I thought he made a mistake when he said 40 but there actually 40 weapon categories that's actually insane
@WeirdTroll666
2 ай бұрын
fr
@poacherthenn
2 ай бұрын
its a mile wide but an inch deep
@wandamaximilf9924
2 ай бұрын
@@poacherthenn Especially the new dlc categories 💔
@kirbyis4ever
2 ай бұрын
@@poacherthennah yes, the throwing daggers are the best in their class because they're the only one in their class
@poacherthenn
2 ай бұрын
@@wandamaximilf9924 that's mainly what I'm talking about, the throwing daggers only being a single weapon is genuinely embarrassing
@VivianAckers
2 ай бұрын
I heavily disagree with every choice on this list. Great video. Subscribed.
@kwamemwangs2173
2 ай бұрын
Real
@DextahPC
2 ай бұрын
Understandable.
@kingsmorely3697
2 ай бұрын
How can you heavily disagree with smth like Star Fists being the best fists or Nagikiba being the best Katana 💀
@dragonsni
2 ай бұрын
@@kingsmorely3697he's memeing my dude
@Lebronscome
2 ай бұрын
@@kingsmorely3697not my opinion but some would say pata > starfist and moonveil > nagakiba
@malikhittam1440
2 ай бұрын
The amount of content in this game is truly astounding. I've beaten this game 20+ times since it's release and I still haven't even tried over half of the weapons. It kinda makes me happy that I can play elden ring for years to come and still have cool new builds to try every time I fucking love this game
@Lebronscome
2 ай бұрын
U haven’t tried half these weapons despite playing 20+ times? U definitely need to make your play throughs more unique instead of speed running them
@Phoenix_9902
2 ай бұрын
Elden ring is my top 1
@malikhittam1440
2 ай бұрын
@Lebronscome I always used to do some sort of a themed/cosplay build, often in NG+. Recently though, I've been doing a lot more build variation throughout my runs. I pick a weapon class at the start of my run with the goal to try out and build around every unique weapon in that class. So far, I've done Scythes, Axes, and Daggers and had a ton of fun with all of them. That's 3 weapon classes done, only 37 more to go...
@thes1lv3rwolf27
2 ай бұрын
@@Lebronscome I mean considering he's only done it 20 times and theirs well over 20 weapon types I would say they are unique enough
@Gatchu137
2 ай бұрын
@@LebronscomeI've done 25 playthroughs, and I haven't used even close to half the weapons either. Most builds only need like 2-3 weapon options, and a lot of the best options come from the same categories.
@supermalevitality1187
2 ай бұрын
shocking that the smithscript daggers won
@TheSignificantHarassment2
2 ай бұрын
I was hoping that smithscript daggers would’ve won..
@TheTraveler980
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, they won the "budget kunai" award.
@RKos03
2 ай бұрын
Bro stop spoiling the video
@ThePebbleverse
2 ай бұрын
@@RKos03it’s the only weapon in the category what else would’ve won 💀
@CuddleBuddee
2 ай бұрын
Lmfao @@ThePebbleverse
@willythekid0768
2 ай бұрын
my biggest gripe about the throwing daggers is that in the base game there are at least two throwing dagger type weapons that the enemies have and we don't get to use them. The Sanguine nobles throwable reduvias and the Throwing knife Beastmen. Those would have been so nice.
@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1
2 ай бұрын
Either that or put the Smithscript dagger into the Dagger class (with atually usable damage), make it a somber and give it piercing throw as default. Problem solved
@michaell8269
2 ай бұрын
Some of the Crystalians throw little Chakram as well, I think!
@ZePacifista
2 ай бұрын
@@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1 I think they should function like normal daggers, but have heavy attacks throw them. The backstep attacks should be consecutive throws and guard counters should be a backstep fanned throw. I’ve personally never used these but from what I’ve seen and heard they definitely deserved to have been one of the better daggers
@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1
2 ай бұрын
@@ZePacifista No, the only unique thing about them is the fact they have throwing attacks on very single attack, that should absolutely stay that way. But an entire weapon class for 1 weapon that sucks major ass? Thats dumb in my opinion.
@rainer9931
2 ай бұрын
The fact that we got throwing weapons but not the Crystalian ring disk thingy is crazy
@ArveTheManAndTheMyth
2 ай бұрын
Always looks so satisfying when other people attack with weapons that have bloodflame blade enchant but when I do it it feels boring
@WinstonWolfe21
2 ай бұрын
I enjoy the spell
@TheGodofweak
2 ай бұрын
I feel you, often the best stuff isn't the most fun.
@TheAlienPoison
2 ай бұрын
Ikr. That's why I do ash of wars that coat it or directly forgo it altogether. It's like applying multiple condoms repeatedly in the middle of an intense fight, spoils the fun too much! As for those enemies that do buffs & all that, I found out that its pretty satisfying to kill them without them hitting me once, it's like stealing a peach in front of a monkey with viagra special effects.
@togglebott7748
2 ай бұрын
This is so fucking true wtf
@togglebott7748
2 ай бұрын
Like whenever I see someone using a cool weapon I go “this looks so fun” and then I try it and I go “ehhh..”
