5 Ashen Estus I definitely think it's more useful for non-boss PvE situations. I haven't noticed much of a difference between the two damage wise. Anyway, after rambling, yes and no. Knight Class, SL 120, two-handed AR is 684 before Sacred Oath +10 Blessed Lothric Greatsword +9 Talisman (ideal middle ground between poise/hyperarmor and damage dealt with its WA) Simple Caestus. 0-1. The lothric knight sword gets an S scaling in the blessed infusion. With base knight strength and knight ring I can two hand sharp Lothic Knight Greatsword, buffed with lightning blade and sunlight straight sword I have 999AR (body buffs are nerfed in PvP though so actually little less). If you had to pick between the two, go with blessed. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Build Equipment. Reply Replies (3) 3 +1. Anyway, after rambling, yes and no. With stats at 24 strength/ 16 dex/ 60 faith, Blessed has 696 (2 handed 715) AR with a split of 451phs/244light damage while the Lightning path has 674 (2 handed 688) AR at a split of 195phs/477light. I decided to go check the mugenmonkey weapon damage calculator to see the new damage values on my favourite split damage weapons and, to my surprise, blessed gets the highest unbuffed AR of all the infusions for this weapon on my fth build (18/16/55). However, you have so much dexterity, if you could also get the strength and load to use a lothric knight greatsword, you'd see so much more damage, and blessed weapon would be a 7.5% boost of a higher physical damage ultra. Dragonslayer Axe is also really, really strong if you want a weapon that's a bit faster. Looking through build ideas, I have decided to go with a Blessed LKGS. I've got a SL 120 40/40 dex faith build (mainly for darkmoon blade + magic retard ears but for weapons with for example base lightning damage I use Lightning Blade for larger single type damage). Blessed Lothric knight greatsword new meta! Hi all. ". Obviously this is a high level character (180) but i guess with a lv 120 character with less str and faith the damage would still be great. What should I do before I get the weapon? So yeah, it is still outclassed by a buffed heavy infused one, but maybe you'll think not needing to spend time to buff it every once in a while and not needing to preserve focus for it may be worth it. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. So I doubt it will work as well as the lothric knight greatsword. And better than lightning infused in general. I haven't noticed much of a difference between the two damage wise. I decided to go check the mugenmonkey weapon damage calculator to see the new damage values on my favourite split damage weapons and, to my surprise, blessed gets the highest unbuffed AR of all the infusions for this weapon on my fth build (18/16/55). Aiming for a Blessed Lothric Knight Greatsword build. I like the idea. Edit: I checked the damage calculator for the dragonslayer axe, however that only gets very little AR more on its lightning infusion than on the physical ones. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 615 unbuffed. Out of curiosity, what does your blessed build look like? Not using a straight sword is the best build for a straight sword. Right Hand: Refined Lothric Knight Greatsword +10; Left Hand: Any Talisman; Head: Fashion! Build Name: Thunderstruck; Build Level: 113+ Build Focus: PvP but works fine in PvE too. Dragonslayer Axe seems useful as well, especially since this will allow you to use warcry without overwriting your lightning buff. Drakeblood GS is also solid when Blessed infused, especially for PVE. Well, it might at least be viable. I'll gonna probably try Lightning first, and leave Blessed for non-natural FTH weapons, like the Claymore. And it's sl120 i believe. Drakeblood comes to mind (maybe even with simple infusion?). Chase the bro actually runs a one shot build with this, its super risky but it hits 1700+ AR, it's fucking absurd. Change to refined infusion at 31 dex since refined starts to outshine heavy at higher levels. servers for up to 7 days. Submit. I'm using a lothric knight shield in my left hand +9 for the high stability, basically Jr great shield that can parry and I got a blessed caestus as,well to swap between. A community dedicated to everything about Dark Souls 3. I've been using this setup with the dark sword and seeing massive success, but I feel like lothric knight sword might be a stepup, it takes more skill the higher crit and thrust damage gives it alot. This is a player-created Build for Dark souls 3. However, you have so much dexterity, if you could also get the strength and load to use a lothric knight greatsword, you'd see so much more damage, and blessed weapon would be a 7.5% boost of a higher physical damage ultra. My Blessed build use this. For Dark Souls III on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Blessed lothric knight greatsword? Press J to jump to the feed. I actually am testing the sword with sharp infusion and lightning blade + sacret oath. Not having to rely on a buff means you can play passive and regen a shit load of hp if you have the right set up. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.