Mail Breaker | Dark Souls 2 Wiki



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Mail Breaker+10

Stats
icon wp physicalAttack 150 (*112) icon wp counterStrength 140
icon magicbonus 0 (*112) icon wp poiseDamage 10
icon firebonus 0(*112) icon wp stability 30
icon lightningbonus 0(*112) icon durabilitiy 45
icon darkbonus 0(*112) icon weight 0.5
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22 icon dexterity 22 icon intelligence 22 icon faith 22
5
C(*D)		 12
C (*D)		 – –
icon magicbonus green icon firebonus green icon lgtngbonus green icon darkbonus green
*B *B *B *B
Weapon Type Piercing Sword
Attack Type Slash / Thrust
Enchantable Yes
Special Shield Piercing Strong Attack
*When infused: 112 physical dmg/112 elemental dmg and B scaling with chosen element.Str scaling changes to D. Dex scaling changes to D.

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

• 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

  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 - - - - 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
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)

 

Piercing Swords
Black Scorpion Stinger  ♦  Chaos Rapier  ♦  Espada Ropera  ♦  Estoc  ♦  Ice Rapier  ♦  Rapier  ♦  Ricard's Rapier  ♦  Spider's Silk

 

 




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    • Anonymous
      27 Nov 2022 12:55  

      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

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      • Conde_Nado
        05 Mar 2021 20:49  

        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

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        • Anonymous
          21 Nov 2019 23:53  

          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.)

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          • Anonymous
            11 Sep 2019 23:39  

            The question becomes "Which turtle soldier?" There are a decent few in both vanilla and Scholar in the forest

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