Dark Souls III – All Weapon Skills Details

Morne’s Rage

• Weapon: Morne’s Great Hammer

Stick weapon into earth and emit a powerful shockwave. Also, similar to Perseverance, temporarily boosts poise and reduce damage received.

Neck Swipe

• Weapon: Reapers

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

Oath of Sunlight

• Weapon: Sunlight Straight Sword

Raise the sword aloft when praising the sun to boost attack and damage absorption for self and allies in vicinity.

Onislayer

• Weapon: Onikiri and Obadachi

Leap forward and slash mercilessly with both blades, cutting open foes.

Pacify

• Weapon: Yorshka’s Spear

With a prayer and an offering of this spear, temporarily wear down enemy FP.

Parry

• Weapon: Parrying Dagger, Farron Greatsword, Light Shields, Medium Shields

Deflect an attack when timed properly and follow up with a critical hit.

Perseverance

• Weapon: Black Knight Sword, Hammers, Great Hammers, Red Hilted Halberd, Caestus

Temporarily boost Poise. Damage reduced while active.

Pharis Triple-shot

• Weapon: Black Bow of Pharis

Swiftly nocks three arrows with finesse after drawing the bow, firing them simultaneously.

Profaned Flame

• Weapon: Profaned Greatsword

Temporarily summon the Profaned Flame. Lunge forward and use strong attack to enshroud blade in flame.

Puncturing Arrow

• Weapon: Greatbows

Masterfully fires off a great arrow that pierces through all enemies in its path, inflicting damage.

Punitive Flame

• Weapon: Immolation Tinder

Punish foes with a flame that blankets the ground.

Quickstep

• Weapon: Daggers, Thrall Axe, ManikinClaws

Instantly step behind or around the side of foes. Especially effective when locked on to target.

Rapid Fire

• Weapon: Composite Bow, Short Bow

Swiftly nocks arrows with finesse after drawing the bow, allowing for consecutive shots.

Ricard’s Lunge and Press

• Weapon: Ricard’s Rapier

Assume a quick stance, lunge forward, and execute a stunning chain attack. Sustain offensive with strong attack.

Sacred Light and Flame

• Weapon: Twin Princes’ Greatsword

While instance, use normal attack to cast Sacred Lothric Light, and strong attack to cast Flame of Lorian

Sacred Lothric Light

• Weapon: Lothric’s Holy Sword

Assume stance to imbue sword with sacred light, and use strong attack to release light together with a great thrust of the sword.

Sharpen

• Weapon: Butcher Knife, Great Machete

Sharpening the blade increases HP restored with each successful hit.

Shield Bash

• Weapon: All Shields

Without lowering your guard, strike the enemy with the shield to knock them back or stagger them

Shield Splitter

• Weapon: Mail Breaker, Estoc, Irithyll Rapier, Arstor’s Spear, Spear

Aim carefully, and attack in a large forward lunge to pierce through enemy shields and inflict damage directly.

Spin Slash

• Weapon: Gotthard Twinswords, Curved Swords, Curved Greatswords

Slice into foes with a large spinning motion, and continue spinning to transition into strong attack.

Spin Sweep

• Weapon: Partizan, Halberds

Sweep foes in a large spinning motion, and utilize momentum to transition into an overhanded strong attack smash.

Stance

• Weapon: Straight Swords and Greatswords, Crystal Sage’s Rapier and Rapier

While instance, use normal attack to break a foe’s guard from below, and strong attack to slash upwards with a forward lunge

Stance of Judgment

• Weapon: Greatsword of Judgment

Assume stance to unleash dark magic. Use normal attack for a lunging thrust, and strong attack to emit side-sweeping wave.

Steady Chant

• Weapon: Heysel Pick, Golden Ritual Spear, Staffs

For a short moment, boost the strength of sorceries.

Stomp

• Weapon: Dark Sword, Greatswords and Ultra Greatswords

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with strong attack for a spinning slash.

Stone Flesh

• Weapon: Havel’s Greatshield

Raise the shield in silent prayer, turning the user’s body into a solid mass of stone.

Storm King

• Weapon: Storm Ruler

Assume stance to imbue sword with storm. Most effective when facing giants.

Tackle

• Weapon: Crossbows

Lunge into a shoulder tackle, pushing back enemies to create distance.

Tornado

• Weapon: Storm Curved Sword

Imbue blade with the wrath of storm in a spinning motion, and follow with a strong attack to bear that wrath upon foes.

Unfaltering Prayer

• Weapon: Talismans

Temporarily increases poise while casting miracles, preventing enemy attacks from interrupting prayer

Unleash Dragon

• Weapon: Tailbone Shortsword, Tailbone Spear

Thrust the spear to unleash the strength of dragons, similar to an ancient dragon weapon, only with its power tragically faded.

Warcry

• Weapon: Axes, Great Axes, Hammers, Great Hammers, Crescent Axe

Let out a spirited warcry that temporarily boosts attack, and enables a crushing strong attack.

Weapon Skill

• Weapon: All Shields

Equipping this shield in the left hand allows one to perform the Skill of the right hand weapon

Wheel of Fate

• Weapon: Bonewheel Shield

Thrust out the wheel and give it a good spin, shredding enemies with the outer lining of spikes.

Wolf Leap

• Weapon: Old Wolf Curved Sword

Slice into foes with a large spinning motion, then leap out of harm’s way and follow with strong attack.

Wolf Sword

• Weapon: Wolf Knight’s Greatsword

While instance, use normal attack for a low spinning slash or strong attack to leap forward in a vertically-slashing somersault

Wrath of the Gods

• Weapon: Wolnir’s Holy Sword

Thrust weapon into earth to emit powerful shockwave.