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Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 5, 2015 @ 8:52pm

Old Knight Ultra Greatsword

When one of these dropped from and Old Knight while I was farming Heide Knights for their gear, my brain rattled.

After a stupid amount of time spent in-game I can't believe I had no idea it was a drop. I thought I had used or at least seen every weapon in the game, yet for all my time spent in PVP I have never seen anybody use it.

It has pretty average reach for a UGS since it's a bit shorter than Pursuer's sword. And while it's not the best UGS considering its dmg output and durability it's certainly viable since it has 1 and 2 hand horizontal r1's that ensure a 2 shot combo if the first one connects, has good dmg infused + buffed (does about 60 AR less than Pursuers currently at 37/37 str/dex) and my next point...

... it just looks badass. All the etched patterns look Nordic or Celtic or something from a similar ancient culture. Anyway check it out if you haven't already... it's probably the earliest UGS you can get in the game

Last edited by Pyramid Bread; Nov 5, 2015 @ 8:53pm

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Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 5, 2015 @ 9:15pm

It also requires less stats than the Zweihander

Le Fay

Nov 5, 2015 @ 9:33pm

The old knight weaponsa and equipment generally have ok stats, but they also have really low durability. My theory on why they're rarely used.

Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 5, 2015 @ 9:42pm

The thing is a great amount of people play this game for the pvp, where for a single fight, durability doesn't mean much... people still use 3rd Dragon Ring for pvp despite the fact it breaks so easily.

Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 5, 2015 @ 9:43pm

Black Scorpion Stinger is still amazing despite having 30 durability as well

Le Fay

Nov 5, 2015 @ 9:56pm

I've never actually broken that ring before, pvp or pve. As for weapons with low durability, some are still great despite it, but if it frequently hits the ground while attacking, it'll drain the durability faster.

Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 5, 2015 @ 10:03pm

For PVP the Old Kinght UGS usually loses about 1/5 of its durability bar in one fight. In a fight club if you had repair spell you would get fights until you got warped out due to invasion timer elapsing. If the club had a lot of people in it or people jumped the waiting line, it would probably not need to be repaired at all.

Last edited by Pyramid Bread; Nov 5, 2015 @ 10:09pm

adarazrad

Nov 6, 2015 @ 1:42am

Originally posted by punishment for decadence:
When one of these dropped from and Old Knight while I was farming Heide Knights for their gear, my brain rattled.

After a stupid amount of time spent in-game I can't believe I had no idea it was a drop. I thought I had used or at least seen every weapon in the game, yet for all my time spent in PVP I have never seen anybody use it.

It has pretty average reach for a UGS since it's a bit shorter than Pursuer's sword. And while it's not the best UGS considering its dmg output and durability it's certainly viable since it has 1 and 2 hand horizontal r1's that ensure a 2 shot combo if the first one connects, has good dmg infused + buffed (does about 60 AR less than Pursuers currently at 37/37 str/dex) and my next point...

... it just looks badass. All the etched patterns look Nordic or Celtic or something from a similar ancient culture. Anyway check it out if you haven't already... it's probably the earliest UGS you can get in the game

i tried to farm for this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing hours.... was trying to cosplay an old knight, gotta say, in comparison to other horozional UGS this one is just horrible, and you have no reason unless your cosplaying an old knight or something to even use it.... about the look i think its meh but to each his own i guess

Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 6, 2015 @ 2:51am

Well I'm not saying it should be a main, it's just that I've seen quite a few people use the OK Halberd, even seen a few use the Pike and the GS, so I know people do use OK gear. Just not the UGS apparently

adarazrad

Nov 6, 2015 @ 2:56am

Originally posted by punishment for decadence:
Well I'm not saying it should be a main, it's just that I've seen quite a few people use the OK Halberd, even seen a few use the Pike and the GS, so I know people do use OK gear. Just not the UGS apparently

well, as i said, its very rare, i farmed for HOURS... i got like 2 stacks of blue eye orbs before i even got this, with farming gear on

Pyramid Bread has DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

Nov 6, 2015 @ 2:57am

Ah right. I got it after about 3 or 4 runs, got lucky clearly

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Hexagon

Nov 6, 2015 @ 2:58am

Originally posted by adarazrad:
Originally posted by punishment for decadence:
Well I'm not saying it should be a main, it's just that I've seen quite a few people use the OK Halberd, even seen a few use the Pike and the GS, so I know people do use OK gear. Just not the UGS apparently

well, as i said, its very rare, i farmed for HOURS... i got like 2 stacks of blue eye orbs before i even got this, with farming gear on

I got it as a random drop :p. But in vanilla Dark Souls 2 i had to farm it too (although I never used it).

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