The weapon which captured your heart

[Demondays]

Okay.

What weapon has captured your heart?

What weapon caught your eye the moment you saw it?

The weapon you cant stop using even if it isnt the strongest in the game?

Basically, what is your favourite weapon? and why.

Mine, rune sword - i liked it the moment i saw ostrava with it, nice and gold :D

gooooo.

[Karkarov]

Large Sword of Moonlight. For a long times King's Field fan it is a no brainer. Added into that it is one of if not the coolest looking weapon in the game in my opinion. Now if only I could shoot massive explosions of pure energy out of it like I could in KF....

[Balfor]

going solely on looks, i would say the same as karkarov, the large sword of moonlight. going on actually being useful to my spec? either the mirdan hammer or uchigatana.

[Demondays]

large sword of moonlight is pretty cool

[Septiego]

Still haven't made it that far in the game (taking my time), but so far I'm in love with the Kris Blade. Not only does it look awesome, but I'm a magic user character so it also helps my spells.

[Demondays]

Kris blade is the spikey one right?

I see alot of mage's with that - what does it do?

[kitch]

Eh, no Meat Cleaver love? :D

[Luminous_Reaver]

Eh, no Meat Cleaver love? :D

Who wants to wield a huge bloody knife?

...Oh wait. Never mind. Stupid question.

[Demondays]

Not a big fan of meat cleaver, sorry.

[Tyroie]

Though I've never actually used it in a fight, my stats aren't right for it, I think the Penetrating Sword is the coolest looking weapon to swing around.

[Robbin]

Large Sword of Moonlight hands down. It reminds me of FF7's Ultima weapon. Just wish i could throw down some Meteorain from it lol. Other weapon I really like is the Estoc, only when using a shield for riposte. I just like to stab with a actual stabbing weapon. Feels BA to stab someone in the face.

[Sferzar]

Either the Spiral Rapier or the Flamberge for me. They are tied as my favorites.

[Demondays]

Spiral rapier?

Is that the weapon you get from killing the golden mask lady?

[Sferzar]

Spiral rapier?

Is that the weapon you get from killing the golden mask lady?

Spiral (Curved?) rapier is the drop from the Gargoyles in 4-2.

[Demondays]

Oh, okay.

Dont you mean 3-2? or am i wrong again :P

[Sferzar]

You are right, I get my worlds mixed up sometimes.

[Demondays]

:P

Dont we all.

[Septiego]

Kris blade is the spikey one right?

I see alot of mage's with that - what does it do?

Eh, it's more like wavy, not spiky, and it has cool carvings all down the blade. Anyway, it increases the power of your spells.

[Demondays]

yeah wavy xD

increases spell power? sounds good.

Where does it drop? i'll go get it.

[Jaikaro]

Damage wise, at my current point, is Blueblood Sword + Light Weapon. I think I 4 shotted Tower Knight on NG++ :D

Looks wise, Large Sword of Moonlight is nice, but I actually think Morion Blade is a pretty neat looking sword as well.


EDIT: And, for the poster above me, Kris Blade can be found right before the elevator that goes down to Armor Spider in 2-1. Just walk up a little platform, and it's sitting up there.

[Balfor]

I actually think Morion Blade is a pretty neat looking sword as well.

yeah, morion blade does look pretty sweet.

[jedbeetle]

crescent kilji +5. hasn't done wrong by me yet.

[Balfor]

i do have to say, i <3 my crushing mirdan hammer+5.

[AudaciTy]

I love my Large sword of searching, I also really like my scraping spear, just the way my character looks while holding it in one hand and a shield in the other.

[project23]

I am a big fan of straight swords mainly because of the 2 damage types they deal (Pure Physical[R1] and Pierce[R2]) and being a Knight it fits my character look/style. Straight swords are the way to go (IMHO) for a sword & board fighting style and the Blueblood sword has turned out to be a perfect mate to my Purple Flame Shield +10 (OMG 82 Hit Resistance!!)

Like a true love story, the moment I picked up the Blueblood sword I have not been able to let it go. It is just too useful to my character build (yah, I boosted my luck stat early and it kinda paid off with this sword). It does decent damage on its own and is able to be enhanced by Turpentine(item), Black Turpentine(item), Sticky White Stuff(item), Enchanted Weapon(spell), Light Weapon(spell, love this one) and Cursed Weapon(spell).

[HijiriOni]

Plain Greatsword takes my love.

I'd love the meat cleaver alot if it had a few details changed...like blood only showing up if you had evil ct, and if the handle didn't look like a piece of concrete and rebar.

[LA6589]

Crescent Falchion and Pureblood sword. Hands down my two most constant weapons. Even with a low luch stat Pureblood does some great damage, and I've just always had a thing for Falchions.

