TLDW, here are the Broken Tier Weapons: Straight Sword - Sword of Night and Flame 27:43 Greatsword - Blasphemous Blade 42:12, Dark Moon Greatsword 44:12, Death's Poker 41:28 Colossal Swords - Greatsword 49:22 Curved Swords - Wing of Astel 1:18:29, Bandit's Curved Sword 1:11:25 Curved Greatswords - Bloodhound's Fang 1:24:50 Katana - Nagakiba 1:32:53 Spears - Bolt of Gransax 3:03:32 Great Spears - Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear 3:11:24 Fists - Star Fist 3:35:59 Claws - Raptor Talons 3:41:50 (moved to the broken tier at the end of the video) The easiest ones to get from this list are the Greatsword (quickly loot a guarded carriage before dying by those TRex Dogs in Caelid), Bloodhound's Fang (South Limgrave Boss), Bandit's Curved Sword (farm skeletons at the Church of Pilgrimage in Weeping Peninsula), and Nagakiba (easy if you kill Yura (NPC) in Limgrave instead of doing their quests).
Thank you so much. I was looking for weapons to use instead of the bloodhound fang in my dex build but it is so hard to find reasonable replacements that are not a straight nerf.
@@drschwandi3687 apologies in advance if this is a spoiler but in the DLC there is a new weapon class called great katana that Will likely be fun for you to try :)
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100% agree with the Glintstone Kris being the best dagger. It’s basically like carrying a mini bazooka. Imagine being able to unleash the comet spell, with only 10 FP required to do so. That is absolutely nuts.
@@Echo_ohc3 if you're close enough to your opponent reduvia bloodblade can hit twice with one hit, while also not causing you to lose health, its definitely a great weapon.
Reduvia and glintstone Kris are both great options. Reduvia is a really good option for RL1 and it synergizes with ritual sword. The problem with glintstone Kris is that you can't chain cast the AOW, although that would probably be too OP
@@desantinotafrancesco2639 In the early game reduvia is better, but You can buff a lot the glinstone Kris, and when I say a lot is that I see people doing like 3k with the Ash of war, I think that is the most eficient weapon in terms damage/mana, I really don't know why it's in S and not in broken
Faith Int Arcane Miquella has weird lore implications at least for weapons in relation to her So my fun but retarded 40 faith int arc build might actiually have a place in the dlc But yeah The actual scalings in this game is a pain in the ass Fundemental incants are faith int But the golden order greatswords pure faith Staff of loss doesnt have arcane scaling Despite boosting blood sorceries Lightning scales off dex on a weapon But the gravelstone seal has no dex scaling Despite strength getting its own strength seal Wakizashi not having a crit modifier Shortsword not having a crit modifier Carian longsword being a actual warcrime in the scaling department Its like a quality+intelligence weapon With shitty letters in everything to “ballance” it Its a shame to cuz i can imagine ppl just choosing a magic longsword with carian greatsword Missing out on the absolute sexiest straight sword in this game
@@slaytora5235 you cant apply greases to an occult weapon A weapon has to accept weapon buffs while also having innate arcane scaling Which is literally just an axe and halberd
@@slaytora5235correction, it must have arcane scaling for that. This is not the same. Either a weapon has innate arcane scaling, or it can be added by blood and occult infusion. Sword of St. Trina is not infusable, so the sleep cannot be improved by anything.
@@barbellsjoysticks9802 LOL I played the whole game without looking up anything or engaging with social media so I had no idea what people's biases were on my first playthrough and as soon as I found ROB I immediately respeced from my STR build. Now my main is on a dual curved greatsword build. Elden Ring is the best.
@@keenra Play however you like! That’s the beauty of this game. I just personally don’t like katanas because imo it’s like choosing vanilla ice cream at an ice cream parlour. But it’s much better than early ER days when every other guy you see had RoB. Glad that’s not a thing anymore
Been waiting for this video for a while. Finally a great Elden Ring weapons tier list that doesn't have Vyke's Spear at no.1. Looking at the end result I would have moved Regalia and Marais Executioner's Sword in S tier tho because the successive hits build with Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis and Godskin Swaddling Cloth is still OP!
@@DeadLine1337 other than vykes spear being number 1, and maybe a couple other choices, I genuinely don't think its that bad, even this list isn't perfect, its all personal opinion at the end of the day, as any tier list is.
thing is you gotta compare it to the others in s tier and we both know neither of the spinsters hold a candle to anything in s aside from bandit's curved sword
One thing I really like about this game is they balanced the weapons (for the most part) around trade-offs so you feel like you can experiment and use weapons for aesthetic reasons and not feel like you're struggling the whole time. My 2 favourite weapons in the whole game are the Watchdog's Greatsword and the Golem Halberd. They absolutely slap and I don't care that I technically could be using something better in the same class lol Also Duelist Greataxe with blood infusion gets 156 bleed per hit at 40 arcane as an fyi- that bleeds most enemies in 2 hits and most bosses in 3-4 while also staggering them Good vid
Venomous Fang has become my favorite weapon in the game, extremely deadly with Bloodflame Blade and a Keen/Heavy Infusion with min Arcane + Faith. I'll try the Eochaid + Briar weapons next, they seem really fun.
I think blood infusion either high arcane and dex is best for Venomous fang. You can use both the white mask, kindred of rot exultation and Lord of blood exultation, so that when poison and blood proc, suddenly this weapon becomes absurdly strong.
I did a run with whips recently and they're actually very good. Solid damage, can stunlock most enemies, dual wield moveset bodies NPC invaders, great against stone enemies found in tunnels, surprisingly decent status, etc. Not the best weapon class but they're one of my favorite secondary options.
lol its bad, iron ball should be on the same tier as spiked ball, also guts greatsword being above any collosal weapon like giant crusher or even the colossal axes and the fact that guts gs is put on broken tier LOL!
