Talk:Black Knight Sword/@comment-86.207.85.69-20141221004749/@comment-4511886-20141221094606

For dedicated builds, the big problem with it isn't its mediocre damage potential, or its cumbersome moveset. The real catch in that case is its 18 Dexterity requirement. There are almost no high-end Strength weapons that require even two thirds of that Dexterity, not counting other Black Knight weapons.

People, me included, really don't think about this, but you need between 6 and 16 levels (depending on class and if you want to one or two-hand the weapon) to use this. For a weapon with almost non-existent Dexterity scaling and below average Strength scaling for its size, that's a lot of levels. Perhaps not something for PvE players who are willing to grind souls for levels, but using the Black Knight weapons overall in PvP is a huge risk on a Strength build. If you end up finding the Black Knight weapons lackluster, that's about 8 levels of Dexterity down the drain.