Dragon-Hunter's Great Katana Build - How to build a Dragonslayer Shadow of the Erdtree Build

[@Fextralife]

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[@bradencluster4739]

I'm a meteorologist, and I really need a storm build. :)

[@cheekibreeki20253]

hay, do you plan on making a viking build ?

[@ragna6410]

I use this build currently. Dragon Hunter Great Katana is my favorite weapon. Can play another 500h now with this weapon.

[@mynamesjeff347]

Ya dude same here I've been using it the entire DLC, unfortunately not working well against Radahn

[@275dpr]

It's just a quality build. The weapon is interchangeable.

[@idjaXD]

@@mynamesjeff347 same here i used all of great katanas with quality build. And i just beat Radahn yesterday, but instead of opaline hardtear i used the deflecting hardtear to go full sekiro on him hehe

[@vrme4420]

Great katana has been my main in the DLC. I recommend it with the bull rider's weapon ash of war. It destroys bosses and is OK out in the field.

[@sirflimflam]

had been rocking the greatsword of solitude until I came across this weapon. pretty sick

[@vitorgeorge5722]

I used this build in the whole Jagged Peak questline, really good weapon against dragons, really easy to hit the head with the weapon skill.

[@9Nifty]

Quality builds got a lot of love in the dlc. Best great katana, best bow, talismans that buff existing quality weapons etc.

[@hassanrao470]

what are some other good quality weapons in the DLC/base game?

[@9Nifty]

@@hassanrao470 Axe of Godfrey gets tripple talisman buffs with roar medallion, shattered stone, and shard of Alexander now. Plus two handed talisman will buff all your normals.

[@275dpr]

Dragonscale halbred

[@yusufachanandaputera7200]

Any suggest dlc weapon for quality wretch build char?

[@9Nifty]

@@yusufachanandaputera7200 do you have the strength for dragon hunter katana?

[@Pyrosunical]

Dear god mr fextra, please make a St Trinas consort build for us 3 sleep builds, im begging

[@Bittamin]

Doesn’t sleep just stagger bosses?

[@edd4131]

Sounds fun, gotta use both short swords, Tholliers needle, and his set. Gotta get that sleep charm too. I think it scales off int.

[@edd4131]

@@Bittaminyeah most bosses it just staggers, but there is a charm and set that improves sleep, even more weapons

[@BlackDaiquiri]

@@edd4131The problem with using the other St Trina sword is it uses another form of sleep buildup and I’m not sure that they stack.

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Bros looking very sus

[@TheHashCrackingSlasher]

That subtle "Not even close, baby!" reference to Dunkey is truly a blast to the past and i appreciate whoever put that in haha

[@Ninjachickenfingers]

9:03

[@fullmetalathlete]

I took this sword onto the Moonlight Alter area in the base game and absolutely WRECKED all the dragons hanging out up there...this thing absolutely obliterates dragons under any circumstances and one of the best things about it is how the weapon art seems to aim you right towards the target and kinda hangs you in the air near the dragons head. I don't care for it in general outside this usage, but as a specialty weapon for dragons there is no comparison to its effectiveness.

[@elalexsantos3150]

It's like a gmmick weapon that kept it's gimmick even after using it for that one boss.. kinda like the serpent hunter if it kept its effect

[@thisismyyoutubecommentacco6302]

Same, one of the best things about the DLC was having the ability to upgrade and switch weapons almost instantly since there wasn't any new bell bearings to have to go fetch and we could level weapons to +24 or +9 very quickly with just some rune costs. My first playthrough alone I used the Death Knight's Twin Axes and Longhaft Axe, the Dragonslayer Great Katana, and Black Steel Greathammer depending on enemy weaknesses. Also the requirements are super reasonable. 15 Strength means almost any player can two-hand it and likely one hand it depending on what default weapon they are using and 20 dex, while a little higher, is easily countered by Millicent's Prosthesis, Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom, or even Radagon's Soreseal to boost both Strength and Dex by +5.

[@Vinnare]

On my first dlc playthrough I used it on Bayle. I got some amazing rng, a perfectly timed stagger, and I was doing a mega fuck ton of damage with the shard of alexander and godfrey's icon. Incredible weapon even if its meant just for fighting one type of enemy

[@IMSTAAX]

please never stop making builds! the quality/depth of each video is insane

[@mh_golfer]

Tried this out yesterday on NG+ and it just shred every boss in the main game going to tackle the DLC with it today.

