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You forgot to mention that the onyx lord greatsword deals much more poise damage than the other, like all the other gravity weapons. Especially with the charged r2
“The Bloodhound’s Fang is an absolute banger of a curved greatsword.” Truer words have never been spoken, this thing is an absolute beast… there’s a reason it’s used in all the world record speed runs!
The only problem I have with it is that it’s very basic Not that’s it’s bad, just that it’s very boring to use and I wanna look awesome while using a weapon
@@thegroock9289 I think its actually quite flashy, a disappearing dashattack is also useful for various reasons in pvp, its also effectively the only second step of an ash of war that lets you engage with it. Doing the first backwards then the second forward covers huge distance and is a very skillful thing to do.
I started my 1st playthrough with Uchi and Moonveil (INT build), but when I realized my playstyle better fits the Bloodhound's Fang (full DEX) and how great this weapon was, it carried my ass to the Haligtree.
Got bloodhounds fang from literally the first boss I ever killed in Elden Ring. While fighting him I thought "dude if I could farm his sword that'd be sick" and then it dropped and so did my jaw when I seen the weapon art. That sword carried me through my first playthrough and my friends always were stumped at how much damage I could do and I'd just laugh
@@Furyheart great stars pretty much carried me through my first play through. I ran his faith power stance build with them, switched between flame and holy arts. Was able to dual wield from the 2 drops in leyendell so around like level 60. Just ran around jump attacking everything. Would proc bleed on a lot of boss fights which was a nice touch. And Prayerful strike + great stars is 🔥
Morgott's Curved Sword after the update is such a great weapon even before the update I loved using but after the update it's really good. Powerstancing it with Bloodhound's Fang is really satisfying
Everyone is saying it is. I tried it on my dex/arc character and I'm having a hard time respecting it over Eleonora's Poleblade. The only advantage I see is that I don't have to two-hand it, which makes casting incantations more convenient.
@@gigastrike2 eleonoras poleblade is super good (one of my favorites) and I would say morgotts does a great job at stun locking with the ash of war and just getting more damage on hit. Not as cool as eleonoras though in my opinion but still very, very good
It’s amazing to think that a over a year after release, this game is still getting build and help guides. Just shows how much we love this game and of course Fextralife. Thank you for the vid.
One of the first things I look for in these videos is the release date. There's been 9 patches to this game and FromSoft loves to tweak buffs and nerfs more than any other developer so it's nice to stay on top of that aspect. I'm doing my first playthrough now and just focusing on collecting everything. The NG allows you to just free roam trying out different characters, builds, weapons, weapon arts and all those incantations etc. That's why videos like these are so important for the game because that's what people do after their initial playthrough.
I think the name sake just speaks for the look.. I really don’t know any other weapon in the game that uses an affinity that has its name in the title of the sword. Theres frozen needle, and I’ll put the gravity katana in here even tho it doesn’t shoot meteors..umm Ig the rotten weapons… but Naa it’s just name sake for design.
I know I speak for many when I say the Bloodhound Fang single handedly got me through my first play through a year ago and I loved every second of it. Great weapon class all around for sure.
"Monk's Flameblade pros: looks badass". Reasons like this is why I love these videos. Nice video, not a curved greatsword user myself, but found some interesting swords that might try, to see how they feel. Thanks for the video!!
this is exactly why I watch your videos. I have over 170 hours in this game, working on my third walk through and I have been using the bloodhound's fang wrong this whole time. I have used the bloodhound's fang for most of the game play and I never knew it had a follow up on it ash of war.
Something useful about the follow up also. If you unlock you can choose a direction. But if you are locked on, you will always go away from what you're facing. So you can use the first half, to back away, and then turn around and keep going. It's good at getting away since you have s. It's a little trickier, but if you face away for the first hit, you can get close, and then use the follow up much easier, as you won't be as far away
that bloodhound's fang is probably the best early weapon in the game for any build, and after the buff on one of the patchs the ash on it turned really good...
