Backhand Blade bar none is the best Dex weapon and easily top 3 weapon in the DLC. Scales to S with Keen. With duel wield, the R2 charge hits like a Strength weapon. The charge sends bosses to their knees with serious poise damage. The R1 takes little stamina. You can spam it until your finger falls off, and still have plenty stamina bar left. Great AOE too. The running R1s and R2s are also fantastic at covering a lot of space. The weapon reminds me of the Sellsword Twinblades in Dark Souls 3. That weapon trivialized DS3 and was an absolute blast to use. Fingers crossed they don’t nerf my Backhand Blades.
Ansbach scythe is on point too...I never see it on a list but is has so much sauce...better than bloodhound in some ways...his incantation chains with his weapon combo too
The Claws of Night are my favorite weapons I've found so far. Did the quest to get Sword of Night but I enjoyed the Claws so much more for it's range abilities.
Well I guess I’m buying the spear when I get back on tomorrow. Boss is a nightmare to get down if you aren’t beefed up with the new scadtree buffs. Used bleeds on him with a mimic tear and he does melt like butter just gotta dodge a lot
I would argue Milady is the best dex weapon in the game, i spam its heavy attack because it hits 4 times in like under half a second, so for no FP im triggering rottensword insignia and millicents prosthesis faster than any other weapon inlcuding ash of wars like double slash. Put bloodhound step on it, and a seal/staff in your left hand, and you have the fastest combos plus the best movement along with long range attacks on your seal/staff
I love the backhand blade. The ash of dodging in and backstacb weak points its so fun and amazing. Great K are kinda booring- for me. Cant wait to try nr 1 and 5 from the list😊
IMPENETRABLE THORNS ARE THE GOAT, Radahn who. Like seriously, use it at medium to close range, so that all the thorns hit. It does crazy poise and damage. The build: any staff, 25 int, 50 faith, radagon icon, graven mass talisman, magic tear, winged tear (for light roll) plus mimic tear (add a weapon to your inventory, so that mimic isn't just hitting Radahn with the staff). Tip for the meteor he does at about 25% health, just run to the side of the arena, it won't hit you. Hope this helped.
Does anyone know what happens if you start the dlc and then go new game+??? Will you lose progress and access to it or will you keep access to the dlc?
9:10 The first time I’ve heard you get THIS excited! 🤣Understandably so, that spear looks so fun! I am doing a strength build now, since I love the Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword, but that’s next on my list.
I've tried all of the weapons mentioned in the vid, except the last one cause I haven't got to messmer yet, and I have to say, each of them felt like a downgrade to the backhand blade. At +25 with keen scaling it has S scaling in dex, ash of war doesnt deal a lot of damage but it has stupid s that put you right behind your enemy. I'm having a lot of fun with them + bloodflame blade and the physick that coats your character in oil.
If you pair it with the Shard of Alexander and the Spear talisman the ash does tremendous damage, assuming you're dodging during an enemy attack sequence.
I used my Cold Milady the other day to clear the Dragon Pit and now noticed it does 999 damage... At that speed popping GS damage is hype as hell. Apparently my Rellanas sword does 1400 damage so even more 🥹
Backhand Blades (including the both Cirques) do not come with innate bleed, but that's not necessary at all. Personally I have been demolishing the DLC with the Backhand Blade. Although it scales extremely well with Dex it also gives an A scaling with the Heavy Infusion. The ash of war it comes with (Blind Spot) is an insane dodge with a lot of i-frames, does great damage, costs only 9fp, and almost always hits enemies in the back, dealing additional damage. When paired with the Shard of Alexander and Spear Talisman (Blind Spot does piercing damage on the Backhand blade, but not cirque), I was two-shotting the black knights at blessing 4
@@Zeus-xf9rj Yeah i hate when the cool stuff isn't good. That why i loved moonveil and rivers of blood so much cause when the game first came out i was just shredding everything in pvp and pve. Day 1 moonveil stance broke in 2 hits it was so amazing. Miss those days
@@temporarilyanon8779 Like the fact that this night katana only scales with Dex and doesn’t scale with arcane for more blood lose is sad. All that work just to go back the same builds I had. I was hoping when they nerf everything the new weapons would be op and encourage us to explore and find them but guess not
Nice showcase! And good testing arena too. Curious your thoughts on Backhand Blade. Would you choose Falx over that. Both AoW are great but the blind spot on backhand is just so nice for dancing around enemies
Currently watching your bloodborne guides right now man 😂👍 it’s my first souls game I’ve ever played. You’re a life saver. Eventually I’ll be watching all your other walkthroughs
Hey hear me out the Falx is the best dex sword hands down especially against regular enemies, and just as you mentioned the bleed is guaranteed oh man I’m enjoying it so much. Shot out to u CB
I just spent so long beating that boss and turned in his remembrance for the spear. Didn’t think about using it until now. It may be my weapon for the rest of the dlc.