As looks go, the Large Sword of Moonlight does look pretty beasty though.

[Septiego]

Where does it drop? i'll go get it.

It's in 2-1, on a wooden walkway near the elevator shaft that leads down to where you fight Armor Spider.

[spadez88]

I Have to say for my build the sticky comp long bow, Hiltless and blind works flawlessly, 23 bp fights and lost 3 with 5 D/C cord pullers when they saw they were loseing. But for looks i would say the Lava bow, It just looks so brutal, Iam a huge bow fan and it looks like something out of a metal bands music videos.

[Myrkan]

yeah wavy xD

increases spell power? sounds good.

Where does it drop? i'll go get it.

It also lowers your magic defense, just like the Magical Ring of Sharpness, and the Monk's Hat.

My favorite weapon would be my Moon Mirdan Hammer +5! Combined with the Talisman of Beasts.

[Leventa]

I'm enjoying my Meat Cleaver a lot. I have quite a few stats in Faith/Strength/Dex already, so it works out well. I also have a lot of fun with my +5 Baby's Nail, and I feel a lot less cheap using it than I do using Death Cloud.

Oh, and my Sticky Compound Long Bow +4 combined with Rotten Arrows is really fun when I get the chance to use it in PvP. Always good for some rage.

[Demondays]

Meat cleaver eh?

I cant help but hate it...

Must be trauma from pvp - bad times.

[Leventa]

Meat cleaver eh?

I cant help but hate it...

Must be trauma from pvp - bad times.


I understand completely. There was a while there where I felt bad for using it, and wondered if I was only doing well because I had a cheap weapon. Then I invaded 2-1 and went up against a Host Player and Blue Phantom with Meat Cleavers of their own.

I beat them both pretty hard, and that made me feel a lot better about my doubts. I continue to run into people with them, both when I invade and get invaded myself, and I (generally) win. I would like to look into a faster, smaller side-arm of sorts that will still make use of the same sort of stats. Any suggestions?

[Demondays]

It is a very strong wep so if you can use it right then victory is in the bag.

What kinda build do you have? if you have high dex then sharp weapons give you bonuses i think...

http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/upgrade - this shows what upgrades do and also you can find some weapons you might like.

[buttfedora]

My fav weapons are my new shiny sharp uchi +5 and my meat cleaver. Oh and my sticky compound longbow +5 rocks hard too.

[jedbeetle]

Meat cleaver eh?

I cant help but hate it...

Must be trauma from pvp - bad times.


I understand completely. There was a while there where I felt bad for using it, and wondered if I was only doing well because I had a cheap weapon. Then I invaded 2-1 and went up against a Host Player and Blue Phantom with Meat Cleavers of their own.

I beat them both pretty hard, and that made me feel a lot better about my doubts. I continue to run into people with them, both when I invade and get invaded myself, and I (generally) win. I would like to look into a faster, smaller side-arm of sorts that will still make use of the same sort of stats. Any suggestions?

Meat cleaver? How does anyone get hit with that thing? So slow. I had a great battle in 2-1 with someone who used only the meat cleaver, and maybe a spell here and there.
He might have won, if he could have hit me.

[Shimizoki]

Meat cleaver eh?

I cant help but hate it...

Must be trauma from pvp - bad times.


I understand completely. There was a while there where I felt bad for using it, and wondered if I was only doing well because I had a cheap weapon. Then I invaded 2-1 and went up against a Host Player and Blue Phantom with Meat Cleavers of their own.

I beat them both pretty hard, and that made me feel a lot better about my doubts. I continue to run into people with them, both when I invade and get invaded myself, and I (generally) win. I would like to look into a faster, smaller side-arm of sorts that will still make use of the same sort of stats. Any suggestions?

Meat cleaver? How does anyone get hit with that thing? So slow. I had a great battle in 2-1 with someone who used only the meat cleaver, and maybe a spell here and there.
He might have won, if he could have hit me.

thats the same thing I said in another thread, its just so slow, who cares if it hits hard... it has to actually hit for that to happen.

[Demondays]

In 1-3, in a tight space ( the place with the ninjas and the fireball which gets pushed down on you) I was a blue phantom and was at the front - here comes meat cleaver from ahead.

I try to roll away to a open space but the other stupid blue phantom and the host are trying to attack the guy with a meatcleaver in a vey tight space ( idiots ) that leaves me trying to roll backwards and them trying to go forwards - meatcleaver dude attacks and kills us all.

bad times.

[Leventa]

Meat cleaver eh?

I cant help but hate it...

Must be trauma from pvp - bad times.


