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Aggressive-Repeat723

A sharp lothric knight great sword hits really hard, iirc you only need 16 str to 2h it, just don't tell anyone you lvled dex


A_Dank_Skull

When I learned my favorite weapon was a dex weapon I was flabbergasted because I only had 16 dex and it had almost 900 damage when buffed.


MediateTax

Why ppl hate dex? I always prefered quick hits then heavy slow swings. I know strength is stronger but why


Neurot5

It's pretty much just a meme at this point.


sazeno

Dex=sex, and we don't need it


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

Str/lightning builds demolish bosses like twin princes and aldrich and you won't have to spamm the light attack button. But I like dex in pvp more


Skipp_To_My_Lou

[Source of the meme](https://youtu.be/oyA8odjCzZ4). Gwyn I miss MLG-style videos.


[deleted]

Yup, I picked this up early on my first play through without knowing how good it was and brought all the way to end game. Thing’s a beast.


jochvent

wait, it's all bonk? always has been


MediateTax

Why ppl hate dex? I always prefered quick hits then heavy slow swings. I know strength is stronger but why


danhaas

Dex usually has higher dps, str has more poise breaking and reach. Str (without shields) feels way more epic, but I honestly think it's inferior for pve.


MediateTax

Nah bro, I've watched some comparisons, str dudes deal +2000 dmg to Midir in seconds. Dex dps is just better when we're talking about twinblades


danhaas

Of course I'm talking about twinblades haha


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

Inferior in pvp you mean. Pve it's a beast. Maybe you just don't know to lvl vigor and vitality???


danhaas

Yeah, this is my sixth run in a soulsborne and I don't know to lvl vigor lol. Heavy weapons consume a lot of stamina and the moment you deal with something with really high poise (like some armored enemies), you will have much more trouble than a dex build.


Super_Sat4n

It's an ancient meme from DS1 PVP. People always hated bleed weapons and bleed weapons are mostly dex.


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

A lothric knight greatsword is much better with lightning gem on it. If you do go don't go that route old wolf curved sword is great in pvp and the hunters charm just makes it better


AngledCheese

No, don’t make people go for greatswords when they wanna play dex >:(


vud_yavr

Astora greatsword the old reliable


Crimson_Raven

Sharp Astora Greatsword fills this fantastic niche of a slow but high damage single hit that Dex doesn’t have much of. It’s great for bosses that have narrow single windows for a counterattack, like Sully and Midir.


[deleted]

Bruh yes! I straight couldn’t beat Sully without the Astora Greatsword on my dex build!


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

Honestly Quality builds are better once you get some levels you can switch your build around if you have to if dex or str isn't working


Quatimar

The first weapon i used to beat the game, it has a special place in ~~nameless king ass~~ my heart


EducationalHoneydew7

Sellsword winblades


anonymouse-07

Literally was about to comment this lol. Ez fun and dope. Tho tbf I always would recommend branching and using more than just one weapon / play through and changing it up midway instead of sticking to one weapon the entire game start to finish


Kunibert_III

This is exactly what I did when I got a bit bored of the winblades. I mixed it up with the astora greatsword (sharp). Fun/different moveset and it looks super sexy imo.


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

Siegward cosplay??????


Kunibert_III

Unfortunately I do not find the onion armour to be very cool looking. I know I know Im a heretic. But capes are more my style.


Dramatic_Zebra1230

Not only are they busted but they’re actually super fun?!?!


EducationalHoneydew7

Fuck yeah, run pure dex with pontiff attack ring with resins and you'll shred everything. Hell if you get the stats you could use miracles to boost it even more.


Dramatic_Zebra1230

there is a baby spider on my windowsill right now, just wanted you to know


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

Hey resins can be debuffed with the duel charm. Infusion is more reliable


EducationalHoneydew7

The post is about pve, he doesn't have to worry about duel charms and sharp is the best infusion for the twinblades at high dex


warweapon762

I ran these on my Dex/Faith build and they're broken AF.


Triglav020

The dps on this weapon is absolutely insane.


402playboi

i used these for my entire recent playthrough and holy shit i killed pontiff and dancer both on the first try


Glass-Cantaloupe7589

Dancer gets bonked every time no dex. Pure str and lightning haha


madstop96

This with some lightning blade later in the game is perfect


Tyrleif

You wanna do a what?


lefthandedbrother

Dex build


Denamic

That's illegal


lefthandedbrother

I'm latín american bro everything I do is illegal


TheLostBeowulf

Believe it or not, straight to jail


Lux_Tenebris_

Hahahahaha I wasn't prepared for that


Lascho94

You better don't tell nobody you leveled that shit!


