7 Greatest Weapons You Only Got to Use Once

Games giveth, and games taketh away after about 10 minutes. Here are 7 great weapons that you only got to use once. Sad face.
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[@outsidextra]

Wanna keep that cool weapon? Sorry, no. It's gonna be taken away or totally nerfed. Dangit, video games!

[@El_Hodiga]

Ikr

[@barrybend7189]

Model O from Megaman ZX.

[@El_Hodiga]

If you need a weapon suggestion, an rpg in re4, it can only be shot once, even though you can still buy or find another one, good luck getting enough money to buy one or plow through the hordes of enemies just to get that one.

[@finnover9781]

The Battle Armor Dragon Assault Strike System from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. You get to go on a laser-shooting rampage with this beauty for the final mission of the game, and then pow! Main villain blows it up from under you with one shot.

[@barrybend7189]

@@derschwartzadder Geth Pulse Rifle from Mass Effect.

[@stevenn1940]

"Native american hunter fighting velociraptors armed with laser cannons" I foolishly wondered which was armed with laser cannons. Both, of course

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Still, great duology, the Turok games.

[@CubanSpartan]

I wish to hunt the most dangerous game! "Lazer equipped, genetically modified prehistoric apex pack hunters?" I was going to say "man" but now I'm strongly reconsidering.

[@jaredcrabb]

I wish they could be played on the ps4. I miss them.

[@TheYpurias]

On The Eighth Day, God Created Turok

[@LordScottrick]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Cerebral Bore…still one of the coolest weapons ever.

[@joeschmo3844]

The Giant’s Mask in Majora’s Mask is even more exclusive than the fierce deity, as you can only possibly use it in one boss fight area, even though there are definitely other things for which growing to 50 times your normal size would be helpful.

[@aidangomes4170]

Wait what can you actually wear that?

[@lyredrake6761]

As they said, Zelda has a bunch of these. Another great one from BotW's DLC is the aptly named One Hit Obliterator.

[@ryanchurchill5081]

That fish fight would of been far easier

[@kyuubinaruto17]

@@aidangomes4170 It's a dungeon item for the last dungeon, and it can only be used in the boss room since the arena is so ridiculously huge. In the N64 version you just fight like normal but now you're around the boss' size. In the 3ds version you straight up just use your fist's to beat it up, then when it's vulnerable swing it around and slam it's body into the ground.

[@joeschmo3844]

@@ryanchurchill5081 could have just caught it in a giant bottle…

[@frisbo90]

Zelda BOTW DLC: the One-Hit Obliterator. It deals infinite damage, so every enemy die with one hit. But it's a bless you can use it once: it sucks all of your life energy, leaving you with a quarter of heart, so you too die with one hit.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a one-use item in the first "breath of fire" SNES game, the "D-HRT". a character won't let you into the area where the evil emperor is until you find it. it does only a little damage to the emperor, but will knock your "dragon warrior" character down to one hp. but here's the kicker: if you save it for a later battle, where you are forced to fight the dragon warrior's sister, you can use it to knock HER down to one HP, allowing you to defeat her on one round! you even get a bonus for defeating her that way: 9999 exp and gold instead of the usual 8000!

[@tcrpgfan]

It wouldn't qualify as the game specifies 'One time use only.' The obliterator is used three times in different parts of the map.

[@artemiss7106]

@@tcrpgfan yeah but for one quest

[@furiouscorgi4812]

In Splatoon 2's Hero Mode campaign, you fight through DJ Octavio's first 3 phases with the Hero Shot and standard Hero Mode abilities. However, as you enter the fourth phase, Sheldon requests you use a modified Rainmaker, a chargeable missile launcher, and ride on some ride rails to defeat the Octobot, as the Spicy Calamari Inkantation plays in the backround, courtesy of that girl who just got shot in the head by a high-powered sniper rifle. Unlike all other Sheldon Request weapons, you can't replay other levels with it, and in Multiplayer, it has a much smaller range.

[@andymcp4752]

I think Lara Croft may have accidentally been gathering pieces from more than one legendary weapon because ‘Excalibur’ looks to be equal parts sword, axe and xenomorph

[@shadowstallion71]

I was thinking more along the lines of Kain's Soul Reaver

[@snukastyle]

So, Soul Edge?

[@ryanschmidt3319]

And bad. Also equal parts bad.

[@leonardquirm]

That's one of the difficulties of archaeology, you find a bunch of independent dinosaur bones/all powerful weapon pieces and and stick them together thinking they're from the same thing, and before you know it you've invented a new species/uber-weapon.

[@krisd5697]

@@shadowstallion71 you can actually get the soul reaver too

[@creativedesignation7880]

Can we get "7 "great" weapons you had to use in a quest that were actually awful compared to what you had equipped" next?

[@worthasandwich]

This video contains spoilers for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim...

[@ianrose6218]

@@worthasandwich I can already name at least four weapons from Skyrim alone, and if I thought hard about it, we might reach double digits.

[@clockworkmonsters8590]

The Borderlands games have a ton of these. It was worse when you had to fight some kind of boss with an objectively suck weapon, knowing you've got good ones you aren't allowed to use!

[@Cunnysmythe]

Great idea Cyberpunk 2077 did this to me the other day

[@adamk8639]

It's more obscure, but for me it was Wing Commander on the SNES. The ships you start out with have weaker guns but have the longest range and take the least amount of energy. Later you get "upgraded" to strong guns, but they have short range and run out of energy quick. I always preferred the original ships with their blue balls... of energy.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

The empowered Gravity Gun from the last level of Half Life 2. It was so fun to use.

