Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed) | Dark Souls Wiki

Can someone explain why the game suggests that i'm only able to upgrade to the normal version? I've upgraded the bandit knife and the balder one, both of them would be the "non" cursed variant. But i want to upgrade to the cursed one.

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Wait I wanna know more about these “creatures of the abyss”; things live down there?

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This is my first play through, so I haven’t yet seen all the weapons.. but this guy is metal AF.

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swords like these only make sense if pyromancy were to scale off int and faith like in ds3

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Artorias, the dude with three versions of his sword and two versions of his shield. Wtf.

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Never have I felt so overqualified to wield a video game weapon before

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I love going to new londo,playing ghostbusters theme and swinging this at every **** ghost

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this looks like Rebellion from Devil may cry

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This is just a really good sword in general, and not just because you can bonk ghosts with it :)

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i use it just because it´s cool

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fun fact about these weapons for PvP: when used without the faith or int stat requirements the weapon still deals full damage but bounces every time you hit someone. this can be abused with a tech. i call it standstill i dont know the real name but basically if you are put into an animation like the bounce from this weapon hitting a wall getting kicked entering hitstun or waking up from a backstab you simply dont touch any inputs and your immune to backtab attempts for about 2-3 seconds. if someone attempts one the backstab will not be inputted allowing you to punish someone if they go for it. however a good player that stance cancels or kick confirms will just get a stance change or a kick respectively. this weapon isnt actually that good while doing this but its very fun and if the opponent does know about it its pretty effective.

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I like referring to this as a Ghostbuster Sword.

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This sword is very effective on high level builds, the pure physical AR you can reach with it is very hard to top

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I just use it to whack ghosts. The vertical swing is effective at bonking the floor. I feel like Eustus getting his mallet.

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That’ll teach me to not double check the stat requirements for a weapon… BOLLOCKS!!

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this is the perfect weapon for doing an Aragorn cosplay

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Trash damage not worth

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Love how the Lore section of this page is... man, just delete that chihuahua squirt.

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"The sword can damage ghosts, as it was cursed when Artorias joined a covenant with the creatures of the Abyss." That right there is really interesting. It would have to refer to the creatures of the original Abyss, before Manus with the Dark Soul was corrupted. Alvina and Sif, and most likely Artorias too, seem to have shared a bond together. We see Alvina traversing the Abyss in AoTA, so could she be an abyssal creature? Wait, what if Sif was also an abyssal creature, and Artorias got him as a pet friend when he made a covenant with the abyssal creatures? In the Covenant of Artorias item description, they are also referred to as "beasts of the Abyss". Big beastly cats, big beastly wolves, probably other different animal creatures too?

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i wanted to know what the max damage of the weapon was at softcaps, and oddly enough, both soulsplanner and mugenmonkey showed that this weapon doesnt scale with faith or int, only physical stats. could someone check ingame if that is correct ? it wouldn't be the first time that fromsoft shows fake scaling (like for the thorolund talisman having c scaling in faith but a flat magadjust of 165).

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With all these stat scalings, it makes me feel like this sword would be absurdly powerful if used during/after a NG+ or two. I know the R2s are slow, but all other attacks are the same as the BKS, and it feels like it has a slightly longer swing range.
I know I’m looking forward to finding out just how hard this can wreck in PvE. Probably will use the non-cursed version for my later divine weapon, too. Has anyone tried this out themselves at like 40+ str, dex, int and faith yet and care to share their experience?

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correct me if im wrong but why the heck do you need faith and intelligents to use this sword correctly?

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Is this good for a lvl 802 build?

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I have extra soul of sif, need moonlight Greatsword or Smoughs soul. I have some other extras too. Need pricilla dagger tail and gaping dragon tail as well. PS4 PSN choko_unltd100

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Does this weapon increase Karmic Justice damage like the not cursed one?

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for anyone who wants to know the requirements for the sword are. str 24, dex 18, intel 18 and faith 18

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Worth it or not?

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Nice damage but requiring 4 stats to use it is a turn off for me

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Note of warning, through the Giant Blacksmith's Upgrade menu. It does not say whether it curse or not, go by the damage and stats displayed on here if you're confuse. (FYI this is from the Xbox 360 version, do not know if that changed for the other versions).

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i made thismbut i can´t hit ghosts at first i tough crap i got the normal one but no its black like this one

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Remember guys if you wanna make it a CURSED sword to kill ghosts you need a normal straight sword +10 before you do the ascension. If you do it at +9 or lower it won’t work! You’ll only be making a regular.

