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| Weapon Type | Greatsword | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attack Type | Slash / Thrust | ||||||||||||||||||
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Majestic Greatsword is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.
An ancient greatsword of unknown origin.
This sword was passed down through generations, until it reached Gordin, wandering knight of Forossa, and was lost upon his death.
Uncannily, every last one of the prominent swordsmen who inherited this weapon was left-handed.
Acquired From
- In a metal treasure chest at the bottom of a cursed tower, across the chain bridge before you go to the Foyer bonfire in Brume Tower (where you get invaded by Maldron the Assassin).
Hints and Tips:
- Reinforced with Twinkling Titanite to +5.
- Using a bonfire ascetic will NOT reset the chest.
- A second sword can only be obtained trough trading or going into NG+.
- Use this sword in your left hand to use the moveset of the Abyss Greatsword (Greatsword of Artorias) from Dark Souls, as well as gain a scaling bonus.
- While using this sword in your right hand only gives a typical greatsword moveset.
- One-handed L2 if wielded with Left hand: Spinning Sweep.
- Two-handed R2 if wielded with Left hand: Jumping Overhead Slash.
- Extremely easy to knock down opponents with these special attack
- Recommended combo: forward L1 guardbreak -> L2 -> 2HR2
- This sword has unique dual wield powerstance moves like Knight Artorias from Dark Souls: Jumping overhead slash.
- Compatible with Ivory Straight Sword beam emission upon powerstance.
- This weapon cannot be buffed by any resin or spell.
- With 28 strength and dexterity, this weapon will have an AR of 441.
- Generally considered a heavier, more damaging claymore when used in the right hand due to a higher counter modifier and similar moveset.
- Original description in Japanese texts were lost in translation. This was the original description for this item "由来の知れぬ古い大剣 数多の所有者を経てフォローザの放浪騎士ゴルディンに渡ったが彼の死を境に途絶えた 使い手は皆、名を馳せた騎士となったが彼らは左利きの剣士であったという
An ancient greatsword of unknown origin. This sword was passed down through many people until it reached the wandering knight of Forosa, Gordin, and was lost upon his death. It is said that all of its user became famous knights, and were left-handed swordsmen."
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Required in Build:
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Majestic Greatsword Upgrades
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| Regular | 241 | - | - | - | - | 130 35 |
C | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Regular +5 | 290 | - | - | - | - | ^ | B | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Magic | 151 | 185 | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | C | - | - | - | - | - | 57.7 | 28.3 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Magic +5 | 182 | 200 | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | B | - | - | - | - | - | 57.7 | 28.3 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Fire | 151 | - | 185 | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | C | - | - | - | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 58.3 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Fire +5 | 182 | - | 200 | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | B | - | - | - | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 58.3 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Lightning | 151 | - | - | 185 | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | C | - | - | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 58.3 | 17.7 |
| Lightning +5 | 182 | - | - | 200 | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | B | - | - | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 58.3 | 17.7 |
| Dark | 151 | - | - | - | 185 | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | C | - | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 38.3 |
| Dark +5 | 182 | - | - | - | 200 | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | B | - | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 38.3 |
| Poison | 151 | - | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | - | 123 | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Poison +5 | 182 | - | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | - | 154 | - | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Bleed | 151 | - | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | - | - | 123 | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Bleed +5 | 182 | - | - | - | - | ^ | C | E | - | - | - | - | - | 154 | 57.7 | 7.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 17.7 |
| Raw | 277 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Raw +5 | 333 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Enchanted | 241 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | D | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Enchanted +5 | 290 | - | - | - | - | ^ | E | E | C | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Mundane | 120 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Mundane +5 | 145 | - | - | - | - | ^ | D | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 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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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)
Anonymousi need help with the dark infusion, wich are the stats i need to level to increase the scaling damage? i have 30 (33 with the desert sorcerer hood) int and 30 faith
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It kinda looks like Artorias' sword from the DLC and I'm wondering if it is actually the Abyss Greatsword. I know that in the boss fight Artorias is using it with his right arm but his left arm is broken so it can mean that he is actually left-handed and his arm is just broken so he wields the sword with the other hand because of that.