[@ARCWuLF]

The Hyper Beam from "Super Metroid" on the SNES is such a weapon; you get it during the second half of the last battle, it absolutely devestates the final boss (Mother Brain), and will blow up previously indestructible walls as you escape from planet Zebes in the end... So you have it for like, 5 minutes tops.

[@MajorTeag]

Yeah, that was the first weapon that came to mind for me with this list. Even more tragic is that it costs the life of the Baby Metroid. It's a sad moment and so satisfying as you rip Mother Brain to shreds with the Hyper Beam.

[@Kanerudo]

Same with the omega cannon in Metroid Prime Hunters in the secret second phase if the final battle. At least we had a nerved hyper mode in Metroid Prime 3 Spoiler The Metroid suit canon from Metroid Dread also fits perfectly. This is by far the most powerful version of all her hyper beams

[@garkr]

Thank you! Best example weapon example for the category because not only did it happens so early in video game history, but also because it absolutely nailed it.

[@ggEmolicious]

….Zelda…..his whole body is glowing, you’re gonna have to be more specific than ‘glowing area’

[@Baeraad]

That was my thought too.

[@marhawkman303]

@@Baeraad Well only SOME parts are glowing yellow. :p

[@fart_smella1]

YOU GOTTA BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT, ZELDA, HIS ENTIRE FREAKING BODY IS GLOWING

[@joshuahunt3032]

“The spots that are glowing gold rather than scarlet, Link”

[@emberthefox4951]

Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess!

[@charlottejansen2349]

The smart pistol in Titanfall 2. You get to use it once in the ending sequence. It has a multiplayer version but that one isn't so great.

[@that_deadeyegamer7920]

Multiplayer versions of campaign weapons always suck.

[@nora7631]

literally what I was thinking! I absolutely love that level, it's so fun to run n gun grunts

[@tylerrauch7920]

Came here to say this. Was shocked this one was overlooked tbh, that sequence is one of the most fun levels in gaming

[@TheMetalheadWeeb]

Good one

[@JoshWalker]

I was thinking of this, too! Titanfall 2 is such a great game

[@DeverellWatson]

The orbital strike targeting laser from Mass Effect 3 would have mowed through enemies far too easily, but it would have been soooo much fun

[@Tielesiti]

the Bow of Light from Zelda: A Link Between Worlds comes to mind here; it's a similar sort of thing with the Breath of the Wild version, with the added detail of this Bow of Light being the only weapon you can use while merged into a wall

[@midnights2631]

I loved using that bow

[@davidpotts7116]

7:15 Me, a fan of Arthurian legends whenever someone says Arthur pulled Excaliber from the stone. It was not “Excaliber, the King’s Sword” it was “Caliburn, the Sword in the Stone”. When Arthur broke Caliburn, Merlin took the sword and Arthur to the lake to have it reforged into Excaliber. The names even tell which they are - Caliburn (likely derived of Latin word “chalybs”) means “steel” while Excaliber means “cut-steel”. Edit: okay, so a lot of yall have been saying that in this version of the myth that they are the same sword. In this version, that’s not entirely true. The version I’m most familiar with, and likely the same version that the game is referencing, treats the reforging as a rebirth, a reflection of Arthur’s maturity from a boy to a real king. It’s reflected in the names, when the sword is reforged it receives the title “the King’s Sword” instead of retaining its former title “the Sword in the Stone.” I guess should have been more specific, but I figured it was clear by the change in name and title.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

I had actually commented that on a video from Eurogamer's Alien Isolation let's play and really surprised people with it

[@macdjord]

Depends on which version of the myth you're reading. The earlier ones only have a single sword. Overly Sarcastic Productions has a video on it.

[@BogeyTheBear]

Caladbolg. Hardened lightning. Still better than Dyrnwyn, from -Bewitched- an Arthurian legend surrounding Merlin. The sword's magical property was it would burst into flame. Sounds awesome, right? Except that when the blade did ignite-- which it did when held by anyone other than its rightful owner (Merlin's brother-in-law, by the way)-- _reality ensued._ Dyrnwyn was literally too hot to handle.

[@dairoleon2682]

Thank you for explaining that. I didn't actually know the difference. I thought "Excalibur" was just the name everyone used for what they thought was Caliburn and the new name got more popular than the old one.

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

@The Gaming Meta Wrong character, Alister was the one in Tomb Raider, but I mean, they're practically the same person.

[@singsong7874]

You’re forgetting Bowser from Mario Odyssey. While he’s technically not a weapon, playing as him felt ridiculous and almost illegal.

[@BlueGriffin20]

Or in Bower’s inside story. You piloted him like a giant mech from the inside (kinda)

[@BlaqRainFresh]

They didn't forget anything. There was a list of 7, and the picked 7.

[@singsong7874]

@@BlaqRainFresh What I mean is it wasn’t included. If they make another list, this would be good to include

[@zachg.4251]

The Oseram Canon from Horizon Zero Dawn could definitely count here since it's used twice but it's fully possible to never use it at all since it's unlocked in a side quest and then in the final quest of the game's story

[@recino2]

Related, you guys should do a list of gear that you only get once you've proven you in no way need it. For example, the string of beads in Okami is cool, makes you basically invincible, gives you 10 times power, and means that you've done everything in the game.

[@bluegem8582]

And of course, you can only complete it once you beat the final boss, where the only thing to use it on is ng+ Least you get all the different transformations if you manage the requirements for them as well

[@Tirza_]

Apple of Eden, Assassin's Creed series? No stabbing or throwing knives, just blast em with alien tech.

[@ghostderazgriz]

Beat me to it.