@OGXenos
2 ай бұрын
Thrusting Shield heavy attacks have active blocking frames for nearly the entire animation. They aren't meant to be fully charged for damage. Once the enemy hits you, you release the charge and hit them, and you'll usually get counter damage added onto it because it's a counter attack.
@NotShane97
2 ай бұрын
This needs more upvotes so people can see. I had a surprisingly easy time dealing with fire knights in my first playthrough because of the blocking frames on the heavy attacks.
@Meese12
2 ай бұрын
Counterpoint, just use guard counters. Faster, better damage and poise damage, similar amount of blocking frames. Not to mention Deflecting Hardtear.
@enjoyer2227
2 ай бұрын
@@Meese12 In PvE, yeah. But in PvP, the R2 is pretty much superior, aside from not benefiting from the Deflect Tear. It can be done preemptively and is perfect for countering spam.
@protonjones54
2 ай бұрын
Good tip
@watertwisty4768
2 ай бұрын
For the hammers the stone club is a sleeper pick imo. Its really fast, easy to use, hits hard and can take infusions nicely.
@youwy
2 ай бұрын
Funnily enough the light attacks are actually slower than a regular hammer but being that charged heavies are the way to go then the stone club is still an amazing option as it does the most damage
@jstar3382
2 ай бұрын
stone club kinda sucks, I tried it
@CuddleBuddee
2 ай бұрын
Yes! I thought I was crazy when I tried it on a whim when faced with some strike weak enemies that jumped me. It wasn't bad. Doesn't suck like dude above me jstar says, but not A tier. People are so funny. It's either S or 💩 tier. No room or nuance for them 😂
@speng5821
2 ай бұрын
@@youwy Stone club has a faster R1 moveset: R1: 15 vs 14 R2: 34 vs 32 R3: 53 vs 51 R4: 70 vs 70 R5: 96 vs 94 It also has a really nice step in on the first R1. And the best AR + infusable. Marika's is obvs still great with the WA and works on STR/FAI but Stone Club is also S-tier imo.
@LazyMaybe
2 ай бұрын
@youwy Where are you getting that from? The animation data I'm looking at suggests that club and stone club's 2HR1s come out 2 frames faster than other hammers, and have faster attack or dodge cancel windows as well.
@DJIronChef
2 ай бұрын
i like the running 2h heavy of beast claws, it does like 3 or 4 hits
@KogasaTatara514
2 ай бұрын
When it's put into perspective like this, it's honestly a lot more forgivable that the new weapon categories only have a few weapons. I still wish we could've gotten another throwing blade or beast claw, but 100 weapons spread through 40 categories is an average of just 2.5 weapons per category. If anything, this means it's surprising we got so many perfume bottles.
@mathewdyffryn8693
2 ай бұрын
Yeah but it makes sense ..copy paste it change color of it and put different damage type on it ...after they got moveset on it I wouldnt be surprised if they got it finished in like 10 minutes cause like ..they honestly are all the same just different color
@finfitz
2 ай бұрын
It’s still dumb we got more colossal weapons than hand to hand and beast claws put together
@KogasaTatara514
2 ай бұрын
@@finfitz yeah they should've put more focus on the new categories for sure, with 8 new categories we could've had 4 weapons each and still have about 70 to distribute through the other 32 categories, so a bit over 2 per category each.
@duskndawm
2 ай бұрын
I wish the love was spread more evenly though, the amount of great swords is insane
@InstantSilence
2 ай бұрын
@@KogasaTatara514 I'm still mad they only added one new reaper, which is locked behind the final boss. They're lucky the Obsidian Lamina is so fun to use (but I was really hoping for a ghostflame scythe ;_; ).
@angrypotato9383
2 ай бұрын
its not that rellana twin blade is weak, its that its not made for lv150 builds, it is for 200+ builds where you can max more than 2 stats its when It start to shine and dealing a lot of damage
@geraldhaydn8128
2 ай бұрын
No, the rellanas twin blades are weak because its just sword of night and flame but worse.
@Necrowarp_
2 ай бұрын
even on 200+ builds SONAF is still better in pretty much ever single way.
@Sharkamfss
2 ай бұрын
SONAF has a stronger AoW but Rellana's is much more fun to use.
@Necrowarp_
2 ай бұрын
@@Sharkamfss Even then I disagree, I much prefer the straight sword moveset to the light greatsword moveset, and the AOWs of SONAF are way more satisfying to use than Rellanas twinblade. Rellanas feels like throwing a wet napkin at bosses compared to SONAF
@Sharkamfss
2 ай бұрын
@@Necrowarp_ I'm really not much of a straight sword enjoyer, so that's probably where we disagree.