Still waiting for claws or daggers. The Flame blade and the flame mace really should give a boost to fire atks. Really disappointing that the best looking weapon in a family is also the worst choice
just for anyone watching this now and wants a monk flameblade, you can get one in the divine tower of caelid, there are a couple of farmable monks with the weapon in there. you don't need to get all the way to the giant conquering hero's grave.
The magma scalesword was my noble companion on my first playthrough. As soon as I picked that beauty up it never left my inventory. Magma Guillotine is so good it feels like you're cheesing the game by using it. Plus it looks awesome, and that special R2 is so stylish. Love that weapon.
I've been using it to help people in late-game co-op. The fact that the first portion is effectively uninterruptable is incredibly helpful. It also has great range, stagger, and the magma pool deals significant damage over time. With FGMS, Golden Vow, Fire physick flask, Shard of Alexander and Flame scorpion Charm, the first portion including the damage over time does nearly 5k damage to hoarah loux and radagon.
Another huge benefit of the infusable cgs is the HUGE variety of ashes of war they can equip, able to use straightsword, greatsword, colossal sword, curved sword, thrusting sword, AND polearm ashes of war.
Glad to see you're still at it Fextra. Looking forward to the build on friday. Also, when Shadow of the Erdtree drops you'll have tons of new content you'll have to create 😂
Gotta love Fex admitting that the only reason anyone wants Monk's Flameblade is the drip. Love these videos and keep coming back to them leading up to the DLC. Would love to see a Great Hammers video at some point if possible.
I plan on getting back to these after these launches (still have lies of P, lords of the fallen and cyberpunk DLC) but I'll finish the weapon series before the ER DLC
I’ve been hoping for a Great Spear video, myself. It should be pretty quick to put together, since there are so few of them. (Hopefully the DLC gives us more.) Also, it really is unfair how weak the Monk’s Flameblade is considering how frustrating it is to acquire.
I used the Bloodhound's Fang on my last playthrough. The weapon skill is so devastating and absurdly cheap on FP, the first phase is only 8FP. Second phase is 12, which makes it similar to Lion's Claw in cost but I'm fairly sure it does more damage if both phases hit. With a fully leveled weapon and Dex ~50, if you come in with a 2 handed jump attack followed by the weapon art it does something north of 5000dmg with minimal buffing. Just a crazy powerful weapon/moveset.
Thank you for putting these videos together for us. Lots of research is done in these and it’s much appreciated! I’d love to see claws, thinking of cosplaying a Ravenmount assassin. Thanks!
Magma wyrms CGS is amazing and favor. On +10 with 138RL scaling on STR B and FAITH B!!! Jump attack hits 1500hp! Incredible. Fextralife, you forgot to mention in the cons that the weapon of the beastman has a very small percentage of dropout, I literally collected all the weapons in the game, and here it is and the sickle of crazy dancers took 8 hours for 2 weapons.
For those interested in spellblade builds: Morgott's cursed sword: pairs well with dragon communion seal due it's arcane scaling and boosting dragon communion incantations also use bloodoath and dragon communion incants for the same reason. Magmawrym scale sword: pairs well with erdtree seal due it's faith scaling,use flame and lightning incantations for the same reason. Zamor curved sword: pairs well with cold sorceries and you could use the weapon skill of the sword instead of the ice storm sorcery and can be used to set spell combos with slicer. Not sure about fundamentalist incantations,use the golden order seal due to it boosting fundamentalist incantations along maybe a sacred or magic infused omen clever due to fundamentalist incantations having split faith and int requirements.
Surprisingly something I have noticed is that almost all of the curved greatswords are equally good. One has some the other lacks which is perfect balance if you ask me.
Bloodhounds fang was the 3rd weapon I found on my first playthrough at launch and has preformed well all the way through NG+3 and its ability to vigor check people is amazing.
