Piercing Swords are faster, but weaker and most of them are purely thrust). They all have more or less the same speed (Katanas are a tad slower and Curved Swords are a tad faster, but it's close enough toput them together. Small weapons includes Straight/Short Swords and Hand Axes as well as Curved Swords and Katanas and Piercing Swords. Because of this I won't include the name of the weapon in this section since it should be the Bandit's knife for most if not all. The only difference is that the Bandit's knife has a higher Critical Stat (147 vs 131). There are only 3 upgradable daggers in the game, and the Parrying Dagger has a significantly lower damage, while the Dagger and the Bandit's Knife have the exact same damage. I don't think many people actually USE daggers, but for the sake of completition, I'll Include them as well. Dual types deal roughly 100 LESS damage in PVP due to enemy defenses. Then the ACTUAL damage would have to be calculated against the defense of BOTH types of the enemy, this usually lowers the actual damage you deal. If you are using a weapon with 2 types of damage (refer to example above). For example for the piercing weapons, the Estoc owns all the other upgradable piercing weapons by a long shot, So I didn't even consider the others.Дamages are shown in the following format: 720(378/342/0/0) This means that this weapon does 378 Physical Dmg, 342 Magic Dmg, 0 Fire Dmg and 0 Lighning Dmg, for a grand total of 720 Dmg.ДЇinal Note: Notice that I did not take into consideration enemy defenses in this guide, which is something you should do. this is because before calculating all this I did a rough overlook to define the best weapons in each category. Throughout this block of text you will realize that I mention some weapons before showing their stats. So I wouldn't consider raising any of these stats beyond 40 unless you're going for a max level character. After 40 any increase to damage is almost nonexistent unless you buy like 20 levels at a time. If you are reading this BEFORE building your character then take into consideration that after 30 each stat gives horrible returns per level. In other cases I WILL post other runner up weapons at the bottom that are worth considering. This means that if your character has all stats more or so well rounded (Str, Dex, Int, and Faith are all around 30), then these numbers SHOULD apply. In both of these cases, damage calculations were done using max stats (All stats 99). If anything, use this little 'guide' to know what weapons to look out for as you play.Д«EFORE YOU READ: Be aware that these calculations were made using a stat calculator as well as personally testing them with my own test character. and managed to find a group of 'Best' weapons for each. I divided the weapons in different categories according to their speed and damage. After HOURS of calculations, testing, and speed runs, I understood why these treads were inconclusive the weapons are way too different from one another to even compare them. I have seen countless 'Best weapon' threads around the internet, and all of them were pretty inconclusive, so I decided to take it upon myself to find out what the REAL best weapon is. Guides like this one but updated to Dark Souls Remastered will likely be added under the Guides & Walkthroughs page so keep an eye out.

Therefore, please do your own research before committing to any one build. Please be mindful that the recommendations on this page are not 'official' and they sum up to one player's opinion on the best approach. Recommended Endgame Weapons is a Dark Souls guide created by used Aierce.

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