@@terrycruise-zd5twGiven that the Star Fists completely outclass the Iron Balls, putting them in the same tier is moronic. When weapons are ranked, it's in comparison to the other options, making an objectively inferior option impossible to rate highly. And the Guts gs is comfortably better than any colossal weapon
@@kingsmorely3697 iron balls has more poise damage than star fist though they are both broken tier just slightly different trade offs. Youre crazy if you think colossal greatsword is better than giant crusher or any of the colossal axes. Even zweihander is better than colossal greatsword because it has a better move set and is much lighter and has lower stat requirements
@@terrycruise-zd5tw its worse in everyother aspect. U have cheap ashes of war like giant hunt to beat the exceedingly few enemies that dont get stun locked by an r1. In return u get alot more range and comparable damage.
I really like Lordworn's Greatsword for some reason. It's not flashy or anything but in like 5 minutes you can go grab the greatsword, buy impaling thrust, slap it on there, and start firing off a fairly quick, good range attack with 33 stance damage and follow it up with boosted crits. I'm not going to say it's S tier by any means but the level of power it gives you for as early as you can pick it up and as little investment as it requires to get online is honestly pretty wild.
You can get claymore just as early and it's far better. The only reason why you would use the Lord sworn over the claymore is for a cosplay build for the crusader in darkest dungeon.
Agreed with most of it but it doesnt make much sense to compare the ruins greatsword with the blasfemous blade. They only have similar skills, but the weapon class and builds are completely diferent. I can't even imagine a build that can run both swords as viable option, so i think it deserves that S tier you were gonna give it
I made a fresh STR/ INT character for the DLC (after doing FAITH/ DEX and Arcane), and I confirm that the Ruins Greatsword is MASSIVELY slept on. If you build for it, it is very comparable to the BB in terms of “it will beat the game for you”.
@@kode-man23 ruins scales with int and str which is arguably the worst combo in the game to invest in while str/arc is arguably the best combo. blasphemous heals on hit and does fire and scales with faith, ruins gs is trash compared to bb
Yeah, while the BB is objectively better, the Ruins GS is still broken and has different uses. For instance, since it is a pure strength weapon, you can use it for AoE trash clearing alongside a Lions Claw Giants crusher and the combo is possibly even stronger than the BB alone.
@@terrycruise-zd5twThe Ruins GS ash or war only scales with strength. It has a small int requirement to wield, but otherwise it is a pure strength weapon that gets an S in strength scaling.
@@jeffx40 so? blaspehmous weapon art is a better version of ruins, you dont need health estus when you use that weapon, its broken tier, ruins is maybe b tier
I hope the dlc adds some scrabs with unique ashes of war like waterfowl or something. Cuz they already got that for some weapons like the godskin peeler and Lorettas halbard thing
Gj you madman, kinda expected you to do it after dlc but im glad this is made so we can see how much the dlc will powercreep the base game Does this mean naginata is no longer on your top 10 best aow infusable weapons and is being overtook by raptor talons and bandit swords ?
Dang golden halberd in C tier. I love that thing honestly. It's super great against invaders who like to roll because of the running stab attack and it's not a terrible damage dealer either.
Impaling thrust is a perfect match for most greatswords. It deals the highest stance damage possible on them, and solves the lack of poking attacks (except claymore of course).
Started using the star-fists after Malekith because of that video (used that bloodhound sword before), and they are so fun to use Removing the blood effect from it against Radagon, buffing the damage when making multiple attacks in a row made it sooo crazy op and Radagon was gone in not even close to a minute
The vulgar militia shotel is pretty solid for magic infusions, it has lowish requirements and gets decent ar and with elemental damage the shield pierce becomes quite a bit more effective. Pest glaive also has low requirements and is very light, so again it can make sense on magic/flame/sacred.
IMO Celebrant’s Sickle definitely deserves to be higher than F tier. Even though the other Celebrant weapons suck the sickle has the second highest damage on keen infusion out of all the daggers only behind Wakizashi, so if you are powerstancing daggers on a keen build it’s a fantastic option, especially since it has longer range than the other daggers with great keen scaling, those being the Great Knife and Parrying Dagger.
Unless I'm mistaken, Celebrant's Sickle gets the bonus of piercing through shield, a la Shotel. This effect carries over into ashes of war, and it only weighs 1.5 units! Quite a good weapon to infuse and use ashes from, even if other daggers would be better to directly attack with!
Hello i am new to game, very cool video im looking forward to testing some of those weapons, you said something about "weight" mattering when it comes to Colossal Sword? Zwehanda being low weight matters? does lower weight on weapon make it attack faster? or is it just for the dodge ability (Medium load heavy load etc.) I am not too sure how the stats work in this game :x
Less weight means less points you have to invest in endurance to wield it without equip load buffs or really light armor. The animations are completely separate from the weight of a weapon
I'm actually using a frost infused Duelist Greataxe on my DLC character. Even tho it's classified as a colossal, the Duelist GA has a high motion value on its charged attack (like all axes do), which makes it perfect for war cry builds and also makes it a beast for applying status effects. I hit over 3000 damage in a single hit against Niall with a +18 while only meeting the base weapon requirements with no golden vow or fgms, and I even managed to apply frost to Borealis. It's certainly hard to use, but I think it deserves higher than D tier
Helphen's Steeple gets more damage, both base, scaling, and from the skill. Also gets a lot more Frost buildup from the skill. What it doesn't get is ranged attacks.
