Talk:Gargoyle Bident/@comment-87.17.0.182-20140802215305/@comment-5264386-20140802221158

Whilst it is true that you can't get a Ruin Sentinel's halberd or shield, or a Falconer's sword, the Ironclad Soldiers actually don't have their own unique weapon; it's just a smaller version of the Drakekeeper Great Hammer, which you can get in the Dragon Shrine.

Also, the most likely reason that this was included was to act as a link to Dark Souls I, since the Belfry Gargoyles in Dark Souls II were pretty much copied-and-pasted from the Bell Gargoyles in Dark Souls I. As a result, since you could get the Halberd of the Bell Gargoyles in Dark Souls I, they probably decided that it would be best to include the Gargoyles' weapon again.