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Thorned Greatsword+5

Stats
icon wp physicalAttack 210(*197)(*161) icon wp counterStrength 150
icon magicbonus 0 (*107) icon wp poiseDamage 35
icon firebonus 0(*107) icon wp stability 15
icon lightningbonus 0(*112)(*107) icon durabilitiy 85
icon darkbonus 0(*107) icon weight 8.0
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22 icon dexterity 22 icon intelligence 22 icon faith 22
20
C		 15
C (*D)		 – 14
icon magicbonus green icon firebonus green icon lgtngbonus green icon darkbonus green
*B *B C(*B) *B
Weapon Type Greatsword
Attack Type Slash / Thrust
Enchantable Yes
Special Yes
*When infused: 161 physical dmg/107 elemental dmg and B scaling with chosen element. Dex scaling changes to D.

Thorned Greatsword is a Greatsword and one of the available Weapons in Dark Souls 2. Thorned Gratsword can be obtained by trading the Looking Glass Knight Soul and 3,000 souls with Weaponsmith Ornifex. Reinforced with Petrified Dragon Bone to +5, its special strong attack can be used one-handed or two-handed, unleashing an orange lightning bolt from the blade while consuming 10 durability (5 with Bracing Knuckle Ring).

 

A greatsword forged from the soul of the Looking Glass Knight.

Strong attack unleashes its latent power.

Fearing something wicked, the King fled the castle and never returned.

But his warrior, forever true to his command, stands ready to expunge those who would challenge him.

Effect: special attack (strong attack)

How to get Thorned Greatsword in Dark Souls 2

 

DS2 Thorned Greatsword Hints and Tips

  • The strong attack can be used one-handed or two-handed and produces an orange lightning bolt that is fired from the blade consuming 10 durability (5 with Bracing Knuckle Ring
    • Lowers durability loss for weapons by 20%, 35% (+1), 50% (+2)
    • Lowers durability loss for armor and rings by 20%, 25% (+1), 45% (+2)
    • Durability: 110, 85 (+1), 70 (+2)
    • Weight: 0.5, 0.8 (+1), 1.0 (+2)
    • Obtained from Lost Bastille, Chancellor Wellager(+1), Undead Crypt(+2). 
  • The player smashes the weapon on the ground while one-handing, but thrusts the sword forward when two-handing.
  • The moveset is almost identical to Black Knight Greatsword.
  • Remember that this strong attack is both a melee attack and a projectile. Hitting someone with the blade of this strong attack deals way more damage than just hitting the projectile part.
  • Use a lightning buff (Sunlight Blade or Gold Pine Resin) on this weapon to make it much harder for enemies to predict your strong attack in PvP while increasing your damage. 
  • While not as strong as something like the Throne Defender's Greatsword, this weapon's ranged lightning bolt attacks will often surprise most people, and catch them off guard.
  • The strong attack can be animation cancelled to great effect and will throw off most opponents.

 

DS2 Thorned Greatsword Upgrades Table

  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 84 - - 50 - 110
35		 C C - - C - - - 60 10 40 40 20
Regular +5 210 - - 80 - ^ C C - - C - - - 60 10 40 40 20
Magic 64 43 - 38 - ^ D D C - C - - - 57.9 26.6 37.9 37.9 17.9
Magic +5 161 107 - 61 - ^ C D C - C - - - 57.9 26.6 37.9 37.9 17.9
Fire 64 - 43 38 - ^ D D - C C - - - 57.9 7.9 56.6 37.9 36.6
Fire +5 161 - 70 61 - ^ C D - C C - - - 57.9 7.9 56.6 37.9 36.6
Lightning 78 - - 70 - ^ D D - - C - - - 59.1 9.1 39.1 46.6 19.1
Lightning +5 197 - - 112 - ^ C D - - B - - - 59.1 9.1 39.1 46.6 19.1
Dark 64 - - 38 43 ^ D D - - C C - - 57.9 7.9 37.9 37.9 36.6
Dark +5 161 - - 61 107 ^ C D - - C C - - 57.9 7.9 37.9 37.9 36.6
Poison 75 - - 45 - ^ D D - - C - 96 - 57.9 7.9 37.9 37.9 17.9
Poison +5 189 - - 72 - ^ C D - - B - 120 - 57.9 7.9 37.9 37.9 17.9
Bleed 75 - - 45 - ^ D D - - C - - 96 57.9 9.1 37.9 37.9 17.9
Bleed +5 189 - - 72 - ^ C D - - B - - 120 57.9 9.1 37.9 37.9 17.9
Raw 96 - - 57 - ^ E E - - D - - - 60 10 10 40 20
Raw +5 241 - - 92 - ^ E E - - D - - - 60 10 10 40 20
Enchanted 84 - - 50 - ^ E E D - E - - - 60 10 40 40 20
Enchanted+5 210 - - 80 - ^ E E C - E - - - 60 10 40 40 20
Mundane 42 - - 25 - ^ D E - - E - - - 60 10 40 40 20
Mundane+5 105 - - 40 - ^ D E - - D - - - 60 10 40 40 20

 

Dark Souls II Thorned Greatsword 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 icon strengthscale green
Strength		 icon wp physicalAttack
Physical		 icon wp physicaldef
Physical		 icon wp bleed
Bleeding		 icon durabilitiy
Durability
icon dexterity icon dexscale green
Dexterity		 icon wp magdmg
Magic		 icon wp magicdef
Magic		 icon wp poisondef
Poison		 icon weight
Weight
icon intelligence
Intelligence		 icon wp firedmg
Fire		 icon wp firedef
Fire		 icon wp petrifydef
Petrify		  
icon faith
Faith		 icon wp lightningdmg
Lightning		 icon wp lightningdef
Lightning		 icon wp cursedef
Curse		  
icon magicbonus green
Magic Bonus		 icon wp counterStrength
Counter Strength		 icon wp stability
Stability		    
icon firebonus green
Fire Bonus		 icon wp poiseDamage
Poise Damage		      
icon lgtngbonus green
Lighting Bonus		 icon wp CastSpeed
Cast Speed		      
icon darkbonus green
Dark Bonus		 icon wp range
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)

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