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I didn't see the Godslayer great sword in this video or the greatsword video, nor did I see the "gutts" greatsword in either one. Maybe they're being saved for another type of video?
I remember some weapons and arm armor in Destiny having that problem as well. Really makes me wonder if dev's ever tried using them because that is an immediate deal breaker for me
Something to note with the Prelate's inferno Crozier, is that the one specifically found by killing the Prelate in Fort Laledd seems to be a guaranteed drop as I have defeated that enemy with around 5 characters and got it the first time which is far too unlikely to be the case if it was randomized.
In Dark Souls, if an enemy had a unique drop and there was a limited number of them, the last one you kill will drop it guaranteed. Probably same for Elden Ring as well.
I don’t know if this was patched out, but I was able to get two rotten Erdtree staves in my first play through. I killed the sentinel from range, shooting him with my crossbow to get him to continuously fall off the wall he patrols, and he’d keep teleporting back up to it. When he finally died I immediately got his staff and was able to pick up another that he dropped on the ground.
You completely missed the most important part of the Trolls Hammer: It CAN be buffed with grease or spells despite having split scaling and not being able to change it ash of war. It can easily be one of the most damaging weapons in the category. It ironically can be good with blood flame blade because of its expiating fire damage. I like to use it as the main hand weapon on colossal jump attack build because it can be buffed. Then you put a strong not-buffable colossal weapon in the other hand.
I remember hearing that the Great Club's R2 was one of the best attacks for breaking enemy posture, which is why it was used with Cragblade back when tumblebuffing worked, creating a monster poise breaker
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yeah, its actually THE best weapon attack for poise damage, not counting some ashes... but it can compete with anything actually :)
Just trying a Strength build right now so this was super timely - I had tried a few colossal weapons last night but felt they were lackluster... until I watched this and realized that my build was lackluster.
Also must recommend 2 weapons I've had a blast with. A: the banished knights gs which gets really hard hitting on heavy (halberd is good also, scales better but worse damage due to its low raw) and also the funny stone brick hammer if you are ready to acknowledge that your rolling light does not exist.... Don't try it. It will wiff....
@@tapp3r109 to be fair that isn't always the best considering the recovery times. Str is versatile AF in this game so I'd suggest a variety.... Also great hammers and axes are better for duel jump attacks due to said recovery against most of the more aggressive bosses.
@@samfish2550 Iron greatsword is also good as well, it does a little bit more damage than banished knight greatsword. However, it has shorter length and kinda hard to farm.
Idk why but the prelates inferno crozier is my favorite colossal weapon. It's just awesome and grotesque and looks like it hurts to wield and I love it.
Axe of Godfrey is also very useful in PVP in the case your opponent is hiding behind a shield and poking you from behind it. The stomp after the roar also launches them in the air so it’s great for potential one shots. Speaking from personal use. Wish I knew Godfrey icon was useless beforehand though
It's even better now after 1.07. Roar medallion officially boosts the effect of the roar, the heavy attacks (after buffing) are MUCH faster, and the weapon art duration has been doubled. Shit is actually viable in PVP now and it's a blast.
They really played Ghiza’s wheel smart. Because if that thing had insane bleed build up and more stagger, it would absolutely break the game. And when I first got it, it was op. But in later NG+s, it really loses its potential.
LOL nice name, I would definitely have to agree with it, glad I quit as well...my buddy didn't really play D1 and I no lifed it from launch night the when D2 dropped I was bitching all the time and he'd always say "why u hate destiny so much for?" I'm like damnit man, I don't I love D1 and that's why I'm crying like a little school girl over D2 cause idc what anyone says, they went backwards with D2 and ruined most of it. Oh and I totally agree on ghizas wheel, could u imagine if the spin up did rivers of blood type bleed build up hahahahaha
Bro I use the golem halberd and I love it to hell all I got to say is I never thought of this thank you for giving me the inspiration I will actually try it out,see how good it is.
Bloodhound’s step on colossal weapons gives them the mobility and attack speed that they need to really pop. I think golem’s halberd block counter build with bloodhounds step would work really well and feel great
Agreed, bloodhounds step takes no skill, but im not intending to subject any players to this build(that would be unethical). Also I’m coming back to this comment anyway I’m going to note that prelates hammer with stamp(upward cut) is a good secondary weapon for this build.
Just wanted to say I continue to really appreciate you analysis of the efficacy of weapons in NG+. I'm on NG6 now, and it's getting much more difficult to find viable setups. :-) This is some of the best analysis out there. Keep up the good work!
@@mzakzm8239 oh really?? I stopped playing which each character I finished the game on because I thought that everything was just gonna get super easy. Do you recommend it if you want a PVE challenge??
@@jorgevelasco-theartofgames8687 The scaling is much more noticeable than in previous Souls Games. I have 99 Strength, Endurance and Vigor with about 2900 HP (Crimson Medallion +2, Erdtree’s Favor +2 and Morgott’s Great Rune) and use the Bull Goat Armor. Mid to late game bosses could easily take me out in 4-5 hits, something I’ve NEVER had a problem with in previous Souls games. It’s certainly a challenge, even with your improved damage.
Colossal Axes should be a separate category with different animations especially for the dodge attack cause currently the awful hammer animations make them so so bad, If stuff like axe of godfrey just had a slash after dodging instead of that abysmal stabbing your own feet which is never useful they it would be able to be such a fun weapon, As is there just isn't any good colossal axes especially ones that look good. Was devastated when I fully upgraded that Godfreys axe just to find out its got an abysmal attack animation and very little damage for how slow it is which sucks as its the best looking colossal weapon and best looking axe by far.
Mi favorite greataxe will always be the black knight Greataxe from DS3 , the animation, good damage and design made them one of my favorite weapons from the souls series. I was also a little disappointed when I realized the greataxes in this game where basically colossal Hammer but with standard damage.
I use heavy golem's halberd with flame of the redmanes, a great shield and the assassin talismans. Every critical you do recovers the cost of two redmane blasts. Only the falling starbeast jaw will stagger bosses more often.
As always great video, but I believe you forgot to mention one thing about Troll's Hammer. It can be buffed just like the great club. This makes it possibly one of the best weapons for buffing because it already has fire damage and can get another type of damage on top of it. I would actually recommend using it with Beast Claw seal and then try to fit all type of weapon buffs you can have so you can adapt to your environment. Also to have free fire damage is amazing from a PvE stand point since it can stun lock a variety of enemies.
