Elden Ring (PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S/One) is filled with awesome weapons and items, but it also has plenty of stinkers. Here are our least favorite/useful weapons. Subscribe for more: kzbin.info?su... #EldenRing
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@ChonkUm2 жыл бұрын
Sidenote on the torch... It illuminates dark areas about 50% more than a lantern, but what's even cooler is that if you equip both, it combines their light, making even the darkest area super bright for a good draw. I know in most cases the lantern will suffice, but there are ambush moments and lurking enemies that pretty much count on you having the limited light source of the lantern, but with the added light of the torch you can spot them much easier. It's pretty cool that the light "stacks", and I feel the lighting effects is were the his game shines graphically.
@teganbassingthwaighte28362 жыл бұрын
or you could just drop a few glowstones
@OverUnderAudio2 жыл бұрын
If you’re checking every corner and message then you don’t need puny photons
@moonlighterkelens82612 жыл бұрын
There is also a special torch that make black assassins that are invisible able to see
@haaribo86622 жыл бұрын
Starlight is all you need
@ChonkUm2 жыл бұрын
@@moonlighterkelens8261 and a torch that repels beasts
@briandavis47432 жыл бұрын
The beast repellant torch will stop agro on MOST wild animals. So far, I've tested on wolves, basilisks, trex wolf guys, "some" Ant type enemies, and a few others and is very useful in dungeons.
@thesituation53152 жыл бұрын
Does this game have the equivalent of wild animals? Like some games might have deer or bears or wolves or whatever?
@Jim26D2 жыл бұрын
@@thesituation5315 it has all those
@originalityisdead.95132 жыл бұрын
@@thesituation5315 There's loads of wildlife in Elden Ring with everything from small birds to massive bears that will ruin your day in a split second if you aren't careful. Elden Ring is undoubtedly the best open world experience I've had to date and is imo one of the best games I've played so far and one of if not the best game that has released in the past decade or so. The sense of exploration is unmatched and there's so much to do and see that even afrer 136 hours of playtime im still finding new things.
@xixrubenxix2 жыл бұрын
Also help a lot with rats it’s the way to go to avoid the ambush of those pesky animals
@briandavis47432 жыл бұрын
@@thesituation5315 There's lots of wild animals like bears,wolves, deer, ram, sheep,. Its when you get to the mutated versions of these things is the big suprise lol. You should see murder-bear forest.
@pitshoster4012 жыл бұрын
The Serpent Hunter is honestly pretty good on a strength build. Yeah the ash is bad but you can always just use a shield with a good ash instead.
@KBanause2 жыл бұрын
In addition: A big advantage of the Serpent Hunter is that it doesn't need any special requirements to wield it. A lot of players who do RL1 runs are using it.
@AE-or7xd Жыл бұрын
@@KBanause rl1?
@KBanause Жыл бұрын
@@AE-or7xd Rune Level 1.
@Meechy5280 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention the stance break...
@jaysonpate30 Жыл бұрын
a scaling in strength also
@bretth3422 жыл бұрын
The briar greatshield could be amazing with one simple fix: any enemy you block takes bleed build up
@Debaser9872 жыл бұрын
Wait, bleed shields don't already do that? Fuuuuuck
@lennysummers2 жыл бұрын
That would make a lot of sense to since its covered in barbed wire
@sergejdoll611 Жыл бұрын
It's may a flawed defense tool. But in pvp you can wreck people with it.
@calebhilderbrand7132 Жыл бұрын
Especially if you have stuff that works off of blood loss like the talisman or white mask
@tones9_62 жыл бұрын
So off the bat the flail is meant for heavily armored enemies like stone imps or clayman they're good at clearing low level mines with wild slashes. You build stagger like crazy spear is good for whats for pushing a line and being able to keep your shield up while advancing. The torch can light the stone people with the pouches on their back. Early level they save your life
@ObsidianKnight902 жыл бұрын
The flail is also really good for the Crystaliens if you're going with a Dexterity build as there are very few good Strike weapons that use Dexterity. I'm not saying you should upgrade it to +25 or anything but you should probably keep a Strike weapon in your inventory just in case you run into one of those.
@murphydaveelte2 жыл бұрын
I used it for half my 1st playthrough - it's fast for a strike weapon, builds bleed and is great on horseback. Dunno what's not to like really.
@jarradmccarthy90332 жыл бұрын
No
@silverbags12082 жыл бұрын
I’ve been using flail+12 for Crystal dungeons and it works good. 2 hits crystal miners and staggers the crystal bosses.
@annslow412 жыл бұрын
Also, Spinning Chain can build up status effects (bleed, freeze, poison, etc.) super quick, especially against an enemy that can be staggered by it
@zakarylorrain74222 жыл бұрын
Main thing for the flail is that it’s a strike weapon for dex builds early game. It requires very little str.