I understand completely. There was a while there where I felt bad for using it, and wondered if I was only doing well because I had a cheap weapon. Then I invaded 2-1 and went up against a Host Player and Blue Phantom with Meat Cleavers of their own.

I beat them both pretty hard, and that made me feel a lot better about my doubts. I continue to run into people with them, both when I invade and get invaded myself, and I (generally) win. I would like to look into a faster, smaller side-arm of sorts that will still make use of the same sort of stats. Any suggestions?

Meat cleaver? How does anyone get hit with that thing? So slow. I had a great battle in 2-1 with someone who used only the meat cleaver, and maybe a spell here and there.
He might have won, if he could have hit me.

thats the same thing I said in another thread, its just so slow, who cares if it hits hard... it has to actually hit for that to happen.

You'd think that, but I'd love to prove otherwise. The Cleaver has a nice AOE attack that takes a lot of people by surprise when my agile character rolls up to them and hits them.

[Sferzar]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

[Leventa]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

I don't know how many times I've had a Katana/Straight Sword/Curved Sword user combo me, thinking they have me beat, when they run out of stamina right on the last swing that would have put me over. At which point I floor them with the cleaver, pop a full-moon grass and roll to meet them as they're standing. Tap R1 while rolling next to them. Fight over.

Feels good man.

[Shimizoki]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

I have died by the meat cleaver twice, but I have beaten it probably 4-5 times. the majority of the time if I dodge it I forget about the aoe and I take a nasty hit from that, but a well timed dodge and a well placed firestorm(that might not be the spell i'm thinking of, I am horrible at magic names) will wipe out the meatcleaver dude who is stuck in this 2 second long recover animation.

[Leventa]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

I have died by the meat cleaver twice, but I have beaten it probably 4-5 times. the majority of the time if I dodge it I forget about the aoe and I take a nasty hit from that, but a well timed dodge and a well placed firestorm(that might not be the spell i'm thinking of, I am horrible at magic names) will wipe out the meatcleaver dude who is stuck in this 2 second long recover animation.

lol firestorm

I love when people try to use that. Granted, its killed me a couple times before, quite spectacularly I might add, but for the most part, people over-estimate it.

I once invaded 2-1 in a game with a host that had 2 blue phantoms with him. We exchange a few hits, we get mutually messed up. We all retreat to our proverbial corners to recover. So then we start fighting again. BOTH of his Blue Phantoms try to pull off a firestorm, when I pretty far away. They uselessly wasted the MP and time doing that, while I 2-shotted the vulnerable host.

[NegativeGhostrider]

Northern Regalia is pretty awesome.

[Obsidian]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

I have died by the meat cleaver twice, but I have beaten it probably 4-5 times. the majority of the time if I dodge it I forget about the aoe and I take a nasty hit from that, but a well timed dodge and a well placed firestorm(that might not be the spell i'm thinking of, I am horrible at magic names) will wipe out the meatcleaver dude who is stuck in this 2 second long recover animation.

Help me out here, AOE?

[Demondays]

I ####ing hate firestorm!

I Especially hate the Stupid mages who spam the spell -_-

[Sferzar]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

I have died by the meat cleaver twice, but I have beaten it probably 4-5 times. the majority of the time if I dodge it I forget about the aoe and I take a nasty hit from that, but a well timed dodge and a well placed firestorm(that might not be the spell i'm thinking of, I am horrible at magic names) will wipe out the meatcleaver dude who is stuck in this 2 second long recover animation.

Help me out here, AOE?

Area of Effect. The Meat Cleaver has a move where I believe the user slams the sword to the ground, whoever is nearby will get hit. Talk about an earth-shatter.

[affa]

ok, i'll admit it. meat cleaver.

[Shimizoki]

I ####ing hate firestorm!

I Especially hate the Stupid mages who spam the spell -_-

those who spam it are messed up, but if you can get the timing right, anyone with a meatcleaver dies because they spend so long recovering.

Actually anyone who spams basically anything is messed up... though not necessarily bad... button mashers used to always beat me in fighters because they were so random in their attacks, but eventually you will see that they cant seem to attack low and because of that you kill them. Same applies here, find out what they are spamming, if its short range just stay back until they waste all their MP. Or snipe them with your bow xD

[Karkarov]

You guys know the meat cleaver has no move the great sword and DBS don't have right? The only exception is it's single three hit combo. Meanwhile the Great Sword and DBS have three two hit combos. Also the only difference between the three hit and one of the two hits is there is a third swing.... otherwise they are just about identical. I think the Cleaver version is more prone to knock you down while the great sword version knocks you back though.