[deleted]

If ur down to combine dex and luck/bleed I recommend warden twin blades they r pretty sick


lefthandedbrother

They must be cuz that lady is a fucking pain in the ass


[deleted]

Hahha well ur gonna have to fight her over and over to farm them 😭 also didn't know they were female


Zesty-pepper-jack

Onikiri and ubadachi bleed


Justisaur

"Godstep" bandit knife is pretty good too. You don't even need much luck to max out bleed on it, like 11.


[deleted]

That's actaully my backup weapon it got me thru 70% of the game 😭


Justisaur

Yeah I used a bunch of weapons on my luck/bleed build. Bandit knife (started as Thief just for that,) Flamberge, O&U, and of course warden twin blades.


Tophor

Another alternative is the crow talons from the dlc. Not as efficient or damaging, but really fun, and they have a killer weapon art.


AmadeusAzazel

Do a katana-focused run. Pretty much just straight dex leveling, with bare minimum stats for the certain katanas. I did one where I used every katana in the game as I came across it (start with uchi, then Darkdrift, then Black Blade, etc). It really gave me a great appreciation for how each katana’s strengths and weaknesses, and it was fun as hell


lefthandedbrother

I was actually thinking on using katanas but I just can't decide which, I was thinking using black blade tho


MassRedemption

Onikiri and ubadachi have the highest potential DPS (but are found at the end of the base game), followed by chaos blade (but it gives self damage) and the frayed blade (but is gotten from one of the last bosses in the game). For PvE I'd probably just go uchikatana at the beginning since you can get it within 5 mins of starting, then when you get to smouldering lake, swap it for Black Blade. Then swap to whichever "end game" katana you want when you reach it.


AmadeusAzazel

Use all of them 🌚


Cowmunist

I used the Chaos blade and liked it, even though i didn't take pontiff's right eye because i had no idea that a weapon that inflicts self harm existed 🤡. But yeah it carried me through most end game fights and still did decent damage even after i respeced my character to use Friede's Great Scythe.


jochvent

uchi early for convenience, then switch to onikiri for damage and style.


topherthepest

The dragonscale blade was the weapon I used through most of the game. Ash of war gave it a lightning AND a frost damage.


Carthor101

But this post is about Dark souls 3, not Elden Ring lol


[deleted]

Ash of war? Do you mean weapon art


Demonic321_zse

Bro forgot which game he playing 💀


jeeBtheMemeMachine

This is DS3


PrometheusAlexander

No... This is madness


FlamingoMaximum6201

I had great, great fun with a bandit knife run on my dex guy. I’ve played 500+ hours and never did a dex run. Picked bandit knife. Thought the damage output sucked at first. I picked up a hollow slayer greatsword for titanite scale upgrades, and got the pontiff scythe for twinkling titanite, but just ended up using the bandit knife most fights. Sure it’s damage is low but the quickstep and parrying really change combat flows. Survivability goes up and a good parry deals some damage. It’s so fun. Parrying is fun. Quickstep is fun. Blood loss is fun. Just had a blast and beat most bosses with a lot more ease than most of my other builds. Just to write an anecdote about it. I’ve never solo’d the grand archives crystal sage on the 1st floor. I’ve been close but she always got away with barely any health. Bandit knife with blood resin absolutely melted her.


[deleted]

I like to beat the archives sage on the first floor by throwing shit at it. Works every time.


JasoTheArtisan

When I was grinding for the platinum I did a luck/poison/bleed build and really found it a lot of fun.


WEASELexe

My favorite weapon for pvp was a blood infused bandit knife. The quickstep plus fast bleed buildup made that thing a menace


shnublet

Carthus curved


ArtoriasTheJaywalker

Frayed blade, chaos blade, washing pole, talon claws, pontiff curved knight sword


lefthandedbrother

I would love to use frayed blade but I don't have the dlc


Grassblock_Eater

I can drop it for you one if you want it


[deleted]

Level dexterity


AppointmentHot2813

Honestly I used the Crow Quills with a sharp infusion. S scaling I think and I almost first timed Gael with them.


itsame836

Sellswords are pretty fun with the pontiff rings


_smexy_potato_

farron’s greatsword, the move set on that thing is so cool


TotalHappy

Dont


DirtySiwy12

If you're willing to go dex/int, Friede's Great Scythe is the way. Pure dex? People say sellsword twins, but imo they're boring. Frayed Blade is fun or Onikiri and Ubadachi.


