Miquellan Knight's Sword | Elden Ring Wiki

36 STR 36 DEX and 25 FTH, this has 584 AR, Golden Epitaph with exact stat is 594 AR. Use the Last Rites(Aura Buff) from Golden Epitaph to buff your damage 5%(10% against PvE) and add 25 flat holy damage to both sword, then use Sacred Blade from Miquellan Sword to add even more to the main hand(100 flat holy), now it's on u, how good can you play the R2, if you just mainly L1, you might want other sword instead.

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The Scabbard is missing in the PS5 Version of Elden Ring :(

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MKS R2 gonna shrive clean some hearts in the DLC

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Hella range on this thing's charged R2. The whole animation (the pose, the dash, the slash) reminds of a gameboy advance Fire Emblem game, lol. Because of how late you get it (and its damage type), you can't really use it as your "main weapon" except on a NG+ run or for the DLC. I'm considering trying NG+ with it though (I've never tried NG+).

It's scaling values are 0.52, 0.52, 0.36 (STR, DEX, FTH). Its base damage values are almost identical to the Crystal Sword, meaning it's very physical focused, but the Crystal Sword has a clear Strength focus (0.81 STR, 0.27 DEX) while the Miq Sword is just Quality (although STR is ofc better if you're two-handing) which makes it cost more levels to get a half-decent damage increase (but its base damage is very high compared to e.g. broadsword, to help make up for the very poor stat growth). The length is good (fourth longest). The holy split damage helps out against, well, Miners. The appearance of this sword is, in my opinion, a bit ugly (I just don't like the sort of blockiness or the inlaid amber, for whatever reason). But that unique R2 really makes me want to use it.

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This would be pretty good if it were available earlier. Unfortunately it's a little too unfocused for PvP, and in PvE what's even left that you'd want to use a holy sword for by the time you've gotten to Elphael? Maybe holy damage will be useful in the DLC, but unless that happens it's just kind of too little too late.

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Obviously meant for hybrid builds that go for mostly str and/or dex and invest in faith to access golden vow. High base damage and scaling in 3 stats gives this good AR

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The design is very astrological. Looking at the blade you see a single large center gem aligned with 9 smaller gems and six empty swirls, while the hilt has a single large gem surrounded by 13 smaller gems in a 5 pair 1 triplet design. It seems to be a heliocentric motif as compared to the carian knight's design which seems to depict the primal current instead. I do however wonder about the chosen number of astral bodies, being 1:9 would make it our solar system, 1:15 and 1:13 both don't mean anything to me.

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this weapon is a warcrime, three way split scaling+force Sacred damage? this is on the level of the dancer twinblades in how bad it is

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Absolutely not as bad as comments make it out to be. One of the longest straight swords with an INCREDIBLY good R2 lunge, and carves a niche as one of the only weapons to excel on a Quality build (which isn't saying much, but still). I have a ton of fun with it on a 20 STR, 55 DEX, 25 FTH build. Also: drip.

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if you somehow made this work in either pve or pvp i wish only the best for you if you go into the dlc with it

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Now that we're getting sent to the shadow realm, will this decorative piece finally be usable?

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The lunge on the unique R2 is not to be underestimated.

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I really hope they add a unique miquellan knight armor in the dlc

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If you've been playing a new character as a FTH-based sword n' board Paladin the whole game and have almost no points in STR or DEX, but want to use this sword because of Sacred Blade, you're better off using using a Sacred Longsword with Sacred Blade.

At 50 faith, you would need 39 STR and 40 DEX (or vice versa) before Miquellan Knight's Sword starts outpacing a Sacred Longsword in attack rating.

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They just had to put holy damage and sacred blade on it didn't they. Can't just do that yourself.

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I've been using this weapon in pvp arena for a few months now on a sword and board quality build and highly highly recommend it. The fully charged R2 has amazing roll catch potential and the sacred blade aow is a good ranged attack with a flat 100 damage buff. Pair it with a high guard boost shield (I use banished knight's) with carian retalliation for the parry and axe talisman for more damage. And since it's a straight sword it uses little stamina for its attacks, allowing you to play more aggressively (running R2 op). Curved Sword Talisman and Shield Talisman work great for guard countering too.