I'm in the minority no doubt but I'm not a fan of Messmer"s spear. The weapon skill just takes too long to wind up leaving you vulnerable. Love Rakasha"s katana though, weed cutter is a great skill.
Sword of night looks super cool but i think its garbage. No stagger, low bleed, slow, low range, no mobility, low damage overall. But god damn it l2 and r2 looks super cool. Wasted design
Claws of Night were INSANE for me paired with shard of Alexander and Smithscript Talisman. The ash of war was the only thing I used against the final boss and it melted him. Essentially a shotgun at close range
Can you cover individual dual world weapons I wanna see what your take is with the Death Knights twin axes. I am thinking of respecing into Dragon cult str/faith if it is faith with those.
@@slimdiggity9188 nagakiba weighs 7.. the lightest great katana weighs 9. You can one hand the great katana with 12 strength but need 18 for nagakiba.. doesn't make sense
Very nice love dex builds and weapons. They might not break enemy stance as much as strength but I just love the fast movements and agility of dex weapons. Also I love katanas
I know Pokey weapons tend to be Dexterity Weapons, but it sucks that Messmers Spear requires so much Dexterity. From a build perspective it doesn't make sense. Fire Scales with Strength or in the Incantations they scale with Faith. I really wanted his spear for my Pyromancer build but I don't have the Dexterity. Messmer uses Fire Incantations. I am pretty bummed about that, dunno what I'm gonna do. Had the same issues with Dragon Kings Cragblade and Bolt of Gransax, their crazy high Dex requirements forces a split build if you want to run the coolest Lightning Weapons with Lightning Incantations, they should have lowered the requirements in Dexterity and split it evenly with Faith, made the scaling even between the two as well.
Just casually throwing out how good the dryleaf arts are if specced properly. SOOO much fun to use too as they make FromSoft content actually intuitive.
Just casually throwing out how good the dryleaf arts are if specced properly. SOOO much fun to use too as they make FromSoft combat actually intuitive in comparison to most other movesets.
I think t would've made way more sense for the dragon hunter's katana aow to be on Rakshasa's instead, not only because of effects and theme, but because the weed cutter aow seems more fitting for a quality weapon
So happy they added a falx to the game. They're one of my favorite weapons irl. Should honestly do more dmg through shields considering they gave romans some difficulty in rl
I want that Mesmer wep omg. So I tried going into the DLC with rivers of blood and a Nagakiba...im absolutely miserable. I can't kill anything...has anyone tried a more battlemage build with a moonveil or Darkmoon GS? any luck? or do i just go str/faith and bonk stagger everything
I went in with a quality/int build (80int 35dex 35str) and i haven’t had a ton of trouble, a lot of the weapons scale with magic and faith so i added 17 faith and I’m able to use a ton of stuff for different situations. Rellanas twinblades, magic smith script hammer, and that black night hammer are carrying me rn
I also went in with rivers of blood and didn’t have any issues, for the most part. Maybe try gain some more scadutree fragments? Full disclosure though, I’m lvl 300 on ng+3. I’ve since change my build to use the new star lined sword katana, which makes use of int and dex, like moonveil and it’s been a blast so far.