[jedbeetle]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.
I don't know, I fought a guy who seemed pretty handy with it. He even hit me a few times in the course of the battle, which went on for like 15 minutes+. I usually keep people at a distance, since I prefer to throw spells, but his dark silver shield and ability to take cover and run away kept him alive. If I see someone rolling or charging me with a big weapon like that, I keep my distance, move in after they make a few swings and kill them with a much faster weapon. Or just range them with spells and kill them in 1-4 shots. Pretty regularly. But I'll keep tryin'....

[awkwardEd]

the Penetrating Sword is my favorite looking weapon, although my true tool is a Crescent Kilij.

[GuyIncognito]

I really like the look of the kilij--goes well with gloom armour. :D I'm in NG+ and it's still +3 sharp (I have many shards of bladestone, but no chunks). In the first playthrough, it was extremely effective in worlds 3 and 5 (especially in 5, because of the enemies' weakness to slashes).

[jedbeetle]

Half of the people that say they could easily dodge the Meat Cleaver have never met someone who actually uses it effectively. That weapon is almost criminal.

I have died by the meat cleaver twice, but I have beaten it probably 4-5 times. the majority of the time if I dodge it I forget about the aoe and I take a nasty hit from that, but a well timed dodge and a well placed firestorm(that might not be the spell i'm thinking of, I am horrible at magic names) will wipe out the meatcleaver dude who is stuck in this 2 second long recover animation.

1 on 1, i have never lost to a cleaver user. Fighting 2 people with meat cleavers, in close quarters, however, is a totally different story. I fought 2 duos today who employed flanking with meat cleavers in a hallway tactics, killing me handily.

[Hahalo]

Northern, and Morian.

[MetalSlugIV]

For pure aesthetics, an enchanted Meat Cleaver looks pretty cool. My favorite weapon though is the Demonbrandt. Soon to be the Northern Regalia.

[Gawain]

Demonbrandt is winning out over my Meat Cleaver right now in terms of 2h. But a little part of me is still in love with Miralda's axe. It's just so comedically large.

[HijiriOni]

Speaking of that ground shatter move the meat cleaver has...how does one use it? I saw it in a video and I haven't been able to do it myself.

[mutilations]

Wow, no love for the spears?

Quality Winged Spear +5
Moon Winged Spear +5

Godly damage.. who cares about the small hit box. It almost always finds its mark.

Then..
Sticky Compound Long Bow +5 (need I say more about that?)

[GuyIncognito]

Speaking of that ground shatter move the meat cleaver has...how does one use it? I saw it in a video and I haven't been able to do it myself.

Which one? When you press an attack button *while* you're rolling, when you stop rolling your character will perform a special attack.

[Brandon Heat]

Crescent <ANYTHING> pretty much does it for me. I dumped points into magic and noticed how much more damage I do with a weapon with an A or S magic bonus.

[shihku7]

The Mace! It brings back good memories of being a Cleric in the game "Hexen."

[LemonFrosted]

Every time I see Selen in a loading screen I lust after Blind. When I found out it ignores shields and has an A off Dex... <3

[HijiriOni]

Speaking of that ground shatter move the meat cleaver has...how does one use it? I saw it in a video and I haven't been able to do it myself.

Which one? When you press an attack button *while* you're rolling, when you stop rolling your character will perform a special attack.

Theres more then one with an AoE ground shatter? Everytime I tried rolling and doing an attack it just did a normal attack corresponding to the button I hit.

[NDJohnson]

Daggers. Sweet, sweet daggers. mmmMmmm

Haven't gotten far enough to see much past upgrading mine, but I've read there are some really nice ones around. Pretty awesome.

[Karkarov]

Speaking of that ground shatter move the meat cleaver has...how does one use it? I saw it in a video and I haven't been able to do it myself.

Which one? When you press an attack button *while* you're rolling, when you stop rolling your character will perform a special attack.

Theres more then one with an AoE ground shatter? Everytime I tried rolling and doing an attack it just did a normal attack corresponding to the button I hit.

Do it during the roll not after it ends. There is also specials for attacking during a flat run. Bear in mind all these are done with a press of R1, there is no R2 variant for these moves.

[Leventa]

Daggers. Sweet, sweet daggers. mmmMmmm

Haven't gotten far enough to see much past upgrading mine, but I've read there are some really nice ones around. Pretty awesome.

The Baby's Nail +5 is always fun. And it feels a less lot cheap than using Death Cloud.

[Neofire]

Currently the Blueblood is my true love(lol)

[Demondays]

Daggers. Sweet, sweet daggers. mmmMmmm

Haven't gotten far enough to see much past upgrading mine, but I've read there are some really nice ones around. Pretty awesome.

hmmm

daggers are my second choice - high dex char with sharp secret daggers would be nice.

