Favorite Dark souls Weapon/style of weapon?

[Broderick]

It would depend on how upgraded the divine claymore is. If you are going the divine path, rather than the occult path, the claymore will get a faith scaling of B at +10. If you are going occult(which is quite good for humanoid opponents and gods) you get a faith scaling of B as soon as you turn it occult, and an A at +4 to occult. Usually any weapon +5 or higher will do more damage than the drake sword because of stat scaling. I am unsure of the specific faith required though.

Frankly if you are going towards a faith build, you want to get your strength to where you can wield the weapons you want to wield, then just focus on faith as your main damage stat. Pour some extra points into endurance(for extra stamina and the ability to wear heavier armors without being burdened) and vitality for that sweet, sweet extra health. Bam, you are a faithful paladin purging the demon filth from a former great kingdom.

Thanks for the feedback. I think the best I could get it to in the short term is +5, as that takes the...green titanite? I think? And that's meant to drop off slimes, which are somewhere in the Depths. I'm afraid of the Depths, but I can't hang around in familiar areas forever.

I'm presently at:

STR 18
DEX 18
FAITH 15
END 29
VIT 20

Wearing the Elite Knight Armor +3, and using a shield I bought off the Blacksmith...tower something something...+4 or +5. I have Havel's Ring. Good enough for the Depths? I have absolutely no idea what the level range of each area is, and "The Depths" sounds vaguely terrifying, as I'm still getting mauled by forest cats in Darkroot Garden.

Lol well technically that part of darkroot garden is a higher level then the depths. As for a few suggestions for the depths, the only things you need to worry about are slimes and basilisks. The slimes like to attach to the ceiling, so...be sure to watch your head. As for the basilisks, they look like frogs with HUGE eyeballs; they will spray the area with a fog that will curse you the longer you stand it it, and if you get cursed, you die instantly and get half health when you respawn until you can break it. Frankly, they are easy to dodge if you have enough room; just bait them into attacking, move around the cloud, and swing once or twice to kill them.

The slimes will drop the green shards, but the drop rate is abysmal even at 10 humanity. I would suggest just getting enough to where you can upgrade your sword to plus +1 or 2 divine, then just continue down until you reach the bottom of blight town. The leaches in blight town are easy to kill, and have a great drop rate on large titanite shards, and they drop green shards in bulks of 5. If you have a blacksmiths kit, you can just go to a bonfire and upgrade wherever you want as long as it is in the upgrade path you want it.

So...yeah! The depths are not too hard. Just avoid slow, ambushing slimes, and make sure you do not get cursed by the bug eyed basilisks. Good luck! By the way, when you reach a long hallway with 2 torch wielding undead and a door at the end, you probably should watch your head. The door at the other side is locked, but has a bonfire if you can find the key. Good place to farm the aforementioned slimes too. Good luck!

 

[Exius Xavarus]

It's also a very versatile weapon, stat-wise. I can't remember the req right now, but when fully upgraded it's a Greatsword with 450 AR. Now, what makes it special is it's the only Dragon Weapon in the game that's enchantable. Just imagine a Spellsword or Paladin build applying Crystal Magic Weapon or Sunlight Weapon to that bad boy.

You can enchant the Dragon King Greataxe as well... But it has preposterous stats to be able to use it.

Hm. I read that only the Obsidian Greatsword was enchantable. But now that I look again apparently the Dragonbone Fist can be enchanted as well.

Also, it does have preposterous stat requisites. Same with Grant. Having 50 Str just to wield a weapon that doesn't scale with Str isn't exactly my idea of worth it. Although it might be if you coupled that with a ridiculous amount of Int for CMW. Although that leaves you with a difficult time getting decent End and Vit while also staying within prime PvP levels.

Too bad Prime PvP level means nil to me. xP

 

[Gottesstrafe]

The Balder Side Sword (also referred to as the 'Baller Swag Sword' for good reason) is an excellent PvE weapon for dex builds or magicians.
Its moveset is similar to that of the Claymore, it's light, scales well with dex / good speed for enchants, greater range than a longsword, and consumes less stamina per hit. On top of that it only requires 10 STR and 14 DEX to wield.
But its popularity comes from it's excellent moveset mostly.

It's a rare random drop from Balder Knights (the guys in the undead parish). If you get the gold serpent ring and stack some humanity to increase your item discovery chance, you can get one pretty easily.

