Early game Luck weapon

[Tedly]

I want to go for a Dex/Luck build so i picked the thief staring class and already put around 25 points into luck. I'm currently using the dagger you get with the thief and already have a hard time clearing through the first areas. So I was wondering if there are any good luck weapons early on in the game that i could use instead?

[TrueArchery]

Rush for Anri's Sword.

[undrentide]

Go for the Uchitanga - if you go up the right side of the firelink shrine to where the locked tower is youll see a tree which you can jump on to reach the rooftop of firelink shrine, run round the outsidetowards the left and follow it round till you see a guy wielding a long weapon guarding another locked tower door - dont drop down to fight him, he;ll be too tough at this point unless your really good. Use a bow and arrow from the roof and just chip away at him, eventually he'll die, after about 20 arrows to the head, voila, a decent weapon thats good for causing bleed. Someone said if you infuse it with a fire gem itll make the first half of the game much easier. If you need a bow theres one literally as you drop into the high wall, either keep killing the first archer near the bonfire or follow the right hand path down the stairs, and up the nearby tower, there youll see a load of mobs, the bow is on the ground at the back near the stairs but beware one of the mobs turns into a pus of man so be quick!

[Hekk]

Originally posted by undrentide:

Go for the Uchitanga - if you go up the right side of the firelink shrine to where the locked tower is youll see a tree which you can jump on to reach the rooftop of firelink shrine, run round the outsidetowards the left and follow it round till you see a guy wielding a long weapon guarding another locked tower door - dont drop down to fight him, he;ll be too tough at this point unless your really good. Use a bow and arrow from the roof and just chip away at him, eventually he'll die, after about 20 arrows to the head, voila, a decent weapon thats good for causing bleed. Someone said if you infuse it with a fire gem itll make the first half of the game much easier. If you need a bow theres one literally as you drop into the high wall, either keep killing the first archer near the bonfire or follow the right hand path down the stairs, and up the nearby tower, there youll see a load of mobs, the bow is on the ground at the back near the stairs but beware one of the mobs turns into a pus of man so be quick!

He asked for luck weapons, Anri's sword is the best you can get early. Later on, hollow infused Warden Twinblades.
OP; just don't level up dex more than neccessary. Focus on luck, since luck weapons have a tendency to scale badly with rest of stats.

[undrentide]

Thanks Hekk, im just going by what ive found to work... Ill keep an eye out for the weapons youve mentioned seeing as im trying to go down a similar route.

[bunny puncher]

These tips assume you don't artificially rush getting late-ish game items, Anri sword, Hollow infusion, Warden Twinblades (expect this one to get nerfed soon-ish, btw), etc...

- Good to infuse the Bandit Knife in the early game with Fire. Unlike other weapons elementally infused, it loses no base physical damage. The difference between an early-game Raw Bandit Knife and Fire Bandit Knife is about 50 AR, iirc. Yes, it's split damage, but the difference is big enough that the Fire infusion is still doing more dps on most enemies, including players. Make sure you use Quickstep; it's super powerful in both PvE and PvP and seems to be underrealized so far in PvP (lots of i-frames if you have FP, more than in a roll). The Bleed will proc plenty often if you've already got 25 Luck. In PvP, use it for hyper-aggression / chase-down tactics with Quickstep.

Nice thing about the Bandit Knife is that it can remain a useful side-arm the whole game. Quickstep never stops being powerful.

- See if you can get a Flamberge from those two (?) enemies in Undead Settlement that have a chance to drop it. I found it fastest to farm from the Cliffside bonfire. Kind of tough to get the Bleed to proc on players early-game, but it'll proc in early-game PvE against the bigger enemies. Greirat does not sell the Flamberge so afaik this is the only way to get it. Especially early-game it's quite powerful thanks to high base-damage and low-ish weight for the class. It lacks any poke moves, though, and it's pure Slash damage (most greatswords are the preferable Standard damage). And the Stance weapon-art on greatswords is kind of bad (too slow, and L2+R2 doesn't cover much ground) unless you're using a weapon-art shield to make the moves more surprising.