The spear is cool because you can spec into the ash of war or the spear throws with talismans so you have some cool game play options. The whole combo is too long for most bosses, but all the bosses give good chances for the first L2.
Backhand Blade bar none is the best Dex weapon and easily top 3 weapon in the DLC. Scales to S with Keen. With duel wield, the R2 charge hits like a Strength weapon. The charge sends bosses to their knees with serious poise damage. The R1 takes little stamina. You can spam it until your finger falls off, and still have plenty stamina bar left. Great AOE too. The running R1s and R2s are also fantastic at covering a lot of space. The weapon reminds me of the Sellsword Twinblades in Dark Souls 3. That weapon trivialized DS3 and was an absolute blast to use. Fingers crossed they don’t nerf my Backhand Blades.
Yep 100%
Just finished a run of the dlc exclusively using them. Too much fun.
Blind Spot Ash of War is also insane for boss fights
Ansbach scythe is on point too...I never see it on a list but is has so much sauce...better than bloodhound in some ways...his incantation chains with his weapon combo too
blind spot carried me through Messmer boss fight
if I didnt have blind spot I probably wouldnt have enjoyed fighting against Rellana as much
what are your equipment and stats for the backhand blade?
Queeligns spearsword is better than messmers spear I think. Especially if you put that flame skewer ash of war on it. Also the thrusts are way faster.
The Claws of Night are my favorite weapons I've found so far. Did the quest to get Sword of Night but I enjoyed the Claws so much more for it's range abilities.
Well I guess I’m buying the spear when I get back on tomorrow. Boss is a nightmare to get down if you aren’t beefed up with the new scadtree buffs. Used bleeds on him with a mimic tear and he does melt like butter just gotta dodge a lot
I feel like it’s just a requirement now for every fromsoft DLC to have an edgelord katana
I would argue Milady is the best dex weapon in the game, i spam its heavy attack because it hits 4 times in like under half a second, so for no FP im triggering rottensword insignia and millicents prosthesis faster than any other weapon inlcuding ash of wars like double slash. Put bloodhound step on it, and a seal/staff in your left hand, and you have the fastest combos plus the best movement along with long range attacks on your seal/staff
I love the backhand blade. The ash of dodging in and backstacb weak points its so fun and amazing.
Great K are kinda booring- for me.
Cant wait to try nr 1 and 5 from the list😊
IMPENETRABLE THORNS ARE THE GOAT, Radahn who. Like seriously, use it at medium to close range, so that all the thorns hit. It does crazy poise and damage. The build: any staff, 25 int, 50 faith, radagon icon, graven mass talisman, magic tear, winged tear (for light roll) plus mimic tear (add a weapon to your inventory, so that mimic isn't just hitting Radahn with the staff). Tip for the meteor he does at about 25% health, just run to the side of the arena, it won't hit you. Hope this helped.
posting end game spoilers 3 days after launch is cringe as hell.
At max level with messers spear +golden vow +flame grant me strength + fire scorpion and rotten wing insignia talisman is nearly 26k damage
I'm glad they were like yea....let's just give them some silly strong weapons
The moment you get Mesmir's Spear... You legit become the Game Boss yourself. 😂
Just got the Sword of Night, so fun. Gonna jump straight into NG+ with it.
This is incredible!!! Thank you, sir
The spear looks amazing. Feels like draupnir spear from gow ragnarok.
Try the Keen Fire Knights Greatsword
The dex weapons are a struggle with the bosses though.
Thank you for the video Cowboy.
Ranah Curved swords are also good dex weapons
Ansbach's scythe
I want that spear!!! and the sword of night
3:10 boy dont die in the showcase😂😂😂😂
You let the best dex weapon out.
A lot of this is outdated. They made some pretty crazy changes to balance right after launch
Does anyone know what happens if you start the dlc and then go new game+??? Will you lose progress and access to it or will you keep access to the dlc?
I been playing since it dropped and no arcane weapons 😞
Seems like all the talismans and weapons are for pvp.