Trolls hammer is also buffable. This makes it good for a faith strength build as you can use electrify armament to give it 3 damage types, or you can buff the fire damage with bloodflame or black blade. And even though the faith scaling isn’t high, it’s still there meaning your still getting dual use out of your faith stat. Pair it with the clawmark seal or you could go full strength and use greases. Fire physik and charm also boost the damage
I’ve tried them all and the best for me by far is duel wielding the Grafted Blade Greatswords. I combo buff with Flame O strength and Golden Vow, then hit L2 weapon art which raises all my stats by 5pts. I use claw medallion and wear the raptors black Feathers both boosting Jump Attacks. I then obliterate bosses and everything else using jump attacks with L1 which duel slams both Greatswords. The low weight is one of the best in the colossal class so I can also wear decent armor for defense and poise. Try this setup, and u will dominate PVE and PVP.
In pvp that setup is useless as its a pure jumpattack build...get a giant crusher and offhand a flame seal paired with giantsflame take thee and giantsflame rain down upon thee incantation...it takes a whole lot of work getting those spells and seal but worth it as u will massively increase ur ranged options and the giantsflame incantations are the best ones u can get fire-wise
they became my main build since facing Commander Niall...none of my previous weapons (mostly halberds and curved greatswords) were able to interrupt the frost windup of the banished knights (mainly the one with two swords whose attacks would oneshot me constantly) but the Golem's Halberds did that and they trivialised these fuckers from then on. Been using two of them with frost and they hit like trucks...their range and how cool they look is what really made me prefere them over all the other collosal weapons even into NG+ when I had two of every one
Charged R2 1 and Charged R2 2 are also incredible fast compared to all colossal weapons and as faster to faster than most other weapons classes as well.
I swapped from the greatsword the giant crusher. And I love it thematically and it hits hard, but it covers half the screen making it hard to see, and it's roll attack is aweful. The poke on the greatsword is an awesome move but the giant crusher slams by your feet and has 0 range.
For my own reference: Great Club w/ Faith investment looks interesting if I want to do another Faith-based build, though for the moment I'm drawn to other types of builds, especially since so much of the late game resists holy. Watchdog's Staff is quite cool, didn't even know this weapon existed. Seems very versatile without much stat investment, and I like the idea of dual-wielding with Dragon Greatclaw. Seems like it may not be the best for NG++ and beyond but if I only wanted to go to NG+ I'd be very interested to try this and see how far past that I can get. Rotten Staff seems like a bad joke on the part of the developers, but the prospect of dual-wielding with Rotten Axe is interesting, possibly making up for the Axe's shorter range. In general two Rotten Axe's with poison infusion ( eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Ash+of+War:+Poisonous+Mist ) looked to me to be among the most promising of these build options for NG++ and beyond because of the % health damage. Not overly impressed with Ghiza's Wheel having a near-useless Ash of War, but the bleed buildup could be quite promising. The weapon certainly looks threatening, aesthetically. I like the idea of pairing it with the jellyfish shield. Golem's Halberd + greatshield is the build that speaks to me the most naturally, being a non-unique weapon I can buff however I like and still maintaining the "standard" playstyle of weapon with shield. The fact I can get it early means I can likely use this in place of some late game weapon until it drops, and it looks as though I'll even have options to still use it in later playthroughs. While it may not be the most exciting option this kind of weapon is usually my favorite simply due to how much flexibility it affords me. Yet another bad joke from Fromsoft that Prelate's is somehow not a unique weapon where giant random hobo stick Great Club is. While Prelate has a lot of options I'm not overly drawn to any one of them in particular, but it's something good to keep in mind. In summary: Golem's Halbert + greatshield for early build, has options late game and NG+. Dual Rotten Axe with poison infusions is what I'd like to try the most for NG++, can possibly fit a Rotten Staff in for NG or NG+ where I may not have a second poison infusion. Ghiza's Wheel + jellyfish is a unique build featuring a cool weapon, and has this famous bleed damage I hear is all the rage these days. Watchdog's Staff + Dragon Greatclaw is another unique build featuring two cool weapons with more versatility in damage types but may fall off the later the game goes.
Small tip for the Golem's Halberd, to get it first try from a golem before any boss, you can find one a little further from, the Colosseum into the east where a lone golem is lying on the ground. That one pretty much always gave it to me the first time
Thank you for these videos! I've referenced them many times while playing to see the pros and cons of any weapon type I'm considering, I would love to see curved greatswords!
Just switched from powerstancing Grafted Greatsword and Guts Greatsword to 2 handing Radhan's Greatsword last night. Being able to powerstance while only worrying about the weight of one weapon is amazing. Was actually able to equip decent armour 😂
Colossal weapons are indeed the best weapons at least for me. The rest of the weapons dont allow for such favorable traits and you have to evade too many attacks and your retaliation is minuscule whereas with a big badass weapon each strike is always significant towards taking out the boss. Plus mobs even some of the bigger ones are staggered for quite some time leaving them no room for retaliation.
I'm rather fond of the falling star beast jaw and dragon greatclaw/golems halberd dual wielding, fallingstar beast jaw has a really good ash of war, great damage potential and if you go golems halberd I like to go frost damage for enemies with a lot of health and you can throw on a decent ash of war to swap to as an alternative to gravity
My favorite things about holy damage is that they give you all the cool holy damage weapons and incantations in the late game where they are resisted by basically everything thank you fromsoft
Fellas, I stand and swear by the Great Club, in terms of utility and absolute style. It is THE perfect weapon for a Tree Sentinel build, because of what it does and how it looks. I made a 125 build in which I can actually wear full sentinel armor, plus the Great Club, plus the Erdtree Greatbow, AND the Erdtree's Greatshield. It is as glorious as it is wooden and golden :D
I almost never do strength builds, first playthrough at level 80 I'm mainly doing a dex and magic build which works well with me, my Poleblade and Staff/Seal. Might try a strength build in NG+ just to be able to see how good these weapons are.
STR builds take a little bit of investment to really get going, since they don't apply status like DEX builds, but once they get going, you will Believe in Bonk. It feels amazing to just say "HULK SMASH" and flatten everything you come across. Timing against bosses, however, can truly be a pain, and some of them barely leave enough time for a colossal weapon to punish an opening.
