Slash Damage is a Damage Type in Dark Souls 3. It is one of eight damage types presented in the original game and one of the four Physical-type damages.
Weapons that cause Slash Damage
- Daggers
- Curved Swords
- Curved Greatswords
- Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords
- Great Machete
- Flamberge
- Glaive
- Reapers
- Katanas
- Whips
- Crow Talons
- Claw
- Manikin Claws
- Butcher Knife
Items & Spells that increase Slash Damage
- Sacred Oath
- Deep Protection
- Oath of Sunlight (Sunlight Straight Sword's Weapon Art)
- Morion Blade (when health is under 20%)
- Red Tearstone Ring (when health is under 20%)
- Lloyd's Sword Ring (when health is 100%)
- Flynn's Ring (when weight is low)
Items & Spells that increase Slash Resistance
- Ring of Steel Protection
- Lloyd's Shield Ring (when health is 100%)
- Blue Tearstone Ring (when health is below 20%)
- Sacred Oath
- Deep Protection
- Equipment with resistance to Slash
Enemies dealing Slash damage
- Lycanthrope
- Corvian using Corvian Great Scythe
- Hollow Slave using Flamberge
- Carthus Swordsman Skeleton
- Skeletons (without Ghost Thrower)
- Ghru using either Rotten Ghru Dagger or Rotten Ghru Curved Sword
- Smoldering Ghru
- Serpent-man (small)
- Murkmen using Murky Hand Scythe
- Pontiff Knight
- Cathedral Grave Warden
- Corvian Knight
- Harald Legion Knight
- Farron Follower using Follower Sabre
- Man-Serpent Summoner
- Ringed Knight using Ringed Knight Paired Greatsword
- Alva, Seeker of the Spurned
- Desert Pyromancer Zoey
- Livid Pyromancer Dunnel
- Black Hand Kamui
- Holy Knight Hodrick
- Londor Pale Shade
Enemies weak to Slash
- Hollows with no armor
- Hound-Rat
- Undead Cleric
- Crystal Sage
- Deacons of the Deep
- Lothric, Younger Prince
- Father Ariandel
- Demon in Pain & Demon from Below
Enemies resistant to Slash
Enemies immune to Slash
- N/A
Trivia
- Slash is very effective against enemies with no armor
- Slash is not useful against enemies wearing very heavy armor
- Most weapons dealing slash damage scales pretty well with dexterity, especially when infused with Sharp Gem.
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I have trouble justifying this damage type in PVE due to the strongest enemies being Knights in armor or hard scaled enemies. Probably just a mental thing. Can anyone confirm if this damage type is worth using over the others?
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