Caestus

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Caestus
	Fist	Strike
	Focus Blast 12
	0.5	60
Attack Power		Guard Absorption
	182	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	100	-
Additional Effects
-	-		-
Attribute Bonuses
C 5	C 8	- -	- -
Other
Buffable?		Infusable?
Yes		Yes

Description

A fistfighter's weapon made from thick straps of leather studded with iron rivets.

When two-handed, caesti are equipped in each hand.

Skill: Focus Blast
Manifest inner fighting spirit as a blast of physical power, sending foes to the ground.

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Location

Found in the sewers in the Undead Settlement.

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Weapon Notes

Is renamed to "Skilled Caestus" when infused with Refined.

Unique R1 chain when two handed.

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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	Regular Fist R1 chain.
1H Neutral R23		Neutral R1 Neutral R2 Forward R2
1H Forward R14
1H Forward R25
1H Running R16
1H Running R27
1H Backstep R18
1H Backstep R29		Neutral R1 Neutral R2 Forward R2
1H Rolling R110
1H Rolling R211		Neutral R1 Neutral R2 Forward R2
2H Neutral R112	Unique R1 chain.
2H Neutral R213		Neutral R1 Neutral R2 Neutral L1 Forward R2
2H Forward R114
2H Forward R215
2H Running R116
2H Running R217
2H Backstep R118
2H Backstep R219		Neutral R1 Neutral R2 Neutral L1 Forward R2
2H Rolling R120
2H Rolling R221		Neutral R1 Neutral R2 Neutral L1 Forward R2
2H Neutral L122
2H Running L123
2H Backstep L124
2H Rolling L125
Weapon Art Attacks26	Has hyper armour. Knocks down targets.
Combat Art Attacks27
Offhand Attacks28	Parries with the weapon art input when equipped in the left hand.

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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

1.7 - Renamed Refined infusion adjective from Skilled to Refined.
1.4.0

• Increased recovery of Focus Blast to roll.

1.1.0

• Increased FP consumption of Focus Blast.
• Increased recovery of Focus Blast into consecutive Focus Blasts.
• Increased hyper armour startup to 11 frames (30 FPS).
• Fixed visual bug with Focus Blast.

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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