@smokesouls
Ай бұрын
Thrusting Shields: Carian Thrusting Shield Hand to Hand Arts: Dane's Footwork Throwing Blades: Smithscript Dagger Backhand Blades: Backhand Blade Perfume Bottles: Lightning Perfume Bottle Beast Claws: Red Bear's Claw Light Greatswords: Milady Great Katanas: Great Katana Daggers: Glintstone Kris Straightswords: Sword of Night and Flame Greatswords: Blasphemous Blade Colossal Swords: Greatsword Thrusting Swords: Estoc Heavy Thrusting Swords: Bloody Helice Curved Swords: Wing of Astel Curved Greatswords: Bloodhound's Fang Katanas: Nagakiba Twinblades: Black Steel Twinblade Axes: Warped Axe Greataxe: Rusted Anchor Flails: Serpent Flail Hammers: Marika's Hammer Greathammer: Great Stars Colossal Weapons: Bloodfiend's Arm Spears: Bolt of Gransax Greatspears: Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear Halberds: Nightrider Glaive Reapers: Halo Scythe Whips: Urumi Fists: Star Fist Claws: Raptor Talons Light Bows: Bone Bow Bows: Ansbach's Longbow Greatbows: Lion Greatbow Crossbows: Pulley Crossbow Ballistas: Rabbath's Cannon Gltinstone Staves: Carian Regal Scepter Sacred Seals: Dragon Communion Seal Torches: Lamenting Visage Tools: Perfumed Oil of Ranah
@a1one-w4c
2 ай бұрын
your videos are so concise and entertaining, thank you!
@isaacadam-jv3ws
2 ай бұрын
i love your vids thx for all the help with the items and aow you helped me through the dlc
@Jambiiiii
2 ай бұрын
The warped axe also gets greataxe level bleed build up for some reason. So it really shines on a str/arc build
@gamedjinni9543
2 ай бұрын
PSA: If you haven't played with Knight's Greatsword (or Banished Knight's), give it a try. I've been obsessed for several playthroughs. Just throw Impaling Thrust or whatever you want on it.
@DextahPC
2 ай бұрын
I agree. I'm high level and I've been using Banished Knights on Quality infusion cause it has the highest AR. I buff with Electrify Armament and use Piercing Fang, I love it. Very high damage and the moveset is super juicy.
@Theholyhamsandwich
2 ай бұрын
I love running a banish knights greatsword with the keen amity with slighting slash on it. Sooo much fun
@aaronelkin1133
2 ай бұрын
This is an important recommendation because these two swords have the coolest sword based moveset in the game.
@aseldergadjiev5777
2 ай бұрын
It got that hollowslayer greatsword moveset
@tonydragon784
2 ай бұрын
We love DS2 greatsword
@meowmere3240
2 ай бұрын
Only miss is not having the Sword Lance as the best heavy thrusting sword. Blood infused it gets better damage than the Bloody Helice (bc of still insane Str scaling) and about 50% more blood loss buildup. You can also use Seppuku on it and spam R1.
@johnnosmittho737
2 ай бұрын
It is good af, but the skill on the Helice is a no brainer
@justhair17
Ай бұрын
@@johnnosmittho737thats cuz you havent tried Blood Sword Lance with its OG AoW. It procd bleed insanely fast and does so much more dmg than Bloody Helice
@MarkSAaronEsquirethe9th
2 ай бұрын
lol I power stance the Rose whips. Everything you said was spot on and they’re still hands down the most fun.
@DankyKang96
2 ай бұрын
This freakin’ guy was trying to tell us they’re the worst weapon in the game while showing gameplay of them doing well?? Youwy does my head in
@Defnotdiablo
2 ай бұрын
@@DankyKang96 every weapon does well if you use golden vow, flame grant me strength, exalted flesh, 4 damage talismans, a good infusion and optimal stats. The point is, it's not the weapon that's making him do good damage there, it's the buffs. If you try to do whip only without any buffs you're gonna be having the worst day of your life, and they're so clunky and hard to use in comparison to every other weapon type. I would say the only thing worse than whips is the perfume bottles (sadly, i love the concept of them and I really wanted them to be good) but that's just my opinion. Any weapon with long attack animations, low damage, can't riposte, has no good skills, is always gonna do really poor.
@BraedanTan
2 ай бұрын
They could never make me hate you Youwy
@Seagull695
2 ай бұрын
Real
@twoshu8940
2 ай бұрын
Who’s trying to make you hate Youwy
@Rigby350
2 ай бұрын
Why is bro acting like people are alleging that he's a Kris Tyson copycat 😭
@66something_77
2 ай бұрын
Real
@kamrhd
2 ай бұрын
Literally no one is trying to make people hate him
@benro6564
2 ай бұрын
Great stars is my favorite weapon in the game. For only a little less AR than the most damaging great hammers, you get 2 very useful upsides. Great hammers are also some of the most satisfying weapons to use. They are kinda slow but not so slow that it gets frustrating. I wanted to try more weapons I have not used yet for RL1, but I have already come crawling back to it.
@DextahPC
2 ай бұрын
Great Stars is the reason I believe Greataxes and Hammers are just worse. Whenever I'm using the Executioners Greataxe, Great Omenkiller Cleaver, Marika's Hammer, Stone Club, I'm just sitting there asking myself why I'm not using the Great Stars instead. Being a Great Hammer, it gets above the very important 40 poise breakpoint on CR2s. So it will poise break 80 poise bosses in two hits instead of three. And it'll poise break 120 poise bosses in three hits instead of four. When dual weilding Great Stars, because it's a Great Hammer, it also gets above the important 30 poise breakpoint on jumping R2s. So it'll poise break 120 poise bosses in four jumping heavies instead of five. All of these benefits while having solid range, very good AR, native bleed, and 1% HP Regen per hit. It's insane. My favorite setup is to slap on a cold infusion and wild strikes to apply frost and bleed. It's madness. IMO using any Greataxe or Hammer is just worse. Feels bad and also feels so very good 😅 TLDR; Great Stars is the GOAT.
