All 33 Soulsborne Katanas Ranked + Elden Ring & Sekiro

Which Fromsoft game has the best Katana? Ranking all katanas from worst to best for PVE. Demons Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring.
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30 5:32
29 6:32
28 7:58
27 8:59
26 10:04
25 11:38
24 12:02
23 12:27
22 13:36
21 15:12
20 16:03
19 17:20
18 18:34
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16 20:15
15 21:25
14 22:54
13 23:17
12 23:57
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10 26:42
9 27:27
8 29:14
7 29:53
6 31:00
5 31:53
4 32:54
3 34:23
2 35:37
1 38:01
OUTRO 38:42

[@youwy]

Zweihander or Guts Greatsword ranking next? FROMSOFT SPELLS RANKED- kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqq0YWqZfJ2Djck&ab_channel=Youwy

[@jesusisntwhite333]

surely greats sword

[@pratikvm1706]

Greatsword

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Obviously guts

[@pockystyx4087]

guts

[@medi6892]

why not both

[@aidanru.2469]

I was wondering why Nagakiba wasn't No. 1 and remembered Sekiro. It makes sense that Kusabimaru was No. 1. It's arguably the best weapon in all of Souls. You can deflect the sword strikes of a literal God with this blade 😂😂. Great list, Youwy!!

[@thosebloodybadgers8499]

Varied moveset + sick shinobi arts + satisfying deflect sound + deflect lightning??? + Wolf is hot Uncontested winner #SekiroSweep

[@darthtom100]

​@@thosebloodybadgers8499That scruff though...

[@mark0183]

​@@thosebloodybadgers8499+emma best waifu that can actually fight back

[@ThePandemonium]

Can you do a ranking video on every character creation hair style in the souls games?

[@suicidalkid3699]

Bowl cut wins every time

[@eddieford9373]

The best/worst ranking list ever. Let's do it.

[@futuristicbus61]

Now this is an idea

[@sovietshoes952]

Bald tier?

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

Also a complete run for every hairstyle.

[@GlitchBoy-ws5in]

Kusibamaru Parry 100% DMG, no recovery frame for deflect, versatile with varies of moveset, could swiftly coat-up with flames or ghostbusting paper, Beautiful Look, Beautiful Story, Easy S

[@blade6965]

doesn't proc bleed tho literally unusable

[@stealthisback]

@@blade6965 why you need bleed if you can deflect bosses and do a one shot attack to them after they lost their stamina

[@juniorloch4269]

@@stealthisback because the bleed would make them... well.... bleed

[@Zombi3kill3rOO]

The meteoric ore blade heavy should've been an ash of war

[@Grimsly3736]

Yeah like Ash of War that’s just for Katana (and maybe curved swords) that’s used to fuck up shields, then is you wanna make the Ore Blade still special it can have this Exact Ash of War with an added gravity effect of some kind

[@shira_yone]

@@Grimsly3736 would be cool if the first strike pulls enemy in, and the second Ichimonji push them off.

[@alziliya2512]

Wish that ichimonji move was a weapon art instead of meteorite's heavy attack.

[@shira_yone]

Or at least let us change Gravitas. I think it's unique enough for being the only innate STR based Katana (thus the one that benefits the most when you 2-hand it like a proper samurai) throughout the whole soulsborne series.

[@zhorox9799]

Saddest part of the serpentbone blade is that it has entries in the params for all the infusions, but they lack any data. This makes me think that it was supposed to be infusable at some point but they either changed their mind or just didn't get to doing it. There are also a few other weapons that have entries aswell: - Treespear - Great club - Trolls hammer I hope that they maybe fix this when dlc drops but i doubt it tbh.

[@Grimsly3736]

Knowing Fromsoft you gotta make it super aware this is a glitch and even than I don’t think they look at the discourse of this game outside Japan so hopefully the Japanese players talk about this and if they are and from hasn’t done anything than it was intended from the start

[@baconaterlover5399]

Great club can’t get infusions? That’s crazy, I know they gave it holy damage recently but I didn’t know it was that bad.

[@divingpebble8345]

Imagine how sick poison moth flight would be on it, bums me out that my fav katana won’t get to utilize its perfect ash of war match

[@Grimsly3736]

@@divingpebble8345 bro that be so sick it’s like the perfect katana to use it on too with its slower but more damaging poison as well, plus the heavies on the serpentbone are so clean

[@Mr-gatto]

the frayed blade is literally the GOAT katana in all souls games IMO if you have the right stats like it can even be compared to a double curved swords in terms of damage

[@youwy]

Definitely the most fun. Hopefully the DLC tops it

[@aramkaizer7903]

@@youwy I just wish you could get its Weapon Art and apply it in Elden Ring lmao, imagine how op that shit would be

[@nicememe8809]

What stats are best for it?

