Talk:Black Knight Greatsword (Dark Souls II)/@comment-92.40.249.199-20141118170249/@comment-96.48.25.0-20141119025153

In my opinion, neither. They both require Twinkling which you can spend elsewhere and they both have other draw backs. A fire infused BKG does decent damage only if you have the stats for it. 90 pts/Soul Levels (combined INT and Faith) is required to get 158 fire bonus which you can get from putting 50 pts into either INT or Faith(which will give you 155). If that isn't an obstacle, BKG also requires a lot more stamina to swing. You will quickly run out of stamina doing R2.

Drangleic Sword presents other problems, but it's mostly determined by its 2 handed moveset. Some people like it, but others hate it.

Claymore is your workhorse. The moveset is clear and combos easily; the stamina drain isn't bad, and most elemental infusions will be decent on it.

If you are a single stat builder, Flameberge received a huge upgrade for Dex scaling in the latest calibration (up from C to S), and it has bleed, but it has the same awkward moveset as Drangleic. Mirrah Greatsword isn't bad for a Dex build either.

INT builds can use Magic infused Watcher's Greatsword, Magic infused Moonlight Greatsword and etc.