[@pepperonipierza9547]

I was going to say Leonardo's tank from AC: Brotherhood. For me, I just though that was the most fun one-use weapon in the games, especially since I felt it was more interactive than the Apple, which was more "raise hand holding it and everyone dies". Even at the mission's end, Ezio says, "I wish I could keep you." before he proceeds to blow it up. On the bright side, you can replay missions in most of the games, so you could keep reloading the memory to your heart's content.

[@ddjsoyenby]

they lied to us!

[@TierRune]

If by "alien" you mean foreign and unknown, then sure. The First Civilization (Precursors, Those Who Came Before, Isu, etc) existed on Earth before humanity, but it was never stated that they were extraterrestrial in origin.

[@chrisrobinson414]

How about the end of AC3 when Desmond can pick up a gun? Second most powerful item next to the AoE.

[@Donnerjkks]

"we promise not to take away from you" *Jane running in* "I made no such promise!"

[@lordwisehammer]

The target painter you get on Rannoch in Mass Effect 3, directing the firepower of an orbiting fleet is pretty damn cool.

[@valor1omega]

Doesn't count as a weapon to be honest. The mobile nuke launcher was better

[@NGrochala]

Let's talk about the AT-AT in Fallen Order. In a game where there's a lot of repeating areas you only get one chance to wreak havoc through an Imperial force until the walker breaks.

[@lsynno]

"A ray of hope that appears just after these rays of despair." Bravo, that's Shakespeare levels of wordplay.

[@KizMyname]

5:15

[@creativedesignation7880]

That is not surprising, as Oxtra has Luke working for them, who has being William Shakespeare as one of his personality traits.

[@atgosh]

He's definitely 'raysing' the bar for witticisms

[@sgtraytango]

Ray Sunshine deserves only the finest witticisms.

[@maxgoesracing]

Where's the Target Locator from Halo: Reach. The worst part is they don't even take it away from you until the end of the mission, you're forced to use until it just runs out of ammo and then you can't get anymore ammo for it.

[@Hybridchld]

But you don't get to use it once, there are at least 5 of them in the campaign. Sword Base, 2 on the Package, Pillar of Autumn and Lone Wolf.

[@jbz4788]

Iirc it does actually (very slowly) recharge it’s shots on it’s own but only if you haven’t used it all up.

[@maxgoesracing]

@@jbz4788 @Stephen Fox I was hoping you didn't notice that. But isn't Sword Base the only time you get basically handed one or did I really just not pay attention.

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

@@maxgoesracing Yeah you kinda have to find the others in either a strategic weapons drop or on a dead marine. I think The Pillar of Autumn's is on a roof when you first arrive at the shipyard.

[@Viking648]

There is a cheat code that lets you use Excalibur in other levels, but a) I will never complain about Ellen fan-girling over Legend, and b) I will never object to any mention of Excalibur, especially when accompanied by my favorite line in any video game: “THEY WERE TWO BLOODY DIFFERENT SWORDS!” Also, I am 100% here for the whole swordid aswordment of sword puns.

[@marlin2131]

the upgraded gravity gun in the final chapter of hl2 is absolutely incredible to use

[@the_shadow_hog]

The AT-AT walker on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order was like 10 minutes of geeking out, laughing and spreading destruction in hours and hours of otherwise lightsaber-based combat.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of one level that was the opposite: in "jedi academy", one level starts with your character getting captured and disarmed (not literally). so you have NO LIGHTSABER for the entire level. oh, there's one area in that level where you can drive an AT-ST for a while, but it entirely optional.

[@butwhataboutdragons7768]

@@ericb3157 Highly underrated game, that. Possibly because of the name, which makes it sounds like a boring training sim. Force throwing people off ledges or lightsabering them to bits (with the cheat code) never got old. And yeah, though that non-lightsaber level gets some grief, it was one of my favorites because of that one part where you can slaughter mooks with an At-ST.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@butwhataboutdragons7768 especially if you have issues with an enemy and you can just...crash them Into oblivion

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@butwhataboutdragons7768 also transformers fall of cybertron where you get to be Optimus...its AWESOME

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

@@butwhataboutdragons7768 When I heard they were making Fallen Order, I literally prayed to a god I don't believe in that it would have all that sweet Jedi Academy mass lightsaber on lightsaber combat, but with modern polish. God once again disappointed me with his non-existence when it came out and there were like.. 3 1x1 lightsaber duels in quite a few hours of gameplay, and they weren't even particularly good lol.

[@corneredbadger]

The enhanced gravity gun from Half-life 2, all you're other guns are stripped away by the security field but you're now able pick up people and shoot their friends with them. Which probably makes some confusing forensics

[@jtenorj]

I was looking for this. Also, in HL2 Episode One you start with the Super Gravity Gun, only to have it downgraded back to normal early on. Cool at first, then not so cool.

[@jeremycheney142]

Id never even considered the forensics behind using people as bullets.

[@jtenorj]

@@jeremycheney142 I imagine a detailed forensic analysis would prove difficult given both the bullet and the the target have a tendency to disintegrate on impact.

[@pwer5952]

​@@jeremycheney142 tchg

[@poddiadv8538]

There are also the easy to obtain Ebony Arrows of Slaying in Morrowind's expansion. Some generous soul left a handful of those for anyone wanting to erase their foes. 5 Arrows and each deals 5000 damage. As a comparison legendary weapons might be able to reach an impressive 60-70 base damage per attack..

[@rodefshalom]

“…a ray of hope after these rays of despair” has to be one of the best turn of phrase/puns I’ve heard in a while. Hats off to you, Luke. Edit: I take it all back. “Sword-id affair” wins best pun. Jeez you guys are on point today. Edit: oh my God, I just can’t… “Now that’s some fly fishing!”

[@OzMee]

Came to the comments for this! "Fly-fishing/git gud shrub?" Premium content! Edit: autocorrect...