- Anonymous
Best paired with Bone Fist in right hand for funnest build in a souls game. Both have knockdown.
Drop kick your foe then spin attack as they get up. The combo variations are kino.
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Try powerstancing this badboy with washing pole, looks amazing
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I'll try mundane later but infusing this with dark is reasonable.
- Anonymous
I love how according to the lore all knights who used this became famous through their travels, and were all also left-handed.
I like to think that Artorias, wherever he was, was aiding this knights in their duties, like a guardian angel.
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I was overjoyed to see it return. I was profoundly angered when I looked at the INT requirement. Why you do this, FromSoft ?
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I don't care what some people say. Artorias was a total gigachad and his arm probably got broken to protect Sif. It's the only thing that makes sense. Or it may also be that he broke it himself so that people could have a chance against him (much less likely tho).
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best looking version imo, i love the white coloring on the blade in contrast to the black remnants of abyssal corruption
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I first was upset about the int/fth requirement but it makes it perfect to combine with rulers sword
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sup guys . if u power stancing two majestic gs ur right hand have lower bonus scale dmg then left hand . with 99/99 str dex right hand have 290+190 but left hand have 290+240 . dont know if its any visual bug for me or its because artorias rp
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My only problem with this weapon is the int and fth requirements.
I understand it being faithful to the DS1 version, but my lord, 20 in two stats it doesn’t even scale with?
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the INT/FTH on someone using this would be higher than what my pure pyromancy build has lol
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It's a shame that this is the only weapon that benefits from a left hand, all other weapons seem to have lower damage if you use them in your left hand which is a little aggravating considering I'm a lefty. But it's a whole lot better than DS1 and DS3 where you can't realistically use the left hand for anything other than magic and shields.
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Ah majestic, the abyss greatsword is still the abyss greatsword even with a new name.
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this is clearly a ABYSS Greatsword (Dark souls DLC) - just look for in youtube for move set for this Majestic sword & Abyss greatsword.
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Raime’s armor is the closest imo. His armor isn’t in the game right?
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This comment section is a good example of why people keep saying "dark souls fanbase is toxic". Chill out, no one is harming you by saying he was left/right/ambidextrous.
We're no longer in middle school, right?
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They've really got to put Artorias' greatsword in every single Dark Souls game, huh...
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Now I'm really tempted to make an edgy mundane dual-dual Artorias gs build with a sprinkle of hexes :P
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Too much argue on left hand well i dont really care what handed he was but i use this sword on my left hand because of its unique strong attack
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Artorias is left handed. Yeah sometimes you an see him with sword in right hand but these scenes happened after his left hand was broken.
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I come to this page expecting info, and all I see is Artorias, Artorias, ARTORIAS. Can't we all deduct that Artorias actually has no hands, they are an illusion. He uses his mind powers to move his sword, DUH.
What an awesome inclusion. I didn't even know this existed before seeing it on a PVPSkillz best weapons video. I have a Sir Artorias gamertag itching to make a playthrough.
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who cares what hand he used his sword with, he just killed people, its like saying "do you write with your left or right hand?" its pointless, its the same result
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you absolutely brainless ****ing mongoloids
he is left handed. you can tell because he wields his sword weird in his fight with you, where he is fighting right handed. not to mention his ****ing resting pose, sword on back, left hand in front of him, shows that his LEFT hand is broken. meaning he cant wield the greatsword correctly in his right
making him left handed you ****ing walnuts
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So many dumbasses complaining if Artorias was left handed or not GUYS LITTERALY EVERY IMPORTANT DS CHARACTER WHO USES A SWORD IS LEFT HANDED! so why aren't you just believing that Artorias is Left handed just look at his fightstyle in DS1 its like a squire who've found a too big weapon to wield so if he wa right handed why does his fightstyle look so garbage?
