DARK SOULS' Worst Weapon is Worse Than You Think

[@PhobiaSoft]

The Astora's Straight Sword is genuinely my favorite weapon in Dark Souls 1 - Looks pretty - GOATed Longsword moveset - No need to collect Embers - No respawning skeletons - Makes bossfights last longer What's not to love? 😛

[@papier546]

It is what I used in the Catacomb and to kill Nito!

[@pedrohenriquetorres185]

Plus is a divine weapon that dont need to scale with faith

[@95DreadLord]

I made a divine greatsword on my first playthrough to deal with skeletons lol

[@recluse5245]

Don’t. Don’t use that emoji. I don’t like it

[@lukefitton7329]

@@recluse5245 😛

[@skel4136]

The Astora's Straight Sword really is just "a weapon". Nothing unique, nothing its specifically good at, but nothing that really makes it challenging to use, aside from lackluster damage

[@spacecowboy5486]

It's a bit unique since it kills skeletons permanently

[@Crota0100]

​@@spacecowboy5486 That isn't a unique effect, any weapon with Divine infusion will do the same.

[@poncichter]

perfect for the catacombs

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

​ @Crota0100 yeah but if you have master key and dared loot the dragon near Blighttown as a new player, that feels unique

[@Crota0100]

@@Tp_hedgelinghog We aren't talking about new players though.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Excuse me? DS1's "worst weapon" is clearly the whip.

[@ipseity_0]

an underwhelming weapon for its "poster child" stature

[@Tentin.Quarantino]

Without the whip there is no sexy party solaire build.

[@lharsay]

Broken Sword Hilt

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

You know this is just a joke video to say "ASS" a lot, right? SolarPellets and DevBox does crossovers like this a lot

[@paid14]

it does kinda suck. But it's pretty fun to do a run with it. Think I used Magic Weapon on it to make it good? Can't remember

[@alexsimper4153]

one critique I always had about souls games is that there are a ton of weapons but 90% of them are either useless or easily replaceable by a better option

[@SuperKamiGuru-w4q]

Basically Castlevania syndrome where bigger numbers = better results.

[@Tony-The-Motherfucking-Tiger]

Imo Bloodborne perfectly solves this

[@Patryk-zq2pw]

Ds2 tried to balance this by making higher ar weapons more heavy/less durable/consume more stamina. Game still has some really bad ones but more "ok but not meta weapons" I think

[@DedAlexFive]

Looks, mf. Looks. Cant become the world's new God if you're not looking dapper now can we?

[@spiceforspice3461]

Bloodborne gets around this thankfully.

[@thorn6070]

This sword carried me through half of my first ever playthrough of DS1 all those years ago. I didn't understand builds and scaling back then so the fact this could kill things easily even unupgraded, was a godsend for me. It got me to Anor Londo which is where it really started dropping off, so I switched to the BKS. But the astora sword is something I pick up straight away on all of my new playthroughs as a quick and accessible early weapon to deal with skeletons without hunting for necromancers.

[@Tyrarl]

Fully agree. It was the first weapon a friend suggested I pick up when I said I was doing a "paladin" type build when I did my very first playthrough. I haven't played in years, but I remember this weapon fondly and would definitely snag it on a new playthrough.

[@thesmolpopato4972]

Skipping the depths mean you lose out on at least 33,000 souls. 6,000 from capra and 25,000 from gaping dragon. 33k is notbing to scoff at especially in early game

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Especially when you can parryclip into the fog gate to cheese Capra (basically the same setup as O&S AI cheese, but you don't go back to the bonfire, you just hit Capra through the fog gate)

[@SuperKamiGuru-w4q]

​@@theapexsurvivor9538 Or you can do the much easier skip from undead burg to the lower burg clipping through the ground and jumping inside Capra's arena - which causes his AI to freeze completely.

[@Lassila96]

Bruh what. 33k can easily be collected from elsewhere, even without killing anything. And after u start to beat bosses you’ll get tens of thousands of souls very quickly

[@thesmolpopato4972]

@@Lassila96 my point still stands that he skipped 33k souls which is nothing to scoff at

[@Lassila96]

@@thesmolpopato4972 it is a lot to scoff at.

