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Claymore +15
		257			100
		192(210)			38
		247(247)			200
		257(257)			6.0
Requirements & Bonus

16	10		–	–
Weapon Type			Greatsword
Attack Type			Regular / Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 192 Physical dmg/210 Magic dmg; with Fire: 247 Physical dmg/247 Fire dmg; with Lightning: 257 Physical dmg/257 Lightning dmg.

Claymore is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

This larger type of greatsword is normally wielded with two hands due to its weight."
"This highly flexible greatsword can be used to attack in swings or thrusts."

How to Get / Where to Find the Claymore

Looted from a body on the bridge, guarded by the Hellkite Wyvern, in upper Undead Burg.
Video Location Timestamp 1:27

Hints and Tips:

Can be given to Kingseeker Frampt to receive 50 Souls.
While one-handed, first R2 attack is a heavy forward thrust, second R2 is a heavy upward slash. R1 into R2 is a true combo of slash and followup thrust.
While two-handed, first R2 is a heavy vertical slash, second R2 a second heavy vertical slash. R1, R2, and then R1 is a true three-hit slashing combo.
Versatile moveset, high AR and moderate speed make this sword a very good and popular weapon for PvP.

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Claymore Upgrade Table

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Overview table for all Upgrades at regular, max and threshold levels. Click on the tabs to see individual upgrade paths in detail. Use this table to quickly compare performance.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonuses				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	103	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +5	154	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +10	206	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +14	247	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +15	257	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal	226	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +4	267	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +5	278	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Lightning	185	-	-	185	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Lightning +4	243	-	-	243	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	52.8	38
Lightning +5	257	-	-	257	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	56	38
Raw	177	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Raw +5	236	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic	115	126	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +5	154	168	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +9	184	201	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +10	192	210	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted	154	164	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +4	178	183	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +5	184	190	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine	105	127	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +5	140	170	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +9	168	204	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +10	175	212	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Occult	142	154	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	110	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +4	176	184	-	-	D	E	-	A	-	110	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +5	184	192	-	-	D	E	-	A	-	110	60	10	40	40	38
Fire	133	-	133	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Fire +5	185	-	185	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	42	40	38
Fire +9	234	-	234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	43.6	40	38
Fire +10	247	-	247	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	44	40	38
Chaos	162	-	187	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Chaos +4 @ 10 Humanity	198 +	-	228 +	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	43.2	40	38
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	207 +	-	239 +	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	44	40	38

Regular Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Regular +6 requires a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Ember. Regular +11 requires a regular +10 weapon and to hand in the Very Large Ember.
Regular Reinforcement Scales 51% for strength dark souls Strength and 51% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 6,000 souls, 9 titanite shards to +5, 9 large titanite shards to +10, 7 titanite chunks to +14 and 1 titanite slab to +15.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	103	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +1 (x1)	113	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +2 (x1)	123	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +3 (x2)	133	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +4 (x2)	144	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +5 (x3)	154	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +6 (x1)	164	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +7 (x1)	175	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +8 (x2)	185	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +9 (x2)	195	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +10 (x3)	206	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +11 (x1)	216	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +12 (x1)	226	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +13 (x2)	236	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +14 (x3)	247	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Regular +15 (x1)	257	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38

Crystal Upgrades are performed by the Giant Blacksmith at Anor Londo.
Crystal Upgrades require a regular +10 weapon and to hand in the Crystal Ember.
Crystal Reinforcement reduces weapon Durability by 20, but increases base damage. It scales 51% for strength dark souls Strength and 51% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	226	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +1 (x1)	236	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +2 (x1)	247	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +3 (x2)	257	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +4 (x3)	267	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Crystal +5 (x1)	278	-	-	-	C	C	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38

