How long should you use the Drake Sword?

When you have enough levels and titanite to upgrade a weapon beyond its damage. Generally around Depths where you can find an item that lets you upgrade normal weapons past +5. Definitely by the time you're done with Blighttown.

Is the Drake Sword good late game?

Just got the Drake Sword, but how effective is it in the late game. I really like it. It hits hard, it's got a cool design and it's just very awesome in my opinion. The fact that the devs would hide it like that is very good attention to detail.

Is the Drake Sword worth upgrading?

This weapon doesn't scale with any stat, so it will be out damaged quickly at high levels. It's NOT recommended to spend Dragon Scales upgrading this weapon as the increase in damage is too small.

Does the Drake Sword break?

When wielded with both hands, the strong attack unleashes a ranged vertical cleave (similar to the Stormruler from Demon's Souls) at the cost of 30 weapon durability. Frequent use of this technique can break the sword. Like most dragon weapons, the Drake Sword cannot be enchanted.

Is the Drake Sword better than Zweihander?

The zwei is also pretty solid, but it's more efficient for a STR oriented build. The Drake sword is only useful if you plan on keeping the base requirements to wield it because of its lack of scaling. A quality build will be better off with just about any other straight sword.

Dark Souls: Drake Sword Guide

Is claymore better than Drake Sword?

If you have good stats, the claymore will display higher damage, thus the drake swords damage will be as low as it seems. There is no illusion about damage. It can't be lower as it seems. If you have good stats, the claymore will display higher damage, thus the drake swords damage will be as low as it seems.

Why is Drake Sword good?

The Drake Sword comes with a starting damage output of 200, making it far superior to any other non-upgraded weapons players are likely to find in the game's early stages. Most of them tend to range between 50-90 at a push, and will not pack nearly the same punch.

Where do you aim for Drake Sword?

Aim at the Hellkite Wyvern's tail.

Because of your distance and the weight of the arrows, you may need to aim slightly above the wyvern's tail to make sure they hit. Also, you will have to time your shots well as the tail swings quite quickly back and forth.

Is the Drake Sword a dexterity weapon?

It's a pure Dexterity weapon with B scaling to start out with. Most early weapons are ”Quality” weapons, a Demon's Souls term that means they scale with both Strength and Dexterity, so you need to pump in a few more stats, but on the other hand it eventually scales higher.

What is the best weapon in Dark Souls 1?

Should I reinforce my Drake sword?

Nope, not worth upgrading. The drage sword doesnt scale with anything, so its pretty much a fixed damage. If you are going for dex, you can get the uchi early on (killing the merchant in undead burg). Toss it out, it's a trap weapon.

Can Drake Sword be ascended?

You can give it to Andre of Astora, and he'll be able to ascend your +5 weapons, like your Battle Axe, and Longbow, up to +10. To upgrade them, note that you'll need Large Titanite Shards.

Is Claymore or Zweihander better?

Claymore swings faster and has a faster weapon art animation to break enemy guards but the Zweihander, throwing people in the air with an oversized weapon can be very satisfying.

How many arrows does it take to shoot off dragon's tail?

You can shoot his tail from below the bridge with a short bow to break it. It takes 28 shots using regular wooden arrows or 13 Big Arrows with a Regular Short Bow using regular wooden arrows (done with minimum possible stats to use bow).

What stats do you need for Drake Sword?

The Dark Sword requires 15 strength and 15 dexterity, and inflicts bleed. It has C grade strength scaling and D grade dexterity scaling, but when upgraded beyond +4 achieves A grade strength scaling with a Heavy Gem infusion.

What weapon should I use instead of Drake Sword?

Dragonslayer Ornstein as a Bionicle.

What's better Drake sword or Black Knight sword?

If you don't want to worry about having to switch weapons later on, I'd go with the Black Knight Sword. If you upgrade it and such you can use it for a very long time, if not until the end of the game. It all comes down to which one you like more though, which feels better to you.

How do you reinforce +6 in Dark Souls?

Weapon Reinforcement

To upgrade (on any path) past +5 (to +6) requires a blacksmith. To upgrade (on any path) past +5 (to elemental "+0") requires a blacksmith (see above). To upgrade (on any path) past +10 (to +11) requires a blacksmith.

Is Zweihander good for PVE?

DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED. Damn, zweihander is useless af in pve.

What weapon does the most damage in Dark Souls 3?

1 Old King's Great Hammer

With 328 physical attack and 126 fire attack, the Old King's Great Hammer stands as possibly the most powerful weapon in Dark Souls 3.

Is Uchigatana a good sword?

The Uchigatana is one of the fastest weapons in the game, with an incredibly versatile moveset, long-range and ability to cause bleed damage on enemies, which if you hit in quick succession, should be able to dish out a fair amount of damage.