[@st.haborym]

Pfft, that's not even remotely close to being the worst weapon in the game. Did you forget that fist weapons exist? Or what about the sniper crossbow? Or the two broken swords? Or daggers? Or whips? There are tons of worse weapons than the astora straight sword.

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

Yes there are, this was just an excuse to say ASS and play Dark Souls

[@gandalforb6461]

Actually daggers are good ... and i'm not even referring to the silver tracer the bandit's knife is actually the easiest way to beat any bleadable boss... also quick attacks mean buffs are way more valuable on a dagger

[@SGT_Squid_Dog]

daggers are pretty good, actually. all daggers do good damage when built correctly. Even the parrying dagger can be used as a good weapon. With a divine infusion, I use the parrying dagger in my left to parry and then quickly slice down the skeletons

[@BLUEBOYISLEDGE]

​@@SGT_Squid_Dogsaying your divine weapon is good at killing skeletons is extremely redundant

[@joshuakim5240]

To this day, it still baffles me that DkS1 crossbows lacked an aiming reticle...as the Sniper Crossbow has a scope on its model.

[@buuga610]

This sword is OP is the early game, it just doesn't scale well. Vitality and Endurance and very good stats in Dark souls 1, so choosing a weapon with high base damage and low stat investment will allow you to allocate points into vitality and endurance early. It's a great weapon if you want to start the game and immediately go to Bell Gargoyles or Blighttown, and it can even get you through Anor Londo at +2 with high vitality and endurance investment. Where it excels is if you plan to begin with the catacombs, since the sword has the benefit of permanently killing skeletons. If you go through the catacombs normally, without the skip, you can access several useful items, including the great scythe, and the crescent axe, as well as the blacksmith for early infusions. If you're dead-set on using it late-game, you should probably scale it with faith, since those points will also allow you to access miracles. Going through the catacombs right after killing the Capra demon will allow you do save Reah, who will sell you some of the best miracles in the game. C-C scaling with strength and dexterity means that on faith builds, you can allocate some points toward a higher-investment weapon without those points being completely useless to the Astora Straight Sword. I've never tried using it in late-game before, so I don't really know how good it effective it would be, but it certainly has it's uses and has served me well on several playthroughs.

[@lukefitton7329]

This, good to prioritise Dex over Strength a little too for the Casting Speed. And even if it’s one of the weaker straight swords, it’s still a straight sword with a decent moveset. Edit: I’ve just done a full run with the ASS after watching this video and while I still stand by the fact that it can be (kind of) viable with Faith Builds, I will say that y’all weren’t joking about the damage falloff after O&S. Goddamn it was kinda nice against Nito but it was horrific against the Four Kings, it did so little damage that I ended up having to fight six of them at once.

[@jayewrite1256]

So basically the sword is a great starting weapon before you transition into your final weapon for the game.

[@bryandavies213]

exactly. early in my faith run this weapon was insane. after a few upgrades i melted Capra demon in 4 hits. common sense had me switching weapons pretty soon after, but Astora is goated for early game

[@MaddBadgerr]

Its overall damage is outmatched by a Divine Broadsword, which can be acquired pretty early.

[@lukefitton7329]

@@MaddBadgerr In ASS’s defence, it’s a twinkling weapon that’s much easier to upgrade than a Divine Infused weapon. You could even get it to +5 before Sens Fortress by killing the Crystal Lizards in Great Hollow which ain’t too tough to do. But yes I agree that a Divine Broadsword would eventually make the ASS obsolete, I just really don’t wanna get the Large Divine Ember in Tomb Of The Giants early in the game ever again.

[@Abuumans]

This sword, saved my ass at First playthrough.

[@movezig5]

I have bad news for you: this is, to my knowledge, the first of your videos that has been recommended to me. Chasing the algorithm is sadly working.

[@xavierreallyplaysgames]

Same here!

[@DrEpilepsy]

Thankfully, it's gonna be the last, cause I don't know who the hell let this guy cook.

[@squinttt]

Same and you can also tell by the bumped up view count.

[@ArctheLadder]

@@DrEpilepsy Yeah, this has to be the most idiotic take on the weapon I've ever read. If there's anything I have learned recently, it's how useful Astora's Straight Sword is, but nothing like generating bad faith discussion.

[@ValbrandrLeonhardt]

I used it in my str/faith build. It's basically ol reliable. It's not busted, or particularly weak. It does the job

[@adradox]

That's not sniper's crossbow I expected to see.

