Lothric's Holy Sword | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

I think the ar of this weapon was kept intentionally low because if it had ar similar to say a lothric knight sword it would be the best straight sword in the game hands down. Insane moveset, poking heavies, very fast railgun weapon art, one of the longest ranges out of all the straightswords AND it fits on a quality build which BY THE WAY has some of the best weapons in dark souls 3 period.

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I feel insulted by all there comments about how much my sword sucks

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I have 60 everything yet this is a wet noodle at +5.
the only good thing about this is the beam,which is great for midir or godzilla cosplay

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Was fighting as a Aldrich Faithful when I got hit with this WA; afterwards I could cast miracles. Does the WA prevent you from using spells?

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This has been my go-to weapon for PvP recently, the WA hits pretty fast and far too, and I personally don’t mind the range/AR even with softcap stats. It has never failed me

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Anyone have an extra one? I dropped mine, to trade to a buddy so I can get the combined one, and I got summoned at the same time and it disappeared

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“Blessed by Emma with potent magic”

Potent enough to give it an E scaling even at +5? Yeah okay

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I like this weapon a lot but the type of build its suited for is boring. 40/40 quality build with minimal faith investment? how original. It would have been more interesting if the WA damage scaled primarily with faith imo.

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AR is amogst the lowest in it's class, but it has so much reach the 2h r2 will truecombo/rollcatch 8/10 times. And the WA r2 hurts like hell up close.

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Low damage compared to other straightswords? Yes.

Range? Y E S

Fashion Souls? Y E S

Special Beam Cannon? YESSS!

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Imagine if weapon art inflicted curse buildup.

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imo its decent for what it is but seriously, what is that faith scaling and why tf isnt this a holy weapon?

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2h r2 truecombos into 2nd 2h r2, both uncharged. Might rollcatch with wa r2. Needs testing.

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It's a cool weapon, and stylish as hell too, but really lackluster in the end. If you want to see this weapon done justice, use it in Cinders mod.

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One of the saddest damage and scaling stats for any boss weapon. Seriously.
It should start with D in Strength, D in Dex, and C in Faith.
And at +5 it should have D in Strength, B in Dex, and A in Faith.
Either that or the base damage needs to be severely increased.
So much for a "holy" sword. At least its a good weapon to have on the side to switch for the weapon art once in a while.

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What kind of damage does the weapon art do. Cause when you land that attack is gives off a hue similar to that of getting hit by magic attacks?

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it is top tier

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If this weapon had bloodborne's straight sword moveset, it would be top tier.

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Great offhand weapon to have if you're carrying around big weapons. It's fast, can break through shields with the wa R2, and the laser beam is practically a guaranteed finisher. If I were to categorize this weapon it would be the equivalent of the hunter pistol from Bloodborne which the few who mastered that beast of a weapon will find out how to make this one useful.

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>holy sword
>godawful faith scaling
tf from??

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absolute fvcking garbage. ************HOLY************** why fromsoft, why you hate faith so much

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Best Straight Sword

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Twink Prince’s not-so-great sword

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Should've scaled with Luck imo

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This would be the best straight sword in the game if it had better scaling. Seriously just 30-40ish more ar at 40/40/14 would be enough. It is one of the longest in the class with one of the better movesets. The scaling is a shame considering the boss you get it from is 1) endgame and 2) The boss is namesake of the kingdom the game is based in.

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Pretty low damage compared to other straight swords, but it more than makes up for it with it’s length and WA. Overall, a pretty fun weapon, good for fashion souls too.

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This weapon is pretty much a callback to demonbrandt (a lame ome, tho) with a cool weapon art, but that's it.

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trash

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This weapon is straight up bad, I mean you can use it, but why would you

Its only use is catching people near death, but you could just use throwing knives (or git gud and learn to roll catch)

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Best weapon for white phantom twinks: Who better to help an upcoming ashen one on his journey than Lothric himself?

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WTF.. "Lothric Holy Swprd" => Faith scal E. A random Longsword with infusion is better. I think i got it now, if it's looks good ans is hard to get, it sucks.

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For my fashion set I just use
Wandering Frozen knight
Lothrics holy sword
Ragged mask
Pontiff knight armour
Masters gloves
Sunless leggings

(Be sure to have 30 vigor or higher for some neat dodging or you can use havels ring)

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Does the laser beam scale with faith ?

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This weapon is my waifu(sorry for bad English)

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Anybody willing to trade me this on PS4?

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Spending the whole fp bar on this weapon' s wa is far more profitable than divine pillars of light.

