Greatswords | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Everyone’s praising their roll catching ability but ignoring the fact they’re very easy to parry. Most learn this during the first npc invasion in the game. I think they work best as hybrid mage weapons, given the relatively low stat requirements and power.

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Bastard sword my beloved

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Anonymous calm down holy cow

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these are all good swords, great even...

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gwa gwa

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Tip: If you use a shield that allows WAs, one-handed R1 > WA R1 becomes a great roll catching tool.

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Good at everything, the best at nothing. Hammers have faster hyper-armor attacks, halberds have better reach and crowd control and ultras have more damage. They're neat if you wanna largely stick to one weapon, but I honestly don't find them that impressive.

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I bet anonymous levels dex. Now, anonymous and anonymous, I'm sure those two are some fine, upstanding giantdads

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So many of these and not a single one of them has the ds1 claymore moveset
What did ds1 claymore do to you miyazaki

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Sweatlord weapon type

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So this weapon class is only slightly slower than axes and hammers, with only slightly less damages than Ultra Great Hammers and Ultra Greatswords, but it also has good hyper armor when 2 handed and great rollcatching ability. And Gael's especially also has good range with an absolutely beastly Weapon Art. I love it, but also hate it when i'm using Ultras and i see people just doing the standard spaced whiff punish R1 and backpedalling without taking a single risk.

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all of these greatswords and you pick the claymore
shame

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Roll catch roll catch roll catch pokey roll catch I swear that is all you're good for you passive oafs

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i saw a 'gesture' (might've been a mod) where someone was holding gael's greatsword and held it up with one hand with the blade pointing up almost like the way you do havel shield WA and then swung it behind them in a kind of anime style

which one is this or is it a mod?

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It really feels like greatswords can beat anything if you know what your doing, proper spacing and out damaging smaller weapons while still having enough speed to avoid getting crushed by larger weapons and the hyper armour makes them even better. I may be stuck as a forever greatsword main

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Why did i see so many anonymous here

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all i need 38.1 poise and a greatsword

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Passive greatsword users burn in hell. But only for a few minutes

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Hey guys, anonymous here

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To the guy below me, thank you for not posting an anonymous comment

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Here is the range of all Greatswords from shortest to longest :
*1 Hand R1 :
1- Bastard Sword : 15
2- Drakeblood GSW : 15
3- Firelink GSW : 16
4- Hollowslayer GSW : 16
5- GSW of Judgement : 16
6- Storm Ruler : 16
7- Claymore : 17
8- Executioner's GSW : 17
9- Black Knight Sword : 17
10- Flamberge : 17
11- Moonlight GSW : 17
12- Twin Princes' GSW : 17
13- Wolf Knight's GSW : 18
14- Wolnir's Holy Sword : 18
15- Onyx Blade : 18,5
16- Gael's GSW : 18,5

*2 Hand R1:
1- Bastard Sword : 18,5
2- Drakeblood GSW : 18,5
3- Firelink GSW : 19
4- GSW of Judgement : 19
5- Storm Ruler : 19
6- Hollowslayer GSW : 20
7- Claymore : 20
8- Executioner's GSW : 20
9- Black Knight Sword : 20
10- Flamberge : 20
11- Moonlight GSW : 20
12- Twin Princes' GSW : 20
13- Wolf Knight's GSW : 20,5
14- Wolnir's Holy Sword : 20,5
15- Gael's GSW : 20,6
16- Onyx Blade : 21

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Anonymous is poo poo, my friend anonymous is the best

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POV: You have scrolled through multiple ‘Anonymous’ comments without laughing.

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who is anonymous and what the heck are yall talking about

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I can't trust you hollows Anonymous :/

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This constant arguing will be the end of us. I'm with Anonymous: we need to stick together!

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I honestly disagree with anonymous. Anonymous, though, THEY know what they're talking about.

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Well said, Anonymous

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I can't help but agree with anonymous

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why is the astora greatsword missing

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Greatsword of judgement's stats are wrong

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Seems like most greatswords are divided into two categories. Those that are labeled as having thrust damage have the claymore moveset (notable for the thrusting R2's), while those that aren't labeled as such have the bastard sword movesets composed entirely of slashes. The exceptions, as far as I can tell, are the Black Knight Sword, which has a unique moveset like every other black knight weapon, and the Hollowslayer and Drakeblood greatswords, which have a flashier, DS2 inspired moveset.