[Fatney]

Demonbrandt with PWT <3

[muskellounger]

I absolutely love the spiked shield. It looks BAD, and surprises people when I blast em with it. My second love is my mace. I've got a dragon mace and a quality one. I have yet to see this bramdt, or istarelle. Both of those will get some playing time. My third...meat cleaver. Love crushing foes into the ground with it, then lighting them up with my dragon mace. Awesome.

[jsbradley7]

Where does it drop? i'll go get it.

As this is the no spoilers thread we can't tell you where it's at specifically, but you just might find it if you search 2-1.

Edit. Forgot to mention my favorite weapon: Moon Winged Spear +5.

[pktazn]

Every time I see Selen in a loading screen I lust after Blind. When I found out it ignores shields and has an A off Dex... <3

Saaame here. I just got it because of the Halloween event (which should be over... but I'm not complaining). Then I realized I didn't have enough dex to wield it. :very_sad:

So now I'm playing offline for now and farming until I can wield it properly. I also like the Dragon Bone Smasher and Large Sword of Moonlight... yea all the special ones lol.

[Hexpane]

My problem is I love diversity, and of course I lust after weapons I don't have yet (unique)

Finally farmed enough for Morion... then put it right in the bank and have only used it 1 time, after 4 hours of ore farming...

[Solarius]

I guess it has to be the meat cleaver, since it's the only weapon I ever use. However, I'm still trying to find a better weapon I actually like.

[HijiriOni]

Unfortunately it's really hard to top an S/S/-/A statline from a "Great Sword" allthough the meat cleaver is technically a "Large Hammer"...pretty goofy lookin hammer to me.

I've heard the istarelle is pretty good but I haven't gotten it yet.

[Karkarov]

The istarelle is a faith stacking spear. It's str and dex bonus are standard generic spear bonuses. Do not expect high damage out of it. In fact it's damage based on the +5 stat line will be downright abysmal. It does give massive plauge and poison resist though.

Honestly if you are stuck on meat cleaver because you can't handle needing to hit a mob two times instead of one your only realistic other options are all variants of the great sword, great axe, a dozer axe, or a DBS.

[Dominions]

Meat Cleaver is such an outstanding weapon... personally I prefer Crushing Great Axe so I can just crank STR. No magic damage though, for dealing with the Warding crowd.

I also really dig Estoc. That sword is all business.

[HijiriOni]

Heh, I'm stuck on the meat cleaver cause I love massive swords.

[Karkarov]

And all the options I named other than Great Axe and Dozer Axe are swords....? Also dominions get curse weapon, it is magic damage and doubles your weapons base damage. It will pack quite the wallop.

[Dominions]

And all the options I named other than Great Axe and Dozer Axe are swords....? Also dominions get curse weapon, it is magic damage and doubles your weapons base damage. It will pack quite the wallop.

Curse doubles base weapon damage? So it's the spell that makes Dozer Axe worth 22 pounds to equip! I was sure there would be something to make the huge base damage and no stat adds playable at some level.

I thought that spell just added 50% add to the total. I guess that's just how it usually plays out.

I'll save it for my Thief character. He's DEX-based but just strong enough to 2h Dozer, making the Cursed Dozer damage really really disproportionate to his actual abilities.

[lionpants]

Crushing Knight Sword +5

This thing is insane.

[Aesthioseae]

Blind, hands down. Since I started playing the game, I've wanted that sword. And dreams came true the other day.

[Solarius]

I finally got the Northern Regalia! It is definitely better than the Meat Cleaver!:)

[Leventa]

I finally got the Northern Regalia! It is definitely better than the Meat Cleaver!:)

Depends on your stats. Northern Regalia wont scale with you at all, while the Cleaver just gets stronger and stronger.

[Solarius]

I finally got the Northern Regalia! It is definitely better than the Meat Cleaver!:)

Depends on your stats. Northern Regalia wont scale with you at all, while the Cleaver just gets stronger and stronger.

How so?

[GuyIncognito]

I finally got the Northern Regalia! It is definitely better than the Meat Cleaver!:)

Depends on your stats. Northern Regalia wont scale with you at all, while the Cleaver just gets stronger and stronger.

How so?

The cleaver has S bonus on Dex and Str...so as you increase Dex and Str, the power of the cleaver increases. Northern Regalia has a fixed bonus based on character tendency.

[Hopefades]

blue blood sword is my favorite

[HijiriOni]

Not to mention the Cleaver can be enchanted and does magic damage from the Faith Stat, so it still causes damage through shields...not much but more damage is more damage.

[spunky_chrispi]

meat cleaver!

[spider-prime]

I like using the Large Sword of Searching, I just got so used to attacking with it using it to find items, I just use it all the time now, most things hit by it stagger enough to keep hitting it to kill it with one full stamina bar.

