Strike Damage is a Damage Types in Dark Souls 3. It is one of eight damage types presented in the original game and one of the four Physical-type damage.
Weapons that deal Strike damage
- Valorheart
- Fume Ultra Greatsword
- Lorian's Greatsword
- Executioner's Greatsword
- Cathedral Knight Greatsword
- Hammers (without Warpick and Heysel Warpick)
- Great Hammers (without Pickaxe)
- Fists
- Caestus
- Crucifix of the Mad King
- Staves
- Chimes
- Talismans
- Shields
Items & Spells that increase Strike 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 >99%)
- Flynn's Ring (when weight is low)
Items & Spells that increase Strike Resistance
- Ring of Steel Protection
- Lloyd's Shield Ring (when health is >99%)
- Blue Tearstone Ring (when health is below 20%)
- Sacred Oath
- Deep Protection
- Equipment with resistance to Strike
Enemies dealing Strike damage
- Cathedral Knight
- Any enemy using shield
- Farron Follower using Follower's Torch
- Millwood Knight using Quakestone hammer
- Gargoyle using Gargoyle Flame Hammer
- Cathedral Evangelist
- Hollow Manservant using large pot
- Vordt of the Boreal Valley
- Oceiros, the Consumed King
- Dragonslayer Armour
- Old Demon King
- Lorian, Elder Prince
- Champion's Gravetender
- Father Ariandel
- Slave Knight Gael
Enemies weak to Strike damage
- All types of skeletons
- Stray Demon
- Devout of the Deep
- Great Crab
- Iron Dragonslayer
- Pontiff Knight
- Gargoyle
- Crystal Sage (Mob)
- Crystal Sage
- Deacons of the Deep
- Dragonslayer Armour
- Champion Gundyr
- Dancer of the Boreal Valley
- Lothric, Younger Prince
- Slave Knight Gael
Enemies resistant to Strike damage
- Lothric Knight
- Winged Knight
- Silver Knight
- Harald Legion Knight
- Darkwraith
- Cathedral Evangelist
- Boreal Outrider Knight
- Cage Spider
- Rotten Slug
- Cathedral Knight (while body shines)
- Corpse-grub
- Infested Corpse
- Serpent-man
- Serpent-man Summoner
Enemies immune to Strike damage
- N/A
Notes & Trivia
- Strike damage is very effective against skeletons and fragile enemies.
- Strike damage is the most effective physical-type damage, when facing enemies wearing heavy armour (only exceptions is Cathedral Knight, in which case Slash Damage is more effective).
- Most weapons dealing this type of damage scales pretty well with strength, especially when infused (if it is possible) with Heavy Gem.
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AnonymousIn game and here it says that strike damage is good against heavily armored foes, while listing most of the "knight" foes in the resistant section... which is it?
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Broken link on "Executioners greatsword" typo -> Current: Actual : Typo = "Greatword" vs "Greatsword"
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Inconsistency. Vordt's page mentions that he is weak to Strike, but here he is mentioned as being resistant to it.
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Forgot to put Caestus on the list of weapons which deal strike damage.
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The in-game description for Lorian's Greatsword lists it as standard damage, not strike
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Friede is weak to strike damage as well
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