Divine Claymore... Yay or Nay?

[binom]

Good Idea or not? I went down to the catacombs and killed Pinwheel. Now I am planning on going down there again to meet Nieto/join his covenant. I picked up a green titanite shard in the sewers and can't decide which weapon to modify.

Options are:

- Long sword +5
- Claymore + 4

Build: Quality
Level: 40
Main weapon now: Black Knight Sword +3

[TrueArchery]

idk I'd probably rather pick a strike weapons since that's what the skellies are weak to.

[binom]

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

idk I'd probably rather pick a strike weapons since that's what the skellies are weak to.

They don't die. The necromancer revives them so you need a divine weapon to put them down the first time you fight them. Divine weapon prevents the necromancer from reviving them, see?

In my previous playthroughs I went in really late after picking up a Silver Knight Spear in Anor Londo which is a divine weapon. Since in this playthrough I am trying to go to the catacombs before reaching Anor Londo and I have given the divine ember already to Andre, I thought I'll use one of the side weapons as divine.

[MaenaZ]

What is your faith stat? And stats in general, actually.
Also if you already killed the necromancers the skeletons will stop reviving.

Personally I'd say that Claymore is too good for quality builds to make into a Divine weapon. If you're using a Black Knight Sword the Claymore will eventually outpace it in pretty much every single way.

[binom]

Originally posted by MaenaZ:

What is your faith stat? And stats in general, actually.
Also if you already killed the necromancers the skeletons will stop reviving.

Personally I'd say that Claymore is too good for quality builds to make into a Divine weapon. If you're using a Black Knight Sword the Claymore will eventually outpace it in pretty much every single way.

My stats:

17 ish Vigor
18 End
18 Dex
20 Str.
10 Faith
10 Int

Claymore is better than Black Knight Sword? What infusion/path makes it possible?

I am sure there is one near the start of the game. Later in Nieto's room when you fight them there are also a lot of skeletons. Nieto revives them if you don't kill them with divine weapon.

[rats in 4k]

If you want a holy weapon, I reccomend going to darkroot and slaying sif, get a +10 broken straight sword and take it to the giant blacksmith, it's a good overall weapon and it has holy damage

[MaenaZ]

You just gotta keep ramping it (Claymore) up to +15 normal. As long as your strength and dexterity are close to one another it eventually outdamages a +5 black knight sword, and since BKS can't be upgraded any further....

You don't have the stats to genuinely support any good divine weapon at this point, so pretty much anything with decent damage will do. If you can stomach axe moveset and cut off the tail from Gargoyles I actually recommend the Gargoyle Tail Axe or Halberd, since they boost your bleed resist and poison resist which are helpful in the Catacombs. If not, save the Claymore and use a B@stard sword, Broadsword, Longsword, or Reinforced Club instead. You can also use the Claymore as long as you realize eventually it'll be better to put it back on the normal path, making the Green Titanites wasted (they're not so expensive in the long term, though)

Later in the game I'd have a bunch of other recommendations, particularly if you reach at least 16 faith (there are some good things you can do with midlow faith if you know what you're doing).

Originally posted by In Memory of Jeigh:

If you want a holy weapon, I reccomend going to darkroot and slaying sif, get a +10 broken straight sword and take it to the giant blacksmith, it's a good overall weapon and it has holy damage

Artorias' greatsword is utter #(*&$(* for its requirements until very high levels and the OP doesn't have the stats to wield it, anyway.

[LadstonFelisGaming]

If you were going for a Faith Build, I’d say Divine Claymore +10 since that gives either a really high A or S scaling in Faith. If you’re quality though, I’d recommend the longsword for the long run.

[binom]

Originally posted by MaenaZ:

You just gotta keep ramping it (Claymore) up to +15 normal. As long as your strength and dexterity are close to one another it eventually outdamages a +5 black knight sword, and since BKS can't be upgraded any further....

You don't have the stats to genuinely support any good divine weapon at this point, so pretty much anything with decent damage will do. If you can stomach axe moveset and cut off the tail from Gargoyles I actually recommend the Gargoyle Tail Axe or Halberd, since they boost your bleed resist and poison resist which are helpful in the Catacombs. If not, save the Claymore and use a B@stard sword, Broadsword, Longsword, or Reinforced Club instead. You can also use the Claymore as long as you realize eventually it'll be better to put it back on the normal path, making the Green Titanites wasted (they're not so expensive in the long term, though)

Later in the game I'd have a bunch of other recommendations, particularly if you reach at least 16 faith (there are some good things you can do with midlow faith if you know what you're doing).

Originally posted by In Memory of Jeigh:

If you want a holy weapon, I reccomend going to darkroot and slaying sif, get a +10 broken straight sword and take it to the giant blacksmith, it's a good overall weapon and it has holy damage

Artorias' greatsword is utter #(*&$(* for its requirements until very high levels and the OP doesn't have the stats to wield it, anyway.

Gargoyles are dead and Lautrec was not able to cut the tail for me. :D
So no Gargoyle halberd till Anor Londo I guess. Artorias Greatsword didn't impress me. I have the normal one on one character.

[binom]

I'll go with the long sword. There are tons of them in my box anyway.

[theseeker52]

Yay, to save frustration upgrade your long range weapon as well ........Black Knight sword is stronger ,but not buffable, Andre can change things, then, who is to say you won't obtain another Claymore or Black Knight sword later in the game..............

[binom]

Originally posted by theseeker60:

Yay, to save frustration upgrade your long range weapon as well ........Black Knight sword is stronger ,but not buffable, Andre can change things, then, who is to say you won't obtain another Claymore or Black Knight sword later in the game..............

Thank you for the advice.

[theseeker52]

Originally posted by binom:

Originally posted by theseeker60:

Yay, to save frustration upgrade your long range weapon as well ........Black Knight sword is stronger ,but not buffable, Andre can change things, then, who is to say you won't obtain another Claymore or Black Knight sword later in the game..............

Thank you for the advice.

Everyone has their own play style, that's what makes this game great. challenge ,yes, frustration is not the same to me.

[linux ISO collector]

Reinforced club. Cheap, don't need to deviate too much from your path to get it. Blunt dmg is best vs skellies

[Heck]

astora sword
dont need to infuse it

[Last Call]

anyone else just downgrade the occult club from Havels room? I usualy just use devine for Nito, and that is usualy good enough for the pesky skeletons