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Dark Souls III eGuide (Steam) Equipment Melee Weapons

Reapers

The rare Reaper weapons offer the best mix of reach and sweeping, area of effect swings. Appropriately, they are ideal for scything down weaker foes in groups.

Reapers take a decent level of both Str and Dex to use and are midweight weapons that can be tough to use in enclosed spaces, so they aren’t a great early-game choice, but as a mid or late-game tool, they can be useful as an alternate weapon to deal with certain areas and enemy combinations. Their Neck Swipe skill is a hard hitting and fairly low cost move, and you can dish out either Bleed or Frost status effects.

Reapers Type Art/Cost Weight Power Add. Effect Scaling Requirements Material
Great Scythe Slash Neck Swipe/13 7.0 105p 33bl E/C/-/- 14/14/0/0 Titanite
Pontiff Knight Great Scythe Slash Frost/15 7.5 100p - E/A/-/- 14/19/0/12 Twinkling Titanite
Storyteller’s Great Scythe Slash Neck Swipe/13 9.0 97p 36bl D/C/-/- 16/18/0/0 Titanite

Great Scythe

Attacks with this large scythe, normally used for crop harvesting, are effective at breaking past shields.

The magnificent sharp curved blade instills fear in opponents. Perhaps it is their survival instinct at work.

Skill: Neck Swipe

This attack aims for the scruff of a foe’s neck, and when successful, functions as a head shot, inflicting heavy damage.

Found/Dropped: Undead Settlement

Slash
Neck Swipe / 13
7.0
105
0
0
0
0
100
0
33
0
0
E
C
-
-
14
14
-
-
Titanite

Pontiff Knight Great Scythe

Great scythe wielded by the Pontiff’s knights, frigid spirits that linger in Irithyll.

The large blade appears to be eaten away by insects, making it lightweight but also brittle.

Skill: Frost

Create a bone-chilling frost with each swing of the greatscythe that causes a temporary frost effect.

Found/Dropped: Pontiff Knight

Slash
Frost / 15
7.5
100
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
E
A
-
-
14
19
-
12
Twinkling Titanite

Storyteller’s Great Scythe

Great scythe of a heretical storyteller who shares tales of the Painted World to forlorn souls.

The great scythe is said to be the weapon of the mistress of the Painted World, and inflicts profuse bleeding, such that the blood splatters on the wielder.

Skill: Neck Swipe

This attack aims for the scruff of a foe’s neck, and when successful, functions as a head shot, inflicting heavy damage.

Found/Dropped: Corvian Storyteller

Slash
Neck Swipe / 13
9.0
97
0
0
0
0
100
0
36
0
0
D
C
-
-
16
18
-
-
Titanite