All 12 Crossbows and Ballistas Ranked! Elden Ring Weapon Tier List Patch 1.16

[@Bacon-i9g]

"not gonna separate them bc there is 3 of them in the game"- the guy who ranked all the throwing daggers and the 2 thrusting shields

[@eliseojaime3741]

Don't forget hand to hand and beast claws

[@seekay8079]

To be fair, there's literally nothing to say about the ballistas.

[@KogasaTatara514]

Repeating crossbow was a step up from Gael's in DS3, but still not great.. One day, one day we'll finally get a good full auto crossbow.

[@AskwhoQ]

Well at least they’re pretty good in LOTF I hope From follows their example in the future

[@jaisalrw3494]

Bone bow is a good enough machine gun for me

[@bagredecartola1289]

Well if it comes to that this shit will be in quite literally every build lol

[@bigbruno2232]

Not counting that glitch you can do with regular or even greatbows.

[@Imamblind]

“Is this the crossbow? Gael’s own crossbow?”

[@Lukart59]

Rabbaths cannon is so funny with its looney tunes tracking

[@qualiswilliams7403]

I've caught a few people off guard thinking it was the one with no tracking lol

[@Asteriarimia]

I don't know if I'm ready to say goodbye to this series 😢

[@mark0183]

He can rate other souls or games like All red dead redemption pistols ranked and such

[@Itsotbitch]

@@mark0183Elden ring > red dead

[@pablojoel3217]

I have learned a lot about the best of each build ranking videos for my playthrough. Thank you for all you do. I'm impressed how fast your channel has grown. I hope you are doing well. Keep up the great content.

[@magganboi1350]

Finally, the best weapons get their time to shine🗣🔥

[@VaneWalker]

Pulley Crossbow is a solid off hand choice for a Dex focused thrusting sword build. Paired with the Spear talisman and elemental bolts + talismans, you can still perform reasonable damage and extend poise break pressure even if you find yourself out of range from an enemy.

[@a.ah.689]

I'm making my way through the NG cycles with my level 60 strength character. On NG+3. The pulley crossbow and rabbath's cannon are invaluable at this point. Pulley for bosses with burred bolt, and hefty rot pots are definitely required. Radahn, for example, takes huge damage from these both. That, plus zamor's sword. Rabbath's cannon is great for clearing flying mobs, definitely useful for mobile enemies. Worth noting is that great arrows destroy nearlu all NPCs. It takes a little bit, but with 2 arrow talismans+spear you can kill any NPC whenever they begin an attack

[@YourEchooo]

Incidentally waking up at 7 am. and running into a fresh tier list, day made.

[@Sadvillain22]

You just KNOW bro doesn't have a job "accidentally waking up at 7" sheesh

[@YourEchooo]

@Sadvillain22 Waking up at 7 on my day off when I could be sleeping in. Try again, bum.

[@YourEchooo]

@Sadvillain22 Brother, you can't even read. Try again.

[@welby4296]

​@@Sadvillain22you KNOW bro doesn't have a life when he's deciding to talk like that to some random guy making a completely inconsequential comment on a video, try again bum

[@CraigCR]

@@Sadvillain22Not everyone here has to open up the local 7/11 at 7am. Some of us work 9-5s and 11-7s.

[@zunderminer3079]

No torches tier list 🤨

[@M.A.R.S.]

Those are after seals, which are affer staves

[@KaiHarizor]

Love this. I appreciate you keeping this series goin

[@Artem-eu3uv]

I'm one of those people who summons demi humans to fight Malenia, uses Godrick Axe, Jar Cannon, green skin and scream WAAAAAGH!!!!

[@tristancallahan8189]

Wan a da boiz

[@theshadowedone2]

Gonna sound weird but your voice is strangely soothing, I just play your videos in the background while I work lol

[@Nox_Lunatera]

i love doing the sideways/reverse artillery strikes with rabbath, people never expect it in invasions haha, especially when they cant shoot back and that comes flying over a wall to hit them

[@EldenRingColosseumchannel]

Awesome video brother!

[@bitticlan]

I enjoyed you bullying Malenia with Rabath's Cannon in that clip lol

[@Zayd-bg1pt]

jar cannon also gets insane range with lightning greatbolts specifically, there's almost no drop off

[@jajasking9652]

For full moon crossbow, it also gets a unique reload animation that is faster than the regular ones

[@TheSeventySin7]

Crossbows are such an interesting weapon category in these games. It is very much intentional that they have poor base damage, no scaling and limited ammo, as that is the case since Demon's Souls. My guess is that the developers just want these weapons to be easy to use sidearms.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

I mean, yes and no - yes it's obviously deliberate, no I don't think they really understand why they're making these decisions at this point beyond "We've always done it that way," and back in Demon's Souls it was probably based on the actual nature of crossbows as a weapon that doesn't benefit from the strength of your muscles

[@xxxxixi6073]

In bloodborne the cannon was broken as hell. And that’s about it lol they’re just tools for souls farming or cheesing. It’s a shame I would love a viable crossbow build

[@poseidonpwnsall]

5:25 wow ive never seen that horseback animation lol

[@Daniel-11018]

Do a Placidusax's ruin only run, would be fun to watch 😅

[@ranewolfe19]

I miss my dual crossbow build in DS2.. man, imagine dual wielding 2 pulley xbows or 2 shotgun xbows

[@duckpwnd]

Will you consider releasing all of your Elden Ring Weapon tier videos on 4k bluray? You could also include behind the scenes footage, bonus interviews/commentary, etc.