@victorleon67
2 ай бұрын
Great Stars sits together with Bloodhound's Fang on the list of weapons with no downsides and no haters, its simply always a great choice
@jasonjj1898
2 ай бұрын
Every playthrough I find a reason to squeeze them into whatever build I’m trying. They’re just *perfect*
@monkfishy6348
2 ай бұрын
I largely agree on Greatsword, but damn if Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword isn't also damn good.
@Thixico
2 ай бұрын
If it makes you feel better AMOG(us) is better in invasions
@eganzacher5455
2 ай бұрын
It’s also the longest colossal sword. The video is wrong
@protonjones54
2 ай бұрын
That's not a greatsword...
@ItzKarZ
2 ай бұрын
@@protonjones54When did he say that it’s a greatsword? Both swords have greatswords in their name.
@paracame8162
Ай бұрын
@@protonjones54 it's a colossal sword, which the Greatsword is. ask the devs why they named most of the colossal swords greatswords
@screamthesecond3946
2 ай бұрын
so many missed opportunities for the new weapon categories... Throwing blades: - Mini Crystallian Rings - Beastmen Throwing Rings - Curseblade Throwing daggers Backhand Blades: - Giant Crystallian Chakrams - Make Falx a Backhand Blade Beast claws: - Runebear Claws Honorable Mentions - Vulgar Militiamen Throwing chains/sickles - Gravewarden/Duelist Throwing chains
@Shmethan
2 ай бұрын
Ugh yes I'll never get over the lack of crystalians chakrams. Also it's insane that they never made a strike damage twin blade, imagine the fantasy of using a bo staff to beat everyone up the moveset would work perfectly
@Krikenemp18
2 ай бұрын
They really could have reduced the glut of useless faith weapons to do these instead. Or anything else.
@justhair17
Ай бұрын
Im glad Falx is a curved sword. Power stancing curved sword moveset is way better than backhand blade moveset
@moobo3944
2 ай бұрын
I think the godskin peeler/black steel twinblade take the cake for best twinblade because of that juicy 4 hit running attack. It comes out really fast, it’s a running attack so you can easily chain them between enemies from neutral, and hits 4 times allowing you to get the advantages of a power stance jumping attack with just one weapon that can be infused. Also after you do at least one of these running attacks, every consecutive one is enough to proc the godskin swaddling cloth in just one button. You can put blood tax on the peeler and you have a very effective regen build.
@jeksewnoleeray1020
2 ай бұрын
dragon communion seal is also one of the 0 weight ones which makes it great to just have in your off hand at all times when running light equip load, particularly if running a build that benefits a lot off of arcane. technically also available pretty early on.
@DaddySaddo
2 ай бұрын
11:43 Just for clarity, The ancient meteoric ore greatsword have the longest range of any colossal sword.
@Deoxippus
2 ай бұрын
The solution to a weapon not having crits is hit right on dpad while walking up to the enemy... I think you needed to separate weapon art sticks from weapons that are good for their movesets/damage. It's a little hard to try to compare a 2h weapons, weapons with shield, dual wielded weapons, and ashes all at once.
@SuperAsefasef
2 ай бұрын
Underated axe is the iron cleaver, thing hits like a truck, hits super fast, gets s scaling with strength, and is available early. Pure strength build multi hit and two handed talismans, slap on crag blade, and r1 spam your way to victory
@kirbyis4ever
2 ай бұрын
It's also got the funny heavy attack where you run at the enemy like an imp. Juicy.
@dementeddonkey5543
2 ай бұрын
Great list but I feel like the Misericorde can't be overlooked for that #1 dagger spot, the 140 crit just makes it so valuable for those stance breaks
@enjoyer2227
2 ай бұрын
In regards to the Thrusting Shield charged R2, the entire charging animation before the attack has block frames so it’s a good option when fighting a predictable enemy or player.
@Nat-ri3ip
2 ай бұрын
Wouldn't counterattacking still be more useful ?
@atotheceetothegee
2 ай бұрын
The smithscript dagger is a good sidearm in PvP. Have it in the offhand for a quick, low-risk harrier weapon to keep your opponent off-balance, catch them coming out of rolls, etc.
@Ima9ineBreak3r
2 ай бұрын
Youwy: the Sword of Night and Flame has a monopoly on intelligence/faith builds Rellana's Twin Blades: *ANGERY*
@Kudmip
2 ай бұрын
The twin blades actually scale better off str/dex than int or faith so it’s really more of a quality weapon unless you are only focusing on the skill
@matthewfrack1227
2 ай бұрын
Love your videos so much!!! Can always expect such high quality. I’d love to see a video discussing weapons with unique/strong non-ash movesets. Fire Knight’s Greatsword is my favorite weapon because of this, but there’s plenty of hidden ones I think people don’t know about. Warhawk’s Talon heavy attack and things like that come to mind
@markaldamuy4805
2 ай бұрын
Love your ranking videos and explanations. Hoping your channel continues to grow!
