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Best Weapons to Look for Dark Souls

With Dark Souls III topping the bestselling chart of Steam in the category of action games you can play both in a gaming PC or gaming laptop. Being one of the famous on-going game series in the industry, Dark Souls provide its players a dark gameplay to challenge their ability in surviving the open world full of monsters and evil creatures. And in order to defeat your enemies, you need to get your hand on the best weapons you can find in Dark Souls. To help you with this matter, here are five of the best weapons in Dark Souls.

● The Great Scythe

The Great Scythe

Described in the game, as a weapon with a long curved blade that has been converted from a wheat-harvesting tool, the Great Scythe has a slash damage of 100, critical hit of 100 and a durability of 130. You can also do several updates to increase its physical damage and critical hit. The higher the value of the weapon, the less stamina is consumed when blocking the attacks from your enemies.

● Black Knight Great Axe

Black Knight Great Axe

The Black Knight Great Axe was those used by the black knights who wander the Lordran who used to defeat the chaotic demons that roamed the land. It’s standard damage is 229 while when upgraded to +5 it can reach up to 343 damage with a 90% STR and 4% DEX scaling. It has a critical bonus of 100 and durability of 300. It can be found in The Catacombs dropped by the Black Knight or in the Kiln of the First Flame.

● Claymore

Claymore

Claymore is described in the game as a larger type of greatsword which is normally wielded with two hands due to its weight. It is a highly flexible greatsword that can be used to attack in swings or thrusts. It has a basic damage of 103 with a durability of 200. It can be found on a corpse found in the Undead Burg or in the bridge that the Hellkite Dragon occupies.

● The Gargoyle’s Halberd

The Gargoyle’s Halberd

Halberd is a long-hilted weapon that features the look of both spear and axe which make it quite difficult to handle. This means that you need both strength and dexterity to carry the weapon. The Halberd has two elementary attacks: spear-like thrusting and large sweeping swings. You can get it from a corpse in the Undead Parish near the gate lever in front of the church, or in the Crystal Halberd dropped by a Mimic in Anor Londo.

● The Uchigatana

The Uchigatana

The Uchigatana is a katana forged in an Eastern land known for it’s brisk slashing motionst that cuts beautifully. You can found in being sell by Shiva of the East in Blighttown or dropped by the Undead Merchant in the Undead Burg. It has a standard damage of 99 and can be upgraded up to +15 which have a basic damage of 225. All you need to upgrade the Uchigatana can be upgraded by using Titanite, Large Ember and Very Large Ember.