All Elden Ring PARRY Weapons Ranked from WORST to BEST

[@OnlyWaifuYT]

Effectiveness aside, what's YOUR favorite Parry Tool?

[@TheHolyFlumpty]

Have a fungus🍄

[@DanielDaniel-uc5tg]

Carian retaliation -counters magic spam, or golden retaliation if you count that

[@lluccanela3212]

Just the normal parry

[@overthinkingisbad]

do Sellen's thighs count they parried my attention longer then id like to admit

[@SereneLeskovsky]

Curved sword for looking cool Sucks that it's so hard to land lol

[@Blackblade-NeX]

gotta love the deviltrigger playing in the background at 9:50

[@Malxer]

And the better version too

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

the only song better is Subhuman...but i'll give an honorable mention to Bury the Light, the close second for me

[@Blackblade-NeX]

@@toryunaminosaki1022 opinions go BRRRRR xD, i like all of them

[@Blackblade-NeX]

@@Malxer silver bullet IIRC

[@julesglenat]

With parry dagger, you can put it on the wakizashi dagger so you have a parry tool and the powerstance moveset of katanas.

[@nurgle-j5n]

that's a good tip

[@JohnM89]

Excellent tip/

[@Kxzvr]

🫶

[@niashiblader]

wym by that doesnt the parry cancle it out? i dont use katana so im asking

[@UncleMerlin]

Powerstance is l1 not l2 ​@@niashiblader

[@kyte5648]

I am telling you: people would go crazy if you used blaidd as narrator.

[@kyte5648]

And I am one of them!

[@olchum7605]

no. Hot women only

[@jayhalk3607]

Hell no not blaidd

[@EmptyAltruism]

Im here for rannis sexy English voice, AI or not…

[@yabseramekonnen103]

Over the great, Alexander. Oh dear

[@InsertJokeHere325]

The one thing thop’s barrier has on Carian retaliation is the utility of reflecting multiple spells so it’s nice to have for particularly spam-happy players. (Also you get it from best waifu thops)

[@Epsonea_482]

PARRY THE PLATYPUS?!

[@ColtonGamingTV]

Carian Retaliation was so fun to use on my Moongrum character. As for Golden Parry if you use Cerulean Assassin Dagger you can effectively have infinite parries and never need to worry about it consuming FP.

[@THE_MOONMAN]

Carian retaliation only uses FP if you successfully parry or block a spell. Saying it's better while wasting a talisman slot to make up for its shortfall makes no sense. You only get 4 talisman slots. They're some of your most powerful items and most limited. And you should be able to follow up by the time you run out of fp, and since they're using offensive spells, they most likely have a micher higher FP cost for the damage that you're negating, than you are for negating their damage. Carian retaliation basically has guaranteed ROI on its use.

[@JagEterCoola]

@@THE_MOONMAN The man never said it was better ,_,

[@THE_MOONMAN]

@@JagEterCoola I didn't say he did. I'm just saying using something like cerulean dagger to make up for it isn't really worth it. Like for PvE why not I guess. But you can make anything work in PvE

[@BlueMoonFuzz]

Parry on a dagger is my favorite. the animation of it is so clean and it helps me know exactly when I need to press it. I know others have longer parry windows but it’s just something about that animation man. I can more accurately predict it

[@shifungistark1041]

curved sword parry shoud be S tier because it has cool factor

[@nastytechniquez9685]

Style points for sure

[@trawll8659]

also people might think it's a taunt and not a parry so you can surprise people with it

[@rogue5098]

I agree with the guy who said people would go crazy for blaidd as a narrator, give us the best doggo as a narrator pls

[@dylanrice5617]

Nah

[@Level5Fighter]

Please

[@moka8601]

God Bless Dark Souls 1 And Demon Soul's Parry Being Reaction Based Rather Than Prediction Based, You literaly Riposte FASTER Than The Parry Sound Effect Could Play.

[@Knoloaify]

It was literally the same. The way online play worked was the same, so you still had to do a setup parry in PvP. Hell, I just found a 12yo tutorial covering exactly that.

[@_Bunger_]

You still gotta setup parry cause of latency unfortch

[@moka8601]

Maybe PVP Is Different But In Pve It Is A Night/Day Difference

[@_Bunger_]

@@moka8601 it’s still reaction-based in pve the timing is just different but I do understand what you mean The instant start up in ds1 is a lot more intuitive In my opinion.

