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I killed Maliketh can someone give this to me if you a spare one pls

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I killed Maliketh can someone give this to me if you a spare one pls

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Imagine if you could change this to a fire sword some way...

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Honestly if you think about it this sword is rather goated. Think about cipher pata and this. No dex, no strength. You can 99 Faith and use any miracle under the sun while putting everything else into fp and stamina. This is the most simplistic weapon in the game in my opinion and honestly anything immune to holy can get blasted by fire, lightning, magical cold breath and everything you do is maxed out. Honestly if you were just trying to beat the game and get the absolute most out of NG or a stat build... this and pata are kinda op because you dont need to balance stats anymore. You only have one stat and it's unblockable to boot. Really puts into perspective how overpowered single stat weapons backed up by spells and incantations are, granted if you wanted to use such a weapon more heavily it will be lacking in not maxing two or three stats but who cares when you have holy, fire, lightning, bleed and physical all sitting in storage for any situation with incantations. All those faith memes honestly amounted to something.

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Weapon that can beat a annoying poise shield user sign me up!

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Goated Sword

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It's kind of annoying how enemies can still do guard-counters from this thing "hitting" their shields, despite the whole premise of it being 'no shield for you'. That little detail alone often sees me ditch it in favour of things that can / already do have the Kick AoW on them instead, when it comes to getting rid of enemies who love their shields a little too much.

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Feel like the sole Faith scaling cripples this weapon lategame and NG+ onwards. Once you hard cap at 564 AR at 99 faith you can’t level damage any further, so there’s no reason not to use a different weapon outside of the cool AOW.

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Imagine fighting elden beast with this sword

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this + rejection = jedi build

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It hurts for me that this sword doesn't stop skeletons reviving despite BEING HOLY DAMAGE

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is that a motherfreaking DEMONS SOULS REFERENCE???????????

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You need one in each hand to crack the code, but once you do, it says "dark sword"

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need int and arc versions

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Visions of Glup Shitto...

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It pains me that such an awesome sword is mostly dual wielded by the most pathetic people you'll ever encounter.

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I need a twinblade version of this

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Heard this had S scaling seems like nerfed to hell

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In PvE It’s not bad but falls off hard against the endgame bosses. In PvP it is an excellent weapon for faith builds. Also it’s just straight up a lightsaber so I’m gonna be using this for sure.

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"coded" sword? uh sure hope it is

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Wish the blade was either longer, or looked less transparent, also wish it had a cooler skill, I could definitely see this being used in faith builds

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Maybe we'll get a 3 fingers version of this in DLC?

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I think I broke everything. RL150 103 poise light roll dual wielding these with 55 fai. Here's the build: vagabond, 55 vig 73 end 55 fai, erdtree favor+2, two fingers heirloom, bull goats talesman, great jar arsenal, haligtree knight helm, tree sentinel chest, godskin noble bracers, and bull goat legs. Dual wield this thing for exactly 500 ar a piece, have erdtree seal and cipher pata. You can also swap these out for two sacred blade erdsteel daggers, r2 into l1 true combos. If they eat holyproof liver, switch to dual flame art cane swords, same weight as coded swords. This is simply unfair. You can also switch to a cleanrot sword and rickety shield with golden parry, or short spear for it's glorious r2. Anything adding up to 5 weight works just fine. This build is gross.

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The blade seems to glitch to your character's arm while wielding it in the offhand and performing your main hand ash of war

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Perfect for killing fingerprint shield/spear users

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Hideo Kojima's lightsaber

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Let's get this straight. Warped axe gets an S scale on heavy, but both cipher Pata which are PURE HOLY weapons like quite literally, only go A Rating? Make it make sense. these things are supposed to be the faith build versions of carian slicer and greatsword.

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Love this sword. As a blue ring hunter, I come in casting spells and the invader darts towards me, all "kill the caster" mode, then I pull out this sword and wreck their world

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People. Its a lightsaber left by ancient Jedi. Get the lore correct.

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Spirit sword - get longer!
- Kuwabara

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They really dropped the ball with not making a 3rd holy scripture weapon like a Coded Greatsword or Cipher Glaive with 40 fai requirement. Only having the Coded Sword at 20 fai and Cipher Pata at 30 fai just seems, idk, unfinished and not enough. They're the only pure elemental weapons in the whole game, and they are so cool, but they just don't feel fleshed-out enough by themselves.

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I keep Lords Divine Fortification slotted because of you people. You are also the kind of people who’ll jump attack my emote and then run circles for 2 minutes when losing until I finally let you erdtree heal. I actually think healing is valid but you use it in the slimiest and least interesting method. If healing was blocked in coliseum you’d still run away for 2 minutes just to get back less than ~240hp from blessed dew talisman. Slime.

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Can anyone drop me coded sword?

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Anyone willing to drop me coded sword? We can trade weapon

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lightsaber

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Pretty bad for pve as most enemies resist holy, but great pvp weapon for fth builds

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It seems like the coded sword has a slightly faster guard counter than most other straight swords.