@JigolOwO
2 ай бұрын
trust me when i say that a jump attack build with hoslow's infused to ice (bc of the passive bleed dmg) is absolutely isane, functions really well in pvp but obviously the main goal is pve with claw talisman and both multihit talismans as well as the lord of bloods exult. its actually kinda insane you dont know how to make them work because theyre really easy to get a lot of use out of.
@superpaiffer4811
2 ай бұрын
Dear Youwy, the Greatsword is no longer the longest sword in Elden Ring, it is now the Ancient Meteoric Ore. Which also does insane damage with its charged attack and basically chesse ALL the NPCs with de AOW. Nice video as always. 🎤🦖💛
@JDamajer4208
26 күн бұрын
Love your videos but can we also get some lists that are more focused on actually attacking with the weapons? 40 categories but it rarely matters if it's all about weapon art spam. Like if someone wants to play with straight swords would you really recommend using the sword of night and flame...
@Sargatas
2 ай бұрын
As a matter of fact, meteoric ore greatsword is longer then Guts' sword.
@justhair17
Ай бұрын
And FKGS has more AR at higher levels than Gut's GS
@samuelham4520
2 ай бұрын
Milady is super bonkers but I love Leda's Sword just for its skill. It looks so cool and rounds out the holy paladin look so nicely
@Rifleman_1
2 ай бұрын
I'm always amazed by the amount of different and unique weapons this game has. I have 70 hours in this game and i have not even seen half of these weapons
@evanmcdonald9134
2 ай бұрын
Love that bloody helice got a shoutout. Beat the game 4 times with that thing it’s such a monster
@teno777
2 ай бұрын
Excellent video, especially since you go into finer details with numbers and such, makes it much easier to see your reasoning when backed with data.
@Nirob615
2 ай бұрын
The urumi also has the best dex scaling in the game so there's a plus for it. Also the Guardian Swordspear can keep up with the Knightrider's Glaive if the swordspear is keen infused. The swordspear only loses like 10 base damage on keen over standard while like every other weapon in the game will lose a lot more base damage on any of the physical infusions. It's keen infusion has scaling ratio of 1.47 which is an incredibly high A scaling; S scaling starts at a ration of 1.5 so it's incredibly close to S scaling. It also has the diagonal sweeps light attack combo which I value the most in a pve setting out of the three halberd movesets. It can't compete with the Knightrider's range though which is sad, and it has the spin to win heavy attack that isn't even that good anymore like it was in BB for example. Every other weapon you chose though I can't argue with. The warped axe is so underrated now imo it's new swing speed makes it a very competitive with other strength weapons.
@13BeachesInVenice
2 ай бұрын
I haven't finished the full video yet, but I don't agree with you regarding twinblades. Two handing a twinblade is better than powerstancing a twinblade because you can get more hits out faster, the light moveset is very fast and low commitment, and they have cool and hard hitting charged heavy attacks. Powerstancing is only better if you're specifically focusing on a jump attack build, which can get boring petty quickly. They may not do the most stance damage, but their movesets are generally very fun and satisfying. The Godskin Peeler is definitely the best one, but the Black Steel Twinblade is a close second and better for faith builds while the Gargoyle's Twinblade is the most accessible and a great strength alternative.
@Jimbobda1st
2 ай бұрын
There's a paired curved sword that scales with faith but does pure physical damage, and a lot of damage, along with that, each sword is 2.5 units, and you only need to level up on weapon and not 2 to get the power stance moveset
@Bearforceone
2 ай бұрын
Youwy something I'd like to see more of, and I know you've said in the past you enjoy making them so it could be fun are the OP early videos, specifically rushing a weapon from the beginning in a certain amount of time and bolstering yourself up to make it stupid strong, loved all your past ones of those, just a thought.
@CrappyCar
2 ай бұрын
I am not unique, a few of my favorite play throughs were using the top weapons. 1 - First ever ER/FS build - Blasphemous Blade/Gargoyle Blackblade powerstanced with Gargoyle Greatsword - I would swap affinity of the GG between Flame and Sacred. 2 - Wing of Astel/Sorceries - The AoW, the charged heavy, love this weapon. 3 - Bolt of Gransax - I did a wrong-warp into the Capitol to get this weapon, and used it the entire game. What a blast. 4 - Gargoyle's Twinblade/Twinned Knight Sword, Str/Arc with multi-hit talismans, just melted everything. 5 - Rusted Anchor powerstanced with Pickaxe + Spear Talisman - the counterattack damage is amazing. 6 - Star Fist dex with Beast Roar, Highland Axe off hand and Roar medallion to boost range attacks, charge heavies up close for obscene stance damage. Thanks for the video! On my 3rd DLC run now, and having tons of fun.
@The_Defiance
2 ай бұрын
I only use the throwing dagger as a status proc and that’s it. Messmer soldier spear (great-spear) is better due to royal knights resolve and its interaction with the heavy charged attack where it hits for both attacks. And the shotgun like crossbow IF used close range is a better option than the pulley crossbow. Other than that I agree with your opinion
@protonjones54
2 ай бұрын
Bastard's Stars is an amazing flail, fantastic weapon art. You're insane to think that weapon is mediocre at best.