Lightning Upgrades are performed by the Giant Blacksmith at Anor Londo.
Lightning Upgrades require a regular +10 weapon, but no special Ember is required.
Lightning Reinforcement removes all scaling but adds Lightning Damage.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	185	-	-	185	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Lightning +1 (x1)	199	-	-	199	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	43.2	38
Lightning +2 (x1)	214	-	-	241	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	46.4	38
Lightning +3 (x2)	228	-	-	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	49.6	38
Lightning +4 (x3)	243	-	-	243	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	52.8	38
Lightning +5 (x1)	257	-	-	257	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	56	38

Raw Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Raw Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Ember.
Raw Reinforcement increases base damage whilst reducing stat bonuses. Scales 38% for strength dark souls Strength and 38% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 large titanite shards.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	177	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Raw +1 (x1)	188	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Raw +2 (x1)	200	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Raw +3 (x2)	212	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Raw +4 (x2)	224	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Raw +5 (x3)	236	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38

Magic Upgrades are performed by Rickert of Vinheim, found in New Londo Ruins.
Magic Upgrade +1 requires a regular +5 weapon. Magic +6 requires a Magic +5 and to hand in the Large Magic Ember.
Magic Reinforcement adds Magic Damage and an Intelligence bonus. The weapon can no longer be buffed with Magic Weapon. Scales 14% for strength dark souls Strength and 14% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 73% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 4,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards to +5, 7 Blue Titanite Chunks to +14 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +15.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	115	126	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +1 (x1)	123	134	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +2 (x1)	130	142	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +3 (x2)	138	151	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +4 (x2)	146	159	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +5 (x3)	154	168	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +6 (x1)	161	176	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +7 (x1)	169	184	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +8 (x2)	177	193	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +9 (x3)	184	201	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Magic +10 (x1)	192	210	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38

Enchanted Upgrades are performed by Rickert of Vinheim, found in New Londo Ruins.
Enchanted Upgrade +1 requires a regular +5 weapon. Enchanted +6 requires a Enchanted +5 and to hand in the Large Magic Ember.
Enchanted Reinforcement increases the Intelligence bonus at the cost of base magic damage. The weapon can no longer be buffed with Magic Weapon. Scales 10% for strength dark souls Strength and 10% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 72% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 8 Blue Titanite Chunks to +4 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +5.

Claymore
	Attack Values			Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	154	164	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +1 (x1)	160	168	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +2 (x1)	166	173	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +3 (x2)	172	178	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +4 (x3)	178	183	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Enchanted +5 (x1)	184	190	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38

Divine Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Divine Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Divine Ember. Divine +6 upgrades require a Divine Weapon +5 and to hand in the Large Divine Ember.
Divine Reinforcement adds Magic Damage and Faith scaling. Scales 20% for strength dark souls Strength and 20% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 73% faith dark souls Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 4,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	105	127	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +1 (x1)	112	136	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +2 (x1)	119	144	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +3 (x2)	126	153	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +4 (x2)	133	161	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +5 (x3)	140	170	-	-	D	E	-	C	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +6 (x1)	147	178	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +7 (x1)	154	187	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +8 (x2)	161	195	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +9 (x3)	168	204	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38
Divine +10 (x1)	175	212	-	-	D	E	-	B	110	-	60	10	40	40	38

Occult Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Occult Upgrades require a Divine +5 weapon and to hand in the Dark Ember.
Occult Reinforcement reduces the base damage but increases Faith scaling. Scales 18% for strength dark souls Strength and 18% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 86% faith dark souls Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	142	154	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +1 (x1)	150	161	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +2 (x1)	159	169	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +3 (x2)	167	177	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +4 (x3)	176	184	-	-	D	E	-	A	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Occult +5 (x1)	184	192	-	-	D	E	-	A	-	-	60	10	40	40	38