@danialmorrison98502 жыл бұрын
It's awesome on horseback
@PaganUniform2 жыл бұрын
Amazing horseback for stacking bleeds
@thewaffleunion73382 жыл бұрын
the flail is good, the night cavalry flail is even better.
@Lightpowder2 жыл бұрын
I started as a bandit so I totally get what you're talking about...
@PaganUniform2 жыл бұрын
Yup. I keep that one on standby for when I need it. Solid scaling with dex
@Sylkee._.2 жыл бұрын
The Sentry's Torch is useful. It dispels illusions such as walls, and invisible enemies like the Black Knife Assassin in Sage's Cave
@IXDEL.2 жыл бұрын
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@Ian_Comics2 жыл бұрын
It dispels walls!?
@twilight_mourner18652 жыл бұрын
eYO WHAT???
@tiltedhorizon14352 жыл бұрын
Yeah but he doesn't talk about the Sentry Torch. He mentions the regular Torch and the Torchpole.
@rwt57132 жыл бұрын
Sentry torch wasn't mentioned in this video.
@bellystraw2 жыл бұрын
I'll defend the soldier's crossbow now. See, for many pure melee builds it's not really about sniping enemies but about luring out enemies so you're not dealing with a huge pack. And since the lock on distance in this game is pretty huge, having a crossbow in your off-hand is super handy. It's not a powerhouse by any means but it is the lightest crossbow and the requirements to use one are really low. 8 dex and 10 str means anyone can use this badboi in their offhand. It helped a lot during some places where I simply couldn't afford to take on a bunch of enemies so, I whip out old realiable, shoot one of the baddies and take them out one at a time. Don't sleep on the crossbows people!
@imethdup50502 жыл бұрын
I do the same with a greatbow, great for pulling cause it chunks hp
@shailynx96262 жыл бұрын
I prefer using a bow for luring out enemies, you have more control on where you shoot
@svartrbrisingr61412 жыл бұрын
as someone who used to carry around a light crossbow in ds2 for this reason i agree. but also in pvp you can use it to keep people dodging to make it so if you are good at timing it you can rush in an punish a low stamina bar. or it helps you get in a bit of damage or hit fleeing opponents trying to get some space to heal(got my friend in ds2 with that quite a lot)
@KeyoXKeyo2 жыл бұрын
I use my throwing knives
@alphonsokurukuchu2 жыл бұрын
luring them or using tipped arrows
@quantumplatinum30292 жыл бұрын
The thorn staff makes the intelligence spells scale of faith, so as long as you have enough for the intelligence requirement the thorn staff is good for faith builds if they want to cast certain lower level glintstone spells.
@TheSnisel2 жыл бұрын
yeah the funny thing is they show that when they are saying you can only use sorceries which need int
@DC13c162 жыл бұрын
also arcane just got buffed so the blood thorn abilities are pretty powerful and they require faith to use especially briars of punishment it tracks very well and does substantial damage and causes bleed build up for a small sacrifice of hp instead of fp
@dharanitishjackson61592 жыл бұрын
Interesting ty
@Casketkrusher_2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, so basically useless, I mean who wants to use low level spells? I mean if you go faith you got plenty and I mean you have a huge arsenal of incantations that are way and way better.
@MrStone1252 жыл бұрын
@@Casketkrusher_ i mean glintstone pebble is p good my guy.
@BrandonMarshall5472 жыл бұрын
Don’t hate on the torch lol, steel wire torch has a sick ash of war that acts like a flame thrower. I slept on the lantern long enough to really enjoy the torch. Then I got gud😂
@ObsidianKnight902 жыл бұрын
There's also a torch that lets you see invisible enemies, which can turn an incredibly deadly encounter into something much more manageable.
@thomasmclaughlin47312 жыл бұрын
Yo, the torch is lit.
@codyw10232 жыл бұрын
@@thomasmclaughlin4731 bruh
@kevinchrisney2 жыл бұрын
Also the Sentry Torch allows you to see invisible enemies so you don't end up like Godwyn.
@raphaelsouza53022 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the lantern don't ilumine well enough, torch + L1 ilumine a lot!
@cosmicgodgarou15662 жыл бұрын
4:40 The serpent hunter is also good in PvP it has a good and fast doge/crouch attack and good running attack, both attacks can be used for role catching, only downside is you can‘t change the ash of war, but overall this weapon is pretty good
@rogerespinosa78822 жыл бұрын
it also scales pretty good with str
@ghostlandered2 жыл бұрын
Flail is great for early level dex users exploring crypts and mines. The strike damage is really good against skeletons, miners, and the imp statues.
