damage, hit registration, and horizontal moveset that seems (IMO) to better compliment your caster's spells. This weapon finds itself on some of my top 10 favorite builds for it's utility, but on it's own I wouldn't place this in my pick for top 10 best weapons.

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The best counter to this weapon? Small curved swords. Their 2h r1 is the fastest attack in the game, beating out daggers. Another hard counter to rapiers is preserverance, it'll make their weapon bounce off you. If you're using ultras don't even bother, a smart rapier user will just wiff punish you to death, and will never trade. Attack with a faster weapon or roll catch them, thats your best bet.

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Got a question: is there a difference between the light and heavy weapon art for the shield splitter? The animations look identical and doesn't really have any increased damage.

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Estoc in offhand does not parry. Rapier in offhand parries. Estoc blocks and attacks Rapier attacks and parries. Fix it.

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Something went wrong with sharp scaling. It has A at +10 in the max tab but it has B at +10 in the sharp tab. I'm talking about dex scaling btw

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Estoc. When you can't quite hit your opponent at 10 hp with an ultra.

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The fact offhand Estoc combos into R1 from heavy weapons is disgusting, how the hell From Software didn't fix it?

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Can we get AR listed on Heavy 40 Str, 12 Dex) Sharp 10 Str, 40 Dex) and Refined 40 Str/Dex?)

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Has good length. Nice shield pierce art. Use it with the Leo ring and you've got a great weapon against guys with big weapons and big D energy. Better for sneak attack assassin build but it can be used for a duel. Better to be sharp or something strong. getting a bleed or poison may prove difficult. Also hornet ring for parry and critical. Good ways to use the thrust weapons just gotta have timing and skill. Don't hate, appreciate. I've killed many people with this weapon. Just have to use it properly. Gank squad? Run away. The thrusting weapons have speed but if you're clipped then you won't be able to trade enough to win. But if the big D energy makes you want to fight them. Know the area, fight on your terms. Those who hate on the weapon do not know true potential. You're an assassin. Use whatever you can to get an edge. Train and git gud. Weapons do not suck they just require more skill to use lolzzzzzzzzzz

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Estoc has 130 on critical damage not 100.

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Estoc is best on a latency build.

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Fun fact, If you land a Lightning Arrow you can combo into 2 R1's of this as a true combo. Especially if you like to use Darkmoon Blade. Get twice the bang for your faith.

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Dark scaling is wrong, I have B scaling on both inteligence and faith at +6

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So this is the weapon to buff for dexfag who wants to melt everyone with R1 spam

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What's the deal with all you dex nerds having terrible grammar? Can't trash weapons without speaking and typing poorly?

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I can't understand who complain about this weapon. All rapiers are a joke to counter if you're smart enough and know how to play.

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So does sharp +10 have A scaling or B scaling in dex?

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r1 r1 r2

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Looking at the comments complaining about scrubs. Really? So, you’re saying spamming R1 is bad but, what, spamming some combination of R2 and R1 is okay? That makes no sense. Especially since this weapon’s R2 is situational. Guess what? There are only two buttons! OF COURSE they are spamming R1! What do you expect them to do, use R2 and get killed!?

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So why does literally no one use this anymore? Because it's r1 spam was nerfed? This is something i don't get about the tryhard community. Something is broken, they all use it, it gets rightfully nerfed, now that thing is trash because they have to try to win. The estoc, in my opinion is still one of the best, if not THE best weapon for duels. Another example of this "It's not broke so its bad" mentality is the astora greatsword. Oh whats that? It's rolling r1 was patched to not be parryable anymore? Bye bye forever. Oh and curved swords, literally all the ones that got nerfed (carthus, falchion etc) have been completely forgotten about. I've used all these weapons post-nerf (in duels and invasions) and they all still work fine. All these weapons were broken, rightfully nerfed. and now there just really good.

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I don't feel like making an account to add this, but you need to send Greirat to undead settlement before you can get estoc from him

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r1 r1 r1

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Noticed upon starting a new run as an Assassin that this overrides your kick for a quick backstepping slash. Low damage and just as unreliable as the kick to pull off, but useful.

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What's wrong with the Estoc? and while where at it, what's wrong with the darksword? I shove all my effort into tanky greatsword/greathammer/greataxe builds so I don't really comprehend how the lighter weapons cause problems other than versatility and spamming

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Long long time ago in the age of the Dark Swords and Estocs......

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OP af

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Estoc bestoc

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Doesn’t a sharp estoc +6 have A scaling in dex?

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Fun Fact: real-life estoc couldn't cut at all.

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trash weapon
*****poise***** range just a baiters/fishes weapon for noobs who cant play real weps

if u see one of these in arena feel free to point down and drop dung on them after you stomp them

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For pve do you recommend this or ricards rapier? Also is it worth blood infusing it or better go high dex and shaap?

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Boy if I learned one thing is that people in pvp are really salty. are you guys having fun? talking about weapons is always opening a can of worms, geez. At least in pve this weapon is a lot of fun

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casul

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I have to use this weapon for a Conquistador cosplay I'm doing an honestly i feel pretty ashamed of it