Is The Drake Sword a good weapon?

Drake sword is pretty good and it's not that hard to finish the entire game with just that weapon. However many weapons are way better. Take for example a regular longsword, it swings faster has a better moveset and does more damage when regular upgraded and with the right stats or you can upgrade it elementally.
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Is The Drake Sword the best?

The Drake Sword is probably one of the most powerful early game weapons in Dark Souls.
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How strong is the Drake Sword?

Equipping the Drake Sword will give an automatic +15 to both Magic and Fire Defense stats, but it does not scale with any other stats, further reinforcing that this weapon is only really effective in the lead-up to Sen's Fortress.
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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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Is The Drake Sword better than the Claymore?

+10 Claymore has 206 base damage, it's flat out better than an unupgraded Drake Sword. Even a +5 Claymore will almost match the Drake Sword for damage once you factor in the bonus damage from your Strength and Dexterity stats.
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Is it worth it to level up the 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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Should I use Drake Sword?

My advice is to ditch the Drake Sword as soon as you feel like it's not doing enough damage anymore. Depending on your build, there is a variety of weapons you could use. Seeing as how you're leveling your strength and dexterity evenly, the Claymore isn't a bad choice at all.
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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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What is better than the Drake Sword?

If you can get it, the Black Knight Sword will last almost the entire game, and is a beast once it's upgraded to +5. Even better, especially if you like polearms, is the Black Knight Halberd.
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Is Zweihander better than Drake Sword?

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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Is The Black Knight sword better than the Drake Sword?

The requirements on the BKS are higher than the Drake sword, but the Drake sword is just too hard to upgrade, and it does not scale with ANY stats. Actually range wise i'd give it to the Drake because of it's two handed R2 attack.
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How many shots 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 repair Drake Sword?

You can get to a blacksmith from Firelink shrine..., find the huge circular elevator (just go down the only set of stairs you can find near the bonfire, and then down another set of stairs after that) go down the elevator and then drop down, go to the right and take the stairs that go down... you'll see a blacksmith in ...
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How many arrows do I need for Drake Sword?

Obtaining the Drake Sword

An easy way to obtain the sword is to purchase ~100 arrows and the short bow from the Undead Merchant in Undead Burg and fire up at the drake from the lower part of its bridge.
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What is the most prestigious sword?

Perhaps the most famous sword in Western literature, Excalibur was wielded by King Arthur in his quest to unite Britain. According to legend, the sword was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake and was imbued with magical powers, including the ability to grant its wielder invincibility in battle.
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Is Diamond axe stronger than sword?

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.
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Can you beat Dark Souls with the Drake Sword?

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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Can you get the Drake Sword later?

Yes, you can get the Drake sword with soul arrow post patching. Go down under the bridge, and you should see a bit of Moss on the right hand side. This is about where you want to be.
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Is Black Sword worth it?

I would say yes if you've got nothing better and don't want to waste money on the weapon banner. It increases her normals/charges by quite a decent amount and it heals when you crit all things Keqing likes. Even in the case of you deciding to stop using her it's still a really solid sword.
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Which Black Knight weapon is best?

1 Black Knight Halberd

There really is no other choice for the best weapon in Dark Souls.
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Is Black Knight Sword rare?

They sure are rare, huh? I didnt even farm them either. Got most of them from dying to Gwyn and killing the Black Knights as i go by. Most of the time i even had base item discovery, sometimes i had 10 humanity (Cause i use Quelaag's Furysword) so it was at 210 sometimes.
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Why is the Zweihander so good?

The zwei is one of the best two-handed ultra greatswords available early on, and there are tons of builds that utilize it. Commonly, though, it's an excellent option for strength builds. Two-handed, it can cleave a decent amount of health from an enemy, and might even stagger them if you're lucky.
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Should I upgrade Zweihander or claymore?

If you use a shield, use the claymore. If you love huge and very powerful 2 handed weapons, use the Zweihander. You can still use a shield with the Zweihander, you just do the Combat Kick first to knock people off balance. All things considered, PvP and PvE.
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