Great video. I love the Dismounter's look and it was my first weapon of choise on my inital playthough of Elden Ring. I was debating going back to it as a nestolgia palythrough and was wanting to see how it stacked up to other greatswords in it's class. I'll have to check out the Omen Cleaver as well just to fell the difference for myself.
I used the Dismounter with my Dex/Fth build in PvP reacently, using FLame Art infusion on the flaming strike ash of war. Goodness, that weapon can hit hard. I need to try out the other curved greatswords now! It is perhaps now my favourite weapon class next to Greatspears (Mostly the lance) and spears.
Bloodhounds Fang is so easy to get I feel almost guilty using it but frankly I've not found any weapon that I enjoy using more. Except against scaled monsters, it's just so incredible. It's almost as if the devs really want you to use it. I'd like to see a vid on great maces though - I've dabbled a bit into them.
For the Onyx Lord's Greatsword, even though it drops near Leyndell, the dungeon it's in (Sealed Tunnel) is manageable early in the game. The Onyx Lord boss is roughly as hard as Margit/Godrick IMO.
For Bloodhound Fang, you said you should lean towards Strength is you two hand it, but wouldnt you want to level Dex more since two handing will bump your strength anyways?
Ask and thy shall receive. Thank you so much for making this one! Now I can look even fancier with the curved sword build I intend on having, tough choice is if I should go with the Zamor one to have maximum fanciness or go with one that can be infused. Kinda wanting a two phase run you know?
I really wish the monks flameblade would have a unique weapon skill. You see the blackflame monks using a kind of blackflame spinning slash which would be amazing for this weapon.
"Won't be used in a hybrid build..." Excuse me, I love my Morgott's sword arc/dex build with faith sprinkled in for buffs and blood/black flame incantations. It may not be the most optimized one but it's thematic (for me) and I count that as big plus 😅 Great video btw. Love all the content you guys make 👌
BHF is my girl next door, a sweetheart by any and all definition. My first love before I delve deeper into the depths of ER's arsenal of weapons. Zamor Curved Sword is the quiet girl in class I met in college. She's a little hard to approach and admittedly not everyone's cup of tea, but she's down to have fun once we spent some time together.
It was good the developers threw us at least one good bone like this. New players like me really suck at dodging, rolling and timing all of that perfectly like you see in vids all over YT. I'm OK at it but I still need a little help. Even with a lot of practice, I still can't beat enemies like those Bell Bearing guys and I have a maxed out Bloodfang at level 130. They just rek me every time. It's good to give some players a little help because it encourages us to get better and try new things as confidence builds.
@@RKDriver I kinda feel FromSoft might've been a little too generous. Didn't stop me from using those tools, though. I used whatever it took to beat bosses and run through certain areas. At any rate, I didn't even use the Bloodhound Fang even after I got it my first time. I relied more on katanas, and basically got my butt handed. I am now more familiar with the game and all, but when I decided to give the weapon to my latest character, which was a wretch that I had no idea what kind of build to go for, tree sentinel, dragon, Margit, and Godrick stood no chance. Made me wish I actually used it first before I got the more degenerate weapons at that time. :p
for Omen cleaver the second R2(only the second one) has Knock-down level stagger( can knock-down even Lyndel Omen enemy ). So you can do Reuglar-R2 -> Charged-R2 -> Regular-R2 -> Charged-R2.....as a great cycle.
Monk's Flameblade is the most OP curved greatsword because it looks incredible with almost any AoW. Have you seen it with Cragblade? It's so beautiful, I can't even.
The monk guarding the boss room in the divine tower of caelid basement has the curved greatsword. Couldn't you farm for it there much earlier in the game?
Great video! Just a note: "The four belfries" pronunciation: A belfry is a part of a bell-tower, and it's pronounced "bell-FREES". You said it like "fries" would be pronounced the same as "an order of fries and a coke". Thanks for making these.
I fumbled my way through the beginning of my first playthrough with the bloodhound's fang + great turtle shield (worn on my back purely for how it looked). One of the best newcomer's builds IMO.
