My favorite Outward build so far was ethereal-based, using Gep's Blade though I eventually replaced it with ghost parallel. Combined with properly enchanted manawall armor, it was so fun to lay down a ghost drum and shred most enemies in the game.
Just fail the mission. Get the Radiant Wolf Sword. Give to an alt via spiltscreen. And reload before you enter the Lotus and be successful. You can reload an earlier save on console by holding all 4 shoulder buttons when hitting continue.
Yooo! I never knew you could find other saves with the 4 shoulder buttons! And you saved me another playthrough for blue chamber, I don't like rissa lmao I'm still learning things after all this time, dope af 😂 Thanks again for your old lil comment homie ✌️
I can't really disagree Brand does the job really well regardless of build. All others perform really well within their respective rolls. I personally would have swapped the radiant wolf and geps blade due to still being able to get the quest rewards and sword with multiple playthroughs and it like tsar weapons never having risk of breaking where geps has the negative of the ethereal resistance as part of just the sword. But that's just personal preference. Great video as always.
Ah ya that makes sense. Maelstrom, radiant, and geps were all hard to place on this list tbh. They are all pretty equally strong in there own way. But ya Brand just hits the sweet spot in so many ways.
My fav so far is Cerulean Sabre with Rainbow Hex Enchant :D As you mention hehe or using Strange Rusted Sword early on for the sweet Elemental Vulnerability.
It is funny to see the different opinions between mage players and non mage players lol. Most mage players would think the strange rusted sword is really useful, while non mage users tend to think it is a trash weapon. It just has a particular set of skills lol.
@@SheenShots "I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don’t have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you" Said a awesome Mage to a bandit :D:D
honestly, my favorite blade is the masterpiece sword... 25% bonus damage for sword/dagger/bow skills, which in a dagger build is insane with the right armor, backpack and passives/actives buffs :D but i like all the sword that you showed us ! didn't know the radiant wolf one... really cool, need to get that one
Very late reply, my apologies, but I'm loving my pure rune mage build. Philosopher mana Regen and rune magic with tenebrous armor and lightmender lexicon, never need a weapon or repairs.
I feel like the masterpiece sword should've gotten a mention for physical damage builds. Its damage is nearly as high as the tsar sword, and it buffs all weapon skill damage by 25%. The only things it doesn't seem to work with are guns and spells. All in all it's one of the best swords in the game for a build prioritizing physical, as not only is it the highest damage sword that still has a normal swing speed, but that big of a boost to all weapon skills is completely insane.
Nice list! Agree with almost all. Something to note about the cerulean sabre. The steel one is a bit faster and better for just apling hexes. Altough if you wont use the rust lich set you dont loose out much, as the cerulean sabre has some ok phys damage to it. So is prob better for a phys-hex hybrid build.
I paired Brand with Gilded Shiver of Tramontane dagger which does pure cold damage. Using Speedsters Probe with alertness lvl 2, it applies Confusion. After 3 fast Probes, enemy has Pain, Confusion and Chill. Then you hit it with pire Cold damage opportunity strike. Just chilling in Outward :) I really wanna try sometime this on Wendigo. As technically Chill drops good chunk of their resistance. By the way, speedsters Probe can help any dagger build as it puts Confusion on lvl 2 alertness and on lvl 3 alertness it inflicts Pain. You way better then me at dogging, so that should be no problem for you :)
Probe is actually an amazing skill that I tend to sleep on. The fact that it applies confusion and pain over a few hits gives it a lot of potential. Love the Cold set up btw. Really fun to play Outward like that and I am sure the dagger makes it even crazier.
I think the iron weapon enchant with that are all amazing actually. Each is pretty fast to swing and deals enough damage to match better weapons. I usually prefer some other options for unique builds, but they are very strong throughout the entire game.
Yes the steel sabre is faster then the Cerulean Sabre, and if you do have the Rainbow Hex on it the physical damage is not important. Some builds don't even want physical damage.
Ah this is the master kazite armor. If you legacy chest kazite armor it gets some really nice buffs. You can also enchant it to have really good impact and damage bonuses. So I went with rogue engineer, warrior monk, and cabal hermit. Good buffs to elemental damage when you need it and really nice impact that keeps enemies on the ground.
Graphics upgrade aside, would you recommend playing DE or Oldward? Personally the main thing holding me back was this comment I saw somewhere else about how the pacing of DE is off - it was meant to stop players from feeling like they needed to rush to endgame, but some of the changes implemented (vs Oldward) made it feel even more useful (but more difficult as well) to rush to endgame instead. I guess the politically correct answer is to play and see for myself haha.