This is mostly incorrect. On paper, Helphen's has higher damage. The frost buildup is not "a lot more." It's only 10 points higher when both are buffed, but Dark Moon still has 55 frost buildup without the buff, Helphen's has none. What you're not accounting for is that Dark Moon's beams aren't just "ranged attacks," they're completely independent hitboxes, that stack with the actual weapon's hits. That's why Dark Moon is outputting almost 1.5x Helphen's damage, status, and stance damage on its heavy attacks. You're getting the weapon and projectile hits. Dark Moon also gets buffed by Alexander's Shard, Godfrey's Icon, Rogier's set. And it does almost entirely magic damage, so it can use the magic scorpion charm for a further 12% boost. Helphen's doesn't get any of those buffs, and is more split damage, so it doesn't get the full 12% boost from the scorpion charm.
@@DoctorrDude wow, some stat stick looks prettier to someone than the other stat stick, it definitely should break the whole spine of the tier list of stat sticks in a video game
Best build in the game for bosses gets put into A teir 1:42:23 helm: mushroom crown=+10% Chest:raptors black feather=+10% Ring 1:claw talisman=+15% Ring 2:kindred of rot=+20% Ring 3:lords of blood=+20% Ring 4:rotten winged sword=+6-13% Weapon 1:bleed twinned knights +seppuku(massive bleed build up) Weapon 2:occult twinned knights+poison mist(massive poison build up) Incantation: dragons bolt blessing(hardness) for pvp or golden vow=+15% dmg and 10%dmg midigation Obviously howl is better(+25%) but you take +30% more dmg, less noob friendly Basicly you cast 1 spell, cast off hand AoW, cast maind hand AoW and go to town with jump attacks Not sure on the math but i believe its a total of 104.5% and could be more if you cast more spells but youll be running to a problem of duration of effect vs dmg output resulting in probboly less dps
The duelists great hammer gets 101 bleed on hit when bleed infused and yet maintains a pretty good strength scaling. I used it powerstanced in a jump attack build and killed mohg before his third phase.
Don't forget that with the executioners greataxe, it has the highest crit damage in the game with fire affinity and an active fire buff on the actual axe from the ash of war because of its really high damage and crit rating. It even out damages that one French named Dagger
Thanks man ❤ this vid is so awesome and helpful 🙏 10/10 on information 100/10 for the effort ❤ Note: you are the best elden ring creator for me ( you and the lore guy xD)
I think it’s a high B Tier, the fact that Madness doesn’t work well in PVE doesn’t even matter because everything around you can get melted by it for next to no FP in an easy to use and reliable unique Ash Of War attack. It does Fire damage which is awesome and keeps lots of enemies stunned, has good range (albeit not great for a Great Spear) and the weapon synergises very well with Faith Builds. Not the best for some bosses or big enemies though as mentioned in the video.
Because the glintstone Kris exists there is zero reason to use any of the comet spells, it’s less than half the fp cost, does more damage depending on build and the projectile moves way faster
Ayyy, the mad lad followed through before the DLC dropped. Hope this video does well for you. And (complimentary) shout-outs to Rusty for maybe prompting this.
The bleed infused venomous fang is one of the most broken weapons in the game. You just stack the multi attack talismans with lord of blood + kindred of rot and the damage is absurd.
What is your reason for ranking slightly sub optimal weapons lower within their weapon class? I found that to be really strange, since infusable weapons of the same class generally perform very similarly. Early you rated dagger and parrying dagger very differently, despite their utility coming from ashes of war, and they both are optainable early, from roundtable grannies and patches. However these weapons should be rated, they should be in the same tier.
The dagger is more useful than the parrying dagger because it has lower requirements and gets 130 crit. The low requirements makes it very useful for ashes like golden vow
@@youwy Parrying dagger has pretty low requirements too, super low dex builds just cannot use it, which are gimmicks anyway. By your own criteria, misericorde is better for crits, and are you really rating dagger that high for the decent crit? Most strong weapons just want to use the stagger opportunity to keep attacking with the ash of war, or r2. The point is that these weapons are almost the exact same weapons, nd yet there is such a massive difference in tiering. That is why I take issue with your tiering criteria. You are not rating the weapons on their own merits, but whether there is a weapon that is flat out better. This means that a unique mediocre weapon can actually be rated higher than solid but outclassed weapon.
@@spongbobsquarepants3922 yeah that’s the criteria. If someone wants to use a weapon based on performance then why would they pick the option that is directly outclassed? I use that same thought process here. Being that most people play with the most useful weapons I might as well rank them as such. Also the dagger gets 10/10 requirements which basically every starting class can benefit. Golden vow is very useful and the dagger is the best tool to cast it. It’s not that deep. Also critical attack builds are very viable. Maybe with certain strength weapons no but almost every other build having a misericorde in the back pocket is beneficial.
@@youwy Every weapon competes with every other weapon. I would rather use the cane sword than any non somber dagger, because straightswords are just better. In reality, infusable weapons should pretty much rated the same as every other infusable weapon of that class, unless some of them have innate bleed, because then those weapons have extra value with occult. you rate weapons in your way, it will look like some weapons actually perform better than other weapons of different classes. That is the problem. Plenty of builds do not care for critical hits. Most ranged builds do not, because you have to run to the enemy, and that leads to less damage than just continuing to attack. Balls and star fist want to continue using r2, deaths poker wants to spam l1, bubble horn wants to continue to blow bubbles etc. It is not like the dagger is the only weapon you can use golden vow with. It just has slightly lower weight. You could just put the ash on your class' starting weapon, and needing slightly higher equip load. That cannot be worth more than 1 tier above other low weight weapons.
Royal greatsword is my favorite weapon, i really dont like the downsides of the AOW (52:27), but those are outweighed by two other issues that i think are bigger, no frost on the normal attacks, but ALSO somthing unmentionned, it has 18 DEX requirement! on a STR/INT weapon!!! that's the same req as the fricking MOONVEIL!