Ditto on the Baller Swag Sword, it's one of those weapons you end up seeing frequently on other player's endgame build list along with an electric claymore. A few additions I'd like to make are the Uchigatana and the Washing Pole. Both are Katanas (so style points in abundance), have good speed, and good for Dex builds. The Uchigatana has better Dex scaling, but the Washing Pole has much better reach (essentially a fast claymore). If you upgrade regularly I'd suggest the Uchigatana for it's A rank parameter bonus, but if you're going with an element I'd recommend the Washing Pole because they essentially do the same damage.

Honorable mentions include the fully leveled up Ascended Pyromancy Flame ($ = Power) and the Black Bow of Pharis, which can have S ranked parameter bonuses in Dex, Faith, or Intelligence.

 

[loa]

I found an appreciation for the falchion when I made an int char that enchants weapons.
It doesn't have the dagger-terrible range of the painting guardians sword and has the boss moveset of the scimitar but a little longer reach.
Unlike katanas, it weighs very little and consumes very little stamina so you can just buzzsaw through enemies with crystal magic weapon on a +15 one while still having enough stamina for dodge rolls.
Use power within to throw bosses into a blender.

You can get and also use it from the very start.

 

[Tanakh]

Thanks for the feedback. I think the best I could get it to in the short term is +5, as that takes the...green titanite? I think? And that's meant to drop off slimes, which are somewhere in the Depths. I'm afraid of the Depths, but I can't hang around in familiar areas forever.

I'm presently at:

STR 18
DEX 18
FAITH 15
END 29
VIT 20

Wearing the Elite Knight Armor +3, and using a shield I bought off the Blacksmith...tower something something...+4 or +5. I have Havel's Ring. Good enough for the Depths? I have absolutely no idea what the level range of each area is, and "The Depths" sounds vaguely terrifying, as I'm still getting mauled by forest cats in Darkroot Garden.

As said before, farming slimes there will be a chore, also you don't need it with your current items and bligth town would be a better choice for the farm. You are totally overgeared and overleveled for the depths, you will probably just faceroll depths, find blight town kida easy (outside one or two preils) and be totally ready for Sean Fortress; still i would reccomend you to go to the undead asylum again before venturing into the deeps.

UPDATE: I would reccomend you to read this: http://daydull.com/tips-tutorials/ranking-of-the-best-weapons-in-dark-souls-movesets-damage-etc-for-multiple-builds/ The author doesn't state it, but all his builds are very effective for PvE and PvP (unless marked otherwise). Then again, this game PvP is a cesspool before level 120, so... migh not need to worry about that.

OT: I like to run with 25% encumbrance and a katana or great sythe or dagger plus the wood shield or the stam regen shield (if i go stam regen shield then the weap is usually 2 handed). Which means i usually 2 shot or get 2 shotted...
Next run ill just go str, end & vit, afraid i will find it way too dull, but some of those weaps look sweet.

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

I have a question for the more experienced Dark Souls players in this thread...

Currently I'm at a point where I've done all of the Undead Burg/Parish, I've done most of Darkroot Garden/Basin (I have not fought the Wolf yet, the big cats keep scaring me off), and I've done the lower Burg. I've not gone into the Depths yet but I'm considering trying that next.

From the advice of people in the thread I made, I went and got the Drake Sword, and it's been fantastic. But I'm playing a Cleric/Paladin type character, and frankly it looks kind of evil. How long would it take for a Divine Claymore to be as effective as my Drake Sword? How high would my Faith need to be? I currently have 18 STR, 18 DEX, and 15 Faith.

Have you been to Blighttown yet? The Drake sword is more or less useless after that point. If you upgrade your Claymore to the max, and put a few more points into faith, it should be doing just as much damage as the Drake sword. A +5 Divine Claymore has a damage output of 170 and a scaling rating of C with faith so you might even be doing more damage if you get it to that level.

 

[dvd_72]

I've just taken out the gargoyle myself and am rocking a claymore with whatever shield I happen to prefer then, having put enough points into strength to wield it with one hand. I'm still getting used to how slow it is as I act faster than the character can react, but the incredible damage makes up for it. I'm getting better at dodging and striking.

I keep a longsword as reserve in case I need the extra speed here and there, though I'm needing it less and less. I hope to, at some point, not even need my shield as I master dodging.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

You are totally overgeared and overleveled for the depths, you will probably just faceroll depths, find blight town kida easy (outside one or two preils) and be totally ready for Sean Fortress; still i would reccomend you to go to the undead asylum again before venturing into the deeps.