Which is best to pair with bloodhound’s fang? Or what are reading to pair any of them with bloodhounds? I’m currently very invested in BHF but I want to pair another weapon with it
I have only beeb using the Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword. That Ash of War is incredibly useful and if I can land three on a boss it usually stance breaks them
I actually love the Magma one because of it's super fast two-handed R2 ... You have to get used to the short range but was insane damage in a short time
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You forgot to mention that the onyx lord greatsword deals much more poise damage than the other, like all the other gravity weapons. Especially with the charged r2
I love these videos! Can you do daggers next?
Spears when?
I use the omen cleaver with double slash blood, it's awesome for building up bleed and just putting out per hit damsge
“The Bloodhound’s Fang is an absolute banger of a curved greatsword.” Truer words have never been spoken, this thing is an absolute beast… there’s a reason it’s used in all the world record speed runs!
The only problem I have with it is that it’s very basic
Not that’s it’s bad, just that it’s very boring to use and I wanna look awesome while using a weapon
@@thegroock9289 I think its actually quite flashy, a disappearing dashattack is also useful for various reasons in pvp, its also effectively the only second step of an ash of war that lets you engage with it. Doing the first backwards then the second forward covers huge distance and is a very skillful thing to do.
@@horsthooden4600 doing that aow in pvp is just asking to get parried
I started my 1st playthrough with Uchi and Moonveil (INT build), but when I realized my playstyle better fits the Bloodhound's Fang (full DEX) and how great this weapon was, it carried my ass to the Haligtree.
I’m trying to use something else but it just tanks. I’ve been using the omenkiller and it does stagger more, I’ve found, that’s it’s only upside
Glad to see these are still being made. Love this content. Looking forward to seeing Spears SPEARS SPEARS SPEARS
Crazy to think he still has more to do lol. I love this game so damn much
OR GREATSPEARS!!!
@@SchansKir YESSSSS PLEASE
@Julian any tips I'm a new player just started
I´ve been asing for the same thing. I´m glad to see another spear lover
Got bloodhounds fang from literally the first boss I ever killed in Elden Ring. While fighting him I thought "dude if I could farm his sword that'd be sick" and then it dropped and so did my jaw when I seen the weapon art. That sword carried me through my first playthrough and my friends always were stumped at how much damage I could do and I'd just laugh
One thing Elden Ring does right, that a lot of games don't, is if you see an enemy with cool weapons/armor, they will probably drop it.
@@MTGandPYup and I hope that never changes going forward
I would love to see Spears or Greathammers next. Love this video series so much please keep it up!
I'd love to see great hammers. Considering using the great stars and I'd like to see how it holds up to others.
Yes i would love great hammers
@@Furyheart great stars pretty much carried me through my first play through. I ran his faith power stance build with them, switched between flame and holy arts. Was able to dual wield from the 2 drops in leyendell so around like level 60. Just ran around jump attacking everything. Would proc bleed on a lot of boss fights which was a nice touch. And Prayerful strike + great stars is 🔥
any giga drill breaker enjoyers? Siluria ftw
@Goonman24 you can get 2 of them in 1 playthrough? I thought there was only 1?
Morgott's Curved Sword after the update is such a great weapon even before the update I loved using but after the update it's really good. Powerstancing it with Bloodhound's Fang is really satisfying
Everyone is saying it is. I tried it on my dex/arc character and I'm having a hard time respecting it over Eleonora's Poleblade. The only advantage I see is that I don't have to two-hand it, which makes casting incantations more convenient.
@@gigastrike2 eleonoras poleblade is super good (one of my favorites) and I would say morgotts does a great job at stun locking with the ash of war and just getting more damage on hit. Not as cool as eleonoras though in my opinion but still very, very good
I used this Morgott's Cursed Sword R2 along with my mimic tear and cheesed Malenia in 2nd try !!