[lordlaurin]

Crushing Knight Sword +5

This thing is insane.

Same here. :) At the moment I've got 60 STR and my Crushing Knight Sword +5 is already a beast! :) For its speed the damage output is great!

[Massack]

i've just been using the falchion since the start of the game i couldn't find anything i liked more

[Demoth]

TeAring katana +5 is my bread and butter for pvp. My dex is 44. Any suggestions on something better as a melée dex fighter?

[Jyxaw]

Northern Regalia for me :)

[SinisterDeath]

I'm still only around high 60s atm..
I really, really like my Dragon Halberd, but unfortunately its almost impossible to use in most levels becuase of its 'wide arc' attacks. Most of the levels are almost entirely 'in-doors' (from what I've seen) and that Halberd needs wide open space.

Course, +fire Halberd only works on things that are weak to fire, but man, it does some DMG. And the 'weak attack'? That does more damage then the strong attack! (the strong attack ony hits everything in a 360 radius of you.)

Other than that, theres my Winged Spear. I was going to make it a scraping spear but I ate that soul... IT was tasty dammit!

Spear is really really good, but it pales in dmg compared to my halberd and my Dragon Scimitar. Really gotta put some magic or fire dmg on that scimitar..

I do have a long compound bow I plan to get up there.
I never use one particular weapon, theres always a time and a place for them...
My Dragon Scimitar though, has virtually become my creme de'la crop. ITs fast, it HITS hard, and doesn't leave me open for very long with my purple flame shield +5. if I get my spear with some kind of magic dmg on it, I'll be invincible! :P

[GuyIncognito]

I like using the Large Sword of Searching, I just got so used to attacking with it using it to find items, I just use it all the time now, most things hit by it stagger enough to keep hitting it to kill it with one full stamina bar.

Yes, the large sword of searching certainly finds its targets...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mx8Ptcu-gA

[spider-prime]

that was fun to watch lol

[Dreadnought]

i find that meat cleaver to b super annoying seeing as almost all black phantoms that invade me use it and slam me ino the ground with it.

[Closetgaymer]

i find that meat cleaver to b super annoying seeing as almost all black phantoms that invade me use it and slam me ino the ground with it.

yeah must i love the item description....delicious cuts of meat...mmmmmmm

[boxzes]

The North Regalia in New Game+. It helped my temple knight through the whole new game+ and ++. Its starting to show a little weakness in new game +++. But im still using it.

[Obsidian]

The North Regalia in New Game+. It helped my temple knight through the whole new game+ and ++. Its starting to show a little weakness in new game +++. But im still using it.

I'm about to finish NG+ and, honestly, it's helped me through the entire cycle. I can see it starting to weaken now with my other stat bonus weapons.

[spider-prime]

I made the mistake of blocking someone with the dozer axe first time I came across someone with it, knocked me backwards off the cliff in 4-2, lolol

[Soulless One]

large sword of moonlight. Lets see a shield block that sword.

[OH-Dae-Su]

the Guillotine Axe..

[wkdkicksass28]

I like the Magic sword "Makoto" because it leeches health from the demon's that I hit.

[Wolfram]

Aw man I'm still such a newbie, 3 days in and my "coolest" weapon is the Meat Cleaver which I got last night but don't have the faith to wield properly. My fav weap atm is my Dragon Long Sword +4, and I want to get a crushing long sword pronto.

[GuzenShi]

mines not much for looks, but so far my favorite by far has to be Sticky Compound Long Box +5
other than that i love my Tower Shield haha

[Grimlorn]

Been using Moon Winged Spear, but looking for something better for pvp.

[Closetgaymer]

I've been having fun with my AIDS dagger (4+ baby's nail dagger - need one more colorless soul)

[Thelibra]

i like the Magic Sword Makoto (+5). Great Speed, weight, and a bit of bleeding dmg.

[Paddy0524]

Last night I got the White Bow drop from an ingame Black Phantom and emmidiatly fell in love with it. I cannot wait to use it, going to level my strength and dexterity the quickest possible to be able to use it well

[HijiriOni]

The white bow is a great bow for beginner archers. Master archers use sticky compound longbow+5. But until you've got some dex it won't beat the white bow...it doesn't take alot of dex though. 30ish will easily beat white bow.

Meat Cleaver and Sticky+5 with their S ratings in dex made me pamper the dex stat...which I never figured I'd care about the dex stat.

[Demoth]

TeAring katana +5 is my bread and butter for pvp. My dex is 44. Any suggestions on something better as a melée dex fighter?

No suggestions? :(

[HijiriOni]

Sharp weapons.

Try a Sharp Spiked Shield for super fun shield combat...good luck farming pure bladestone though, I keep hearing people say it took them hours to obtain.

