Great Hammers are one of the largest weapon types in the game. They have a slower movesets but feature high damage and are an intimidating choice for players. They also have the highest poise damage of any weapon class in the game, with 45 poise damage on a regular two handed light attack. Great Hammers also cannot be parried two-handed, with the exception of the rolling and running attack.
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Requirements Param Bonus |
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Acquired From |
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148 50.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 35.0 |
100 40.0 |
0 0 0 |
22 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
125 10.0 |
20 (-/-) |
Looted from a corpse near the place you and Siegward of Catarina defeated the Fire Demon in Undead Settlement. | ||
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122 55 |
0 40 |
100 35 |
0 35 |
0 40 |
100 53.0 |
0 0 0 |
22 D |
0 - |
9 E |
9 E |
150 11.0 |
(12 /15) |
Dropped by Rock Gargoyles using this weapon in Profaned Capital or Grand Archives. |
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152 55.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 40.0 |
100 40.0 |
0 0 0 |
28 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
280 12.0 |
20( -/ -/) |
Drops from Watchdog of Farron NPC outside Farron Keep. |
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176 55.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 45.0 |
100 45.0 |
50 0 0 |
30 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
170 17.0 |
12 (-/-) |
Transposed from Soul of Boreal Valley Vordt. | ||
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185 55.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 50.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 45.0 |
100 45.0 |
0 0 0 |
32 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
150 18.0 |
12 (-/-) |
Dropped from Cathedral Knights wielding this weapon. | ||
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200 70.0 |
0 50.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 45.0 |
100 45.0 |
0 0 0 |
50 D |
0 - |
0 - |
30 D |
250 24 |
50 |
Dropped by Eygon of Carim if killed. | ||
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103 50.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 30.0 |
0 30.0 |
0 35.0 |
100 35.0 |
0 0 0 |
18 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
135 6.0 |
13 |
Dropped by Villagers at the Undead Settlement wielding this item | ||
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205 70.0 |
0 50.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 50.0 |
100 45 |
0 0 0 |
45 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
205 24.0 |
12( -/ -) |
Found in a chest in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley in the building with the paintings and Silver Knights, on the second floor. | ||
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180 60.0 |
0 45.0 |
69 40.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 45.0 |
100 45 |
0 0 0 |
30 D |
0 - |
10 D |
10 D |
185 18.5 |
12 (-/15) |
Created with the Soul of the Old Demon King | ||
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140 50.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 30.0 |
0 30.0 |
0 35.0 |
100 40 |
0 0 0 |
18 C |
9 - |
0 - |
0 - |
105 8.0 |
11( -/ -) |
Located on a corpse in Irithyll Dungeon (near the giant). | ||
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188 60.0 |
0 45.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 45.0 |
100 45 |
0 0 0 |
40 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
340 21.0 |
12 (-/-) |
Dropped by Havel in Archdragon Peak. | ||
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149 55.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 40.0 |
100 40 |
0 0 33 |
21 C |
13 - |
0 - |
0 - |
140 16.0 |
13 ( -/ 10) |
Dropped by Evangelists at Undead Settlement |
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189 55.0 |
0 40.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 35.0 |
0 40.0 |
100 40 |
0 0 0 |
40 C |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
150 15.0 |
12 ( -/ 10) |
Ashes of Ariandel DLC: Snowy Mountain, at the top of a pass, guarded by a red eyed Millwood Knight. |
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170 85 |
0 55 |
0 60 |
0 55 |
0 55 |
100 50 |
0 0 0 |
60 B |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
310 28 |
25(-/25) |
Dropped by Silver Knight Ledo when he invades you in The Ringed City (Location) | ||
AnonymousPersonally, I love hammers. They might be slow, yes. But there’s something undeniably good about it when you hit something and deal like 700 damage
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I literally don't understand the complaint about speed when ds3 is basically cross-platform bloodborne. If you used r2 i might understand it, but that button just gathers dust with the r1 spam being so proficient in all weapons.
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I hate smough's, morne's, and ledo's. Because of the damage? No. The poise? No. The range? No.
It's because the things clips seven miles below sea level when you swing them. Why from :(
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Man, i wish they put a more classic greathammer here. Like the ones those fat guys in ds2's earthen peak had.
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Never been a fan of this weapon type. Swing is just ungodly slow. Hit R1 once at maximum range and you get backstabbed. Even outside of PVP there's little reason to use this over, say, a Greataxe (better damage) or an Ultra Greatsword (better speed and reach).
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Neckbeard Katana VS Incel Straight \ Curved Sword VS Virgin Greatsword VS Basic Axe VS Brad Hammer VS Chad Greataxe VS THAD Great Hammer
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I love how unlike in other games, in Dark Souls the big bonk is actually a viable weapon!
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well, i just can't get use to them, smol bonks are fine too i guess
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Which one of these is the best? I'm sl 206 with 60 str and 40/40 fth and int( yes im a pyro) and for the longest time I've been rocking a +10 heavy exile gs with carthus flame arc but lately I've been getting bored of it. I found that I was getting stun locked alot more often in PVE and PVP(mainly PVE) and the range was starting to become a problem as I entered ng+4. I then realised that great hammers have GOD LIKE POISE AND DAMAGE AND A WA THAT LITERALLY MAKES YOU INVINCIBLE FOR A FEW SECONDS so I decided I might try one out. Any suggestions? (Excluding the DLCs)
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Im trying to do a arthas build with faith and a great hammer in strenght but i cant seem to find the right hammer for that. Which would be the best one for the fashion-souls?
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I know, stat wise, that the Great Wooden Hammer is the weakest, but it's the funniest one (because it lets you smack enemies around with a cartoon mallet), which to me makes it the best one.