Meh, the ash of war ain't a full combo now it's a nerf for pvp. Dunno why everyone says its a buff.
Can confirm. I've gotten my ass whooped by a few builds like this
It’s amazing to think that a over a year after release, this game is still getting build and help guides. Just shows how much we love this game and of course Fextralife. Thank you for the vid.
One of the first things I look for in these videos is the release date. There's been 9 patches to this game and FromSoft loves to tweak buffs and nerfs more than any other developer so it's nice to stay on top of that aspect. I'm doing my first playthrough now and just focusing on collecting everything. The NG allows you to just free roam trying out different characters, builds, weapons, weapon arts and all those incantations etc. That's why videos like these are so important for the game because that's what people do after their initial playthrough.
@@RKDriveroh. I see you never played DDO or SWOTOR. Gamers aren't really wanted. Money is what is wanted.
Your bloodhound build is probably my favorite build out of all. I am currently using it for NG+ and PvP. Super strong and fun
It was always extremely weird for me that Monk's FLAMEblade doesn't have any fire damage/fire damage boost/Weapon skill connected with fire.
I think the name sake just speaks for the look.. I really don’t know any other weapon in the game that uses an affinity that has its name in the title of the sword. Theres frozen needle, and I’ll put the gravity katana in here even tho it doesn’t shoot meteors..umm Ig the rotten weapons… but Naa it’s just name sake for design.
Oh and magma worm 😂
not to mention NO bleed when it very obviously should
I know I speak for many when I say the Bloodhound Fang single handedly got me through my first play through a year ago and I loved every second of it. Great weapon class all around for sure.
"Monk's Flameblade pros: looks badass". Reasons like this is why I love these videos. Nice video, not a curved greatsword user myself, but found some interesting swords that might try, to see how they feel. Thanks for the video!!
I love morgotts cursed sword, carried me throughout the whole end of the mid to late game
this is exactly why I watch your videos. I have over 170 hours in this game, working on my third walk through and I have been using the bloodhound's fang wrong this whole time. I have used the bloodhound's fang for most of the game play and I never knew it had a follow up on it ash of war.
Something useful about the follow up also. If you unlock you can choose a direction. But if you are locked on, you will always go away from what you're facing. So you can use the first half, to back away, and then turn around and keep going. It's good at getting away since you have s. It's a little trickier, but if you face away for the first hit, you can get close, and then use the follow up much easier, as you won't be as far away
that bloodhound's fang is probably the best early weapon in the game for any build, and after the buff on one of the patchs the ash on it turned really good...
Really hoping for a dagger video, they deserve some more love after the semi recent buff to them
Man I hate it when I find out that pretty much 90% of the weapons I actually want to make builds out of are at the end of the game.
These are legit my fav vids on the channel. They're just really relaxing and nice to watch
I used dual Omen cleaver with blood affinity and it pretty much became my go-to. Procs blood loss on first hit most of the time.
Still waiting for claws or daggers. The Flame blade and the flame mace really should give a boost to fire atks. Really disappointing that the best looking weapon in a family is also the worst choice
Even a black flame self buff would be good.
Agreed, monk flame blade and mace look so badass, but then again so do many other mediocre weapons
Seconded the claws and daggers!
I like doing dual scorpion stingers for a bunch of scarlet rot buildup.
just for anyone watching this now and wants a monk flameblade, you can get one in the divine tower of caelid, there are a couple of farmable monks with the weapon in there.
you don't need to get all the way to the giant conquering hero's grave.
The magma scalesword was my noble companion on my first playthrough. As soon as I picked that beauty up it never left my inventory. Magma Guillotine is so good it feels like you're cheesing the game by using it. Plus it looks awesome, and that special R2 is so stylish. Love that weapon.
I've been using it to help people in late-game co-op. The fact that the first portion is effectively uninterruptable is incredibly helpful. It also has great range, stagger, and the magma pool deals significant damage over time. With FGMS, Golden Vow, Fire physick flask, Shard of Alexander and Flame scorpion Charm, the first portion including the damage over time does nearly 5k damage to hoarah loux and radagon.