[@brushtooth6636]

Simple weapon too, godfrey's icon, warrior shard and two hand armament talismans are enough

[@lrmt2130]

Regarding dragons, it's worth noting that if you're fighting a Ghostflame dragon, use a maxed weapon with Sacred Blade on it. you'll chew through them faster than any other weapon due to their undead weakness to holy.

[@celphalonred1999]

Even quicker with this.

[@MrNuclearz]

Finally holy is good

[@pkafka80]

Been waiting for this one. Time to re-spec. Thanks as always for the great builds and explanations!!!

[@pkafka80]

Damn this hits hard! I tore through a dragon that was giving my bleed build fits in under a minute easy.

[@ZiggyStarman42]

Another good thing about this weapon is the number of piercing attacks in the moveset. So many good pokes that deal counter damage

[@275dpr]

The other great katanas have the same move set. Against Bayle, after stagger I'd run r1 and a other r1 on stagger before the riposte. Really nice damage.

[@DawnmanDX]

@Fextralife, this Build was super helpful against Bayle. Thank you so much for making it.

[@maxizcool2867]

Beat Bayle first try with this build, best dlc build yet!

[@Chrisp0394]

Another awesome build! Please keep pumping them out, we are loving them!

[@BrailleSounds]

I keep going back to this bad boy! Been waiting for this!

[@allinyourhands]

I am so glad I upgraded this one, cause I have no idea what's good or not, this was a right decision

[@matthodgkins5445]

This combined with Oceans of Blood (aka Rakshasa's Great Katana) is a fun dual-wield set up that carried me through the game. Alternate between their skills depending on single target or mobs, then wear the heaviest armor you can. Very satisfying!

[@Chrisp0394]

Oh this is a good idea, I'll have to try that! They are both quality scaling weapons too!

[@CrappyCar]

Nizar GG did a build with these two weapons, and added his usual fun backstory.

[@p1ngerss]

@@Chrisp0394 Rakshasa is Dex scaling

[@dhruvbhatnagar4180]

Struggled with Bayle a lot. Switched to this and he was down in 2 tries. Great weapon but pretty situational; good for dragon bosses.

[@beanvr46582]

I am finding this is mowing down everything not just dragons

[@275dpr]

Yeah I only used it for all the jagged peak stuff. Nice plug and play weapon. I actually used it on a dex build too. But I'm moving on from the weapon now.

[@rafaelrenteria4390]

Haha me too, he kicked my balls in then I switched to this build and destroyed him on my second try

[@kenny.m.olsen95]

Did you guys upgrade the weapon before using it on Bayle etc?

[@ndustries6323]

Great sword of Radahn Lord and Light builds!

[@lalcantara18]

No problems with any bosses loving it so far. Thanks for the build

[@metagaminguniversemgu2240]

This build carried me all the way to last boss, but then had to switch to get through it. Its a great weapon.

[@nathangreenberg3683]

The charged weapon art attack (1) sends you into the air so you dodge tons of low attacks (2) allows you to redirect yourself in mid air to hit someone from any angle including below or above you (3) seems to have insane poise and tanks most hits in mid air (4) moves you forward toward the enemy to close a fair amount of distance (5) sends out a shockwave so it is close damage and ranged in one move (6) does a ton of poise damage, and (7) most importantly, causes a small delay on your move timing that seems to completely break the timing of most enemies and a lot of human opponents too. It is the best new weapon.

[@TheLluka-]

0:08 thank God the name was blurred out, I would have really hated the boss getting spoiled for me🙏🙏🙏

[@crawstane]

Simple, Stylish, Sagacious. Another great vid.

[@BraydenRad]

This build guide is awesome! I appreciate the boss name blurring too

[@soullordbr6183]

Thanks for guide Fextra. I would love to see a Dragon Cult or Frenzied flame build with the new dlc incantations and items!

[@giuseppetomasella6859]

This is the best somewhere in between build I've every been somewhere in between in.

[@paulodavi9166]

Super fun build + cool armor + cool weapon. Great stuff, man.

[@Mufire1991]

Real fun build, thanks for posting! Just in time, I came upon the sunflower boss and that weapon projectile was sick good for it, sheared it's head right off

[@juliancamacho3837]

Daaaaaaaamn just went from the Impaler Build which is fucking awesome to this one and this is also pretty fucking awesome

[@m.a.dmatt6689]

What I love the most about this weapon is that it is an actually good Quality weapon. With even scaling of both str and dex. The dlc really gave quality builds a good helping hand

[@eclipsedandjaded]

Another banger build, i hope you're resting man!

[@HaloProductionsUSA]

I keep finding myself going back to this katana its so damn good.