Definitive Edition is better than old Outward and you should play it rather than the original version. Why? There is much more fun combat. Running into unique enemies really does add a lot of excitement to the game. Enemies that were supposed to be challenging (rock mantis, shell horror) are challenging now which feels a lot better. Unfortunately that's about it. The stash chest being connected is amazing and being able to trade samples with Evangeline for ones you need is great as well. I don't think it messed with pacing really at all. You can still get your build together instantly if you want or go it with under powered gear. But its still the same game at its core. No crazy changes to quests or anything like that. But it all comes back to those unique enemies. They bring a lot more life into the game and nothing is so difficult that you feel like your climbing a mountain just to win. Also the enchanting is way better in this version with elementals being everywhere. That is a massive plus for this game. Hopefully that helps!
Honestly that are very good. Never breaking and still fast makes them viable for many builds. However, I usually try to pick weapons that are more unique in stats. For most one handed weapons I would say tsar is worse than iron though. With the enchant obviously.
I just hate that when swapping from a one-handed-weapon with shield to a bow, it can increase your weight because the shield goes straight to your inventory causing more weight if you're near overweight it can be a pain at times .
I agree it can be a pain. I try to have enough room in my pocket so that I can have both in there at one time. Once you put them in there they go to your pocket instead of your bag.
Question... if you use puncture with Geps blade does it apply to everyone in aoe? Same question about weapons with age enchantment. And.... how would look and work monks Flash Onslaught with Geps blade?) Will it make aoe per opponent and potentially one-shot golems in Rust Lich boss fight?)
Puncture will only apply the the enemy you hit I believe. The Aoe can deal damage but only ethereal or whatever type the AoE is. Monks Onslaught does do an Aoe to each enemy hit making it very interesting. Not sure it can one shot but it will do a lot of damage.
I have recently been using puncture again and it is a very powerful skill. Never tried masterpiece weapons much though so maybe time to delve into them.
That thing is insane. I recommend using it with a corruption build since you get some major buffs with it. Or you could do what I did and use rust lich armor with the chakram called distorted experiment. Lots of elemental damage that way.
That is the brass Wolf backpack and it offers 2 protection tot he user with I think 75 capacity. Here is a video if you are interested in grabbing it. ruclips.net/video/aM_pCKTriyg/видео.html
@@SheenShots Ultimate for Rogue Opportunist, Sheen...the only One Handed sword to induce Confuse...and it must be sword because the animation place you behind the opponent. V Louzan use that move a lot (I think without him/her realizing)...
There a few options: Whiplash enchant Any rag Any Varnish Taking holy mission faction gives infuse light. Or simply use the blue mage hat. Nothing crazy without wind infuse but anything you do will give a more significant boost to damage than you might think.
@@SheenShots with whiplash it only gains physical damage +2, anything better? cause it isnt worth enhancing for (wolf shield) (Radiant wolf sword) (Crimson plate mask) (Zagis armor) (Master traders shoes) can you also tell me what the best enhance is for them
Do you think it could be possible to do the same but with claymores (or just write some of them to help) im having a hard time with finding good claymores other than the tsar or stachild or if you or someone else already did it direct me to the video. It would be very helpful for me and for others (i hope) If someone else knows good claymores you could also help me just by writing it down Thx to to people that will bring themselves to read all of this 👍
Ah yes this is very cool. Take rouge engineer skill tree in the slums of levant. Slot serpents parry into your skill bar. Apply confusion on an enemy. Now counter one of the enemies attacks with serpents parry (you can miss but some practice and its gets easy to do) The enemy will freeze for around 3 to 4 seconds. This gets rid of the confusion status but gives you time to get in and do backstab. It is extremely fun to use and very cool to watch happen.
Not sure I really understand your comment. Most weapons do not apply hexes at 100%. Hardly any in fact. The sabre applies 5 hexes at 25% making it even harder to inflict hexes. This also does not really matter since it will take you 3 hits with brand to apply the effects. Get in for a couple hits in close combat and then back up to activate torment and rupture. I did showcase this in the video and you can see how good the damage is. The percentage only matters for how quickly you can apply the hexes though so that does not affect it being good.
@@SheenShots Its Puncture not Rupture...sorry...but yeah...that skill is still useless... With 45% build up and cooldown 10 secs...? Better use weapon that induce Pain than use that skill...3 swings under 10 secs, and its in....
@@ekaprasetya2764 Puncture applies pain 100% of the time if you hit it ( its not even build up so cant be resisted ), it s the brand weapon which has buildup for pain. Puncture really shine for dagger otherwise just using brand is probably better. You either misread the wiki or totally failed to hit when using the skill.