Objectively, I think Fallingstar, Prelate's, and Staff of the Avatar I think are the best (and probably in that order) But I play fashion souls Golem's Halberd just looks so cool!
Last night I beat the final boss for the first time with the Godslayer's Greatsword. Theme appropriate, it was the only weapon I wanted to use during that fight, even though I have never in any of these games wielded colossal weapons, greatswords being the largest. I was worried I wouldn't get the timings right, but I took to it surprisingly quickly and love it a lot now! I will definitely look into using other great weapons like that thanks to this experience and I'm curious to see what other weapons might peak my interest in this video.
The fallingstar beast jaw made Melania a joke in both my first and second playthrough... I tried to fight her with another weapon just so I could get a taste of what everyone was talking about, died 2 times, said 'Ok that's it', switched weapons and proceeded to respectfully destroy her(ofcourse I also used a mimic)...
Thanks a bunch for these videos. I'm trying to put together my fashion souls build so I'm experimenting with a lot of weapons, but some of them are outright unpleasant to use. Hearing a second opinion helps a ton
Cuckoo knight armor + carian royal helm Distinguished greatshield with shield crash and any weapon with royal knights resolve. I like the mace Lance and banished halberd for a knight look Insane amounts of damage and tankiness. Looks great too.
Has any other game in history gotten covered like Elden ring has? I mean everything in the game has a video. It’s crazy. I’m 40 and have been gaming since the 80’s. I don’t remember anything getting covered like this before. Maybe breath of the wild but I don’t think that even. FromSoft is something special. I’m so curious what they do next. It’s gonna be hard to top this so I would imagine what comes next is gonna be a departure and something outa left field. Maybe a return to roots. Idk. It’s gonna be really interesting to see what they do next.
I know the Godskin Swaddling Cloth is pretty bad but using it on the Ghiza's Wheel is actually really effective. You'll essentially get a heal off of almost every one handed Charged R2. I've been usingbit with the Winged Sword Insignia (don't have the Rotten or Prosthesis yet) Godskin Swaddling and Lord of Blood Exultation (which also procs incredibly easily since it's incredibly easy to make enemies bleed with a Charged R2). It's doing big numbers with a lil healing to compensate for taking hits.
High reach makes golems halberd actually very nice with ashes most ashes, lions claw hits further away, follow up heavies (my preference being trolls roar) also can have more reach then the ash of war you used so it can help catch out people and enemies from further back that aren't ready to avoid it.
Using giant crusher to beat malenia, I found something really funny. If you have the two handed talisman, the claw talisman, cragblade, and some decent strength, you can kinda crit-lock malenia. If you break her stance and get the riposte, immediately do a fully charged heavy, she'll fall flat on her face and then follow it up with a heavy jump attack, her stance will break again, ready for another riposte, however you need an ungodly ammount of stamina to even riposte her again
Ngl, I was happy af when Cas saw just how broken the Beast Jaw's ash is. I'm hoping before you are finished with the ER content that you make a tier list on which ash is the most broken.
I know im late to the party, but something id like to note as a godfrey cosplayer is that the axes uncharged r2 after the buff is incredibly fast and still quite powerful. you can use the weapon art before a battle and then run in and get 2 quick hits to greatly diminish the poise of opponents
A quick (slightly cheesy) tip for weapons like the Rotten Staff. If you have the Rot talisman, just summon the Mimic and then swap to a different weapon. On top of being able to split boss aggro, you get a HUGE damage boos if/when your mimic procs the status.
These weapon types are even better now with the new talismans. Get two hand talisman and blade of mercy with the deflecting tear and you will be boinking bosses for 1/4 of their health
When I use a spirit summon, it's almost always Crystalian. I deal enough damage, thank you. When I need a summon, it's to draw the enemy's attacks, and survive longer than 15 sec.
Actually Envoys great horn can also be gained by farming the enemy in altus platue. Although it is very low drop rate i got it in 7th try with 103 item discovery
I've always loved the Great Club in any souls game and the esthetic rendition on ER is absolutely gorgeous. However, at level 120, even following your recommendation, this thing hits like a wet noodle. I'm a 46 strength and 38 faith (granted, I probably wasted a lof points on mind, being at 31), and with Electrify Armament and Golden Vow, I hit Maliketh phase I for 430. Is he just that resistent ? Or am I too underlevel (I've seen online that people recommend RL 110 for Maliketh) ? Or this weapon is that weak ? I'm confused x) I feel like I should be rewarded with more damage for the slowness and somewhat lackluster range of the weapon *shrugs*
Something I noticed for prelates is poisonous mist is a decent ash of war for it, if you hit them with swing it does the damage of 2 handed charged heavy attack.
Yo still this day old reliable for me is the Giant Crusher with Lion's Claw. If I ever get hung up on a boss I pull that thing out and stagger the heck out of them, it's just super satisfying.
...Why are collesal swords and collas weapons different? Just spent a minute looking through the vid cuz I wanted to see what he had to say about Starscourge.
I use Giant crusher with Fingerprint shield, using the colossal hammer to do the guard-counters since it has the highest poise breaking damage of all weapons while doing that :D.
Originally I didn't like the fact that Ghiza's Wheel blocks a good chunk of your screen, but you get used to it quickly. It's now mostly the only thing I use. I nearly always run it one handed with a parry shield because the one handed charged R2 spins the wheel immediately and also on the second R2. The parry damage is good and often procs blood loss on the next hit (critical hits count as two hits for bleed buildup). Use it two handed for bosses or tough guys combined with the Axe Talisman and you'll usually break their poise quickly. First +10 for me in first playthrough. Plus it was my favorite weapon in Bloodborne so of course I gotta use my Pizza Cutter™
I've been using Godskin Swaddling Cloth (yeah it's not very good but it procs on almost every Charged R2 you hit) with the Winged Sword Insig and Lord of Blood's Exultation. You're hitting big numbers really fast with healing on top.
How goofy is it that after you stance break an enemy with your colossal weapon, you then tap them a few times with the shaft of your axe, hammer, or such?
The earliest colossal to obtain is the watchdog staff, and along the BJ claw are the only ones that allow for shielder builds, whereas the golem weappn allows for the perfect ranged build with erdtree shield.