You say this, but do remember I'm playing what is still an unfamiliar game with an unfamiliar input method (controller) and I'm avoiding guides as much as possible. I'm QUITE capable of getting myself killed against seemingly low leveled competition. Many times now I've thought myself leveled up appropriately to thrash previously threatening foes, only to find they are still plenty threatening.

Nevertheless, I shall brave the Depths and hopefully prevail. Thanks to everyone for the advice.

 

[DrunkenMonkey]

Two handed style with high dexterity, 10 humanity, and the chaos blade absolutely tears anything apart especially if something has low poise.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Shoot it from afar. If it gets close, shoot it close-up and dodge backward. You'd be surprised how many bosses go down like chumps with that strategy. Hell, with a combination of the Black Bow, Hawk Ring, and feather arrows, I killed Gwendolyn without him even moving, and Oscar&Hammerstein went down on my second try (and only because I accidentally dodged into a pillar the first time, and let Super Smough get a lucky shot in).

When I played melee, I dual-wielded a scimitar/rapier (depending on enemy) and parrying dagger. Either way, I went for fast-paced hit-and-run tactics with the occasional riposte thrown in. At least until I got Queelag's Furysword and started two-hand kamikaziing everything to death that I couldn't parry or pepper with arrows.

Needless to say, this was with soft-capped Dexterity.

 

[Tanakh]

You say this, but do remember I'm playing what is still an unfamiliar game with an unfamiliar input method (controller) and I'm avoiding guides as much as possible. I'm QUITE capable of getting myself killed against seemingly low leveled competition. Many times now I've thought myself leveled up appropriately to thrash previously threatening foes, only to find they are still plenty threatening.

Nevertheless, I shall brave the Depths and hopefully prevail. Thanks to everyone for the advice.

I do remember that, I also remember you are slacking in your diary! Anyway, that's the good thing about the page i liked you, it's not a guide, it spoils nothing, just give you general guidelines and a nice list of items; basically it prevents you from ruining your game.

And yeah, almost anything can kill you if you try to faceroll it in a new area. Still, if you take things smartly i don't think anything in the deeps can kill you, blight town is a different story, there you will die for sure, probably a lot.

Last thing, in the deeps keep in mind that cutting the tails of giant lizards is always a good idea in this game.

Now back to see EG vs Fnatic in dota 2, http://www.joindota.com/en/livestreams/741-neodota-stream , fun game, you might be interested.

 

[TaintedSaint]

lighting spear is the only weapon you need kinda op

 

[Jfswift]

I really like the black knight sword and the uchigatana. Sometimes I prefer the regular battleaxe though.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I gotta say, Ultra Greatswords are growing on me, I made a knight and picked up a Zweihander before going to the Gargoyles, and its just great

So it seems the Drake Sword is a popular choice and for those who use two handers how do you get over the whole not being able to block as well?

Well you can wield two handers in one hand if you have the strength to. One thing I've noticed though is that with Greatswords/Ultra Greatwords, you have two to three times the range of other weapons, (Spears and halberds excluded), so you can use that range to punish enemies. If you time it right then you wont need to block a lot of attacks. Another thing is that these heavier weapons tend to stun enemies more, reducing the attacks they can pull off successfully, and if you equip yourself with some heavy armour with high poise, then you can go uninterrupted as you attack.

What I do is I have a shield and Zweihander equipped, and when i need to attack, I just quickly tap Y, attack, then tap Y again and shield myself

 

[Casual Shinji]

Currently I'm at a point where I've done all of the Undead Burg/Parish, I've done most of Darkroot Garden/Basin (I have not fought the Wolf yet, the big cats keep scaring me off)

Those cats will totally wreck you, but they won't pass the treeline infront of the bridge. So if you have a decent bow (and dexterity) and a shitload of arrows just snipe them from there.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I use rapiers and longswords most often. Ricard's Rapier (for its special attack) is my favourite rapier, but Velka's is good, too, if you have the right build. I really like upgrading Ricard's to +15 and buffing it with Darkmoon Blade.

As for longswords, the Sunlight Straight Sword is great, because it has high stats, and the great moveset of the regular longsword (unlike other strong longswords, such as the Dark Sword or the Broad Sword).

I also sometimes use a two-handed Uchigatana, but that takes a while to get used to.

The Claymore has a nice moveset, too.