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This weapon had so much potential, sadly FROM didn't buff it in any way. Only good thing it has is the weapon art for finishing off people running away, but that's if you can get them that low considering how low the AR is.

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I'm gonna be honest. I do not enjoy fighting against this weapon. That being said, it does look pretty cool. Wouldn't make a build around it though. In any case, I came here to see what damage type the WA was, to know whether to bring GMB or not. Apparently it's just physical so that wouldn't be useful. Now I just need to find a good counter strategy to opponents that constantly back away and I should be good.

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Makkankosappo

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with 12/40/40 292 AR while Sunlight Straight Sword has 381 and sharp Lothric Knight Sword has 394 ...

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Who else wishes we got the cut Lothric's Scythe instead of this thing?

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Stupid fuking sword with fuking annoying range attack for trash scrubs that are afraid of getting close and personal. Gey ass shiity casuls without any ball and their tendency of spamming R1 sure love this fuking annoying piece of garbage cuz they're cowards!

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This sword is for PvP mostly many wpns are better as of PvE such as gotthard twinsword and lothric knight sword. The build that suits this wpn is a dex/att build meaning builds which genuinely take advantage of superior WA. Of you want a quality build go pick up one of the other 2 wpns i mentioned it should perform way better for you.

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The WA is op

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E, *****ing E.

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So the HOLY sword gets an E scaling in faith :/

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doesn't it look exactly like blue blood sword drom Demon Souls but has no secret luck OP scaling in the same time?

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Lothric railgun FTW

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^ Pro's Awesome Look ( Matches Fire Witch Set Well ;D ) Longer than most strait swords. Weapon art is a ranged, strait shooting projectile that deals physical damage and bonus damage for landing the sword thrust and the projectile together. Can used right after the shield breaker weapon art to catch opponents off guard and at significant range. Decent weapon for Dex/Faith Builds. - Cons Low Damage Output compared to other strait swords. Can't be buffed. Weapon art stance is more easily readable as your sword glows every time you use it even before you attack. ( ^ might be a good or bad thing depending on the person) Can only be obtained late game.

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Okay I’m legit thinking of trying to make a useable build with this weapon and I am using the mugentmonkey planner. It is showing the damage stats differently than what this page states. Can anyone confirm the damage values at the different caps?

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*Holy Lothric railgun spam intensifies*

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How would you compare this to the sunlight straight sword which one is better I've been debating on doing s faith quality build but I'm having trouble deciding which one to use both seem to have good ar but it's a tough decision because both seem good

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It's weapons like this that makes me which Divine and Occult returned in Dark Souls 3 as an auxiliary effect for weapons to be supereffective on certain enemies (and players). Or tweak Blessed and Dark to somewhat resemble those two better (without the magic damage).

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Honestly I think this weapon is one of the best arguments that (some) boss weapons should have been infusable in DS3. It wouldn't take much to make this a weapon comparable to other Straight Swords. It's among the longest of the weapon class, it has the Longsword's excellent move set with an even better weapon art... Its AR is just slightly too low, considering its weight and stat requirements.

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100 bleed????

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just wondering if anyone has it to trade. i sadly dont have much to trade back but if you could be kind enough that would be great. my psn is zapzap2020. thanks.

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It's a straight sword that fits well into a quality build. Don't know why so many people want it to be buffed. Sure it's AR isn't as high as the other straight swords but How does that make it any worse? It's still a straight sword lol. I like to use it on my paladin role-play character. It's weapon art is awesome, it takes the best part of the regular ss wa (the guard break) and pairs it up with dat sexy laser beam that if you don't use until your opponent is almost dead can really catch them off guard and finish them off. It also has the ss move set, the best move set in the game period. This sword is proof that this game is balanced around invasions, not duels. This sword would be useless in a duel but in an invasion it's great.

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W
Will anyone trade with me for this sword?

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""""""""""""""""""""potent magic""""""""""""""""""""

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Just tested today (bit late, but oh well).

The Weapon Art R2 is PURE PHYSICAL DAMAGE. A Black Knight Shield and Knight Shield both completely blocked all the damage.

It seems that the Weapon Art R2 also does about 1.5x more damage than a standard R1.

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Shit.

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Is the thrust from the weapon art affected by the Leo Ring?

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The guard, handle, and pommel of the sword somewhat resembles the wings of the angels in the DLC. There is little reason for the sword to look so organic, so what would be the lore implications of the angel that visited Gertrude being killed to make Lothric's sword?

