Ludwig's Holy Blade

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Ludwig's Holy Blade
	Trick Weapon	Standard / Thrust
	Upwards Slash/Radiant Strike 16(5/-)
	12.0	100
Attack Power		Guard Absorption
	120	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	90	-
Additional Effects
-	-		-
Attribute Bonuses
C 16	C 12	- -	C 16
Other
Buffable?		Infusable?
Weapon Art Only		No

Description

A sanctified weapon first wielded by Ludwig, figurehead of a group of pious warriors. On the one side, an easily handled silver sword. When transformed, it combines with its sheath to form a greatsword.

It exhibits several departures from other traditional holy weapons, suggesting Ludwig anticipated a different approach to adversity than his peers.

Skill: Upwards Slash/Radiant Strike
Slash forward to break a foe's guard from below. When transformed, call upon the sword's guidance and smash down in a cascade of holy light.

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Location

Dropped by a NPC near the elevator leading to the Twin Princes.

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Weapon Notes

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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
1H Forward R14
1H Forward R25
1H Running R16
1H Running R27
1H Backstep R18
1H Backstep R29
1H Rolling R110
1H Rolling R211
2H Neutral R112	Has hyper armor.
2H Neutral R213	Has hyper armor.	Neutral R1, Forward R1, Neutral R2, Forward R2, Neutral L1
2H Forward R114
2H Forward R215
2H Running R116
2H Running R217
2H Backstep R118	Identical to Forward R1.
2H Backstep R219
2H Rolling R120
2H Rolling R221
2H Neutral L122	Has hyper armor.
2H Running L123
2H Backstep L124
2H Rolling L125
Weapon Art Attacks26	Transformed WA applies a fire buff, regardless of feinted or not.	Neutral R1, Forward R1, Neutral R2, Forward R2, Neutral L1
Offhand Attacks27

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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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Level & Name	Attack Power	Guard Absorption	Additional Effects	Attribute Bonus	Cost
+0 - +1 - +2 - +3 - +4 - +5 - +6 - +7 - +8 - +9 - +10 -	120 | - | 120 | - | - | 80 | - | - 128 | - | 128 | - | - | 80 | - | - 136 | - | 136 | - | - | 80 | - | - 144 | - | 144 | - | - | 80 | - | - 152 | - | 152 | - | - | 80 | - | - 160 | - | 160 | - | - | 80 | - | - 168 | - | 168 | - | - | 80 | - | - 176 | - | 176 | - | - | 80 | - | - 184 | - | 184 | - | - | 80 | - | - 192 | - | 192 | - | - | 80 | - | - 200 | - | 200 | - | - | 80 | - | -	- | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | -	- | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | - - | - | -	C | C | - | - C | C | - | - B | B | - | - B | B | - | - B | B | - | - B | B | - | - B | B | - | - B | B | - | - B | B | - | - A | A | - | - A | A | - | -	- | - 2 Titanite Shard | 850 4 Titanite Shard | 1020 6 Titanite Shard | 1190 2 Large Titanite Shard | 1360 4 Large Titanite Shard | 1530 6 Large Titanite Shard | 1700 2 Titanite Chunk | 1870 4 Titanite Chunk | 2040 6 Titanite Chunk | 2210 Titanite Slab | 2550

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History

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

1.4.9 - Improved start-up, active frames and tracking of transformed Kick.
1.4.7.1 - Untransformed fourth R1 now follows with third R1.
1.4.7 - Standardised recoveries of untransformed moveset to be identical to Dark Souls 3 straight sword 1H moveset.
Standardised recoveries of transformed moveset to be identical to Dark Souls 3 Ultra Greatsword 2H moveset.
1.4.5.1 - Scaling changed to fit STR/FAI. Weapon Art no longer changes AR to fire, and provides the following effects: -Above 50% HP: 10% damage boost + 10% Absorption boost to all elements.
-Below 50% HP: 20% damage boost + 5% Absorption boost to all elements.
Critical increased from 80 to 90. Stat requirements for STR/DEX reduced from 20/16 to 16/12, and given a FAI requirement of 16.
1.4.5 - Critical damage increased from 80 to 90. Can now be buffed. Hitbox increased for all attacks.

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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 | ← L1 | ← LB