I’m really enjoying the Devourers Scepter… really good for a Str/Faith build, pair with FGMS buff and exalted flesh and u start doing big damage quick… then there’s the healing aspect of the wep art. Gotta get big boy poise though
Collosals hammers/axes are useless until mid game. Then fall off hard again since you can’t catch up to the hyper mobile bosses, can’t poise a boss and will lose every trade with a boss anyways. In pvp, things are worse. You will literally, and I mean literally, lose a trade to a katana rolling r1. I would know. The damage is terrible. The only collosal that can reliably 3-4 shot meta builds is the avatar staff... and you’ll still lose the trade against epee/stitcher pokes. And golden halberd will do more damage than avatar staff without any draw backs. The physical act of missing with a collosal is a free rolling attack for most weapon classes. So you get cut to ribbons and still don’t do worth while damage when you land a hit. Even if collosals got a 40% damage buff to make them as good as ds3, they’d still suck. Also not only is every attack a free rolling attack but also a free jump attack. They can keep kamikaze diving you and still win the trade if they screw up. And hyper armor no longer covers from your first attack. So if you miss an attack as bait for a second swing, their rolling/running attack (highest poise damage attacks after jumps) will break your poise. I would fix them with 20-40% damage buff and faster hyper armor. And nerf the hell out of power stanced weapons and jump attacks which are the real problem. Jumps don’t deserve i frames. Jumps should get instability damage (obviously!) and worse tracking
@@shmekelfreckles8157 good luck hitting Beast clergy man. Elden beast seems weak to blunt so it felt good even with holy damage and I get holy resistance of my own through buffs... but chasing him still sucked and misses were demoralizing. Every poise break their poise resistance gets stronger too so you won’t poise break bosses at all second phase when you need it most. Godfrey/Malenia/Mohg move around a lot and will win trades and one combo you if they catch you in recovery and out of stamina. Malenia is fun, you gotta play smart and she is one of the few that actually react to a giant hammer smack. But the other two won’t even flinch unless it’s a stance break and malenia can get super armor out of nowhere while your mid swing and low stamina And katana will still out damage collosal in pve. Bleed racks up fast until second phase. Constant pressure on the poise breaks/damage/bleed will leave katana more efficient with the same skill as a collosal. Oh and katana ashes beat out collosal ashes in many but not all cases. Basically collosal has low damage and leaves you wide open to counters while katana lets you zip around for more damage and status. You’ll never stam out while using katana and rolling. There’s a reason NOBODY plays collosal unless their crouch poking or have a fun-to-spam L2.
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Did you miss the “buster” Greatsword or did I miss something?
Someone wrote message to me with 'contact me on telegram' somewhere in this video. Only see it in notification. Do anyone know anything about it?
I didn't see the Godslayer great sword in this video or the greatsword video, nor did I see the "gutts" greatsword in either one. Maybe they're being saved for another type of video?
What is the name of the build for the Great Club that utilizes Golden Land?
The main downside not mentioned of the Inferno Crozier is that it blocks half your screen so you can't see what's in front of your character.
I remember some weapons and arm armor in Destiny having that problem as well. Really makes me wonder if dev's ever tried using them because that is an immediate deal breaker for me
@@tmbfreak_16 That's only in caves and dungeons, just switch up to another good weapon. Problem solved 👍
Yeah, I'm used to it though because I mained Smough's Hammer in DS3.
One hand it like a boss
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Something to note with the Prelate's inferno Crozier, is that the one specifically found by killing the Prelate in Fort Laledd seems to be a guaranteed drop as I have defeated that enemy with around 5 characters and got it the first time which is far too unlikely to be the case if it was randomized.
I've had it with literally every character I've made......
In Dark Souls, if an enemy had a unique drop and there was a limited number of them, the last one you kill will drop it guaranteed. Probably same for Elden Ring as well.
Yeah I got it from him on my first play through, I think its guaranteed.
It is a guaranteed one time drop, you can’t farm it
The one in the fort is drops it when u kill him u don’t have to farm and I don’t think it comes with the charge weapon art anymore
I'm gonna be so prepared for this game when I can finally afford a computer.
Dude.. just buy a flippen series S...
it’s working great on my ps4
You got this, bro.
For games console s are better(if we don’t count torrent games, but that s piracy 🏴☠️)
@@willybiggs-rj6qt do u have a slim? Its running like ass on my ps4
I don’t know if this was patched out, but I was able to get two rotten Erdtree staves in my first play through. I killed the sentinel from range, shooting him with my crossbow to get him to continuously fall off the wall he patrols, and he’d keep teleporting back up to it. When he finally died I immediately got his staff and was able to pick up another that he dropped on the ground.
I’ve killed him with only a great sword and he dropped 2 as well.
Same
This same thing happened to me, he fell off while I was fighting some normal enemies and then he was back patrolling and dropped another
Glad I’m not the only one this happened to
Happened to me more than once.
You completely missed the most important part of the Trolls Hammer: It CAN be buffed with grease or spells despite having split scaling and not being able to change it ash of war. It can easily be one of the most damaging weapons in the category. It ironically can be good with blood flame blade because of its expiating fire damage.
I like to use it as the main hand weapon on colossal jump attack build because it can be buffed. Then you put a strong not-buffable colossal weapon in the other hand.
Existing fire damage*
And since it’s physical plus fire damage don’t forget the flame buff that buffs fire and physical
@@myfatassdick and that incantation stacks with Golden Vow.
I don't know why I missed that it had fire damage to it, so cool to find out!
I remember hearing that the Great Club's R2 was one of the best attacks for breaking enemy posture, which is why it was used with Cragblade back when tumblebuffing worked, creating a monster poise breaker
yeah, its actually THE best weapon attack for poise damage, not counting some ashes... but it can compete with anything actually :)
@ Is it higher than the Giant Crusher? That thing does loads of poise damage but ti takes up half your screen
@@pc574 visions of Ledo’s…
Just trying a Strength build right now so this was super timely - I had tried a few colossal weapons last night but felt they were lackluster... until I watched this and realized that my build was lackluster.
Also must recommend 2 weapons I've had a blast with. A: the banished knights gs which gets really hard hitting on heavy (halberd is good also, scales better but worse damage due to its low raw) and also the funny stone brick hammer if you are ready to acknowledge that your rolling light does not exist.... Don't try it. It will wiff....
Just equip 2 colossal weapons, get the jump attack boosting chest armor and necklace, and it's EZ mode
@@tapp3r109 to be fair that isn't always the best considering the recovery times. Str is versatile AF in this game so I'd suggest a variety.... Also great hammers and axes are better for duel jump attacks due to said recovery against most of the more aggressive bosses.