@tj3n3212 жыл бұрын
There are like 100 better strike dmg other weapons... hammer or great weapon sth sth
@ghostlandered2 жыл бұрын
@@tj3n321 you find flail first, hence ealry level, hence you havent aquired 100s of weapons. Now imagine if you arent a strength build and just need some strike damage and you have a flail, what do you do? Not use it because there are 100s of better....shut up
@Requeium Жыл бұрын
especially if you actually use the chain attacks associated with spinning chain and not just try to hit with the spin... plus... flails can't be parried which is an added plus in pvp if you come across golden parry spammers
@ghostlandered Жыл бұрын
@@Requeium chain attacks? What do you do for this?
@slappypants692 жыл бұрын
So glad to see people defending the flail. I'm running a mage class but need to deal strike damage sometimes and my character meets the requirements to wield it. Its honestly a pretty good weapon for some builds
@radagast72002 жыл бұрын
I leveled the whip all the way up and put an ash on it that gives it int scaling. I use it as my off hand weapon for my mage. It's pretty useful. It staggers things that get too close so you have time to cast something at it.
@zackhayes12682 жыл бұрын
Well the clowns that run this channel aren’t exactly good at or care about the games they cover
@Denji_Muzan-Jackson_Deku-Might2 жыл бұрын
@@zackhayes1268 you're really going for personal attacks because of someone else's opinion? Sad.
@zackhayes12682 жыл бұрын
@@Denji_Muzan-Jackson_Deku-Might what an irrelevant reply … Glad my basic points flew forty feet over your head. Sad.
@zackhayes12682 жыл бұрын
@@Denji_Muzan-Jackson_Deku-Might this must be falcon- ( by FAR the WORST of the group)’s burner lol.
@kingjoe3rd2 жыл бұрын
the flail slaps early on whenever you have no extra stats and it's really good when mounted.
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
The fact that potatoes are actually humanoid orange slices is beyond me
@IXDEL.2 жыл бұрын
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@GGRazorNine2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Absolutely messed Margit up with the flail and glintstone staff.
@TheSkyheart52 жыл бұрын
Don't remind me. I swear that one Night Cavalry was harder than the Tree Sentinel just because his double headed flail connects way easier than a halberd.
@eetfuk35712 жыл бұрын
@@TheSkyheart5 the Night Cavalry at Weeping Peninsula who use flail is weak af. I always fight Tree Sentinel/Cavalry in a horse battle and I am pretty skilled on that js xD. but yeah the point is that Night Cavalry is weak af, compare it to the Night Cavalry on Lenne's Rise. dude is so strong and so tough like a well done steak.
@evergaolbird2 жыл бұрын
For a starter - I advise to give the Staff of the Guilty a chance especially if you want to take advantage of Arcane Bleeding Build if you have both Briar of Sin as well as Briar of Punishment. You can later replace the Staff of the Guilty with something like the Albinauric Staff for better scaling with Arcane.
@crypticmrchimes2 жыл бұрын
Even when you get the Albinauric Staff, its good to have the Staff of the Guilty in your offhand so that you still get the passive faith boost and the increased potency towards thorn sorceries.
@GodleyX2 жыл бұрын
Also the torch pole used to be good. It had decent faith scaling, making the fire damage pretty good. But they completely removed the scaling on patch 1.03
@AMaguire902 жыл бұрын
The fail weapon art is meant to be followed up with a light or heavy attack, you don't just spin it 😂
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
The fact that potatoes are actually humanoid orange slices is beyond me
@nolungz5612 жыл бұрын
It pained me to watch that for so long
@thesituation53152 жыл бұрын
I haven't even played this game but that clip just didn't look right
@Demmon982 жыл бұрын
I died laughing when I used a flail for the first time in game. The spinning chain looks so ridiculous. Until you input light or heavy attack and then your guys goes pretty crazy with it. But I just have to laugh, imagine someone approaching you in battle doing that.
@yourrealdad94422 жыл бұрын
but... but... I love the flail :(
@alexoelkers22922 жыл бұрын
I actually don't think its that bad. It has a spinning multi strike that can keep enemies in a stunned state.
@zedbruh72122 жыл бұрын
FREIDE! BRING MY FLAIL!!
@countXbacula Жыл бұрын
I like it when I ride torrent
@hectorcaraveo3913 Жыл бұрын
HELICOPTER HELICOPTER
@CtheBernwickle11 ай бұрын
Cuz..cuz it flails..😢
@mkv27182 жыл бұрын
I just realized that there’s no broken sword in the game… Also, the flail is is one of the best horseback weapons. Also great on a holy (or other elemental) build, as it doesn’t have the high requirements of other flails. Been using that thing the whole game
@jonperez123442 жыл бұрын
If all the weapons are broken, is anything really broke 😂
@megabumbusta27462 жыл бұрын
@@jonperez12344 he meant literally broke lol
@kingcaesar36932 жыл бұрын
Also the flails unparriable.
@Gandhi_Physique2 жыл бұрын
@@kingcaesar3693 How do you know? If so that is awesome lol.