[@antonyduhamel1166]

Of course the sword pun won. When it comes to bad puns, you can't beat cutting-edge technology.

[@ryanweible9090]

it was subtle, but as they were doing cheese puns in the RE one, her comment of "i Camembert" it was appreciable and legally actionable.

[@Nelsn3]

In Infamous 2, main character Cole has been draining the city of power whenever he needed to fill his batteries, but it just so happens that a MASSIVE thunder storm hits the city just in time for a particularly charged mission and Cole gets access to unlimited overwhelming power just for being out in the rain.

[@Kyber1138]

Damn, I miss that game...

[@ANGELSTR1KE]

A great game and an outstandingly fun fight.

[@mimictear6788]

Which is weird, because the game goes to great length to get you to believe Cole will explode if he ever touches water again in his life.

[@GearShotgun]

@@mimictear6788 he can walk through puddles at least, so maybe its not *all* water, just anything deep enough for him to get submerged in?

[@neonicon8500]

Is that Second Son? That's the one I played and it was alright. Didn't make me want to play any of the other ones, but it was decent enough and short for me to play a second time to 100% it. Very elementary game though. You run, jump, and blast the bad guys. The "evil run" gave you much better abilities in my opinion.

[@kingofthebottleshooters5805]

I have to say, I'd forgotten being able to wield Excalibur in Tomb Raider, but I have fond memories of blasting enemies off a boat with Mjolnir in Underworld.

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

And can we just take a moment to appreciate how incredible almost all of the in-game comms dialogue is in Legend? Yes, Tomb Raider has always been about being out there, alone, but if it had to go the opposite direction, it was executed perfectly in Legend.

[@stewartwatkins1443]

What about the Hyper Beam from Super Metroid? It's a shame you have to escape the planet once you get it, but for those few moments, it was gratifying to destroy everything in your path.

[@DasingerVoice]

The dual-wielding of the Oathkeeper and Oblivion keyblades in Kingdom Hearts 352/2 days slices through Neoshadows like two lightsabers through butter near the game's finale. You can eventually equip gear that LOOKS the same, but not even close to the same stats.

[@ColetheFlame01]

oddly enough my favorite combo in KH2 for Master and Valor form was indeed dual wielding Oathkeeper and Oblivion as I always viewed Oathkeeper as the bond between Sora and Kaira, and Oblivion for Sora and Riku. So wielding them both made it feel very nice having Sora's friends always by his side.

[@MrHarryGray]

“Then threw you in hot magma” Ah yes but who’s magma was it ?

[@creativedesignation7880]

Is this your magma?

[@plattbagarn]

Hot magma in your area.

[@SendirianAja]

magma balls lmao

[@spectrevampire]

Dr. Evil: Liquid hot mag-MA!

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

It is in the fish tank.

[@SymbioteMullet]

8:09 cornwall does have a legendary sea monster, it's called Morgawr! Not shocked you haven't heard of it though. Also, I appreciated the sword joke.

[@lenlimbo]

9:01 It doesn't specify the color of the light, or that it also cleaves doors, but it IS known for cleaving mountains with a bright light in a single slash, so yeah, Excalibur in the legend kinda does that.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of the "book of swords" novels by Fred Saberhagen. 12 super-powered swords with unique enchantments...and some had unique weaknesses. one was "Stonecutter", which could cut stone like butter, but was no better than an ordinary sword for combat.

[@raphaeldd9058]

Mass Effect 3's Orbital Targeting Laser. Would have gotten very useful in the final reaper fight.

[@johnkisir1456]

All the heavy weapons are one use ME3. Plus there hard to find and on the ground in few levels.

[@BrotherMag]

@@johnkisir1456 I hated the one use big weapon use but the weapon i got from surkesh more than made up for it

[@KrazyArrows]

I was looking for this lol 😂. A serious design flaw, something maintenance doesn’t want you to know.

[@bluedragonfly8139]

Right?! AND it equips *immediately*, so if you accidentally shoot something else, you're screwed!

[@clairet-rex]

Oh no. Luke’s gonna be real mad when he inevitably plays DS3 and gets to Yhorm….

[@earmite100]

Exactly!

[@420sakura1]

He can't get past the "tutorial boss".

[@KristieMJM]

haha! I had the same thought

[@nonaG123]

i see a lot of versions of this comment... it's most likely due to demon's souls getting a ps5 remaster and it being considerably easier than all of dark souls so perhaps it's the only one he's actually played enough to know well

[@clairet-rex]

@@nonaG123 Luke’s said before that he’s not played DS3 yet beyond the first hour or so. He’s done DS, Bloodborne and Sekiro so far (And the Demon Souls remake).

[@lilthreegame7991]

Kid Icarus uprising is still one of my favorite games of all time and the online PvP was so much fun I remember spending hours playing it, staying up till sunrise before I'd have to go to school. I wish there would be a follow up game but I know that's not likely.

[@beesforbreakfast]

Super Metroid’s endgame murderbeam. Enjoy your ninety seconds with the damage hose, because that’s how long Zebes has left to exist

[@pixelgrits894]

LOL "feel more plaster sword than master sword" This is the gold we came here for :D

[@rayneclouds223]

I think he said “feel more plaster board than master sword”

[@darrenlenz6401]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Alucard starts with his heirloom armour and weaponry. Uses it against some zombies and wolves, then the equipment is taken away by Death, a couple minutes in. Sure, you can find that heirloom equipment later, but it still feels like it is ripped away!

[@speedythdead]

By the time you get the equipment back the only real useful item is the shield when coupled with the shield rod or the sword that does the same thing, because who doesn't have the crisagrim by the time you get the Alucard sword back.