[@moka8601]

I think the proper term might be "More Loose Parry Frames" , you genuinely parry an attack even if it was just one frame away from hitting you

[@RCHCourierTV]

Still waiting for Melina to get a beautiful casual design.. Sellen was pulling a fast one on us beneath the robes so now I’m curious about Melina.. Also I am now learning how to parry after not using the system in both DS3 and Elden Ring, and honestly it’s so much easier than I remember it being.. Gonna try and pick up Golden Parry and Carian Retaliation.

[@bandarsalh1338]

I like how silent hill 3 ost became a standard background music for KZbinrs

[@TeamKhandiKhane]

As someone who mostly plays some form of caster, be it hybrid or heavy casting focus. Golden parry lets you geta away with one thing that Carian doesn't. The range it seems to have allows for not only parrying from safety, but the higher likelyhood of catching more than one target trying to slap you with bonksticks.

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Thops’ Barrier doesn’t just deflect deflect sorceries, it can also deflect incantations and even some weapon skills, like Triple Rings of Light and Ancient Lightning Spear. It can even deflect Maliketh’s Destined Death projectiles.

[@Odax003]

Bro this vid got recommended to me as I am currently trying to parry Malenia

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

the real reason Carian Retaliation is the goat: it can parry the Moonveil wave

[@Merrue]

Onlywaifu: Tier Lists are Bullshit Also Onlywaifu: makes a Tierlist

[@Tarnished270]

The difference being: Not bullshit

[@Merrue]

@@Tarnished270 i dont want to play down her tierlist. But.... It's kinda funny 🤣

[@Ghostgate611]

Rusty: makes satirical tier list Onlywaifu: 😡🤬😡🤬

[@victormk7743]

Etu; Only waifu 😂

[@ahmedtag3904]

Man im so incredibly down bad for casual selen

[@123698lol]

The golden parry's longer range is underrated in that people don't really know "what" they can parry. For example, the halberd can only be parried up close, near the hilt. If you try to parry a halberd that has good spacing on you, you will partial parry it every single time. The golden parry essentially removes this. It's sleeper good.

[@weasel3616]

I like how you made your in-game-character the same as the unmasked version of Sellen just as a little background easter egg

[@UtubeH8tr]

I never parried in darksouls I never parried in bloodborne I never parried in elden ring. I never parry in any situation. Every parry is a hit never struck. "I never brace, for I am always striking." -Sir Gadwin, the Knight of Dight.

[@ahaggar]

10:00 is that devil trigger?

[@OnlyWaifuYT]

It is!

[@HardmodeAsgore]

I feel like Parry, the Ash of War itself, should be S tier, and I politely ask you let me cook. You can get it early and easy, can slap it on shields that don't have parry BUT have innate effects (Like Great Turtle Shell, Pillary, and the Twinbird Kite Shield.) and it opens up unique options. Take the Wakizashi for example; When wielding two katanas, you have a unique LB/L1 moveset that's basically power-stancing without the stat requirement. However, if you wield Mike Wazowski in the off-hand, you not only keep that moveset, but you keep one of the best parry tools. This is excessively useful when combined with the stinky Serpentbone Blade and a Wasabi built for status.

[@antroxio9945]

Literally in my very first playthrough of Elden Ring right now and i have dedicated myself to an only parry build. This came just at the right time OnlyWaifu, my little electric hammer!

[@Mebsuta]

In Bloodborne my only form of engagement was trough first parrying the opponent as a way to say "my turn now". In Elden Ring I've never considered it viable. It's nowhere near as consistent, nor as similar. I wish they introduced that in the DLC; the possibility for offhand crossbows to be used as parrying tools.

[@rusPiglets]

That was the hardest challenge for me - devourer's scepter. Maybe Roderika deserves a break (and a raise), since I had to google this one. Had no idea it does fire damage. Amazing video regardless. Thank you.

[@wealthybone2990]

Yeah I did but I found them kinda useless compared to other Souls games especially in pvp and same with backstabs lol but I did like the unique cool ash ones and I find gun parries the best one. Though thank you Ranni and Sellen for this educational list of parrying, I'll try to be a parry lord for you.

[@James.Webb1976]

I've been working on mastering parry with my curved short sword since my current build is modeled after the blue dancer. I swap between power stancing 2 curved short swords and two-handing one curved short sword no shield on either setup. And honestly when you parry someone in pvp with a sword most people lose their minds. I'm starting to think a lot of people don't even know it's possible to parry with a sword at all lol. Granted it does seem to have the smallest parry window, but that's what makes it satisfying when you start getting it down. Love your videos by5ye way I just found them recently and oh my God I wish I would have sooner!