My favorite Outward build so far was ethereal-based, using Gep's Blade though I eventually replaced it with ghost parallel. Combined with properly enchanted manawall armor, it was so fun to lay down a ghost drum and shred most enemies in the game.
Just fail the mission. Get the Radiant Wolf Sword. Give to an alt via spiltscreen. And reload before you enter the Lotus and be successful. You can reload an earlier save on console by holding all 4 shoulder buttons when hitting continue.
Doesn’t work for me??
Yooo! I never knew you could find other saves with the 4 shoulder buttons! And you saved me another playthrough for blue chamber, I don't like rissa lmao I'm still learning things after all this time, dope af 😂 Thanks again for your old lil comment homie ✌️
Man I love these top 5 videos bro, keep it up with all the bows, maces, etc!!!
Sweet I will get on it. They are actually really fun to make too!
I think Horror Sword deserves a honorable mention. Overall its pretty easy to craft and can carry you hard through the mid to late game.
I can't really disagree Brand does the job really well regardless of build. All others perform really well within their respective rolls. I personally would have swapped the radiant wolf and geps blade due to still being able to get the quest rewards and sword with multiple playthroughs and it like tsar weapons never having risk of breaking where geps has the negative of the ethereal resistance as part of just the sword. But that's just personal preference. Great video as always.
Ah ya that makes sense. Maelstrom, radiant, and geps were all hard to place on this list tbh. They are all pretty equally strong in there own way. But ya Brand just hits the sweet spot in so many ways.
Cerulean Sabre should be higher simply because of the rainbow hex enchant.
My fav so far is Cerulean Sabre with Rainbow Hex Enchant :D As you mention hehe or using Strange Rusted Sword early on for the sweet Elemental Vulnerability.
It is funny to see the different opinions between mage players and non mage players lol. Most mage players would think the strange rusted sword is really useful, while non mage users tend to think it is a trash weapon. It just has a particular set of skills lol.
@@SheenShots "I don’t know who you are.
I don’t know what you want.
If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don’t have money,
but
what I do have are a very particular set of skills.
Skills I have acquired over a very long career.
Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you"
Said a awesome Mage to a bandit :D:D
I love all these swords so I don't have any problems with the list lol
Great video as always Sheen!
Thanks you!
honestly, my favorite blade is the masterpiece sword... 25% bonus damage for sword/dagger/bow skills, which in a dagger build is insane with the right armor, backpack and passives/actives buffs :D but i like all the sword that you showed us ! didn't know the radiant wolf one... really cool, need to get that one
Need to try out those masterpiece weapons more. They can be pretty darn good.
Love this. Have you done a top 5 two-handed weapon showcase? Would love to see that!
Not yet, but I will get on it!
Do a Top 5 best 2-handed Swords next!
Im Curious if I've missed out on other top tier greatswords scattered in Outward.
I will find out for you no worries lol
Still on my 1st playthrough but I am enjoying the empowered runic blade. Makes a nice light source to.
That sword is very cool honestly. Always having an imbue on the sword is pretty epic.
Very late reply, my apologies, but I'm loving my pure rune mage build. Philosopher mana Regen and rune magic with tenebrous armor and lightmender lexicon, never need a weapon or repairs.
I feel like the masterpiece sword should've gotten a mention for physical damage builds. Its damage is nearly as high as the tsar sword, and it buffs all weapon skill damage by 25%. The only things it doesn't seem to work with are guns and spells. All in all it's one of the best swords in the game for a build prioritizing physical, as not only is it the highest damage sword that still has a normal swing speed, but that big of a boost to all weapon skills is completely insane.
Nice list! Agree with almost all. Something to note about the cerulean sabre. The steel one is a bit faster and better for just apling hexes. Altough if you wont use the rust lich set you dont loose out much, as the cerulean sabre has some ok phys damage to it. So is prob better for a phys-hex hybrid build.
Very true. I kind of group those two swords as one if I am being honest. The Cerulean just looks pretty lol.
I paired Brand with Gilded Shiver of Tramontane dagger which does pure cold damage. Using Speedsters Probe with alertness lvl 2, it applies Confusion. After 3 fast Probes, enemy has Pain, Confusion and Chill. Then you hit it with pire Cold damage opportunity strike. Just chilling in Outward :)
I really wanna try sometime this on Wendigo. As technically Chill drops good chunk of their resistance.