[@RageUnchained]

*laughs in warg glitch*

[@fyreoblar]

@@RageUnchained I always used the back slide glitch

[@heyyitscameronj]

For some reason, one of my favorite line deliveries in all of the Tomb Raider franchise is “… as in take the M5 to the A30 Cornwall?” and I always wondered if that was actually the best route to take. (I’ve never left the US, mind you) 😅

[@awoken8infinite]

while I actually enjoyed the weapon degradation in BotW (I thought it lent something to the combat, meaning we had to get used to using more weapons, instead of choosing a main like I would in something like DKS) but I would have liked the iconic weapons to be unbreakable (like the master sword and shield)

[@Christopher-md7tf]

The Master Sword *is* unbreakable. And the Hylian Shield has such high durability that you basically don't have to worry about it.

[@jestbi]

master sword is unbreakable, but it has a timer before use again.l

[@gamedifficulty_4230]

How about Splatoon 2’s Ammo Knights Rainmaker, given to you only in the very last phase of the very last boss? Then again, it doesn’t seem to make too much of a difference compared to your regular weapons, so maybe it’s more suited to “7 Apparently Powerful Weapons that we were Honestly Doing Fine Without, Thank You”

[@jaredcrabb]

That sounds like a good video idea.

[@MurkyBackground404]

Definitely the Diety’s Mask in Majora’s Mask. I mean, technically you can use it during boss battles, but as you need to get all the other masks in the game and do the hide and seek side quest in the moon, you’ll have already defeated the other bosses in the game, so you can only really use it during the final boss, Majora. And it totally makes the battle much, much easier…

[@LadyOnikara]

That's why I like the 3DS version. You can also use it in both fishing holes!

[@TylerInTraining]

This is a stretch, but in "Metal Arms: Glitch in the System" you have a mechanic which allows you to hijack and remote control enemy robots. The first part of the final boss fight actually has you hijack the big bad himself, who's invulnerable and the size of an office building, and you get to have a blast just stomping every single enemy in the game that tries to swarm you in a panic when they realize their general has been taken over. You can kind of do this in multiplayer mode but it's a different setup there.

[@pizzazzio6572]

Guardian Tales' Master Sword reference, the master blade. You find it in the first world and absolutely decimate a group of enemies that appear immediately after picking it up, only for a blacksmith to break it shortly after the fight is over.

[@codym4340]

Luke has used all the Demon’s Souls weapons, like the long sword, the claymore, the claymore, the claymore and the storm ruler (a claymore with a special attack)

[@KyuubiDragon4]

"And your name is?" "I'm Thor." "You're 'Thor'?" "Well, it hurts." "Once again this whole broadcast has been brought to you by SAND! It's everywhere! Get used to it!"

[@Yasuda9000]

Aladdin and the King of Thieves.

[@enlongjones2394]

“Well, it hurth”. The lisp is what makes the punchline work.

[@calebdaily1049]

I thought the Earth wasn't supposed to shake until the honeymoon

[@dairoleon2682]

@@enlongjones2394 "Oneth again, thith whole broadcatht hath been brought to you by THAND! It'th everywhere! Get uthed to it!"

[@theyorkrose5274]

Classic underrated movie

[@SilverFoxR]

How about the upgraded Gravity Gun in Half Life 2? In part 1, the gun gets bombarded with energy and is capable of tearing through (and throwing around) everything in sight. In part 2, you start with it, but it loses it's power. So, in both games, you use it once and that's it.

[@MajorTeag]

Yes, that was so fun. I loved grabbing the enemies and tossing them around like ragdolls heh. Tossing the energy balls too. Especially during the final part, as the leader goes crazy as you basically overload the reactor.

[@grimdagoblinmain]

Storm Ruler also made an appearance in DS3, where it was only useful for Yorhm the Giant but absolute shit anywhere else. Scratch that, it was absolutely necessary for Yorhm, as he has the highest damage resistance and in higher NG's the highest health

[@cjmoss51]

Whats more is that even in the Demons Souls remake it was unblockable. So if you were invaded you could reliably either pull out the Babys nail or the Storm ruler to defend yourself no matter how well or ill equipped you were. As long as you had either weapon you could fight. The Storm ruler can reliably knock invaders off the ledge in multiple worlds if they were too much of a bother.

[@ch1caine]

Nemesis will be forever known as "world's angriest trashbag" in my mind now 😂

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

Tell him that after you face him in Dead by Daylight.

[@stevenn1940]

@@AlmightyPolarBear Specifically, you say it in the post game chat, after tbagging at the exit gate

[@maxvel0city906]

I'd just like to raise my hat in appreciation for Luke's Pup rising Joke and Ellen's bop it joke. Both had me howling with laughter.😂👍💜 To Luke and Ellen the best comedy duo.

[@TKmeh]

What about the grog nozzle from Borderlands 2? It’s one of the best Moxxi weapons with its OP healing, literally only if you were around for a certain hunt a few years ago was your only chance to keep on if you had a save. It’s also always slag, priceless in UVHM where slag does x3 damage for follow shots, lasts longer than in TVHM and NVHM, and is only available if you accept one mission in tiny Tina’s DLC. Once that mission is complete and turned in, you lose the best healing weapon in the game plus the added drunk effect that can cause you to shoot more projectiles even in your damn saw blade technical.

[@ericb3157]

oh, they recently made a video called "side quests you should never finish." simply do NOT turn in that mission and you get to keep it! they also mentioned the Skeleton Key in Skyrim.

[@nunyeh]

I'd add Anathema from Divinity: Original Sin 2. A big sword with a lot of damage that breaks after one use. But you can choose what to use it on.

