The Dark Sword

I made this build in mugen to be for soley using the Dark Sword, but there have been some conflicting views about the Dark Sword. What would your opinions on this build be, and is the Dark Sword good?
http://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/?c=374305361229863698
I should probably mentioned i tried out the Dark Sword before, and i liked it's moveset but i only tried it for an hour or so before i decided to focus a build around it, hell it nearly made me make a DarkWraith CosPlay

Its really good, quality build is better though, 27/40.

With a buff or on an elemental path, a Darksword can wreck havoc. The R2 is weird in that the moveset for it is on a Straight Sword, not a Curved Sword. It actually does decent damage and, with a buff, is easily one of the 'better' straight swords IMO.

I was thinking about doing 27/40, but it actually only adds 37 AR according to mugen, is it worth 11 extra points?

Dibsville wrote:With a buff or on an elemental path, a Darksword can wreck havoc. The R2 is weird in that the moveset for it is on a Straight Sword, not a Curved Sword. It actually does decent damage and, with a buff, is easily one of the 'better' straight swords IMO.

I can easily agree without even trying it with a buff that it will cause havoc, but i try to stray from using buffs such as DMB, SLB or CMW. If i ever need extra damage, i'll just use my PW but thanks for the suggestions.

Yes.

FattyOfDoom wrote:

Dibsville wrote:With a buff or on an elemental path, a Darksword can wreck havoc. The R2 is weird in that the moveset for it is on a Straight Sword, not a Curved Sword. It actually does decent damage and, with a buff, is easily one of the 'better' straight swords IMO.

I can easily agree without even trying it with a buff that it will cause havoc, but i try to stray from using buffs such as DMB, SLB or CMW. If i ever need extra damage, i'll just use my PW but thanks for the suggestions.

Using a Gold Pine Resin on it from time to time wouldn't hurt, the extra Lightning damage makes the sword extremely powerful.

Dibsville wrote:

FattyOfDoom wrote:

Dibsville wrote:With a buff or on an elemental path, a Darksword can wreck havoc. The R2 is weird in that the moveset for it is on a Straight Sword, not a Curved Sword. It actually does decent damage and, with a buff, is easily one of the 'better' straight swords IMO.

I can easily agree without even trying it with a buff that it will cause havoc, but i try to stray from using buffs such as DMB, SLB or CMW. If i ever need extra damage, i'll just use my PW but thanks for the suggestions.

Using a Gold Pine Resin on it from time to time wouldn't hurt, the extra Lightning damage makes the sword extremely powerful.

Now those buffs i will use haha, the extra like 50AR doesn't decrease the battle to 3 hits, but definetly does help. I think i will use it.

RantFromRant wrote:Yes

Can you recommend where i will take the 11 points?

http://mmdks.com/1efu mine looks like that

RantFromRant wrote:http://mmdks.com/1efu mine looks like that

Looks really good, but shouldn't you take off the CoD since i don't have any pyros....

It might just be me, but I'm always inclined to think that when I hear something like "A _______ weapon build" it's going to focus on achieving the max power for that build, followed by stamina and HP and NOTHING else unless it directly supports or enhances the weapon of the build.

http://mmdks.com/1eg3 Is what I would think you would go for.

FattyOfDoom wrote:

RantFromRant wrote:http://mmdks.com/1efu mine looks like that

Looks really good, but shouldn't you take off the CoD since i don't have any pyros....

Just switched the stats on your build since I'm in my phone and I'm too lazy to switch to my real set up lol

LunarFog wrote:It might just be me, but I'm always inclined to think that when I hear something like "A _______ weapon build" it's going to focus on achieving the max power for that build, followed by stamina and HP and NOTHING else unless it directly supports or enhances the weapon of the build.

http://mmdks.com/1eg3 Is what I would think you would go for.

That one is good too Lunar, i might use yours or Rants

FattyOfDoom wrote:

LunarFog wrote:It might just be me, but I'm always inclined to think that when I hear something like "A _______ weapon build" it's going to focus on achieving the max power for that build, followed by stamina and HP and NOTHING else unless it directly supports or enhances the weapon of the build.

http://mmdks.com/1eg3 Is what I would think you would go for.

That one is good too Lunar, i might use yours or Rants

but- butbutbut- WAIT LET ME MAKE A REAL ONE

LunarFog wrote:

FattyOfDoom wrote:

LunarFog wrote:It might just be me, but I'm always inclined to think that when I hear something like "A _______ weapon build" it's going to focus on achieving the max power for that build, followed by stamina and HP and NOTHING else unless it directly supports or enhances the weapon of the build.

http://mmdks.com/1eg3 Is what I would think you would go for.

That one is good too Lunar, i might use yours or Rants

but- butbutbut- WAIT LET ME MAKE A REAL ONE

Haha, challenge accepted

Imo 40 str is a waste of points since you can just two hand your weapon amd have the same bit that's just me. Also you don't need pyro since you can just switch to a shotel if you come up against a turtle.

http://mmdks.com/1egb

Ok. This one is my real one. Only downside is if you want to have a buff of some sort.

RantFromRant wrote:Imo 40 str is a waste of points since you can just two hand your weapon amd have the same bit that's just me. Also you don't need pyro since you can just switch to a shotel if you come up against a turtle.

the 40 strength isn't for meeting the minimum requirements. It's for having the maximum damage.

RantFromRant wrote:Imo 40 str is a waste of points since you can just two hand your weapon amd have the same bit that's just me. Also you don't need pyro since you can just switch to a shotel if you come up against a turtle.

The pyro is to vary up my playstyle and is to use PW as a way to increase my damage output.

LunarFog wrote:Ok. This one is my real one. Only downside is if you want to have a buff of some sort

It seems good but i don't need maximum damage haha, i took in both of your points and i feel this one is the one that will best suit me
http://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/?c=128390307657767063

The 28str and 30dex actually does more damage than 16 and 40 so that's why i placed the points like that.

It's stylish as f***, but its range really makes it not nearly as good as other options. I like the build though.

Had a Darkwraith cosplay build, (seems like ages ago), that looked like this:

http://mmdks.com/1ehz

....You can make some interesting dead angles and wake up attacks with the Dark Sword's funny R2's.

This just so happens to be the build I'm currently working on. Not a quality build, but my themed build, and it incorporates the Darksword.

http://mmdks.com/1emk

it's a fun weapon and the first weapon i ever pvp'd with in dark souls...

but there's definitely better choices. if you don't care, use it anyways; it's still pretty good.