By the way, speedsters Probe can help any dagger build as it puts Confusion on lvl 2 alertness and on lvl 3 alertness it inflicts Pain. You way better then me at dogging, so that should be no problem for you :)
Probe is actually an amazing skill that I tend to sleep on. The fact that it applies confusion and pain over a few hits gives it a lot of potential. Love the Cold set up btw. Really fun to play Outward like that and I am sure the dagger makes it even crazier.
@@SheenShots I'm not good enough at dodging to utilize probe at best. Hard to click it on time for me, for some reason.
My favorite is an iron sword with the "Unsuspected strength" enchantment.
High physical damage(47), unbreakable and has a Very low stamina cost(3,85)
I think the iron weapon enchant with that are all amazing actually. Each is pretty fast to swing and deals enough damage to match better weapons. I usually prefer some other options for unique builds, but they are very strong throughout the entire game.
With one handed sword, I would mention to Runic Blade, pure ethereal damage.
Yes runic blade can be very powerful if paired up correctly.
Thanks for this one needed it because I mostly use the one handed swords
No problem! Hope it helped!
The Brand is also good because even as a rusty sword it is still a strong starting weapon
The unupgraded Sabre is better for the hex build because it has higher Speed and the physical damage doesnt matter
Yes the steel sabre is faster then the Cerulean Sabre, and if you do have the Rainbow Hex on it the physical damage is not important. Some builds don't even want physical damage.
Also it still applies the hexs even when broken and dealing practically no damage.
Well yes, but as the Fabulous Paladium Shield states "Sometimes it's not about power, it's about style".
As a new player to outward and someone who is dedicated on dagger. Can you please make a tutorial video on the mealstrom sword
What was the build you were using in the video? Skill trees etc? It looks so fun
It was like a rogue, sword/dagger build that uses jinx
Ah this is the master kazite armor. If you legacy chest kazite armor it gets some really nice buffs. You can also enchant it to have really good impact and damage bonuses. So I went with rogue engineer, warrior monk, and cabal hermit. Good buffs to elemental damage when you need it and really nice impact that keeps enemies on the ground.
@SheenShots absolutely fantastic build man, very high risk high reward. Love it.
Do a top 5 spear weapon
Good idea!
Graphics upgrade aside, would you recommend playing DE or Oldward? Personally the main thing holding me back was this comment I saw somewhere else about how the pacing of DE is off - it was meant to stop players from feeling like they needed to rush to endgame, but some of the changes implemented (vs Oldward) made it feel even more useful (but more difficult as well) to rush to endgame instead.
I guess the politically correct answer is to play and see for myself haha.
Definitive Edition is better than old Outward and you should play it rather than the original version. Why? There is much more fun combat. Running into unique enemies really does add a lot of excitement to the game. Enemies that were supposed to be challenging (rock mantis, shell horror) are
challenging now which feels a lot better.
Unfortunately that's about it. The stash chest being connected is amazing and being able to trade samples with Evangeline for ones you need is great as well. I don't think it messed with pacing really at all. You can still get your build together instantly if you want or go it with under powered gear. But its still the same game at its core. No crazy changes to quests or anything like that. But it all comes back to those unique enemies. They bring a lot more life into the game and nothing is so difficult that you feel like your climbing a mountain just to win. Also the enchanting is way better in this version with elementals being everywhere. That is a massive plus for this game.
Hopefully that helps!
One thing that gets me wondering is why is the iron weapons never considered with their enchantments, it could replace tzar weapons
Honestly that are very good. Never breaking and still fast makes them viable for many builds. However, I usually try to pick weapons that are more unique in stats. For most one handed weapons I would say tsar is worse than iron though. With the enchant obviously.
I just hate that when swapping from a one-handed-weapon with shield to a bow, it can increase your weight because the shield goes straight to your inventory causing more weight if you're near overweight it can be a pain at times .
I agree it can be a pain. I try to have enough room in my pocket so that I can have both in there at one time. Once you put them in there they go to your pocket instead of your bag.
GEPS BLADE SUPREMACY
Lol it is quite the fan favorite at this point.
@@SheenShots the durability issue sucks but man is it so much fun
Question... if you use puncture with Geps blade does it apply to everyone in aoe?
Same question about weapons with age enchantment.
And.... how would look and work monks Flash Onslaught with Geps blade?) Will it make aoe per opponent and potentially one-shot golems in Rust Lich boss fight?)
Puncture will only apply the the enemy you hit I believe. The Aoe can deal damage but only ethereal or whatever type the AoE is. Monks Onslaught does do an Aoe to each enemy hit making it very interesting. Not sure it can one shot but it will do a lot of damage.
tbh I think masterpiece sword is extrem strong because puncture has extrem low cd and after inflicting pain this skill bursts really hard.
