Does Drake Sword scale with strength?

It does not scale with stats, so increasing your strength will not increase its damage. Parameter scaling will be located on the bottom left of your screen as you're looking at the expanded info of the weapon.
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Should you reinforce Drake Sword?

It's up to you if that's worth it. You cannot add lightning damage to it, at best it gets to 300 attack. People refrain from upgrading it because you obtain dragon scales relatively late and can lean off the crutch onto their favorite weapon +10 after blighttown.
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What stats do you need to use Drake Sword?

Requires 16 str 10 dex. But just 2-hand it and no need to raise strength at all, I don't think it's worth raising str for this short-term weapon.
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Does the Drake Sword break easily?

It breaks fast if you use it's R2 two-hand special. It goes down 30 durability a pop.
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What is the effect of the Drake Sword?

Unlike most dragon weapons, the Drake Sword cannot be enchanted. It grants 15 points of Flame and Magic Defense when wielded. This effect remains active when in the off-hand and two handing a weapon in the right. Feeding it to Kingseeker Frampt grants 5,000 souls.
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Does the Drake Sword scale with strength?

It does not scale with stats, so increasing your strength will not increase its damage. Parameter scaling will be located on the bottom left of your screen as you're looking at the expanded info of the weapon.
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When should you stop using the Drake Sword?

The drake sword is a trap, by the way. It's a bad weapon that's really only good for the immediate area that you get it in. Once you've found a blacksmith, upgrade any other weapon that you like and stop using the Drake Sword.
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Is Drake Sword or Claymore better?

If you have good stats, the claymore will display higher damage, thus the drake swords damage will be as low as it seems. There is no illusion about damage. It can't be lower as it seems. If you have good stats, the claymore will display higher damage, thus the drake swords damage will be as low as it seems.
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Is The Black Knight Sword better than the Drake Sword?

Prefer Drake because of the attack speed. Try them both and you'll see the Black Knight Sword is pretty damn slow. I also have both, but I actually prefer black knight's sword. Let's me running one hit crap in the swamp, and took down asylum stray demon in a much shorter time.
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What sword should I get after Drake sword?

Your best options are probably Zweihaender, Man Serpent Greatsword, Black Knight Axe, Gargoyle Halberd or Claymore.
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Is the Drake Sword better than the zweihander?

The zwei is also pretty solid, but it's more efficient for a STR oriented build. The Drake sword is only useful if you plan on keeping the base requirements to wield it because of its lack of scaling. A quality build will be better off with just about any other straight sword.
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How many large arrows does it take to get Drake's sword?

If you continue shooting the wyvern's tail, after 20 or so shots (determined by your weapon damage stats and the size of your arrows) you will see a screen prompt saying you have received the Drake Sword. Congratulations!
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Can you modify Drake Sword?

Drake Sword can be upgraded by using Dragon Scales. When equipped grants Magic DEF +15 and Flame DEF +15. It's not recommended to spend Dragon Scales and 10,000 Souls per upgrade on this weapon as the resulting low increase in damage does not offset the high cost.
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What stats do I need to wield the Drake Sword?

Players will need a minimum of 16 Strength and 10 Dexterity to efficiently wield the sword, but for most classes, this won't require much work at all.
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Is the Drake Sword good for Blighttown?

You join his covenant, get the sword, and immediately go back to Petrus and change back. Early game means you won't lose any ranks in the covenant most likely. You can change covenants no problem. If you don't have anything upgraded besides the Drake Sword, it's probably best just to tough out Queelag with it.
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Is Drake Sword a unique weapon?

This sword, one of the rare dragon weapons, is formed by a drake's tail. Drakes are seen as undeveloped imitators of the dragons, but in they are likely their distant kin. The sword is imbued with a mystical power, to be released when held with both hands.
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What is the highest damage weapon in DS?

The Dragon King Greataxe is arguably the most powerful, at least in terms of single-hit damage potential. It can be obtained from the Gaping Dragon.
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Is the Black Knight Sword worth upgrading?

All the Black Knight weapons are really powerful, so even in the late game it's not like the sword will suddenly be useless. As you said, Twinkling Titanite is easy to get, so upgrade it as much as you can. It can go up to +5, as all weapons can if you upgrade it with Twinkling Titanite.
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How to get +15 weapon in Dark Souls?

Giving the Very Large Ember to Andre of Astora gives him the ability to ascend a standard weapon from +10 to +11, allowing for further standard weapon reinforcement from +11 to +15 (the highest it can go).
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How much damage does it take to get the Drake Sword?

As long as you hit the dragon anywhere with approximately 50 arrows the tail will fall off and you will be rewarded with the Drake Sword.
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Is abyss greatsword better than claymore?

With 27 Strength, 40 Dexterity, 18 Intelligence, 18 Faith, and 10 Humanity, it has an AR of 572 when two-handed, roughly 50 more than the Claymore at 40 Strength and 40 Dexterity in the same stance. The Abyss Greatsword shares the longest reach of any weapon in its class, along with the two other swords of Artorias.
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What is the best weapon against Drakes?

Drakes may be terrifying, but they can be defeated using a blade or magick, just like any other of the hardest enemies in Dragon's Dogma 2.
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Can you beat Dark Souls with the Drake Sword?

Very doable. You can beat Dark Souls with any weapon. Mind that the game would be boring as hell using a single weapon the entire game.
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Should I get a diamond sword or AXE?

In Java Edition, a diamond axe deals more (9) damage but has slower attack speed. In Bedrock Edition, a diamond sword deals more (7) damage. Attack speed does not exist in Bedrock Edition.
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Can you get scavengers curved sword early?

Thanks to shortcuts, it's possible to get to the Scavenger's Curved Sword location relatively early, by taking the Liurnia-Altus secret path, then heading straight to Mt. Gelmir.
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