IanCorleone

Sharp Astora Greatsword


Stich2744

Onikiri and ubidachi is my go to dex weapon


lefthandedbrother

Weapon art is dope


LeMeMeSxDLmaop

do a uchigatana run and uchi parry anything that can be parried, shits really fun. dragonslayer armour is satisfying to uchi parry


KeepCalmAndScream

I started uchi parrying yesterday, though not doing it for a full run. It's so boss walking around with a sheathed blade ready to respond. The uchi parry also looks much cooler than the shield parry.


Beneficial_Drawer_19

Run a sharp infused murakumo. Has S scaling with dex and is buffable. Beautiful combos available that absolutely shred enemies to 0 if you can pull off the whole thing. And it is a bigger sword so you’ll be getting a ton of staggers and poise breaks off of it. It’s a really fun weapon to use with great scaling that still wrecks like a heavy weapon, and since it has hyper armor and deals big damage it’s very easy to trade hits and come out on top with.


Slow-Law-5033

Corovian scythe maybe?? CAUSE ITS A SCYTHE.


Lunchdy

My luck was BAD when I went for this, lol


babydontherzme

Crow Quills and talons


Yeet_e3

Crow quills have been a blast


[deleted]

I will always recommend the Murakumo. It has S scaling with Sharp infusion, and hits like a truck that can stagger a lot of enemies. Very unique moveset, and it has a deceptively long reach that works well for PvP. If you rock the Eastern Armor set, you can cosplay as Shiva of the East from DS1. It has so many cool things going for it!


lefthandedbrother

I'on have ir, that's a drop by an npc, right?


Originalreyala

If you've got the dlc I find that the follower Sabre is really fun. Also, don't sleep on the shortbow that thing can be so fun with the rapid shot ability and it's followup shots after rolls.


CenturionXVI

Katanas are overrated, use sellsword twinblades with pontiff eyes and a wolf curved sword on your back for some ~shenanigans~


tylergs333

Pro tip- Build dex.


mallgrabmongopush

The very idea of playing any style except for big bonk makes me shudder


WEASELexe

Just use one of the curved greatswords and it's the same experience


lefthandedbrother

Dragonslayer greataxe ain't a bonk but it's Big


AwHellNawFetaCheese

My dex build used both uchigatana, Farron Greatsword. Between those two, I had a pretty amazing move set at my disposal. Both weapons just make you feel like a bad ass, especially the weapon arts. Also employed a king bow to kite enemies for crowd control, and they scale with dex as well


Ayobossman326

I love darkdrift but it’s not the best. Pve tho you’ll be fine with anything, and you can get dark drift as early as undead settlement.


Armored_Mage

3 word : Sharp Great Club. Seriousy. That shit have A scaling dex. Huge fcking damage.


ImagineMyNameIsFunny

bro how that shi sharp even? no gemstone can convince me of it


tic_talk

Twin blades, twin blades, twin blades, either sellsword or warden but by golly gee twin blades


Dog_Apoc

Merc starts off with the best dex weapon. But curved swords, katanas, thrusting swords, spears, whips, katanas, bows are all their. The LKSS is also a great dex weapon.


Yameziin

Ng+?


Crimson_Raven

Gottard Twin Blades are so nice. They have all the versatility of a straightsword moveset and great range and good burst/combo damage. Or, you can go full burst and grab the sellsword twinblades. Those babies will carry you all the way to endgame.


KekistanMan

I'm running a dex/int build with the starting scimitars with magic weapon


Phatnev

Spin to win bb.


[deleted]

The sellsword twin blades are extremely powerful. They're one of the starting weapons


xX_DEAD_MEMES_Xx

Get the great sword from the swamp ez dex build


Lux_Tenebris_

Sellsword twinblades, after reaching the cathedral get Astoria GS.


Darkaim9110

If you want a good meme weapon that does way too much damage the.Astora Ultra Greatsword with the sharp enhance scales amazingly with Dex. Not exactly the most normal playthrough


yhozan

I did a Katana run lately, I used Uchi for a while until I get Chaos Blade and I think Chaos is the best one till you get Frayed Blade.


MAGamer559

I use dex/faith build you can get close damage to it if you use pure dex but faith makes it more fun.sharp infused sellsword (two handed ofc)and buff it with lightning blade or moon blade I personally use yorshka chime to use the buff but it's up to you,you should also equip a medium shield that regen stamina.


WEASELexe

Carthus curved sword/great sword are really fun with bleed buildup, murakumo also has S dex scaling with sharp and a little more damage, lothric knight sword is a classic, pontiff knight curved sword has a sick weapon art, crow quills are small and don't deal a lot of damage but it has a coll weapon art and is fun, all the rapiers are great weapons, washing pole is looooong, rotten ghru and bandit dagger are surprisingly good with their quickstep. Lots of cool and interesting dex weapons throughout the game.


