What is the best sword in ds1?

Here are the best swords in Dark Souls.
  1. 1 Lothric Knight Sword. Speaking of spamming light attacks, this sword is the pinnacle of that.
  2. 2 Estoc. ...
  3. 3 Zweihander. ...
  4. 4 King's Ultra Greatsword. ...
  5. 5 Gael's Greatsword. ...
  6. 6 Moonlight Greatsword. ...
  7. 7 Quelaag's Fury Sword. ...
  8. 8 Gold & Dark Silver Tracers. ...
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What is the best sword in Dark Souls One?

Zweihander - On a corpse in the graveyard area of Firelink Shrine. It is fast, has amazing range, hits incredibly hard, and can efficiently stun-lock. It is arguably the best greatsword in the game.
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What is the best quality weapon in ds1?

Most straight swords and halberds work best with a quality build. The claymore is a rock-solid greatsword pick. There's really not many high-scaling quality options in ds1, and even among str/dex weapons scaling values are notably lower than in other games.
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Is the claymore or zweihander better ds1?

The claymore is a fantastic versatile weapon for a quality build like you're going for. 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.
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What is the highest damage greatsword in ds1?

However the weapon with the highest damage potential is the Greatsword of Artorias as far as I know. It scales with each stat, dealing physical and magic damage. This however requires a lot of stat points to be placed in strength, dexterity, intelligence, and faith.
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What is the strongest strength weapon in ds1?

The Black Knight weapons are some of the best strength weapons in Dark Souls, capable of destroying most enemies before they can even land a single hit. While these weapons can't be upgraded, they're just so strong that most people won't find any need to in the first place.
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How to get greatsword to +10 ds1?

So the process for standard upgrade path is as follows:
  1. Use Reinforce Weapon to upgrade from +0 to +5 (bonfire or blacksmith)
  2. Acquire Large Ember and give to Andre.
  3. Use Modify Equipment at Andre to boost +5 to +6.
  4. Use Reinforce Weapon to upgrade from +6 to +10 (bonfire or blacksmith)
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Is The Greatsword of Artorias better than Zweihander?

Lightning Zweihander beats both and needs less stat investment. It's around 700 attack. True Greatsword of Artorias will get to around 650 eventually, but it needs a pretty unreasonable amount of levelling to get there. Greatsword of Artorias +5 (Cursed) = 237 Attack, 100 critical, C str, dex, int, & faith modifiers.
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Why is the Zweihander so good?

Zweihander +15

One of the standout features of this weapon is its overhead swing. While the overhead swing may not deal substantial damage, it compensates with significant poise damage, making it particularly effective for breaking through enemy defenses and interrupting larger foes.
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Is Claymore good for endgame ds1?

Claymore is pretty good late game if you've got it at +15 and the stats. The key to all souls games is to find a weapon that is convenient to you and it doesn't matter much what weapon it actually is.
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What is the fastest sword in DS1?

Painting Guardian Sword is the fastest as far as I know. But the Gold Tracer is also good&fast, and it's easier to get and upgrade. If you hadn't already used Quelaag's soul for the Furysword, I would recommend the Chaos Blade. Thrusting swords are usually *kinda* fast, Ricard's has the best scaling if I remember.
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What is the best PVE weapon in DS1?

While getting this weapon might be somewhat of a grindy affair, there's no denying that the end result is more than worth it.
  • 3 Claymore.
  • 2 Great Scythe.
  • 1 Black Knight Halberd.
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What's the best build in Dark Souls 1?

Best Builds In Dark Souls, Ranked
  • 8 Kirk Knight Of Thorns.
  • 7 Knight Artorias.
  • 6 Slow-Walk Build.
  • 5 Ayriak's Quality Pyromancer.
  • 4 Crestfallen Warrior.
  • 3 Bonewheel Skelly.
  • 2 Oroboro's Falchion Build.
  • 1 Giant Dad.
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Do Black Knights respawn in DS1?

The Black Knights are somewhat unique due to the fact that generally they don't respawn. The only respawning Black Knights are found in the path to Gwyn, the Kiln of the First Flame.
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What is the highest physical damage in DS1?

The Dragon Greatsword seems to have the highest base damage available at 585 pure physical. However, the Demon's Greataxe still outdamages it with a total damage of 659 pure physical due to 50 strength.
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How to get the strongest weapon in DS1?

How to unlock the Strongest Weapon achievement. Then you will need to Locate the Very Large Ember in New Londo Ruins AFTER you lower the water in the region (See vid below for location and credit to Marce1024 for the vid) and give it to Andre of Astoria this will allow him to upgrade your weapons from +11 to +15.
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Why is the Zweihander wavy?

An advantage over swords with a straight blade is that a waved blade could better distribute the force of impact and thus was less likely to break.
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Was the Zweihander a real sword?

The Zweihänder is a large two-handed sword that was used mainly in the 16th century. Recognized for its massive long blade with parrying hooks, the zweihänder was the hallmark weapon of the German Landsknechts.
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What's the best greatsword in Dark Souls 1?

In terms of total damage, parameter bonus, and max level physical damage. If you're running Quality (27str 40dex) : The Claymore/Bastard Sword are the gold standard for greatswords, not too heavy, excellent movesets, and good dps.
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What is the biggest greatsword in ds1?

Ultra Greatswords, as their name suggests, are the biggest, heaviest, and quite often, strongest type of sword you can acquire in the game.
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Is Cursed Greatsword of Artorias worth it?

Unlike the standard Greatsword of Artorias, this cursed version deals exclusively physical damage. Although it has substantial Intelligence and Faith requirements, they do not contribute to its damage; this makes this weapon an unattractive prospect for most character builds.
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How to +11 weapon ds1?

Standard upgrades from +5 to +10 require 9 Large Titanite Shards (1/1/2/2/3). Ascension from +10 to +11 requires the Very Large Ember. Standard upgrades from +11 to +14 require 7 Titanite Chunks (1/1/2/3). Standard upgrade from +14 to +15 requires one Titanite Slab.
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What is the longest reaching weapon in ds1?

The Demon's Spear is the longest spear in the game (second being the Dragonslayer Spear slightly), and cooperatively features a moveset extremely well suited to exploiting the spear's length. The spear's strong one-handed and two-handed attacks share the longest range of any melee weapon attack in the game.
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How do you get past +5 weapons in ds1?

Once you have picked up the Large Ember, proceed to Andre and he will ask you if he can have the Ember, answer yes. In order to continue past +5, you must go to modify equipment, and ascend to +6 and then continue upgrading, with a limit of +10.
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