I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but Helphin's Steeple is actually my favorite great sword. The buff is faster than Dark Moon, has a hit box, and I do believe the magic damage you get from it scales with your int stat, unlike the dragon halberd, which is flat lightning damage. In terms of optimization, it's objectively not as good as dark moon greatsword, but I still prefer it.
This will be fun, because in preparation for the DLC, I farmed my character to have 50 in all stats, except for str and dex, that are 60, so I can use every weapon I find in the DLC, and I just spent a few hours upgrading every weapon to atleast +18 or +6 for the rare ones, so I can test them in the haligtree knights at the western gate site of grace, it was fun, using weapons that I never really gave credit that turned out to be really good, specially because those knights have a balanced poise. So comparing my experience to this list will be interesting.
For people who know the game well enough it is known that twinblades are absurdly absurd. I cannot call it underrated, unless people rate it as less than the best melee setup in the game.
The GOAT Stars is how I beat Malenia the first time round. I was struggling cause she kept sidestepping my Blasphemous Blade, so I used GOAT Stars to stagger and poise break her. So good.
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Link to the tier list (I made some changes)- x.com/TheSlimSigma
YOUWY YOU ARE SO VALID, big respect for staying consistent on both rankings and content
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Warped Axe is A+ tier, maybe S tier, Blood infused in a strenght build melts enemies
@@LJK69420 nah its bad
TLDW, here are the Broken Tier Weapons:
Straight Sword - Sword of Night and Flame 27:43
Greatsword - Blasphemous Blade 42:12, Dark Moon Greatsword 44:12, Death's Poker 41:28
Colossal Swords - Greatsword 49:22
Curved Swords - Wing of Astel 1:18:29, Bandit's Curved Sword 1:11:25
Curved Greatswords - Bloodhound's Fang 1:24:50
Katana - Nagakiba 1:32:53
Spears - Bolt of Gransax 3:03:32
Great Spears - Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear 3:11:24
Fists - Star Fist 3:35:59
Claws - Raptor Talons 3:41:50 (moved to the broken tier at the end of the video)
The easiest ones to get from this list are the Greatsword (quickly loot a guarded carriage before dying by those TRex Dogs in Caelid), Bloodhound's Fang (South Limgrave Boss), Bandit's Curved Sword (farm skeletons at the Church of Pilgrimage in Weeping Peninsula), and Nagakiba (easy if you kill Yura (NPC) in Limgrave instead of doing their quests).
THis is what I was looking for thank you!
Thank you so much. I was looking for weapons to use instead of the bloodhound fang in my dex build but it is so hard to find reasonable replacements that are not a straight nerf.
@@drschwandi3687 apologies in advance if this is a spoiler but in the DLC there is a new weapon class called great katana that
Will likely be fun for you to try :)
Thank you so much
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Finally. 8 days before the DLC. And I was wondering if you forgot about it
@nothanks9503 what
8 days omg can't wait
@nothanks9503please tell me you aren't glazing the game that lost us elder scrolls 6
100% agree with the Glintstone Kris being the best dagger. It’s basically like carrying a mini bazooka. Imagine being able to unleash the comet spell, with only 10 FP required to do so. That is absolutely nuts.
Reduvia is better imo, but id say they're both amazing weapons in general.
@@desantinotafrancesco2639 Reduvia is directly outclassed by any weapon with good ar with the blood blade AoW
@@Echo_ohc3 if you're close enough to your opponent reduvia bloodblade can hit twice with one hit, while also not causing you to lose health, its definitely a great weapon.
Reduvia and glintstone Kris are both great options. Reduvia is a really good option for RL1 and it synergizes with ritual sword. The problem with glintstone Kris is that you can't chain cast the AOW, although that would probably be too OP
@@desantinotafrancesco2639 In the early game reduvia is better, but You can buff a lot the glinstone Kris, and when I say a lot is that I see people doing like 3k with the Ash of war, I think that is the most eficient weapon in terms damage/mana, I really don't know why it's in S and not in broken
If St. Trina’s Torch is not number 1 I’m killing myself
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Elden Ring Best Weapons - S & Broken Tier (according to this video) :
1. Daggers : Glintstone Kris / Black Knife / Misericorde
2. Straight Swords : Sword of Night & Flame / Regalia of Eochaid / Coded / Lordsworn / Noble Slender
3. Greatswords : Blasphemous Blade / Dark Moon / Death Poker / Marai Executioner / Sacred Relic / Ordovis / Claymore
4. Colossal Swords : Guts / Starscourge / Zweihander
5. Thrusting Swords & Great Thrusting Sword : Estoc / Great Épée / Godskin Sticher / Bloody Helice
6. Curved Swords & Curved Greatswords: Wing of Astel / Bloodhound Fang / Magma Wyrm Scalesword / Bandit / Scavenger / Magma Blade / Dismounter / Morgott Cursed Sword
7. Katanas : Nagakiba / Moonveil / Uchigatana
8. Twinblades : Gargoyle Twinblades
9. Greataxes : Rusted Anchor / Executioner Greataxe
10. Hammers & Great Hammers: Marika Hammer / Great Stars / Envoy Long Horn / Pickaxe
11. Colossal Weapons : Giant Crusher
12. Spears & Great Spears: Mohgwyn Sacred Spear / Bolt of Gransax / Claymon Harpoon / Cross-Naginata / Death Ritual / Pike / Lance / Serpent-Hunter / Siluria Tree
13. Halberds : Guardian Swordspear / Nightrider Glaive / Golden Halberd / Dragon Halberd / Gargoyle Black Halberd
14. Scythes : Grave Scythe / Halo Scythe
15. Fists & Claws : Star Fist / Venomous Fang / Raptor Talons
Thanks for that, you legend
what about axes
Thank you bro!!
You are just flexing your yapping skills at this point
Someone used a trash weapon I see, lmao.