[@Ayahuasca98]

Ayy it’s the fume knight guy

[@Spicywtrmlon]

It's not bad because of 1 reason... Early access to Divine without requiring you to do almost ANYTHING, and its a twinkling titanite weapon meaning if you use a different weapon for either sunlight blade, darkmoon blade, or boss weapons, you got your backup weapon for skeletons

[@WeDeserveWorldPeace]

The thumbnail killed me. Seeing my buddy, that carried me through NG - NG+7, get called "ASS" is heartbreaking... 💔

[@jacobtridef48]

I’m not shocked a weapon that has A.S.S as an acronym, is bad. 💀

[@ninjahaz0180]

Well it's just Oscar on the cover I think. He's pretty based for the little amount he's in the game. Gives us our escape, our flask, and then dies. Based

[@dabbboiii5314]

ive watched so many challenge runs that i fully believe its possible to beat ds with anything that does damage

[@Capta1nAsh]

People think this is a bad weapon? A.S.S is the best weapon for the start of the playthrough. Minimal stat investment and a few easy twinklies. Way more viable and useful than the Drake Sword (which is the OG Noob weapon)

[@AlexanderShamov]

The problem is that unless you're doing a faith build, the 14 faith requirement is a huge waste of levels.

[@SoftBoiledArt]

Drake is stronger. Believe me I run this game in non meta routes, it doesn't work like the other Twinkling weapons, there's simply no way to make this stronger than, let's say, a +5 Uchi, no matter the stat investment or upgrade level or where you are, it always sucks compared to pretty much any option.

[@GS_CCC]

Zweihander is the beet by a large margin, two-hands it and you are good to beat the game

[@rainynight02]

You say it's the worst weapon and yet you don't struggle at all...

[@BLUEBOYISLEDGE]

Almost like most of the difficulty of Souls games is in the fundamental mechanics.

[@bigtripull8126]

because the game is not hard. they clearly know how to play

[@TheoneandonlyGTA]

he used 20 flasks on artorias

[@Cayden.1]

people can beat the game with their fists and make it not look like a struggle if they know how to dodge as well...

[@animalicon3535]

@@Cayden.1 nah... nobody has ever done fist only and that's for a reason... Or I mean true fist only! obviously some have done the glitch where u can imbue crystal magic weapon or GMW etc onto their fist.. but basic fist? Yeah nah ur tweaking lol idc how good u are lmao would take hours each attempt. like how this guy skipped out on manus and etc and he even had a SWORD

[@Jack-ex7kc]

so that's why it's THE Dark Souls sword... it's just like the chosen undead... nothing special. also great vid!

[@AchilloTheStalker]

3:47 thats literally beta content. Originally, oscar and you had been supposed to be playing simultaneously. After getting all 4 Lord souls, he would invade you in the Void before the kiln and he would've talked about how you betrayed him because he thinks that he was the chosen one

[@TheMoogleKing93]

It's an early game weapon for Faith builds and nothing else. It has decent base damage but poor scaling. And it's good in that role.

[@OnurAkbas-go8ci]

Broken straight sword next!! It’s better than the Astoria’s straight sword trust!!

[@jamesgrenier8856]

Well, it's buffable so, yeah. By default buffable weapons are better than nonbuffable weapons.

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

​@@jamesgrenier8856dark moon covenant carry

[@Weldedhodag]

​@@jamesgrenier8856 also you can turn it into a weapon with a permanent Cursed buff

[@jamesgrenier8856]

@@Weldedhodag I don't think this is correct, the greatsword of Artorias made from the broken straight sword is the true greatsword, it deals magic damage but can't damage ghosts. The (cursed) greatsword of Artorias is made from any standard straight or greatsword iirc

[@765craven4]

I've been saying this for years. Even maxed out this thing barely keeps up with a +5 Divine Longsword. Bear in mind that Longsword still has 5 upgrades left in it and can be made Occult or Divine, either of which end up with superior base damage and scaling. First time players are unlikely to come across the Astora Straight Sword until after Blighttown, at which point they'd already have access to Green Titanite for a Divine weapon. It isn't even a noob trap if you look at it like that, it's just bad. There are worse weapons, sure, but it's in the unique position of being just good enough that uninformed players might consider it worth upgrading at a glance but just bad enough that you feel how bad the damage is.