@@samfish2550 Iron greatsword is also good as well, it does a little bit more damage than banished knight greatsword. However, it has shorter length and kinda hard to farm.
Honestly the Grave Scythe has pretty nice strength scaling. Good against shields too.
Idk why but the prelates inferno crozier is my favorite colossal weapon. It's just awesome and grotesque and looks like it hurts to wield and I love it.
My favourite colossal has to be the golem halberd
Axe of Godfrey is also very useful in PVP in the case your opponent is hiding behind a shield and poking you from behind it. The stomp after the roar also launches them in the air so it’s great for potential one shots. Speaking from personal use. Wish I knew Godfrey icon was useless beforehand though
It's even better now after 1.07.
Roar medallion officially boosts the effect of the roar, the heavy attacks (after buffing) are MUCH faster, and the weapon art duration has been doubled. Shit is actually viable in PVP now and it's a blast.
They really played Ghiza’s wheel smart. Because if that thing had insane bleed build up and more stagger, it would absolutely break the game. And when I first got it, it was op. But in later NG+s, it really loses its potential.
LOL nice name, I would definitely have to agree with it, glad I quit as well...my buddy didn't really play D1 and I no lifed it from launch night the when D2 dropped I was bitching all the time and he'd always say "why u hate destiny so much for?" I'm like damnit man, I don't I love D1 and that's why I'm crying like a little school girl over D2 cause idc what anyone says, they went backwards with D2 and ruined most of it. Oh and I totally agree on ghizas wheel, could u imagine if the spin up did rivers of blood type bleed build up hahahahaha
It would break pve and be completely useless for pvp hahah
I’m intrigued by the Golem Halberd guard counter build, that’s something I never anticipated. Maybe we could see a build on that in the future?
Bro I use the golem halberd and I love it to hell all I got to say is I never thought of this thank you for giving me the inspiration I will actually try it out,see how good it is.
It's honestly a pretty underrated weapon.
It's long, so Prayerful Strike is actually usable and trade-worthy to some extent.
Bloodhound’s step on colossal weapons gives them the mobility and attack speed that they need to really pop. I think golem’s halberd block counter build with bloodhounds step would work really well and feel great
Ew stop
@@UnderworldGrim I put bloodhound step on my giant crusher, works like a charm
Blood hound step takes zero skill, but you do you
@@pimpstaajack if you say so boomer
Agreed, bloodhounds step takes no skill, but im not intending to subject any players to this build(that would be unethical). Also I’m coming back to this comment anyway I’m going to note that prelates hammer with stamp(upward cut) is a good secondary weapon for this build.
Just wanted to say I continue to really appreciate you analysis of the efficacy of weapons in NG+. I'm on NG6 now, and it's getting much more difficult to find viable setups. :-) This is some of the best analysis out there. Keep up the good work!
I’m on NG+7 it’s hell rn can’t even kill a draconic tree sentinel and I’m rocking bleed uchigatan with blood houndstep
@@mzakzm8239 oh really?? I stopped playing which each character I finished the game on because I thought that everything was just gonna get super easy. Do you recommend it if you want a PVE challenge??
@@jorgevelasco-theartofgames8687 yes it is a challenge
Dark flame is the way to go. Does damage based on max hp
@@jorgevelasco-theartofgames8687 The scaling is much more noticeable than in previous Souls Games. I have 99 Strength, Endurance and Vigor with about 2900 HP (Crimson Medallion +2, Erdtree’s Favor +2 and Morgott’s Great Rune) and use the Bull Goat Armor. Mid to late game bosses could easily take me out in 4-5 hits, something I’ve NEVER had a problem with in previous Souls games. It’s certainly a challenge, even with your improved damage.
I love the move set of Prelates Inferno Crozier. I put a different AW on it but I love the downward slam.
Colossal Axes should be a separate category with different animations especially for the dodge attack cause currently the awful hammer animations make them so so bad, If stuff like axe of godfrey just had a slash after dodging instead of that abysmal stabbing your own feet which is never useful they it would be able to be such a fun weapon,
As is there just isn't any good colossal axes especially ones that look good. Was devastated when I fully upgraded that Godfreys axe just to find out its got an abysmal attack animation and very little damage for how slow it is which sucks as its the best looking colossal weapon and best looking axe by far.
What's worse is ugh had such a good rolling r1 back in ds3
Mi favorite greataxe will always be the black knight Greataxe from DS3 , the animation, good damage and design made them one of my favorite weapons from the souls series. I was also a little disappointed when I realized the greataxes in this game where basically colossal Hammer but with standard damage.
The stabbing at your feet is the Greataxe attack, it was in Dark Souls 3 to. Hammers never had that.
I utilize the running r1 on Godfrey's axe...it catches alotta peeps offguard as its range isnth bad
I use heavy golem's halberd with flame of the redmanes, a great shield and the assassin talismans. Every critical you do recovers the cost of two redmane blasts. Only the falling starbeast jaw will stagger bosses more often.
Great video, trying to figure out what I'm going to use for NG, going between these and a lightning build. This was great info.
As always great video, but I believe you forgot to mention one thing about Troll's Hammer. It can be buffed just like the great club. This makes it possibly one of the best weapons for buffing because it already has fire damage and can get another type of damage on top of it.
I would actually recommend using it with Beast Claw seal and then try to fit all type of weapon buffs you can have so you can adapt to your environment. Also to have free fire damage is amazing from a PvE stand point since it can stun lock a variety of enemies.
Another awesome video from Fextra Life! Keep up the good work on the builds!
Trolls hammer is also buffable. This makes it good for a faith strength build as you can use electrify armament to give it 3 damage types, or you can buff the fire damage with bloodflame or black blade. And even though the faith scaling isn’t high, it’s still there meaning your still getting dual use out of your faith stat. Pair it with the clawmark seal or you could go full strength and use greases. Fire physik and charm also boost the damage
I’ve tried them all and the best for me by far is duel wielding the Grafted Blade Greatswords. I combo buff with Flame O strength and Golden Vow, then hit L2 weapon art which raises all my stats by 5pts. I use claw medallion and wear the raptors black Feathers both boosting Jump Attacks. I then obliterate bosses and everything else using jump attacks with L1 which duel slams both Greatswords. The low weight is one of the best in the colossal class so I can also wear decent armor for defense and poise. Try this setup, and u will dominate PVE and PVP.