@RickyGrove
2 ай бұрын
I marvel at your knowledge and insight on ER weapons. Always come to you to learn something new. Thanks for all of your hard work.
@tehubernessofuber
2 ай бұрын
A small inaccuracy: The Guardian's Swordspear is actually the highest damage halberd. At 80 Str/Dex, a Keen Swordspear being one-handed will still do more damage than a Heavy Nightrider Glaive being two-handed.
@Zercanyan
2 ай бұрын
Small inaccuracy? Here is one is a massive inaccuracy. The GSS has faster attacks, better motion values, skills will always do more damage, has a higher AR, ect... the Night Rider glaive is not even the 2nd longest halberd, and is much slower, Also GSS has a better synergy with the ashes he lists for the most part. on a standard 80/20 build the GSS is better. even the roar AoW work well on dexterity builds anyways... for status effect builds it does matter whether 1 handed or 2 handed but even then the faster attacking GSS with higher 1 handed motion values when blood, poison or cold infused just makes it a better choice. The GSS would only lose here due to reach,. charged heavy... He makes 5 points on the nightrider glaive and the only 1 he gets right is the charged heavy... You can argue minor differences is better on the nightrider glaive to make it better... but instead he doesn't and misinforms his audience. with 100k subs and 150k views it is a problem that deserves calling out. Especially when he has been doing this for over 2 years.
@PRBARNEY100
2 ай бұрын
@@Zercanyan The major problem with the GSS is that its light attacks only have Damage Level 1, like straight swords and curved swords, not DL 2 like other Halberds and Greatswords. That means the GSS light attacks don't stunlock knights, omens and other similar sized enemies.
@Zercanyan
2 ай бұрын
@@PRBARNEY100 the GSS actually still dominates due to a superior jump/Run attacks, total DPS, along with much superior AoW scaling, Pvp synergy, and overall DPS. that it can actually stunlock knights and omens, especially with certain mixups but often not needing to because they are already taken out. Also you can place ice spear on a GSS that scales solidly with keen, even w/o str scaling it performs nearly as well with flaming strike (if using the follow up) due to the AR difference yeah if it was DL 2 it would be a bit too busted in PVE
@fable23
2 ай бұрын
Also, I will say that the Smithscript Cirque with a blood infusion is excellent for NPC and dragon fights. Their blood loss is actually pretty respectable, and putting it on a projectile just makes it even easier. The tracking on the throw is so aggressive that you can miss at close range and watch the weapon just loop around and hit the enemy anyway. And dragons for some reason seem to bug out slightly when you keep hitting their head with the Cirque, using only their extremely slow stomp attack like 90% of the time, making them insanely easy to fight.
@frankzhang1246
Ай бұрын
Since the bloodhound's fang scales will with dex, you could always pair it up with the bolt of Gransax's skill for long-range damage.
@DivineRainor
2 ай бұрын
Gonna disagree on the dagger category. As a dagger enthusiast the erdsteel dagger on sacred or flame art infusion is fucking insane, the moveset is goat with the double slash lunging r2s and being able to get such incredibly high ar just scaling off 1 stat on a dagger is insane
@zeroone9992
2 ай бұрын
The SoNF isn't the only faith/int option for a weapon anymore. Both the fire knights greatsword and blacksteel great hammer can be infused with magic/cold and retain their faith scaling.
@justsomenerd284
2 ай бұрын
I love you Youwy please dont die
@noxiebobo
2 ай бұрын
🥹
@slamindorf5478
2 ай бұрын
You can have a mostly arcane build with some faith and make great use of Flower gavel and lightning incants, just use the dragon seal
@marcoscarrasco92
2 ай бұрын
Great katanas can also use Carian Sovereignty, which is just insane.
@popesinbengal
2 ай бұрын
Maybe the best elden ring creator rn. Chill, professorial, i appreciate it bro
@CallMeSomething7
2 ай бұрын
Godskin peeler is easily the best twinblade and its not even close. Its charge attack is really good by itself and it scales best eith dex which you're going to be using it youre using twin blades
@denniswilliams6906
2 ай бұрын
The power behind the Smithscript dagger is the jumping heavy attack while powerstancing. On most human sized enemies, it will almost always land a headshot, causing better damage and stun. Not the best option for bosses, but it has a niche
@cosmicbilly
2 ай бұрын
I've been playing since release, and it took me until a few months before the DLC release to realize how incredible the great stars hammer is. It's been my favorite weapon ever since. It has amazing scaling for bleed/poison or occult scaling. With 80 arcane, you get 115 bleed build up with occult scaling. And 141 bleed build up on bloody affinity. It's also super strong with poison affinity paired with poison flower blooms twice AOW. It's like bleed but with poison. The follow up attack after the enemy is poisoned, chunks off tons of health like a bleed proc. It's awesome. My DLC build has been occult great stars, with powerstanced antspur rapiers, poison in my right hand, and bloody in my left. The status and bleed versatility is just amazing.
@neverwraith8774
2 ай бұрын
I would love a "what build to play next" video. Recommending fun general play troughs for a full new game.