[@moosecannibal8224]

"There are worse weapons" So... "A.S.S. is the worst weapon" is untrue?, and you've been saying that for years?

[@moosecannibal8224]

Also, no one in these comments is saying it's the best weapon, most people are just pointing out he's calling a severely mid-tier weapon the worst weapon, when it's nowhere near the worst.

[@765craven4]

@moosecannibal8224 My point was that a weapon that most informed players consider quite bad is considerably worse than many realize it is. Playing the game without Master Key the A.S.S has already been outcompeted in its role when most find it by a +5 Divine Longsword (easily farmable Green Titanite is available in Blighttown). Even with Master Key, where it gets a chance to be fairly good through Gargoyles, this thing falls off a cliff damage-wise as soon as you enter Quelag's boss arena and was already slipping by the time you reached Depths. A +2 A.S.S barely gets Yellow damage on Quellag, which is as high as you can get one by Quellag without doing Great Hollow. The Astora Straight Sword is easily among the worst Twinkling Titanite weapons. It's only real redeeming quality is its early availability if you started with Master Key. Otherwise it gets at best 2 bosses it's anything but terrible for, being Gargoyles and Capra Demon. If the best quality of a weapon is it's ability to stomp Undead Burg and Parish if you started as Cleric (which already starts with Mace which does so as well) it's a bad weapon.

[@jangofett4547]

"In the Hands of a Master anything can be deadly"

[@yuumijungle548]

7:20 this clip already shows the difference between this weapon and others, with soul spear at this stage you can one shot each of them with i think over 1k damage per shot, with any ultra greatsword you need two R1 hits i believe, with this weapon you deal 44 damage per R1 it seems.

[@jamesgrenier8856]

To quote a highly successful KZbinr, there are no bad weapons in dark souls

[@IamUzyf]

except elemental weapons against DLC bosses

[@Hooze-rr3en]

Ghost knife

[@jamesgrenier8856]

@@IamUzyf kind of, a +5 lightning greataxe is still pretty decent. It's really more about if you mind spending 20 minutes fighting a boss and whether or not you enjoy a weapon's moveset. I would agree that it is not advisable to use elemental weapons against DLC bosses unless you want to be challenged.

[@st.haborym]

Fist weapons and the two broken swords are objectively bad.

[@jamesgrenier8856]

@@st.haborym they're fast and buffable, I actually enjoyed my broken straight sword run quite a bit even though I stopped after Ornstein and Smough

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

You know my first run of this game was grass crest shield, balder side sword. Side sword was fun to use, had no idea it was even a rare drop.

[@calemr]

It winds up with an A in Int if you make it enchanted, so it's a pretty decent weapon for mage builds to use too.

[@Garl_Vinland]

No one uses the Balder’s Side Sword as a first build unless you use the Wiki before hand

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

@@Garl_Vinland before long, you people always show up at some point. Some point you're entire existence is to just tell people they are wrong like you are on the spectrum.

[@Nyan4Eon]

@@calemr Scaling doesn't matter for most weapons the letter just doesn't matter because scaling is based off of the base damage of the weapon too, which would make it pretty lackluster in damage despite having an a scaling

[@perryborn2777]

used a titanite catch pole the first time I ever beat O&S Loved that weapon, didn't realize it was a rare drop till my next playthrough when I didn't get one

[@tezereth]

BAIT USED TO BE BELIEVABLE 🗣🗣🔥🔥💯

[@locustofchiron]

I love it because it's a great tool for faith builds to grab an early large white ember and decent enough as a faith weapon until you can find enough green titanite

[@ArctheDark]

Astora's straight sword is great early to midgame weapon for a faith build, with you can swap out for a divine longsword later on.

[@josephbulkin9222]

Yeah. I learned how weak the Astora Straight Sword was first hand. The first time I played, I wanted to use a build that looked like the character on the cover, since I'm not very creative with my own characters. These days, I just replace the Astora Sword with the Longsword, and the Elite Knight build is pretty much preserved.

[@msarilyn7677]

This is nowhere near the worst weapon, you are encountering the problem of not having the stats to wield the weapon oopsie ...

[@AchilloTheStalker]

Its basically the best starter weapon. after O&S it falls off so hard.