Fire Upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Vamos in The Catacombs.
Fire Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon. Fire +6 requires a Fire +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Flame Ember.
Fire Reinforcement adds Fire Damage but removes all scaling bonuses from the weapon.
To reach max, you need: 4,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	133	-	133	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Fire +1 (x1)	144	-	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40.4	40	38
Fire +2 (x1)	154	-	154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40.8	40	38
Fire +3 (x2)	164	-	164	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	41.2	40	38
Fire +4 (x2)	175	-	175	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	41.6	40	38
Fire +5 (x3)	185	-	185	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	42	40	38
Fire +6 (x1)	197	-	197	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	42.4	40	38
Fire +7 (x1)	210	-	210	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	42.8	40	38
Fire +8 (x2)	222	-	222	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	43.2	40	38
Fire +9 (x3)	234	-	234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	43.6	40	38
Fire +10 (x1)	247	-	247	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	44	40	38

Chaos Upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Vamos in The Catacombs.
Chaos Upgrades require a Fire +5 weapon and to hand in the Chaos Flame Ember.
Fire Reinforcement reduces Fire Damage but adds a bonus based on the Humanity you hold.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab.

Claymore
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	162	-	187	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40	40	38
Chaos +1 (x1)	171	-	197	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	40.8	40	38
Chaos +2 (x1)	180	-	208	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	41.6	40	38
Chaos +3 (x2)	188	-	218	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	42.4	40	38
Chaos +4 (x3)	198	-	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	43.2	40	38
Chaos +5 (x1)	207	-	239	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	10	44	40	38

Greatswords

Abyss Greatsword ♦ Bastard Sword ♦ Black Knight Sword ♦ Crystal Greatsword ♦ Flamberge ♦ Greatsword of Artorias ♦ Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed) ♦ Man-Serpent greatsword ♦ Moonlight Greatsword ♦ Obsidian Greatsword

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- Anonymous
  30 Apr 2023 15:07
  I am Commander Shepard and this is my favorite sword in Lordran.
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- Anonymous
  28 Apr 2023 05:29
  The first time I looted this sword, I thought it dropped by one of those Undead Warriors who were killed by the dragon before. I was so stupid, that I started to farm these guys on the bridge to get a second Claymore. Haha :D
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- Anonymous
  13 Apr 2023 14:12
  Why should you use the Claymore when you can use the Man-Serpent Greatsword for nearly the same damage?
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- Anonymous
  08 Apr 2023 18:10
  I HAD TO LEVEL DEX TO EQUIP THIS I AM SO ANGRY.
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- Anonymous
  02 Mar 2023 00:15
  Lmao wtf is "true combo" supposed to mean? That's literally nonsense, any combination of attacks is a COMBO. That's where the word comes from lol. Nobody has ever used much less popularized the vernacular "true combo" in any Fromsoft games, stop making things up for no reason. It's like how some people say "liquid humanity" like lmao it's always been called "soft" humanity, in over a decade I've never heard someone actually call it that. And true combo lmfao I just can't get over that totally made up phrase, like what the hell would that even pertain to, how is a thrust and slash not a "true combo" but a slash and thrust is? That makes no sense, so just an fyi for anyone trying to make edits to these pages, stop trying to completely make up vocabulary that hasn't ever existed among fans as if it means anything. There is no such thing as a "true combo", just a true idiot fabricating lies on a wiki for one of the most well established and open communities in gaming to ever exist. Hahaha, "true combo" lol what's next, you gonna say how fast rolling and mid rolling are the same and that fat roll is secretly the quickest? What a fool
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- Anonymous
  16 Feb 2023 09:55
  I don't understand why people seem to like it, it seems like it has poor damage and it has a normal way of attacking, can someone explain? I think my dark halberd is way better
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- Anonymous
  02 Jan 2023 11:06
  eretyui
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- Anonymous
  15 Dec 2022 18:01
  I love this thing. I am kinda clueless on picking weapons, but I think this hits the balance sweet spot between Damage,Stamina consumption,Swing speed and a nice one handed moveset. I'm not a big fan of the two handed moveset or the running attack but it's still a nice damn sword. +12 carried me till end game without any big deal
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- Anonymous
  04 Dec 2022 15:58
  Anyone like the lightning claymore? Just got it to +4 and it's damage is mediocre but it seems to stun enemies often
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- Anonymous
  02 Dec 2022 20:35
  Using it in one hand requires 16 f*cking STR and 10 DEX (the one u should never tell anyone about). Do you see a pattern here?
  