[blls]

Insanity Catalyst!!

[Armen9252]

Meat Cleaver. It has three differnet ways to build its power. Sweetness.

[Lady_Kitsu]

Blueblood Sword.

I used the sword of searching for a while simply because it helped me a lot but I got the Blueblood Sword and loved it. =]

[Penguin_Ass]

My personal favorite weapon at the moment (for single-player, at least) is actually my Large Sword of Searching. There are weapons with higher damages and better scaling, but its range is solid, the damage is respectable, it swings very quickly and there is virtually no delay in transitions from most attacks into follow-ups. Additionally, the animations look really neat, particularly when chaining two-handed R2 strikes.

I'm fond of the fact that it has vertical overheads for tight quarters as well as wide, sweeping arcs that clear out hordes of goblins, too. All in all I've really become fond of this thing.

large sword of moonlight. Lets see a shield block that sword.

Give Blind a shot. Smaller, faster, and capable of swinging eight to ten times without killing your stamina. ^_^ It's not magic damage, though, in defense of the Large Sword of Moonlight.

[MetalSlugIV]

Right now for my mage I'm using a +5 Crescent Uchigatana when I need a melee weapon. It's and has ok power. I would of made a Moon version but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get any Pure Moonlightstone this run. I also think the Uchigatana just plain looks cool. Then again I run around with the Monk Head-wrappings so I still look like a total fool.

[dlw1964]

I love swords, I have 3 different one's I use

Dragon Long Sword +5, Demonbrandt & I just finished making a Crushing Knight Sword +5.

I see in the long run that my Crushing Knight Sword will end up being my Best Sword, but because my Strength is only 30 right now my Demonbrandt is my most powerful Sword.(480 Dam)

Also I'm in the process of making a Blessed Long Sword(Currently +2)

When I finished the Game, I plan on making the North Regalia.

IMO if you want a powerful sword its best to take a Long Sword or knight Sword & turn it into a crushing +5 Sword & put a lot of levels into your strength.The Speed & Damage that you will get is Great.

[tomoe]

I've been mainly using the Crescent Falchion +4 (curse you Pure Darkmoonstone! :mad:) and Lava Bow. Once I get my Dex to a decent level, I'll probably switching to my Tearing Uchigatana +5 and Sticky Compound Longbow + 5.

[DH321]

I see no lava bow lovers or many uchigatana lovers.

I am alone in this conversation :( except for 1 uchigatana lover.

Makato looks awesome but I don't use it, same with hiltless.

[DH321]

And in response to meat cleavers; on my level 150-160 ish character (can't remember), my meat clever is only 3 damage higher than my moon uchigatana.

Just out of curiosity, is 409 total damage (magic and slashing) of my moon uchigatana for my lvl 150-160 character GOOD? I've actually come across many meat cleaver users who hit less than my uchi does.

[Penguin_Ass]

Don't discount the Cleaver because the Uchigatana can do as much per hit with your build. Using the Cleaver I can rape heavy enemies like the gold skeletons or red-eyed knights by flooring them and landing several overheads before they can get back up. That alone makes it an insanely worthwhile investment for situational purposes.

(You can do the same thing to stupid invading players if they're not really fast to react to the first hit.)

[Absu]

I'm quite liking my Crushing Great Sword +5 so far. Good damage and nice range!

[dlw1964]

I'm quite liking my Crushing Great Sword +5 so far. Good damage and nice range!


Where did you find the Great Sword?

[Ionya]

I also love my crushing great sword (only +4) for a barbarian type. Does a lot of damage and great range on the swings.

Its in 1-3 on a corpse near merchant. Or the Red Eyed Knights can drop it

[Amaterasu]

I LOVE my Moon Winged Spear+5! I'm in NG+ and I've completed all the PWWT and PBWT events in my firts way trhough so I have almost every weapon in the game (the only missing is the Morion Blade and the Needle of eternal agony) and obviously I tried every cool sword, mace.axe, falchion, etc but I can't get over my beloved spear...you don't have to lower your shield and if you are in thight spots like ledges or clifs (tower of latria anyone) you're not going to suffer accidental falls by your weapon animation. Also the R1 attack doesn't consume much stamina and you have a long reach...as I said before I Love this weapon!

If I have to pick one only by the looks I think that the Blind Sword and the Bramd Mace are my favourites...tha bramd looks like you can slain a dragon with one hit! Total baddass

[FiOth]

The Northern Regalia... it just looks so... regal! :D

Seriously, I think its a great weapon to use up until around SL 200 since it can out-damage most others. I also like the fact that its swings are lethal in pvp, mostly because most players cannot evade in all the freakin' lag. :P

Yup, I love the Regalia.