@adrianolandini8703
2 ай бұрын
Bloody Helice my beloved!! Always knew in my heart it was the best HTS: classy AF, bleed, i-frames, and breaks poise prett well
@HRMLESSGUPPIE1
2 ай бұрын
Obsidian lamina is great too
@lharsay
2 ай бұрын
25:51 That's only for the two handed damage, when one handed the keen guardian swordspear tops the chart, note that ashes of war don't apply the two handed strength bonus.
@andywang1160
2 ай бұрын
Your video has inspired me to try many weapons, thanks!
@justinsmith1141
2 ай бұрын
Great Katana, Bloodflame Blade, Spinning Weapon (Which for some reason it can equip) with multi hit talismans. So good.
@Rhinlord
2 ай бұрын
As a pierce stan, the Zwei is the best Collosal greatsword. It's lighter, does a little less damage, has amazing range, and has the amazing Claymore charged attack. The crouch pokes with the other greatswords just feel bad
@Nat-ri3ip
2 ай бұрын
The fire knight greatsword is just the zwei with better light attacks and fire damage on top. You can ignore the faith scaling and go dex just as well and you'll have a zwei build but better.
@Rhinlord
2 ай бұрын
@@Nat-ri3ip haven't screwed around with the dlc much yet, but I appreciate the heads up.
@Jev55
2 ай бұрын
I slept on the claws weapons for a long time and then started using the basic hookclaws with an occult infusion and 80 arcane with some bleed oriented talismans...holy crap. Bosses in regular new game were just melting and any of the invasion style NPC's or slower enemies just died from a few R1's. It's nuts.
@Asg1x
2 ай бұрын
Imo The zweihander is the best colossal sword, i mean the 2nd longest reach and weight 15.5 is just incredible, compared to guts sword 23 and the dmg difference is very unnoticeable, actually the zwei gets better Ar in keen and lightning infusion, 19 str and 11 dex to wield is also impressive you can use a colossal sword in a dex build(14 str 2 handed)
@Asg1x
2 ай бұрын
Forgot to say that the zwei is much better in pvp due to its tricky range, it doesn’t seem like it will hit from far distances but it does, so that’s another reason why i like zweihander the most :D
@Hans_Olo929
2 ай бұрын
Also the heavy attack ist really good. It deals pierce damage and can therefore be buffed with axe- and spear talisman for insane power.
@Nat-ri3ip
2 ай бұрын
The fire knight greatsword has better keen and lighning AR, weight .5 more and has the same heavies as well as better lights attacks.
@brightnostalgia
2 ай бұрын
I love the claws!! just finished a run with them!! bloodhounds step is such a cool ash
@V1ntrez
2 ай бұрын
you shouldve tested the great stars power stance jumping attacks
@MCS_Sunset
2 ай бұрын
Ngl the Antspur Rapier is actually nuts if you build it right. I made a poison build with a poison infused Antspur Rapier with blood tax. The build revolves around proccing poison for extra damage and multi hits for health regen and even more extra damage. Once poison is procced I switch to Regalia or Marias Executioner Sword for weapon skill multi hit. Both pair nicely with the arcane scaling and cover any enemy immune to poison. Definitely the most fun build that I've made.
@starrunner2838
2 ай бұрын
Keep it up Youwy!
@grandbean9031
2 ай бұрын
In terms of using only one twinblade instead of powerstancing, I'd have to go with the euporia. After the buffs, not only is it very easy to get the charges necessary for the max vortex, but the damage it does is obscene. Doing 60% of the fire giant's hp pool in one attack is pretty cracked.
@Weldedhodag
2 ай бұрын
powerstanced bleed miladys actually procs the stat super quick. 60 dex, str and arc and the damage isn't terrible either. probably better options, thouigh. I do like how Relanna's swords has the light attack moveset of a straight sword for some variety
@Fear_g-o-d
2 ай бұрын
I have a hard time choosing a weapon with so many fun options. I dont wanna miss out using a fun weapon.
@Homiloko2
2 ай бұрын
I finally got my Throwing Knives tier list, thank you
@gerg905
2 ай бұрын
I do actually using one specific offenseive ash of war with thrusting shields; Impaling Thrust. It's really good on guard counter builds because you can use it to quickly add more stance pressure when there's downtime where youd otherwise just be spamming r1 or something like that. It's faster and cheaper than piercng fang with the same stance pressure, so that's why I prefer it.
@CoperliteConsumer
2 ай бұрын
Im addicted to the new blackhand blade. Its basically the funnest weapon inever played with, the s are just good enough that it doesnt feel like cheating but actually have to predict the enemies move. On a bleed build its probably top 10 strongest weap
@Th0rn5555
2 ай бұрын
For backhand blades, smithscript cirque has a good throw attack. It's straight cheese against npc invaders
@robertpayne6781
2 ай бұрын
I feel like a list of the 2nd and 3rd best weapons in each category would be more interesting.
@tortue_
2 ай бұрын
You have some of the best content for PvE, i dont remember disagreeing on anything in any video you make.
@InsaneGreatsword
2 ай бұрын
My brother and I are doing a Dragon form playthrough where I do Communion and he’s Cult, which is probably the scenario for the Flowerstone Gavel.
@YureiOni
2 ай бұрын
Beat promised consort Radahn with lighting perfume and rolling sparks pre-patch. Damn that shit did some serious damage.
