Best beginner weapon?

[M1917Enfield]

I just started and am wondering what is the BEST pve only weapon that I could get?

[AstinDextor]

There is no right answer to this. It all depends on what type of character you want to play. There are lots of options and most of them have their place.

[M1917Enfield]

I heard the great scythe was good. Is it hard to get?

[M1917Enfield]

I'll use any weapon so long as its fairly fast and powerful

[Tha Chinatown]

" best" is defined by your play style, i personaly am a fan of the zweihander for PvE but that defenetly requires a strength build
and its available right at the begining of the game, and once you learn your way around you will find alot of weapons laying around that you could probaly make good use of

[Tha Chinatown]

great scythe is awesome, i use it in my miracle build, however it takes a bit of navication in the catacombs
super easy to get if you know the shortcuts or have divine weapon to defend yourself with
also fast and powerful is a dificult combo as most fast weapons deal less damage in exchange for more agile movesets

[AstinDextor]

Originally posted by Pvt Kia:

I heard the great scythe was good. Is it hard to get?

If you're new to the game, yes, it is VERY hard to get. You can grab an Estoc with no problems. You can do a suicide run into the Cemetery for a Zweihander or Winged Spear (I like the Winged Spear myself, but the Zweihander is VERY popular). If you have the Master Key you can also suicide run for the Astora Straight Sword and Dragon Crest Shield if you are a Faith build. There is the Uchigatana that you can get by killing the first merchant you meet. There's a morning star in Firelink Shrine as well.

[LiokyWarrior]

Chaos Zweihander +5, 10 humanity ,60 strength is my build , and i kick ass of all npc

[Repskillian]

longsword

[troylights]

What weapon did you get to begin with? For my play style I rather like the Estoc and Winged Spear to start, although you may need to level up just a bit to use the WS. The important thing to remember is that you want to keep your equipment load at or under 25%, so heavy weapons are not a good idea in the beginning unless you spend a lot of souls leveling up your endurance. I don't like to kill the undead merchant too soon, and by the time he's out lived his usefulness, I usually have better weapons than the katana anyway, at least from my perspective.

If you're looking for the end-all-be-all weapon of choice for PVE, then the sky's the limit. You'll likely be upgrading multiple weapons down many different upgrade paths. Be sure to use the Boss Souls only on forging the appropriate Boss weapons and not on leveling your stats.

I think a good all around sword you can get fairly early is the Claymore that the red drake "guards" on the bridge. It's not all that difficult to get once you run past it and light the bonfire at the entrance to Undead Parish. I rather like its move set.

The Halberd you can find in Undead Parish is also nice. You'll just have to try it out to see if it fits your style of playing.

[Vagrant]

Halberd

Easy to get, decent power at +15, can carry you through most of the game if you know what you're doing.

[Malice]

Been using the Black Knight Sword for the majority of my playthrough since it randomly dropped from the first black knight in Undead Burg. The people who have been watching my live streams have mentioned it's the best pve weapon in the game, but I'd have to agree that it also depends on which weapon type you feel more comfortable with.

[Psycho Mantis]

Halbers are really powerful in the early parts of the game, especially if you upgrade one to +5, they also have great range and some sweet angles for going against shielded enemies. the great scythe is awesome too, one of the best weapons in the game, but for a beginner... best to just stay far away from the graveyard, or you could always suicide run for the zweihander.

[Flying Warthog]

Originally posted by liokywarrior9666:

Chaos Zweihander +5, 10 humanity ,60 strength is my build , and i kick ass of all npc

There is zero reason to have that much strength. Elemental modifications remove any scaling from the weapon, meaning the zweihander gets no benefit from strength beyond the requirement to wield. Even the regular +15 zweihander has rather poor scaling with Strength. With that much, you'd be much better off with the Demon's Greataxe or another weapon with good strength scaling.

[Wee Baby Seamus]

IT really dpeends on whether you're had any experience with this game before. If not I would recommend a spear and shield combo to ensure you have a strong defense as you attack. If you've had any experience with the game then it really doesn't matter. It all depends on whther you want power, attack quickly, or focus on spells/ miracles

[mm9m9m9m9m9]

A better strength weapon is probably the (+5) Black Knight Great Axe with its B scaling in strength. I have 635 damage with 46 Str and 22 Dex. 343+291. I personally didn't try the Great Sword much, though.

I +15'd the Demon's Great Hammer just to see if it would be better, but it's only slightly more damage, but it might be a nice weapon.. just too slow for my taste so you actually need to be careful when attacking. You can use resins on it for elemental enchanting, though.

Too bad I don't have much in the way of PvE advice.