[@Mr-gatto]

@@nicememe8809 dex is the most important

[@user-ms7pw2jf5f]

Chikage in Bloodborne 👌

[@samfalakparvaz2938]

Bloodleter over chikage all day 🎉

[@awebormangr2249]

Berserker's blade from DS2 actually has a very specific use to it, which I don't see many people talk about. At 99 in both stats, it is the only katana in the game that reaches the same base damage as chaos blades without any hp penalty, which makes it ideal for NG+alot powerstance builds (these are amazing btw, easily the best type of build in the entire game)

[@josezuniga4814]

Lol I watched this to see where he'd rank the Rakuyo 🥲

[@eminkilicaslan8945]

I love he keep dissing Meteoric while absolutely pulverizing Malenia with it in the background.

[@Gat-Man55]

I’m surprised he doesn’t count the Rakuyo as a katana. I feel like it would rank about top 5 or even top 3. Or maybe lower bc of the chore of getting the weapon in the first place

[@Grimsly3736]

Moveset wise it’s hard to count the Rakuyo as a Katana since untransformed it’s like a weird mix of straight sword slashes and rapier like thrusts and transformed its essentially its own whole beast of a new moveset BUT yes it does look very much like a katana and I’d Rank it number 6 on my own list cause I count it as one, thought I’d give you the likely reason he didn’t rank it though

[@JF-vz1ju]

I thought Rakuyo was more like a saber or something, I never got katana vibes from it.

[@Grimsly3736]

@@JF-vz1ju definitely has saber vibes built into the design, it’s supposed to be an untraditional Chikage in verse essentially tho

[@shira_yone]

@@Grimsly3736 the blade is pretty katana-esque than your typical saber. Then again in Bloodborne-verse all saber got the katana blade shape (Chikage itself, is a katana saber hybrid after all). If the Chikage counts, I'd say the Rakuyo counts tbh.

[@robertpayne6781]

The meteoric ore blade is a nice option if you are doing a str-int build and want an easily upgradeable faster weapon that will scale decently with your build.

[@theo373]

Seeing it pop up lowest on the list crushed me because it’s the only katana I have used in ER lmao. I ran through endgame with my str/int build. Thank you for representing.

[@davidhong1934]

​@@theo373 I wish the Meteoric Ore Blade had either a unique Ash of War or the option to swap out Gravitas I would've preferred an unsheathe/stance with the following options: - R1 = push enemies away, quick swipe that creates a gravity arc - R2 = pull enemies towards user, a chargeable variant of Gravitas To be fair, I wish all the unique Elden Ring katanas had their own variants of the unsheathe skill

[@bowlingpin3092]

Atleast it has a unique charge animation

[@youwy]

The only reason you would ever go with a split stat build like str/int is if you have a specific weapon in mind. Otherwise you're just better off going into one stat

[@robertpayne6781]

@youwy yes, like the Helphins Steeple or Dark Moon Greatsword. Then, if you want to have a lighter weapon with a faster moveset in your back pocket for certain situations, or just a little variety, then the Meteoric Ore blade will scale decently with a build dedicated for one of those two previous weapons.

[@TopPotato109]

as a katana purist in all of from softs game I appreciate the video

[@The_Stickle_Cell]

I forgot about the Bewitched Alonne Sword. Being reminded of the weapon makes me even more excited for the Elden Ring dlc because in an interview Miyazaki said one of the new weapon types is an Odachi

[@lucasphilip4822]

Nice, your videos are addicting man, love your rankings.

[@PontiMAC]

Before watching, I think the Rakuyo from Bloodborne is the best.

[@PontiMAC]

And he forgot it. Oof prediction.

[@setsfiretohousewatchsaseve8782]

@@PontiMAC xD

[@spaceman10th31]

Its a twinblade though?

[@ArlecchinoAKAFather]

It's not a katana

[@lwyerup]

@@spaceman10th31 “a trick sword originated in the same country as the Cainhurst Chikage”

[@ultraphoenix95]

The Kisabimur is thebest Katana in Sekiro, but by the same logic, it's also the worst.

[@smrbult269]

Your vids are great. I am always looking forward to the next one.

[@EclipsingMomentum]

I just started using the nagakiba in my new run a couple weeks ago and I can't believe how good it is

[@shoyo4020]

Been waiting on a vid like this

[@1blktalon]

Where would the Lies of P Two Dragons sword rank? I often use Katanas, so thanks for the video will rewatch if I play any of the older games.