[BlindedGuardian]

Question: I play a soldier as my main character and in the intro it was stated that they fought better using straight swords. Does using a straight sword with a soldier actually make a difference?

[tyraelsrevenge]

I have different favorite weapons for each of my characters.

Temple Knight (male)- +5 Blessed Halebeard. I made him specificaly becouse his origine started with a Halebeared, one of my all time favorite all time weapons. Second favorite for my Temple Knight is +4 Blessed Great Sword that will be +5 once I get him into new game+, I will only farm Faintstone chunks/pures in pure black world for so long.

Royal (female)- +4 Cresent Kilijit soon to be +5 once world tendancy is droped to pure black and the lizzards decide to drop them. The Other weapon I want to get on her is a +5 Mercurial Spiral/Curved rapier. Piercing weapon with psn and bleed yes please when I need to sheild wall.

Hunter (female) - +X Moon Winged Spear only magic damage she has. +5 Sticky Composit Longbow for damage. However I love the look of the Whitebow but she lacks the stats to use it. Magic mostly used for defense/healing.

Knight (male) - Currently working to get a +X Crushing/Blessed Knights sword. Crushing will serve dps better but the blessed will help by not needing as meny healing items. I intend for him to have minimal magic. But I Suspect that I will fall in love with the Blue Blood Sword once he aquires it.

[FiOth]

Question: I play a soldier as my main character and in the intro it was stated that they fought better using straight swords. Does using a straight sword with a soldier actually make a difference?

No friend, it does not. Its just your starting set of arms.

[mrtwister_cok]

I love staight swords such as long or knight sword. Their L2 is pretty fast and deadly, especially when you execute a finishing move. They definitely fit my fighting style, stay close and spam your enemy until he starts to panic and make mistakes. Oh, and I adore meat clever.

[Wolfram]

Does anyone use the Penetrating Sword?? I absolutely love the look of it and the better R2 attack... but it's a longsword that uses Dex! ARG!!!! Why would they do that!? At +5 the modifiers are E/A/-/-. My build is a str build... but I love longswords! /sigh

[Interhawk]

Very happy with my Sharp Kilji +4.
With my playing style I depend on getting in the first strike.
The slower attack speed of the Uchi really hurts me here, so I'm sticking with the Kilji.
Now I'm in the long arduous process of Pure Bladestone farming...
Wish me luck.

[Silidons]

I love my Quality Pickaxe +5. I'm also working on a sharp version but I'm having trouble finding enough bladestone chunks.

[thetempleknight]

i love my halberd use it two handed and it works great against almost anything

[OhSoGrimm]

My Blessed Mirdan Hammer+5 all the way

[eldanloco]

Blueblood Sword is the best hands down.

[Setheran]

I'm fond of my blessed morning star +5. Although it's hardly the most powerful blunt weapon, it just looks at home in the hands of my temple knight. It's also not something you usually get to use in games, despite being one of the more badass-looking medieval weapons.

[Slazer]

It dosent look good, but for my character I really really love talisman on beast.

[IceDragon122]

BlueBlood!

Luck helps it, looks cool, has long reach and swings like a long sword!

+++++++ you can light enchant or curse enchant it.........

*mouth waters*

[Slazer]

Ok well the next build i make is going to be a blueblood build.

[Styfer]

I love my blessed knight sword, its completely ridiculous in pve because of its versatility and it looks sweet. Have to whip out the mirden hammer in pvp though because the sword just does not do enough damage at 371. I really like the Large sword of Moonlight too and it tears apart shield users.

[infernoofflames]

i love the katana but dont have it yet if any one has a spare can i have it? also could use a hand wit tk in 1-2. my psn is infernofflames if any one wants to help out a newb

[MHguyDre]

I love the northern regalia it looks so freakin cool and deals extra damage with my pure white CT. Btw I am new to these forums, I have a knight SL127 feel free to add my psn for co op Dre_1er

[Kageh]

And in response to meat cleavers; on my level 150-160 ish character (can't remember), my meat clever is only 3 damage higher than my moon uchigatana.

Just out of curiosity, is 409 total damage (magic and slashing) of my moon uchigatana for my lvl 150-160 character GOOD? I've actually come across many meat cleaver users who hit less than my uchi does.

Yes, it is very good. In the time a MC scores one hit, you can swing the Katana 3 times. You do the math.

Fast weapons are a lot more powerful in this game if the wielder is halfway skilled.

Slow weapons are usually "easier" to use in PVE because of the stagger/knockdown effect and for PVP everyone is looking at the big number. Not to mention it's flavor of the month (has been on the JP server too) to use regalias because the nearly non-existant stat requirements.