[@JosephNelson-h7n]

Thanks for the forecast! I need some advice: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@Swarthy.]

1:56 says the guy who made a video about the smithscript dagger and beast claws

[@TyroneMcgregor]

Best mod supports his king

[@KogasaTatara514]

Based

[@akocleol3856]

exploding great bolt + jar cannon = fun

[@jamesstewart7628]

Don't some of the crossbows get extra AR with special bolts? IE: Full Moon w/meteor bolts, Rabbath w/its new exploding magic bolts, etc?

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

I'm pretty sure it's the opposite, with the weapon losing the elemental damage without the proper bolts

[@blackeddeath]

Are crossbows better on characters with minimum STR and DEX investment, like INT/FTH builds?

[@gustavl3107]

How would you say that crossbows compare to throwing knives and the like? Given that their only real use is to deal ranged chip damage

[@tylerharper5306]

The no scaling would be cool if these crossbows were stronger than bows at low levels but they aren’t plus for some you have requirements that would scale better with other damage options. They all need flat damage buffs and bolts need damage buffs or should be doubled in quantity when crafting and buy to give a reason to use them

[@Snagavitch]

Never used one of these, never plan on it. Opened the vid and liked immediately though

[@jonathanalfonso7476]

Gotta be honest, hand Ballista helped my ass out way too much in early game. Alongside the triple shooting crossbow with bleed/poison ammo. It is fun

[@muker83]

@Youwy I've been checking your lists recently and I've noticed sth. that I wasn't aware off. For some of the weapons you mention, that a given (unique) Ash of war or passive is not that good because the weapon doesn't scale with a given attribute. Is it mentioned, explained or vissible anywhere in the game? e.g. Lion Claw defaults to heavy affinity, am I making it weaker by pairing it with Keen on high DEX and low STR character? Is this why my Divine Beast Stomp sucked so much, because I've swithced the affinity to sth. else than Cold? (maybe you can make a tutorial for this, if you need inspiration for the next video)

[@youwy]

some skills scale of a particular stat and others just off weapon AR. Typically for Ashes of War if it hits with the weapon itself it scales off AR (Lions Claw). But a projectile will in most cases scale off a stat. So fire-strength, holy-faith, magic-int etc. As for cold ashes they scale off both dex and int. Unique skills can be kinda random tho

[@muker83]

@@youwy OK. Thanks for the reply, and all the videos you are doing.

[@tonydragon784]

My goat, my king, my liege, my pharaoh, the plural of ballista is ballistae, thank you

[@Bayles_Dread]

The only reason I can think of for crossbows not having scaling atleast for physical is because in real life crossbows relie solely on accuracy and bows are based on accuracy and draw strength no excuse for any int or faith or arc lack of scalings

[@Marluxiaify]

When does he glaze piercing damage?

[@skipjacks85]

4:12 Good call!

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

I do think that scaling is nor the issue but i think a lot of changes should be made to make them worth not just as a sidearm 1)you should be able to protect yourself with a shield while attacking (shooting or holding the shot but not cocking). 2)make them deal good damage/scale with sonething while in your main hand, so you can still have the sidearm for the PvPers meanwhile those that want to use them to snipe or as a part of their kit can do that. 3)more range to the regular crossbows: crepus can't have a shortbow range with this description "Used for sniping, it has a very long range" 4)more AoWs, something like the bow ashes and some utility ashes that don't deal damage like quickstep. Some people think you should not enchanted cause they are mechanical: but if you ca use a magic arrow in a normal bow as an AoW (enchanted shot) you should too in a crossbow. Heck some unique stuff even like an headshot AoW for the crepus black bow. 5)the ballistas should reload like crossbows so with a separate cocking and shooting... seriously don't know why it does not work like that. Maybe i'll edit if i find something i wanted to add to this.

[@darthplagueis13]

6: Stamina should be used on reload, not when shooting.

[@Moonlight-sigma]

Rank all stonesword key gates

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

i love repeating crossbow

[@rathosalpha]

It makes sense for crossbows not to scale. What are you gonna do pull the string harder? Im mean on bows that works. What are you gonna do pull the trigger harder?