[@noddler217]

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Water Sword. Literally found in the room before the final boss, assuming you got all the life upgrades in the game - and one of those was a right sod to find, in my experience - and made absolute mincemeat of that Dhaka. Pity New Game Plus wasn't a thing in PS2 times, that water sword would've been hilarious to use against mooks.

[@areacua95]

You can use it way before the final boss. You can pick it before turning into the sandwraith

[@noddler217]

@@areacua95 Huh. My bad. (In my defence, not played the thing in about 20 years or so, so the memory's hazy at best).

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Hope the SoT trilogy gets a proper rerelease/remake with far better gameplay mechanics.

[@NEETKitten]

New Game Plus was introduced in Chrono Trigger on the SNES. It existed, prince of Persia just didn't use it.

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

@@areacua95 You can also accidentally throw it away and lose it for good.

[@IanWatson]

Spoilers for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines: In VTM Bloodlines, the final fight is against the Sheriff, a rather large vampire. In stage one, he teleports around the map (usually behind you) and slashes at you with what is basically a Buster sword, the same sword he used to behead your sire at the beginning of the game. Then he turns into a giant bat and carries you out onto the rooftop of the Venture tower. In the Plus version of the Unofficial Patch, if you look through the rubble where he dropped you, you can find his sword. The item description is "You shouldn't have this! But now you do." It's not hugely overpowered, but it does have much greater range than the other swords in the game, which makes it useful for getting rid of the vampire minions that keep running after you while you're trying to deal with the Sheriff.

[@poisonmantis4191]

ah, that sword. i was having trouble with the combat of that fight (to be fair, i also had trouble with all the combat in the game) and i remember being *very* angry i'd missed the sword, especially since i'd made a note of needing to grab it from a guide, got carried away with the game, and completely forgot.

[@garysimmons3362]

The divine dragoon stone from Legend of Dragoon deserves a mention. You get it just as you're about to face the final boss.

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

That "short and swordid affair" joke was brilliant, written or spoken.

[@tmmaster6904]

Watch dogs 2 had a giant machine gun wielding spider tank, and you only get to use it once

[@Jordan-kq3qw]

I honestly thought there would be more spider tanks in Watch Dogs Legion, maybe as the final tier of that class with the spiderbots. But no, so i live in hope that it gets its own game or at least appears in something in the future.

[@Ahrpigi]

BotW's Light Bow is the *second* most desirable ranged weapon. Ancient Arrows with the bonus damage from the Ancient Armor set and attack boost food outshine it by a reasonable margin

[@nuffin7411]

From a pure damage per hit perspective, yes. However, the Bow of Light doesn't require ammunition and is unbreakable (so no need for spares). And you can theoretically also use attack boost food with it, so that part doesn't factor into it at all. Fun fact: A glitch exists in the game that allows players to keep the bow when starting a new game after getting it in the Beast Ganon fight (together with everything else from your inventory). It's just a pain to set up.

[@J0hnB09]

Also ancient arrows work the same against dark beast Gannon as the bow of light/light arrows.

[@mr_dino4222]

Divine Dragoon Spirit from Legend of Dragoon. It gives you a giant mech armor with a cannon arm, you deal completely unresistable damage at high values, and by the time the story gives it to you, the only thing left actually worth using it on is the final boss.

[@Serachja]

Ciri when she masters the time-space fighting is also noticeably insane. There is a weapon in divinity original sin 2 that breaks with one hit but could do a lot of damage if used and buffed right

[@Omnianverse]

Claude's phase gun in Star Ocean: Second Story. You start with it and it breaks in like the first 10 min of gameplay

[@IWasCaptainPanda]

In fairness, I recall that hacking the Phase Gun into later parts of the game reveal it to get out-paced pretty quickly in terms of usefulness even then.

[@sswishbone]

Persona 5 - Satanael's Sinful Shell. You mean I can't summon a skyscraper sized Persona with a hand cannon that Dirty Harry would cream himself at the chance of holding whenever I want? For shame game, for shame!

[@ddjsoyenby]

you can fuse him though.

[@jonhenri5625]

But without the God gun. (Sad)

[@sswishbone]

@@ddjsoyenby yup but no Sinful shell :( Bit like how in Persona 4 Golden you can fuse Izanagi-no-Okami but Myriad Truths is useless other than final boss... Still Persona 5 Royal showed how broken that move is XD

[@mr_dino4222]

It's not just a hand cannon. If you look at the design of the stock/trigger, and length of the barrel, it's a lever action rifle. That's held and fired from one hand. At point blank range.

[@Moonvey]

The mic from Kirby is a really good one.

[@SerathDarklands]

The complete Nobitsura Kage from the 2013 _Shadow Warrior_ reboot. You spend the whole game pursuing the pieces of this legendary blade, and you get the final piece at the very end of the penultimate level, finally assembling the legendary sword that can literally kill gods. Then the game lets you murder a few fodder enemies with it, lets you fight one boss with it, and then the game ends. I wouldn't be so salty if you could keep the completed blade in new game plus mode, but no, even in new game plus, you start with a basic sword.

[@dynastygirl2912]

Arceus in Pokémon Conquest, you can get him permanently in the very last unlocked chapter but the base game you only get him for ONE battle

[@jaredcrabb]

Thats out already? I thought it released in november.

[@dynastygirl2912]

@@jaredcrabb Pokémon Conquest you numbskull. It was a DS game

[@WolfRider2002]

If you count the lightning chariot, Kid Icarus Uprising has three weapons that you only use once

[@gorimbaud]

Cornwall is really the least weird place you might find a piece of Excalibur, since it is, according to legend, the birthplace of King Arthur.

