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unbuffed at +10 at 80 strength and 80 Dex gets a good bit over 900 ar and shoots up to 1000 while buffed keep in mind to use roar and highland

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It hurts me to say this, but From f&$*$* this baby up. This should be a A scaling in Str at LEAST, and 100 plus AR. Im not even joking. This is Daddyfrey's weapon and it should be way more powerful

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This weapon is my baby and I will never not defend it, but dear lord, please change this scaling.

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This is a thought out review of this weapon for PvE use. This is one of my favourite weapons and its definetelly not bad. With that said, it has a few noticeable negatives.

I ll start with the positives: 1. Buffed R2 is such good burst and it comes out really fast, just make sure you only tap R2 once and you dont hold it or do the follow up attack as its slow and has long recovery time 2. Similar to other roar buffs, damage of your altered R2 can be buffed with Roar medallion and Highland axe on your off hand ( you only need to have it equiped, you dont have to hold it) 3. Can do a good amount of burst AoE with the Ash of War and will throw small enemies in the air while offering really good hyper armor during the animation. 4. Really respectable damage scaling while maintaining the buff from this weapon 5. Absolutely one of the best looking weapons in the game

Now the negatives: 1. Damage falls down a cliff without the buff and altered moveset 2. The AoW takes wayyy too long to give you the buff and you will most likely lose the buff in the middle of the fight making your damage actually pathetic. 3. You literally get it from the 2nd to last boss in the game and its really not that great of a weapon vs the last fight 4. Small range for a collosal weapon, you will need to be up close with the boss to actually hit them with both the stomp and the weapon otherwise you are going to miss a good portion of your damage 5. All the inherent weakenesses of Collosal weapons apply to this weapon for every attack except the altered R2s

I think this weapon could be really good if they made it so holding the AoW caused the AoE attack ( ideally with increased radius) and tapping it applied the buff quickly. Making the follow up altered R2 better or something different could be awesome as well. I disagree that this weapon needs better scaling or more flat damage, the weapon hits really well with the buff applied to it.

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After using this in some arena duels as an experienced colossal weapon user, I have to say this weapon is kind of a missed opportunity and needs buffs in multiple categories. Despite that, it's honestly fun to use and the first R2 when buffed is great for catching people and has free aim potential, on top of great hyper armor.

Firstly, this weapon is really short. It is the third shortest in the colossal weapon category, which limits the effectiveness of its buffed R2s. Honestly they could literally just increase the weapon size by like 15% and at least make it mid range.

Secondly, the scaling. This really should just be a strength weapon, it makes sense practically and thematically for this to be strength. The scaling should be at least a B but honestly should be an S or A.

Third, the AoW. The main issue is the initial roar, it is really slow and easy to punish. When I see someone using it (which is rare since no one uses this weapon) I can pretty reliably punish with a jumping attack. Likewise when I've used it I get easily punished even by slow charging projectiles. The speed of that initial buff should be like 30% faster at a minimum, either that or increase the effect duration.

These changes are very unlikely to ever get made but if they did, this would be a much better weapon.

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Using 1 of these on each hand is pretty epic :D

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Godfrey was so strong he broke a weapon from a souls game that got rid of durability.

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i would have killed for upward diagonal slash light attacks like how godfrey uses it

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they said for the newest patch notes the scaling value changed, is it better or worse now?

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they said for the newest patch notes the scaling value changed, is it better or worse now?

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Since 1.09, the buff this weapon gives is glitched. 1-handing the weapon retains the buff, but removes the added physical damage values, basically making it a waste of FP unless you just use this weapon purely, without anything else in the offhand.
Just what this weapon needed... you can't even equip a parry shield without taking the bonus damage away.

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Just FYI - this thing has just 20 more AR than Crescent Moon Axe. All the while having slow AF Colossal moveset. It's only saving grace is poise on R2s. If you wanna make it more viable - use offhand Hand Axe. It true comboes with a lot of moves - R2s, R1s. I with Strength scaling was a bit higher. Also, it's a bit weird, but when compared to GreatAxes, Axe of Godfrey is just the same size. Makes me wonder why is it considered a colossal then.

