Mace | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

My choice for best Level 1 weapon. High Raw damage, can use it without needing to wear a stat boosting ring. Blunt damage which many enemies are weak to, breaks enemy poise relatively well. Moveset has great horizontal range and decent forward momentum. And last but not least, Perseverance, which has saved me many times when fighting crowds of enemies or needing to run past things. 10/10

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One of the greatest utility weapons in the series. Does blunt damage, so even if it's not upgraded like other weapons you can use it purely situational.

Low stat requirements, generally every class can at least two hand it.

While it's possible for this to be a main weapon, it's far superior as a side arm. I have this weapon on All of my builds.

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"This weapon has the Mace moveset."

Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes

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Meat Beater 3000 also works effectively on skellys

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The one starting weapon that´s still top level in the end game. Outstanding.

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This ****ing weapon was with me from the start of my playthrough till I killed Aldrich. A legend.

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Haven't played DS1 yet, but this weapon is amazing in DS2 and DS3

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On what str does it become better than raw, does it even? Im using raw rn, and i has A in str, but at 24 str raw is still better

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Something cathartic about caving some loser´s skull in with a piece of metal on a stick.

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Surprising how good it is. Rollcatches for days.

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Hohoho
Greatings from the north pole!
I am Santa Claus!
I love this weapon and use it every day!

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2 handed for roll catching. One handed for multiple opponents for a wider range

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Imo best weapon to kill dancer, decently fast with good verticality to smash her head. It's the only weapon I could actually get a riposte off on her

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I've been doing a quality build and I'm having trouble with Gael, I'm using a thrall axe but I found out that Gael is weak to strike damage so I've been wondering if it was better to switch to the mace or stick to the thrall axe for the quickstep

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use lightning gem with FTH build if you want to cum

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amazing scaling amazing damage amazing moveset 1h and 2h amazing wa amazing weapon

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Wow! An iron Stick! Only losers and casuls would use this weapon! Real pros like me use the Broken Straight Sword! Gid gud casul

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bonk stick good

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What a useless trash weapon. Every time you dumb casuals use the weapon art it's literally just a free hit for me with my pkcs LOL! You can't even do anything fast enough to counter me after I get my free hit in with your dumb useless slow weapon LMFAO! Imagine being a braindead strength tard that can only mindlessly face tank things LOOOOOL! Learn to use a real weapon that actually takes skill like the PKCS. I doubt any of you strength tards even have the IQ needed to figure out how to do anything other than mindlessly face tank though LMFAO! So trash!

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i think we should like pkcs comments because if there's a pkcs weapon, then that tells you that the weapon it's commented on is better than the pkcs

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Imagine using a weapon made out of metal. This post was made by the club gang.

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The lumpy stick which reminds skeletons how they’re supposed to act (or not act, rather) after they’ve lost all their living fleshy bits.

Works even better if it’s a blessed lumpy stick. Then they only need reminding once.

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I fully understand why this weapon is the favorite of all clerics. Nothing convinces the wicked better than a bold blow to the head.

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Made this bonk dark for my pyromancer. I am never going back. You will pry this precious stick from my cold, dead hands.

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"This weapon has the Mace moveset"

Please, this weapon IS the Mace moveset!

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The only weapon I could think of that could make Corvian Knight farming just bearable

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Thrash weapon for casuls, use PKCS thats a true weapon for pros like me

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With a base level Cleric, the weapon should ONLY be used 2-handed. The 1-handed attack is so slow and weak that it is nearly like wielding a weapon you do not have the requirements for. Night and day different when 2-handing.

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pros:

1. available very early, either as starting weapon or buy from Greirat in High Wall

2. Good balance of damage - poise health - poise damage.

3. Insane strike damage for a 5 unit weapon - 500 pure strike AR at 66 str heavy infused

4. Insane damage raw infused, can go until Pontiff with just 8 str and raw infusion

5. Wa is very strong. Carefull though to not overuse in PVP cause it s kinda eazy to parry

6. Can be buffed and infused and works well with all infusion, specifically chaos and dark. Lightning is a decent option as well

7. 2h mode has good moveset, insane phantom range allowing easy roll catching and is pretty fast for a weapon with Hyper Armor

cons:

1. 1h move set is below average, slow horizontal swings

2. both r2s are below average, being predictable (PvP)

3. a poor choice for bosses cause its damage/swing speed ratio is inferior to both fast weapons like SS or heavy weapons like GS or UGS/GH/GA

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A weapon that excels in low level pvp and all around area pve. It s good in 90 to meta level pvp as well. For bosses I recommend the mace user to wield another weapon like broadsword or clubs, to gain faster swings. Str build is ideal for a mace user but pyromancy/miracles are also good option with a melee option at hand. Weapon is pretty strong with both elemental infusion and heavy infusion so it can carry the ashen one in ng 7 without any issues.
Wa will make most pve minobosses or tough enemies a breeze and it s also very usefull in pvp, when used right. Never do Wa and spam r1 with a good player cause you will basiclly beg for a parry and hornet ring riposte :)

Enjoy the mace!