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

I remember playing MS Saga: A New Dawn and finding a rare enemy with a droppable weapon called the Heavy Hammer. At this stage in the game, most weapons had a 60-90 base damage; this weapon has *199* base damage (at the cost of -80 speed and requiring 3 EN per turn to use). I gave it to the main character, whose special (Boost) attacks let him do even more damage with the weapon against the Big Zam. Never used it again, simply because all of the bosses after this point were simply too fast to reasonably use it against them).

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

The Bow of Light Final Boss is actually reoccuring like how in Link Between Worlds you get the Biw of Light which stuns Yuganon out of the walls so that you can attack him with the Master Sword.

[@katherinebarber711]

Despite them apparently being 'necessary' in the final Ganon fight, I never used horses in BotW. They were too damn slow compared to just climbing and gliding everywhere. Having beaten Champion's Ballad, I spawned into the Ganon fight on some random horse, immediately dismounted, and summoned the coolest of bikes. Best Boss Ever.

[@ColetheFlame01]

Now that is how you flex on a final boss fight. Reminds me of how I went into xcom 2's final mission with a sniper that could kill 10 enemies in one turn and never miss, a templar with blade storm and enough damage to kill any swarm with one move, and a ranger who did 20 damage a hit both with shotgun and katana just because. yeah I've never seen Avatars drop so fast.

[@katherinebarber711]

@@ColetheFlame01 Final boss fights are always easier than they 'should' be when you actually want to experience as much of the game as possible first. Still amazes me that devs think this is weird...

[@metalafk1814]

Dragon Buster from Legend of Dragoon. The fact that it killed a party member earlier in the game makes it bittersweet though.

[@speelydan]

Final Fantasy 3-slash-6 on SNES. When for a few brief moments you got to play as General Leo with his 4-attack sword and his Shock ability. I still remember my childish "oh WOW, this is SO COOL!" reaction the first time I got to try that. And I was SO MAD when they took it away from me like 30 seconds later.

[@johnathanpowell6128]

"...makes this unlike any other battle in From Software history..." well maybe except in Dark Souls 3 where you use a sword called the Storm Ruler to fight Yhorm the Giant by channeling huge blasts of storm energy, ending the fight quickly and easily, after which the sword is a woefully underpowered hunk of junk with poor durability. ;)

[@sharlesdaviskendy2391]

You should list to the end of that sentence you quoted…

[@terryeinstien3155]

@@sharlesdaviskendy2391 What are you trying to say? Johnathan was pointing out that the Yhorm fight, if you choose to use Storm Ruler, is functionally identical to the Storm King fight: super easy/no stakes, but looks and feels cool as all hell, hence the reason he quoted Luke's claim of "... unlike any other battle in From Software History..."

[@hariodinio]

And on the pure visual spectacle part. Divine dragon is another example

[@sharlesdaviskendy2391]

@@terryeinstien3155 How did that sentence end. Just type it all out here for me and let me know how if you see anything interesting.

[@terryeinstien3155]

@@sharlesdaviskendy2391 what part of "super easy but looks and feels cool as hell" doesn't gel with "pure visual spectacle and zero frustration" to you?

[@Brasc]

*Ellen:* Gah, I Camembert it... *Me:* Agh! I need assistance! My eyes rolled so hard they're stuck looking at the side of my head!

[@4whomittolz846]

Titanfall 2's Time gauntlet that lets you instantly timetravel between the past and the future to beat the level in 2 timelines at once.

[@sarunokoguard211]

I've got one for this. In the game Tales of Symphonia for gamecube, PS2, and later re-released with its meh sequel as a collection on PS3, there is a set of 9 weapons, one for each of the party members, called the Devil Arms. You pick these up throughout the game as a side quest, at the end of which you fight the hardest boss in the game Abyssion. After the grueling boss fight which is nigh impossible with 1 player, you unlock these weapons'full potential. They show negative stats when you equip them, but in combat, they deal as much damage per hit as the character associated with that weapon has gotten in the game. And this damage only goes up in subsequent play through, as the new game + option gives you the option to keep your combat data from the previous game, including all stored kills. Which means, that these weapons have the potential to deal thousands of damage per hit if you store your combat data for multiple games in a row. However, you get the very last Devil Arm weapon, which I believe is the greaves weapon, in the very last stage of the game in pretty much the end sequence of the game, meaning that you can only engage the Abyssion boss fight shortly before the final boss fight, at which point, theres almost no reason to use them.

[@szalhi]

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon. The killstar, a laser that fuels from your health, but at a really favourable ratio. Also an actual Battle Armoured Dragon Assault Strike System.

[@axlejones6281]

while you lose the dragon you do actually get to keep the killstar for use in the open world and side content

[@jonahfalcon1970]

The targeting laser you used to kill the Reaper on Rannoch in Mass Effect 3.

[@curtisnucmed]

That’s a good one

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

The whole fleet might not count as "a weapon", but I do think it should be the exception, because that fight is fuckin' sick, especially that end bit that makes it look so damn close.

[@mnemonichotpocket]

I've always loved the little jazz piano riff for the spoiler alerts...

[@harrisonboraas6812]

In ME3, there was a weapon you get only one time when you return to Earth. It can take down a Reaper in 1 or 2 shots. All I'm saying is that the game would've been much shorter if everyone had one of those!

[@R-T_BK79]

That sounds like the M-920 CAIN a.k.a. the Nuke Launcher

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@R-T_BK79 It's not as OP as they made it out to be, and it barely did damage to the reapers

[@gamesandglory1648]

technically, those were "hades cannons" not reapers, maybe they weaker for some reason

[@castelau103]

In honour of Legendary Edition - the targeting system (technically a weapon?) that allows you to nuke a goddamn reaper with a fleets worth of ship canons in Mass Effect 3. Could have done with that trick for so many other enemies in the game.

