Monastery Scimitar

Monastery Scimitar
Found	The Painting Protector - Drop on NG+
Stats
	Curved Sword
	Slash
	95
	-
	-
	-
	-
	-
	0
	45.0
	10.0
	30.0
	30.0
	20.0
	15.0
	15.0
	110
	15.0
	15
	15.0
	0
	30
	0
	40
	1.5
Required Attributes
	9
	22
	-
	-
Attribute Bonus
	D
	B
	-
	-
	-
	-

For the Dark Souls variant, see Painting Guardian Sword.

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Painting Guardian's Curved Sword.

The Monastery Scimitar is a curved sword in Dark Souls II.

In-Game Description

When a true master wields this scimitar, their graceful chained attacks are described as mystical dances, and their deadly slashes as lingering nightmares.

Availability

Rare drop from The Painting Protector in Aldia's Keep (NG+). The Protector will be inside the first painting to the left of the second bonfire in the Keep. The Painting Protector only spawns once per playthrough, but can be respawned by using a Bonfire Ascetic.

Notes

• Prior to Patch 1.06, the Monastery Scimitar had no delay to its parry.

Characteristics

Rare curved blade dropped by the Painting Guardian, it is the Dark Souls II equivalent of the Painting Guardian Sword.

Retaining parts of its ancestor's characteristics, the Monastery Scimitar bolsters the unique sword dance that made it one of most highly combo-able scimitars, despite its lackluster regular movesets.

Sharing the falchion moveset means that the Monastery Scimitar will have limited combo option comparing to some other scimitars, and its short length also forces user to move in closer, thus telegraphing an attack.

However, the Monastery Scimitar's unique one-hand strong attacks is truly what makes the weapon. A mesmerizing yet lethal dance that can take away a large portion of the enemy's health, paired with the high poise break of the attack usually means that an opponent will be hit with all four of the slashes - decimated, if not dead.

Compared to the Painting Guardian Sword, it lacks a unique two-handed strong attack. The Painting Guardian Sword has a two-handed variant of the one hand strong attack, hitting more and harder.

A popular strategy was to use it as an offhand, parry-dedicated weapon, thanks to its instant parry frame. However, it lost its popularity soon after several patches which changed its parry frame.

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Identical to falchion. Right to left slash, followed by left-right horizontal slash.
One-handed Strong Attack	Unique. Two circular, right to left slashes, followed by two saggital slashes. High poise break.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Identical to all curved swords.
Two-handed Strong Attack	Identical to all curved swords.
Jump Attack	Standard jump attack.
Running Attack	Standard curved sword saggital slash.
Two-handed Running Attack	Standard curved sword two-hand run attack. Low-right to high left.
Rolling Attack	Standard curved sword rolling attack. Left to right horizontal slash after spin.
Two-handed Rolling Attack	Standard curved sword two-handed rolling attack. Left to right horizontal slash after rapid spin.
Power Stance Weak Attack	Standard curved sword powerstance. Two horizontal slashes, beginning with right, then left. Followed by another in reversed order.
Power Stance Strong Attack	Standard curved sword powerstance strong attack. Outward horizontal slash after spin.
Guard break	???
Off-handed Weak Attack	Mirrored right hand attacks.
Off-handed Strong Attack	Curved sword parry. OR after right hand light attack, perform a mirrored one hand strong attack that cannot be chained with the second heavy attack.

Videos

Dark Souls 2 Monastery Set Armor Guide Painting Guardian Armor from Dark Souls

Dark Souls 2 Monastery Scimitar Tutorial (dual wielding w power stance)