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Lore: Sword was made for Loretta but she didn't wanna level up faith

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Missed int/fai weapon opportunity

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Inseparable seems to be a much better choice.

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You want to know a secret? Power Stance this with the Golden Epitaph and drink a Physick containing the Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear and the Thorny Cracked Tear, and wear Millicent's Prosthesis and the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, or just the regular Winged Sword Insignia if you don't like the prospect of doing Millicent's questline a second time in New Game Plus. It's quite the powerful build, but you won't see anyone using it because they think Holy damage is not viable due to several end game bosses having high Holy resistance and this sword being only available in a late game area. What 99% of these players fail to realize is that this is not the same case for PvP, where PSSS (Power Stanced Straight Swords) are a particularly viable strategy. It's a secret to everybody.

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The fact you only get this weapon in end game is a joke considering all the other more powerful stuff you can get by mid game. And just to make it worse you get it when all the bosses are strong to faith. All this does is encourage weapon dropping.

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Honestly a pretty good straight sword. The combination of high base damage, low scaling, holy element, and early discoverable weapon art make it the perfect early/mid game weapon. FS really did it dirty by only giving it when your remaining bosses probably all resist holy.


All around D scaling looks pretty bad, but the higher base damage makes up for it. Str/Dex scaling are even and Fth gets the lowest value, so don't bother using this on pure Fth. It only performs a bit worse (~4-20 ar) than an elemental broadsword on a hybrid Str/Fth or Dex/Fth build. 25 Fth is enough for golden vow, then pump your main damage.


L2 is solid due to range and weapon buff. R2 is nice, but needs a full charge to really use the dash. Neither moves will outright win any fights for you. They're better used as mix-ups to pressure people and keep them guessing.


P.S. Sacred blade keeps getting buffed in patches. Maybe it'll be a god tier move when the game stops getting updates.

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D, D, D, that's the name you should know
D, D, D, he's the king of the show

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This with the Twin Bird Kite Shield and Cleanrot Set is peak fashion

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Many of these comments feel like they’ve never upgraded and built the dang thing.
It does great damage. Yes, it is partly holy, but not every benchmark is determined by how tough Radagon’s hair is to cut with it.
Just love whenever I need to “fight” a Deathbird.
Oh, and the R2 is good at smacking dragons chins.

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looks amazing but the triple d scaling is yikes

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Sometimes I'll just... stare at this weapon. the ornamentation around the cross guard is gorgeous.

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Sexy R2. I only wish it wasn't in the end game area. Also Square Off with this R2 would be even more sex

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Golden Vow combo with a potential roll-catch R2?Sweet.

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D scaling all around the board at max upgrade level, found in an endgame area when almost everything there is resistant to holy damage, non-unique ash of war that only scales with faith so it does abysmal levels of damage even tested against enemies non-resistant to holy. Its only purpose is for the lore.

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I adore this weapon on a quality build, my true mentor, my guiding holy light...

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The only place I don't wanna see triple Ds is on a maxxed weapon :(

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DLC, o DLC, please give us an infusable sword with this moveset

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Ugly weapon scaling

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The scabbard is missing for me

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Can this be used on a str build with min investment in dex and faith?

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This and the Carian knight’s sword should have had modified versions of stance, maybe with this getting a unique heavy (thinking a golden carian piercer getting summoned) and the carian getting a custom heavy (that summons the Carian grandeur) that way both retain the ability to tackle shields with the R1 but gain actually unique R2’s

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The only thing good about this weapon is its R2 attack. The broadsword straight sword with sacred blade and sacred infusion does more damage.

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Most beautiful straight sword in the game. If only you could put square off on it and get it a little earlier, it would be a 11/10.

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A quality weapon disguised as a faith weapon

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I love the moveset on this sword so dang much. Its damage output is pretty legit as well. I dual wielded them at +10 and just wrecked sh*t.