I have recently been using puncture again and it is a very powerful skill. Never tried masterpiece weapons much though so maybe time to delve into them.
I recently got the scepter of the cruel priest and i love it but dunno what type of character it would go well with
That thing is insane. I recommend using it with a corruption build since you get some major buffs with it. Or you could do what I did and use rust lich armor with the chakram called distorted experiment. Lots of elemental damage that way.
Nice!
my only problem with gep's blade is that it's too fast and the durability goes quick to 0 lol
Ya it is crazy good, but has a few things missing that keep me from giving it the title of best sword.
@@SheenShots the aoe blast start to get annoying really fast too, and can incap your abilities to read enemies animations.
brand paired with frozen chakram is op
Brand is just the best sword for almost all build. It's neutral
what is the backpack in 7.30 ?
That is the brass Wolf backpack and it offers 2 protection tot he user with I think 75 capacity. Here is a video if you are interested in grabbing it.
ruclips.net/video/aM_pCKTriyg/видео.html
@@SheenShots thanks I needed that. Your videos are very helpful
Are you nutz Sheen? Maelstorm in 3rd place? V Louzan has interesting build with that Maelstorm, man...
I love the weapon to death, but for a boss reward it does not seem to be the most ultimate sword.
@@SheenShots Ultimate for Rogue Opportunist, Sheen...the only One Handed sword to induce Confuse...and it must be sword because the animation place you behind the opponent. V Louzan use that move a lot (I think without him/her realizing)...
what do i enhance brand with? (i cant buy wind infuse)
There a few options:
Whiplash enchant
Any rag
Any Varnish
Taking holy mission faction gives infuse light.
Or simply use the blue mage hat.
Nothing crazy without wind infuse but anything you do will give a more significant boost to damage than you might think.
@@SheenShots with whiplash it only gains physical damage +2, anything better? cause it isnt worth enhancing for
(wolf shield)
(Radiant wolf sword)
(Crimson plate mask)
(Zagis armor)
(Master traders shoes)
can you also tell me what the best enhance is for them
I know this vid is from a year ago but
sr·oo·lee·uhn
Do you think it could be possible to do the same but with claymores (or just write some of them to help) im having a hard time with finding good claymores other than the tsar or stachild or if you or someone else already did it direct me to the video. It would be very helpful for me and for others (i hope)
If someone else knows good claymores you could also help me just by writing it down
Thx to to people that will bring themselves to read all of this 👍
I will be trying to make this soon. Sorry for the wait.
@@SheenShots thank you! Np for the wait
4:20 why did it freeze?
Ah yes this is very cool.
Take rouge engineer skill tree in the slums of levant.
Slot serpents parry into your skill bar.
Apply confusion on an enemy.
Now counter one of the enemies attacks with serpents parry (you can miss but some practice and its gets easy to do)
The enemy will freeze for around 3 to 4 seconds.
This gets rid of the confusion status but gives you time to get in and do backstab. It is extremely fun to use and very cool to watch happen.
Geps blade is best 😅
Gep's blade has very low durability..only 10 hits it's almost broken..the aoe isn't worth it poor durability.
It has 300 durability. It's only 66 % - 75% of other swords on this list?
Very true. The speed it has plus the low durability makes it break quickly. Just means you have to be ready to prepare more often I guess lol.
Btw Sheen, those Rupture skill that induce Pain de-buff? That's bullocks man....only 45% dude, not 100%. I fail to see that as a good skill...
Not sure I really understand your comment. Most weapons do not apply hexes at 100%. Hardly any in fact. The sabre applies 5 hexes at 25% making it even harder to inflict hexes. This also does not really matter since it will take you 3 hits with brand to apply the effects. Get in for a couple hits in close combat and then back up to activate torment and rupture. I did showcase this in the video and you can see how good the damage is. The percentage only matters for how quickly you can apply the hexes though so that does not affect it being good.
@@SheenShots Its Puncture not Rupture...sorry...but yeah...that skill is still useless...
With 45% build up and cooldown 10 secs...? Better use weapon that induce Pain than use that skill...3 swings under 10 secs, and its in....
@@ekaprasetya2764 Puncture applies pain 100% of the time if you hit it ( its not even build up so cant be resisted ), it s the brand weapon which has buildup for pain.
Puncture really shine for dagger otherwise just using brand is probably better.
You either misread the wiki or totally failed to hit when using the skill.
@@Nicholas-qy5bu Yeah...probably...Its easier to use two handed weapon to connect the hit than to use one handed...
The C in cerulean is pronounced like a S