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reminds me of ivory straight sword

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The coded sword is basically Arthur's sword from the anime "Fire Force."

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+20% holy dmg buff make this ss have dmg of halberd >620AR (pure holy dmg) , powerstance code sword is unbalance.....

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I think the Ash of War buff brought this weapon from possibly best straight sword to undisputed champ. It comes out so ridiculously fast and roll catches beautifully. Hard to believe they made an already incredibly solid weapon this much better.

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Anyone remember that anime Slayer? This is what this weapon reminds me of.

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Anyone have one of these they are not using?

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I was wondering why I liked this weapons art so much and I realized its cause it is literally the holy version of Sekiro's Mortal Draw, thats ****ing awesome

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Why the F this weapon does NOT have S scaling on faith at +9/+10 is beyond me. Literally the only stat it scales with is S and it SHOULD have S scaling.. so sad.. i love this sword nonetheless

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Going past 50 faith is a waste of stats.

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It's the light version of ice rapier lol

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2 of these with holy cracked tear, holy scorpion charm, and golden vow is an absolute blender in PVP. You can also carry a cipher pata in your second weapon slot so you get that running poke to chase people down. A very very strong weapon for pure faith builds

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Is anyone willing to trade anything for this weapon

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Got repeatedly blasted out of existence by an invader dual-wielding these. Hated it.

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Fun fact: If you use the weapon art "Lion's Claw" with your main weapon while holding the Coded Sword on your offhand, you will perform the skill while holding both weapon. PS.: This doesn't add any extra damage, just a cool little visual bug that i really hope they don't patch.

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Please address the fact it is not parryable unless using rolling or sprinting attacks

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Light Sword! The LIGHT Sword!!! :DD

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The fact that undead don't stay dead when killed with this is nonsense.

It's either a bug or an awful design choice.

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At +10 and 80 Faith, it gets +338 from scaling. Total AR of 546 Holy damage.

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It is me or this thing looks like an Ice Rapier? Oh boy

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When dual wielding swords, if this sword is in your left hand all attacks are unblockable.

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If it wasn't for the shoddy Holy element, this would've been the best basic attack weapon in the game. The DPS is insane when paired with Jellyfish Shield but it's useless against many enemies that are immune to Holy damage. :(

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Can it be parried?

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After a couple hundred hours of testing and cross-referencing my data with ancient bilingual experts, I’ve managed to “de-code” the coded sword.

The most basic translation reads;
“Low level powerstance go brrrrrrr”

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This is basically just a light saber and I'm all for it! Dual wielding them is awesome!

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Easily one of top 3 straight swords. Why?
It's the longest straight sword along with Noble's and the damage is decent. Additionally, it goes through shields and not many people stack buffs against holy damage (contrary to physical damage).

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Does this really not have any anti-block percentage? Odd design choice for an "unblockable"-themed weapon.

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"The sword's shape, appearance, and purely Holy damage, as well as the effect that it "turns off" when sheathed is a direct reference to the Sunblade, a magical weapon from the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPG." yes i'm sure that was everyone's first thought, not that it's a lightsaber. everyone thought "this is the famous sunblade from the dungeons & dragons tabletop rpg, of course!"

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I was surprised how strong this was when I played someone wielding two in pvp and let them get a hit on me

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I wish this had critical hit modifier. Parrying followups would make faith so much better.

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when it says can not be boosted with consumables does that include exalted flesh? I thought exalted flesh buffed the players attack power not the individual weapon being used at the time it is eaten? or am I wrong?

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Viable on a FTH/INT build since it gets full benefit from Sacred Scorpion which also buffs your Golden Order incants. FTH softcaps at 50 for AR and you don't gain much past that. Some numbers at 10+ :

FTH 50 AR: 493
FTH 80 AR: 546
FTH 50 AR/ w Sacred Scorpion: 552

Currently powerstancing this with Sword of Night and Flame in my offhand and two-handing SoNaF when I want to use its weapons arts. Been a fun playthrough and about to do ashen capital.

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I remember picking this up and thinking, "well it knockoff Thermic Lance but at least it with the ball park of the idea". Then i used it "wow this isn't even lazy Thermic Lance, wtf would i ever bother using this except in pvp against the theatrical player not running insta nuke builds"

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no way of acquiring it after burning the erdtree in Lyndell, Ashen Capital?

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Damn shame this pure holy sword doesn't vaporize skeletons or set abomination types on fire.

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oof, flame art/sacred erdsteel dagger does nearly the same damage as this at 99 faith, 12 dex and 9 str for both weapons max upgrade levels.