At +10 w/ 80 str, 80 dex, 80 faith this bad mamma jamma gets 722 AR.
Attack power as follows:
Phys: 257 + 241
Holy: 166 + 56

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Your build doesn't matter, just get this and epitaph for power stancing and anything Undead just insta dies. The AOW of the epitaph is a 100% dmg boost buff on top of the holy you are already doing. If you meet the reqs, just use them when fighting skellies and whatnot.

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This is a great weapon for a NG+ Prophet, who only needs 1+ Dex to wield. Either this or Golden Epitaph (1+ Str). Differences being:
-Miquellan does more physical dmg than holy compared to Golden Epitaph, for nearly identical ARs.
-Has slightly more reach than Golden Epitaph
-The Miquellan AoW's flat holy damage buff makes it more effective at low levels than the 30% buff with the GE AoW.

Nothing game-changing obviously, but that's me stanning for this "late game weapon" because I like it and secretly simp for Miquella.

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People care way too much about scaling letter on weapons. It might be all D scaling but in terms of ar its comparable to other straight swords on a strength faith build or quality faith build. Its definitely not the strongest weapon in the game but if you like the unique heavy you can still find very good success with it. Personally its one of my favorite weapons in the game.

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This and Carian Knight Sword. Should. Have. Been. Spell. Catalysts

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There is no goddamn way that somebody at fromsoft thought a +10 endgame weapon should cap out at D scaling, I refuse to believe that this is real

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Should’ve doubled as incantation catalyst/sacred seal. Sacred blade AoW isn’t very interesting

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Makes me so sad this is a quality/faith weapon rather than just faith. The sword looks super cool and has a good move set but Lordsworn beats it out on faith and faith/int.

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Not gonna lie, that r2 sold me regardless of stats. Those who live in death get insta-killed.

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If you want to torture yourself to get this at extremely low level and weapon refinement for the express purpose of then invading people with an unfair advantage, the crystal sword is available much much earlier and has almost identical base damage and requirements.

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Me, one of the most faithful and resilient knights in the Lands Between when Miquella presents me with this dollar store scaling ass sword:

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To the folks who aren't sure why this is a late game weapon when better weapons are available earlier, that's only true if you play at high levels. If you are trying to beat the game at low levels (let's say a lev 1 run) then it makes sense for this to be a late game weapon. This is one of the best low level weapons in the game, and the game makers knew that low level runs have always been a Souls players' staple.

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The longsword/sacred blade upgrade if you were still using that when u got to haligtree I guess

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should've been a much earlier weapon due to the lack of high base damage/low scaling weapons in the early game. No point of this

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You get Blasphous Blade soo much earlier, what is the point of this.

Needs a major rework to be useful considering its at endgame.

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The high base damage, low scaling, and flat buff from the weapon art make this a fantastic weapon at low levels. It’s baffling and unfortunate that you can’t get it until the Haligtree.

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Despite the scaling being D, D, D, the AR scales higher on a build specializing in faith. I believe this is because damage is split physical and holy, and faith raises the holy damage part of the split

I see alot of people saying its outclassed, but my faith dude wrecks with it. I think the real problem is its found too late in the game to make much use of it

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With how far into an absolute trashheap area you have to go to get this, just use a Sacred Longsword + Sacred Blade. You lose negligible AR and range, but also lose a massive headache and a significant spike in cortisol levels.

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Every weapon has drawbacks and scaling would be it for this. When up against those with Holy resistance, slap the Curved Blade & Axe Talisman on it and play up the sword n board melee. Then for everyone else, swap out those for Scorpion Charm and Shard of Alexander, plus the Holy physik. I’m liking it in late NG+ even for late game.

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Such an unremarkable sword to be found at the end game area

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I use this with my Paladin as first primary. It's fantastic honestly. Both in PvE and PvP at least in my opinion with a Paladin/Faith based build.

Its fast when attacking,looks cool,its AoW is projectile and weapon buff based and does signicant damage especilly to certain enemys,you get to keep the sacred damage buff for a good while. And my favorite part is its unique R2.