  +15 regular or +5 lightning Claymore with it's great moveset is actually very good side-arm for Giant Dad builds for this sticky situations when we actually need to use shield to parry/riposte/block or use something that do not deal fire damage. Since clay is lighter than zwei we can also switch shield to heavier than grass crest without loosing our fast movement.
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- Anonymous
  18 Jul 2022 11:11
  Gods bless the claymore
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- Anonymous
  23 May 2022 02:30
  In claymore, we thrust!
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- Anonymous
  16 May 2022 00:25
  Claymore +10 divine and Faith up to 50 High damage to (pvp/pve) very useful if you a full on faith build
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- Anonymous
  13 May 2022 14:06
  Old reliable
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- Anonymous
  26 Jan 2022 16:45
  Doctor Claymore. Removes all ailments and infirmities with a simple, spirited swing of both hands.
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- Anonymous
  24 Jan 2022 21:15
  Have it on +15 with 40 Dex and 40 Strength. An absolute unit of a weapon. Got me feeling like a true scotswoman.
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- Anonymous
  23 Jan 2022 15:06
  Is claymore good for a faith dex build? I want my faith level to get up to 50 and dex to possibly 40. In any case, should I go for divine or occult?
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- Anonymous
  11 Jan 2022 11:58
  How can I get this while keeping the hellkite wyvern for killing later on? When I get this weapon, the wyvern always flies away.
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- Anonymous
  06 Dec 2021 21:41
  15+ Claymore, 26 strength, 18 dex ( Black Knight Sword as a back up ), gold pine resin, grass shield, 40 Vitality, Paladin Set. Found it really strong even PVP or PVE
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- Anonymous
  26 Oct 2021 13:28
  Best weapon in the game
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- Anonymous
  07 Sep 2021 12:25
  fantastic weapon but unfortunately it just barely loses to the gargoyle halberd since the halberd has range dmg over it and it gives you status boosts, but if you want moveset and looks go for this godly weapon.
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- Anonymous
  07 Sep 2021 12:23
  once i used a zweihander... but then i listened to blood of bannockburn and suddenly it was a claymore ready to fight the brits!
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- Anonymous
  29 Aug 2021 07:21
  im used to getting interrupted when swinging around a zweihander but with this, its fast enough to deal damage
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- Anonymous
  28 Aug 2021 14:47
  Is this good for Dex builds?
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- Anonymous
  25 Aug 2021 13:28
  If you playmore with the claymore, you will slaymore with the claymore.
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- Anonymous
  04 Jul 2021 03:05
  9/10 doctors recommend Claymore™️ for their patients with high strength builds
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- Anonymous
  16 May 2021 04:25
  Can You only find This weapon once or can you farm it?
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- Anonymous
  26 Apr 2021 09:01
  this thing is a BEAST. i got it up to +5 chaos and while it doesnt do as much damage as the zwei its moveset and looks definitely make up for it
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- Anonymous
  14 Apr 2021 00:54
  Anyone know if this is good with occult
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- Anonymous
  12 Apr 2021 17:04
  guys chaos +5 or +15 normal for a quality medium armor build? idk if i should put tons of levels into str/dex or not
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- Anonymous
  06 Apr 2021 13:31
  I picked up this thing on my blind first play through with the intent of doing a faith+strength build (played the other two dark souls games before this one), and with the intent of likely swapping it out for something like a vertical ulgs, but everytime I found new weapons I just could not get myself to swap off. Ended the game just absolutely in love with this weapon. It's fast, deals good damage, and has a versatile and fun moveset combining both 2h and 1h. You get it super early on and is good even through endgame. HIGHLY recommend for PvE as well as PvP
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- Anonymous
  01 Apr 2021 00:26