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In this video there is evidence of artorias being left handed. I hope it helps some of you with this.https://youtu.be/jcQCpJw7PtI
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Artorias is left handed there is cover art of him surrounded by the abyss, before getting mauled by the abyss. In the pic it shows him holding the sword in his left hand. Its kind of hard to tell if it is him, because the piv shows his back. But you can see the sword and greatshield silhouette clearly
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Y'all are really arguing over lore in a game where they call a character big hat logan because he has a big hat
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xue hua piao piao bei feng xiao xiao tian di yi pian cang mang
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Artorias was left handed much like the knight in Ds1 standard cover (which i always have presumed It was Artorias)
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Artorias broke his left arm using every last ounce of his strength to protect Syf from the Abyss. I mean, you really don’t have to think about it all that much... In DS3 if you offer enough sword grass to the Wolfs of Farron covenant you will be rewarded his shield, that means that he did wield a shield. WITH HIS LEFT HAND!!!!! We all know his story and we all know how he fell to the darkness. He used every last bit of divine power in his shield, blessed by Gwyn himself, to protect his most beloved companion. Shattering his arm in the process. How else would you explain how that ring of golden sunlight, deep in the Abyss in DS1 was protecting Syf...
Let me set the record straight for all of the people who do not believe artorias was left handed. Yes, there is no item description telling us that he was left handed, but we don't need that. The real thing that tells us he was left handed is the fact that it makes no sense for the arm with one of the best greatshields in the game on it to get mauled somehow. It would make far more sense for the sword to have been in the left arm, since the left arm would then be unguarded and able to be damaged. Fight me lmao
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Stat requirements for powerstance line up very well with Ruler's Sword. The L2 can be used as a parry counter, it can be parried itself but since its startup is so long they will whiff it if they're trying to read you and eat the full thing. Then you can switch out of powerstance and do the normal L2 on their wakeup to catch the roll if you time it right.
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Should I, hah hah hah, fume ultra in right hand majestic great sword in the left, now my good invader can I kindly ask you to... DIIIEEEEEEEE
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I think that Artorias might be both handed what if he was duel wielding weapons during his fight with manus and his left handed weapon was knocked into the abyss and remember the Chasm of the abyss and it could possibly travel forever and when someone found it they used it for generations which is led to us finding it in dark souls 2 because the only other person we ever see in dark souls 1 to use two weapons at the same time is Ciaran.
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does anyone think besides me that he could be a Ambidextrous person or also known as a person that can use both his left or right hand?
i cant wait to get ds2 altho im sad that they have put artorias's sword in the wrong hand i might still use it
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There is a debate about the legendary warrior Artorias and whether or not he's left handed. He is not… artorias fights you with his right hand and does so very well, so unless he's anbedexturas he is a righty, tho being anbedexturas would make a little sense considering his girlfriend ciaran is anbedexturas, or at least i would assume so considering how she uses dual swords. It is never mentioned that artorias is left handed during the entirety of the AOTA dlc its only known his left arm was destroyed and broken. Manny people say his arm is like this because its his sword arm however how did he manage to hurt himself so badly using a sword he is extremely skilled with? A break as bad as his would have to be caused by a very rookie mistake such as not swinging it properly leaving himself open, or not holding it right so as to distribute the force of impact wrong and causing his arm to shader. The only way he's arm could be like that is if he tried to stab a humanity spirit and his arm went thru and was damaged, but his arm was broken during or very near to the fight with manus so i doubt this. artorias being left handed was not so much as even hinted towards in Dark Souls One which should reinforce the fact that he's right handed. The only thing that actually lends any type of credence toward the left handed thiery is his sword in Dark Souls II which bio seays “An ancient greatsword of unknown origin. This sword was passed down through generations, until it reached Gordin, wandering knight of Forossa, and was lost upon his death. Uncannily, every last one of the prominent swordsmen who inherited this weapon was left-handed.” Artorias did not inherent this weapon it was made for him nor did he have any children. Artorias's sword was found and passed down as a family heirloom type thing and the people in that family were left handed and learned how to mimic his style with their left hands, this doesn't mean artorias was left handed because he is completely unrelated to them. Not to mention the main lore creator of dark souls didn't even work on ds2 so all the lore is a bit out of whack. Some say he is left handed becas you use a shield in your dominant hand however i have looked and found absolutely no proof of this not to mention the disadvantage of a dominant hand holding a shield. Holding your shield in your dominant hand is a waste of strength and makes it harder to attack and go offensive. Holding the shield in your dominant hand can make your blocks even sloppyer considering blocking doesn't require much strength and the sword does, making movement awkward do to having the sword in your off hand that has less strength. Artorias used his shield in his left hand which was his non dominant hand. It is never confirmed exactly how his arm was broken but i just don't see how he could demolish his sword arm like that it makes no sense i think he was surprised by manuses stretchy arm and tried to block last second and it broke his arm. Tho i'd love to think artorios could destroy us using his non dominant hand, it's just not true he's left handed. Artorias is right handed end of story there's more lore pointing to the right hand than the left… especially since there's no lore at all pointing to him being left handed. So in conclusion artorias is NOT left handed and that's that.