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does this sword have the same moveset as Artorias or is that only for the abyss Greatsword

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I think the wiki doesnt day It but this sword also stops the catacomb skeletons from reviving

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Would be fun if you could curse enemies, or if they turned to stone after you killed them even if it didnt give curse effect.

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I’m gonna make this sword only because of New Londo. Hate that place. I don’t like relying on a item you can’t properly farm to get through a place that will almost definetly kill you if you don’t.

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Y'all are really arguing over lore in a game where they call a character big hat logan because he has a big hat

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What's the poise damage? I think every weapon should list it

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Can anyone drop this for me, I would give him a non-cursed version. Made mistake...:/

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would anyone be interested in trading this for a quaelaags furysword? im on switch and i dont use the furyswod that much.

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Can someone drop me sif's soul I made the wrong one and I really don't feel like running through the game again for it. Ps4 password beefcake

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it doesnt scale with int or faith despite having a c in both

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this aint enchantable

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For anyone else who is an idiot like me :) The best way to know for sure which one you're making, is to only have a dagger/straightsword etc +10 in your inventory. Because the two types of greatswords: Cursed/Non-Cursed can only be made with entirely different types. The normal sword can only be made with the 'broken' sword types, while the cursed can only be made with the non-broken types. It's pretty typical of FromSoftware to not put much thought into the UX of these kinds of things, but that's the best way to make it out.

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BTW it is requires 18 in faith and intelligence to use properly. So even if you have a dex or strength build you will need those stats. Just an fyi. Personally i recommend getting the stats to wield it as early as possible as it makes new londo a breeze.

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But it's only slightly better than a jagged ghost blade, slower, without bleed (do ghosts bleed?) and costs more than 2x souls and rare titanite to upgrade... so why??

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GOODBYE TRANSIENT CURSES!

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" Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed) " the name is confusing , you think it is name (cursed ) when you trying to create it , but its not both of them " Greatsword of Artorias " dagger+10 = Greatsword of Artorias physical 178 ( this is the cursed , after you create this you will find in the description says its cursed ) broken straight sword+10 = Greatsword of Artorias physical 120 magic 85 (not cursed )

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If i reverse the transfusion, do I get Sif's soul back?

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V uh the links i put arent there i meant to put claymore and long sword after the two "this".

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Note to anyone trying to make this: Its a GREATSWORD. not a straight sword, Not a curved sword, A GREATsword. You make it with a greatsword like this not a straight sword like this so now you know how to make it without having a derp moment.

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I’ve ascended a longsword to +10. I have the Soul of Sif. When I go to andrei to create this sword, the game doesn’t let me??? What am I doing wrong people? Please help!

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Is this weapon more powerful than a +10 Zweihander?

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Why does it only go to +5

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if you dont have the right faith and intellegence stats can you still use it effectively

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Sunlight straight sword does not make this weapon!

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that's actually the most powerful greatsword for dex,the scale with dex and str is not equal,the best attribute for that sword are 27 strength and 40 dex, 539 damage

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C scaling on int and faith. Yet AR doesn't go up. What am I not getting? Other than my money's worth.

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Can someone please give this to me?
My ps4 id is avecdanprada

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Here it says its enchantable. Is that true, or is it a mistake in the page?

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i believe that this one is slightly stronger

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Why is it only showing great sword artorias? I checked the stats and it only shows 24/18/18/18?

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I'm still wondering why they put 18 points of stat requirements and a C scaling on both INT and FTH whilst it doesn't do magical damage at all... How funny.

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I had a weird bug while wielding this sword in New Londo...basically, for some reason I cannot understand, ghosts were far more aggressive than usual and their aggro range looked wider. Somehow I made it to the room where you clim the ladder to reach Ingward, but before I could even get close to the room entrance I got aggroed by any single phantom around there and stunlocked to death. Granted, I had the starting warrior chest armor, with Elite Knight leggins, gloves and helm, but I had the wolf ring as well. Maybe it was too low poise, I thought, so I went back there with a full Havel set + Wolf Ring (Poise 161) and I still got aggroed the same way as before and stunlocked to death before I could even get into the room. Strange thing is that when I tried again, this time with a Zweihander equipped instead of Artorias Greatsword, ghosts were far less aggressive, had shorter aggro range (but this could be a placebo effect, as far as I know) and, wirdest thing, I was able to not be staggered by ghost, even rolling back to my previous armor set (Starting Warrior chest + Elite Knight helm, leggins and gloves). Anyone else experienced this?

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is it worth while to fully utilize the cursed version or is uncured better in a long running mind set

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