[@kaiser1829]

I have been loving the weapon switching theme and am in love with greatsword and dragon hunter great katana. Time to get tons of endurance lol

[@nejiefelipe]

Great build Fextra!! this weapon is basically a pocket dragon nuke, its worth to any swordmans to carry a leveled one.

[@ultimatebuilds]

this weapon has prety cool skill and damage combined

[@tonydeluna8095]

Man this has been one hell of a summer! Yessir!

[@citizenrandall01]

Only way I could beat Bayle, this is an awesome build. Much appreciated

[@blakeacri5182]

This was probably my 2nd most used weapon in the DLC. The range on this thing was GREAT, plus amazing to kill Dragons. Took me two times to take down Bayle with level 18 fragment level.

[@zachmiller4575]

Love this weapon it makes bayle a whole lot easier to fight cause you can actually connect attacks with his head

[@thatguydex1338]

That's a great build dude! You should consider building the "falx" weapon in your next vid. (I'm so early lol)

[@SkarrGaming]

I re-speced my strength / faith character into a quality build. I'm gonna make a run for this weapon when I head into the DLC right away. It's a Vagaond starting class too so there's no wasted points in int / faith / arc.

[@lucasrevell2894]

Another great video thanks for all the effort of you and your team.

[@BakedHotdog]

I used a similar build to beat Bayle recently. I used the Dragon Hunter's Great Katana + 10, Godfry Icon and Axe talisman, Great Jars Arsenal, and Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman. The axe talisman stacks with the Godfry Icon to increase the charged attack damage. For the flask I used the Spiked Cracked Tear and to further increase the damage from the charged attack, and the Greenburst Crystal Tear to help with the stamina regen. For armor I'm using the armor of Solitude set for that high poise.

[@vurunaa]

axe talisman and spiked cracked tear don't work on the charged ashes of war, only on charged heavy attacks, so just for you to know that they don't stack with godfreys icon

[@steveseymour4762]

That ancient dragons katana is insanely powerful with shard of Alexander and godfreys icon.

[@Archontasil]

Very strong and long range aow. I used this for all the later bosses

[@user-Joshuamm929]

Kinda wanna build a dragon ronin with this and the dragon scale blade to make a theme now thanks to you I can’t stop making builds lol but thank you as always please get rest you guys have been on it

[@standopower2961]

A build on the velvet sword of St Trina would be sick

[@braytenboyd]

Bro I literally made this exact build yesterday

[@skaggon1275]

I've been waiting for this

[@iwishihadgoodinternet7766]

this katana got me through BAAAAAYLLLLLEE!

[@GoldenOrder]

Will for sure try this. 👍

[@SomethingCoolGaming]

Anyone who is struggling with Bayle, use the dragons king cragblade. This will absolutely melt him, just stay underneath him and GG

[@rayduenglish]

go go 1 mil subs!

[@xPear]

A little ‘life hack’ is that on great katanas critical hits and back stabs, when combined with the ‘health/fp recover on critical hit’ talismans, recovers 2 separate portions of health or fp on most enemies. Makes using those talismans worth it.

[@Jebophobia]

Love to see your build for a Faith/Intelligence Caster Build

[@juliancamacho3837]

This build with the Solitude armor set got me through the big homie Bayle

[@greeneless]

If you’re capping your level, drop mind down to 18 for 110 FP. This will give you six uses of your Ash of War almost exactly before cerulean flashing. Then you’ve got 12 more points to distribute to strength, endurance, or vigor. Definitely recommend hitting 54 strength as this is ~80 effective strength when two handing. Just save enough FP for the spirit ash you want if you’re into that.

[@cloudakerlund1923]

This is my favorite new dlc weapon and is really good.

[@shoopah92]

I'd love to see a build focusing on the miquella incantations with the dryleaf seal (discus of light, multilayered ring of light etc.)

[@thehighground3075]

9:00 "Not even close baby"

[@KiNg0fShReD]

this build is awesome i basically made this to beat Bayle. I needed all the damage i could to kill him and basically came up with this!

[@cakethecrazy]

I’d like to see a viability section for the last boss for a lot of these builds. Like this one, the dragon god, etc. I just don’t see how you can get all of these slow wind up moves off with great success 😩

[@cyclonustv]

Absolutely need to hold R2 until it's at max power or it doesn't fire the projectile. Without that it's really frustrating to use if you're a little ways away. Plan accordingly. Love this weapon and build.

[@johannesmbaye4028]

thanks! i beat senessax and bayle on first try with this build lol. i thought id still struggle

[@aaronmufc10]

The thing is with the Rakshasa Armor set is that it doesn't actively make you take more damage, it just has lower damage negation than the armor sets in it's 'category.' So, you're better off using this regardless of what it says because it's not much less than them and has great poise.