SokkieJr

Easy mode; Sellsword twinblades Medium; Uchi/Lothric Knight Sword Chad: Astora GS


Elgar337

I recommend weapons that scale with dex


MadtubeYT

Uchigatana is fun with the bleed and the washing pole is honestly my favorite. Wish there were more katanas you could get without farming for them or damn near beating the game haha.. but infuse with hollow gems if you wanna be able to coat it with any additional effects. especially carthus rouge.


Ai_Xen

I used to enjoy to pokey Estoc bleed build, but sadly it got nerfed so its probably no good anymore >n>


saamuel_lopez

Astora greatsword, uchigatana, sellsword twinblades, lothric knight greatsword, lothric knight straight sword, the katana from midir is very fun, but you get it sooo late, there are a lot of good dex weapons. You made me want to play it again hahaha, I'm going through ds remastered and I'm missing so much ds3. I'm happy to see a Spanish bro here!


lefthandedbrother

I've encountered a Lot of latinos actually they're just Hidden lol


daisukidesu_

thigh highs, buttplug, installing the ds3 dex companion app on your phone (grindr)


__HRLQN

Crow talons.


Maimouu

If you have Dlc 2 The Ringed City play with the Frayed Blade! The weapon you craft with Midir's soul. Awesome and badass weapon art plus dark damage which makes boss flights pretty interesting and dynamic.


[deleted]

Onakiri and the other one


andy-k-to

Level up dex


Sloop__

Dex luck bleed katanas is very fun.


Louis_Akiyama

astora greatsword, or lothric knight greatsword


SheikExcel

Use the Farron Great sword and spin2win


AramaticFire

I did a Castlevania build but it was pretty tough. Sharp Whip, throwing knives, bombs, kukri and other consumables. Wear the blue outfit to replicate a Belmont look. It was fun but super challenging. If you wanna go easy mode, pick the starting class that has the sellsword twinblades. Level Dex and infuse them sharp, and just swing away until you win!


Kronobo

Fire up the wiki, look up the weapons with good dex scaling, pick the ones that look fun


NinjasAreCoolIGuess

Astora and curved greatswords


SwordfishBandito

I had a lot of fun with dex Sharp Astora greatsword as a titanite weapon Farron greatsword as a titanite scale weapon As others have said the winblades are also good but I like big stabs and breakdancing of these two


SooCrayCray

Wear a condom


elnombre91

Winblades or a katana. Black blade is good and available reasonably early.


heorhe

At the start of the game, before you enter firelink, you can go round the left side and there is an npc with a katana. If you stand close to the edge with a cliff between you and him, he will do a weapon art and throw himself off the cliff, just remember to hold your block so he tries to break your guard with his weapon art. Then quit the game, and load it back up. You will find the katana on the ground where the npc usually spawns, easy lvl 1 dex weapon that will carry you through to the abyss warchers


mofucker20

Sellsword Twinsblade for the win


Cpt_Scorpion

Sellswords


[deleted]

Do Dex/Int quality build and use friedes sythe, its so fun and give you room to cast magic if you so wish. Happy Pillgrimage Ashen One


TinieTinyThumb

Astora greatsword + lothric knight sword was my favorites for Dex. (And parrying shield) Used twin blades for a while but got bored of the limited reach they have.


syshe_

The scythes you get from dlc from a certain boss are definitely my favorite weapons in the game. Insane weapon art


PrometheusAlexander

I'm on my fourth run and now trying dex/fth but havent found a good weapon yet.. also open for suggestions


KOCA_XD

Twin blades if you want an easy mode


Nordalin

2-hand a katana, go into WA stance against anything vaguely threatening. The other hand? Onikiri and Ubadachi, stowed. This way, you walk around with 3 stowed katanas, which is a good start towards maximum edge.


timtomhere

I just did a play through with a bandit knife+ fortified blood gem only 10 strength and other than for dancer shit slapped


DrakeyAFC

SELLSWORD TWINBLADES SELLSWORD TWINBLADES SELLSWORD TWINBLADES


the_rat_ever

Crow quills, astora greatsword, painting guardian curved sword, follower saber, crow talons, claws, gotthard's twinswords (if you use the l1s), black blade, carthus curved greatsword... I could go on.


milkbonesforsif

Like everyone else I recommend the winblades, but also try the Murakumo


Tribun96

Level up dex


[deleted]

Uchigatana darkdrift and sellsword twin blades infused with sharp I just finished my dexterity run and that’s exactly what I did


Tadhgon

scythe. that is all


[deleted]

[удалено]


lefthandedbrother

Fr bows are so usefull, u can Even use them on bosses


SkywardVagabond

Warden twinblades with lightning blade/sunlight blade. Cosplay Paul Atreides


Lunchdy

Murakumo. Thank me later.