I learned that I've been sleeping on the BHF, and that I need a play through primarily focused on it. Great video as always, keep it up!
Another huge benefit of the infusable cgs is the HUGE variety of ashes of war they can equip, able to use straightsword, greatsword, colossal sword, curved sword, thrusting sword, AND polearm ashes of war.
Glad to see you're still at it Fextra. Looking forward to the build on friday. Also, when Shadow of the Erdtree drops you'll have tons of new content you'll have to create 😂
Been waiting for this weapon category for so long you've no idea. Now I'm just needing spears, hammers and daggers.
Gotta love Fex admitting that the only reason anyone wants Monk's Flameblade is the drip. Love these videos and keep coming back to them leading up to the DLC. Would love to see a Great Hammers video at some point if possible.
I plan on getting back to these after these launches (still have lies of P, lords of the fallen and cyberpunk DLC) but I'll finish the weapon series before the ER DLC
I’ve been hoping for a Great Spear video, myself. It should be pretty quick to put together, since there are so few of them. (Hopefully the DLC gives us more.)
Also, it really is unfair how weak the Monk’s Flameblade is considering how frustrating it is to acquire.
Great content Man, next one need to be daggers or Spears/greatspears please!!!
"looks badass" for monk flame blade is hilarious
I used the Bloodhound's Fang on my last playthrough. The weapon skill is so devastating and absurdly cheap on FP, the first phase is only 8FP. Second phase is 12, which makes it similar to Lion's Claw in cost but I'm fairly sure it does more damage if both phases hit. With a fully leveled weapon and Dex ~50, if you come in with a 2 handed jump attack followed by the weapon art it does something north of 5000dmg with minimal buffing. Just a crazy powerful weapon/moveset.
Thank you for putting these videos together for us. Lots of research is done in these and it’s much appreciated! I’d love to see claws, thinking of cosplaying a Ravenmount assassin. Thanks!
thank you, i was waiting for this video
Damn and I just started trying the curved swords out. Great timing.
Just wanted to say these and your other Elden Ring videos are great! Extremely helpful! Thank you!
Magma wyrms CGS is amazing and favor. On +10 with 138RL scaling on STR B and FAITH B!!! Jump attack hits 1500hp! Incredible. Fextralife, you forgot to mention in the cons that the weapon of the beastman has a very small percentage of dropout, I literally collected all the weapons in the game, and here it is and the sickle of crazy dancers took 8 hours for 2 weapons.
Dropped for me in about 10 minutes lol.
@@Fextralife Iam not lucky like you)))
Colossal weapons will be a banger video
Never get tired of these. Looking forward to Great Hammers.
I've been using the Bloodhound's Fang along with Morgott's sword and the bleed buildup combined from both swords goes crazy
Please make more in-depth weapon guides been waiting for so long
My favorite weapon type in this game ❤
Your content and wiki are such a help.
Great video yet again. I would love to see a great hammer video.
For those interested in spellblade builds:
Morgott's cursed sword: pairs well with dragon communion seal due it's arcane scaling and boosting dragon communion incantations also use bloodoath and dragon communion incants for the same reason.
Magmawrym scale sword: pairs well with erdtree seal due it's faith scaling,use flame and lightning incantations for the same reason.
Zamor curved sword: pairs well with cold sorceries and you could use the weapon skill of the sword instead of the ice storm sorcery and can be used to set spell combos with slicer.
Not sure about fundamentalist incantations,use the golden order seal due to it boosting fundamentalist incantations along maybe a sacred or magic infused omen clever due to fundamentalist incantations having split faith and int requirements.
My vote is on Spears being the next category.
Spears have been ignored for too long now
Surprisingly something I have noticed is that almost all of the curved greatswords are equally good. One has some the other lacks which is perfect balance if you ask me.
