Dark Souls 3is famous for its tough combat encounters, including some of thebest Boss fightstheSoulsfranchise has ever seen. The game also provides you with an option to convert the Soul of a defeated boss into a unique and powerful boss weapon.
The Farron Greatsword is one of the boss weapons that can be acquired after completing the Abyss Watchers boss fight. It is an Ultra Greatsword and has movesets that require skill to master and use effectively. Still, it is a great weapon nonetheless, and usingthe best build for the Farron Greatswordcan help you make the most of this blade.
How to Get Farron Greatsword
The Farron Greatsword is a boss weapon thatyou can obtain after defeating the Abyss Watchers.They are a mandatory boss fight, which you will find by traversing the Farron Keep until you will come across a building. It is here where you willfind the Abyss Watchers.
Abyss Watchers will be equipped with Farron Greatsword and will pose a great challenge to players, with phase two of the fight being particularly troublesome. Once you are successful, you will be rewarded with theSoul of the Blood of the Wolf, which you’re able to transpose at the Firelink Shrine with Ludleth of Courland at no Soul cost.
Farron Greatsword Overview
The Farron Greatsword is an Ultra Greatsword and, therefore, is more inclinedtowards Quality builds. It is a unique two-piece weapon that leans toward Dexterity more than Strength and is one of the lightest Ultra Greatswords in the game. It also consumes little Stamina to use compared to other weapons in its class.
Since it is kind ofa paired weapon, two-handing will allow you to equip a dagger in the left hand which you can use to parry, thanks to Farron Greatsword’s skill “Parry”. The Farron Greatsword also intrinsically deals bonus damage to enemies rooted in the Abyss.
Being a boss weapon, Farron Greatsword can not be infused and requires Twinkling Titanite to upgrade it. It also has a unique moveset when two-handing it, allowing you to forward lunge and plant the dagger in the ground, bringing the sword in a slashing strike. Further input yields a spinning attack while using the dagger to lock it in place.
Stat Requirements & Scaling
Since Farron Greatsword is an Ultra Greatsword and deals only Physical damage it scales only with Strength and Dexterity. It requires 18 Strength and 20 Dexterity to wield effectively and comes with a D in Strength and C in Dexterity.
This scaling can be upgraded to a C in Strength and an A in Dexterity by upgrading this weapon to +5. It deals heavy damage to enemies and, being an Ultra Greatsword, is capable of hitting several enemies at a time.
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Stats to Focus
Since Farron Greatsword scales with Strength and Dexterity only with more scaling in Dexterity, your priority should be Dexterity and then you should consider leveling up your Strength. Ideally,you should level up your Dexterityto 40 before focusing on Strength.
Besides Strength and Dexterity, you should level up Vigor and Endurance. More Vigor equals more Health points and more Endurance equals more Stamina, both of which are essential to keep you up in a fight.
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Rings
Since we are using a Quality build with Farron Greatsword and not taking advantage of any spells we will use Rings that boost our Stamina, Vigor, and Vitality.
