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| Weapon Type | Piercing Sword | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attack Type | Slash / Thrust | ||||||||||||||||||
| Enchantable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Special | No | ||||||||||||||||||
Rapier is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.
A standard thrusting sword.
Thrusting Swords are light swords with fine tips that can be used while holding up a shield, and are effective for parrying.
Use quick thrusts to damage hard-skinned foes. Also effective when fighting in narrow spaces.
Acquired From
- Sold by Blacksmith Lenigrast for 1000 Souls.
- Dropped by Forest Grotesque in Shaded Woods.
Hints and Tips:
- Upgraded with regular Titanite to +10.
- Rapier is a dexterity-based weapon; it has high dexterity damage bonus (B scaling for dexterity).
- Rapier makes a good defensive weapon. As any pierce-based weapon, it can be used to poke safely from behind a shield (attacking and blocking at the same time) but at the cost of reduced damage. However, attempting to use the previous attack to hit a shield might leave the user vulnerable after the attack is deflected. Another perk to using the rapier is its long-ranged moveset. It has long stabbing moves that can be used to punish and poke enemies at a distance. The downside to its thrust attacks is the lack of horizontal sweep, which isn't ideal when dealing with many enemies side ways. That aside, the main problem of many piercing weapons in Dark Souls II is the hitboxes and tracking of the thrust attacks, as they often miss and poorly track the target.
- This weapon has a parry instead of a strong attack when wielded in one hand. This is handy when dual wielding as it gives you at least some defensive capability other than rolling if you've got the rapier in the right hand. Strangely enough if dual wielded with a curved sword the rapier will preform slashing motions during the powerstance attacks. It is unknown what damage type these are as the weapon is only supposed to be capable of inflicting thrust damage.
Youtube relevant videos:
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Move Set
Dual Wield Tutorial
Required in Build:
Rapier Upgrades
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| Regular | 115 | - | - | - | - | 140 10 |
D | B | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Regular +10 | 230 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | B | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Magic | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | ^ | E | C | C | - | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Magic +10 | 161 | 161 | - | - | - | ^ | E | C | B | - | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Fire | 80 | - | 80 | - | - | ^ | E | C | - | C | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 46.6 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Fire +10 | 161 | - | 161 | - | - | ^ | E | C | - | B | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 46.6 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Lightning | 80 | - | - | 80 | - | ^ | E | C | - | - | C | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 46.6 | 17.9 |
| Lightning +10 | 161 | - | - | 161 | - | ^ | E | C | - | - | B | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 46.6 | 17.9 |
| Dark | 80 | - | - | - | 80 | ^ | E | C | - | - | - | C | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 36.6 |
| Dark +10 | 161 | - | - | - | 161 | ^ | E | C | - | - | - | B | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 36.6 |
| Poison | 80 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | C | - | - | - | - | 112 | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Poison +10 | 161 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | C | - | - | - | - | 140 | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Bleed | 80 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | C | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Bleed +10 | 161 | - | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | - | - | 140 | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Raw | 132 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Raw +10 | 264 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Enchanted | 115 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Enchanted +10 | 230 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | C | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Mundane | 57 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Mundane+10 | 115 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
Table Key
Please see the Upgrades page for details on Upgrade paths, ore and blacksmiths. You can see the Stats page for detailed explanations on what they do.
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Attack Values | Damage Reduction (%) Reducing the elemental damage taken in % |
Auxiliary Effects | Others |
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Physical |
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Bleeding |
Durability |
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Magic |
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 Poison |
Weight |
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Fire |
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Lightning |
Lightning |
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Counter Strength |
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Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.
The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].
This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X".
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.
Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)
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if i see you spamming r1 with this im pulling out my ice rapier
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me in 2015: "why did they put the best weapon in the game so early loool, I hope they dont repeat this mistake in DS3 "
Sellsword Twinblades : Yeah about that..
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I wish this wasn't accessible so early.
It makes every build i try to do seem obsolete when i could have just used the rapier from the start :(
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I remember that my first game was precisely with the rapier, but not because I had seen on the internet that it was the best weapon, but because I casually bought it from the blacksmith and realized that it did more damage than the rest of weapons.
In retrospect I think that if I didn't like DS2 it was because I chose that weapon, was so ****ing boring lol.
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No matter what I always come back to you. Rapier, my beloved.
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Man, I really don't like thrusting sword (coz is op as f), but when you can use this bad boy on sl1 (you need cale helm +dex ring or Work Hook or dex ring and Work Hook) I'm gonna change my mind, but only at sl1 runs or speedruns. In casual playthrough makes game too easy
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Nerd fact: This is actually a sidesword, an evolution of the knightly/arming sword and direct predecessor to actual rapiers(like the espada ropera)
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Honestly, In my personal opinion this might just be the most boring weapon in the entire game, it's literally the definition of "Effective but boring", sure it has absolutely disgusting DPS with it's high speed and extremely high counter damage for a weapon of its size, weight and speed, but.... good lord do I hate using it, so many people evangelize it as being the best weapon in the entire game and an absolute PVE monster, but it's just so damn boring to use, it's tiny and unimpressive looking, it has a very dull moveset that mostly just consists of "poke poke poke poke and some more poke poke poke" barely any variety to it, not to mention it's a weedy-feeling thing despite the disgustingly high DPS it can put out, I'm not trying to say you suck and you're literally Satan for using it or anything, but.... it's such a boring-ass weapon to use,
there's several infinitely more enjoyable ways to play the game rather than just effortlessly steamrolling most of the game by mashing r1 over and over and poking everything to death with what is essentially an insanely overpowered toothpick, the fact it makes basically the entire game 10x easier just by using it and having enough braincells to mash R1 only makes it even more boring to use as well honestly, there's zero fun to be had in trivializing the game just by using The World's most overpowered and R1-spammiest toothpick, if this weapon is your favorite weapon in the game I'm willing to bet you're either an extremely boring person, or you're a total metaslave.