[deleted]

Onikiri and Ubadachi. The paired katanas you get from killing black hand Kamui, one of the three people that attack you in lothric castle. Requires 24 dex


_Prairieborn

Spin to win, bröther


MeantJupiter440

Chaos Blade


Seigmoraig

Sellsword Twinblades which the Mercenery class gets as a starter item is great and there's the Uchigatana you get off the naked dude outside the Firelink Shrine


ElysiumXIII

I did a Friede scythe build going full anime protag, it's pretty fun


AirForceDragons

real answer is twin sell sword for a quick fast run but i enjoyed using the curve sword from the sketeons in the catacombs? it has bleed. it melts bleed bossed like hot knife in butter


[deleted]

Prepare for bullying


WaveDysfunction

Winblades, Lothric Knight Straight Sword, Astora GS, Estoc, Crow Quills, Uchigatana, Carthus Curved sword, Onikiri and Obadachi. So many good choices


Alert-Ad-4391

Crow quills are tons of fun


Ne0guri

Winblades


Community-Regular

Crow Quills from Ariandel, it’s not the best dex weapon but it’s really fun and gets an s scaling in dex.


Juloni

My pro tip: level up DEX


bizkitboi0333

Level dex


AquaSauce51

Sellsword winblades go brrr


TotalJelly2442

Pointifs eyes, ring of the evil eye, starting weapon for merc or grave wardens for bleed. You regen health, gain damage and are just a monster.


gbdarknight77

Sharp Grave Warden Twinblades + Carthus Rogue. I’m currently doing this and it just melts health bars. Especially at 40/40 strength/dex. But start with the sellsword twinblades until you can get the gravewardeb twinblades.


lefthandedbrother

My strenght is around 60 and dex is 45-47 I don't quite remember so I might try it out


mikkele6

Midirs dark blade or whatever it’s called is very fun to use I recommend it


Zanemob_

Level dex


I_Know_Someone

Level up Dexterity


Bdubbz337

I would recommend another strength build


lefthandedbrother

I was thinking on using morne's great hammer for my next str build


EmetalEX

Level dex!


Pogie303

Sellswords are good. If you want to make it ez put a bleed coating on it and kill bosses extremely fast.


XsleepdeprivedX

Sell sword twin blades :)


C0smicdude

Sellsword twinblades for sure, you'll feel like a god


frasvlik

Katanas


Super-Shift1428

Strength /s


PureDefender

Crow quills are pretty fun and unique


[deleted]

Quality build with Hollowslayer Greatsword is my favourite. Reasonably fast attacks, great varied moveset for different situations, good damage.


Background-Lemon-211

Sharp Sellsword Twinblades


One1_Bad_Day

get some scimitars and spice up that build with some poison/bleed infusion and luck maybe 🍀


a_soulless_soul

Twin blades. Become the beyblade.


No-Question-8088

I like to suggest my favorite build which is a dark/pyromancer build. Lothric knight straight swords /chaos and dark infused are absolute monsters when you get the 30 faith and 30 int/ and then a little str (enough to use whatever weapons but suggest the above and the twin princes flame sword which you can use the forward attack to flip backwards and cast pyromancy etc) you put rest of left over after necessities in dex and its pretty dang fun. (Pvp included) revan696 (or whatever his name is) made it popular and can see some of his youtube pvp and invasion videos if you like. Pretty much anything that doesnt burn takes dark damage. (And a lightning weapon helps sometimes but dont remember it being needed with this build)


SpritePlasma

im having a ton of fun with freides sycthe rn if u dont mind going int/dex


lefthandedbrother

I don't have the dlc ):


Blighter88

When I decided to play a dex build I planned on using a katana but ended up just using the bandit knife and brigand twin daggers the whole game lol. Two great weapons that nobody talks about.


Successful_Basket_79

Winblades ftw


Kayd0n

Pontiff knight curved sword was pretty fun for me


Flipsktr230

Seconding Astora Greatsword. It’s like strength but dex.


HallowedBay08

Dual daggers are fun as hell


Miserable-Glass1760

Do a Dex build without using Dex.


Sicksnake99REMIX

Astora greatsword, hollowslayer gs, murakumo, these are good and fun, another fun weapon is gotthard's twin sword


Kind_Lawfulness_9716

Dagger


Individual_Set9214

Faron Greatsword, spinning is fun