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Looking at the Badaxe who owns this weapon, it really should be an S in Strength. Doesnt even need anything else. How is a Nightrider Glaive better than this?

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It says this weapon can be buffed by magic. However when I try to use electrify armorment or any other weapon buff it didn't work. What am I missing?

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I found a bug witb the Godfrey axe that should be look on
I have been testing the roar medallion and the highland axe but I believe that is it bugged on Godfrey’s Axe

Everyone knows that the roar medallion and having a highland axe increase the damage of roar attacks like Godfrey’s Axe and Starscourge Sword.

The issue is, the roar medallion works on Godfrey’s Axe ash of War AND his upgraded heavy attacks. The Highland axe only buffs the Ash of war. BUT not the upgrade heavy attacks.


I did some testing after using the AoW buff. Just using 1 upgraded in charged heavy attack after throwing a dagger so he would notice me

With the roar medallion and the highland axe, I did around 1600k dmg on a omen

With the roar medallion but without the highland axe, I did the exact same damage .

Without the roar medallion and without the highlander axe, I lost around 200 damage.

Without the roar medallion and with the high lander axe, I still lost around 200 damage.

The bug is that either the roar medallion isn’t supposed to buff Godfrey’s upgrade heavy attacks or the highlander axe is bugged and doesn’t upgrade this heavy attacks.

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There is a bug with the highland axe not buffing the heavy attacks of the Godfrey axe after the roar buff. It only buffs the initial AOW ash of war but not the heavy attacks like the Roar Medallion does

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A crown is warranted with quality!

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Boring ass moveset

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Pretty sure the lore about how it was broken during the Tarnished’s Long March also explains the dollar store ass C scaling

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lotta complaints about the scaling here. i think it looks sick and i've been using it for months and i'm gonna keep using it and i'm gonna keep killing bosses and invaders with it gg

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a crown is warranted with strength
C strength scaling
No wonder why godfrey throw it away in his second phase

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Talk about a letdown, considering who you get this from.

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A bad call making this a quality weapon. It has very good charged attack after roar, you can catch most players in PVP with it, messing with the time it charges

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Recommended build: Level 150,
60 vig,
35 end,
54 str,
45 dex,
Roar talisman,
Axe talisman,
Any other 2 talismans (i suggest green turtle and millicents prosthesis),
Axe of Godfrey,
Highland axe.
Get over 800 base ar. Big boost with roar.
Also i suggest using a quality caestus with barbarics roar, or any other good barbaric roar weapon like an axe.
If you use this build wear the kaiden chest armour for the barbarian look.

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C scaling in strength? are you kidding me?

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

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It's not bad as an invader weapon. People rarely see it and dont know how to deal with the weapon art. Also big AOE and you can stack dmg output with +roar stuff. But pvp aside it's not that good. It isn't bad either, but there are lots of better weapons out there.

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Chadfrey needs 2 versions of his axe;

this broken one which honestly should scale up to atleast a C in strength and dex.

And a completed one that scales maybe to a high B or low A range for strength and a mid B range for dex

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Back in the day we had 3 different greatswords for Artorias, why can't Godfrey get both versions of his axe?

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Am I banned?

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Consider using Axe Talisman and Roar Medallion alongside this weapon. Roar Medallion buffs your self-buff SLAM by 15%, and Axe Talisman gives nice damage boost to your R2s, which you will be constantly using when wielding Axe of Godfrey.

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One thing I would love to see, if we eventually get a DLC and it’s focused on the Badlands or some other story involving Hoarah Loux, would be the unbroken version of the Axe with better scaling

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Probably one fo the few colossals not completly devestated by aim punch. Still pretty bad, but it's fun using off meta weapons.

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I like this weapon. I really do. But it definitely feels underwhelming all things considered. Wish it had better scalings or more poise damage.

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I feel like this weapon i the ultimate trading machine. If they’re not light rolling and using fists, chances are just tapping the buffed r2 will give you free damage and basically is unstoppable because it comes out pretty quick too. Consider pairing with a long range strength weapon or incant like Siluria’s tree or stone of gurranq to keep the pressure.