[@youwy]

Probably 2 or 3

[@1blktalon]

@@youwy Ok. Thank you for the replay.

[@jamesstewart7628]

I was going to ask the same question haha, glad he responded!

[@1blktalon]

@@jamesstewart7628 I never expect a reply but it is always great to get one.

[@timothybanks6940]

You just got a new Subscriber... Really Appreciate the Info and Honest opinions. Thank You💯🔥❤️‍🔥🗿.

[@MisterT.2962]

personally I like rivers of blood, but I feel like they could have done the same thing with the Chikage where specific attacks drain hp, I feel like it would have balanced it more so you cant just spam corpse piler, but otherwise I think its a good weapon also small thing with the Chikage a nice combo is r1 l1 while transform another r1 for unsheathe and after that another l1, its a nice damaging combo which doesnt take much hp from you, so I think the spot for it is really appropriate

[@muhtasimsiaam7306]

Great vid as always Youwy. Sekiro soloed

[@NerosArchive]

A cool Idea I just thought of is ranking each level design in the games. 😲 Which you kinda already did with the starting room rankings which was an awesome video.

[@berk131415]

Guts's Sword for all Aouls game pls?

[@__NORO__]

Just curious, which rank would the two dragon sword from Lies of P get?

[@elviruz8264]

Jesus,i wanna see the best streght weapon in every souls borne,good video

[@kyleharrison713]

The followup heavy attack after gravitas with the meteoric ore blade is really good, definitely selling it short here.

[@youwy]

After gravitas it just just a normal heavy attack. Idk what you mean

[@ironstark917]

Not gonna lie, your comment at 19:33 confuses me in terms of how Rivers of Blood got above the Elden Ring Uchigatana, when you admitted a Uchi or Naga with Double Slash would be better than Rivers. Either way, solid list otherwise, dude.

[@zanex8547]

Probably because Uchigatana is completely outclassed in every way by the Nagakiba which greatly lowers its usefulness. RoB is a bit more unique of a weapon in comparison while it's ash has around double the range of an Uchigatana. In summary: Uchigatana is a better weapon but its ranked lower because it has a direct upgrade.

[@Ethan_Jax1]

The Nagakiba should definitely have a slower moveset like the Washing Pole in DS1. It's just way too good with barely any drawbacks. I'd honestly like the weapon more if it did have a slower moveset

[@basilbasil3629]

Dark souls 2 Uchigatana is my fav in the game. Sure, there are so much more stronger katanas to use at 40 dex, but Uchigatana looks so clean.

[@Grimsly3736]

Yeah while I’ve used the Meteoric Ore Blade a lot and it’s not terrible but literally has no use even in PvE and the heavy attack is only good as a mix up in PvP exclusively and only really in invasions, hope it gets buffed sometime in a patch, sad to see it at last place though as it looks really cool to me

[@thepikminbrawler1746]

Hope this is a trend, I like this idea a lot

[@waterfountainenthusiast7773]

Thanks I love the design of the serpent bone blade but it’s very underwhelming later on 😢

[@JF-vz1ju]

I think it would be much better if it had Poison Moth Flight. It seems like they were made for each other. Build up deadly poison with normal attacks, then get a big pop of damage with PMF, repeat.

[@waterfountainenthusiast7773]

@@JF-vz1ju yeah totally

[@avet4952]

ive only played elden ring but i somehow knew that the meteoric ore blade would be last LMAO

[@gustavl3107]

Deathbirds fear my Sacred Nagakiba build. Honestly, this bad boy is up there with the Greatsword for most versatile weapon in the game

[@cm4n63]

ever considered doing a weapon ranking but for every weapon at their best (eg pre nerf and post buff)

[@secularspectator]

Always a great video mate...I am a katana man myself😂

[@wilbert3842]

Worst part of the dragon scale blade is that the halberd is easier to get, way earlier in the game, and higher damage. Also having to go to lake of rot vs an end game damage mini boss is terrible

[@eminkilicaslan8945]

Ok I was so ready to comment "What about Kusabimaru?" 😂 What about Sabimaru?

[@andresr1999]

Do best boss weapon from all souls borne games

[@jankogo]

I have prefered katanas ever since my first playthrough of DS1. I have yet to try a frost/bleed combo double katana build in Elden Ring.

[@orimisprime1558]

Ok I need people's opinion, What would people recommend the Uchigatana or the Iaito, cos I know the Iaito has the better R2 Horizontal Slash, but the Uchigatana does ever so slightly more damage, what do you guys say???

