Roaring Halberd | Dark Souls 2 Wiki

i never understand why ppl on wikis insist on giving us their own opinions rather than giving us all the unbiased information. they say that raw is recommended because it gives a big buff to both damage types, which is true, but it's also completely ignoring the fact that depending on your build you might want to invest in damage stats anyway (crazy ik), and the roaring halberd is statistically the best dark weapon in the whole game. if you can manage the sweet spot then it's a halberd that hits as hard as velstadt's great hammer and the crypt blacksword with the same stats, and if you have 30/30 for a dark build then you'll deal significantly more damage with dark than raw before you even factor in the buff. this thing has very high natural dark damage with great scaling and can be buffed, so if you're gonna choose one infusion to "recommend" it's definitely dark coz there's far better raw weapons and no better dark weapon, but why not just tell us when it's better to use one or the other instead like a wiki should?

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Backstop R1 does a 3x spin to win while the R2 does 2 spins for the same stamina. Idk hello world!

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Perhaps I missed it but why hasn't anyone mentioned the one thing this weapon excels at? With high DEX/FAITH this thing infused with dark and lvld to +5 will give the Giant Lord one helluva pedicure , combine it with the knowledge to farm that particular memory and you can rake in millions of souls in a relatively short time with something that looks like a Halloween decoration that's been in an attic for 5 years.

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The first chart does not say it causes dark damage.

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Infuse with what?

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With raw infusion, it does very decent physical damage for low strength/dex requirements. A nice option for a hexer with low str/dex who still wants physical damage for dark resistant enemies. (Or you can go dark infusion + dark weapon for stupid amounts of dark damage). Somewhat slow though, which can make it tricky to hit faster enemies, especially with the sweet spot. Also HEAVY. For a spellcaster looking for a secondary melee weapon to one hand to deal with closer enemies while you magic spam, something like the silver black spear is easier/safer to use due to its speed and lower stamina use. This thing is very fun though (especially the 2H R2 spin to win attack).

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Almost triple the weight of the standard halberd and needs less strength to use? Because . . . magic, I guess?

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I've tried many weapons with my hexer, but nothing beats this beauty

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A great weapon, but with a high skill curve. If you can't or don't want to space, this weapon is not for you. Very weak when you don't hit the sweetspot (does slightly more damage than a similar leveled Broken Sword) but incredibly strong (on par with Fume UGS) when the sweetspot is hit. Very high risk/reward, especially in PvP.

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Infuse with what?

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I still can't decide if i should infuse with dark or not because the dex scaling went down a lot compared to no infuse. Planning on quality build run.

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is this weapon better or MLGS ? i have a dark orb build based on int + faith

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Tested with dark infusion and dark/resonant weapon at 50/50 dark build damage or counter damage was about 950ish!!! And rings was rob+2 flyn ring and dark clutch ring. If you are hexer or into dark then definitely recommend it!

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This weapon SLAPS

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this weapon is bad, the damage CAN BE great but getting it to hit with the tip of the weapon every time is a complete pain, and when you don't hit with the tip its damage is mediocre at best.

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Is it better to infuse this weapon with a darknight stone or rely on Resonant/Dark Weapon buffs?

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Amazing fashion souls weapon

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The original Crucifix of the Mad King

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This **** is years 'n years out of date. This page needs updated badly. Different requirements to wield, completely different stats, etc.

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This page is horribly outdated and innacurate. It has different requirements to wield, the AR is radically different, it has innate dark damage, etc.

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it's a +5 weapon. Dark damage not showing on table.

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I had not planned on using this weapon because of the ridiculous weight compared to other halberds, but holy crap does it do serious damage, especially infused with dark and buffed with dark. Considering I was doing a Hexer build, I had no choice. This thing seems to do a lot of damage even to enemies with considerable resistance to dark damage. Reminds me of the chaos gargoyle halberd in Dark Souls 1 in that respect. And it hits fast too. I guess that's how they justified making it so heavy. Thanks to the posts on this page and on Reddit.

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I'm about to play this for the first time and heard it was a good choice weapon for people that like elemental builds. In DS3 (please try not to judge too harshly) was the lothric knight sword because it got great CCAA scaling, insane range, and fast dps. It just made the most sense for PvE. I guess I'm kinda looking for something like that but this looks really strong. I only care about PvE. Would you recommend this as a good PvE weapon for a first time player that favors dex, intel and faith?

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This thing is a monster on a melee hexed build. 30/30 FTh and int, minimum stats to wield, dark infused and you can easily hit 6-700 AR without any buffs.

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boss weapon so it goes to +5 not +10

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0/10 doesn't actually roar

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Off-brand crucifix of the mad king

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Why must this be so heavy

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Weapons that stab over shields are hard to use because you still get the shield stab during the "enemy bounced off my shield" animation, making it impossible to get a proper counterhit. Really screws up what would otherwise be a great hexing weapon.

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Can't be buffed with human pine resin, no reason to not infuse with dark stone

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Although the damage looks (and is) quite nice, the moveset is lacks the typical stab and thereby flexibility.

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on a good hex build this halberd is a monster, the only downfall is the durability. I notice I have to repair it way more often than my other weapons. Probably cos it's made of bones.

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