Man I wish I could make dex work tank builds are too op rn
Beast claw with flame art im hitting 1.3k a hit
Rakshasha means demon in Hindi
Where is falx?
You get it when horn sent dies
@@FightinCowboy thnx
0:22 Curseblade Cirque
2:06 Sword of Night
3:57 Rakshasa’s Great Katana
5:29 Falx
7:56 Spear of the Impaler
Ah, nice. I have all but the Sword of Night.
Thank you timestamp guy
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Sword of Night is an Int weapon...
Smithscript weapons are probably one of the coolest new weapon types. Along with the dryleaf art weapons.
Smith script is so awesome I love all of them
I've been using the hammer and switching between Swordress of Solitude and Rellanas for a while now 🤴🏻
That spear is the best weapon I’ve ever seen in a fromsoft game. I need that in my life. 😮
Facts I’m legit only playing for this weapon lol
what build do you use for the spear?
I think it got nerfed cb was talking about it at the end of his stream the other day
@@CheetoMan-liFaith or Dex builds work for the weapon.
Bruh I got this weapon and now I can’t use anything else, it’s op😂
So glad I’m a Dex/faith build. I want that spear.
same
@@aliasrai the spear was awesome. I used it for most of the game after I beat Messmer.
The OG top weapon series from the base game helped a ton so I’m excited for this one
9:10 The first time I’ve heard you get THIS excited! 🤣Understandably so, that spear looks so fun! I am doing a strength build now, since I love the Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword, but that’s next on my list.
I've tried all of the weapons mentioned in the vid, except the last one cause I haven't got to messmer yet, and I have to say, each of them felt like a downgrade to the backhand blade. At +25 with keen scaling it has S scaling in dex, ash of war doesnt deal a lot of damage but it has stupid s that put you right behind your enemy. I'm having a lot of fun with them + bloodflame blade and the physick that coats your character in oil.
If you pair it with the Shard of Alexander and the Spear talisman the ash does tremendous damage, assuming you're dodging during an enemy attack sequence.
Been running a quality milady with wing stance and the heavy weapon art hits like a TRUCK
I used my Cold Milady the other day to clear the Dragon Pit and now noticed it does 999 damage...
At that speed popping GS damage is hype as hell.
Apparently my Rellanas sword does 1400 damage so even more 🥹
@@Glirion__ What build ?
Yup mines hit for about 4500 right now
This is an amazing expansion to Elden Ring.
can you count down from 10 to 1?
Backhand Blades (including the both Cirques) do not come with innate bleed, but that's not necessary at all. Personally I have been demolishing the DLC with the Backhand Blade. Although it scales extremely well with Dex it also gives an A scaling with the Heavy Infusion. The ash of war it comes with (Blind Spot) is an insane dodge with a lot of i-frames, does great damage, costs only 9fp, and almost always hits enemies in the back, dealing additional damage. When paired with the Shard of Alexander and Spear Talisman (Blind Spot does piercing damage on the Backhand blade, but not cirque), I was two-shotting the black knights at blessing 4
Sword of Night looks nasty
That legit outshines Moonveil for those who love the Samurai Dex build.
It’s mid. The casting time is a little long and damage isn’t impressive tbh. Was disappointed after doing an hour plus quest line to get it
@@Zeus-xf9rj Yeah i hate when the cool stuff isn't good. That why i loved moonveil and rivers of blood so much cause when the game first came out i was just shredding everything in pvp and pve. Day 1 moonveil stance broke in 2 hits it was so amazing. Miss those days
@@temporarilyanon8779 Like the fact that this night katana only scales with Dex and doesn’t scale with arcane for more blood lose is sad. All that work just to go back the same builds I had. I was hoping when they nerf everything the new weapons would be op and encourage us to explore and find them but guess not
Idk what you’re talking about it shreds a lot of these bosses
Why does dex have the edgiest weebiest weapons
Nice showcase! And good testing arena too. Curious your thoughts on Backhand Blade. Would you choose Falx over that. Both AoW are great but the blind spot on backhand is just so nice for dancing around enemies
its up to you what you chose, anyones opinion shouldnt blind you from what you would decide on using
Another rough day at work for the gatefront guards.