[@youwy]

If it’s your first playthrough just go with an uchi because it’s easier to get

[@orimisprime1558]

@@youwy yeah it is my first playthrough, but I know a heap, and I was thinking whether I should use the uchi till I get the Iaito or just stick with the uchi? Either thank you so much man for the advice, it really helps, cos I was planning on doing a Dex build for my first playthrough and using the uchi for most the time then move to the Great Scythe but I might just stick with the Uchi.

[@jacoblundi5573]

I watch all of these. I have a shameless lust for all things Soulsborne.

[@OnenheimTime]

I definitely understand why the Serpentbone Blade is low on the list, but damn if it isn't such a cool ass looking Katana. The heavy attacks are the most badass of any katana, in my opinion. Same thing with the Dragonscale blade. On my dex build I actually dual wield the Serpentbone Blade and the Dragonscale Blade. More so for fashion than damage output.

[@abreu7756]

my favorite weapon class by far, so much drip

[@bamf_911]

I am literally here for the kusabimaru joke😂😂😂😂

[@Bloodycupcake54]

ay yo homie what was that drip on your ds2 bearer of the curse?

[@JF-vz1ju]

The Chikage and Rivers of Blood are my favorites, I love that edgy blood katana shit. Especially the Chikage, weapons in RPGs that do damage to the user in exchange for doing more damage to the enemy are awesome imo.

[@spaceman10th31]

Hey youwy do you know good weapons or builds that scale into ng+7 that doesn't entirely rely on status? Against elden beast all builds become null and void it feels. Buffs run out due to running, immune to status, increased stance, annoying 1 shot scalings. It is wild

[@ironstark917]

Iron Ball. Great Stars. Claymore. Wing of Astel. Pretty much anything dude. I make NG+7 showcases if you wanna have a look.

[@spaceman10th31]

​@@ironstark917aye thanks brother.

[@erictheredguy]

On my last playthru beserker blade dropped righr away

[@cherrycola4476]

The almighty CHAOS BLAAAADE!

[@noahbug92]

I love the meteoric ore blade 😢

[@LoonyLemonJeff]

Fun>function

[@youwy]

And you should continue to love it. Don’t let my opinion change that

[@marselo3315]

Malenia’s katana not having even one unique atack besides the skill is a crime.

[@erictheredguy]

Did did a meteoric katana play thru and it was actually reallu fun. Gravitas is better then given credit

[@Bongobjork]

Iaito for name, simple looks, og goat moveset and guaranteed street rizz

[@SlipknotRaffi]

im an Uchigatana enjoyer, thinking about doing an all souls Uchigatana Run (maybe minus DS2 xD)

[@AtreyusNinja]

expected to see the blacksteel katana in ds2 with a better score

[@_M_O_O_S_E]

Feet ranking next?? Please? ❤

[@keyuan0317]

Kusabimaru is the best shield in the soul games

[@karier7921]

The meteoric ore blade is an INCREDIBLE weapon for Str/Int Builds! Your takes on it makes me very sad.

[@triploshadow]

Bro just slap gravitas on the Nagakiba and you instantly have a better version of the meteoric ore blade.

[@chefcc90]

I feel very vindicated for not liking the Meteoric Blade now. Thanks!

[@TheJonkler1]

Out of all the Er katana’s they decided to put Ichimonji on the fucking Meteoric ore blade💀

[@shinigamiPeter]

Ok, maybe I'm missing something, but you talking about Blacksteel having worse damage than any other katana seems...wrong to me? I've been checking the numbers in planner, and at 40 Dex it seems to outdamage every competitor with the exception of Chaos Blade (and technically Washing Pole, but WP wins by miniscule amount of AR and in return has 130 Counter and 20 Durability). And that's not counting the fact that it has such a good Dex scaling that it gets a decent boost in AR even past the soft cap (for example, at 80 Dex it reaches 375 AR, compared to Uchi's 349). Combine that with superior moveset and it really feels like it should be higher up the list, at least comperatively to other DS2 katanas.

[@TheFreemanAlways]

It may be because i use keyboard and mouse to play but i hate using moonveil... im quite partial to rhe ore blade its heavy attacks are fun with the weapon art...

[@Dracoboss98]

I think you’re sleeping on the frayed blade a little. The damage the beam attack unsheathe does if you hit both the beam and the blade is absolutely nuts. Also, all humanoid enemies and players that stagger from a katana R1 can immediately be true combo’d with the flurry.