[@withgirl1501]

I fully expected you to say 'Ceaseless discharging off the cliff' 😂

[@davidholdorf297]

I don’t think you expected this to blow up as much as it did

[@SpectraSkittle]

'I don't have the stats to wield my ass properly' is now a phrase in my personal lexicon.

[@TryingSoft]

Astora Straight Sword is good for a faith build in early game, but you should make a divine or occult weapon later

[@LordZylok]

It's a twinkling titanite weapon, meaning you can get it maxed out with upgrades before you fight the Bell Gargoyles. That's nothing to scoff at, considering it's probably the easiest twinkling titanite weapon to wield when it comes to stat requirments, especially if you're planning on switching weapons at some point in the run. Here's my route for a quick twink weapon : 2x from the crystal lizard in undead burg 2x from the crystal lizard in darkroot garden 4x from Snuggly if you trade the moss you got from darkroot garden. 2x from the crystal lizard in the catacombs.

[@Randerson2409]

First video of yours I've watched. "You thought I was mixing up the lore, but I was ACTUALLY being a pervert!" You. I like you. Subscribed

[@sirrivle1635]

I.. must see dark souls in a different light. I don't see what exactly is wrong with this weapon outside of not doing INSANE damage

[@MASCULINAVERSITY]

Yeah elden ring truly ruined our minds anything with ar less than 700 is now seen as bad

[@Eric6761]

I don't think you grasp the weapon, there's weapons in the game that deal way more damage than Astora sword, it's not about a warped perception, is about this weapon being mediocre against ever other weapon

[@luizbertoncini]

Used man serpent greatsword in my last playthrough and damm what a good ng+1 weapon

[@AnAverageGoblin]

got that thing on my first snake kill once and it carried me through so much of the game.

[@DavidBowles1]

Beeeautiful weapon dude

[@1God1Fury]

No faith can save this disappointment of a sword

[@AlmyTheAlien]

More like... more like... more like... more like Astora's.... GAY Sword!!!

[@burstingolem8023]

The way he proudly declared himself a pervert over messing up the Lore 😂

[@awebormangr2249]

I wonder why didn't you just go to the great hollow and use the sword's single large advantage of being maxed out before killing a single boss

[@bad_kojima]

Ass actually useful in low level catacombs run

[@singularity4683]

Great vid man keep up the good work. Reminds me of the backlogs in the best way.

[@GrandLynx-kp2zi]

Im surprised you didn't use Power Within

[@cobaltundead]

High Strength and dex or faith Max level weapon Power Within Yeah it still does numbers and playing as a knight your planning on investing vitality too

[@tupik4234]

Tried to walkthrough the game with it, didn't know how horrible it is. Now I know better

[@manoeleduardoaraujofilho782]

After watching this video, i feel very proud of finishing DS1 100% with only Oscar's set ( while being a soulsbourne scrub, i might add )

[@robgeary8347]

Never used it beyond for killing skeletons in the crypt myself, but there are worse weapons in the game.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Besides skeletons, it's... a straight sword. Whatever graphs you could draw about its hypothetical performance compared to other similar weapons or weapons in its stats niche or so on, it's ultimately a pretty unremarkable spanking stick with a good moveset. Having to hit a guy one more time to kill 'em is hardly a game changer

[@CompletelyNewguy]

geez no wonder Astora's knights died.

[@jadewedge6082]

I remember, al ong time ago, picking up the astora straightsword because hey, holy. It stops skeletons from reviving. Then I saw the damage it did. And I felt very, very sad.

[@trevann8213]

"Damn it...the video worked...... *the video worked!* "

[@yeahmemia]

The one thing I found about the weapon is that it's sort of like a drake sword for faith builds. You can get it relatively early and the split damage will far outdo most conventional weapons at the start and will carry you until you've found a suitable replacement.

[@xryeau_1760]

Astora's Straight Sword is my go-to for early Pinwheel if I already plan on leveling faith

[@Onedepressedgamer]

Me too

[@mikurusagawa6897]

I feel like the KZbin meta paid off. I'm not even DarkSouls player yet I'm here

[@ChosenOne41]

I mean, how bad can it be? It does average damage, swings at a medium speed and has okay damage scaling. Yeah, it isn't going to one-shot anything but seems like it would be decent enough in all scenarios. Maybe late game it starts to taper off a bit but wouldn't something like the Drake Sword be worse in that regard?