Where do we get the falx weapon? Unfortunately u didn’t mention like the others lol
From hornsworn npc
@@Eldenwarhammerhornsent you mean ok got it thanks bro
Currently watching your bloodborne guides right now man 😂👍 it’s my first souls game I’ve ever played. You’re a life saver. Eventually I’ll be watching all your other walkthroughs
this is elden ring
Shoutout to the Swift Spear
Spear of the impaler has to be the toughest weapon fromsoft has ever made
I’ve wanted that spear since the trailer and now I want it even more!
Hey hear me out the Falx is the best dex sword hands down especially against regular enemies, and just as you mentioned the bleed is guaranteed oh man I’m enjoying it so much. Shot out to u CB
Where can I find it?🤔
@@b.rose0107fr
@@b.rose0107it’s after belurat tower settlement
@@b.rose0107Enir illim cleansing chamber anteroom actually
@@jet4804 thank you ☺️
I just spent so long beating that boss and turned in his remembrance for the spear. Didn’t think about using it until now. It may be my weapon for the rest of the dlc.
I'm in the minority no doubt but I'm not a fan of Messmer"s spear. The weapon skill just takes too long to wind up leaving you vulnerable. Love Rakasha"s katana though, weed cutter is a great skill.
How do u get the falx I can’t find them anywhere on TikTok
how do you get falx?
Sword of night looks super cool but i think its garbage. No stagger, low bleed, slow, low range, no mobility, low damage overall. But god damn it l2 and r2 looks super cool. Wasted design
Does the poise bonus for Raksashas great katana still work if you have it in your off hand?
It should as that’s how all other weapon buffs work.
Now that might be a problem
Claws of Night were INSANE for me paired with shard of Alexander and Smithscript Talisman. The ash of war was the only thing I used against the final boss and it melted him. Essentially a shotgun at close range
Good to know! They sound really fun i will have to try them
Can you cover individual dual world weapons I wanna see what your take is with the Death Knights twin axes. I am thinking of respecing into Dragon cult str/faith if it is faith with those.
how do i get the falx???
im saying wtf
*Spoiler* Near the end of the game when you fight knight leda and her allies you can pick it up off the corpses
@@bruh-_-anarchy2372 thank you that’s my next fight too
The spear is flashy. Doesn't seem practical though. Does it get hyperarmor?
Where do you get the Falx sword ?
Up
Mesmer spear plus Mesmer orb is super fun if you get the space to pull off the weapon art and or the incantation....shit goes flying
Messmer was goated, I knew i had to dupe his rememberance
Nagakiba needing more strength than the great katana tho
What do you mean
A one handed long sword versus a two handed weapon type.. think about that.. the strength it would take
Yeah it is odd that a okatana needs more strength than a Odachi
@@slimdiggity9188 nagakiba weighs 7.. the lightest great katana weighs 9. You can one hand the great katana with 12 strength but need 18 for nagakiba.. doesn't make sense
@@deseanbailey5850 it would make sense if the nagakiba weighed significantly more than the great katana but it doesn't it weighs 2 to 3.5 less
Very nice love dex builds and weapons. They might not break enemy stance as much as strength but I just love the fast movements and agility of dex weapons. Also I love katanas
Double twin sword blood build ain’t hitting like it did on launch
I used the wrong item and got the summon instead of the night sword 😭
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I know Pokey weapons tend to be Dexterity Weapons, but it sucks that Messmers Spear requires so much Dexterity. From a build perspective it doesn't make sense. Fire Scales with Strength or in the Incantations they scale with Faith. I really wanted his spear for my Pyromancer build but I don't have the Dexterity. Messmer uses Fire Incantations. I am pretty bummed about that, dunno what I'm gonna do. Had the same issues with Dragon Kings Cragblade and Bolt of Gransax, their crazy high Dex requirements forces a split build if you want to run the coolest Lightning Weapons with Lightning Incantations, they should have lowered the requirements in Dexterity and split it evenly with Faith, made the scaling even between the two as well.
