Black Knight Halberd, Best Weapon?

[Atari]

I have a heavy armor character with a big focus on strength, and as such have been searching high and low for the best weapon in the game. I have fully completed the game and the only weapon I do not have and fully upgraded is the last boss weapon (craft that is).

Yet, the Black Knight Halberd is still out classing all the weapons I find. Even the two swords found in the DLC (dragon tail and Arterious craft). My guy has 50 STR, so I would assume I should get better results from a B scaling or higher weapon, but even the BK greatsword, which has B scaling does less damage.

In my testing the Black Knight Halberd does more damage than all the other end game weapons, attacks faster, drains far less stamina and its R1 attack benefits from counter damage. Not to mention its giant reach makes getting the counter damage bonus and taking no damage very easy with good timing.

Can someone fill me in on why this weapon is so powerful, a wiki states there is some hidden modifer with its damage... maybe the BK halberd being this powerful is unintentional.. It really should not be better than one of the (arguebly) hardest weapons to get... dragon tail cut from Kalameet.

[MrGideonWolfe]

Hello Atari, after playing for over 600 hours on the PS3 version, here's a suggestion for you. If you really like this weapon, you should also like the Black Knight Great Axe. It will have a better AR than the Black Knight Halberd, it only needs 4 more Strength and the moveset is very good (and better range).

Have a good day!

[Atari]

I will try that weapon next! Always looking for a replacement haha.

[MrGideonWolfe]

otherwise, if you want to try a good and light weapon, try the Halberd or the Lucerne (a +15 version). They hit hard pretty hard, they have a good critical damage for their weight and you can even go 40/40 in str/dex. If you prefer a dex build, go with the Great Scythe, nearly the same weight, but it has MASSIVE range, bleed build-up and a very strong damage. If you prefer a tank build, make a Lightning or Chaos Gargoyle Halberd +5. It is the highest damaging weapon for it requirements/weight (just remember elemental weapons do not scale with any stats, so you can go full defense and still pack a lot of damage).

[rk10flyers]

I completely agree w the OP. BKH is the best. For its range and power and speed, its totally unmatched. The Great Axe is so much slower and there is no way it has a longer range in R1. R2/jumping attack does a lot more damage, but its definitely slower. You can just hack away w BKH in R1. Also, when facing the crabmen in crystal cave GA was only doing 223 vs 273 in r1, of course the jumping attack did like 500 something. BKH is like the perfect combo of Speed, Range, Power.

I have tried the great scythe as well...and there's really no comparison. MY GS was +14, and it would hit the crabmen slightly more than 100! It also has no variation to its attack in R1(correct me if I'm wrong). Also their weights are not even close. GS is 5 vs 14. For some reason the lightness doesn't make it swing faster. It has to pile drive downward with every swing which is why its so slow. The BKH does 3 different swings in R1. Because it has bleed damage, it might be better in some select situations, but BKH still crushes everything in most variety of situations. The ONLY spot I've found I prefer another weapon is vs the midget humanity skeletons outside of nito. I prefer the drakesword there.

[visiado em piranha de renda !]

For PVE BKH it's one of the best weapons. But it's a stupid weapon for pvp, slow and easy to parry.

[Zamus]

It really depends on what you like, pesonally I hate the BKH, if you want to compare it to other str weapons then go for

DMG 645
DGA 659
GC 648

The GC is probably my favorite str weapon and unlike the BKH you can add even more damage via enchants plus you dont spend extra stats on Dex.

[Usetheforks]

Try the large club if you want low weight with good damage of a ultra hamemer

[MacroX]

there is no the best weapon just the one that its better for u as well as i can devastate with artorias longsword i can poke u to dead with a halbert, or take u with an schyte or even just go trought ur shield with a shotel, there is a lot of weapons and u have to find the one its more usefull for u attack strategy, or defense

[Hora Bablonde]

hi eredeti hozzászólása:

Try the large club if you want low weight with good damage of a ultra hamemer

Large Club +15 is my second favorite strength weapon mostly because of the high damage, scaling and awesome R2 move. BKH is the most powerful all round imo, though not great for pvp.

[MacroX]

Johnana i use a BKH for a slow ultrahammer fighter and i just kick the ♥♥♥♥ out of him so yeah sometimes it is very usefull on pvp

[Kee]

Ain't no such thing as best weapon, just what ticks for you =P
And the Meta list of course.

[Bixx]

The Black Knight Axe is my favorit ;P

[ilclaude]

Found this tread googling "black knight halberd dark souls op?"

Never played dark souls before, i'm ravaging ng+ with the BKH.. misterious scaling makes it hit harder than Great Lord Greatsword, that should be better in scaling and base damage.

Even if i agree with the "best weapon is what fit best for you", BKH simply deals too much damage considering it's stats.

[Dusk of Oolacile]

guillaumedelaforge eredeti hozzászólása:

Found this tread googling "black knight halberd dark souls op?"

Never played dark souls before, i'm ravaging ng+ with the BKH.. misterious scaling makes it hit harder than Great Lord Greatsword, that should be better in scaling and base damage.

Even if i agree with the "best weapon is what fit best for you", BKH simply deals too much damage considering it's stats.

Add the moveset swap glitch and you'll see how speedrunners can kill bosses in 2 hits.

[Nahkuri]

Best weapon drake sword +5 if you go ng+ you can get two and that is two drake sword +5 very good