[@raymaxos]

I see waifu video, i click waifu video

[@adindrecaj]

thanks for the vid, ever since i saw someone do a parry vid and claimed that dagger parries were the same as thrusting / curved sword parries i just stayed away from them entirely, but now im gonna consider them on some builds also thats the Devourer's scepter

[@PayYourTick]

I have to say this far excels a certain someones Tier lists, let's hope his Stans don't come out the woodwork like last time lmao

[@AbyssHeavyConsortOfMalenia]

Its not as good but parrying dagger is the classiest and when you get it you get the feeling of “ futile attempt Rapscallion!!!”

[@xanthousizalith5641]

Honestly, the only Parry I ever end up using is the default Parry on the Heater Shield lol. Its the easiest 100% shield I can find, and I can never be bothered to grab the Parry ashes.

[@samfish2550]

I like how the edited chad Image reflects that Ranni's tarnished is SLOWLY learning. I'm waiting for him to get involved with a main video.

[@halestoneproductions1401]

I admit... It does look pretty cool when you land one in PvP.

[@Grzester23]

One thing worth mentioning about Carian's Retaliation is that you can only neutralize a SINGLE projectile at a time. You can easily test it with Glintblade Phalanx-type spells. You'll get the 3 swords, but still BLOCK, not PARRY, most of the projectiles and get chip damage

[@andresfarfan8922]

I love the devil trigger song and Dante references

[@CreamMonarch]

My first ever playthrough, I got stuck at Redmane Castle with the misbegotten warrior and that crucible knight. It was the first crucible knight I have ever ran into and haven't had enough time yet in the game to properly face tank him like a big beefy boi and ended up getting stombed harder than a noob in mw2. I went back to Stormveil Castle and grabbed the buckler shield, and properly spent hours at that boss until I mastered the parry mechanic. By the end of the night. Every possible parryable attack left him on the floor and me standing over him, in perfect Golden Order Totality 😈

[@Vic-pg4rg]

Well it was informative to learn about Parry. I gotten through Elden Ring without it. Now I realize how easier it could have been if I used Parry. Also yay I got the last mystery weapon right. My guess for this mystery weapon is the Devourer's Scepter. Still you should put other stats in to make sure that people get the weapon like what happened with the Serpent God Curved Sword.

[@gg_al7874]

Oh dear lady Ranni, thank you for explaining to me how to use Parry, this will help me so much in the game +7, I've always played with a heavy shield I think I'll need 100% of my brain power to overcome this difficulty P.S. I did Sellen's face recently, I was happy with the result

[@procow2274]

The introduction of what would become the the parry system in fromsoft games originated in ac 3

[@dharmjitkak1559]

Did anybody notice the change in voice of the narrator at ~ 3:00 Waifu lost her Twang

[@jh9794]

I doubt ill ever figure out parrying in pvp. But i tend to PVP more for making that trio hopping on an elevator wonder why the elevator went down and came back up with an rather lovely potted plant.

[@cade4505]

The SH3 End of Small Sanctuary my goodness what a good song

[@aurorasguard]

Kinda wish the Katans had the Ds3 parry as an Ash of War

[@ravelord_n1to849]

the Buckler will always be my favorite because it's animation conveys very easily exactly when the parry frames are in place, when it's held close to the head that's when the parry frames are active. As a result of this using it was what made parrying really click for me and it's been my go-to ever since when it comes to learning pve enemy timings and as a hot swap to catch people off guard in pvp. Also Thop's barrier is good for deflecting an actually crazy number of non-physical projectiles including but not limited to just magic, I'd highly recommend experimenting and having fun with it because I've had so many "wait it can do that wtf!" moments while carrying it around, plus it's fun to bring with a caster build for a 0fp defensive tool against other mages. I can only imagine the look on their face as I just casually shove their moon off to the side.

[@Railgun18]

Since you used the KoF97 ost for this week I will go parry only in PvP, thanks!

[@GalaxiaKnightX]

Welp it's good to see that Roderika is getting the proper training she needs. Even though I hope she still calls it Mystery Thingy. Never the less speaking of Mystery Thingy. It's the Devourer's Scepter.

[@miguelnascimento2847]

it's absolutely insane that carian retaliation has better numbers than everything else. Why would they make all other parrys obsolete?

[@markvandenthillart5739]

I hope Roderika returns soon 😔she was doing an excellent job with the mystery weapon section

[@moonweavers3746]

I know its pretty obvious at this point and doesnt need explaining much tbh, but a cool video idea rn could be one addressing the abuse of the ash of war sword dance rn. Its used almost everywhere in pvp and invasions rn kinda like the video OnlyWaifu made talking about storm assault a while back.