@BaggedBread2 жыл бұрын
@@megabumbusta2746 ruins greatsword
@DropoutJerome2 жыл бұрын
The only truly useless weapon from souls that I can think of is probably the ladle from Dark Souls 2.
@JohnDoe-xf9bn2 жыл бұрын
Until you put mundane quality on it, then it becomes a god weapon
@mccool1322 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-xf9bn Aye
@montecarlowithdawningornam18172 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-xf9bn what does mundane do? It just seemed to lower every stat and scaling
@imafirinmahlazahr2 жыл бұрын
Mundane makes your weapon scale with whichever one of your stats is the lowest, but I think it scales better than most other scaling types. So if you have a lot of points put into all your stats, you end up getting better damage than a focused build. It's mostly for high level characters
@brandonhemence17152 жыл бұрын
babe wake up, gameranx posted a new elden ring vid
@Safetytrousers2 жыл бұрын
Torch only run, do it.
@gameranxTV2 жыл бұрын
😅
@SonOfTheNorthe2 жыл бұрын
Check out Zero Lenny! He's done a video about that.
@RoniDraws2 жыл бұрын
i used the flail for the longest time at the beginning, the strike damage + bleed + non-parry + quick guard-counter, helped out alot until the nightrider
@bernhardwinkler95972 жыл бұрын
Soldiers Crossbow is the lightest 50 range weapon, tied with a certain bow you get pretty late. I actually preferred it over Arbalest or the Light Crossbow (which is, in fact, heavier) during the first hours of the game as i was scrambling for Equip Load and did not care at all for its damage. It‘s the lightest thing for good FP-free pulling of enemies.
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
The fact that potatoes are actually humanoid orange slices is beyond me
@xursed79902 жыл бұрын
You can also use it as a level 1 wretched to cheese that one bird.
@tomcampbell89342 жыл бұрын
@@hurricanepursuit7350 Why do you keep saying this? Jesus man. Go outside
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
@@tomcampbell8934 the real question is why not?
@houstonh39182 жыл бұрын
Keep the Elden Ring Videos coming... Top Ten places to die Top Ten annoying enemies Top Ten ways to throw your controller when angry
@wraithmojo2 жыл бұрын
Lol...first few hours of play and I snapped the right thumstick off my controller! Play with aggression??
@kjs84952 жыл бұрын
"I'll play with a potato if I wanna." You understand us.
@gusmh2602 жыл бұрын
We souls people don’t see a weapon as trash, we just see a hard to use weapon
@socialelitist42562 жыл бұрын
As someone who almost never blocks in soulsborne games, rickety shield is the best for being the lightest small shield at 1.0 weight. Buckler has the best parry frames, but if you use the non standard shield parries like Carian Retaliation or Golden Parry, the buckler parry frames become the same as every other small shield that has that parry AOW. So in a purely practical sense, if you only want to use a small shield as a non standard parry aow, then the rickety shield is ideal since it has the lowest weight
@sapparino89932 жыл бұрын
You can cheese the rogier mage invader with the flail at a low level by using its ash of war behind his back. I killed him in like 5 seconds at level 20 doing this
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
The fact that potatoes are actually humanoid orange slices is beyond me
@yupok84252 жыл бұрын
@@hurricanepursuit7350 shut up
@IXDEL.2 жыл бұрын
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@colemcgrath6442 жыл бұрын
That rickety shield is actually good if you use the Holy Ground ash of war that puts down a regen/defense field then you can swap it/2 hand your main weapon because the shield only weighs 1.0 unit so you don’t have to worry about weight if you wanted to add holy ground into your build
@YesImThatJake2 жыл бұрын
It occupies the tiny niche of enabling powerful ashes in heavily equipped builds. Another example of misleading item text in FromSoft games :)
@notsoracistraspberry41682 жыл бұрын
The forked hatchet really messed up margit for me starting as a wretch. Made that bastard bleed half his health away i actually loved that thing early on. Paired with a pretty fast attack speed easy to fight and dodge all at the same time for a noob
@Starrfortythree2 жыл бұрын
The flail is actually very underrated imo. It’s a really good backup for slash resistant enemies. It has passive bleed and can do a decent job at poise/posture breaking for a critical. At the very least I’d recommend it for a new character early game if you’re putting some stats into dex.
@hadoodproductions8 ай бұрын
greyoll killer 4000
@ShakikhanGaming2 жыл бұрын
The flails are 1h hammers. It’s really good against crystalline enemies. I see so many people struggle with swords on those guys… equip a flail!