@@nishantbharali6895weak ass comeback
@@ICr4zyI doesn't change the fact u trash though :/
@@ICr4zyI actually, that was pretty funny. You have a better one?
@@dustinleonard3408 comebacks aren’t meant to be funny? Lmao what.
The funny thing is, st trina's sword scales off of Intelligence, but sleep scales off of arcane
bruh
Faith
Int
Arcane
Miquella has weird lore implications at least for weapons in relation to her
So my fun but retarded 40 faith int arc build might actiually have a place in the dlc
But yeah
The actual scalings in this game is a pain in the ass
Fundemental incants are faith int
But the golden order greatswords pure faith
Staff of loss doesnt have arcane scaling
Despite boosting blood sorceries
Lightning scales off dex on a weapon
But the gravelstone seal has no dex scaling
Despite strength getting its own strength seal
Wakizashi not having a crit modifier
Shortsword not having a crit modifier
Carian longsword being a actual warcrime in the scaling department
Its like a quality+intelligence weapon
With shitty letters in everything to “ballance” it
Its a shame to cuz i can imagine ppl just choosing a magic longsword with carian greatsword
Missing out on the absolute sexiest straight sword in this game
The weapon must be occult for that property.
@@slaytora5235 you cant apply greases to an occult weapon
A weapon has to accept weapon buffs while also having innate arcane scaling
Which is literally just an axe and halberd
@@slaytora5235correction, it must have arcane scaling for that. This is not the same. Either a weapon has innate arcane scaling, or it can be added by blood and occult infusion. Sword of St. Trina is not infusable, so the sleep cannot be improved by anything.
Thanks!
Thank you! Way too kind
Oh sweet, I was just looking to change my build. Your video couldn’t have come at a better time thanks!
Me: skips straight to Katanas Youwy: I'm sure this is going to be the most replayed part of the video . lmao
I’ll never make a katana build. Way too mainstream in a game where there’s infinite builds. But I get why people love them
@@barbellsjoysticks9802 LOL I played the whole game without looking up anything or engaging with social media so I had no idea what people's biases were on my first playthrough and as soon as I found ROB I immediately respeced from my STR build. Now my main is on a dual curved greatsword build. Elden Ring is the best.
@@keenra Play however you like! That’s the beauty of this game. I just personally don’t like katanas because imo it’s like choosing vanilla ice cream at an ice cream parlour. But it’s much better than early ER days when every other guy you see had RoB. Glad that’s not a thing anymore
@@barbellsjoysticks9802katanas are really fun if you focus on something other than bleed
@@keenramediocre game
All the yapping has lead up to this very moment of yappers career.
Been waiting for this video for a while. Finally a great Elden Ring weapons tier list that doesn't have Vyke's Spear at no.1. Looking at the end result I would have moved Regalia and Marais Executioner's Sword in S tier tho because the successive hits build with Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis and Godskin Swaddling Cloth is still OP!
Are there other lists that put vykes war spear at number 1 ?
@@desantinotafrancesco2639Rusty's. His videos are well put together and funny, but his rankings aren't that good
@@desantinotafrancesco2639 Rusty's infamous tier list of all weapons. It's beyond terrible, but it's not taken too seriously not even by Rusty anyway
@@DeadLine1337 other than vykes spear being number 1, and maybe a couple other choices, I genuinely don't think its that bad, even this list isn't perfect, its all personal opinion at the end of the day, as any tier list is.
thing is you gotta compare it to the others in s tier and we both know neither of the spinsters hold a candle to anything in s aside from bandit's curved sword
After watching rustys weapons tier list, its refreshing to see a good tier list being made keep up the great work 👍 😀 👏 👌.
One thing I really like about this game is they balanced the weapons (for the most part) around trade-offs so you feel like you can experiment and use weapons for aesthetic reasons and not feel like you're struggling the whole time.
My 2 favourite weapons in the whole game are the Watchdog's Greatsword and the Golem Halberd. They absolutely slap and I don't care that I technically could be using something better in the same class lol
Also Duelist Greataxe with blood infusion gets 156 bleed per hit at 40 arcane as an fyi- that bleeds most enemies in 2 hits and most bosses in 3-4 while also staggering them
Good vid
Huge
Venomous Fang has become my favorite weapon in the game, extremely deadly with Bloodflame Blade and a Keen/Heavy Infusion with min Arcane + Faith.
I'll try the Eochaid + Briar weapons next, they seem really fun.
Same
I think blood infusion either high arcane and dex is best for Venomous fang. You can use both the white mask, kindred of rot exultation and Lord of blood exultation, so that when poison and blood proc, suddenly this weapon becomes absurdly strong.
*skips to Katanas, called out immediately
Hahaha damn that's pretty funny
Why yes I do think I'll watch another 3 hour elden ring tier list on this beautiful day. Thanks Youwy
U make the best ER content very educational and consistent 🙂
I did a run with whips recently and they're actually very good. Solid damage, can stunlock most enemies, dual wield moveset bodies NPC invaders, great against stone enemies found in tunnels, surprisingly decent status, etc. Not the best weapon class but they're one of my favorite secondary options.
Belmont build. Kicking ass since 1094.
Wow, this is some S-tier tiering. Subbed.
lol its bad, iron ball should be on the same tier as spiked ball, also guts greatsword being above any collosal weapon like giant crusher or even the colossal axes and the fact that guts gs is put on broken tier LOL!
@@terrycruise-zd5twGiven that the Star Fists completely outclass the Iron Balls, putting them in the same tier is moronic. When weapons are ranked, it's in comparison to the other options, making an objectively inferior option impossible to rate highly.