[@SoftBoiledArt]

Surprisingly bad, it scales poorly due to split scaling and scaling being a % of base numbers, from the get go is worse than your Mace two handed with no upgrade, if we assume you're a Cleric, any normal weapon +5 due to puré phys damage (and terrible numbers on ass) will make it useless, and Twinkles can be used to upgrade BGH right away later. I've tried everything and surprisingly is bad no matter the point of the game, stat spread, and upgrade level, simply there's no run in which this won't just slow you down.

[@johnkalyvas4838]

The low base damage, which is also split, makes it very bad against late game and NG+ enemies that have high defense. On paper, the scaling is average, but because the base damage is low, scaling is also poor in practice. It's definitely much worse than a +15 longsword.

[@ChosenOne41]

@@johnkalyvas4838 I mean sure, but it ought to be leagues better than say a +0 broken straight sword. Maybe it is the worst weapon in regards to underperforming on expectations.

[@khajiitimanus7432]

The thing that upsets me the most about the sword, is that it doesn't get enough of an increase from upgrading. If you turn a longsword elemental, it'll always perform better once you get to using titanite chunks. Otherwise, it's not actually a bad weapon. It has lackluster damage, but it gets a divine modifier and excels for the early game - where you would need it most. You could skip the divine ember entirely, and the process of upgrading a weapon into divine.

[@imaawesome222]

Basically a faith drake sword. Really strong early on but drops off pretty fast

[@DarksteelHeart]

I use Astoras Straight Sword in every run that has near the faith requirement for it. However, after the Catacombs I usually dont need it anymore.

[@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker]

I wanted to go through Dark Souls being like Oscar, playing the role as his living legacy, but I just can’t bring myself to use this damn sword. It’s cool looking, but that’s it.

[@awyeagames]

It's far from the worst weapon. It's a decent early game weapon, especially if you want to venture the catacombs as soon as possible.

[@thatidiot346]

Oscar's ASS is actually +7

[@connorburris4846]

Man has a legendary ass. I mean ASS.

[@KaoruMzk]

It's not *that* bad. Faith requirement aside, it's a decent weapon for the early game.

[@giteausuperstar]

I 100% fell for this trap and wasted points levelling faith only to realise this sword sucks on my first play through

[@andrewsharpe7630]

Astora's Straight Sword is a decent starting weapon.... if you upgrade it all the way immediately upon obtaining it. I started a "Pure Faith build" today. The ASS (huh, guess it tracks)- fully upgraded with twinkling titanite from the lizards in the Great Hollow, Catacombs, etc. (which you can get to immediately with the master key)- makes quick work of early enemies and is on par with the Divine Claymore I created when the latter was at +2. I think my faith stat was 25 at this point. Once you get a +5 or higher Divine weapon the ASS needs to be retired. But for that first half hour it makes the early game easy.

[@colebeardsley8101]

I was suprised to see that this is a challenge run

[@shenmuelandlord]

This is a cool video and I hope ur channel continues to grow 🙏

[@RedMetalNecro]

Bro played lore accurate chosen undead, now I understand why ds1 protagonist is the main character... cuz he is gud

[@DRida64]

Hello from the algorithm. You get to continue hollowing. I remember doing a run of this weapon back in the day. It's not the worst "real" option.

[@f3player]

I love Astora's Straight Sword. It's my go-to weapon. It especially works well when fighting skeletons because of the holy damage

[@kylemussman4342]

Sorry man…the algorithm worked. This vid rocked

[@maebemaebenot]

Sword drops off obviously but I liked to use it to kill skeletons in the early game.

[@Raine618]

Welp, if you ever start doing dark souls 3 runs we have to see if the astora sword will be able to redeem itself.

[@johnkalyvas4838]

At least you can replace it with the Crescent Axe when it becomes obsolete after Anor Londo. You still need to kill Nito, but miracles can help with that.

[@hoodsquigga1168]

Me who started DS1 after starting with DS3 getting the Greatsword of Artorias, prepping my stats for Str and Dex exclusively. “Int, Fai” THE FU- My first run…was a nightmare

[@catarana6135]

Dark hand is worse and so is Ghost Blade. Astora’s is just a below average straight sword

[@tylandry883]

This is a short for me I think I broke KZbin 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DragonLover6178]

0:00 I had no idea you could parry this enemy...