In pvp that setup is useless as its a pure jumpattack build...get a giant crusher and offhand a flame seal paired with giantsflame take thee and giantsflame rain down upon thee incantation...it takes a whole lot of work getting those spells and seal but worth it as u will massively increase ur ranged options and the giantsflame incantations are the best ones u can get fire-wise
Another great review on Elden Ring weapons!!! Can’t wait for long swords, I know they aren’t the greatest but I love sword and board!
I swornd and board with claymore, its the most stylish thing ever :) That R2...
sadly in PVP, claymore is so much better two-handed ...
Thank you for the hard work and the info.
Colossal weapons were hella fun to use, I loved the Golem's halberd for the charged r2. The stagger it did was nuts
Bro the golem's halberd is underrated.
they became my main build since facing Commander Niall...none of my previous weapons (mostly halberds and curved greatswords) were able to interrupt the frost windup of the banished knights (mainly the one with two swords whose attacks would oneshot me constantly) but the Golem's Halberds did that and they trivialised these fuckers from then on. Been using two of them with frost and they hit like trucks...their range and how cool they look is what really made me prefere them over all the other collosal weapons even into NG+ when I had two of every one
Charged R2 1 and Charged R2 2 are also incredible fast compared to all colossal weapons and as faster to faster than most other weapons classes as well.
Loving these videos, cant wait to see your vid on colossal greatswords
I swapped from the greatsword the giant crusher. And I love it thematically and it hits hard, but it covers half the screen making it hard to see, and it's roll attack is aweful. The poke on the greatsword is an awesome move but the giant crusher slams by your feet and has 0 range.
Use bloodhound step on ur giant crusher to evade and retaliate instead of roll
I kinda feel ashamed I thought collosal swords and weapons were in the same category. Did anyone else get them mixed up?
0:00 Intro
0:25 Styles of play
1:50 General pros and cons
4:52 Great Club
6:51 Troll's Hammer
8:45 Dragon Greatclaw
10:10 Watchdog's Staff
11:57 Staff of the Avatar
14:08 Rotten Staff
15:50 Envoy's Greathorn
17:35 Ghiza's Wheel
19:33 Fallingstar Beast Jaw
21:07 Axe of Godfrey
23:00 Duelist Greataxe
24:35 Rotten Greataxe
26:44 Golem's Halberd
29:02 Giant Crusher
31:13 Prelate's Inferno Crozier
For my own reference:
Great Club w/ Faith investment looks interesting if I want to do another Faith-based build, though for the moment I'm drawn to other types of builds, especially since so much of the late game resists holy.
Watchdog's Staff is quite cool, didn't even know this weapon existed. Seems very versatile without much stat investment, and I like the idea of dual-wielding with Dragon Greatclaw. Seems like it may not be the best for NG++ and beyond but if I only wanted to go to NG+ I'd be very interested to try this and see how far past that I can get.
Rotten Staff seems like a bad joke on the part of the developers, but the prospect of dual-wielding with Rotten Axe is interesting, possibly making up for the Axe's shorter range. In general two Rotten Axe's with poison infusion ( eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Ash+of+War:+Poisonous+Mist ) looked to me to be among the most promising of these build options for NG++ and beyond because of the % health damage.
Not overly impressed with Ghiza's Wheel having a near-useless Ash of War, but the bleed buildup could be quite promising. The weapon certainly looks threatening, aesthetically. I like the idea of pairing it with the jellyfish shield.
Golem's Halberd + greatshield is the build that speaks to me the most naturally, being a non-unique weapon I can buff however I like and still maintaining the "standard" playstyle of weapon with shield. The fact I can get it early means I can likely use this in place of some late game weapon until it drops, and it looks as though I'll even have options to still use it in later playthroughs. While it may not be the most exciting option this kind of weapon is usually my favorite simply due to how much flexibility it affords me.
Yet another bad joke from Fromsoft that Prelate's is somehow not a unique weapon where giant random hobo stick Great Club is. While Prelate has a lot of options I'm not overly drawn to any one of them in particular, but it's something good to keep in mind.
In summary:
Golem's Halbert + greatshield for early build, has options late game and NG+.
Dual Rotten Axe with poison infusions is what I'd like to try the most for NG++, can possibly fit a Rotten Staff in for NG or NG+ where I may not have a second poison infusion.
Ghiza's Wheel + jellyfish is a unique build featuring a cool weapon, and has this famous bleed damage I hear is all the rage these days.
Watchdog's Staff + Dragon Greatclaw is another unique build featuring two cool weapons with more versatility in damage types but may fall off the later the game goes.
Yo man congrats on being the “All Knowing Guide” that’s dope🔥
I’m excited for the video on colossal great-swords the black flame colossal sword is one of my favorite weapons to build around
Thanks for this video! Been wanting to do a colossal weapon build.
Small tip for the Golem's Halberd, to get it first try from a golem before any boss, you can find one a little further from, the Colosseum into the east where a lone golem is lying on the ground. That one pretty much always gave it to me the first time
Thank you for these videos! I've referenced them many times while playing to see the pros and cons of any weapon type I'm considering, I would love to see curved greatswords!
Yes! I was waiting for the new video. Thanks man, love your content!
My first time beating elden ring was with dual Ghizas Wheels and wearing heavy armor! One of my favorite builds of all time. I felt invincible!!!
First time yet you used two of a weapon you can only get one of per playthrough...... aka you got someone to drop you gear.... like a bitch.....
Can’t wait for Colossal Swords! Quickstep Zweihander OP
Try Giant's Hunt!
Just switched from powerstancing Grafted Greatsword and Guts Greatsword to 2 handing Radhan's Greatsword last night. Being able to powerstance while only worrying about the weight of one weapon is amazing. Was actually able to equip decent armour 😂
Your videos in these weapon series are fantastic! Could you do one on all the legendary weapons that you get from rememberences?
Colossal weapons are indeed the best weapons at least for me. The rest of the weapons dont allow for such favorable traits and you have to evade too many attacks and your retaliation is minuscule whereas with a big badass weapon each strike is always significant towards taking out the boss. Plus mobs even some of the bigger ones are staggered for quite some time leaving them no room for retaliation.