Rakashas Blade with shield was my win against the final boss of the dlc.
Ahahha okay you sold me, I am getting that spear
That thing… your spear.
Hand it over.
Cowboy commiting drive byes in elden ring !!
Finally a good Falx breakdown. Anybody know if it can be enchanted with incantations/greases? This thing would be perfect for my DEX/ARC bleed build.
I dont know what it is, but it seems like they nerfed the throwing weapons range, the damage drops off pretty quickly
Honorable mention to claws of the night. If you’re able to shot gun the special ability it does good damage enemies can knock you out of it though 😭
This guy cnsistently has the most wrong premonitions about pvp. But we love our oblivious PvErs :)
sword of night is such a let down
That great katana reminds me of what it felt like to play as Lu Bu in old dynasty warriors games. Almost too broken
Just casually throwing out how good the dryleaf arts are if specced properly. SOOO much fun to use too as they make FromSoft content actually intuitive.
Just casually throwing out how good the dryleaf arts are if specced properly. SOOO much fun to use too as they make FromSoft combat actually intuitive in comparison to most other movesets.
Too many people likes to power stance, idk about everyone else, but I hate it when I just attack with one button.
I think t would've made way more sense for the dragon hunter's katana aow to be on Rakshasa's instead, not only because of effects and theme, but because the weed cutter aow seems more fitting for a quality weapon
So happy they added a falx to the game. They're one of my favorite weapons irl. Should honestly do more dmg through shields considering they gave romans some difficulty in rl
I want that Mesmer wep omg. So I tried going into the DLC with rivers of blood and a Nagakiba...im absolutely miserable. I can't kill anything...has anyone tried a more battlemage build with a moonveil or Darkmoon GS? any luck? or do i just go str/faith and bonk stagger everything
Mesmer spear got nerfed, it’s basically useless now
I went in with a quality/int build (80int 35dex 35str) and i haven’t had a ton of trouble, a lot of the weapons scale with magic and faith so i added 17 faith and I’m able to use a ton of stuff for different situations. Rellanas twinblades, magic smith script hammer, and that black night hammer are carrying me rn
The new fist weapon is fun. And the dragon slayer great katana is pretty cool, ng+3 and I'm having a blast.
I also went in with rivers of blood and didn’t have any issues, for the most part. Maybe try gain some more scadutree fragments? Full disclosure though, I’m lvl 300 on ng+3. I’ve since change my build to use the new star lined sword katana, which makes use of int and dex, like moonveil and it’s been a blast so far.
@@Fat_Thor_1138 damn already???
The spear is cool because you can spec into the ash of war or the spear throws with talismans so you have some cool game play options. The whole combo is too long for most bosses, but all the bosses give good chances for the first L2.
That spear looks like it has more range than the smith script weapons I’ve tried. I haven’t tried the smithscript spear though.
Y'all better enjoy Spear of The Impaler before Fromsoft patches it to make the throws cost mana too.
The night claws are also absolutely insane
I really love the sword of night I just think it’s so cool
Can Falx be buffed? The thought of Bloodflame Blade on those babies is making me salivate.
I think the sword of night has unique R2 attacks. It does a double swipe, and I don’t think any other katana does that
I would add the lightning perfume bottle because of the rolling sparks ash of war you can put on it
Protip: The Dancer armor actually buffs the Curseblade Cirque.
I swear to god, Miyazaki saw Elden Ring mods and was like “yeah, we can do that”😂😂😂
the rakshasa is the only great katana that has hyperarmor. probably means the other two are supposed to as well but are bugged, maybe
I think sword of night might be bugged, it seems like it’s supposed to have int scaling as well
Just curious how did you get the cursblade cirque and can you tell me how can you get it and their armor???
Falx=blades of mercy
Hi Cowboy! Could you make a top 5 list for Quality DLC weapons?
Didn't you say on Twitter that messmers weapon got nerfed into oblivion?
😂the begrudging nature of this video is great, i feel the same about dex players.