[@41.taquangminh31]

U can always visit the Arch Tree to get total of 20 twinkling guaranteed immediately 😅

[@NAWWMANNN]

ASS is actually a really good weapon, if you're not playing DS1 like a sour chode lol If you try to use it on a character that's leveling mainly vigor and endurance and strength, that's a dum dum move. But if you pick up that sword on a run that's immediately dumping every level into faith, the sword is super powerful. It may be overshadowed by better scaling weapons later on, but until you can lightning infuse a Baller Swag Sword the ASS is amazing, as long as you're leveling faith over anything else. And you can pump a single Stat super high, super early if you focus exclusively on it.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

Yeah.. or I can just use a weapon that doesn't require a very specific set up to be good.. one thats good by default.

[@lukefitton7329]

⁠@@AnAverageGoblinthat was kind of their point, that there are better weapons but Astoras can still be viable, plus why would you not level faith and have synergy with Miracles while using this anyway.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@lukefitton7329 Fair. faith is fun in DS1.

[@lukefitton7329]

@@AnAverageGoblin agreed, wrath of the gods + replenishment goes hard

[@gaiusadonusmaximusxiv9629]

Ds1 is a great souls game.

[@Lamentationsofapoory]

1:18 KZbin algorithm is, unfortunately, still a thing. 3k subs but 83k views. Welcome to KZbin!

[@ellagage1256]

You know bait used to be believeable...

[@otherman4659]

Astora straight sword is a little good if you want to run through catacombs early since it's technically a holy weapon that stops the skeles from respawning

[@Sinphanius]

Fun Fact: My first run of DS1 was as a Spellblade but I realized early in the game that I didn't like buffing my weapon over and over and that all the sorcery casting animations except for the ones from DS2 are all worthless stupid looking trash so in the end I just wound up with an Enchanted Longsword. It did 50 damage a swing to Manus and Kalameet. Still killed them though.

[@fortisch]

Funny, this sword carrys me through my faith run rn.

[@SimpleSayre]

Honestly, this video seems more like filler than anything else. I really don't know what you're even expecting from a straight sword of all things.

[@leafonhead777]

One of my favorite characters is to either start a knight or a cleric with master key. Grab Astora straight sword, grass crest shield and elite knight set early. And in that the Astora straight sword is a pretty good smaller sword till I grab divine ember and start upgrading a divine claymore. I would NEVER think of trying to 100% the game with it. That doesn't make it trash. More like a handy early game pickup for characters that can benefit from some faith scaling.

[@SteamPaladin]

worst weapon? nah. worst sword? ...also nah. mediocre at best weapon? absolutely.

[@ErosTheNerd]

With the Master key my average run start nets +5 Astoras Straight Sword in under an hour that lasts me till NG+2 when I eventually swap to Occult Winged Spear

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

0:43 Metaphor Refantazio, huh?👀

[@nonagrey3422]

Actually having to hit the enemy a few times to kill them makes this run MORE exciting....

[@atwitchyferret]

Split damage is terrible in dark souls because of how defense works. Basically every point the enemy has in defense blocks a point of damage you do. If you don't beat the stat check you do barely anything. Split damage has to go through two stat checks with lower damage on each. Say an enemy has 200 defense in all stats and you have the choice of using a sword that does 240 physical damage, or weapon that does 190 in both holy and physical. With the pure physical sword you are doing 40 damage or so and with the split damage sword you're probably doing about 6 damage because you not beating the stat check.

[@DariuszHerma]

Getting Black knight sword from first knight in burg was the worst thing that happened to me on my first playthrough

[@piereallygoodiful]

I honestly came into this video at 11pm at night more expecting a damage and numbers comparison to the things like the BKS or more standard weapons rather than a brief challenge run and "general feels" kinda video. Not that I necessarily dislike the video, but ya know, its not exactly what I was expecting

[@FungusBug]

Calling the Astora’s the worst weapon in DS1 is an INSANE stretch

[@tripps3631]

Unironically carried me in my quality faith build. Let me plunder the catacombs super early for decent souls and right of kindling from Pinwheel.

[@TwilightWolf032]

The only use I have for Astora's Straight Sword is going to the Catacombs.