Against huge poise-enemies that doesn't get staggered from your L1's it's still not that great. It's gone from meh tier to decent and e even shines in invasions tier. Would recommend. Still parriable but eh, if you dead angle it's fine. Greatsword of the Abyss Watchers which is atypically paired with an unusual dagger. Farron Greatsword. The slightly lower damage for a UGS in exchange for less stamina use is actually a better deal for PvE. I've been enjoying it quite a bit on my DEX build. It has abyss killing properties so you can take it to Midir too. It is tricky to use and can easily be outspaced, but once you master it the weapon is just disgusting. It puts the weapon on about the same AR as the Zwei or Astora with no buff, which is OK but still not amazing. Press J to jump to the feed. LOL you fought GiantDad 3.0 in that clip. Do you know if they've changed the parry frames? It puts the weapon on about the same AR as the Zwei or Astora with no buff, which is OK but still not amazing. Claymore Greatsword Close. I love this weapon, it has a creative move set, does a ton of damage, staggers, looks insane, and very useful for people who have a ton of dexterity, and can parry. As for PvP, I get the feeling people will get used to its attack patterns kinda quick if it sees more use. One of the best things i think about the buff was the stamina consumption, you can do the whole WA and it'll be about equal to an UGS R1, which is crazy. Not too bad. I feel like the moveset is clunky at best against huge enemies, it really shines against humanoids, especially those using shields. Followers of Sif and Artorias, the Abyss Watchers are a phenomenal fight with even better items to transpose. i have used both and i can tell you that wolf knight gs doesnt deal enough damage for how slow it is and its weapon art is basically useless because the r2 jump takes way to long and with r1 the enemies get knocked over or hit you before you can do the second spin. I've been using it a ton before the patch, looking foreward to using it more now! It has one of the most aesthetically pleasing movesets with combos that let you flip and twirl between swings. Greatsword is found in the Farron keep, on the broken bridge section where you find the first brazier. Not bad! this opens up quite alot of new opportunities with combos, which , all in all is pretty good. Having said that here's a shitty clip of me almost dying to a poise monster: http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/H0X0/video/31030498. Its been given a decent damage buff from about 500 AR to 566 on 40/40, which means it's not out-damaged by greatswords anymore. Too many people either spam the parry to point it's useless, or just never use it. I have been using the FGS for PvP recently, but how do you deal with reactive straight sword users? It's dumb as hell, but I love my Sword of the Blood of the Anime Wolf and its stupid flips. ... Now I’m not going to say that all the reviews were like this, some had genuine criticisms of the game but almost all of the 1 star reviews are people complaining about how the game is BS and how “They’re stuck on the first boss”. Really enjoy the A scaling. The dagger is utilized as a wedge in the left hand while the greatsword is held in the right, a … I swear the L1 attacks come out a bit faster now, maybe I just haven't used the weapon in a while but idk, The second I saw that buff, I immediately respecc'd back to 40/40. The parry is actually pretty good. Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:32 pm. It would be nice if it was like the Caestus... That would be too OP. Medium shield party frames is best. On my SL150 40/60 Str/Dex I get almost 600 AR. How to get: Craft via Soul Transposition with the Soul of the Blood of the Wolf, which you get after defeating the Abyss Watchers. The best strategy is to just be wantonly aggressive and very erratic with how you throw out your L1s. 228 Base with A Dex scaling. If it wasn't for this I'd say it's still mediocre but that's a pretty big deal. The dagger is utilized as a wedge in the left hand while the greatsword is held in the right, a unique technique that was synonymous with the Undead Legion. So the Farron Greatsword is pretty good now Its been given a decent damage buff from about 500 AR to 566 on 40/40, which means it's not out-damaged by greatswords anymore. Farron Greatsword [DKS3 Wiki] Comments posted to our Dark Souls 3 Wiki 32. Although the buff was good and much needed for this otherwise shitty meme weapon , i still wouldve preffered a different WA or a fire related buff like with profaned GS. So the Farron Greatsword is pretty good now Its been given a decent damage buff from about 500 AR to 566 on 40/40, which means it's not out-damaged by greatswords anymore. If they get their spacing down it is impossible to catch them, As a first timer in any dark souls game, yesterday I finished the game for the first time, I used the farron greatsword against the last boss and won the first try. Anonymous. What gem for Farron's greatsword? Mind you, that's not unreasonable for me because I had no life for four years except dark souls 1/2/3, but it's pretty viable now. It's pretty strong right now if you understand mix ups. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. Posted by 3 years ago. For, PvE, greatsword can be an amazingly good weapon, because of the many attributed mentioned above. It combines a Greatsword and a dagger and has a rather unique and pleasing move set as well.