And the Guts gs is comfortably better than any colossal weapon
@@kingsmorely3697 iron balls has more poise damage than star fist though they are both broken tier just slightly different trade offs. Youre crazy if you think colossal greatsword is better than giant crusher or any of the colossal axes. Even zweihander is better than colossal greatsword because it has a better move set and is much lighter and has lower stat requirements
@@kingsmorely3697 guts gs can’t pancake enemies with r2 like colossal weapons can or stagger chain omens with r1
@@terrycruise-zd5tw its worse in everyother aspect. U have cheap ashes of war like giant hunt to beat the exceedingly few enemies that dont get stun locked by an r1. In return u get alot more range and comparable damage.
I really like Lordworn's Greatsword for some reason. It's not flashy or anything but in like 5 minutes you can go grab the greatsword, buy impaling thrust, slap it on there, and start firing off a fairly quick, good range attack with 33 stance damage and follow it up with boosted crits. I'm not going to say it's S tier by any means but the level of power it gives you for as early as you can pick it up and as little investment as it requires to get online is honestly pretty wild.
its a dogshit weapon with dogshit scaling, idk what u are even saying
You can get claymore just as early and it's far better. The only reason why you would use the Lord sworn over the claymore is for a cosplay build for the crusader in darkest dungeon.
@@TheGenuineGoatlordsworn> claymore
@@Dutchy4564does lordsworn poke with its heavy?
Agreed with most of it but it doesnt make much sense to compare the ruins greatsword with the blasfemous blade. They only have similar skills, but the weapon class and builds are completely diferent. I can't even imagine a build that can run both swords as viable option, so i think it deserves that S tier you were gonna give it
I made a fresh STR/ INT character for the DLC (after doing FAITH/ DEX and Arcane), and I confirm that the Ruins Greatsword is MASSIVELY slept on. If you build for it, it is very comparable to the BB in terms of “it will beat the game for you”.
@@kode-man23 ruins scales with int and str which is arguably the worst combo in the game to invest in while str/arc is arguably the best combo. blasphemous heals on hit and does fire and scales with faith, ruins gs is trash compared to bb
Yeah, while the BB is objectively better, the Ruins GS is still broken and has different uses. For instance, since it is a pure strength weapon, you can use it for AoE trash clearing alongside a Lions Claw Giants crusher and the combo is possibly even stronger than the BB alone.
@@terrycruise-zd5twThe Ruins GS ash or war only scales with strength. It has a small int requirement to wield, but otherwise it is a pure strength weapon that gets an S in strength scaling.
@@jeffx40 so? blaspehmous weapon art is a better version of ruins, you dont need health estus when you use that weapon, its broken tier, ruins is maybe b tier
My favorite weapon, Marais Executioner, S tier. Nice!
I hope the dlc adds some scrabs with unique ashes of war like waterfowl or something. Cuz they already got that for some weapons like the godskin peeler and Lorettas halbard thing
Gj you madman, kinda expected you to do it after dlc but im glad this is made so we can see how much the dlc will powercreep the base game
Does this mean naginata is no longer on your top 10 best aow infusable weapons and is being overtook by raptor talons and bandit swords ?
Love the claymore respect 😎 Nice list bro
This guy is an elite nerd. And it’s brilliant.
bro sits right there and keep talking about Elden Ring weapons for 4 hours non-stop.... what a giga chad...
Damn dude thanks for the 4 hour tier list. I watched my weapons type only, but still very good job. Thanks!
Mad respect for dropping a weapon tier list after dissing Rusty’s
Dang golden halberd in C tier. I love that thing honestly. It's super great against invaders who like to roll because of the running stab attack and it's not a terrible damage dealer either.
Great vid!
Thats hit, im going to do a Gargoyle Black's Weapon only playtrough
Impaling thrust is a perfect match for most greatswords. It deals the highest stance damage possible on them, and solves the lack of poking attacks (except claymore of course).
Started using the star-fists after Malekith because of that video (used that bloodhound sword before), and they are so fun to use
Removing the blood effect from it against Radagon, buffing the damage when making multiple attacks in a row made it sooo crazy op and Radagon was gone in not even close to a minute
Damn dropping this video right before patch 1.12 changed a lot of things
The vulgar militia shotel is pretty solid for magic infusions, it has lowish requirements and gets decent ar and with elemental damage the shield pierce becomes quite a bit more effective.
Pest glaive also has low requirements and is very light, so again it can make sense on magic/flame/sacred.
IMO Celebrant’s Sickle definitely deserves to be higher than F tier. Even though the other Celebrant weapons suck the sickle has the second highest damage on keen infusion out of all the daggers only behind Wakizashi, so if you are powerstancing daggers on a keen build it’s a fantastic option, especially since it has longer range than the other daggers with great keen scaling, those being the Great Knife and Parrying Dagger.
Hahahaha... I was there Gandalf... It was a really amazing and very loooong experience! Thanks bro! 🎤🦖💌
With this video you have taken away 1/6th of a day of this agonizing wait. Thanks Youwy.
Unless I'm mistaken, Celebrant's Sickle gets the bonus of piercing through shield, a la Shotel. This effect carries over into ashes of war, and it only weighs 1.5 units!
Quite a good weapon to infuse and use ashes from, even if other daggers would be better to directly attack with!
Thanks for always putting out such great content, appreciate the effort and dedication!
Hell yeah, this is the person i wanted to see rank all melee weapons 💯💯💯
Hello i am new to game, very cool video im looking forward to testing some of those weapons, you said something about "weight" mattering when it comes to Colossal Sword? Zwehanda being low weight matters? does lower weight on weapon make it attack faster? or is it just for the dodge ability (Medium load heavy load etc.) I am not too sure how the stats work in this game :x
Less weight means less points you have to invest in endurance to wield it without equip load buffs or really light armor.
The animations are completely separate from the weight of a weapon
just beating the dlc ,revers of blood is my favorite and def deserves s tier
It was S once. Rivers Of Blood and Moonveil was Broken tier in the beginning.
how convenient I was already watching your videos
great job man
How much are these relevant for patch 1.12? Saw that most changes to weapons are tied to pvp or am I wrong?