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I don't understand why so many people are saying this weapon is weak? In pvp at least, when compared to all the other contenders for a faith scaling straight sword, this one simply has the best AR after defenses, along with almost the best range out of any straight sword, only being beat by Noble's Slender Sword. To prove the damage, I tested a handful of different +10/25 sacred straight swords at 80 faith, base strength/dexterity on a sweaty tryhard build (White Mask, Veteran's Gear, 60 arcane, no soreseals) and this was the best in sheer damage. Here are the results:

Coded Sword: 298

Broadsword: 293

Longsword: 251

Noble's Slender Sword: 248

Golden Epitaph (No Buff): 272

Golden Epitaph (With Buff): 290

While some people may say that the weapon art holds it back, and that may be true for some people, the sword itself does more damage than the rest. I was surprised that broadsword didn't take the cake since it almost always out damages all other swords. The main takeaway is that just because another weapon may have a higher AR doesn't mean anything if it is split damage. This weapon dealing pure holy, even if it is listed less, will always do better than it's split damage counterparts, and this was against an arcane build with 187 natural holy defense, with another 25% holy reduction to top it off. It does NOT need S scaling to be good, because it is already really good.

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Y'know I do see the irony in trying to fight God with a sword powered by loving Jesus but man, the revelation of healing Elden Beast with this hurt.

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Blade is currently bugged. It turns off and become a bladeless stone hilt if you twohand your other weapon but if you use a weapon art light night and flame stance the blade stays fails to turn off and hovers from your off hand even though the hilt is at your side.

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So many bosses are resistant to holy attacks, im not sure why anyone should upgrade this weapon unless you go for pvp, but even then the aow is so slow that it can be dodged and punished frequently.

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"It's some form of Elvish, I can't block it."

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minor bug: despite doing pure holy damage, this weapon does not disintegrate skeletons on kills.

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This should absolutely be S scaling in FTH from LVL 7. No reason not to. With a pure faith build sacred longsword is objectively better than this and can have ashes of war. Needs a serious AR boost.

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This is great to use in mines in place of a strike weapon

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dual wielding two of these +10 with 80 faith on ng+ and it SUCKS.

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You can only get this in Royal Capital and not Ashen Capital. Just putting it out there for anyone who missed it.

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The AoW needs to come out a fair bit faster, period. As it stands, I literally have opponents triple panic rolling away from my face while still in range and still not roll catching.

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One of the best main-hands for a pure faith build even if you focus Lightning or Fire ever since Fire infusions were part of a shared custody agreement with STR and Lightning infusions completely moved out to Dexterity's apartment. Now, if we could only get INT to stop texting our Holy spells...

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I don't understand why the hell it doesn't go up to S scaling, holy damage isn't even really good against a lot of things. Even the base damage is kinda meh

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No reason this isn't S scaling besides From soft dislikes faith in elden ring.

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Makes no sense for the guard boost to decrease from 29 to 27 at max level. Hopefully this bug (and similar for other weapons) is fixed

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

ONLY the weapon art is unblockable; the R1, R2 and L1 (if duel wielding 2 of them).

Shields and greatshields will reduce incoming damage for everything but the weapon art — it is dependent on the affinity they have on the shield.

Tested on banished knight and the godrick knight enemies — did roughly 20% of damage I would’ve dealt without the enemies blocking.

So if enemy blocking: 0.2 x R1 or R2 damage output.

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Woulda loved if this had the Dark Souls 3 ringed knight straight sword type deal where you could hold it to activate its elongated attacks but ah, a single swipe still does the job if a little slow

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weapon art is deceptive, it looks like a long sword but misses most of the time. even for a faith build medicore at best. cipher pata v2. stay away

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With pure a pure FTH build (10dex/10str/50fth), the Longsword (flame or sacred) is still better, unfortunately. 575AR vs 493 with Coded Sword. At 80 FTH it's 604 vs 456 AR.
So this sword is just.. worse? That's really sad, since this and Cipher Pata are pretty much the only pure FTH weapons in the game.

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WA hits like a truck but be aware than 90% of your opponents will know this move very well and you won't be able to hit them with it. This weapon is still very with proper spells and talismans to boost its damage but don't rely on WA too much.

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Bug with this weapon (Pve)
Either this doesnt deal Holy Damage, or it is Bugged, Undead in Caelid rise after being slain with this Sword.
The golden Order Sword kills them like a proper holy sword!

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The weapon art will cut straight through Fingerprint Shields and deal like 900 damage. Seeing that troll fatroll away in terror was a sight to behold.

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This is the second longest straight sword but not by much less vs noble's slender sword. Has 493 holy attack at 50 faith +10. A 50 str heavy broadsword one handed is 492 physical attack with much shorter reach and no stabs. Power stanced broadswords will outscale it damage wise on very high level characters since it is the highest damage straight sword.

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Just watched a dual wield PVP video of this. Just absolutely shreds, and the weapon skill has surprising range.

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Saber build inc?

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Weird thing to find out but u can get still get parry with sword that hit through shield ?

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Wow are this and the cipher pita the only melee weapons in the game that do all non-physical damage?

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