I took my sweet time to get myself two Beastman Greatswords and dual wielded them ever since. Best decision I ever made
what this tells me is to just get bloodhounds fang and omen cleaver early and jump attack everything - got it
Been waiting for this one🙏🙏
The Bloodhound's Fang my beloved
Greathammers! C'mon, let's hear about the Regal Beastclaw, the Great Stars, the Great Mace!
Bloodhounds fang was the 3rd weapon I found on my first playthrough at launch and has preformed well all the way through NG+3 and its ability to vigor check people is amazing.
i was genuinely waiting for this thankyou ❤
New build! Friday can't be here soon enough (for so many reasons).
Perfect timing. Appreciate what you do.
Great video. I love the Dismounter's look and it was my first weapon of choise on my inital playthough of Elden Ring. I was debating going back to it as a nestolgia palythrough and was wanting to see how it stacked up to other greatswords in it's class. I'll have to check out the Omen Cleaver as well just to fell the difference for myself.
the built in dodge with the bloodhound's fang has always helped me deal with certain bosses in the game
Great Hammers these my favorite weapon class and the past patches have greatly improved them. Also I like seeing build around the brick hammer
U tried the rotten battle hammer yet?they awesome 2
I used the Dismounter with my Dex/Fth build in PvP reacently, using FLame Art infusion on the flaming strike ash of war. Goodness, that weapon can hit hard. I need to try out the other curved greatswords now! It is perhaps now my favourite weapon class next to Greatspears (Mostly the lance) and spears.
Always looking forward to these videos.
Bloodhounds Fang is so easy to get I feel almost guilty using it but frankly I've not found any weapon that I enjoy using more. Except against scaled monsters, it's just so incredible. It's almost as if the devs really want you to use it. I'd like to see a vid on great maces though - I've dabbled a bit into them.
Rocked the Dismounter for a bit on a playthrough. I did not regret it
Single Omen cleaver/dismounter with flaming stronk flame art absolutely slaps on faith, also with bloody slash or just morgotts for an arcane monster
For the Onyx Lord's Greatsword, even though it drops near Leyndell, the dungeon it's in (Sealed Tunnel) is manageable early in the game. The Onyx Lord boss is roughly as hard as Margit/Godrick IMO.
Can’t wait for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC builds, boss fights, gears and armor
I love these videos so much! Please do Claws when you can!
For Bloodhound Fang, you said you should lean towards Strength is you two hand it, but wouldnt you want to level Dex more since two handing will bump your strength anyways?
Maybe the best weapons in the game were the friends weve made along the way
Maybe for the next video you could take a look at spears? Of all the weapons those seem to be the ones that pair best with a shield
Currently running Str/Fai Omen Cleaver + Black Fllame Blade, and it works pretty good for both PvP and PvE.
I was just thinking I needed this video. Especially with the buffs
I’m hoping to see great hammers next since they were buffed recently! Thanks for all the informative content!
great video! i hope u can make one tier list for bleed weapons also
Just at the start of my curved Greatsword run
Thanks!
Great weapon showcase, as always. Keep up the good work. Incidentally, will the build list on the wiki be updated with the latest builds?
I love these videos so much looking forward to a dagger one!!!!
Dismounter with bleed was my first playthrough - sad I can't do that again!
Ask and thy shall receive. Thank you so much for making this one! Now I can look even fancier with the curved sword build I intend on having, tough choice is if I should go with the Zamor one to have maximum fanciness or go with one that can be infused. Kinda wanting a two phase run you know?
Oh that new graphic for weapon lengths is SICKNASTY.
This man is gonna do my great hammers last huh? Lol, awesome video as always man!
I really wish the monks flameblade would have a unique weapon skill.
You see the blackflame monks using a kind of blackflame spinning slash which would be amazing for this weapon.
Flaming strike is really fun to use with it
"Won't be used in a hybrid build..."