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I miss Velstadt's hammer.
R.I.P. Donger hammer
You will be missed
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it seems they didnt add demons greathammer from ds1 and ds2 :(
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So I never used Greathammers before. I don't really like their slow movement but on the other hand I'm currently using a Lothric Knight Greatsword so... It's basically the same time per swing. What I was about to say, I'm going to my 9th journey (so basically NG+9) soon with my no limit character and want to know, which Hammer should I try? I really like the look of Mornes or Quakestone and their WA but they can't be buffed. I have 60 in all stats so which one is the best? Infused or uninfused doesn't matter, just want to know what's an overall good choice. As I said, never used Greathammers so some advice would be welcome.
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Skilled player: no you can't just go full heavy with a greathammer, learn to parry and dodge. Me: great club go whomp whomp whomp
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Useless in 1v1s other than in specific situations like if they're using a slow weapon too. Only ones possible to fight 1v1s with are Ledo's, the great club, Morne's and maybe the gargoyle flame spear because reach and aimable weapon skill. They're pretty good in ganks since every gank tries to stay close together so they can attack through each other to infini-stunlock you.
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i love how i still can't parry straight swords, but parried morne hammer rolling attack flawless first try.
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The gyrm greathammer (the anvil one) could've been a thing, along with SO many other things from DS2, but NOOOO...
So, im trying to make a Thor PVP/PVE build [not necessarily the Marvel Comics version], with obviously a very heavy focus on heavy armor, good catalyst, high faith for lightning miracles, and high strength for good hammers. That being said, im not quite sure what equipment i should go with to make this build a real powerhouse...does anybody have any suggestions?
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hilarious when you see your pvp opponent pull out a caestus or parrying shield. Just walk up and do a predicable two handed r1 repeatedly as they fail parry.
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So I was checking out the quakestone hammer and I noticed in the wiki pages notes a claim that its the third strongest greathammer and a comment contradicting that claim. That lead me to check ARs of every greathammer there is which in return lead me to list them out, because it would have been too much to memorize them all, to compare them. I decided I should share this so I included some things that might affect what weapon to pick. As for the stats I got the values with, 66 str is obvious and I'm not going to explain it, dex is 13 for spiked mace's requirement and fth 30 for Morne's. The dex didn't affect many, if any, other weapon's ARs but because of the 30 fth Gargoyle flame hammer and old king's greathammer have higher AR than with pure str investment, so keep that in mind. With those settled heres the list.
Details:
str: 66
dex: 13
fth: 30
2 handed, max upgraded
infusable weapons are heavy infused
*=buffable
additional notes in brackets
values from mugenmonkey
AR:
Large club*: 574
Gargoyle flame hammer: 652 (244+170 phys, 200+37 fire; pure str AR: 627)
great club*: 641
Vordt's: 593 (110 frost)
Great mace*: 650
Morne's: 636
great wooden hammer*: 513
Smough's: 668
old king's: 689 (328+192 phys, 126+42 fire; pure str AR: 661)
pickaxe*: 564 (attack type: thrust)
dragon tooth*: 643 (+10% magic and fire absorption)
spiked mace*: 606 (43 bleed)
quakestone: 619
Ledo's: 681
Highest pure AR
#1 old king's (689)
#2 ledo's (681)
#3 smough's (668)
Highest damage (propably, not actually tested)
#1 ledo's
#2 smough's
#3 great mace
Hope this helps at least someone who wants to try greathammers or something. I might do this to other
weapon types if I get motivated enough (which might or might not be affected by the ammount of
likes and/or kind of replies this gets).
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Miyazaki: Guys what do we do about Ultra great weapons?
Dev: Don't improve their speed or stamina consumption from the previous games at all, make them all exactly the same, just give some of them a super cool big explody aoe weapon art that will only hit people with 1 braincell and does disappointing damage.
Miyazaki:Beautiful.
Miyazaki: Hey guys time for the DLC, we've already added some really cool light weapons like Friede's Great scythe, Valorheart and the Crow Quills, what should we do about Ultra Great Weapons?
Dev: Make them the same as all the other Ultras, just give both of them a super cool big explody aoe weapon art that will only hit people with 1 braincell and does disappointing damage.
Miyazaki: Majestic.
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it can destroy most foes with one hit and boss can be destroyed super fast i beat wolnir and the old demon king with out any problems with this club
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Anyone notice that ultra Greatswords use more stamina than the great hammers. I can do only one light attack and one heavy attack with the Astora Greatsword. But with a great club I can one light attack and two heavy attacks. This is was tested with a deprived character with 10 endurance and 30 str/dex.
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You can combo great hammer 1-handed light attacks into a jumping strong. Deals way more damage than two r1s. Was using the Dragon Tooth while testing it out but it might work for other great hammers.
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Don't bother investing in these. A heavy broadsword with the stats to use these weapons will always out-DPS them, cost less stamina, and weigh much less.
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For example, could this list be set up like the individual weapons are with options to choose upgrade path and to view weapons at 40/40 or 99/99.Also, could special effects (like stamina regen) of weapons and armor be added to these pages?
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In DS3 you cannot parry with your bare left hand if you wield a greathammer in your right. You'll activate the special ability instead. Only option is to equip a fist weapon like the Cestus or the zero weight alternative, the Dark Hand from Yuria, if you have trouble to avoid the fat role mark at 70%.
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So in pvp getting hit once means getting hitting twice, You can't roll away. and since if has such a strong stamina drain on shields if you block the second most likely you are getting guard broken. So what are you supposed to do? Just eat the second hit? That most times means if you have less than 70% getting hit by light attack means death.
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