@Varizen872 жыл бұрын
Yeah... the flail WRECKS Crystellians. If you knock 1 down with a flail, they're done for unless there's more than 1. I used the Twin Maidens Puppets for the Triple Rot Crystellians and took then down 1 by 1 with my flail. If you can knock one down, you can do a fully charged attack in their animation to get back up, followed by 2 uncharged heavy attacks, and then they're down for a crit, and then you can keep them on a loop where they can't fight back. I'm so glad I decided to main a Flail in my first play through. I upgraded to a Nightrider's early and set it to scale with INT as I was going for a mage knight, but flails are just awesome if you know how to use one.
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
The fact that potatoes are actually humanoid orange slices is beyond me
@aegismalkav80572 жыл бұрын
@@hurricanepursuit7350 Silence bot.
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
@@aegismalkav8057 huh?
@Nicholas-iu9jb2 жыл бұрын
Makes more sense I beat the crystellion trio with my small sword and was wondering why I was doing very little damage until I shattered the first layer of armor
@yagsipcc2872 жыл бұрын
The flail is brilliant!!! I used it on an NPC invadner I was struggling with over and over again killed him in a couple of seconds ha I have also seen people use it beat a high level boss almost out of the gate its bleed effect is amazing super powerful. I only used it a couple of times for stuff like that. ATM I am using The Banished Knight's Greatsword I am still very early in the game and exploring alot.
@mathieuxlaflamme23222 жыл бұрын
Yeah I had to close the vid after seeing it on this list.
@Boobiebumpp2 жыл бұрын
@@mathieuxlaflamme2322 lmfao
@TheSpiritsLease2 жыл бұрын
@@Boobiebumpp Laughing because he knows the flail is good? You must be maidenless.
@Boobiebumpp2 жыл бұрын
@@TheSpiritsLease flails are amazing
@digitalgehn2 жыл бұрын
You can use the Sentry's Torch to see the invisible Black Knife enemies.
@EyeHeytEwe2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm close to getting to that area and saw a video of them and got scared😂
@Casketkrusher_2 жыл бұрын
You can even 2 hand your main weapon when using it and you can still see the invisible enemies.
@nowherefool58692 жыл бұрын
the crucial part of the "weapons" is the upgrade level and the AoW. the moveset is secondary next to weight/length/speed, coz as long as it's got a poke animation that you can use to roll catch, then it's fine.. since R1 spam is mostly replaced with AoW spam, jump attacks, pokes, roll catch, and backstabs. dark souls combat was like a boxing match, but elden ring fights are more like gunslinger duels. people die at a drop of a hat.
@IndorilNerevar2 жыл бұрын
Serpent Hunter is my primary. Not because it's awesome, but because I upgraded it to lvl 9 then realized it sucks after the boss
@baconsir11592 жыл бұрын
It's not bad. Pretty good with a STR build tbh
@stevie93612 жыл бұрын
Hey man one torch puts to sleep, one makes beast run away, an one shows the invisible black knight enemies. Try them out you'll see. Have to read its info to see the names I forgot
@commanderkit-kat93142 жыл бұрын
In defense for the flail, it's meant to be a strike weapon for mages or builds with low strength, and some enemies are only weak to said strike damage. On top of that the Flails Ash of War was completely misrepresented in this video. It's a charge up that leads to a heavy or light attack from the L2, not used as a spinning weapon
@reyno52622 жыл бұрын
The Nightrider Flail imo is sooo good, paired it with the wild strikes AoW and it pretty much carried me until the end of the game (eventually switched to the Sword of Melania). But the bleed on that flail was so OP for boss fights, literally one shot Radahn on my first playthrough lol.
@ragingtarzan48562 жыл бұрын
Serpent hunter can craaazy roll catch in pvp. It's not total junk. A shame about the ash of war tho.
@Spectral_Alpha_Lupine2 жыл бұрын
Why are you using the flail with 2 hands? It's a one handed weapon lol
@DoomWolfOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Thanks you have given me 10 new video ideas, can't wait to get started on the torch only run lol
@EggtasticTaco2 жыл бұрын
The staff of the guilty lets str/fth builds cast basic spells with good effectiveness and pairs really well with the beast claw talisman. Also lets you get base int reqs for blood magic and invest the rest in faith so you can cast blood incantations as well
@cthulhucultist88722 жыл бұрын
I use the Knight riders flail it's actually a good weapon to de stance your enemies and very effective against rock and other mineral type enemies, plus bleed effect btw you can do a smash attack following the weapons ash of war move
@annslow412 жыл бұрын
It's also great on horseback R2 as you continually spin the flail, quickly building bleed and stagger meter. Great for drive-by's knocking multiple enemies, and for those that struggle with horse combat
@Jim26D2 жыл бұрын
I use that one for caves. It's been a good weapon
@davidkerlin23982 жыл бұрын
I gave mine to my friend and he's still dual wielding them in the late game. Upgraded with frost infusions, he just shatters poise and the damage when frost and blood pop is great.