[@GodKillerKRAT0S]

Moonlight greatsword beam can go up or down but you have to free aim it, which obviously is a lot harder to do. This katana is super fun to use though.

[@austinlong2698]

If you're 2 handed it makes sense to cap your strength at 54, cause when you 2 hand you get the 27 point boost for strength to hit 81. So cap it at 54 and push more Dex/health /whatever else

[@lamargibson8200]

I’ve played with this weapon. Outside of fighting dragon it was ok. I prefer the great katana because of the bleed and attack rating. But may throw some point certain attributes to use from time to time

[@MrLawlsss]

So moonveil but red and big? I like

[@Navek15]

Dragonwound Slash. Or as I call it, 'Getsuga Tensho if Ichigo Kurosaki really hated dragons.'

[@misterros94]

I wanna give a huge thanks for these videos Fextra, my favorite channel melee combat games (not just Souls). Maybe a build for Anvil Hammer? I've heard it has potential for the highest damage output in the game, and has some unique requirements for Int and Faith; curious how you'd optimize a 150 build for it.

[@motor_citymuscle288]

This weapon is badass!

[@rikosFou]

Just turned off the ps5 thinking "damn a heavy katana build guide would be good" and come to this…

[@runningintodark]

Its ok to pronounce scado as Shadow my man. Love your site and channel

[@Soshiaircon91]

The ash of war vacuum slash is underrated for PVE, it uses very little FP and can dish at huge dmg at range. I recommend vacuum slash more

[@nthnz14]

Would love to see a great sword of solitude block counter build!

[@christianvasileff4998]

Please make an updated storm knight!!!

[@oopsGen]

it's worth noting that if you're gonna be two handing this sword all the time, getting strenght to 54 should be enough to reach the softcap, so when you're leveling up past 50/50 you should aim for 54 strenght 80 dex

[@FrostDreki]

I just used this weapon against Plasedusax (I know I butchered the spelling), and my goodness did he get destroyed by this weapon. 10/10 would recommend

[@YTPrimitive]

The 🐐🐐🐐

[@AustinSmithyt]

Was watching this wen I beat the Elden best thanks big time

[@adnanbabili5854]

It's a great build as always 😍buy in this build i think i can use a bow to attract the enemies

[@kadenhatcher5938]

easily walked through the dlc my first play through with this weapon

[@SlothinAintEasy]

I would like to hear your take on a great shield build. I played around with it in pve and it’s pretty effective. Would like to see someone’s take on it

[@Bosstycoon617]

Would be great to get a updated dark knight build video for the dlc

[@ethanwintersseveredhand]

He already did it check out dark paladin

[@Bosstycoon617]

@@ethanwintersseveredhand ideally wanted to see something close to the same build of two great swords + spells. Mostly want to know what to pump in terms of stats after level 150 and possibly different great swords

[@moorhseroms]

Looks even cooler with the drake knight armor

[@MrVellinson]

Any info of when the dragon cult build is coming? Great work on these videos!

[@j24ish]

It’s fun to have around for dragons, but I’ve found Milady and Wing Stance does everything except for some range better

[@oliverreyes334]

We starving for today’s build 🗣️

[@keiscecs8868]

Please do Rakshasa Great Katana next sir

[@austinguthrie5528]

It's definitely a more useful gimmick weapon, unlike the serpent killer spear.

[@vector2993]

You can also easily add in Igon's Greatbpw w/Igon's Drake Hunt for theme

[@johndotcue]

God this weapon is so good.

[@j.10101.j]

Great vids Fextra! Could I request a build based on the Putrescence Cleaver? It’s such a beautiful DLC weapon and works well with an Arcane build due to its Arc scaling :)

[@mimmo4762]

Rakshasa set has worse damage reductions and resistences (while retaining a really good poise) for its weight category, but no real malus. Also, that "worse" is by no means "bad". You're basically trading points in endurance for an attack bonus.

[@Justadudelikeforreal]

You should try a build that maximizes Hp and lifesteal, and adds just a bit of defense. Having 2500 hp and being able to keep healing that makes the game really fun. And the more defense the harder it is to lose health, so win-win.

[@silverwolf2761]

This is a very cool build

[@DiabloReaper98]

I don't know if you've already made a build about this but have you thought about doing an anvil hammer build? I feel like the ash of war has a lot of potential but I haven't tested it yet, been busy with your Shadowblade build, which is amazing by the way.