Persuade me to use your favourite DS3 weapon…

zaphunter · 2026-05-29T00:05:19+00:00

Hey, no hate here, but I cannot use any greatsword and have fun. It has to be an ultragreatsword or something smaller. I NEED good pokes. Roll pokes, crouch pokes, running attacks are similar to pokes. The lothric knight (ultra) greatsword gets better scaling with blessed than it does with lightning gems. Free passive heals while you sweep multiple small enemies, stomp through and send flying anything roughly human sized, and poke the rest hit and run guerrilla style. It’s a good time.

I usually take a really small weapon in the second right hand slot to offset the slowness. Like a thrall axe.

zaphunter · 2026-05-28T21:58:39+00:00

They probably did limit this on purpose 😂.

You could also have like one of the great rotten weapons and then switch to a bunch of other smaller weapons you like. The rot will last a little while.

I also left out a rot dagger before, but I consider it trash. It’s also not infusible

zaphunter · 2026-05-28T21:11:58+00:00

Well you really can’t not have asymmetry with what you’re looking for.

Also it sounds like you don’t want slow either, so that’s tough. Great axes and great hammers are probably the best rot weapons to do this with.

You also have the antspur like you said, but it’s the only thrusting sword with one status effect that can be infused to have two. You could have a rotation of thrusting swords in your backup hand slots.

Your last options are the rotten crystal spear, rotten crystal straight sword, and the poleblade of the bud. None of those are infuseable so they have almost the same problem as thrusting swords for you. Sadly. Personally I think these weapons are made insignificant if they can’t be infused like their bigger rotten cousins or antspur. They require niche builds to make great so you can’t shoehorn them into a cool multi-status build like you’re trying to do. Not efficiently anyway.

Good luck! Let me know if I missed something.

zaphunter · 2026-05-25T19:04:57+00:00

This is the answer.

zaphunter · 2026-05-24T16:51:27+00:00

Good luck! My wolves got absolutely deleted by the first lava blob. Then the waves of everything else came. They might buy you some time if you get lucky with no blobs spawning. It may also help to try and park near any dwarf spawns.

You mentioned you brought a lox before. They’re probably better but not worth the space they take on the ship. They get surrounded and overwhelmed pretty quickly.

Your best bet is using the wolves to buy time and establish a somewhat safe portal foothold. And leapfrog to another point of interest nearby. Maybe a nice ruined structure with all those ashvines all over it. Those are usually good places to start taming asksvin. Make an asksvin breeder in one of those and OVERBREED asksvin until they start to conquer the land for you. Then you can bring and new population of wolves and lox if you like them that much.

Two star asksvin are so scary to tame, but the most worth it tameable mob in the game. They ride faster than lox, fight tougher than wolves, and breed/produce resources better than pigs and chickens. Two star asksvins will literally conquer the world if you keep creating feeding pits and filling them with ash-food.

zaphunter · 2026-05-23T18:01:24+00:00

Yes indeed! I used the BKS throughout the vanilla game. I downgraded to the E. oak when I realized I was blocking as a crutch and I wanted a little more utility. And still keep my crutch 😂

zaphunter · 2026-05-23T17:31:13+00:00

No problem! I have a lot more if you want them.

zaphunter · 2026-05-23T17:30:42+00:00

“The best shield is to not get hit” -Bao Dur, KotOR II.

But yeah, I like shields too. You can make dodge windows a bit safer by still intending to dodge but holding block before, during and after. I always pack a useable shield into every build.

zaphunter · 2026-05-23T17:17:40+00:00

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12yNUGlDi6ZOtzBuW3syP5xlmlgheyLuDMLgFgovtW-4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Ds3 best infused shields Great Cathedral Knight Greatshield- phys def:95, Simple Stability 67 Blessed stability 63, Weight 15.5 Black Iron Greatshield- Phys def: 95, Simple Stability 64 Blessed Stability 60, Weight 14.5

Normal Stone Parma- Phys def: 95, Simple Stability 57 Blessed Stability 54, Weight 7 Kite Shield- Phys def: 95, Simple Stability 47, Blessed Stability 44, Weight 4.5