@aokh6042 жыл бұрын
Actually, the serpent hunter isn't that bad, it's strength scaling is really good.
@hurricanepursuit73502 жыл бұрын
The fact that potatoes are actually humanoid orange slices is beyond me
@heyimurchin65752 жыл бұрын
And very good in roll catching like all other great spears
@Forevrhungover2 жыл бұрын
I finished my first play-through with it. It’s a greatsword on a stick.
@manuelcorvobelda18312 жыл бұрын
@@heyimurchin6575 I find it even better because of that sweet fast crouch attack. And it is a swordspear, what else do you want.
@heyimurchin65752 жыл бұрын
@@manuelcorvobelda1831 from should definitely patch this weapon making it a basic ass weapon once you're done dealing with Rykard. So we can customize it with ash and change affinity and all. Its cool looking and good weapon but missing weapon art is a big deal breaker.
@whitefamilliar30572 жыл бұрын
The serpent hunter has amazing roll catches. And when I looked at it it seemed like it had no requirements to wield. I'm not sure if that went away after I beat rykard, but still. I have one in my inventory maxed out if I'm having a rough time catching rolls in pvp.
@huck_nyc2 жыл бұрын
Staff of the guilty is great for blood sorceries. It also allows faith builds to reliably use low int sorceries
@kyles75332 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for a gameranx top ten elden ring videos by gameranx
@ManuelRossifan462 жыл бұрын
You know this game is hype when Gameranx is making videos about it almost a month after its release
@Jim26D2 жыл бұрын
So much game. I been playing since launch when I can. I'm 98 hours in now and just left the lakes region
@Ekklo2 жыл бұрын
The flail with gravity stomp ash gives it int scaling that makes it a good off hand for early mages. I dig it.
@blurtednonsense56312 жыл бұрын
Every time he said "No one is really using this as a weapon" i hear "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED" in the distance.
@SupremeBeeOverlord2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the logic is that the Briar Shield would block all damage... but it has barbwire all around it including facing you. Get hit get poked
@break1722 жыл бұрын
In defense of the torch, it's a torch!
@fjparasite11722 жыл бұрын
There's a torch that makes animals back up
@break1722 жыл бұрын
@@fjparasite1172 yes, indeed and later in the game it can make invisible enemies appear, but with a special torch I think
@Docsfortune Жыл бұрын
I think the intent of the rickety shield is have one of the lightest parry options you can. This simply means you might have the tightest build possible where you can still parry with a weapon switch and remain at a certain equip load
@Parwitch692 жыл бұрын
Flail is actually a good (backup) weapon. It can break poise. It can strike those crystal and other hard skins. It can proc bleed. It can be imbued with element enchantment magic/item.
@soulsava84562 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not hating on daggers! It feels like every video about weapons just throws them to the side because of short range. Great vid!
@ProtoPrometheus2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Early-game weapons dropped by introductory enemies tend to be weaker. What a revelation.
@EpsteinKilla69 Жыл бұрын
Hearing gameranx call the serpent hunter bad after being killed like 5 times in PvP by a guy wielding one hits deep.
@gearzdesign2 жыл бұрын
The flail is primarily for the crystaline enemies in the mines, Serpent hunter seems to be used in PVP at times due to it's poke length and quick animation, but yes, it's primarily for the boss. The Thorn staff is for the blood/thorn magic that exists in the game, it's VERY useful for those two spells that does crazy damage. There's a few builds that use the thorn staff in the offhand and a glintstone staff in the main hand and you use the two for pretty substantial blood damage. It's niche, but definitely not useless.
@citrusblast4372 Жыл бұрын
Wow is that flail thing true? Ive been using the sledge hammer its one of the few things that worked for me
@krisjohn46682 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, the Flail is my favorite weapon that I've found so far, but I'm only like 40 or 50 hours in.
@blakefenslerjr48582 жыл бұрын
There's one with three flails in on inthe early game that beats this by a lot
@grayaj232 жыл бұрын
The flail has one purpose: It has blood loss and can be got right before going to dragonbarrow to kill that dragon for cheap runes.
@Cannibalize9462 жыл бұрын
Can be got right
@BLeePrit2 жыл бұрын
Nah the morning star is only a few minutes away without a high dex requirement.
@Mr_NightOwl2 жыл бұрын
I have been running the Troll Knights Greatsword. It's a collosal weapon that scales in strength and intelligence, right now at +8 I believe it does 280 Phys, 160 magic plus another 160 added on due to scaling. It's an absolute monster and the trolls roar weapon art Poise breaks almost anything except the biggest bosses. And as a backup I run the astel wing curved sword with the talisman that boosts charged spells and attacks. Battlemage for life baby!!!
@michaelvandenbroek50762 жыл бұрын
I've used the normal flail in the first parts of the game. Pair it with the wild strikes ashes of war and you can basically stun lock in PVP or some bosses and enemies.