Not much changed, mostly just axes and greataxes are a little better. The nerfs didn't change much, the best weapons are still the best
I think with the updates with the game, and the dlc, we’ve been needing a updated tier list
So thank you!
I'm actually using a frost infused Duelist Greataxe on my DLC character. Even tho it's classified as a colossal, the Duelist GA has a high motion value on its charged attack (like all axes do), which makes it perfect for war cry builds and also makes it a beast for applying status effects. I hit over 3000 damage in a single hit against Niall with a +18 while only meeting the base weapon requirements with no golden vow or fgms, and I even managed to apply frost to Borealis. It's certainly hard to use, but I think it deserves higher than D tier
Helphen's Steeple gets more damage, both base, scaling, and from the skill. Also gets a lot more Frost buildup from the skill.
What it doesn't get is ranged attacks.
This is mostly incorrect. On paper, Helphen's has higher damage. The frost buildup is not "a lot more." It's only 10 points higher when both are buffed, but Dark Moon still has 55 frost buildup without the buff, Helphen's has none.
What you're not accounting for is that Dark Moon's beams aren't just "ranged attacks," they're completely independent hitboxes, that stack with the actual weapon's hits. That's why Dark Moon is outputting almost 1.5x Helphen's damage, status, and stance damage on its heavy attacks. You're getting the weapon and projectile hits.
Dark Moon also gets buffed by Alexander's Shard, Godfrey's Icon, Rogier's set. And it does almost entirely magic damage, so it can use the magic scorpion charm for a further 12% boost. Helphen's doesn't get any of those buffs, and is more split damage, so it doesn't get the full 12% boost from the scorpion charm.
@@Gatchu137 everything you said is 100% correct and DMGS outclasses it completely but have you considered:
Helphen Steeple look cool 🙂
@@DoctorrDude Hell yeah I have. It's the coolest thing in the game.
@@DoctorrDude wow, some stat stick looks prettier to someone than the other stat stick, it definitely should break the whole spine of the tier list of stat sticks in a video game
It looks cooler :)
A yess a three hour video, this walk shall be legendary
funny how youwy and rusty have pretty diftrent tier lists
Wake up babe another tier list from youwy
Best build in the game for bosses gets put into A teir 1:42:23
helm: mushroom crown=+10%
Chest:raptors black feather=+10%
Ring 1:claw talisman=+15%
Ring 2:kindred of rot=+20%
Ring 3:lords of blood=+20%
Ring 4:rotten winged sword=+6-13%
Weapon 1:bleed twinned knights +seppuku(massive bleed build up)
Weapon 2:occult twinned knights+poison mist(massive poison build up)
Incantation: dragons bolt blessing(hardness) for pvp or golden vow=+15% dmg and 10%dmg midigation
Obviously howl is better(+25%) but you take +30% more dmg, less noob friendly
Basicly you cast 1 spell, cast off hand AoW, cast maind hand AoW and go to town with jump attacks
Not sure on the math but i believe its a total of 104.5% and could be more if you cast more spells but youll be running to a problem of duration of effect vs dmg output resulting in probboly less dps
Gay
My man is GEARING UP for the DLC with a 4 hour video
Excited to listen to this while I deliver the mail :)
Youwy, what’s your nationality?
It’s crazy how I agree with 99% of your choices, probably because you actually test out all the weapons
Great Mace + Ash of War: Prayerful Strike = NG+1~7 now my best weapon and keep me a life
for me it is the best ^^
Hey Rusty! Thank god you changed your mind and is doing your weapons list again. That old list was a little silly 😅 keep it up my man
You know this isnt Rusty. Right...?
The duelists great hammer gets 101 bleed on hit when bleed infused and yet maintains a pretty good strength scaling. I used it powerstanced in a jump attack build and killed mohg before his third phase.
Don't forget that with the executioners greataxe, it has the highest crit damage in the game with fire affinity and an active fire buff on the actual axe from the ash of war because of its really high damage and crit rating. It even out damages that one French named Dagger
Thanks man ❤ this vid is so awesome and helpful 🙏
10/10 on information
100/10 for the effort ❤
Note: you are the best elden ring creator for me ( you and the lore guy xD)
There it is.
Watched this earlier. Would be surprised if your top 3 broken tiers changed
Tier lists are better than fully ranked lists. This is the way
Cinqudae is actually really good with the proper setup, especially with a bestial build
I watched your video of rusty the other day and I was wondering where you list was at haha
Youwy going insane in the last week before the dlc
I was using Flamberge and Sword of Milos together. It got me through the Main Game. Hope it works for the DLC as well 😂.
why is vyke spear so low? it doesent deserve S but at least A, if you have the right talismans it absolutely melts enemies
might be because madness doesn't really work on enemies..its good on pvp though
I think it’s a high B Tier, the fact that Madness doesn’t work well in PVE doesn’t even matter because everything around you can get melted by it for next to no FP in an easy to use and reliable unique Ash Of War attack. It does Fire damage which is awesome and keeps lots of enemies stunned, has good range (albeit not great for a Great Spear) and the weapon synergises very well with Faith Builds.
Not the best for some bosses or big enemies though as mentioned in the video.
I think he wanted to avoid getting clowned on like rusty for putting it in first
@@Dutchy4564 I love Vyke’s War Spear but my boi Rusty was tripping with that placement.
15:45 The weapon that I used to defeat mohg/mogh for the first time only using square off
Ruins Greatsword also gets a special charged heavy that deals extra damage.
Because the glintstone Kris exists there is zero reason to use any of the comet spells, it’s less than half the fp cost, does more damage depending on build and the projectile moves way faster
Comet Spells are more buffable, probably making them stronger and if you are already using a staff, you do not need to find somber stones and runes.