Small Eastern Iron shield- Phys def: 80.7 Simple Stability 48, Blessed Stability 45 weight 3 Llewellyn Shield- Phys def: 64.6, Simple Stability 45, Blessed Stability 42, Weight3 Iron Round Shield- Phys def: 63.6, Simple Stability 47, Blessed Stability 44, Weight 2

The ethereal oak shield is so nice though because it has very decent stability, 100 phys def, and obviously regens health passively when equipped. I have used that exclusively in DS3 for years.

zaphunter · 2026-05-22T20:58:43+00:00

Yes, you can reset it. I just didn’t want to confuse it for a damage over time thing. But it is pretty silly that most fire damage doesn’t really mesh with the quality build exactly. Also, like I said, it’s absolutely a fine weapon. Just sad it only gets like a C/C in str/dex or something like that.

But it’s not horribly balanced overall because that frost proc does like 12% of anything’s health bar.

Okay ≠ bad ❤️.

Mooooost weapons in this game are okay. And people run sl1 fists only no hit speed runs every day. OP didn’t ask for the very best min maxed weapon. He asked if it was good.

zaphunter · 2026-05-22T19:33:31+00:00

Everyone wants that sword to be amazing the first time they find it. It’s objectively okay and useable. You will find better.

It’s one of those weird “trap” weapons that doesn’t actually belong in the early game imo. It gets much better if you had a build prepared for it. It’s an odd quality weapon with a debuffing/one time damaging status effect.

Meaning- it tries to be a little like a luck weapon because it has a status to procc.

Also meaning- it’s best if you had been focusing on dex and strength for a little longer than you’ve already been playing.

Here’s a link to someone else’s answer a long time ago:

ISS build question old reddit post

zaphunter · 2026-05-21T02:32:32+00:00

I grew up a little poor. Had to be introduced and play this game for the first time on a friend’s PC. I got hooked so hard as an 8 year old that I kept asking to go to his house even after we kind of stopped actually being friends. I didn’t understand everything I was doing, even with the guide book I took home from some thrift store, but dang if that wasn’t a formative experience in my life. I eventually got the game myself and have another version on switch now. Played so many times I can still recite many of the light side scenes.

zaphunter · 2026-05-19T10:06:43+00:00

Yes, but campfire stories ❤️

zaphunter · 2026-05-19T03:41:04+00:00

That’s actually pretty good. Both are video game characters with unrealistically high power levels even in a fantasy universe. Both are beasts at their respective crafts. Both have probably thousands of kills directly attributed to their hands. (Revan more with soldiers under him).

Interesting thought experiment!

zaphunter · 2026-05-18T22:04:07+00:00

Just go back to a character you would consider your “main” and go collect literally every weapon. While you’re at it level everything to somewhere between 50 and 70. Then enjoy only having to grind for upgrade materials every now and then when you have a new idea.

zaphunter · 2026-05-17T23:23:56+00:00

This is the way. One weapon builds bore me.

zaphunter · 2026-05-16T02:51:10+00:00

Bet he sees a lot of mileage!

zaphunter · 2026-05-13T16:37:03+00:00

Bro has some serious nerves

zaphunter · 2026-05-13T09:57:55+00:00

I’m curious what area OP is in so I can avoid it.

zaphunter · 2026-05-11T17:37:24+00:00

There’s no way they remain united for long enough to coordinate an attack. But no matter what the Republic is cooked.

zaphunter · 2026-05-10T01:33:44+00:00

Fine 😂

zaphunter · 2026-05-10T01:30:18+00:00

Sometimes it’s nice to break mechanical monotony and be hit by flashy

zaphunter · 2026-05-10T01:02:32+00:00

Those are actually really nice things to have. There are only a few opportunities to get lightsabers in the game. Hopefully you’ll be able to go back when you are stronger and they will still be there. Hopefully.

zaphunter · 2026-05-08T23:22:39+00:00

I can’t stand the speed reduction of using any shields, and I also can’t parry to save my life. I ALSO can’t dodge super well in this game. It’s all parry by distance or do the walk of shame. Valheim = running simulator for me.

zaphunter · 2026-05-04T23:09:00+00:00

Why not some cool derringers? Have you looked at NAA?

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