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Funny how this simple little Rapier has the potential to have some of the highest DPS in the game of any melee weapon despite how simple and basic it is.
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quick question guys. i want to level dex only 12. so i can use rapier. normal rapier +10 or raw+10 what is more strong?
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Of all the cool, unique melee weapons in this game, the tiny-ass toothpick that has nothing but lame-o poke spam for its attacks is the most "Op and meta", Goes to show that the actually cool and unique weapons are never the "meta" weapons
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I was disappointed when I tried powerstancing these after seeing how absurd this weapon was normally in pve, but it's just waaay slower and takes way more stamina and all around makes it worse and less safe to use compared to using one rapier
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waltuh.. put the rapier away waltuh... were not doing easy mode waltuh.
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This thing is actually busted, unironically the best weapon in the game
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Step 1: Buy Rapier and Mace
Step 2: Get yourself 12/12 STR/DEX
Step 3: Upgrade them
Step 4: Profit??
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i killed fume knight without dieing once to him using the rapier and im not good by any means
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Shame the black reskin was never officially released, it looks gorgeous
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Battle axe main hand, rapier off hand. Both grabbed from Lenigrast for cheap. Axe for high damage slashes and downward swings, and rapier for long distance pokes and parrying. Start as warrior class and you only need a single point invested in DEX to use both at full effectiveness.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you set yourself up for the entire game, right from the very beginning of it.
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man idk why rapier does like 70 damage even tho i got required stats
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if this weapon didn't exist DS2 would've been more enjoyable TBH. extremely broken but makes the game boring
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One of the best if not THE best offhand weapon in the game. 14 active parry frames -- nearly as easy to parry with as the buckler. And while the poke is boring as hell as a main weapon, it's nice to have a fast poke on offhand.
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this is literally the best weapon in the series. PvE-wise at least
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I'm making a dex/Faith build can I buff this even if it's infused
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Note: the rapier performs best on a caster or miracle build due to the fact that you can both infuse and buff it, allowing you to deal high stupid damage while only leveling int/faith
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I've been playing with this up until the Last Giant, and I get the hype now. Decent damage, low stamina cost, and low starting lag to the attack. But it's that counter damage that I could never figure out until I gave it a proper chance. The counter windows on at least the enemies I've fought up until now are huge. I've been able to get two to three counter hits on the turtle knight guys after most attacks, and each hit goes from 80 damage to 151. I never liked the thrusting swords in the other games because I could never get used to the move set, but this one feels better to use. I'm going to try something with the Old Leo Ring, Richard's Rapier, and the engraved gauntlets. Call it curiosity.
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Best melee weapon for any pure int sorcs. Little to no stat requirements, insane dmg thanks to leo ring affected thrust counter. Go to doors of pharos, get the faint stone, i fuse this bad boy and cheese the game.
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Low stats requirement makes it a great weapon for infusions.
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right so we all know this is a badass weapon. however is it worth infusing? is infusion damage affected by the counter modifier? currently i have it at +10 and been buffing it. i have thousands of hours of gameplay but i only just started using this weapon so any advice is appreciated.
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*abuses counter dmg to cheese every boss fight* heh, nothing personal devs
You can actually get this weapon to a plus 10 before fighting a single boss. Though this is true with any weapon you can get before a boss but this or the mace are by far the best. Thank you ymfah
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This thing absolutely slaps on a dex/faith build when infused with lightning. Trash at hitting crystal lizards though...
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This game probably has the most unique variety of weapons out of all 3 souls games. But if you level this weapon early, the game really has one weapon.
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most people might praise the Ice Rapier, or the Espada Ropera, and Ricard's Rapier... yet at the end of the day, this baby right here has a lot of things you will ever really need... takes a bit less stamina then most late-game rapiers, weighs very little, can be gotten early, and it doesn't take much strength to powerstance two of these, and they parry just like the espada when one-handed, and let us not forget they are reliable to the end-game just like most other weapons found at start if you know how to use them. tell me, what is not to love?
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Legendary weapons for each game.... Battle Axe in DeS Reinforced Club in DS1 Rapier in DS2 Saw Cleaver in BB Broadsword in DS3 And none of this fancy looking garbage.
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guys i have 40 faith 20str 20dex which infusion is the best?
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If you are a mage with no so high str and dex, is worth using an Enchanted Rapier??
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Who would win. Dragons, Legendary knights, giant two headed spiders... or some skinny boi with a toothpick
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Who knew that of all the weapons in Dark Souls—massive swords, six-foot-long halberds, hammers bigger than the wielder—one of the weapons to be considered the most overpowered and devastating thing in the game was... some thin thrusting sword. :l
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Ever since i picked this up, ive always managed to incorporate It into my build somehow. It is amazing against single targets due to its good damage, fast attack speed, and low stamina cost per poke. Always have a good sidearm for horizontal swings if you get overwhelmed. Never underestimate its counter damage bonus! Poke weapons become devastating when attacking right before and right after an enemy attack.
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prepare to get RAPE-iered!!!! *proceeds to land a backstab*
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Honestly one of the best weapons in the game, and you can get it in the first 10 minutes of a playthrough!
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I’ve recently tried the Rapier out on my recent playthrough, and while it’s certainly very strong, it also shreds through durability on alot of enemies. Is this normal, or is there some widely understood way of mitigating it besides the Bracing Ring?
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