  the scaling for divine is wrong, it is d in Str, a d in dex, and a c in faith.
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- pelida77
  10 Mar 2021 17:38
  If you are doing PVP this is arguably the best weapon in the game... The base damage is quite good without being OP, same with the scaling, but what makes it so good is the Moveset... Everything with the claymore is well balanced, the Weapon is good enough to let you LEARN (maybe even kill) AS A RESULT of your skills (not of the weapon power), and so you start to... git gud (eventually_... Lets say something like the Goldtracer - terrible effing weapon - you will get some wins as a result of the weapon being so OP (not really against an experienced player) but what can you learn from a freaking goldtrracer? : just to spam the R1.
  You master the claymore, you are ready to fight with any weapon of the game
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- Anonymous
  05 Mar 2021 09:57
  mini zweihander
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- Anonymous
  07 Feb 2021 20:27
  doing level 80 pop with this and +5 giants armour is op as hell, you just r1 and they die.
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- Anonymous
  27 Jan 2021 00:42
  I'm not sure if the scaling is correct?
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- Anonymous
  20 Dec 2020 10:54
  Would you mind if I point out that the bastard sword technically deals more damage?
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- Anonymous
  13 Dec 2020 16:57
  It's a d str do dex and can faith
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- Anonymous
  27 Nov 2020 23:42
  If someone is onehanding, R1 spam will combo until they are out of stamina. Make sure to toggle escape
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- Anonymous
  11 Nov 2020 03:53
  Claymore is life. Claymore is wife.
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- Anonymous
  07 Nov 2020 17:13
  WARNING! military issue
  if you get close enough it'll explode
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- Anonymous
  28 Oct 2020 18:35
  It has a same move set like long sword but bigger
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- Anonymous
  31 Aug 2020 02:00
  It impresses me how much people love this greatsword, but currently I have it both with the black night sword, and I just feel like the bk sword is much stronger. If someone could explain me why everyone is so loving for this weapon I would appreciate it
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- PontiffSullivan
  29 Aug 2020 20:45
  So I'm planning on making a faith paladin with sunlight blade, should I make this beauty raw or standard and go quality build?
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- Anonymous
  24 Jul 2020 08:30
  Best greatsword in the series.
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- BigFaithBigStrength
  16 Jul 2020 02:13
  The Claymore is essentially a Bastard sword that you can get for free with a better strong attack. Absolutely amazing weapon.
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- Anonymous
  22 Jun 2020 02:27
  What do I infuse this weapon with to get the highest possible phisical damage-numbers?
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- Anonymous
  18 Jun 2020 18:52
  I tried so hard to get this thing of beauty... I knew where it was, I just didn’t know how to get past that wyvern. I mean, for f*cks sake I died over a dozen times just trying to reach that bonfire. In my last attempt I was just standing in that save space, just spacing out, looking up how the f*ck you could get past it. But before I realised, that goddamn thing just flew down and started walking towards me. As soon as I noticed, I just ran for my life. Only one frame away from being roasted yet again before I sat down in safety. And when I turned around the wyvern was gone... I took the Claymore, equipped it, and I’m never gonna main any other weapon anymore (maybe). I’m so happy with this weapon, but I have to ask; where did that wyvern go?
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- Anonymous
  17 Jun 2020 15:13
  Hi everyone i played ds3 and bloodborne i wanted to make a 60/60/60/30 (strength,Dex,Faith,int) build and wanted to ask which infusion to make thanks
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- Anonymous
  12 Jun 2020 12:02
  One of the crappiest weapons in the game, so little damage compared to other great swords, may as well use a long sword.
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- Anonymous
  29 May 2020 19:38
