Broken%20Straight%20Sword

Broken Straight Sword+10

Stats
icon wp physicalAttack 160(*112) icon wp counterStrength 100
icon magicbonus 0 (*112) icon wp poiseDamage 15
icon firebonus 0(*112) icon wp stability 5
icon lightningbonus 0(*112) icon durabilitiy 40
icon darkbonus 0(*112) icon weight 2.0
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22 icon dexterity 22 icon intelligence 22 icon faith 22
2
C
3
D
icon magicbonus green icon firebonus green icon lgtngbonus green icon darkbonus green
*B *B *B *B
Weapon Type Straight Sword
Attack Type Slash / Thrust
Enchantable Yes
Special No
*When infused: 112 physical dmg/112 elemental dmg and B scaling with chosen element. Str scaling changes to D.

Broken Straight Sword is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.

 

Straight Sword with its blade broken near in half. Nearly useless in battle, but "nearly useless" trumps "empty-handed.

Acquired From

 

Hints and Tips:

  • When Power Stanced with a Piercing Sword, it makes the moveset that of a straight sword powerstance while keeping the low stamina costs.
  • Despite the comparatively low attack power, the Broken Straight Sword has extremely low stamina drain. This can result in heavy damage, provided the target doesn't get pushed out the weapon's reach or manage to "poise out" of the combo.
  • Used with mundane in old patches of the game, current balancing make Raw a more viable infusion.
  • When elementally infused, the low weight and VERY low stat requirements make it useful for providing auxiliary elemental damage options for a variety of builds.


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Broken Straight Sword Upgrades

  Attack ValuesBonus Parameter Bonus Auxiliary Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Name
icon wp physicalAttack
icon wp magdmg
icon wp firedmg
icon wp lightningdmg
icon darkbonus
icon Counter%26poisedamage
icon strengthscale green
icon dexscale green
icon magicbonus green
icon firebonus green
icon lgtngbonus green
icon darkbonus green
icon wp poisonbld
icon wp bleed
icon wp physicaldef
icon wp magicdef
icon wp firedef
icon wp lightningdef
icon wp darkdef
Regular 80 - - - - 100
15
D - - - - - - - 20 5.0 20 20 10
Regular +10 160 - - - - ^ C - - - - - - - 20 5.0 20 20 10
Magic 56 56 - - - - D - C - - - - - 17.9 21.6 17.9 17.9 7.9
Magic +10 112 112 - - - - D - B - - - - - 17.9 21.6 17.9 17.9 7.9
Fire 56 - 56 - -   D - - C - - - - 17.9 2.9 36.6 17.9 7.9
Fire +10 112 - 112 - - - D - - B - - - - 17.9 2.9 36.6 17.9 7.9
Lightning 56 - - 56 - - D - - - C - - - 17.9 2.9 17.9 36.6 7.9
Lightning +10 112 - - 112 - - D - - - B - - - 17.9 2.9 17.9 36.6 7.9
Dark 56 - - - 56   D - - - - C - - 17.9 2.9 17.9 17.9 26.6
Dark +10 112 - - - 112 - D - - - - B - - 17.9 2.9 17.9 17.9 26.6
Poison 56 - - - - - D - - - - - 112 - 17.9 2.9 17.9 17.9 7.9
Poison +10 112 - - - - - D - - - - - 140 - 17.9 2.9 17.9 17.9 7.9
Bleed 56 - - - - - D - - - - - - 112 17.9 2.9 17.9 17.9 7.9
Bleed +10 112 - - - - - D - - - - - - 140 17.9 2.9 17.9 17.9 7.9
Raw 92 - - - - - E - - - - - - - 20 5 20 20 10
Raw +10 184 - - - - - E - - - - - - - 20 5 20 20 10
Enchanted 80 - - - - - E - D - - - - - 20 5 20 20 10
Enchanted +10 160 - - - - - E - C - - - - - 20 5 20 20 10
Mundane 40 - - - - ^ D - - - - - - - 20 5 20 20 10
Mundane+10 80 - - - - ^ D - - - - - - - 20 5 20 20 10

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.

 

Requirements/
Parameter Bonus
Attack Values Damage Reduction (%)
Reducing the elemental damage taken in %
Auxiliary Effects Others
icon-strength.png icon-strengthscale_green.png
Strength
icon-wp_physicalattack.png
Physical
icon-wp_physicaldef.png
Physical
icon-wp_bleed.png
Bleeding
icon-durabilitiy.png
Durability
icon-dexterity.png icon-dexscale_green.png
Dexterity
icon-wp_magdmg.png
Magic
icon-wp_magicdef.png
Magic
icon-wp_poisondef.png
Poison
icon_weight.png
Weight
icon-intelligence.png
Intelligence
icon-wp_firedmg.png
Fire
icon-wp_firedef.png
Fire
icon-wp_petrifydef.png
Petrify
 
icon-faith.png
Faith
icon-wp_lightningdmg.png
Lightning
icon-wp_lightningdef.png
Lightning
icon-wp_cursedef.png
Curse
 
icon-magicbonus_green.png
Magic Bonus
icon-wp_counterstrength.png
Counter Strength
icon-wp_stability.png
Stability
   
icon-firebonus_green.png
Fire Bonus
icon-wp_poiseDamage.png
Poise Damage
     
icon-lgtngbonus_green.png
Lighting Bonus
icon-wp_castSpeed.png
Cast Speed
     
icon-darkbonus_green.png
Dark Bonus
icon-wp_range.png
Range
     

 

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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    • Anonymous

      Low damage, durability, and range. That's pretty much what you expect from this thing...
      ... but what you don't expect is for the low stamina consumption, combined with the fast swing speed, to be it's saving grace, with the right rings and/or infusion paths. Truly a dagger among straight swords in this regard.

      • at the time of writing i have 500 hours ingame, and i just did a broken straight sword only run (no shield) this run was my most successful ever, game beaten faster than any other run.
        Crap scaling means use bare min stats and put lvls elsewhere, flyns ring is a must.
        powerstanced poison BSS was great agaisnt velstatd when he had too much armor and then switch to lightning when poisoned.

        • It's not broken because of the snapped and chipped blade. It's broken because of the slow stunlocked kills in PvP when you pair this with the Stone Ring.

          • Anonymous

            This thing really does good on a strength build with little to no dexterity, while wearing RoB, and maybe with Flynn's as well. Why do I say this? Well, between the fast speed, low stamina consumption, and low requirements, and ease of attaining copies to balance out the low durability issue... It proves itself a surprisingly useful addition to an undead's arsenal. I've also had it come in handy on my sorcerer near the start of the game, and I also hear that it does great for mundane and poison builds, so... What is not to love about this supposedly "nearly useless" weapon? <3

            • Anonymous

              Oh, would you look at the time; it's about to arrive! T H E P A I N T R A I N, stopping at all stops, terminating at T H E E N D O F T H E W O R L D

              • Anonymous

                I cannot edit the page but it looks like a typo in the description: ..."nearly useless" trumps "empty-handed. Corrected: ..."nearly useless" trumps "empty-handed". Just noticed it and thought it was worth mentioning if anyone occasionally. sweeps through the wiki to correct minor problems with pages

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