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My theory is that the twin princess greatsword is the real sword of the prince. And the other 2, holy and Lorians, are just illusions like the two princes themself. They are meant to represent they owners two sides, outer and inner, and thats all. One strong but deformed, the other one beautifull but weak. "Lorian of Lothric" only had one sword in the end. the one we get from fusing the 2 illusions.

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"Holy" doesn't automaticaly mean "faith" in Lothric. From what I saw the royal sorcerers tried to fuse miracles with intelligence and created this "holyness" whatever that is. And the prince is using holy sorcery(!) for example. Not holy miracles. Only normal ones like Wrath of God. Means just because it is holy doesn't mean it has to scale with faith. In my DS3 version the sword doesn't even has "Holy" in its name. Here it's just called the "Platinsword".

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This and the blessed gem are perfect examples of From shafting faith builds. Why even have faith in the game if everything that uses it besides lightning damage is just plain bad in every way?

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God damnit Fromsoft, it would have been so easy to give this te Sunlight Straight Sword treatment and make this viable for miracle builds! Instead we are left with this crap...

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i think this should absolutely be balanced according to the sunlight straight sword, if the S3 is a support faith straight sword, then this should be a solo/invader faith straight sword
current stats for me with 30/35/30/40 at +5:
S3: 196+207(403) with S3 buff: 449
LHS: 196+159(355) with S3 buff: 396

so one might say "well just make the scaling the same and give a pontiff-like buff to the lhs right?" NO, see, that's not enough because while it might seem that the oath of sunlight is just a buff for the S3 and as a support for your friends AND your other weapons(which i guess could be balanced saying that the LHS W-art is just sas strong if given a pontiff buff extra skill) it also adds on top of it the fact that the S3 can be buffed both by magic and items, while the LHS can't in ay way other with body boffs like oath of sunlight and sacred oath.
given that from will never make the LHS buffable, i'd say give it the same str/dex scaling as the S3 but with even better faith scaling aswell as the pontiff like buff.

consider that the S3 along with a crystal chime+5 lightning blade and the oath of sunlight with those stats(which should be less or more the ideal for these straight swords, at least by intuition without considerin int) gets to an absurd 617AR, a non-buffed dark lothric sword is 548(c-c-a-a), while a lightning one is 498(d-c-s)
in my opinion, it should have enouh faith scaling that with those stats it should reach by base stats the AR of the S3 with S3 buff and with the pontifflike buff it should reach about less or more the strenght of the lightning lohric sword with these stats(which should be stronger with say, 30-40-35 than the buffed lhs with 30-35-40)

so in short:
give the same physical scaling as S3
give it abundantly higher faith scaling than S3
give it a pontifflike W-art buff

and also change a bit the scaling of the lightning lothric sword to match a slightly more physical damage focused build than the self-buffed LHS, so that it wouldn't be too weak in comparison.

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If its blessed then it should count for a blessed weapons regeneration Hp and dealing extra dmg to reanimated. Give a D Str ,C Dex ,C Faith would make it viable for Faith Builds. Also wouldnt it be cool to have the Faith version of Crystal soul spear like Lotric uses?

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Still can't believe this hasn't gotten a faith scaling buff.

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They should've given this weapon the Sunlight Straight Sword treatment. Or at least something remotely close.

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This weapon need some serius faith scaling buff. i feel like Str: E Dex: C Faith: C at +5 it would be a good choice for miracle casters.

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I like how it didn't start off with faith scaling so From tried to rectify that with an E at +5. Thank you so much. So helpful.

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"being slightly longer than the Dark Souls"...
wut?

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Even if you hate this sword's AR, you have to admit few others are as GROSSLY INCANDESCANT!

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I only like it for the weapon art. Other than that it's preety trash

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this is for a flynn build

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buff this piece of trash i could just use lothric knight sword and it will be better in every way (waiting for wannabe smarty to reply to me "uh actually its better because" shut up)

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This weapon should have been a Dex/Faith weapon with it's weapon art applying a Blessed weapon buff

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how gud is weapon art... like gud not good

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This weapon should be pure FTH ot*****ty quality Faith fking from

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No matter how much I wish, the weapon art on this is just never going to be worth minus 120+ AR versus your average straight sword in addition to being unable to be buffed. FROM needs to heavily buff the faith scaling or just buff the base damage significantly if this is ever going to be worth using. :(

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Attention to all who plan on partaking in the Hollowed Arena:
This is going to be a very common site, get used to it.
It is used mainly as a poke and can easily finish you off if you are below 25% health as it can be spammed.

