Thrust (damage type)

 is a type of Physical Damage in Dark Souls.

General Information
Thrust Damage is one of four Physical Damage Types.

Stats
At lower levels, increasing any stat will raise Thrust Defense to some degree, however, Resistance will raise it more than any other.

Armor
As a general rule, the heavier an armor piece is, the higher its defense against Physical damage it will be.

Of the Starting Armor Sets, the Knight Set offers the highest Thrust Defense.

Light Armor Sets are not the best choice to reduce Thrust Damage. The Lord's Blade Set and Xanthous Set are the heaviest of all light armors, and therefore offer higher defense against Thrust Damage. Lighter armor sets that offer very good Thrust physical defense for their weight are the Crimson Set and Big Hat's Set.

Within Medium Armor Sets, the fully upgraded Paladin Set and Catarina Set are good choices for Thrust Defense. Ornstein's Set does not need to be upgraded and offers a good alternative.

Heavy Armor Sets offer the best choices when raising Physical defenses. Smough's Set, Havel's Set and the fully upgraded Giant Set are excellent choices.

Rings
The Ring of Steel Protection raises all forms of Physical Defense.

Shields
Unlike armor, shields modify damage based on a percentage and all forms of Physical Damage are affected by its single modifier. Many Shields protect against 100% of Physical Damage; the Hollow Soldier Shield, Dragon Crest Shield and Silver Knight Shield are examples of these.

Weapons
Many weapons deal only Thrust Damage, however, some deal Thrust in addition to Regular or Slash Damage based upon what attack is used out of its moveset.

Daggers

 * Dagger /
 * Dark Silver Tracer /
 * Ghost Blade /
 * Parrying Dagger /

Curved Swords

 * Jagged Ghost Blade /

Curved Greatsword

 * Gravelord Sword /

Katanas

 * Uchigatana /
 * Washing Pole /

Straight Swords

 * Astora's Straight Sword † *
 * Balder Side Sword †
 * Barbed Straight Sword †
 * Broken Straight Sword †
 * Crystal Straight Sword †
 * Longsword †
 * Shortsword †
 * Sunlight Straight Sword †
 * Straight Sword Hilt †

Greatswords

 * Black Knight Sword †
 * Claymore†
 * Greatsword of Artorias † *
 * Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed) †

Ultra Greatswords

 * Black Knight Greatsword †
 * Greatsword †

Thrusting Swords

 * Estoc †
 * Mail Breaker
 * Rapier
 * Ricard's Rapier
 * Velka's Rapier † *

Spears

 * Channeler's Trident *
 * Demon's Spear *
 * Dragonslayer Spear *
 * Four-Pronged Plow
 * Partizan †
 * Pike
 * Silver Knight Spear †
 * Spear
 * Winged Spear

Halberds

 * Giant's Halberd †
 * Halberd †
 * Lucerne

Hammers

 * Pickaxe
 * Warpick

Catalysts

 * Demon's Catalyst *
 * Tin Banishment Catalyst
 * Tin Crystallization Catalyst

Shields

 * Pierce Shield

Daggers ( † ) denote weapons that also inflict Regular Damage as part of its moveset.

Slashes ( / ) denote weapons that also inflict Slash Damage as part of its moveset.

Asterisks ( * ) denote weapons that also inflict Magic, Fire or Lightning damage.

Enemies
The following is a list of characters, enemies and bosses that inflict Thrust Damage by one or more of their attacks.

Characters

 * Big Hat Logan (Insane)
 * Black Iron Tarkus
 * Crestfallen Warrior
 * Kirk, Knight of Thorns
 * Forest Hunter Archer
 * Forest Hunter Knight
 * Forest Hunter Sorcerer
 * Marvelous Chester
 * Oscar, Knight of Astora
 * Oswald of Carim
 * Patches
 * Solaire of Astora
 * Undead Prince Ricard

Enemies

 * Armored Hollow
 * Balder Knight
 * Banshee
 * Batwing Demon
 * Berenike Knight
 * Black Knight
 * Chained Prisoner
 * Channeler
 * Crystal Undead Soldier
 * Ghost
 * Giant Skeleton Archer
 * Hollow Soldier
 * Infested Ghoul
 * Mass of Souls
 * Phalanx
 * Royal Sentinel
 * Sentinel
 * Silver Knight
 * Skeleton Archer
 * Serpent Soldier
 * Wooden Scarecrow
 * Zombie

Bosses

 * Artorias the Abysswalker
 * Dark Sun Gwyndolin
 * Dragonslayer Ornstein
 * Four Kings
 * Gravelord Nito