I'm rather fond of the falling star beast jaw and dragon greatclaw/golems halberd dual wielding, fallingstar beast jaw has a really good ash of war, great damage potential and if you go golems halberd I like to go frost damage for enemies with a lot of health and you can throw on a decent ash of war to swap to as an alternative to gravity
Very detailed and great explanations!
My favorite things about holy damage is that they give you all the cool holy damage weapons and incantations in the late game where they are resisted by basically everything thank you fromsoft
Just wait till the dlc tho I have a feeling holy damage will be the best or at least top 3 since it’s not very useful for anything right now
Regal Roar not scaling with roar medallion was patched, so it now works with roar medallion
I love this serie thank you for the work :)
Fellas, I stand and swear by the Great Club, in terms of utility and absolute style.
It is THE perfect weapon for a Tree Sentinel build, because of what it does and how it looks.
I made a 125 build in which I can actually wear full sentinel armor, plus the Great Club, plus the Erdtree Greatbow, AND the Erdtree's Greatshield.
It is as glorious as it is wooden and golden :D
I almost never do strength builds, first playthrough at level 80 I'm mainly doing a dex and magic build which works well with me, my Poleblade and Staff/Seal. Might try a strength build in NG+ just to be able to see how good these weapons are.
STR builds take a little bit of investment to really get going, since they don't apply status like DEX builds, but once they get going, you will Believe in Bonk. It feels amazing to just say "HULK SMASH" and flatten everything you come across. Timing against bosses, however, can truly be a pain, and some of them barely leave enough time for a colossal weapon to punish an opening.
Your videos are awesome, straight to the point and very informative.
these are amazing! congrats on the recent award!
hoping for daggers next...
Objectively, I think Fallingstar, Prelate's, and Staff of the Avatar I think are the best (and probably in that order)
But I play fashion souls
Golem's Halberd just looks so cool!
Last night I beat the final boss for the first time with the Godslayer's Greatsword. Theme appropriate, it was the only weapon I wanted to use during that fight, even though I have never in any of these games wielded colossal weapons, greatswords being the largest. I was worried I wouldn't get the timings right, but I took to it surprisingly quickly and love it a lot now! I will definitely look into using other great weapons like that thanks to this experience and I'm curious to see what other weapons might peak my interest in this video.
If I'm not mistaken I think the Giant Crusher has a hidden effect where it deals more damage to Giant enemies.
Would make sense
Haha imagine a 'Holy Bard' build, using all the horn weapons for different situations
The fallingstar beast jaw made Melania a joke in both my first and second playthrough...
I tried to fight her with another weapon just so I could get a taste of what everyone was talking about, died 2 times, said 'Ok that's it', switched weapons and proceeded to respectfully destroy her(ofcourse I also used a mimic)...
absolute chad
Ikr
Are you gonna do a dagger video? I figured you were I was just curious. Love everything you do!
Thanks a bunch for these videos. I'm trying to put together my fashion souls build so I'm experimenting with a lot of weapons, but some of them are outright unpleasant to use. Hearing a second opinion helps a ton
Cuckoo knight armor + carian royal helm
Distinguished greatshield with shield crash and any weapon with royal knights resolve. I like the mace Lance and banished halberd for a knight look
Insane amounts of damage and tankiness. Looks great too.
YASSSSSSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
Currently have Watchdogg staff and Giant Crusher
Watchdog Staff has been CLUTCH!!!!
Has any other game in history gotten covered like Elden ring has? I mean everything in the game has a video. It’s crazy. I’m 40 and have been gaming since the 80’s. I don’t remember anything getting covered like this before. Maybe breath of the wild but I don’t think that even. FromSoft is something special. I’m so curious what they do next. It’s gonna be hard to top this so I would imagine what comes next is gonna be a departure and something outa left field. Maybe a return to roots. Idk. It’s gonna be really interesting to see what they do next.
I know the Godskin Swaddling Cloth is pretty bad but using it on the Ghiza's Wheel is actually really effective. You'll essentially get a heal off of almost every one handed Charged R2. I've been usingbit with the Winged Sword Insignia (don't have the Rotten or Prosthesis yet) Godskin Swaddling and Lord of Blood Exultation (which also procs incredibly easily since it's incredibly easy to make enemies bleed with a Charged R2). It's doing big numbers with a lil healing to compensate for taking hits.
2:17 is literally Monster Hunter
Prelates charge with takers cameo is actually hilarious
High reach makes golems halberd actually very nice with ashes most ashes, lions claw hits further away, follow up heavies (my preference being trolls roar) also can have more reach then the ash of war you used so it can help catch out people and enemies from further back that aren't ready to avoid it.
The amount of work to collect this much information for each weapon is astounding.
Every Fextralife weapon class showcase: These are OP!!!
TFW the Axe of Godfrey doesn't get boosted by the Roar Medallion or the Icon of Godfrey.
May Chaos take the World.
Using giant crusher to beat malenia, I found something really funny. If you have the two handed talisman, the claw talisman, cragblade, and some decent strength, you can kinda crit-lock malenia. If you break her stance and get the riposte, immediately do a fully charged heavy, she'll fall flat on her face and then follow it up with a heavy jump attack, her stance will break again, ready for another riposte, however you need an ungodly ammount of stamina to even riposte her again
Ngl, I was happy af when Cas saw just how broken the Beast Jaw's ash is. I'm hoping before you are finished with the ER content that you make a tier list on which ash is the most broken.
I know im late to the party, but something id like to note as a godfrey cosplayer is that the axes uncharged r2 after the buff is incredibly fast and still quite powerful. you can use the weapon art before a battle and then run in and get 2 quick hits to greatly diminish the poise of opponents
Been waiting on this one
You are missing a weapon, the "greatsword" which is a colossal greatsword in Calid
How do u attack so fast in the beginning of the video with prelates????
A quick (slightly cheesy) tip for weapons like the Rotten Staff. If you have the Rot talisman, just summon the Mimic and then swap to a different weapon. On top of being able to split boss aggro, you get a HUGE damage boos if/when your mimic procs the status.
I'm still very much in love with the Greatsword and I'm stating to think it's a problem.
Rot axe with poison mist is fantastic. Arc build, 60 dex 60 str 80 arc
Yay!!! You did the thing. Idk if you saw my comment or you just had this planned but thank you.
Many people are asking- when will you create ‘Colossal Swords are the best weapon’ video?