It's a quick awkward side slash that opponent never seem to account for. Not to mention if you charge the R2 you will lunge forward about a roll and a half length if not 2 with the slash so it can close a good sized gap,about maybe 10-15fert. And in pvp most people are caught off guard by the distance you travel when you charge it and can surprise hit them . Solid sword.

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DDD scaling? Come on Fromsoft, what is this shite?

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Quite the fun low level invasion weapon at or below level 50

dual wield this with an off-hand that has sacred order and you have yourself a competant and fun and versatile combo.

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Can we use greese on this or buff with magic?

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This is a really nice looking sword. The glow on the blade after the skill has been used is very cool.

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Do you have to 2-hand it? Basically i am playing at meta level, 125 invasions. I upgraded it to +9, and PvE does a lot of damage, but i always 1 hand weapons for Frenzy/Crowd Control and a Shield just to Parry. I only have 22 STR for Blasphemous Blade (Just because i can heal for free + talisman if i need to fall back into PvE to heal, but it also 1 Shots everyone if i can land the Ash of War with it in narrow Corridors + Heal) and around 20 DEX to get a wide weapon range for switching mid PvP.
And while some say damage is not that big, tried it PvE and it does 2K per hit with the beam, not on end game enemies obviously, since they are resistant to holy and most of my damage output is split between Physical and Flame. I only have one Frostbite weapon just in case for poking. I don't use Lightning/Sacred, etc since i either use Flame Buff, and Golden Vow (Or Golden Vow + Howl of Shabriri).

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Did anyone else notice that the Sacred Phalanx AoW and the special R2 of this sword share pretty similar movements? What if the R2 of this sword could’ve had a Sacred Phalanx like effect when fully charged? Would’ve been pretty bad ass.

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3 or 4 sacred blades from this bad boy and that death rite bird in the concreated snowfields is toast.

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I'm curious, how fast could you realistically rush this?

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Weird that the description mentions it's modeled after a Carian Knight's sword. They don't look all that similar. Still a neat weapon though.

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This weapon cunks with 80 Str/Fth

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Really neat weapon that I think is undrecut by a variety of other Holy-themed straight swords. It's the last one you have access to, but by that point you could well have gotten the Golden Epitaph or Coded Sword. At least it's got unique attacks

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Made a character for pvp from stratch and used trainer to get it in 2 hours and the result? Made a superb build, very good for both pve and pvp, destroyed the damn game and many players unfortunately they gave me 180 days restriction :( in sort definitely worth for using dont be like me of course unless you want to play the game alone.

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!wish it's ash of war was changeable. sacred blade suck

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Really disappointing it can't be freely buffed like the Treespear can. Would make it an S-tier weapon.

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Why was the sword's sheath removed?! My Elden Bling...

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At 13 strength, 55 dex and 40 faith, buffing the weapon gives it 666 damage while one handed

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This would've been a great sword to hide in early/mid game areas. Sacred blade can be found pretty early and late game areas have high holy resist enemies, so it's weird find this so far into the game.

I had good results 2 handing at 54 str with 25 fth. My damage was only a bit lower than a fire broadsword, which seems worth for the better r2. The aow is bland, but better than other uniques stuck with boring aow. No square off is a huge bummer though.

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the scaling on this isn't great, but consider this: the base damage on this is almost the same as the crucible knight greatsword. even with D/D/D it hits pretty damn hard

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The scaling seems absolutely awful.

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Very opinionated point, this: " weapon two handed."

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Why would anyone use this sword if the sacred blade ash of war combined with a +25 weapon is superior? Only because Miquellan Knight's Sword looks cool I guess.

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+10 and no scaling goes above D? seriously?

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It's not as useful for bosses when you get it but it shines in ng+, powerstanced with the carian knight sword it makes a very good combination. Since it's a somberstone type weapon it's easy to upgrade to try it out, and sacred blade is a good aow.