- Anonymous
It says that everyone that inherited the weapon was left-handed, not that the original owner was. Artorias' armor is symmetrical, except for the cloth on one of his shoulders. In short, Artorias was probably not left-handed.
- Anonymous
To anyone saying that this weapon description is proof that artorias is left handed I just want to make it clear that by looking artorias' concept art, armor and the fact that his left arm is broken all point to him being right handed as in the concept art he holds his sword in his right hand, his left arm is more armored like most shield holding arms were, the knight on the cover art is not artorias, why would his left arm having broken holding his shield if hr were left handed, and in the description it clearly says that every last prominent wielder of the weapon was left handed not the original and considering as going by dark souls 2 which takes place so far after the original it would make sense that artorias would fall into obscurity also while this may be a reference and some pandering to fans it should be noted that the iron king did collect weapons so it would make some sense for him to own this even if the weapon description doesn't quite mesh with it.
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Very helpful against invaders, never thought they would get a spinning blade in the stomach.
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do the special attacks take extra durribility because I am having durability issues with this and not other weapons(I spam the L2 R2s, so much fun)
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intresting to note that it deals more damage if wielded in the left hand and also gets better scaling
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It's worth to reinforce it? 40 damage for 15 twinking titanite it's too much for me
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I main this weapon with BKGS and multiple Moonlights and Thorned GS's. Is a very fun build. People never expect you to leap out of sight and come landing down on their head. The range of the swords keeps people out, and the magical swords gives you versatility at distance.
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Would be a good quality-build weapon if it didn't have the worst requirements in the whole game
- Anonymous
So this sword has travelling around the world from Lordran to Drangleic and back to Lordran known as Lothric(DS III)....
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An interesting thing about the left-handed moveset - if you lack the required stats, the unique strong attack won't work while two-handing the weapon. Oddly enough, doing it one-handed without the stats *does* work.
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The best combo for power stance in my opinion is the Majestic Greatsword and Black Knight Greatsword, both weapons have amazing range and when the BK sword is buffed with flame weapon, extremely powerful
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Just another instance of B - Team pandering by putting DS1 references in areas and contexts that make no sense
- Anonymous
what about if i go for full STR? will the sclaing be the same or not?
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obviously artorias the abysswalker injured his dominant left hand and was forced to wield it right-handed as he does when we encounter him.
You know what makes this sword better than most for me? Wielding a sword in the left hand was considered the hand of the devil in medieval times, while the right hand was considered the hand of god. So say if a swordsman got their right hand cut off, it was to symbolize damnation in religious belief. Others believed if you used the hand of the devil intentionally, it could be considered evil, intimidating, or in rare cases you could be dealing with a wild card that you just don't want to be on the receiving end of. I'd wager Artorias and those that came after him were just intimidating and either put aside or entirely disregarded religious superstition.
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