[@willieoelkers5568]

While I know there's a long list of reasons why it wouldn't be practical, I love the idea of just dropping an orbital strike on Kai Leng's head. I'll settle for anvil though. No wait, a frozen turkey, then an anvil.

[@castelau103]

@@willieoelkers5568 YES, if ever a bad guy deserved the excessiveness of an orbital strike, it's Kai Leng. I'm gonna suggest dropping Grunt, a frozen turkey and then the anvil. Triple threat, make sure he's well and truly squashed.

[@liu6740]

Fun fact, Zelda saying Ganon has "given up on reincarnation" is actually a mistranslation from the Japanese line. She was supposed to say that this form is his "refusal to give up on reincarnation." But speaking of Breath of the Wild, what about the one-hit obliterator? Sure it was pretty double edged, but that thing was awesome.

[@tcrpgfan]

Obliterator had three areas it was used in, so it wouldn't count. This list is about weapons you find in one area, are absurdly OP, but are only used in one very small part of the game.

[@liu6740]

@@tcrpgfan It was used in three spots on the Great Plateau, so I believe that that would count as one area.

[@jasonmarin8187]

Should do a video about video game weapons that aren't actually needed. Let me start you off. In the video game "The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time", you can get the ice arrow from the Gerudo's fortress. The thing about the weapon is, you don't need to use it for anything at all.

[@TodellisuusFeidaa]

The Heavyguard segment in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. You spend most of the game hiding from and ambushing guards more heavily armed than you, until for a short but oh so sweet period of time you get to stomp your way through the Corporate Office level in a huge mech armed with a crapton of firepower and a snarky AI mowing down squads of terrified guards hopelessly trying to stop your rampage while panicky warnings of your mechanical judgement echo through the hall speakers. Oh the beauty and the joy.

[@Brian-tn4cd]

"Unlike any From Soft game" so never mind Yhorm who copies that the fight with storm ruler itself, or for spectacle's sake what about the Divine dragon from Sekiro, i still come back to that one

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

Dragon's Dogma is especially annoying because it makes you fight a god after giving you a Godsbane blade but you can only use it on yourself IF you win and become a god for complicated Lore reasons. TL;DR you get a blade that can kill a god, but only if that god is you and you jump through the nonsensical hoops necessary to become a god in the first place.

[@Karak-_-]

It was not a weapon but a plot thing and "quick load".

[@SapphireDragon357]

I love that your tl;dr is just as long as the post.

[@jaredcrabb]

The ultimate weapon in that game is blast arrows:D

[@lexiconwaffle]

"Light up the megapig!" may be the best quote ever.

[@sashasavira4404]

Jehuty's Final Form from Zone of the Enders 2. Given all the same abilities as your ultimate nemesis, and all the firepower you acquired from the game itself.

[@DanteneNyx]

Genuinely thought you were going to continue the “Bop It!” joke when you got to the Finger…

[@marhawkman303]

tug it?

[@estoericaferret]

That would have gotten them demonetized, probably.

[@grimsqueaker3317]

The Singularity Cannon from Unreal II: The Awakening. Only available in the final stage and fires gdang BLACK HOLES!

[@cptseagrave1191]

The Halberd from Kirby Planet Robobot comes to mind. You're only able to pilot Meta Knight's ship during the final bossfight

[@phontex]

I wish that you added the giant "Drigellum Sword" used at the end of Rogue Galaxy. That sword was able to take down a giant death ship.

[@spideyrox8520]

Maybe a weird suggestion, but the auto-aim pistol in the last level of TitanFall 2's campaign. Between the wall-running and the sea of infantry grunts you become John Wick and Neo combined and on fast forward for the rest of the level. I find it so satisfying. Love your work folks :)

[@sharlesdaviskendy2391]

The Guardian Blade in Wild Arms is a sword so powerful you don’t even get to use but canonically it was literally only used once. And I do mean only once. It was exactly one swing. That swing killed the guy it was swing at…. And his army…. And the army of the person SWINGING the sword…. And the continent they were in was turned into a desert for the next millennial …. And the world’s entire ecosystem was irreparably damaged and is in a inevitable decline by the time the game starts. Okay so maybe some weapons weren’t meant to be used twice…

[@jaredcrabb]

Theres a light novel with a similar theme.

[@MarioMartinez-ef7xu]

@@jaredcrabb what is the name of that light novel?

[@jaredcrabb]

@@MarioMartinez-ef7xu Its called Reincarnted as a Sword. Its not part of the main story (said sword wants to find who made him, and learns about these weapons on the way), but there are weapons forged by "godsmiths" that have that kind of power. Not quite sure about the ecosystem decline thing, this is in a society thats probably never even heard the word. Maybe Im misunderstanding something, but Im pretty sure the "using super strong power can be bad and shouldnt ever be used" thing counts (not "meant to be used twice," that thing was never meant to be used at all).

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of the Armageddon spell in several Ultima games. if cast it kills EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. all monsters, AND all quest-givers, making it impossible to progress! it's a crazy gag.

[@sharlesdaviskendy2391]

@@jaredcrabb “Overwhelming power is inherently wrong” is an extra common theme in Japanese culture… For obvious reasons I guess.

[@TheShattubatu]

How about the titular sword from 2007's Heavenly Sword? Although you use it through the whole game, there's a short sequence where its true power activates, making you so powerful, you can just run into enemies to kill them instantly. You're literally taking on an entire army, just wishing they could run into your lawnmower of death even faster.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a "most disappointing weapons" video: Daikatana. the titular weapon has NO special abilities in combat.

[@henryweinschel1357]

The true knife in undertale. You only get to use it for sans, who goes down automatically after his final attack and asgore/flowery who die automatically.