[@jacobschneider3975]

my favorite is a medium shield, probably brass, with the thops barrier ash of war. I like wearing the carian knight armor, doing a sorcerer build, and also carrying the carian knight shield with that ash. (thops barrier recently got a MASSIVE buff, halving the startup frames, and extending the duration)

[@fnlultm]

I would like to give my appreciation of your use of Final Fantasy X music often in your videos.

[@ohuill]

LOVE the FFX music in the background.

[@THE_MOONMAN]

Damn, had to make a gas tier list just to show "certain" youtubers how it is done. I respect it

[@GrowlieDave]

I remember pulling a parry on the Dark moon great sword special attack in DS2. Sent him in to full panic rolling, kept me on the parry path ever since

[@TankBURZAGER]

The most funny part of Carian Retaliation: you can parry own Discus of Light(Funny golden order spell).

[@matt_shaboy]

I love the Metal Gear Solid 2 music!

[@Artcmis]

Finaly, a tier list with real knowledge ! 👍 That's so rare on Yt nowadays...

[@VaneWalker]

I always have a Parrying Dagger equipped. Shields are for cowards.

[@Ixchel-d9s]

You should check the new shields and dagger from the DLC flr more parry stuff

[@yahiko7701]

Love how the party mechanic is basically the same as devil may cry’s royal guard timing (specifically dmc 5) and I mastered that…..YET CAN’T DO IT IN ELDEN RING 😂 8:32…..I swear I didn’t see that when I made this comment lol that caught me off guard because I made this comment at the beginning of the video

[@deathripperx1]

Royal guard's parry starts frame 1, which means as soon as you press the button. Whereas in Dark souls/elden ring, the parry has startup before it actually parries. In some cases, the startup can be long enough to be unusable vs some really fast attacks. At that point it's no longer reaction but prediction that will get you the parry.

[@SwordTune]

As a Hoonter, I only know how to parry with a gun.

[@Vergil_status_on]

8:32 that Is my brother...DANTE!!

[@Nnupa_deux_n]

Always used either parry dagger, random wodden shield and buckler (my beloved), as for dark souls 3 I use katanas whenever I wanna have fun

[@GitGoodGaming]

The Mystery Weapon is the Devourer's Scepter

[@tarasouthwell6132]

for a true paladin build for pve, the erdtree greatshield is my pick. i like to have the gravel stone and fire giant's seals in that same hand, with either the black steel great hammer for guard countering, barbed spear for proc'ing bleed and guard-poking, or messmer's spear for the charged r2 projectile from range, and the erdtree seal in the main hand. if you don't mind cycling through items and spells, it's an incredibly versatile build that copes with pretty much everything the game throws at you after completing the dlc, i started an ng+ run, and cackled like a madwoman as i went from Elden Lord to Elden Menace, bullying anything and everything in my path. if you know the weaknesses of the enemies you're up against next, you can tailor your strats and loadout to a disgusting degree.

[@Frosteaparty]

Thanks for the info! Love these videos. Mystery weapon should be Devourer's Scepter...hopefully Started Elden ring last week and on my 3rd playthrough now. Found this channel after searching for "best weapons elden ring", finding Rusty's video, then finding your video about it. I am enjoying your videos atm and I'm currently going through all your old ones too. Love the parodies, maybe more in the future? Thanks for the content

[@GooseInvades]

Most fun I’ve had in souls games is parrying, took a while to get use to it in elden ring pvp but holy heck it’s the most rewarding thing when you land one in pvp

[@MrGaffe]

This might sound strange but I need to thank you OnlyWaifu, you started a spark in me recently to try out pvp as I have pretty much ignored it entirely up till now. I don't and won't expect to be good at it but I want to mess around and see what kind of goofy things I could do. What non meta builds can I create that will mess with people or total nightmare builds that could ruin someone's day in spite of how weird it is. So once again I thank you for giving me this spark

[@Tanlantas]

You have no idea how badly I wish I could hear the original narration of these videos without the candy ass youtube censorship f.ciing it up all the time. I dont even play Elder Ring, but I LOVE these videos.

[@carljohan9265]

You forgot the parrying dagger. Because according to the wiki, that dagger has unique frames compared to other daggers.

[@autismusmaximus4933]

the l1 into dagger parry was absolutely vile, I had no idea!

[@luistapia5865]

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard a Jake Chudnow song… good times.

[@kimjanek646]

2 parry frames is such a joke. What were the thinking? I remember my struggle against the first Crucible knight, beating him, after a hundred tries, by parrying with a rapier, thinking it would have at least better parry stats then the medium shield.