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Agreed Anonymous, you're right about Anonymous

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The greatswords in this game are poo poo

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i hate Anonymous

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Great point Anonymous, I had never thought about that until you brought it up

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I must concur with that anonymous fellow

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anonymous has a point

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I agree Anonymous

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I know right Anonymous

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Ironic that the greatsword isn't in the greatsword weapon class

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Bruh what about the actual great Sword

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The hollowslayer greatsword is not on here

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Very well rounded with a high skill cap, while still being one of the most new-player-friendly weapon classes available, on par with the legendary (and overrated) straight sword itself

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the astora greatsword is not listed

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Despite the popularity, this may be the worse weapon class in the game. This isn't to say you can't have a great amount of success and fun in terms of PvP and PvE in a casual setting. However at meta level, where a great deal of players will have optimized builds and atleast a basic understanding of PvP, I find what should be a balanced weapon between the quick weapons with no hyper armor, and the large weapons with with large amounts of hyper armor and damage... simply doesn't do anything adequately. This entire weapon class generally has straight sword range, but is notably slower. The hyper armor and poise damage make it inadequate for trading against bigger weapons. If the class interests you, I'd suggest the curved great sword class. Generally they are a tiny bit slower, nearly imperceptibly so when 2 handed. But the curved great swords also have much better ranges, hyper armor, damage, weapon arts that are unparriable, and a running R1 that is actually capable of applying pressure. However, I will point out that amongst the greatsword class, the Hollowslayer and Black Knight Great Swords are both pretty good for quality builds. The Hollowslayer has quicker hyper armor start up, making trades against smaller weapons more consistent. The Black Knights perseverance weapon art can be used tactically to trade against pretty much all everything slower than a great sword if your opponent is attack spamming.

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probably the most overrated weapon class. Sure, are strong, look f*cking awesome, nice moveset and all that, but it's kinda sad i rarely ever see anything else then gs/ugs in fight clubs.

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Really want to use Wolnir's for my faith build. Any build suggestions and/or tips for how to use it for max performance?

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I like the Moon Light Greatsword Pretty Epic Weapon to use.

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I like the ultra fume it’s best for me

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For me the claymore is the best it has high damage and so early in the game

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Easily the best class all around for pve melee. Hollowslayer for Friede, hollows, Gael, Wolf knight for Midir and Gael and most anything in Ringed City. BKS for everything and the demon princes. Too bad there’s not a frost bite great sword.

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best for dex?

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What is the best quality great sword (just wondering)

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which ones best for strength build (66/16)

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is the flamberge any good ?

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Zweihander is Superior to this whole category

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"in terms of damage output per stamina expended, Greatswords are easily the best value weapon category"
Bullshit, Curved Greatswords expend the same amount of stamina per hit, but deal signifcantly more damage. Greatswords swing faster, however.

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"they have less range" "they are slower"...and they are op. nailing you into the ground after one hit and killing you with the fast second hit. But hey, nice try fextra. nice try...

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I would have loved to have a Greatsword that scales with A both in Faith and Intelligence with a chaos infusion ... ohwell I guess I'll have to just use my CHAOS ZWEIHANDER.

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There are missing Greatswords in this wiki

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# Berserk

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My Onyx 2h r1 and r2 were parried...is this new? Always was under the impression that the gs while 2 handed cannot be parried...!?

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Possibly the best versatile and best weapon class in the game.

*PROS*
Has higher poise damage
Has hyper armor when two handed
Has longer reach than the straight swords
Deals more damage than the straight swords
1H R1s can used in a similar fashion that of a straight sword
Has some unique, and kickass swords such the BKS, the Twin Princes', or the Hollowslayer

*CONS*
Heavier
More stamina consuming
Slower to execute (difference is about 0.25 seconds at most)(only R1s are being compared because R2s can vary a lot in terms of moveset and execution timing)

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Here's the list of stat requirements for the Greatswords in alphabetical order:

Bastard Sword = 11/10/0/0
Black Knight Sword = 14/18/0/0
Claymore = 11/13/0/0
Drakeblood Greatsword = 12/16/0/0
Executioner's Greatsword = 13/13/0/0
Firelink Greatsword = 14/10/10/10
Flamberge = 10/14/0/0
Gael's Greatsword = 13/13/0/0
Greatsword of Judgement = 12/15/12/0
Hollowslayer Greatsword = 10/18/0/0
Moonlight Greatsword = 11/11/26/0
Onyx Blade = 10/12/15/15
Storm Ruler = 0/0/0/0
Twin Princes' Greatsword = 15/14/0/0
Wolf Knight's Greatsword = 16/18/0/0
Wolnir's Holy Sword = 9/13/0/13

