One of the best ways to play through Dark Souls 3 is to use heavy weapons. These are absolute powerhouses that pack a punch and have some quality that is desirable when trying to come up with a powerful build. Usually, you want to invest a ton of points into Strength, select your weapon of choice, and mash, crush, pulverize your way through the game. This article will cover some of the best heavy weapons you can use and incorporate into your build. Happy smashing!

10. Millwood Battle Axe

How to get the Millwood Battle Axe

Millwood Knights are awesome enemies, and their weapons are just as good. This battle axe is an excellent weapon that has a unique Warcry that incorporates a leap, as well as a roar on top of the usual effect. Besides this, it has great Strength scaling that can get up to an A if using a Heavy Gem. Overall, a great weapon that fits any situation.

What makes the Millwood Battle Axe great:

• Great damage
• High Strength scaling
• Unique Weapon Art
• Can get an A in Strength scaling with a Heavy Gem

Millwood Battle Axe stats: 

• Regular: 135 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +3: 175 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +6: 216 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +10: 270 physical attack | Strength scaling: C

9. Dragonslayer Greataxe

How to get the Dragonslayer Greataxe

The heaviest of all the Greataxes, the Dragonslayer Greataxe is a formidable weapon with innate Lightning damage, ideal for Faith builds that focus on Strength. The Weapon Art emphasizes the Lightning damage even more because it causes the player to hold the axe high, then slam it down, bringing an onslaught of lightning down on foes. Pretty metal, isn’t it?

What makes the Dragonslayer Greataxe great:

• High damage
• Innate Lightning damage
• Good Strength scaling
• Good on Faith builds

Dragonslayer Greataxe stats:

• Regular: 200 physical attack | Strength scaling: D
• Regular +3: 303 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +5: 364 physical attack | Strength scaling: C

8. Dragon Tooth

How to get the Dragon Tooth

The Dragon Tooth is the main-hand weapon of Havel the Rock. It’s just a dragon’s tooth, so it’s quite simple in principle, but nonetheless, it is a devastating weapon with a wide, sweeping moveset that will knock enemies away easily. The sturdiness of Havel is shown in this weapon’s Art, which anchors the tooth to the ground, boosting poise. Aside from this, it also offers innate Magic and Fire damage absorption when equipped.

What makes the Dragon Tooth great:

• Great damage
• High Strength scaling
• Bonus Magic and Fire damage absorption when equipped
• Extra Poise with the Weapon Art

Dragon Tooth stats:

• Regular: 188 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +3: 280 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +5: 342 physical attack | Strength scaling: B

7. Black Knight Greatsword

How to get the Black Knight Greatsword

As always, Black Knight weapons have proven to be quite useful in combat, due to their innate bonus damage against Demons, great scaling, damage, and strong Weapon Arts. It can be farmed from the Black Knights near Farron Keep, so it’s relatively easily attained. Due to the sheer weight and moveset, it is possible to stun-lock enemies and its attacks deal very high amounts of Poise damage. 

What makes the Black Knight Greatsword great:

• Bonus damage against Demons
• Great damage
• High Poise damage
• Stun-locking
• Good Strength scaling

Black Knight Greatsword stats:

• Regular: 185 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +3: 257 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +5: 322 physical attack | Strength scaling: B

6. Fume Ultra Greatsword

How to get the Fume Ultra Greatsword

One of the heaviest weapons in the game, the Fume Ultra Greatsword is a recurring weapon from Dark Souls 2. It is essentially a giant piece of slate, and in theory, it should not be possible to wield. But that won’t stop our meathead of a character, though. The sword offers incredibly high Strength scaling, with damage to match. It is so large that it can actually function similarly to a shield, albeit with sub-100% damage absorption.

What makes the Fume Ultra Greatsword great:

• Extremely high damage
• Very high Strength scaling
• Can function as a shield
• High stagger potential
• Strong Weapon Art

Fume Ultra Greatsword stats: 

• Regular: 149 physical attack | Strength scaling: A
• Regular +3: 208 physical attack | Strength scaling: A
• Regular +5: 260 physical attack | Strength scaling: S

5. Butcher Knife

How to get the Butcher Knife

A very interesting weapon with a fun health drain mechanic, the Butcher Knife has excellent range and very high Strength scaling, to compensate for the low base damage. Aside from that, the health drain mechanic allows you to stay in the battle longer, so you don’t have to use other sources of healing. Definitely consider this weapon for an absolutely savage experience. 

What makes the Butcher Knife great:

• High damage
• Very high Strength scaling
• HP drain on hit
• Can be buffed with the Weapon Art

Butcher Knife stats:

• Regular: 95 physical attack | Strength scaling: 
• Regular +3: 123 physical attack | Strength scaling: A
• Regular +6: 152 physical attack | Strength scaling: A
• Regular +10: 190 physical attack | Strength scaling: S

4. Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords

How to get the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords

What’s better than a huge greatsword? TWO huge greatswords! This weapon is a powerhouse with a great moveset that destroys anything it comes across, so you’d do well to consider it for a build. The Weapon Art is one of the most unique ones in the game, which enables you to “activate” them, adding a fire attack that can combo into normal attacks.

What makes the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords great:

• Great damage
• High Strength scaling
• Powerful Weapon Art
• High Poise health
• Very strong combos

Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords stats:

• Regular: 185 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +3: 257 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +5: 322 physical attack | Strength scaling: C

3. Greatsword

How to get the Greatsword

This weapon takes direct inspiration from the gigantic sword that Guts uses in the Berserk manga. It is a massive sword that resembles a hunk of raw iron, with the weight to match. Because of the sheer size of it, you have a sword with a fantastic moveset which is ideal for groups of enemies and chunking massive damage against bosses. 

What makes the Greatsword great:

• Longest Ultra Greatsword in the game
• High Strength scaling
• High damage
• Benefits from Raw infusions
• High stagger potential

Greatsword stats: 

• Regular: 159 physical attack | Strength scaling: D
• Regular +3: 206 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +6: 254 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +10: 318 physical attack | Strength scaling: C

2. Ledo’s Great Hammer

How to get Ledo’s Great Hammer

When it comes to smashing enemies to a bloody pulp, nothing does it quite as well as a comically oversized hammer. Ledo’s Great Hammer is the heaviest weapon in the game, so it naturally has a very high damage output, which is even further boosted by the incredible Weapon Art. It uses magnetism to attract stones to the hammer, then making them explode in a sweeping overhead slam. Purely awesome!

What makes Ledo’s Great Hammer great:

• Top-notch Strength scaling
• High damage output
• Great Weapon Art
• Extremely heavy

Ledo’s Great Hammer stats:

• Regular: 170 physical attack | Strength scaling: B
• Regular +3: 236 physical attack | Strength scaling: A
• Regular +5: 196 physical attack | Strength scaling: A

1. Great Club

How to get the Great Club

Finally, at the end of the article, we have the simplest of weapons – the Club. It’s just a stick, but it has some of the best scaling out of the heavy weapons, and some of the highest damage, as a result. Its Weapon Art is quite strong, as it acts like a unique Warcry that increases damage output and enables special strong attacks to be performed consecutively. It is an incredible weapon that should not be glossed over.

What makes the Great Club great:

• Very high damage
• Great Strength scaling
• Unique Weapon Art
• Amazing overall weapon

Great Club stats:

• Regular: 152 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +3: 197 physical attack | Strength scaling: C
• Regular +6: 243 physical attack | Strength scaling: B
• Regular +10: 304 physical attack | Strength scaling: B

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