- Be a weeb and go for the Uchi, I guess. But keep in mind it DOES NOT have reliable two-hit R1 stun, unlike most weapons in the game.

- Get ten shackles for the Bloodlust katana, but honestly other than looks, the Uchi is a better katana with a superior weapon-art and reach.

- The reinforced club lootable from Undead Settlement (it's in the cemetary) has Bleed, and connecting the weapon-art on something is almost guaranteed to proc it. Using said art in PvP though is likely get you backstabbed unless you're cunning with your timing / opportunism.

- Try using a scythe. There's one available early game, pretty sure it was in Undead Settlement. Then another type is available as a pretty common drop from the mobs in the first section of Road of Sacrifices. The weapon-art is cool and biggity-badass in PvE but don't expect many hits with it in PvP.

[CannonFodderZ23]

Originally posted by bunny puncher:

These tips assume you don't artificially rush getting late-ish game items, Anri sword, Hollow infusion, Warden Twinblades (expect this one to get nerfed soon-ish, btw), etc...

- Good to infuse the Bandit Knife in the early game with Fire. Unlike other weapons elementally infused, it loses no base physical damage. The difference between an early-game Raw Bandit Knife and Fire Bandit Knife is about 50 AR, iirc. Yes, it's split damage, but the difference is big enough that the Fire infusion is still doing more dps on most enemies, including players. Make sure you use Quickstep; it's super powerful in both PvE and PvP and seems to be underrealized so far in PvP (lots of i-frames if you have FP, more than in a roll). The Bleed will proc plenty often if you've already got 25 Luck. In PvP, use it for hyper-aggression / chase-down tactics with Quickstep.

Nice thing about the Bandit Knife is that it can remain a useful side-arm the whole game. Quickstep never stops being powerful.

- See if you can get a Flamberge from those two (?) enemies in Undead Settlement that have a chance to drop it. I found it fastest to farm from the Cliffside bonfire. Kind of tough to get the Bleed to proc on players early-game, but it'll proc in early-game PvE against the bigger enemies. Greirat does not sell the Flamberge so afaik this is the only way to get it. Especially early-game it's quite powerful thanks to high base-damage and low-ish weight for the class. It lacks any poke moves, though, and it's pure Slash damage (most greatswords are the preferable Standard damage). And the Stance weapon-art on greatswords is kind of bad (too slow, and L2+R2 doesn't cover much ground) unless you're using a weapon-art shield to make the moves more surprising.

- Be a weeb and go for the Uchi, I guess. But keep in mind it DOES NOT have reliable two-hit R1 stun, unlike most weapons in the game.

- Get ten shackles for the Bloodlust katana, but honestly other than looks, the Uchi is a better katana with a superior weapon-art and reach.

- The reinforced club lootable from Undead Settlement (it's in the cemetary) has Bleed, and connecting the weapon-art on something is almost guaranteed to proc it. Using said art in PvP though is likely get you backstabbed unless you're cunning with your timing / opportunism.

- Try using a scythe. There's one available early game, pretty sure it was in Undead Settlement. Then another type is available as a pretty common drop from the mobs in the first section of Road of Sacrifices. The weapon-art is cool and biggity-badass in PvE but don't expect many hits with it in PvP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzgW69kJMS4

[CannonFodderZ23]

Originally posted by undrentide:

Go for the Uchitanga - if you go up the right side of the firelink shrine to where the locked tower is youll see a tree which you can jump on to reach the rooftop of firelink shrine, run round the outsidetowards the left and follow it round till you see a guy wielding a long weapon guarding another locked tower door - dont drop down to fight him, he;ll be too tough at this point unless your really good. Use a bow and arrow from the roof and just chip away at him, eventually he'll die, after about 20 arrows to the head, voila, a decent weapon thats good for causing bleed. Someone said if you infuse it with a fire gem itll make the first half of the game much easier. If you need a bow theres one literally as you drop into the high wall, either keep killing the first archer near the bonfire or follow the right hand path down the stairs, and up the nearby tower, there youll see a load of mobs, the bow is on the ground at the back near the stairs but beware one of the mobs turns into a pus of man so be quick!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OqlBw_zo4