Talk:Great Lord Greatsword/@comment-25940428-20150222022629/@comment-4511886-20160801145916

The problem is that most boss weapons fill a niche that is rarely touched upon by most players.

The Tin Darkmoon Catalyst and all three variants of the Greatsword of Artorias are great examples of this, as they are all useful, but only to players in very specific situations. Notably, all four of these weapons require the player to get levels in both Intelligence and Faith for what is generally very little reason. Not to mention that the Tin Darkmoon Catalyst is completely worthless until you have 29 Faith or more, as it is outclassed by the Oolacile Ivory Catalyst prior to that point, and it becomes worthless again if your Intelligence gets high enough.

Not to mention the outright bad boss weapons, such as the Golem Axe, which is functionally a Battle Axe but with the weight of a Greataxe and the Darkmoon Bow which is outclassed by most, if not all, Divine and Occult bows.

Funny enough, the Great Lord Greatsword's enormous base damage actually compensates quite well for its low scaling, so this is one of the few boss weapons that isn't actually just "alright" or worse, it's actually quite decent even with a rather poor R2.