Comet spells can be chain casted, that's their advantage.
Anyone here from Rusty's vid on this?
Need more mentions of how fire damage can reset frostbite.
Rusty's list is dumb..
@@aNsWeRkEy02 It does factor in PVP too, so the ranking's a bit different. Also he released a post saying that he should've put moghwyn spear first
Great video, I feel like we would’ve been friends in high school
Cool! Now do it again for 1.12 :D
Inseparable swords is pretty good in the fact that it's highly effective against undead, so probably an A tier weapon for that reason alone.
Can someone tell me what he's saying at 49:24? Something Greatsword... but the image is just the generic Greatsword. I'm confused
Gut’s Graitsword
@@MinMaxWin cheers
Ayyy, the mad lad followed through before the DLC dropped. Hope this video does well for you.
And (complimentary) shout-outs to Rusty for maybe prompting this.
All around great list.
The bleed infused venomous fang is one of the most broken weapons in the game. You just stack the multi attack talismans with lord of blood + kindred of rot and the damage is absurd.
This guy Is a Legend. Best elden ring content creator
Where would you move the Godslayer's Greatsword, if at all, since they added hyperarmor to it with the latest patch?
Please consider doing a new tier list with the latest game update 🙏🤙
What is your reason for ranking slightly sub optimal weapons lower within their weapon class? I found that to be really strange, since infusable weapons of the same class generally perform very similarly. Early you rated dagger and parrying dagger very differently, despite their utility coming from ashes of war, and they both are optainable early, from roundtable grannies and patches. However these weapons should be rated, they should be in the same tier.
The dagger is more useful than the parrying dagger because it has lower requirements and gets 130 crit. The low requirements makes it very useful for ashes like golden vow
@@youwy Parrying dagger has pretty low requirements too, super low dex builds just cannot use it, which are gimmicks anyway.
By your own criteria, misericorde is better for crits, and are you really rating dagger that high for the decent crit? Most strong weapons just want to use the stagger opportunity to keep attacking with the ash of war, or r2.
The point is that these weapons are almost the exact same weapons, nd yet there is such a massive difference in tiering. That is why I take issue with your tiering criteria. You are not rating the weapons on their own merits, but whether there is a weapon that is flat out better. This means that a unique mediocre weapon can actually be rated higher than solid but outclassed weapon.
@@spongbobsquarepants3922 yeah that’s the criteria. If someone wants to use a weapon based on performance then why would they pick the option that is directly outclassed? I use that same thought process here. Being that most people play with the most useful weapons I might as well rank them as such. Also the dagger gets 10/10 requirements which basically every starting class can benefit. Golden vow is very useful and the dagger is the best tool to cast it. It’s not that deep. Also critical attack builds are very viable. Maybe with certain strength weapons no but almost every other build having a misericorde in the back pocket is beneficial.
@@youwy Every weapon competes with every other weapon. I would rather use the cane sword than any non somber dagger, because straightswords are just better. In reality, infusable weapons should pretty much rated the same as every other infusable weapon of that class, unless some of them have innate bleed, because then those weapons have extra value with occult.
you rate weapons in your way, it will look like some weapons actually perform better than other weapons of different classes. That is the problem.
Plenty of builds do not care for critical hits. Most ranged builds do not, because you have to run to the enemy, and that leads to less damage than just continuing to attack. Balls and star fist want to continue using r2, deaths poker wants to spam l1, bubble horn wants to continue to blow bubbles etc.
It is not like the dagger is the only weapon you can use golden vow with. It just has slightly lower weight. You could just put the ash on your class' starting weapon, and needing slightly higher equip load. That cannot be worth more than 1 tier above other low weight weapons.
I love the Claymore and the Nightrider Glaive 😊
Maria’s being below guts sword is pain
Marais need a lot of talismans e buffs to do a lot of damage, greatsword is better early-mid game
Put Giant hunt on a flame art GUGS in a faith build. You'll understand why it's where it is
@@wellingtonrodrigues7654 agreed it’s better early, but it’s not the early stuff that’s hard.
@@marrcl7986finding a good opening for Maria's can be a bit more challenging than say lions claw spam
Royal greatsword is my favorite weapon, i really dont like the downsides of the AOW (52:27), but those are outweighed by two other issues that i think are bigger, no frost on the normal attacks, but ALSO somthing unmentionned, it has 18 DEX requirement! on a STR/INT weapon!!! that's the same req as the fricking MOONVEIL!
He’s finally made it!
I know it's a very unpopular opinion, but Helphin's Steeple is actually my favorite great sword. The buff is faster than Dark Moon, has a hit box, and I do believe the magic damage you get from it scales with your int stat, unlike the dragon halberd, which is flat lightning damage.
In terms of optimization, it's objectively not as good as dark moon greatsword, but I still prefer it.
This will be fun, because in preparation for the DLC, I farmed my character to have 50 in all stats, except for str and dex, that are 60, so I can use every weapon I find in the DLC, and I just spent a few hours upgrading every weapon to atleast +18 or +6 for the rare ones, so I can test them in the haligtree knights at the western gate site of grace, it was fun, using weapons that I never really gave credit that turned out to be really good, specially because those knights have a balanced poise. So comparing my experience to this list will be interesting.
Based Youwy properly ranking the Gargoyle Twinblade. One of the most underrated weapons in the game
For people who know the game well enough it is known that twinblades are absurdly absurd. I cannot call it underrated, unless people rate it as less than the best melee setup in the game.
Literally the best weapon ranking list.
You are goated for this
i watched the stream but ill watch it again
The GOAT Stars is how I beat Malenia the first time round. I was struggling cause she kept sidestepping my Blasphemous Blade, so I used GOAT Stars to stagger and poise break her. So good.