Looking for a new single hand weapon to replace morning star

[drakeef]

Since I'm more focused on Dex/Faith at the moment, doubt I'll have the arcane stat to any time soon to make good use of the bleed effect. Any good weapon to aim for in the starting area or should I just upgrade the broadsword I started with?

[Dollmaker]

Um... broadsword is pretty decent actually.

But it depends on what type of build youre going for, a quicker of slower weapon and such.

Since you were using a hammer, you could try the Flails, like Nightrider one, you can get it pretty early and its a really good weapon.

[PK_Thunder]

Guardian sword spear. The moveset is insane and it scales so, so we'll with faith ashes.

[drakeef]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Um... broadsword is pretty decent actually.

But it depends on what type of build youre going for, a quicker of slower weapon and such.

Since you were using a hammer, you could try the Flails, like Nightrider one, you can get it pretty early and its a really good weapon.

Was using the morning star because of the bleed proc (one beginner guide recommend it as a starting weapon back in the first week of the game) so I'm still figuring out my play style.

[Toad]

Smithing stones in the [1], [2], and [3] variant are pretty easy to come by, so feel free to experiment. Straight swords are a strong balanced weapon type, so your broadsword would do pretty well. Your stat scaling won't do much until much higher levels, so don't stress about your DEX/FTH scaling yet.

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by PK_Thunder:

Guardian sword spear. The moveset is insane and it scales so, so we'll with faith ashes.

Yeah theres that one, but gonna have to farm it from those enemies.

Dunno how rare the drop is though, dont think its that rare, since didnt took me long to drop on all my characters.

[PK_Thunder]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Originally posted by PK_Thunder:

Guardian sword spear. The moveset is insane and it scales so, so we'll with faith ashes.

Yeah theres that one, but gonna have to farm it from those enemies.

Dunno how rare the drop is though, dont think its that rare, since didnt took me long to drop on all my characters.

They're easy, you can find them as early as Weeping Peninsula.

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by PK_Thunder:

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Yeah theres that one, but gonna have to farm it from those enemies.

Dunno how rare the drop is though, dont think its that rare, since didnt took me long to drop on all my characters.

They're easy, you can find them as early as Weeping Peninsula.

Ah yeah i know, just dunno how rare the drop is.

[drakeef]

So will need to up my strength then use it if I find one (got the dex since morning star needed needed 18 dex, but need to up my 12 str) Might need to up endurance too for weight limit possibly, but can worry about that once I have the weapon.

Good thing I've been just wandering around over going to the castle. Will hopefully stats to use the spear by the time it drops, since stats are now in the 4k range (been leveling vigor, think its 19 right now, think my character level is 25)

[UnholyDentist]

Potential candidates:

Coded Sword

Sword of Night and Flame

Winged Schyte

There are some other faith weapons but they are sort of into late game.

To get Coded Sword, you need to beat the mounted knight guarding the gate to Leydnell, which can be problematic for low level. You can cheese it by sneaking behind him, and casting Poison Fog on it until it eats it away (going to be a slow process). Then once the gate seal diminished, you just go to the fort behind West Rampart and loot the Coded Sword from a chest inside the fort.

To get Sword of Night and Flame you ride past Stormwind fort through the lakes and access Caria Manor, go to the upper level and jump down from the eastern bastion to drop into the a ruined building and loot the weapon from a chest. This weapon will require some strength stat.

To get Winged Scythe, ride to Tombsward Ruins and find the basement to loot the Winged Scythe from a chest. This weapon will also require some strength investment.

[RKoz¦90N]

Originally posted by drakeef:

Since I'm more focused on Dex/Faith at the moment, doubt I'll have the arcane stat to any time soon to make good use of the bleed effect. Any good weapon to aim for in the starting area or should I just upgrade the broadsword I started with?

You don't need any arcane to make bleed weapons work, unless you put the blood infusion on them. Just think of them as slightly weaker, regular weapons that reduce a bosses health bar by 20% after a few hits.

Tree Spear is a pretty cool dex/fai weapon you can get right after castle stormveil. It has pretty high stat requirements for an early game weapon though.

Of course, there's always the Blood Hound Fang, if you're looking for the best of the best.

[PK_Thunder]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Originally posted by PK_Thunder:

They're easy, you can find them as early as Weeping Peninsula.

Ah yeah i know, just dunno how rare the drop is.

Not very rare. Took me way longer to farm a great knife.

[Baron01]

Try Treespear, which can be looted from a crashed chariot/chest in South Liurnia just below Stormveil castle. Cross-Naginata is another versatile spear option but you will have to fight your way to it in Gael Tunnel.

Winged Scythe is another solid early option but you need to test if move set is to your liking. I prefer either spears for long reach or sword for general use.

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Katana. Good reach, good speed, good damage, built in bleed, fast guard counter, doesn’t benefit much from two-handing. It’s the best basic weapon type (meaning below halberds and great weapons in weight class)

[drakeef]

Got the spear :) Only took me three guys! Now just need tp up my strength from 13 to 17 and then up my endurance high enough to not fat roll. So a bit of work ahead of me, but at least now I got something to try out for a new play style.