Estoc

Notes

• With Standard affinity, physical damage scales most strongly with Dexterity, with weaker Strength scaling.
• Upgrade it with Smithing Stones. Its maximum upgrade is +25.
• Can use compatible Ashes of War. Your choice of skill and the whetblades you've found determine which affinities you can apply.
• Grease or a weapon enchantment can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs.
• Requires 11 Strength and 13 Dexterity and weighs 4.5. It is heavier than Noble's Estoc, which weighs 3.5 and has lower requirements.
• Its heavy and charged-heavy attacks sweep sideways instead of using the usual rapier thrust. This helps cover enemies beside you, but those slashing contacts do not gain a Pierce counterhit bonus.
• Starts with Impaling Thrust for 9 FP. The forward skill is separate from its slashing heavy attacks and can penetrate much of a raised shield's protection.
• It can attack from behind a raised shield, but attacking and blocking draw from the same stamina pool. Leave enough stamina for the hit you expect to block.
• Prisoner starts with one, and two separate merchants sell one each for 3,000 runes. Other classes can obtain two fixed copies without farming or trading.
• Wandering Nobles drop Noble's Estoc, a different weapon. Farming those nobles does not provide more copies of the regular Estoc.