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A cleric's best friend. This thing can carry you to the end, and on a faith build with 60 FTH you can get a nice 502 ar, meaning it competes with greatswords and ultras in terms of damage.

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It's fun. Need I say more?

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Great weapon if you are mostly one handing its not as short as a club but it takes more stamina than a club. it can know shields off and the weapon art is good. you dont really need to 2H for the moveset the simple 1H is enough.
perfect for a cleric build early on since lightning spear doesnt go through shields so you can knock the shield off without having to 2H your weapon.

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An elegant bonk, from a more civilized age.

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All hail the mighty phantom stick. May your ever loving lightning tendrils shock bonk poise smack our enemies into submission, and boop the snoots of the unworthy.
Amen

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Club = Bonk
Mace = Fancy bonk

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Gains 502 AR when lightning infused at 60 Faith and 12 Strength. Basically, this weapon can retain its usefulness for a faith user throughout the entirety of the game.

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A free poise and perserverance for any build. Just a simple and fun thing. Just be wary of parries and backstabs.

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People say pyromancy is easy mode, but today a pyromancer invaded me, and due to my mace i defeated him with little problem.

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This weapon is getting a lot of hate. There are way too many dex users crying about a good strength weapon.

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Can someone explain to me why this thing's hitbox for what I'm assuming is the heavy attack so broken? I keep getting hit literally an entire roll away and still take the damage no matter when I roll or how far away I am. Not only is this thing easy mode for PvE, but for PvP as well, because you have the roll-catching ability of a freaking greatsword for absolutely no reason. It's happened 3x in a row now while invading the Crucifixion Woods. I wouldn't care as much if people didn't keep taunting like there was skill involved, considering anyone can get free kills if they could hit people that far away for free.

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Honestly, if you have this weapon, at least 39 vigor and good poise armor, then you've enabled easy mode for melee players. There's nothing wrong with that, but this playstyle makes the game far easier.

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PvE? You can facetank bosses and just r1 them to death. PvP? You can facetank players and just rollcatch them to death. Legit just the best weapon in the game.

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praise the almighty rod of BONK may we all one day be bless'd by its glorious might within our hands

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Sooooo, I looked and it seems that a heavy mace is inferior to the heavy morning star at +10, I just want to know which to go for, a heavy mace (212 A in strength) or a heavy morning star (225 A in strength) I just think there might be some variation in things like the WA duration or strength

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Please, smash that mushroomed tip right into my face. I deserve it

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LOL, a Str tard weapon that can't hit anything due to it's short range and shiity trash casuls' skill. You should see me poking noob ass scrubs to death with an estoc or LK spear, it was funny af.

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Best weapon IMO

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Is the mace the best Raw weapon in the game? In terms of AR. My mate is playing as a knight and has only invested points in health and endurance and I was watching him destroy people at SL35 with a raw mace plus 4. I mean he completely dominated in pvp. So I ask the question.

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And they say cleric starting class is bad, while they greet poor Gundyr with this weapon...

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This weapon turns the Catacombs of Carthus into a picnic.

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Unless your opponent is a parry god or passive/reactive cancer, this weapon is easy mode.

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Browsing for a strike alternative to the chaos infused LKS for my pyro, I found that this weapon is really super solid as infused it has a B strength scaling alongside B for both FTH and INT, meaning it has a higher damage potential for a pyromancer willing to dump some points in STR once he's softcapped at the former, which you probably will anyway if you are rocking something like the Shield of Want, not to mention Strike is the better damage type and swing speed is still very competent. Bit heavier, but I only had to downscale my helmet a tad.

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Perfectly balanced, as all thing should be.

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I highly recommend taking this along with a blessed infusion when visiting the catacombs. Best skeleton bane without the need for high strength.

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Best weapon in the game. Facts don't care about your feelings libtards!

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Anybody know what kind of AR i would get wit a +10 Refined Mace with 40 STR and DEX?

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Almost any default class can run this with minimal costs, and to maximal effect. Except plebians like sorcerers, who should really just switch classes.

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I mean, I get that this weapon is really really good, but... You can parry it without much difficulty, and zoning is a cinch. So I don't really think it merits as much hate as it's getting.

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The chart for raw infusion is wrong, my raw mace +2 is getting an AR of 201, not 177

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Mace is one of the best all around weapons in all three dark souls. Good speed, good damage, good animation, easy to use, stagger, a-scalings, buffable , easy to obtain early on. It just never lets you down. I finished the game as a cleric and i don't remember ever taking it off my right hand.

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Winning best poise breaker,cancerios build, meta useful, unstoppable, award

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I prefer this over the long sword for a low level pyro that has to watch every stat point. Hits harder too.

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