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Dark Moon Greatsword Build Details
Can Use Sorceries While Fighting In Close Quarters
This build is focused on using the Dark Moon Greatsword, a weapon that becomes more powerful the higher your character's Intelligence is. Unlike other melee weapons, it's recommended to increase Intelligence instead of Strength and Dexterity, so it's advantage includes being able to use sorceries too.
Dark Moon Greatsword - How To Get & StatsSkill That Is Easy To Power-Up
The Dark Moon Greatsword's Skill is considered a sorcery, making it easy to increase its damage with the use of Talismans and other methods. Using all of the enhancement below will buff your damage by 1.7 times more.
Recommended Equipment To Increase Skill Damage
| Before Battle | Magic Scorpion Charm - Increases magic damage by 1.12x Shard of Alexander - Increases skill damage by 1.15x |
|---|---|
| During Battle | Flask of Wondrous Physick with the Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear - Increases magic damage by 1.2x for 3 minutes Ranni's Dark Moon Magic damage increased by 1.1x |
Weapon Stats & Requirements
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| Type: | Affinity: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Greatsword | Standard/Pierce | ||
| Attack | Guarded Damage Negation | ||
| Physical: | 82 | Physical: | 57 |
| Magic: | 98 | Magic: | 63 |
| Fire: | 0 | Fire: | 31 |
| Lightning: | 0 | Lightning: | 31 |
| Holy: | 0 | Holy: | 31 |
| Critical: | 100 | Guard Boost: | 44 |
| Attributes Required | Attributes Scaling | ||
| Str | 16 | D | |
| Dex | 11 | D | |
| Int | 38 | C | |
| Passive Effects | |||
| Applies and accumulates Frosbite (55) | |||
Skill Scaling At +10 Enhancement
| Affinity | Attack Power / Affinity | Skill Scaling |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 200/240 | STR D/DEX D/INT C |
Recommended Stats & Class
Recommended Class: Astrologer
| Recommended Class | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrologer | ||||||||
| Lv | Vi | Mi | En | St | De | In | Fa | Ar |
| 6 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
^ Preferential | Optional | Unnecessary
The Dark Moon Greatsword's damage is directly related to its wielder's Intelligence. Due to this, it's recommended to choose the Astrologer class due to its high initial INT stat.
Recommended Stats
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| ▼Level 50 | ▼Level 120 |
Level 50
| Stat | Point | Enhancement |
|---|---|---|
| Vigor | 30 | ・ Focus on getting 30 Vigor to ensure durability |
| Mind | 15 | ・ Initial Stat ・ Even with this, you can use Rock Sling 5 times |
| Endurance | 9 | ・Initial Stat |
| Strength | 8 | ・Initial Stat |
| Dexterity | 12 | ・Initial Stat |
| Intelligence | 39 | ・ Scaling S for Meteorite Staff |
| Faith | 7 | ・ Initial Stat |
| Arcane | 9 | ・ Initial Stat |
At Level 50, it's hard to get the Dark Moon Greatsword. At this point, fight purely with Sorceries that include using Rock Sling and the Meteorite Staff.
Level 120
| Stat | Point | Enhancement |
|---|---|---|
| Vigor | 45 | ・ Increase HP based on your preference |
| Mind | 18 | ・ Shake the excess |
| Endurance | 24 | ・ Will allow use of relatively heavy equipment |
| Strength | 16 | ・ Will allow using the Dark Moon Greatsword with one hand |
| Dexterity | 12 | ・Initial Stat |
| Intelligence | 68 | ・ When you reach 68 INT, you can use Ranni's Dark Moon |
| Faith | 7 | ・ Initial Stat |
| Arcane | 9 | ・ Initial Stat |
Once you have the Dark Moon Greatsword, increase your Strength as required. Strength 11 is fine if you two-hand the weapon, but you have to remember to switch to two-hand after using the INT-based Glintstone Staff in combat.
Recommended Incantations
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Ranni's Dark Moon | - Temporarily lowers the enemy's Magic Guarded Damage Negation - Increases Dark Moon Greatsword damage |
| Adula's Moonblade | - Slash forward with Frostbite in each attack - Can be used with Dark Moon Greatsword for continuous Frostbite damage |
| Rock Sling | - High power for low FP Cost - Can be enhanced with the Meteorite Staff |
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Weapon
| Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ranni's Dark Moon | 【Right-Hand Weapon】 Main Weapon - Light wave can be released with the skill - Magic Scaling B can be enhanced - Able to apply Frostbite to enemies for big damage |
| Carian Regal Scepter | 【Left-Hand Weapon】 - Intelligence Scaling S can be achieved with upgrades - Increases the power of Full Moon Sorceries, including Ranni's Dark Moon |
| Meteorite Staff | 【Left-Hand Weapon】 - Enhances the Intelligence power of Gravity Sorceries - Intelligence Scaling S from the start - Can be obtained at the beginning of the game |
Recommended Armor
| Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Snow Witch Hat | 【Head】 - Increases Frostbite INT by +10% - Ranni's Dark Moon and other sorceries are good with this head gear |
| Queen's Crescent Crown | 【Head】 - Intelligence increased by +3 |
| Haima Glintstone Crown | 【Head】 - Strength and Intelligence increase by +2 -Has a demerit of minus 7 FP |
| Omensmirk Mask | 【Head】 - Strength increased by +2 |
Recommended Talisman
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Magic Scorpion Charm | - Increase magic damage by 12%, but lowers Guarded Damage Negation |
| Shard of Alexander | - 15% Attack Power to skill - Creates a Shockwave after activating the Skill |
| Graven-Mass Talisman | - Intelligence increased by 8 |
| Graven-School Talisman | - Intelligence increased by 4 |
| Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman | - Boosts physical damage negation by +20% |
| Erdtree's Favor +2 | - HP +4% - Stamina +10% - Max Equipment Load +8% |
| Radagon Icon | - Increases the chanting speed of Intelligence and Incantation spells |
| Ritual Sword Talisman | - When at Max HP, increases attack power by 10% |
Magic Scorpion Charm Is Most Recommended
The effect of the Magic Scorpion Charm is applied to both the Dark Moon Greatsword's normal attack and its skill. It also increases the damage of INT-based attacks, so it should be the top priority to be equipped.
