Rusty Squire Greatsword

Rusty Squire Greatsword icon
A greatsword streaked with rust, relying on its heavy blade to crush most defenses.

Overview

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Type
Greatsword
Rarity
Damaged
Class
Withered Knight
Combat value
100
Among Greatswords
#7 of 8
Among Damaged
#1 of 23
Durability
1000
Tradable
No

Attribute bonuses

Attack
16

Who can wield this

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Withered KnightHeavy · Greatsword

A heavy two-handed greatsword specialist that trades speed for reach and poise, excelling at toughness-break and parry against tough targets.

ASolid pick in our tier read: A long-reach frontline bruiser whose pulls and crowd control shine in coordinated fights. Its high-risk, high-reward kit divides opinion in solo play, where a missed commitment is hard to walk back.

About the Greatsword

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A two-handed greatsword with long reach and high poise — the heavy melee archetype. · Two-handed

Greatsword skills you can slot

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Skills are gated by weapon type — equip Rusty Squire Greatsword and you can use any of these Greatsword skills.

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Breakthrough Charge

Can perform a two-stage dash attack. Stage 1: Thrust forward with your sword. During the recovery, press or to perform a branch attack (second stage). Stage 2: Branch - Dash in a leftward arc, sweeping enemies. Branch - Dash in a rightward arc, sweeping enemies.

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Opportunistic Thrust

After dodging, immediately use to branch into a light strike: dash forward slightly while swinging your sword to attack.

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Parry

Assume a defensive stance to parry frontal attacks (negating damage), recovering Energy with each successful parry. This stance lasts up to 5s or until you parry 5 attacks, whichever comes first. Shortly after a successful parry, press or to perform different branch attacks: is a sweeping strike against enemies in front, while is a long-distance dash slash. Both branch attacks apply Wither on hit. Parry has a shorter base cooldown in trio mode.

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Pursuit

After any heavy strike, you can use to branch into a light strike: rapidly swing your weapon to perform two slashes.

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Radiant Retribution

Rapidly swing your greatsword, performing three wide slashes in quick succession. Each attack counts as a Light Strike, and hitting enemies charges your weapon. When fully charged, it applies Judgment to the target. The final strike has a brief Super Armor effect.

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Sprinting Slash

After dodging forward, immediately use to branch into a heavy strike: leap forward while spinning to swing your weapon. After dodging backward, immediately use to branch into a heavy strike: perform a counterattack while stepping back. Both heavy strike branches can execute enemies affected by Wither.

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Thorn Guide

Shoot thorns forward with your left hand, pulling the first enemy hit toward you. If the target is too large or in a special state (e.g., Super Armor, Blocking), you will instead dash along the thorns toward them.

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Withering Mark

Swing your weapon to unleash Judgment energy that attacks enemies, immediately applying Wither to the target.

Talents that boost Greatsword skills

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These Withered Knight talents directly strengthen skills you can use with Rusty Squire Greatsword — spec into them to get more out of it.

Trade value

Repair cost
0.005
Tradable
No

Bound to your account — it cannot be sold to other players.

Other rolls of this weapon

Rusty Squire Greatsword drops with different affix rolls — each variant below is labelled with the affix it carries; higher combat value is the stronger roll.

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