Excuse me, I love my Morgott's sword arc/dex build with faith sprinkled in for buffs and blood/black flame incantations. It may not be the most optimized one but it's thematic (for me) and I count that as big plus 😅
Great video btw. Love all the content you guys make 👌
Thanks, but still waiting on spears... or even greathammers lol
BHF is my girl next door, a sweetheart by any and all definition. My first love before I delve deeper into the depths of ER's arsenal of weapons.
Zamor Curved Sword is the quiet girl in class I met in college. She's a little hard to approach and admittedly not everyone's cup of tea, but she's down to have fun once we spent some time together.
100% accurate
After using the Bloodhounds Fang for a while, I just can't believe a weapon that strong can be obtained near the beginning of the game.
It was good the developers threw us at least one good bone like this. New players like me really suck at dodging, rolling and timing all of that perfectly like you see in vids all over YT. I'm OK at it but I still need a little help. Even with a lot of practice, I still can't beat enemies like those Bell Bearing guys and I have a maxed out Bloodfang at level 130. They just rek me every time. It's good to give some players a little help because it encourages us to get better and try new things as confidence builds.
@@RKDriver I kinda feel FromSoft might've been a little too generous. Didn't stop me from using those tools, though. I used whatever it took to beat bosses and run through certain areas.
At any rate, I didn't even use the Bloodhound Fang even after I got it my first time. I relied more on katanas, and basically got my butt handed. I am now more familiar with the game and all, but when I decided to give the weapon to my latest character, which was a wretch that I had no idea what kind of build to go for, tree sentinel, dragon, Margit, and Godrick stood no chance. Made me wish I actually used it first before I got the more degenerate weapons at that time. :p
Omen cleavers short range heavy attack only comes out if your two handing it. Otherwise, it has the bog standard great curved sword heavy attack.
for Omen cleaver the second R2(only the second one) has Knock-down level stagger( can knock-down even Lyndel Omen enemy ). So you can do Reuglar-R2 -> Charged-R2 -> Regular-R2 -> Charged-R2.....as a great cycle.
Monk's Flameblade is the most OP curved greatsword because it looks incredible with almost any AoW. Have you seen it with Cragblade? It's so beautiful, I can't even.
The monk guarding the boss room in the divine tower of caelid basement has the curved greatsword. Couldn't you farm for it there much earlier in the game?
He doesn't drop the sword ... Only the white monk set.
Great video! Just a note: "The four belfries" pronunciation: A belfry is a part of a bell-tower, and it's pronounced "bell-FREES". You said it like "fries" would be pronounced the same as "an order of fries and a coke".
Thanks for making these.
I fumbled my way through the beginning of my first playthrough with the bloodhound's fang + great turtle shield (worn on my back purely for how it looked). One of the best newcomer's builds IMO.
Ahh Morgott's Cursed Sword is such a good and fun weapon. Used in my last build (Mad King.)
it is Margott's CurSed sword, not 'curved' sword in name
@@mageshmac4716 woops,I just copied and pasted the name from another comment because I was lazy and didn't even check it lol
@@draakjuh oh that's fine ! but technically it is Margott's curved sword only 😛 😄
@@mageshmac4716 it's Morgott's Cursed Sword not Margott's.
@@emeraldwolf7920 Oops 🙈
Spears or Great Spears please. Your videos are so insightful and well researched I want to see how my favourite weapon groups stack up.
thank you for this
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Which is best to pair with bloodhound’s fang? Or what are reading to pair any of them with bloodhounds? I’m currently very invested in BHF but I want to pair another weapon with it
Was waiting for this. Wonder if daggers are next 😏
Let’s see spears next!!
Yes please
I would love to see a video on (great) spears or (war-) hammers!
I have only beeb using the Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword. That Ash of War is incredibly useful and if I can land three on a boss it usually stance breaks them
I actually love the Magma one because of it's super fast two-handed R2 ... You have to get used to the short range but was insane damage in a short time