[@bplatinumpaladin]

So Bleed Pata and Spread Crossbow with Perfumer Bolts for an Ash Williams cosplay? XD

[@g0ldmagik802]

1:40 I think you can use the Ash of War: No Skill to let your off hand weapon AoW take priority but I could be wrong. Love your videos ❤️ [Edit: I am wrong, does not apply to Crossbows]

[@KogasaTatara514]

Unfortunately not, crossbows can't be infused and as such can't be given No Skill

[@arrowtongue]

iirc you can only apply this AoW to shields and torches for some dumb reason. I really wish it worked for all of them, would add tons of build variety.

[@royalsoldierofdrangleic4577]

Thing is the no skill ash substitutes the AoW. Meanwhile crossbows don't use the AoW while you use them in the left hand but the regular R2 attack when you press L2. So having no skill changes nothing

[@g0ldmagik802]

@@arrowtongue You're all right I just checked the wiki and every crossbow page says "This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War". Damn

[@darthplagueis13]

Personally, I think Repeating Fire should use neither stamina nor fp. No stamina, because all of the stamina consumption in crossbows should be when reloading instead of shooting, after all, shooting is just pulling a trigger. No fp, because I feel like the logic behind crossbows not getting scaling is them being purely mechanical devices that are unaffected by your attributes, but if that is the case, then it shouldn't make a difference whether or not you've had your powerade this morning.

[@n1s2e]

They just need to make a either bow/crossbow with Infinite arrows/bolts that would be the best one just make the ammo for the status bolts

[@bueger]

6:58 "closest thing to a shotgun" you forgot about catch flame...

[@GigachadCrusader]

But catch flame has such short range

[@bigbruno2232]

The crossbows should have at least been able to powerstance. In ds2 it was kinda fun, especially pre nerf evelyns. Would have made them more useful here. Also tarnished need to two hand the cannons but the hoonter can easily one arm it. Weak.

[@seretith3513]

5:20 BONK

[@pete531]

Status boluses tier list ?

[@Gryphus_XA-26483]

Yea Crossbows and ballistas are PvP weapons. Sniping with Cannons or applying stats effects. They are just, meh for PvE, it’s really hard to think of a use for them against the AI.

[@k1ngxlinxz612]

Still waiting for torches and shields ranking

[@pockystyx4087]

for being Dark Souls 2-2; you’d think they’d have good crossbows.

[@xbirdshorts5075]

Er and ds2 is like water and fire

[@Lank1ster]

​@@xbirdshorts5075 huh

[@skipjacks85]

⁠@@xbirdshorts5075 ER & DS II “ARE” like water and fire. Not “IS.” And the correct idiom is “like oil and water.”

[@CarEnjoy5677]

​@@skipjacks85 mfs will try and correct anything at all even if it doesnt matter. "Fire and water" is another way of saying that idiom, you idiot. They are synonyms and mean the fucking same.

[@pockystyx4087]

@@xbirdshorts5075 DkS2 is fire tho :P

[@andrewpearce3027]

I just generally think crossbows should just have some kind of scaling.

[@gnperdue]

Because they don’t have scaling, I thought the crossbows would finally shine, or at least be worth using, on my RL1 run… but no, they’re trash at RL1 too.

[@Skrallizar]

Having range for picking off weaker enemies or aggroing single targets in a group is great, but then why include such a large number of different versions while also having such small differences? At least with straight swords there are usually unique differences on some of them, enough to not bother criticising the few that are bad. With crossbows it's just annoying having several pointless weapons that only end up taking space in the inventory without reason. Bows aren't much better, but at least they get some useful stuff like Rain Of Arrows and more status options. Crossbows are mostly made obsolete by the mere existance of throwing weaponsm so one-handing a crossbow also loses its appeal. The ballistas are at least funny and feel like they have SOME use, though as mentioned in the video, they are usually outclassed by great bows. Lords of the Fallen has done crossbows better than Elden Ring.

[@zukuu]

Why do you only show the AR numbers for a second each time? No one can read or understand that fast. Just keep them on while talking or make them smaller or maybe always have the AR in the corner of the current weapon, that would actually really help.

[@Mo_Mudabber]

Fromsoft should of just gave us a AK-47 by now

[@Lank1ster]

Have, not of

[@ForCastView]

My favourite lists are the ones were they’re all shit

[@MerryBlind]

Bows and Crossbows are so underwhelming in this game.

[@your_father19]

Does anyone even use them?

[@Winterfang]

Wow those are pretty awful, specially when I come from Lords of the Fallen where crossbows are absolutely bonkers.

[@djinnofthedepths4750]

it’s so hard to watch your videos sometimes. all you do is complain.

[@banesmanus]

100 views, bro fell off fr

[@xxANBUxx]

1 view, bro fell off.

[@ipoopmuffins]

crossbows and ballistas not having scaling make sense, its purely mechanical. they definitely need something though. a bit more damage, and some ashes of war. like bloodhounds step, endure, generic ashes like that at least. they also should only drain stamina while reloading.