@royceb48142 жыл бұрын
I can tell this guy truly loves Elden. Never seen him drop so many videos on a game 😭😭😭♥️
@noahrewis39932 жыл бұрын
I love Gameranx, but it’s clear they are making serious money on these vids. Or they wouldn’t do them. They have bills to pay too
@theakspud2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for content guys, just beat Margit first try! Used the wolves and was level 42 haha.
@gameranxTV2 жыл бұрын
👏
@tjwoffy942 жыл бұрын
I used the jellyfish.
@pulseofme68842 жыл бұрын
Did you just mention summons? Careful fellow elkling, you will anger those above us
@fvrtxd35102 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t count ur bad
@theakspud2 жыл бұрын
Yep used summons and he destroyed them and almost beat my ass too but I got him. That's all I care about haha.
@jacobyoung62632 жыл бұрын
Damm bro this is like the 10th Elden Ring video you've made, don't think I've ever seen you make videos this consistently on 1 game before
@thebombdiggity39412 жыл бұрын
I used the wooden greatshield the whole game my first playthrough, stops heaps of heavy attacks and straight deflects most at a minor cost to health and best of all it only weighs 8 so i could still wear heaps of armor and midroll. Great shields super underrated Also the last shield isnt bad its basically just a easy parry option for no weight cost
@Axtrudithorize2 жыл бұрын
For some reason the torch was the best weapon for me in the game for like my first 30 levels...before I found the claymore and upgraded it
@grimms19162 жыл бұрын
Staff of the guilty is pretty good for hybrid caster builds that focus on faith, especially if youre using a lot of golden order incantations. Those require mainly faith, but also some intelligence. Thrown on staff of the guilty, and you suddenly have access to low-mid tier sorceries that will now be strengthened by your strength and faith
@annslow412 жыл бұрын
Also great for blood sorceries, albeit there are only 2, but they are pretty powerful
@rosseypik1142 жыл бұрын
There are fire sorceries that have faith requirements. From a first glance perspective I see why they added it to the list, but people looking for build variety and capitalizing on lesser used faith sorceries will have a good use for it.
@megamaggotmrh90852 жыл бұрын
The torch is really good against those little piles of flesh and bone. Just like in the Cathedral of the Deep in DS3. Could even be considered as an essential weapon for fighting them.
@marcosdheleno2 жыл бұрын
the torch is also good with cold buildup.
@247HOPALONG2 жыл бұрын
This can also be called "Top 10 Weapons for Trolls in Elden Ring"
@JustAGamerFromGlasgow2 жыл бұрын
This game looks insane!
@nathanhendrickson7902 жыл бұрын
I only ever use ranged weapons to aggro enemies so they'll come to me without bringing their friends with them
@Krimson622 жыл бұрын
I hear everyone saying short spear is bad... But its double-tap R2 is amazing for applying status. The low stat requirements make it really good as a frost weapon. It also is one of the best weapons to mix with rot grease with standard infusions. If paired with a crossbow, you can have a lot of fun with greases.
@sorrycashonly56512 жыл бұрын
Great Serpent Hunter is pretty good. It has very good str scaling and its moveset is really good. It can basically poke from normal attack like a spear, but can also poke from roll attack like Greatsword.
@pulseofme68842 жыл бұрын
Are there any good flail weapons in this game? The flail is my favourite medieval weapon and I want a good one
@TactcalGnome2 жыл бұрын
The Night's Cavalry near Castle Morne drops a three headed flail that builds up bleed damage
@pulseofme68842 жыл бұрын
@@TactcalGnome would it be any good for a faith paladin/templar build?
@fjparasite11722 жыл бұрын
@@pulseofme6884 the Night cavalry only shows up at night.
@pulseofme68842 жыл бұрын
@@fjparasite1172 OK? But I asked if the weapon is any good for a paladin or templar build xD
@MrDeathCell2 жыл бұрын
Dual weld fork hatched is op on boss and bleed proc like crazy. Really good early game bleed weapon if you dont have the katana or other bleed weapon. Equip it with cold ash of war and you get cold and bleed proc so you stun lock most enemy or use any other ash of war because passive bleed carry over.
@sarkaztik32282 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I used it early games and destroyed.
@Julian-or8kf2 жыл бұрын
Guys the spinning flail a AoW is supposed to be used to set up an attack. If you light or heavy attack while spinning it does stronger attacks. The spinning isn’t supposed to be good by itself lmao.
@GuyverU012 жыл бұрын
The early blood loss weapons make taking that sleeping dragon down extremely easy and they take chunks out of its health bar.
@Andre-Almeida2 жыл бұрын
Top 10 best or coolest weapons next?
