- For the Dark Souls variant, see Black Knight Greataxe.
- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Black Knight Greataxe (Dark Souls II).
The Black Knight Greataxe is a greataxe in Dark Souls III.
In-Game Description
- Greataxe of the black knights who wander the lands. Used to face chaos demons.
- The unique attack of this axe greatly reduces enemy poise, reflecting the tremendous size of the enemies that the knights have fearlessly faced.
- Skill: Warcry
Let out a spirited warcry that temporarily boosts attack, and enables a special consecutive attack.
Availability
Dropped from the Black Knight who wields the weapon in the Untended Graves area after the Champion Gundyr boss fight.
Characteristics
A highly destructive weapon and potentially the most powerful of the greataxes, the Black Knight Greataxe unfortunately suffers from equally prominent drawbacks.
Firstly, it has a high dexterity requirement and scales with it as well, rendering this weapon unsuitable for dedicated builds. In addition, it is significantly heavy.
The most notable is the weapon's excessive stamina consumption. A maximized stamina bar will barely accommodate three weak attacks. At low levels of endurance, a single swing will deplete a majority of the stamina bar.
Moveset
| Attack | Description |
|---|---|
| One-handed Weak Attack |
Large horizontal sweeping slash. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Jumping smash. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Large vertical slash. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Delayed upward slash. |
| Jump Attack | ??? |
| Running Attack | Overhead smash. |
| Rolling Attack | Overhead smash. |
| Kick | ??? |
| Off-handed Weak Attack |
??? |
| Off-handed Strong Attack |
??? |
Notes
- Deals 20% bonus damage to demons.
- Using this weapon's skill gives it a unique hyper armor combo in addition to a significant damage increase, while either one-handed or two-handed.
Upgrades
- Reinforced with Twinkling Titanite.
- Maximum reinforcement requires a Titanite Slab.
Videos
| Greataxes |
|---|
| Black Knight Greataxe • Demon's Greataxe • Dragonslayer Greataxe Great Machete • Greataxe • Yhorm's Great Machete |
| Ashes of Ariandel |
| Earth Seeker |
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