Greatsword of The Forlorn | Dark Souls 2 Wiki

Avoid, you do NOT get a bonus when Hollow, the weapon just gets back to base stats at max Hollow, it's a very big misconception with this weapon... (does around 80% less damage if Human) If you're really wanting to use it, you must at least be 50% hollow (can wear the Ring of Binding for free still), meaning, for a mid tier Greatsword weapon, you must permanently be 25/50% less HP at all times to get it to be even good... Not to mention, this regular scaling on this thing is horrible and worse when infused (bleed gives more stats but still lowers scaling) so only good for min maxing... It's not a good invasion weapon or Arena weapon as you're forced HUMAN as a Phantom... so you can only use it well as a Host...

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i remember trying to make this work on a hollow build, this thing is absolutely not worth the work and handicaps you're forced to have to put on yourself just to have damage numbers in the positives that i ended up scrapping the whole idea and went back to the drakeblood sword, whose idea was this and why were they the sperm cell that won the race?

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only thing this, and the forlorn scythe got in their favor is their looks, otherwise you better avoid these two at any cost, they're irremdiably the absolute worse weapon of the game, on par, if not worse than the ladle joke weapon

perefct illustration of the "boss weapon when boss wields it versus boss weapon when the player wields it"

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You can buff it with resins, so Bleed isn't always the best infusion. Also in case it isn't clear, this thing is useless if you aren't hollow - it's not an ordinary weapon that just gets a bonus from hollowing. You'll be getting roughly a -90% penalty to damage and bleed in human form; you only get the normal damage & scaling at maximum hollowing.

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Looks more like it should be an ultra, IMO.

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It would be cool if you knew how to get the swords

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is it really possible for a staff of amana human boy and a greatsword of forlorn hollow girl to be in a relationship?

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This weapon could be great for pvp, if it wasn't for the fact you have to be hollowed. Makes engaging in pvp 10 times harder.

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What enemies are weak to dark? (to use this weapon)

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Does not scale with Faith/Intelligence?

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I just tested, using the ring of binding does not affect the damage, at least on SOTFS. Just make sure you're fully hollowed (go to the jars in shaded woods if you don't want to suicide a bunch)

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Realizing I have to be super hollowed to make full use of this greatsword makes me feel very forlorn.

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Requirements: half hp bar.

Now, it looks like the dark sword from ds1 and ds3 (wich is ok, they were greatsword-sized anyway), but upon closer inspection is far more scary. The hilt is your typical black wooden stick, but the guard is bassicaly a mass of corpses similar to new londo corpses or the rotten's. Then the blade is a thick hunk of onyx with channels glowing red in it and, judging that bleed infusion improves this weapon in every way, i guess it's some sort of cursed blood flowing through the channels. The fact that it gets stronger with your hollowing must be similar to how demonbrandt got stronger with darker tendency, as both greatswords feeds off your lack of humanity. Sick design.

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Dark Sword from DS1/DS3: Who are you?

GS of the Forlorn: I'm you, but stronger.

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Dark Sword from DS1/DS3: Who are you?

GS of the Forlorn: I'm you, but stronger.

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It seems odd that Forlorn, while wielding this, deals no bleed.

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This is pretty good fashion wise but damn those requirements are awful

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Darkness! Imprisoning me! All that I see! Absolute horror, I cannot live! I cannot die! Trapped in myself! Body my holding cell!

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Confused. It says bleed is the best upgrade path because of it's higher dark scaling. Wouldn't a dark infusion, and dark buff make this thing do insane dark damage and be the better upgrade path? I'm a Hexer and fairly new to the game, using the dark Roaring Halberd and dark crypt blacksword buffed with dark weapon right now, but this is attractive because it only weighs 9. What am I missing?

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poison infusion kinda op?

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It's not always the last of the set that get's unlocked, like statet here. I had a playthrough were i unlocked the scythe first, but also a run i unlocked the sword first. Maybe it depends on which of the two you get invaded more often? Not sure though.

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look at the crossgaurd closley, and you'll see a bunch of hollows melted on the sword

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I'd imagine this and the scythe works well with a dark pyro flame build, what with the hollow scaling and dark damage.

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My main weapon, but with humanity restored it's better to use you fists! Really annoying, as to do a lot in the game and online you need to not be hollowed. Damn you, whoever created this!

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So how do you achieve the state of "fully hollowed"? How many times do you need to die?

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It looks like a giant dark sword lol

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U must ascend from darkness

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How does this guy behave with mundane? Does it ignore the non hollow debuff?

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Useless if you use without being hollow, in the pve.

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It looks EXACTLY like the dark sword! Wtf?

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Darkness

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Seeing as the iconic blade of the Darkwraiths is not present in DS2, could the Forlorn greatsword be its equivalent?If you look at the design of the two, there are very distinct similarities - namely the blade's shape is /eerily/ similar, and even the hilt has a roughly similar outline. Seeing how Dark Souls seems to have a lot of repeated themes and very few things are coincidence, there might be something there.Also notable is that if this really /is/ the equivalent of the Dark Sword, the Forlorn would probably be closely linked to Darkwraiths. They do invade you, but do we know of any other connections? I don't personally, so if anyone could fill me in on that that'd be fantastic.Also, size seems to be a definite counter of strength and/or power in the Soulsverse; Dancer of the Boreal Valley just to name one boss is /much/ larger when you meet her in comparison to the "ghost" you can spot when nearing the Pontiff. walking down steps with a male knight. Likewise Gwyn from DS1, a god of sunlight we'd assume is vastly powerful, is met in his hollowed form - much smaller than anticipated and accompanied by a sad, sad tune.If we take this logic, could that also apply to weapons as well? That in this time, Dark is particularly strong - manifested in the design of one of the tools most associated with it, the Dark Sword?

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