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Curved Sword

Weapons · Curved Sword

Shotel

SlashSmithing Stone—Ash of War changeable

Curved sword with a severely hooked blade. Its attacks can slip through an enemy's guard.

Attack rating—At your attributes

Weight2Equip load units

Requires9Str19Dex

Passive buildup—At your attributes

Attack & scalingUpdates as you edit

Curved sword with a severely hooked blade. Its attacks can slip through an enemy's guard.

Made to hunt down humans, this weapon requires high dexterity to wield effectively.

Spinning SlashFP 6 / 12 · Ash of War, changeable

Skill favored by dexterous warriors. Slash foes as your body spins. Additional input allows for a follow-up attack.Ash of War: Spinning Slash

Compatible Ashes of War (56)

These Ashes of War can be applied to this weapon.

Map pending

LocationAbandoned Merchant

Siofra River

Starting Site of Grace: Worshippers' Woods

Before you go

Take the lift in Siofra River Well beside the Minor Erdtree in Mistwood. From the underground grace, travel northeast through the ruins to the second lift.
Ride up and follow the stream east into the large open cavern. Activate Siofra River Bank on the left, then head north through the basin to Worshippers' Woods.
Look southwest of Worshippers' Woods for tall wooden scaffolding around the stone ruins. Approach the wooden structure and climb the stairs to its ladder.
Climb onto the scaffolding and deal with the ancestral followers above. Follow the lower wooden walkway northwest around the pillar and into the cliffside passage beneath the waterfall.
Drop down at the end into the merchant's room. The music helps confirm you are close; he is hidden behind the ruins rather than standing on the open river bank.
Buy Shotel for 2,500 runes. The two cookbooks and other merchandise are separate purchases.

Map location pending

Needs 9 Strength and 19 Dexterity and weighs only 2.0. On Standard affinity, Dexterity provides much stronger physical scaling than Strength.
Its hooked blade ignores at least 50% of a blocking opponent's guarded damage negation. Heavy and feint attacks penetrate more of the guard, with charged heavy attacks reaching the strongest penetration.
Guard penetration deals damage through a block. It is different from automatically emptying the enemy's stamina or guaranteeing a critical opening.
Its heavy attacks sweep more horizontally than the usual curved-sword heavies. A charged heavy is a single hit, rather than the two-hit charged chain used by some curved swords.
Starts with Spinning Slash: a spinning cut with a further attack available by repeating the skill input. The opening costs 6 FP and the follow-up costs another 12 FP.
It has the ordinary 100 critical rating and no innate blood loss. The hook shape does not supply the Death Blight effect of the separate Eclipse Shotel.
Upgrade it with Smithing Stones to +25. Can use compatible Ashes of War and the affinities available from your skill and whetblades.
Grease or a weapon enchantment can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs. The Abandoned Merchant sells one Shotel for 2,500 runes.

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