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All the problems aside, I still find this axe to be very fun to use. No thoughts, just stomps. Therefore the only weapon I need.

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I know that the scaling is supposed to be canon but please make it A scaling in STR and ditch Dex.

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>requires 42 strength but scales quality, thank you Miyazaki. Thank you so much

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Does almost no poise dmg now, I can poise break a troll with 2 Claymore charged attacks, but even after 4 charged attacks with this Axe unbuffed or buffed with Regal Roar, still can't poise break.

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Think this is bugged now? Even after 4 charged attacks, I sill can't break a troll's poise, but I can do it in two with a Golem's Halberd.

Poise dmg with Axe is rly low now. Been through 3 boss fights (death rite bird etc.) and none of them ever got stance broken even though i hit them with plenty of charged and strong attacks tf...

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Its an off-hand power stance weapon, use it to buff yourself and to give you a situational aoe when fighting large groups in a pinch, youll tank all but the mightiest blows with enough poise and practically one-shot any small shits in your way, even in NG+ and beyond its an invaluable skill to have in your pocket where most aoe spells provide little to no bonus poise for you to pull the spell off.

also keep in mind, that power stancing a weapon means you get no strength bonus from 2-handing a singular weapon, and with this weapons low scaling theres little point in 2-handing it, best used power stancing while having an A-S scaling colossal in your other hand if you only plan on 2-handing a big boy when at or above 60 strength, or a colossal that benefits from quality and high strength like Duelists axe or golems halberd if you enjoy power stancing when at or below 50 strength and dex.

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"A crown is warranted with strength" *Drops quality weapon*

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This axe is extraordinarily underwhelming considering the boss battle required to get it, the AoE should be massive especially with the crappy scaling it gets.

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yes i require 14 dexterity to slam this weapon into the ground really hard

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earth seeker from ds3

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Axe of GigaChad with Giga Requirement

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After using the AOW your one handed heavies will also be replaced with the special heavies, meaning you can totally run something in the offhand while having the full advantage of this weapon's movset, for instance, a greatshield. imagine the potential.

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This weapon is SO annoying but I can't deny how good it is to catch a roll-happy opponent. Especially good against invaders to do major damage and lots of stun.

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actually decent post buff thanks to the AOW changes, scaling is still ****, but you can now become an unstop ogre for 40 seconds everytime you use the skill. First heavy is extremely good, follow-up one is funky at times but overall good damage and excellent trade potential.
Will use unironically.

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So bad that even the boss that uses it throws it away

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And it's now a fun toy... Yessss

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A crown is warranted with quality

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Definitely a lot better and cooler post 1.07, but still isnt as strong damage and stance breaking wise as other builds. At 150 you’re just better at crowd control than say an optimal moonlight/moonveil/ most dual weapon builds

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Patch 1.07 also Fixed a bug where the effect of the Roar Medallion was not applied to the Regal Roar Ash of War.

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fun fact the roar increase medallion and axe works with this now, so the enhanced heavies can now deal like 25% more damage

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The extension of the roar buff helps this weapon out a lot and chaining uncharged R2s under its effect is so very fast now.

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Roar talisman buffs the AOW now can stack with shard of alex too

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i got up to 54 str (80 2-hand) and then dump the rest into dex, then put the highland axe in the offhand and roar medallion on. regularly blowing people up for 1000 damage a swing

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Ok, this weapon is unironically good now. I was able to reach 888 AR while buffed at rl160. Deals great damage on charged heavies. Optimal to stack poise

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Eyy, we got 40 sec buff duration and faster heavies thanks to the new patch :D

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42 str
14 dex
Quality scaling
Miyazaki has a godly sense of humor

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For what its worth, I chose Hoarah Loux's earthsaker from the remembrance and it does what it says on the tin. But you look like a complete and utter twat every time you use it. Powerful yes, but it's from Coco the clown's school of weapon arts.

