Piercing Swords are a Weapon Category in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered. Piercing Swords are long and thin blades specifically focused on thrust and counter combat. They are a good choice for attacking heavy armored foes, as their attacks will break Poise and deal critical damage. These swords have a unique and fast moveset enables players to execute rapid consecutive attacks, further enhanced by the kick moveset which is a horizontal swipe attack that enable players to reach farther. Piercing Swords can also be wielded in the left-hand, used to parry.
- Pros: Lightweight. Good Dexterity scaling. Deals fast thrust damage, very high critical damage, can parry easier, break block and poise, and has an aggressive far-reaching moveset
- Cons: Low attack power, limited choice, only Thrust Damage.
All Piercing Swords in Dark Souls
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Aux Effects |
Requirements Param Bonus |
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Mail Breaker | 57 45 |
0 10 |
0 30 |
0 30 |
120 22 |
5 D D+15 |
12 C B+15 |
0 - - |
0 - - |
200 0.5 |
Thrust |
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Rapier | 73 45 |
0 10 |
0 30 |
0 30 |
110 22 |
7 D D+15 |
12 C B+15 |
0 - - |
0 - - |
150 1.5 |
Thrust |
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Estoc | 75 45 |
0 10 |
0 30 |
0 30 |
100 22 |
10 D D+15 |
12 C B+15 |
0 - - |
0 - - |
150 3.0 |
Regular Thrust |
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Ricard's Rapier | 70 45 |
0 10 |
0 30 |
0 30 |
100 22 |
8 E E+15 |
20 B A+15 |
0 - - |
0 - - |
100 2.0 |
Thrust Combo |
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Velka's Rapier | 62 45 |
104 10 |
0 30 |
0 30 |
100 22 |
 110 |
8 E E+5 |
16 C C+5 |
16 B B+5 |
0 - - |
130 2.0 |
Regular Thrust Combo |
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Estoc is the best rapier. Varied move set, buffable, great range, and can be acquired the second you reach fire link shrine.
Rapier suffers from lower range and just thrust moves with no flare to it. You also have to either farm or buy it. Simply Outclassed.
Mail Breaker is odd. Has very short range and an R2 that can stun some enemies but overall is outclassed by other rapiers. Is acquired early game after beating 2 bosses but you would already be using an estoc sooo....
Velka's Rapier is very cool, has good range, and is great for god slaying due to it being an occult weapon but it's R2's aren't ideal at crowd clearing mobs and it suffers from split damage. Worse of all however is having to wait until late game to acquire it. Losses some of its effectiveness in some late-game areas as well.
Ricards's Rapier is basically an upgraded standard rapier. Has better range with chain attack R2's. Great for boss killing as you can do a lot of damage really fast but bad for PvP as every parry spammer's wet dream is seeing this thing. Very predictable and suffers from a standard moveset. Also, it's locked behind sen's fortress.
TL;DR = Just use an Estoc.
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You know this weapon type gives me an idea. As if the fight with Artorias wasn't enough, I tried to fight Oswald in the open because he can sometimes use a purple buff similar to him. To make the fight more epic, I limit myself with only using velka's rapier (who is the worthy wielder between us both) and a shield (next ng+2 will discard the shield) plus knight Artorias theme as BGM.
Hey fellas, anyone happen to know if there's a raiper that is good with a intelligence build? Been meaning to ask for a while now, thanks in advance!
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Lol someone has to do a Leo Ring and a maxed thrusting sword. Parrying will be off the charts.
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