  Claymore. Swamp, green titanite shard from worm with master key. Great Hollow for blue titanite chunk. Come back to darkwood garden grab enchanted coal from chest near the mushrooms men. Upgrade your claymore. Have an enchanted claymore at the start of the game! Intelligence will upgrade your spells and your sword!
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- Anonymous
  20 May 2020 16:59
  A nice wee bit of trivia: The Claymore in game is the very same as the Scottish Highland Claymore, or "Claidheamh-mòr" (pronounced "Clay-em-mor" in Scottish Gaelic, the language of the Scottish Highlands at the time the sword was fashioned).
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- Anonymous
  21 Apr 2020 04:24
  What type of Ascension for Claymore is good in PvE? Chaos, Lightning or Regular?
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- Anonymous
  25 Feb 2020 18:09
  Baemore
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- Anonymous
  17 Jan 2020 14:11
  Penetrate my deepest areas, Claymore
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- Anonymous
  31 Dec 2019 01:04
  Best looking greatsword in game
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- DTAsspen
  29 Jul 2019 20:20
  Barely getting into Dark Souls, and I'm trying to understand why the Claymore is praised so much. Is it the scaling bonus? Does it not cap?
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- Anonymous
  02 May 2019 04:14
  modify with lightning or upgrade to +15 for a pve quality build?
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- Anonymous
  05 Feb 2019 17:24
  Crossposting this from the Bastard Sword article; since that article said Claymore had a preferable moveset, I decided to chart the differences for anyone who like me was curious. SO, my comparison of this sword's (BS) moveset with Claymore (CM): IDENTICAL - their onehanded (1h) R1s and twohanded (2h) R1s are the same (horizontal slash, overhead slam respectively); their twohanded R2s are both horizontal slashes; their 1h and 2h running/backstep attacks are the same (spin attacks); and their 1h rolling attacks are the same (overhead slam). WHERE THEY DIFFER - BS's onehanded R2 and twohanded rolling attack are overhead slams; CM's 1H R2 and twohanded rolling attack are thrust attacks. I believe that's everything, please leave a message if I did miss any differences in their movesets!
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- Anonymous
  04 Feb 2019 00:55
  Whoever listed the "combos" (the 2H R1,R2,R1, or 1H R1,R2 for example) in this article... doesn't know much about this game. Every other weapon in this game that has R1,R1 and/or R2,R2 strings will essentially do the same thing with those inputs. The 1H R1, R2, for example, is straight up just the R1 attack followed by the R2 attack. The other one is the same, except the R2 is followed up by the second R1 attack in the R1,R1 chain. Again, every weapon with strings (i.e. not warpick and so on) can do these same "combos," they are not particular to this weapon. Disappointing but not unexpected.
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- Anonymous
  03 Feb 2019 08:26
  Is this a good choice for a strength/faith build?
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- bukharajones
  30 Nov 2018 13:02
  While I'm a sentimental sucker for the Greatsword and never don't love black knight weapons when running fast in ng, it's easily the best all around weapon in the game. With relatively low stat investment, an elemental chaos claymore is hell on wheels for ng base game pvp and pve, and a fully upgrade claymore at +15 all around will never fail you with it's beautiful moveset when you move into NG+ and beyond. Anyway, when I say beautiful, this clip I took yesterday on twitch says it better than any post I could make:
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- Anonymous
  24 Nov 2018 11:19
  i have the required stats but it gives me fatroll
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- Anonymous
  11 Nov 2018 02:06
  claymore or zweihander ? cant choose
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- Anonymous
  13 Aug 2018 14:51
  Amazing weapon, best experienced at +15 40 Dex/40 Strength.
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  04 Jun 2018 04:31
  Best weapon if you get it to +15
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  31 May 2018 01:27
  Claymore makes me diamond hard.
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- Anonymous
  25 Apr 2018 17:09
  play more with the claymore
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- Anonymous
  14 Apr 2016 14:36
  j' ai ma claymore foudre +5, est t' il possible de faire pluys de dégat en montant une stat particulière. merci
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