Carthus Curved Sword

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Carthus Curved Sword
	Curved Sword	Slash
	Spin Slash 5(-/12)
	5.5	45
Attack Power		Guard Absorption
	210	55.0
	-	35.0
	-	30.0
	-	30.0
	-	35.0
	100	35
Additional Effects
30	-		-
Attribute Bonuses
D 15	B 18	- -	- -
Other
Buffable?		Infusable?
Yes		Yes

Description

Curved sword of Carthus swordsmen.

This weapon's thick, heavy blade is crafted to cause bleeding, and requires ample strength and dexterity to wield effectively, suggesting that the swordsmen of Carthus were amongst the mightiest.

Skill: Spin Slash
Slice into foes with a large spinning motion, and follow with strong attack for a spinning vertical-slash.

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Location

Dropped by Carthus Swordsmen that wield it in the Catacombs of Carthus.

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Weapon Notes

Subdivision of Curved Swords referred to as "Heavy" Curved Swords due to their slower 2H Neutral R1s and different 1H Neutral R1s and R2s.

Higher stamina damage than other Curved Swords.

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Moveset

As Weapon Arts are mapped to (SHIFT)+RMB | L2 | LT, this area will not be shown.
Offhand attacks assumes there is no weapon in the right hand.

Attack1	Player Notes	Feints Into
1H Neutral R12
1H Neutral R23		Neutral R1
1H Forward R14
1H Forward R25
1H Running R16
1H Running R27
1H Backstep R18
1H Backstep R29		Neutral R1
1H Rolling R110
1H Rolling R211		Neutral R1
2H Neutral R112	R1 chains have lower range.
2H Neutral R213	True combos into a full Weapon Art.	Neutral R1
2H Forward R114
2H Forward R215
2H Running R116		Neutral R1
2H Running R217
2H Backstep R118
2H Backstep R219		Neutral R1
2H Rolling R120
2H Rolling R221		Neutral R1
2H Neutral L122
2H Running L123
2H Backstep L124
2H Rolling L125
Weapon Art Attacks26	Has hyper armour on initial spin.
Combat Art Attacks27
Offhand Attacks28

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Upgrades

This weapon is upgraded with Titanite up to +10.

Spellbuff is calculated from the minimum requirements for this weapon.

Spellbuff is calculated from the minimum requirements for this weapon.

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History

For changes made to the entirety of a Weapon Category, see the Patch Notes

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Footnotes

1. Mouse and Keyboard | Playstation | Xbox
▲=Move Forward | ✦=Any Movement | ✧=No Movement | (button)=Hold | •=Wait
~=Switch to Two-Handed
WA= Start Weapon Art
←=While equipped in Left Hand

2. LMB | R1 | RB

3. (SHIFT)+LMB | R2 | RT

4. W+LMB | LSTICK▲+R1 | LSTICK▲+RB

5. (SHIFT)+W+LMB | LSTICK▲+R2 | LSTICK▲+RT

6. (SPACE)+✦+LMB | (CIRCLE)+LSTICK✦+R1 | (B)+LSTICK✦+RB

7. (SPACE)+✦+(SHIFT)+LMB | (CIRCLE)+LSTICK✦+R2 | (B)+LSTICK✦+RT

8. ✧SPACE • LMB | ✧CIRCLE • R1 | ✧B • RB

9. ✧SPACE • (SHIFT)+LMB | ✧CIRCLE • R2 | ✧B • RT

10. ✦SPACE+LMB | ✦CIRCLE+R1 | ✦B+RB

11. ✦SPACE+(SHIFT)+LMB | ✦CIRCLE+R2 | ✦B+RT

12. ~ LMB | ~ R1 | ~ RB

13. ~ (SHIFT)+LMB | ~ R2 | ~ RB

14. ~ W+LMB | ~ LSTICK▲+R1 | ~ LSTICK▲+RB

15. ~ (SHIFT)+W+LMB | ~ LSTICK▲+R2 | ~ LSTICK▲+RT

16. ~ (SPACE)+✦+LMB | ~ (CIRCLE)+LSTICK✦+R1 | ~ (B)+LSTICK✦+RB

17. ~ (SPACE)+✦+(SHIFT)+LMB | ~ (CIRCLE)+LSTICK✦+R2 | ~ (B)+LSTICK✦+RT

18. ~ ✧SPACE • LMB | ~ ✧CIRCLE • R1 | ~ ✧B • RB

19. ~ ✧SPACE • (SHIFT)+LMB | ~ ✧CIRCLE • R2 | ~ ✧B • RT

20. ~ ✦SPACE+LMB | ~ ✦CIRCLE+R1 | ~ ✦B+RB

21. ~ ✦SPACE+(SHIFT)+LMB | ~ ✦CIRCLE+R2 | ~ ✦B+RT

22. ~ RMB | ~ L1 | ~ LB

23. ~ (SPACE)+✦+RMB | ~ (CIRCLE)+✦+L1 | ~ (B)+✦+LT

24. ~ ✦SPACE+RMB | ~ ✦CIRCLE+L1 | ~ ✦B+LB

25. ~ ✧SPACE • RMB | ~ ✧CIRCLE • L1 | ~ ✧B • LB

26. WA+LMB | WA+R1 | WA+RB

27. LMB+RMB | L1+R1 | LB+RB

28. ← LMB | ← L1 | ← LB