@gameranxTV2 жыл бұрын
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@fjparasite11722 жыл бұрын
Actual guys that fight with these weapons he imediately started the video by hating the Flail. XD
@hazelmarieb99342 жыл бұрын
as a sorcery main i can tell you that some of the sorceries require faith so staff of the guilty is actually pretty good for certain sorcery builds. i was thinking of making a second astrologer for it actually as my current one is pure int.
@saucysous2 жыл бұрын
There's a torch early on in Castle Moore that has a fire-breathing art of war on it. I use as my left main with a staff in the other.
@iyeetsecurity9222 жыл бұрын
_ALL HAIL THE _*_FLAIL!!!_* It was my main wep for ~45 lvls as a Confessor until I came across something better. *It's fast and has (50) bleed!* I took down many an enemy and a few bosses with it! I highly recommend it for _any_ class starting out.
@Onyx19872 жыл бұрын
YOU FOOLS. The flail's L2 is a setup into a normal or strong attack, how could you miss this?
@Axtrudithorize2 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought too...
@rehfeldt122 жыл бұрын
The Beast Repellant Torch repels Basilisks, Dogs, T-Rex Dogs, Rats, and normal Bears.
@hntr_official Жыл бұрын
I just love how you can completely wreck Rykard with a mimic tear that brings an additional Serpent Hunter haha. That's such a huge burst of damage when used correctly. However, it sadly only works good on Rykard. Regardless of that it's still a cool weapon in terms of lore
@mrdisaster58802 жыл бұрын
Honestly I have yet to find a dagger that doesn’t suck although there’s the blood spear I get from the finger eater that I haven’t use cus I don’t have a arcane build, I’m more focused on faith and intelligence.
@commanderkit-kat93142 жыл бұрын
Then you clearly haven't found Reduvia, good for bleed and Arcane, or Black Knife which has a busted Ash, or the Blade of Calling which is the head for the Black Knifes tails, and you clearly don't dual wield knives
@pearlysplayhouse77612 жыл бұрын
You know why daggers suck so much? The reduvia is ass compared to just putting a blood ash of war with arcane scaling on it. Its really dumb that reduvia is so awful, but actually putting the ash of war on regular dagger lets you scale with arcane, which even without leveling gives you better bleed
@commanderkit-kat93142 жыл бұрын
@@pearlysplayhouse7761 Or. Use the weapons Ash. Which is good for cheesing some bosses with low bleed resist and need to melee. Plus you don't lose health like you do with the normal Ash of War that does the same. Reduvia isn't bad, you're just using it like a dagger when it's more for casting the slash from afar
@doublez48862 жыл бұрын
I literally just use the katana you start with if you choose the samurai
@FalseOrbit2 жыл бұрын
Oh man the classic flail was my first weapon I picked up and its so good against heavily armored enemies because of the strike damage. The short spear is great for dual wielding with another longer spear, especially in pvp. If somebody roll dodges your dual attack, the short spear... being closer to you... might actually roll catch said roll dodger, throw on the spectral lance and you got a neat throwable that breaks posture like crazy.
@GarrettPDGA2 жыл бұрын
I love the flail. I haven't found a better flail yet, but I have the first 2 major bosses beat in 5 tries, so it is working for me. It staggers often on a heavy blow
@josephdurham49502 жыл бұрын
Awww sweet relief from the never ending work day, thx dudes!!
@gameranxTV2 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@samuraigaming95862 жыл бұрын
Your videos help me out sooooo much 🥺. Thank you ☺️
@Papaw.Rooster2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how many more Elden Ring videos I can handle before I'm out.
@javierncc99522 жыл бұрын
There is a centry torch that lets you see invisible enemies and a ghost torch that causes freezing damage.
@owlbusiness2 жыл бұрын
*you know someone will try to speedrun this game again, with the worst weapons and worst spells.* I say GG
@deathbybiscuit2 жыл бұрын
Immediately off the bat categorically wrong. Flail is a good dex weapon early on and causes bleed which one of the most broken status conditions in the game. The ash is pretty bad because of the range and slow movement but it can be used to proc the bleed so it has its uses as well. There's some inspired choices in the list tho. Like the staff that doesn't scale with INT.
@alchemy5750 Жыл бұрын
When I first faced the crucible knight, I quickly realized the fight will boil down to parries, but I've always been horrible at parrying with crest shields. Most of my parry experience I had was with round shields, and the only round shield I had was the rickety shield. It carried me through the fight on like level 4 or 5, so even if that's the worst one, I know from experience it does have its uses.
@Aki-ls2lb2 жыл бұрын
The rickety shield might be nice to equip some throwaway ash of war (storm wall, Thops's Barrier, etc) as it only weighs 1.0. Might be also the lightest parry option there is?
@strawhat80702 жыл бұрын
I used it before the buckler due to its low weight for parry. It was the botw equivalent of a pot lid. Doesn’t matter how strong or weak the shield is if your timing is on point :)