Posted by 3 years ago. So this weapon is good for cleric-casters, tank paladins, and hybrid cleric/paladins. I've been using a raw longsword lately for low level invasions. Shit, I was just having a reliable sword on my sorcerer. Watch them slowly die as they run out of Estus and have no moss to cure the poison. Kimmundi is aware of these issues and will hopefully be reporting it. Does this weapon give extra luck levels like hollow weapons do? Disappearing Taurus Demons in the Demon Ruins - a glitch? Why not just go with a pure strength or dex build if you want more damage? Best poison proc and second best bleed proc among straight swords. - Astora SS - Lothric SS - Barbed SS - Dark Sword - Anri's SS - 10 more AR than Gotthard's which have an L1. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. The three straight swords you can find at the beginning of the game. Tho' I always kill the dancer at +4 weapon anyways. Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. Help pls I had Anri in the pontiff fight and he died his set is available at the shrinemaiden and he knew where horace was but he wasn't there what should I do. The community cried and FromSoft did what they do best. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It used to be good, but then they nerfed it into the ground in favor of infusions. Still very winnable, though. I've only ever used daggers. These are much better for healing as long as you don’t need rapid healing. I believe this weapon has built in hp regen, needs confirmation. Congratulations on ♥♥♥♥ing up another weapon, and nerfing it to the point of uselessness. I used to get hatemail accusing me of twinking while exclusively using gear that the people I was invading had access to. Especially for its weight. That sword is still powerful even after the little damage nerf, Everything is viable, not everything is optimal. Glaive is good too. 10 STR 10 Dex 35 luck with 99 hollow. Hey wasn't it always like this: the elite knight set is stronger than the normal knight set? Overnerf. PlayStation 3 Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 Xbox One. This is going to be a PVE solo build and am not interested in PVP. Press J to jump to the feed. He posted a reply in one of the other threads. Wait what? A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. Why have the Astora sword in the game anymore if it has no use? So the only reason to use it was for the early to mid-game Raw damage. Luck builds are now trash. © Valve Corporation. can i still get her sword? The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X". I don't remember in ds1 was it one of my fav armor sets. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. But it seems to outclass most other straightswords and you dont even need to infuse it. Otherwise - meh, Damn it, I finished the questline but forgot to pick up the sword from Ludleth, so now after 6 or so hours I remembered, but at this point Ludleth is a happy pile of burned ash.... Now I'm stuck without the sword, and hollowed Anri won't spawn, so no elite knight set for me. How to Get / Where to Find the Astora's Straight Sword For PVP i use a poison infused ghru dagger and a blood infused bandit's knife. "High-quality weapon with a powerful blessing." Dark hand full faith spec until sl51(or 60fth), Rush dancer and get sss, rush to irithyll dungeon to get lb. Losing the Raw ASS stings a bit, for sure. It is on parr with gotthard twin sword, ringed knight sword and lothric straight sword. Dark Souls Xbox 360 . I am currently playing a pyromancer class and will eventually want to focus on intelligence and faith up to 40 each and cast cool pyro spells! Press J to jump to the feed. And now even the WA is good, goes through shields AND is unparriable, basically it's good in every situation. He patch doesn't seem to be out for me yet so I can't test. But maybe I remember wrong. We both picked the Warrior class to start and I was planning to jus make us both basic Strength builds jus for fighting mobs, no intention of doing much PvP. because the longsword can't poke twice in a row. So this sword is for luck builds, it's both blessed and hollowed. And on top of that it can be buffed so you may use another blessed buff to further increase stacking or use a carthus rouge. if you wanna poke with a sword - lothric knight sword all the way. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it - Aristotle. While this testing isn't 100% accurate, it is a very good indicator of the ranges of each attack. Does 10% bonus damage vs. reanimated. It should display "1.32" on the tittle screen. "70 Luck, which is the hardcap for the Luck based Bleed bonus" But the bleed wiki page claims it's 50. The ASS has the lowest range of all the straight swords (around 20% less) AND it fell of damage-wise late game. Bleed weapon without innate bleed is shit tier. Just starting a new play through with my buddy who's never played, I was planning to get him the Astora Straight Sword early on but I heard its been nerfed, should I skip it and get him something else? And its the successor of good ole oscars astora straight sword so.....and we dont talk about the impostor astora straight sword. You're browsing the GameFAQs Message Boards as a guest. The ASS has the lowest range of all the straight swords (around 20% less) AND it fell of damage-wise late game. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. Firelink Shrine bonfire cannot be activated??? Straight swords are good for pve too, but you're going to want a longsword rather than Astora's. The point with Astora Straight Sword is that it is very easy to getm requires very little stats and 6-0 owns any other weapon up to +5/6 Yeah, and you can freely put some precious points on Vigor and Endurance, for example, allowing you to becoming tankier faster and with some good damage until mid-late game. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Invasions are about ugly victories and beautiful defeats. i shit you not the weapon i see people doing low level content with is .. the god damn dark hand. (If your name is not on THIS list, please do not post videos here. Except you use gs and don't have high stats, for example atm I have 18, and I can use hollowslayer and full elite set (doesn't compare so much cause I don't prefer to play gs but I think it is the best atm) - so it's good.