Just double roll to either side of the user, poke back with a rolling light attack and keep them from having enough space to use it again. The sword itself isn't exactly something to worry about in PVP (and they will usually have a backup weapon) but if used by somebody who know's what they are doing it sure can be a pain in the neck!

Have fun, enjoy and good luck!

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Hello? Eat my tarts? This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively, but, if sweetness can win, and it can, then i'll still be here tomorrow to high five you yesterday, my friend. peace.

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Really good choice for a clear fencer (without pyro, magic, crossbow etc.). AR r2 allow to punish all UGS, and if you out of range, you can always shoot with art attack. Catching rolls, gotting steppers, guard breaks and stuff. Damage is low and if you seek duel for 2-3 hit, move along. Eat medium of stamina, watch this. This is weapon for fun and refained duels, not for victory seekers "ha-ha, catch you, take 1200+ combo". Can be a good second weapon for finishing (quick, long, fast shooting art catching even while runing side of you). Good weapon in prop hands.

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This isn't a lore channel go home vaati vista wannabes.

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If I had to infuse a sword for a prince who would use magic I would of put either fire or blessing, fire to show what he was born to do or blessing to show his faith in what he believes, people seem to think the sword was made for a weak body but no they never knew that he was going to be born weak, it was going to be made for strong prince

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Lets take a look of what might of happened if the weak prince had of been born strong, he would of used the sword which should have had magic infusion or blessing on it or at least lightning as he is royal blood and more than likely to fight any remaining dragons, but he was born weak so he never used the sword, but the character can so the sword should represent how it should of been used. Fighting undead, dragons or anything weak against magic.

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If we're going into particulars, Lothric doesn't use hp regen, so why would his soul's sword have the blessed effect on it? Also, note that the sword has higher dex scaling, which could imply that its meant to be used with skill.

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The lothric holy sword may have been made for a weak body so it would not be a tank weapon but it should have blessing to add more of how the weapon is as the prince uses magic so why doesn't the sword have blessing I mean the weapon art is good and range is good but say in real life a blessed sword will help a weak person who uses magic just for a boost

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The lothric holy sword weapon art is useful and the range is brilliant but it is made for weak prince lothric so it would not be a tank weapon, if someone is playing a miracle build then its good, but if not then don't use it I mean I keep it because it looks cool, it would be better to add blessing as it would suit how the weapon is and it would help alot of players who want to use it

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Aren't people just approaching this weapon the wrong way. Let's take a look at Lothric/Lorian's boss fight for reference: During the fight it is the champion Lorian who attacks you physically while the frail Lothric provides support for his brother by throwing magic at you to keep the pressure on you which provides openings for lorian, teleporting Lorian close to you and healing his brother when needed. Let's take a look at how the weapons compare: Lothric's holy sword has low base damage with low scaling, but has the instant light beam. Lorian's Greatsword has high AR and hyperarmor. The swords literally perfectly match the brothers, yes? People expect to be able to hit like a truck with Lothric's holy sword because it's an end game weapon, but the point was to match the brothers' styles. If using Lothric's holy sword, then you'll want to fight how a frail, sickly person would fight, with skill and strategy over brute force and tanking. Mix up the r1s, charged attacks and most importantly the weapon arte to keep your foe under pressure, give yourself more openings this way.

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Like come on give the weapon something decent, like give it blessing permanently for the sake of PVE users so it is not totally worthless

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The lothric holy sword needs something just to make it Decent, maybe add blessing to it permanently so it can have some usefulness in PVE

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What the ***** from. Stop making weapons that would be absolutely perfect on a faith build not scale with faith at all. Like honestly are y'all stupid? Why would you design these weapons to look so holy and make one think it's for a faith build and then make it a dex/quality weapon. Absolutely stupid and ridiculous.

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I hadn't used this until recently, but now it seems to be an okay weapon. While the damage can be found lacking, the weapon art more than makes up for it, especially since it also has the ability to scoop shields. Because this also counts as a thrust weapon, it takes advantage of bonus damage from doing Ripostes. Additionally, this sword is longer than most straight swords, matching the Irithyll Straight Sword in length. All in all, this sword is a niche weapon, dealing high damage in certain situations with amazing utility, but performing sub-par without skilled use.

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This sword requires 18 dex and weighs twice as much as a shortsword. And they expected a sick, skinny kid to wield it ? Emma pls.

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Why does everything holy have to be so bad in this game. So disrespectful lol..

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I don't recommend if you are doing a faith build.

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