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The Weapon Skill itself is really strong. The weapon? Decently high AR, but most non-colossal heavy weapons will have the same AR and swing twice as fast. Against any large enemy, you'll get tossed around like a rag doll trying to use this. Against humanoid size enemies (anything that can be staggered by the Weapon Skill), the stun and knockup on the WS can carry you. I just wish this had been an actual Greataxe instead of using the insanely slow awkward Colossal Weapon moveset. Oh yeah, this weapon also does less poise and stamina damage than most weapons a full class below it.

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really hits home how badass godfrey was that he managed to become elden lord despite being tarnished AND using this shitass weapon.

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Honestly all I want them to do is increase the weapon buff time.

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I listened to comments here and youtubers and thought this weapon was garbage but this weapon is quite good . This can be better with better strength scaling but this is still very good .

First this weapon would get over 800 AR with only investment into strength and dex despite being D is quite significant which is decent and with ash of war you get around 7 to 8 % AR buff for 20 sec with other buffs it would easily cross 1000 AR by a significant margin .

Regal Roar ash of war does about 1600 damage in AOE only to enemies on ground this would kill most normal enemies and only attacks that can interrupt are overhead slam and charge attacks .

The R2 after Regal Roar absolutely sherds enemies it does nearly 3500 without any buffs . It lasts for 20 sec .

This is n't ROB or blasphemous blade where spamming weapon art is a automatic win or giant crusher where one charged R2 with RKR means most enemies is dead . This need a lot more work for this to work when this works it is incredibly satisfying .

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This weapon gets too much hate, yes the strength scaling is bad but the buff you get from the weapon art easily makes up for it. On a 60 str character the buff makes the ar go up to 834 or so one-handed. The R2 combo is also really good and shreds humanoid enemies even when not fully charged.

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why the **** are these strength weapons quality scaling, and why does this weapon suck ass

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Weapon of Godfrey AKA Horrah Loux, singlehandedly the physically strongest person in all The Lands Between. Leader of a people who value strength over all else. Who resorts to flat out wrestling you when his axe isn't doing the trick.

...Gets at max C scaling with Strength. While requiring 42 Str. to one hand.

The roar would be okay if it didn't take actual years to cast, and the buff was more significant. As it stands the only reason you'll use this is for fashion and nothing else. Very disappointing.

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did Godfrey have 1000 strength or something . seriously this weapon is ridiculously weak in your hands compared to what he uses . You can work a build around this but you could use any other weapon without much effort . If the buff lasted another 10 sec it would be a much better weapon

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Godfrey saw how bad this was and tossed like the trash it is.

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As a pure str user...after going the entire game using ruins and a few infused weapons I was praying that there was a remembrance weapon for me somewhere. The Radahn weapons were good but they didn't come close to scratching the same itch Yhorm and Dragonslayer Armor souls did.

I saw this guy....I got my hopes up...I saw the axe and thought "this is what I've been waiting for...this is it."

Upgraded it, ****ed with it for like 30 minutes in Haligtree, and then went back to ruins....biggest disappointment in the game.

They did pure str dirty as **** this game.

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"Half the axe, half the proper scaling" -dev team, probably

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I absolutely love this weapon, but that doesn't change on how horribly it's balanced. It's very hard to hit enemies with it - which is alright - but when you actually do, this should absolutely wreck. And A from STR and that's a minimum. No need for that dex scaling at all. Come on, it's the weapon choice of freakin Godfrey of all people, you know, the badass barbarian who destroyed giants in a war and carried a big-a** lion on his back. I get that the weapon is broken, but it still just feels underpowered for its legacy.
If the barbarians DLC is true, I hope there'll be a way to fix the greataxe (mending it with another weapon like Twin Princes sword in DS3), unlocking its full potential.

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One of the most poorly balanced weapons in this game. Crap damage with any scaling, you’re guaranteed to get out-damaged by a katana. From failed to appropriately scale this weapon

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This is the Great Lord Greatsword of colossal weapons

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it only has c scaling in strength cause godfrey already had 300 str

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How the most end game collosal Axe does not get an A or S in Strength is beyond me

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funny orc cosplay with big axe and funny rock haha

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the souped up heavies go hard asf

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I hate it when they make a unique weapon's ash of war grant it a unique moveset instead of just giving it a unique moveset.

