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| Weapon Type | Piercing Sword | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attack Type | Slash / Thrust | ||||||||||||||||||
| Enchantable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Special | Shield Piercing Strong Attack | ||||||||||||||||||
Mail Breaker is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.
A slightly stubby thrusting sword. Has a sharp, sturdy blade designed for thrusting. The Mail Breaker has limited reach, but a powerful critical attack. Effective against foes donning thick armor or with naturally hard skin.
Effect: shield piercing (strong attack)
Acquired From
- Treasure in the Forest of Fallen Giants: look for a chest above the Old Ironclad Soldier.
- Rare drop from Ducal Spider.
• Rare drop from Skeletons in Skeleton Lords boss fight.
Hints and Tips
- Upgraded with regular Titanite to +10.
- Ignores shields completely.
- Primarily useful in PvP.
- Despite its weak damage, it can be used to break the stance of opponents with low poise (such as casters) who hide behind their shields.
- Despite being a low-end piercing sword it can be thought of as a high-end dagger as it shares the same critical multiplier as many daggers and only weighs 0.5
Youtube relevant videos:
(( Links only please, no embeds, no PvP videos.))
Dual Wield Tutorial
Required in Build:
((Link to build))
Mail Breaker Upgrades
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| Regular | 80 | - | - | - | - | 140 10 |
C | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Regular +10 | 150 | - | - | - | - | ^ | C | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Magic | 56 | 56 | - | - | - | ^ | D | D | C | - | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Magic +10 | 112 | 112 | - | - | - | ^ | D | D | B | - | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Fire | 56 | - | 56 | - | - | ^ | D | D | - | C | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 46.6 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Fire +10 | 112 | - | 112 | - | - | ^ | D | D | - | B | - | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 46.6 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Lightning | 56 | - | - | 56 | - | ^ | D | D | - | - | C | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 46.6 | 17.9 |
| Lightning +10 | 112 | - | - | 112 | - | ^ | D | D | - | - | B | - | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 46.6 | 17.9 |
| Dark | 56 | - | - | - | 56 | ^ | D | D | - | - | - | C | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 36.6 |
| Dark +10 | 112 | - | - | - | 112 | ^ | D | D | - | - | - | B | - | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 36.6 |
| Poison | 56 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | D | - | - | - | - | 112 | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Poison +10 | 112 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | D | - | - | - | - | 140 | - | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Bleed | 56 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | D | - | - | - | - | - | 112 | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Bleed +10 | 112 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | D | - | - | - | - | - | 140 | 42.9 | 7.9 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 17.9 |
| Raw | 92 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Raw +10 | 184 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Enchanted | 80 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Enchanted +10 | 160 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | C | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Mundane | 40 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Mundane+10 | 80 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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.
| Requirements/ Parameter Bonus |
Attack Values | Damage Reduction (%) Reducing the elemental damage taken in % |
Auxiliary Effects | Others |
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 Strength |
Physical |
Physical |
Bleeding |
Durability |
 Dexterity |
Magic |
Magic |
 Poison |
Weight |
 Intelligence |
Fire |
Fire |
 Petrify |
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Lightning |
Lightning |
 Curse |
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Counter Strength |
Stability |
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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)
Anonymous
- Anonymous
In my most recent run, I picked this up in the early game and used it as an offhand with battle axe in main hand. I will lunge L2, then follow up with strong R2 from the axe for a head chop and man it is a strong and staggering combo. I also like having the ability to quickly thrust while closing distance with the offhand, and then have the sweep axe attacks or overhead chops with main. Great combo
- Anonymous
Also drops from the skeletons in the cave next to the skeletons boss fight
I have a knight / quality / low cleric
and I'm going to use this weapon as a second weapon, so I want to modify it, but what update should I use? I'm trying to bleed because it's a quick weapon or lightning, but it can be anything
my statuses are 20 strength- 20 dexterity- 8 intelligence- 25 faith
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
It chips through shields while hitting fast as a rapier, it parries LIKE a rapier when two-handed, and it's crits are overwhelming for such an early weapon, and its lightweight to! paired up with a small leather shield, and you'll not need anything else, possibly couple from magic gear, or a bigger primary weapon! Incredible! (I am really surprised how awesome the simplest weapons can be, in a game filled with weapons made directly from the souls of legends, but then again... you are technically making your own legend, so it is fitting I guess.)
- Anonymous
The question becomes "Which turtle soldier?" There are a decent few in both vanilla and Scholar in the forest
- Anonymous
Defeated the Lost Sinner in vanilla DS2 with this weapon. Very underrated!
- Anonymous
"Effective against foes donning thick armor or with naturally hard skin" Like?
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