[@blaringsea8923]

What about Rakuyo from BloodBorne?

[@raulthetorchic7324]

As soon as I saw Nagakiba at N°.2 I started to do mental gymnastics to if I missed any katanas because it is by far the best katana to be used And then I remembered that Sekiro is a whole game you play with a single weapon and that weapon is a katana with 100% Physical resistance, some of the most powerful skills of all games, can redirect lightning, breaks posture, parries, and insta-kills on back-stabs and ripostes forcing the enemy to revive.

[@UnsujetollamadoGareth]

15:50 Blacksteel katana ftw

[@Monstros-Lung]

Ahh great multi game list

[@das6109]

Chaos Blade (DS1) is excellent in PvE for a dex build and arguably the strongest single weapon in high level PvP. Man gave it 19/33 in the series. Washing Pole as #1 in DS1. Baffling. But maybe making list without playing all the games on it?

[@Maleniabom]

Hand of Malenia is so underrated It’s my personal favorite

[@blaized.dagger]

2:55 ayo 😂

[@kiyingisher3290]

The meteoric ore blade does do more stance damage tho

[@youwy]

It doesn't

[@LunarLoser]

Blacksteel katana not in top 10 is criminal, you can speed up how fast the R2 comes out if you hit an R1 first. Could easily land 4 hit combos with it. Could also be buffed.

[@barrikade8886]

this man has too much beef with meteoric ore blade

[@randominternetuser7432]

funny how i call chaos blade my favorite before it get placed second to last out of any ds3 katana Great vid though

[@xuanathan]

Uh dude, what about Sabimaru? Really good against O'rin dude, can't believe you forgot it smh my head

[@samfartson881]

Chikage is best because i have fun using it

[@Patrocker05]

What about the Rakuyo?

[@Monstrously_Enormous_Poop]

Love your content man ❤

[@moo-vi8zy]

Best d3 dex weapon chaos blade

[@Solaire_O]

What’s about Rakuyo?

[@darknight16667]

The dlc will bring more youwy yap and that make me happy Continue like that bro

[@alfonsovallejo2665]

Moonveil, by far, its not even close to any other of the katanas in the whole series and we had a one shot Chaos Blade in DS2.

[@doofusrick5998]

Okay but the black mortal blade should've made the list because Genichiro used it to summon Isshin 🤓

[@INVALlD]

Nagakiba the goat

[@GabrielHenrique-pq5bo]

i was ''wtf nagakiba is not n°1'' and then remembered sekiro, bc oh yeah, basing on utility on the game its the one and only katana you need/have

[@potatogamerman]

I really feel like chikage could've excelled if half the game wasn't resistant or downright immune to rapid poison (bloodborne bleed)

[@Lucivius27]

No contest Kusabimaru. So OP the best

[@ItsNothingAmazing]

You should do a ranking video for 10 things we need for Eden Ring DLC? Imagine a "Frostbitten in vicinity increases attack power" talisman? Sounds stupid considering frost is already good but we have a blood loss, poisoning and rot one, which is also dumb. More modes from roundtable hold colosseum would be nice, like a boss rush mode with or without co-op partners mode. A singleplayer colosseum mode should keep the game alive for longer; it will give us more things to do.

[@klekman6474]

“Dark damage is the worst type of damage in Dark Souls 3” What? Since when?

[@AnderDoUrden]

Love this. Just my personal opinion: buffed Rakuyo is SO MUCH better than Chikage PS: yes, it's a Katana, NOT a "Sabre". It's the BLADE that counts, not the hilt. Same origins of the Chikage, it even has a Japanese name and the unmistakeable shape of the point, which looks exactly like other Katanas and like no other Sabre

[@ZetaNiGHT]

Bit confused why RoB is higher than ER Uchigatana if the latter is more useful due to being infuseable, and has much better/earlier availability? :0 I mean not that I super mind or anything, I don't have a hate boner for the RoB like a lot of people do, just. A touch confused is all.

[@youwy]

Yeah you’re right it should be higher

[@user-oo1kk4hw4m]

Bro, you forgot the rakuyo 🤓 (Best katana btw)

[@Venus_Raven]

Has to be the uchi,can get the uchi in all games super early and elden ring even starts you off with it in a class,sure bloodborne its not so early unless you use do a duegon. And i have a feeling the uci was made first and the rest were proably built off it. Representing an amazing Japanese sword can't go wrong with the basic katana

[@Cindoreye]

Kusabimaru has good moves, but b/c of the nature of Sekiro's combat, it feels like you are hitting things with cardboard wrapping paper tube.