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I agree it’s underwhelming. I think a quick patchable fix would be to greatly speed up the Ash of War on it. That would make up for the damage and recovery speed a bit. If you’re not going to buff damage and increase scaling, the least you could do is make the Ash of War a little quicker — as of now you can’t use it in PvP because it has short range and an insanely long and telegraphed animated wind up. That would be okay if the range was bigger, but since it’s so short, all you need to do is take a few steps back to avoid it entirely. And then those “lunge” powered-up R2’s from the Ash are also insanely slow. Axes are hated on, but I don’t think they’re as bad as they’re made out to be by the community…however this axe is pretty underpowered compared to even other Axes, forget other best in class Str weapons.

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Give the people a higher strength scaling, redeem this weapon!!

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STOP MAKING BIG AXES AND HAMMERS QUALITY SCALING PLEASE

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>wielded by the biggest and strongest gigachad warrior in the game, able to floor the player character with just a stomp
>c strength scaling

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No surprise Godfrey had to throw that away, his pure strength build was never supposed to be for this kinda-shitty-quality greataxe

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Even on +9 I can get up to 1389 AR which is pretty neat, use Golden Vow and FGMS, a weapon in the left hand with Seppuku ( ofc White Mask and Lord Of Blood talisman combined with Shard Of Alexander) and use its ash of war.

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Idc if scaling sucks. Its fun to use

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**** weapon, **** scaling, **** damage, full physical but can't be buffed with resin. WTF fromsoft? Why is a boss weapon from one of the last bosses a piece of garbage compared to early game weapons?
*cough cough* Golden Halberd

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should honestly get infinite poise during the WA and the unique heavies idc

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this chad did not need any S-scaling

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We should've gotten a fist weapon called "Hoarah Loux's Gigachad Energy" instead

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I’m just hoping that we get the restored version of the axe in the DLC, like Artorias’s sword from DS1’s DLC.

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Fun weapon imo, even if it's far from the best.

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The Most iconic boss of elden ring and the most disappointing weapon from all of the from software games.. really it's terrible :(( compared to rotten axe with lion's claw. there's no single point to use this.

Rotten Axe + Lion's claw:
3 hiits during which you have hyper armor to broke poise on ice giant when 4 just kills him on 130lvl and 70str.
Godfrey Axe
i don't know.. it doesn't have hyper armor, is ultra slow slower than most of the enemies and ashes of war and can be barely used. There are better arts and weapon's at all. it doesn't fit to the Godfrey. i tried many times but doesn't work. You just can use any worst axe or anything and kill stuff 4x faster.

Summary:
Even Rotten Axe + lion's claw can clear and kill groups, elites and bosses faster due to no hyper armor on godfrey art we need to wait to use the art and even if we use it we need to wait to use the charged attacks but the buff expire after 20 seconds.
btw don't try to use it near mages. When they are smart. They will kill you faster than you stomp with any spell just by attacking you and not running from you. Player will be killed 5 times during loading first stomp and it's not a joke ;;

This weapon deserved rework - unique move set - hyper armor - and only str scaling to fit the Godfrey.

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Reminds me of when I got the great lord greatsword in ds1. A disappointing weapon indeed.

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I think this is the closest weapon to the bkga in elden ring

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I messed around with this weapon in pvp just for fun and this weapon is actually remarkably serviceable-- as far as colossals go anyway. While it doesnt compete in damage compared to a giant crusher, it can still self buff, and the unique moveset change is something i wanted to note about: This may have been a fluke, but upon doing an r2 (not even charged), i actually hyper-armored an UGS, with me only having 70 or so poise, which is nuts. If you're a strength/quality build looking to have an option for UGS poke spam whilst looking for something off meta, give this a try.

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• Axe of Godfrey
• Caestus (Not spiked) + Hoarah Loux Earthshaker
• Clawmark seal only to throw rock at people

Godfrey icon
Shard of alexander
Axe Talisman
Claw talisman

Idc if you say this build is trash I'm playing as a chad

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deserved a unique moveset

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