Are boss weapons worth it?

[Mightynubnub]

i mean the majority of them can't be buffed or infused so is it worth getting them?

[Sir Latrine de Bretagne]

Fun factor. Plus, Black knight weapons can't be buffed or infused, and they are still very powerful. I am sure the same thing apply to some boss weapons.

[Linblum]

Profaned Greatsword is 10/10 at 40str and 40dex

[Mightynubnub]

fun factor? how so?

[Sabata The One]

Boss weapons seem to be more eye candy this time around. For example: i really want to love the Unique farron ugs because the moveset is so cool but well its not that good

[Coin]

From what i've seen: nope.

[Sir Latrine de Bretagne]

Originally posted by Mightynubnub:

fun factor? how so?

Weapons with fun moveset, like the Wolf Knight's Greatsword for exemple. You don't have to be a metaboy.

[CutACrow]

Imo You could kill anyone with anything if you are skilled with whatever weapon you like (visually, Moveset wise, etc) I mean not all fights (PvP and PvE) have to go down in an instant could be dragged out and you could try and figure different counters to foes. I like the Wolf greatsword even though an Estoc User could stab me down in a few hits doesnt mean im totally helpless.

[Desolate Pond]

Wolf Knight GS is actually surprisingly good. The weapon art R2 leap has tons of hyper armor and flattens opponents, though I haven't tested if the flattening effect beats other peoples' hyper armor. Besides that, all non-buffable weapons still receive bonus damage from the Sunlight Straightsword weapon art, which is an incredibly strong buff on a 40/40 build.

[Bike Knight]

The Dragonslayer Swordspear's lightning bolt art does ~500 damage at 30 faith and buffs the weapon as well, so I'd say that's one boss weapon that's definitely worth it.

[Sand]

Originally posted by Aishiteru:

Depends if you want their specials or just wanna use em for fun. Otherwise no. Being unable to infuse/buff is a large decrease to your damage per hit.

Yhorm's Great Machete, about 590 damage with 40 str

[Baldzinga]

Hollowslayer Greatsword is a top notch weapon, in my opinion.

[CutACrow]

If I may add to this mini boss weapons could be usefull as well (ex: Irithyll Straight sword is pretty good and is not like the Drake sword entirely either)

[Sand]

Originally posted by Aishiteru:

Originally posted by LS:

Yhorm's Great Machete, about 590 damage with 40 str

Compared to what infusable/buffable weapon?

I don't know, a normal great machete? Yhorm's is 338 with A scaling in STR, normal heavy is 308 with B STR

[RADIATA]

Get both weapons from the Twin Prince's. Fuse them together. I love the result.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Some of them are great (I personally LOVE the Dragonslayer Sword Spear), and some of them are pretty crap (Astor's Spear). It really depends on your build, and how useful the weapon art is for the purpose you are using the weapon.

Some really good weapons drop from NPC invader types too, like the Fume Ultra Greatsword (if you're a mostly pure Str guy).

As always though it depends.