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By Anonymous
-  Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:44 am #16253074
So I have a "pure" faith build with 50 faith and I have 20 dex to use this sword, the questions is, should I infuse it with occult or divine?
By Anonymous
-  Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:39 pm #16255485
With 50 faith and 20 dex, a Divine Painting Guardian Sword +10 has an AR of 435 (152 physical, 283 magical) whereas an Occult Painting Guardian Sword +5 has an AR 436 (160 physical, 276 magical); so, there's very little difference.

I used Mugen Monkey to calculate these numbers. Hope this helps.
By Anonymous
-  Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:53 pm #16257532
I'd say buff it with darken/sunlight blade. Instead of getting a flat bonus, you'll have super high AR for about 60 seconds, which funny enough, is the amount of time you need to kill anything.
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By Wolf_Pwnz_Noobs
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-  Thu Apr 01, 2021 12:07 pm #16325433
Occult your due to your Faith stat being so high your bonus would be high. Divine is the equivalent to Magic path where if you have relatively equal str/dex/fth (faith in this case due to it being Occult)
By Fumeknight1045
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-  Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:41 am #16309294
The combination of bleeding and good damage output compare to other curve swords is what makes it an awesome weapon to enchant. With the help of the darkmoon blade buff or the
By Fumeknight1045
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-  Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:44 am #16309296
Oops, I accidentally press the submit button before I was finished. Anyways, with the help of the darkmoon blade and sunlight blade buffs can make this weapon absolutely devastating. An idea weapon for a glass cannon build. However, its short reach kinda holds it back.
By Fumeknight1045
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-  Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:45 am #16309297
Oops, I accidentally press the submit button before I was finished. Anyways, with the help of the darkmoon blade and sunlight blade buffs can make this weapon absolutely devastating. An idea weapon for a glass cannon build. However, its short reach kinda holds it back.
By Anonymous
-  Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:51 pm #16326270
I'm gonna start a new game with a mainly dex build, what should I use until I get this?
By Anonymous
-  Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:34 am #16326736
Falchion my guy. You can get it immediately with the master key, by running into the lower part of Blighttown from Firelink and not grabbing the bonfire should homeward bone you all the way back to Firelink, after you've acquired the weapon.
By Anonymous
-  Mon May 10, 2021 8:26 pm #16339582
no the best dex weapon is the shotel
By Anonymous
-  Sun May 23, 2021 2:43 am #16343097
You get shotel in sens fortress and I recommend uchigatana it has bleed too like pgs
By Anonymous
-  Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:56 pm #16367312
Baldur Side is good
By Anonymous
-  Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:53 pm #16387468
uchigatana can be obtained really early by killing the male undead merchant, and it's really good
By Anonymous
-  Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:27 pm #16387661
People sleep on the Estoc. Poke while shield is up, can be found immediately after getting to fire link, and it dies extra crit damage for backstage and ripost3s.
By Anonymous
-  Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:54 pm #16394959
The Uchigatana is easier to get than the falchion but this is an old thread. Just go
to undead burg and kill the trader.
By Anonymous
-  Sun Mar 27, 2022 12:53 pm #16572389
Uchigatana and Falchion are great candidares that can be taken right from the get-go. I'm also gonna say that the Scythe is slept on because it has a long reach which is somewhat rare for dex wpns as well as having great dex scaling.
By Anonymous
-  Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:21 pm #16644284
Lothric Knight Sword with Sharp, Pontif Knight Curved Sword and Mail Breaker
By Anonymous
-  Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:20 pm #16720170
Main great scythe
By Anonymous
-  Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:56 am #17011003
Scimitar. Wanderer class starts with it
By Anonymous
-  Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:30 am #16346782
running dex + faith. so this +15 or occult?
By Anonymous
-  Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:42 pm #16347893
+15 normal, buff it with Sunlight Blade or Darkmoon Blade :)
By Anonymous
-  Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:36 am #16350257
Chaos upgrade numbers are wrong it should be 151 phis and 174 fire. With 10 humanities will be +32 phis and + 36 fire btw. Not worth at all
By Anonymous
-  Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:24 am #16374749
Best DPS in the game. Max level or not
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By Rads
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-  Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:10 am #16728279
When size does NOT matter.
By Anonymous
-  Fri Aug 12, 2022 5:16 pm #16755459
Why do people hate the Falchion so much when THIS exists?
By Anonymous
-  Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:06 pm #16787219
Poop
By Anonymous
-  Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:47 pm #16798341
This baby has greatest DPS in whole game. Why? It's not that damage looks that high... Cause DPS mean Damage Per Second. In other words not only damage count but how fast you can deal it. And Painting Guardian Sword turns you ino dancing meat slicing fan.

How to upgrade it?

If you are pure INT build go for Enchanted +5 since it's the only weapon with S scalling for this stat.

But if you are INT/DEX, FAI/DEX, STR/DEX or pure DEX Regular +15 is the ONLY TRUE option especially if you can buff it with something since weapon buffs give damage per hit (faster the weapon greater the damage and this one is fast).

Other builds? Go for elemental (chaos/fire/lightning) or pick something else as weapon.

So good to be true? Yeah PGS has one minor problem - short range. So you have to get close to unleash flurry of quick slicing attacks and then get out before you are hit. Timing, positioning and stamina control are important. Also it works better with low equip load and that means lesser stability and protection. Learning this strategy takes some time and requires more skill than wearing Havel's stuff and smashing things with some mega big bonk.

Ah yes. PGS also looks a bit ugly compared to other swords.
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