@SgtMjRomero
Ай бұрын
Imagine putting the throwing blade skill onto Guts's Sword, and just chucking it like a Mario bullet at your enemies
@JonMaurer-e8s
2 ай бұрын
Bloody helice is a fine weapon and all, but i do think the sword lance is a better hts. It has a lot going for it. Its good moveset, excellent scalings, collosal weapon level status infusions, and the fact it can be infused period. I can't see myself going back to the bh anymore.
@Zercanyan
2 ай бұрын
Loved the video just a few corrections The nightrider glaive has the 4th longest reach, not the most 2 highest DPS out of meta level halberds 4th in overall AR when disregarding split damage The AoW scaling on the keen would in almost any weapon skill, flaming strike is really the only debate.... (flaming strike on the GSS kind of makes it tie on bosses with weaknesses to fire and outright better otherwise, just due to GSS much higher 1handed AR) The slashing damage isn't a boost especially in pvp or against armored opponents and outside of reach it is mid in pvp. in pve it is tied if not lacking behind the GSS unless reach is the factor while outright behind the GSS and banished night halberd in pvp Perfumes: they all suck but the best perfume for raw damage is the firespark which still is mid and is only good for some pvp situations. These need buffs. Either in poise damage or in speed, also status effects need higher build ups. The raw damage doesn't need to be higher Something to also note: dexterity builds have too many projectile based options at this point, with the best sniping skill, the best headshot and sleep builds, best use out of storm blade and thunder bolt is kind of really strong as a side option. For optimal projectiles only lightning and physical but overall, they do fire and magic (they do heavy the best use out of cold AoWs) Finally this is a pve video, make it obvious. Otherwise a blashphemous blade enjoyer is going to wonder why the lizard great sword, claymore or knight's greatsword user outright dominated them in pvp with little effort That being said a 9 out of 10 video.
@eduardorickrot4763
2 ай бұрын
I'm currently shredding my way through the DLC with my strenght/faith build. For this second dlc playthrough, I decided to read about each boss resistances and try out different stuff accordingly. Somehow, most of the time that means I just proc rot or frost and then giant hunt the enemy to death with the greatsword. Amazingly effective.
@fysiotherapeft2272
2 ай бұрын
Sounds amazingly boring
@KingOfMalevolence
2 ай бұрын
Did my almost all of my first playthrough with the lighting perfume without using rolling sparks, it's not that bad, and the running R2 melts big enemies.
@alphaomegasolutions
2 ай бұрын
You are my go to for all elden ring content really helping me git gud!
@1Henrink
2 ай бұрын
I would have given the greatsword win to the Claymore, for the flexibility, but I understand your point.
@jeremyhicks4517
2 ай бұрын
I think the Main-gauche should be considered for best dagger. It's very versatile. Has the ability to parry and can be infused. You get decent scalings with almost all infusions. It also has the ability to be powerstanced with a thrusting sword which is unique.
@kriall1666
2 ай бұрын
for some reason i rlly like the smithscript daggers, i use a cold infusion on a mage build and i get good damage especially with the ash of war which usually ranges between 1000-2000 damage
@adamfreeman4733
2 ай бұрын
Perfume bottles are doing perfectly fine. Just takes stats to get them going. And the most fun IMO
@rordongamsay8478
2 ай бұрын
I literally went to get my personal "best weapon for each category" to get to +9 or +24 yesterday. Let's see in how many we agree. For now, I know we agree on the throwing blade category ;D Edit: Well, agreed with 19 out of 40 and most of the ones I don't agree with it is because I'm going mainly into faith so I have to value faith scalings a lot more for my specific build, but yeah, I mostly agree with everything in a vacuum. Great video Youwy.
@johnnygraz4712
2 ай бұрын
The Estoc is the bestoc if used alone. But the plain ol' rapier with a 130 crit is fun as hell with a parry dagger in your left hand.
@CloroxBleachMan
2 ай бұрын
with the new scaling, the golden order seal with 40fth/40int performs better than erdtree seal at 70 faith (same investment assuming 10fth/10int start). if you are building for pure incantations and you arent looking to go above 70 faith and you arent looking to touch anything dragon communion then the golden order seal is the best, as a plus you are also built for sword of night and flame
@michaell8269
2 ай бұрын
Here for the whip slander. Okay, you mentioned Cragblade. Imagine if whips could use Cragblade, and for the duration of the buff it just turned it into a big club the full unfurled length of the whip. Same speed but different moveset. That would single-handedly redeem whips. I just wish we could have gotten something like the Beast Cutter with decent poise damage.
@berzerk-_-fury5470
2 ай бұрын
The only use I've found for the smithscript dagger is to have it in the off hand while one handing a Milady. Genuinely the only time it felt usable, other than that Torrent drive-bys I guess.
@NorthernDruid
2 ай бұрын
Special mention to the Godslayers Greatsword for only requiring 20 strength for a Colossal Sword. All the benefit of a colossal sword moveset with none of the investment. It's weapon skill is kinda slow but also hits ridiculously hard if you can pull off both it's atacks. Also a slight redeeming quality of whips is their having long range strike damage, which is nice against foes like imps and miners who can be a pain to get close to sometimes.
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