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These, along with UGS, ruin the game. Poise is the real culprit, but being 100% guaranteed a hit after your swing starts is bad *****ing design. It's a slow weapon so it deserves it? What, does having the muscle to swing that hunk of iron magically make you immune to the same attacks that stagger you all over the place when you slap on a dagger? If it's slow, it's to offset the damage. Which is what it does. But DS3 decided to make these the braindead weapon class that any moron can facetank players and enemies with. "Did I get a hit? Swing again! Did I miss? SWING AGAIN! Am I out of stamina? SWING AGAIN!" It takes what little nuance was left in the series and threw it out the *****ing window. But hey, who cares. Not like Strength builds and GS/UGS builds are over 70% of the playerbase. That's just because people REALLY like big swords. OBVIOUSLY.

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I wish the game was easy.

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I wish they had pontiff sulyfan dual greatswords, it would be so dope.

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i wish we could hold some greatswords, hollowslayer, firelink, blackkinght greatswords like the npcs hold it, or like loyce greatswords at darksouls 2, i thought they would bring it to ds3 because it was *****ing cool. but they didnt :L

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Is the best strength greatsword the executioners?

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Almost all greatswords have the same bland moveset. Mainly R1s except for a few and half of them share the same R2, be it a thrust or horizontal slash. Thier hyper armor and most of WAs are gems though.

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In my opinion, this class of weapon needs a bit more love. They just can't really stand up against all of the other weapon classes because of some of the limitations they have: no hyper armor for rolling/running attacks or 1H attacks in general, parry-able weapon skills. Everything else seems fine, but these limitations I feel are holding them back from being endgame PvP material. For example: anyone smart would be able to avoid -or parry- the telegraphed standard R1/R2 hyper armor trade attempts, and the also telegraphed running R1's which are easily countered by prodding them with a stick they just picked up off the ground.

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Pro tip: A third one-handed R1 can roll-catch sometimes if they panic roll after two.

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I dunno...

For all you guys who played LotF, do you think that the claymore or the drakeblood sword looks more like the Peacemaker Greatsword? Im trying to make a Harkyn Cosplay.

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PRAISE THE SUN

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why would you use any of these when the dark sword does 50 damage less than the best greatsword and costs way less stamina

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easy to get stunlocked in a R1 combo. you need longer to recover from one hit than the GS user needs to hit you again. What makes them a good choice for new players but I fail to see "the greatness" so many people talking about here. It's just plain cheap. So cheap that even the Drakenblood knight NPC will kill you if you are unlucky and get cought in the combo because you thought he just wields a long sword.

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And also I wish the Astora Greatsword is more like a greatsword not an ultra greatsword :( Sigh.. From... why..

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I wish From brought back the Loyce Greatsword :( it was such a very nice looking greatsword and a cool moveset :(

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im the best at dark souls 3 beacause i yuse the exile great sword

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clicking on the icon, not the text, of the onyx blade links to the drakeblood greatsword page instead of to the onyx blade page.

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the only "bad" greatsword is the stormruler

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I really like greatswords

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chuj

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Is there any greatsword that is noticably faster or slower than the others?

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The drakeblood Greatswords feels like a normals sword!!

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I was thinking they could scale the demon great machete down to a greatsword and then give you the Capra Demon's move set while dual wielding.

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the black knight has never dropped the black knight greatsword after being killed dozens of times

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It's missing from the page

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title is the question.

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What about the greatsword

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So there's no greatswords that scaled good on strength?

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As a pvp fanatic i have found that many matchs are decided by parrying, the greatsword is one of the best pvp weapons imo due to dead angling. Dead angling is feasible with almost any weapon that has a horizonal swing but it is much easier to connect with longer weapons like the greatswords, great curved swords, and ultra great swords. For new players greatswords may not be ideal but with advanced techniques they are high tier pvp weapons.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY8z2yj1ZZ8

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So there are magic , dex , str greatsword but no faith one. It seems a bit unfair.

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lorians greatsword is missing from the list

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Astora Greatsword is an ultra greatsword, why is it here?

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How long would it take to get to arch dragon peak coz i am aiming to get the drake blood great sword

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I was hoping that the Watcher Greatsword would be back :(

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