[@Nocturnimancer]

Used the buckler and a dagger of some variety. Until a certain scarlet rot demigod required 3 parries to actually offer a crit... yeah, had to figure out something else.

[@akaloss3938]

Background music for Carian Retaliation being Bury the Light fits well lol

[@TheMaskOfFairies]

Please! This is my only wish! Please add Alexander, the Iron Fist as a narrator

[@MEMEKINGGRIMM]

I usually have dual Curved Swords they'd expect me to put Seppuku on or something, but I actually have Parry on them. I know it's not the easiest parry to use, but I just like the animation.

[@caramelfrappe402]

Right when I was going to make an invading Tarnished, I wanted to know the best parry and this just sprung up. Many thanks Ranni and Selene~

[@LK_35]

Another reason why dagger parry is so good, they don't expect you to parry with the dagger itself, they'll wait for you to pull out a shield

[@padzz2198]

Best parry is, ever was and will ever be the buckler-shield parry. Lowest weight, longest framespan and therefore the safest parry. It has even got it‘s new signature „buckler-parry“ in Elden Ring which was the parry crown that the buckler shield deserved over the decades. I can even remember the first black/red-phantom PVP guy who invaded me. He was naked, nothing than a buckler shield. after my first hit he parried me and pulled out the fatest weapon the game could have offered him to godlike deleting me in 1 hit. It was ridiculous! :DD And look at me now, today theres always a buckler-shield in one of my shield-slots! :D

[@BrielTuewe]

We need Blaid, Alexander, and Gideon as voices

[@manofthewest5395]

I've never bothered with shield parry in any of these games except for the early hours of DS1 before I got a decent greatshield. I use the gun parry in Bloodborne a lot, but I've never liked parrying with a shield. In Elden Ring I usually just two-hand my weapon.

[@loganwheeler1734]

I've beaten the game like 5-6 times already and never parried a single attack ever

[@cincameron]

I would argue that Thops Barrier in very specific situations is better than Carian Retaliation since it would be more successful in deflecting star shower, but that is very niche... and the frame data holds it back anyways. Golden Parry for life

[@proto-type3201]

I recently did a parry-relianr pve build with dual daggers. it was a lot of fun

[@FullAdDariusBR]

7:29 Ok, I liked this one.

[@EvilExcalibur]

So the biggest take away from this video is "stab them in the peepee". Gotcha! NGL, back in my souls days I always rolled with either a buckler or a spell parry shield (unless I was doing a themed playthrough). In the case of DS2 you can get the Magic Shield which has the properties of both. I was ecstatic to see that ER gave so much love to my favorite parrying tools when I first played it!

[@christopherzirkel1792]

Gotta be honest, I haven’t used any sort of parry skills much. I recall doing parry-like attacks on bloodborne where it requires precise timing on the attack itself to make it work. That said, I’m an amateur when it comes to using parries. I rely mostly on avoiding attacks, and hoping to stagger bosses with bleed or certain ashes of war.

[@richardjennings8853]

I'm fairly surprised you placed parry daggers so high. I love them, though, since parry daggers have historical precedent and look better than small shields. I wish they were the best parry tools, but oh well, that's only my personal preference for aesthetics speaking.

[@LeRoiBeowulf]

Oh my god THANK YOU for confirming that Ratalian Parry is VIABLE because my friends keep making fun of me about parry viability

[@underhill1158]

Mystery weapon is the Devourer's Scepter.

[@TheAusar]

I miss the carian retaliation + large glintstone scrap hitting for 1200 for no goddamn reason...

[@angel_8998]

Hi ! My friend an I are in this video and you destroyed us in combat xD Was fun to fight with you tho!

[@OnlyWaifuYT]

Which part? :o

[@angel_8998]

​@@OnlyWaifuYT omgg im sorry for the late answer !! From 7:08 to 7:57 :D I'm the monkey smashers~ and my friend is the one with Varre's mask! your edit of our death made us laugh haaaard

[@thesilverwind6922]

parries are good yes, but in multiplayer, nothing gives me more joy than reflecting a moonveil or reduvia L2 with the erdtree greatshield, such a middle finger move i love it

[@ChulioRCHulio]

What parry tool do you use the most? Mostly my face tbh. Does not work that well though MY FACE IS MY SHIELD!

[@imherson-888]

Thank you, I just learned there is more than one item to parry with now 😌

[@julioagiri3354]

today i dream about parrying in ds2, and this video is in my main page (not a surprise, i watched almost all of your videos lmao, sort of a marathon), almost like an omen