I love how the prelates hammer is a reference to Smough
These weapon types are even better now with the new talismans. Get two hand talisman and blade of mercy with the deflecting tear and you will be boinking bosses for 1/4 of their health
I kept thinking to myself how weird and unintuitive dex colossal weapons were until I needed a big bonk weapon on my BHF build
When I use a spirit summon, it's almost always Crystalian. I deal enough damage, thank you. When I need a summon, it's to draw the enemy's attacks, and survive longer than 15 sec.
what does that have to do with this video? O_o
im starting to think holy damage is one of the worst damage types late in the game as some of the most difficult bosses resist it
SO you might be happy to hear that the "Staff of the Avatar" is the weapon with the higest ar if you have all stats att 99, so thats pretty cool
Actually Envoys great horn can also be gained by farming the enemy in altus platue. Although it is very low drop rate i got it in 7th try with 103 item discovery
I don’t mind Fat Rolling, loosing a little mobility is a good trade for high damage and high poise.
I've always loved the Great Club in any souls game and the esthetic rendition on ER is absolutely gorgeous. However, at level 120, even following your recommendation, this thing hits like a wet noodle. I'm a 46 strength and 38 faith (granted, I probably wasted a lof points on mind, being at 31), and with Electrify Armament and Golden Vow, I hit Maliketh phase I for 430. Is he just that resistent ? Or am I too underlevel (I've seen online that people recommend RL 110 for Maliketh) ? Or this weapon is that weak ? I'm confused x)
I feel like I should be rewarded with more damage for the slowness and somewhat lackluster range of the weapon *shrugs*
Something I noticed for prelates is poisonous mist is a decent ash of war for it, if you hit them with swing it does the damage of 2 handed charged heavy attack.
Yo still this day old reliable for me is the Giant Crusher with Lion's Claw. If I ever get hung up on a boss I pull that thing out and stagger the heck out of them, it's just super satisfying.
If I wanted to make the best Fallingstar Beast Jaw character, what weapon(s) would i use until then? Point allocation?
...Why are collesal swords and collas weapons different? Just spent a minute looking through the vid cuz I wanted to see what he had to say about Starscourge.
I use Giant crusher with Fingerprint shield, using the colossal hammer to do the guard-counters since it has the highest poise breaking damage of all weapons while doing that :D.
Originally I didn't like the fact that Ghiza's Wheel blocks a good chunk of your screen, but you get used to it quickly. It's now mostly the only thing I use. I nearly always run it one handed with a parry shield because the one handed charged R2 spins the wheel immediately and also on the second R2. The parry damage is good and often procs blood loss on the next hit (critical hits count as two hits for bleed buildup). Use it two handed for bosses or tough guys combined with the Axe Talisman and you'll usually break their poise quickly. First +10 for me in first playthrough.
Plus it was my favorite weapon in Bloodborne so of course I gotta use my Pizza Cutter™
I've been using Godskin Swaddling Cloth (yeah it's not very good but it procs on almost every Charged R2 you hit) with the Winged Sword Insig and Lord of Blood's Exultation. You're hitting big numbers really fast with healing on top.
How goofy is it that after you stance break an enemy with your colossal weapon, you then tap them a few times with the shaft of your axe, hammer, or such?
Should i use prelates crozier or grafted blade greatsword?
I’m a simple man. I see Fextralife post a new video, and I click.
Him saying the Godfrey axe is underrated made me very happy. I saw it’s potential from the start.
The earliest colossal to obtain is the watchdog staff, and along the BJ claw are the only ones that allow for shielder builds, whereas the golem weappn allows for the perfect ranged build with erdtree shield.
I’m really enjoying the Devourers Scepter… really good for a Str/Faith build, pair with FGMS buff and exalted flesh and u start doing big damage quick… then there’s the healing aspect of the wep art. Gotta get big boy poise though
Jump attack then rolling out, then Jump attack again is my preferred method than a chain attack when duel wielding with I'm using colossal weapons.
Uhhh what about Godslayer Greatsword? Where is that in this video?
I love how consistently he says "the pros of this weapon"
Collosals hammers/axes are useless until mid game. Then fall off hard again since you can’t catch up to the hyper mobile bosses, can’t poise a boss and will lose every trade with a boss anyways.
In pvp, things are worse. You will literally, and I mean literally, lose a trade to a katana rolling r1. I would know. The damage is terrible. The only collosal that can reliably 3-4 shot meta builds is the avatar staff... and you’ll still lose the trade against epee/stitcher pokes. And golden halberd will do more damage than avatar staff without any draw backs.
The physical act of missing with a collosal is a free rolling attack for most weapon classes. So you get cut to ribbons and still don’t do worth while damage when you land a hit. Even if collosals got a 40% damage buff to make them as good as ds3, they’d still suck. Also not only is every attack a free rolling attack but also a free jump attack. They can keep kamikaze diving you and still win the trade if they screw up.
And hyper armor no longer covers from your first attack. So if you miss an attack as bait for a second swing, their rolling/running attack (highest poise damage attacks after jumps) will break your poise.
I would fix them with 20-40% damage buff and faster hyper armor. And nerf the hell out of power stanced weapons and jump attacks which are the real problem. Jumps don’t deserve i frames. Jumps should get instability damage (obviously!) and worse tracking
What hyper mobile bosses? And if enemy is fast isn’t it more reliable to hit them once very hard before they dodge/attack?
@@shmekelfreckles8157 good luck hitting Beast clergy man. Elden beast seems weak to blunt so it felt good even with holy damage and I get holy resistance of my own through buffs... but chasing him still sucked and misses were demoralizing. Every poise break their poise resistance gets stronger too so you won’t poise break bosses at all second phase when you need it most. Godfrey/Malenia/Mohg move around a lot and will win trades and one combo you if they catch you in recovery and out of stamina. Malenia is fun, you gotta play smart and she is one of the few that actually react to a giant hammer smack. But the other two won’t even flinch unless it’s a stance break and malenia can get super armor out of nowhere while your mid swing and low stamina
And katana will still out damage collosal in pve. Bleed racks up fast until second phase. Constant pressure on the poise breaks/damage/bleed will leave katana more efficient with the same skill as a collosal. Oh and katana ashes beat out collosal ashes in many but not all cases. Basically collosal has low damage and leaves you wide open to counters while katana lets you zip around for more damage and status. You’ll never stam out while using katana and rolling.
There’s a reason NOBODY plays collosal unless their crouch poking or have a fun-to-spam L2.