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basically Astora Straight Sword from DS1; great fashion souls weapon but it ****ing sucks

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why we only get this sword in the end of the game man, thats so frustrating.
all the late game bosses have huge resistance to holy damage, aim so mad

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Nifty, but late game bosses have 40%, 60%, and even 80% holy damage negation --- combined with abysmal scaling and low damage and you have the world's shiniest rolled up piece of newspaper to lightly whack the Thor/Baldur combo and the glowing cosmic being that puppets him.

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Pulls the best damage from leveling Strength and Dex, but you still want to level faith a bit for increased damage with Sacred Blade.

At 35/35/35 it gets 589 AR one handed, 386 is phys, 202 in holy.
At 43/42/20 it gets 602 AR one handed, 411 is phys, 190 is holy.

Note that this is for a 150 build, here's for a 120 for you PvP fellas:
(Keep in mind that I am using 60 Vig and am on a Confessor for the starting class)
At 30/30/25 it gets 563 AR onehanded, 369 is phys, 194 is holy.
At 25/25/35 it gets 553 AR onehanded, 350 is phys, 202 is holy.
Of course you can always take some health away and instead use that for damage, but the D scaling can only take you so far.

Generally speaking, you're better off investing into str and dex more so than faith. Even though each stat is D, the holy scaling only gets to D after some upgrades meaning that it's a lower D scaling than str and dex. If you want to take better advantage of Sacred Blade, it's probably better to just use the Alexander Shard.

My take away: not a terrible SS, in all honestly. In terms of pure AR it beats some of the lesser SS's, but it's split damage can be more of a bane than a boon for most cases. The unique R2 can be paired with the Axe talisman for good lunging attacks, and it's length isn't all too bad. My only wish is that it had higher scaling across the board, because D/D/D is pretty damn bad.

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Curved sword talisman. Straight swords are one of the few weapons in this game with solid guard counters in pvp. I like no skill in my shields because sacred blade got buffed and is a very powerful ranged option.

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Love the design, love the special r2. Am positively crying about the scaling and damage.

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You're using this sword because you like shiny gems, not for damage. Fashion-wise, this sword is awesome

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For how far in the game you have to get to, in what is the hardest area in the game, this weapon is extremely underwhelming. The unique R2 doesn't come close to making up for the triple D scaling. Throw in the fact it uses Holy damage at a point where it's mostly a detriment and you can't swap the skill or buff, and you have a weapon that's more than likely just gonna sit in your box forever.

It's a shame too, because it's a flat out gorgeous sword. I love the details on it so much.

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Literally the only straight sword in the game that never gets above a D in scaling in anything. Y u do dis, From?

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Its found so far in the game and it only has flat D scaling across 3 boards, while you can easily connect a charged heavy on this the stat scaling doesn't really help much. I would've hoped its at least B in faith or double C's in either strength or dex and then faith.

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so pairing this with carian knight for a messy golden order/death build, with split faith/int, any tips

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Of course Miquella bedazzled a straight sword. Gwyndolin wishes he could be this fab.

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15 seconds buff? To give you some extra holy in the late game where everything is resistant to holy anyway? And we can't even change the weapon art? Alright.

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My favorite straight sword. The unique r2 is a game changer for it. Can charge and lunge forward and staggers really well. Follow up r2 same move as a follow up r1 but more power. The r1 is faster obviously. Running r2’s into r1’s combo. Great weapon two handed. Why don’t other straight swords have this special r2? Scaling is a bit weird for end games weapon but it does enough damage fully upgraded for me to be happy. I don’t need a powerhouse. I care more about movesets and fun over most power.
Basically a katana moveset in a straight sword with the best r2 you can find imo

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extremely underrated weapon using it for my str/faith build

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It has higher dmg and physical attack than a Sacred Longsword in case you're wondering between infusing a regular Longsword or this weapon. But if dmg doesn't matter to you then it's a difference between rather you want the Longsword stab R2 or this weapon's delayed quick backslash R2. This weapon is better for dedicated paladins as it's specialized for faith and holy. If you started the game with a longsword on a paladin build then this sword is a natural transition.

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