Best Elden Ring Curved Greatsword? All 11 Curved Greatswords Ranked! Weapon Tier List Patch 1.16

[@Goku-zu3rk]

The monk is S-Tier in terms of look

[@beanbeater]

true, slap black flame blade on that and instant nut

[@GeertDelmulle]

If only looks could kill… ;-)

[@landonw8982]

It’s baits us into wanting the black flame buff but then we realize it lasts for 3 whole seconds 💀

[@louisferreira1012]

Shame looks are worthless lol

[@drewyoushock4416]

Lol 3 seconds now all us men understand how disappointing we are.........​@@landonw8982

[@gnperdue]

Monk’s Flameblade is the biggest WTF weapon for me in the whole game. It is super-hard to get and it would have been so easy to at least give it split fire damage, decent scaling, and an interesting Ash for all the difficulty in acquiring it. Something. Some reason to pick it up.

[@tmb379]

Miyazaki likes to troll us

[@DBoss1009]

Or make it have bonus scaling with fire or flame infusion so that it is clearly the best for those infusions

[@BorrasitoTakaTaka]

Imagine having the spinning slash black flame that black flame monks do. If only a man could dream...

[@Hellspawn532]

at least they should give it a B scaling on faith on flame art

[@cosmiccat4706]

I'd say pairing the Great Katanas with the regular Katana's is a good idea doing a whole video for 3 weapons would be so quick lol

[@justhair17]

They are very different weapons tho, so its hard to compare.

[@mannytprimeministerofthemanate]

@@justhair17he could just rank both weapon types against themselves but in the same video

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

and ?

[@drewyoushock4416]

And???

[@irespectyouropinionhowever8652]

Always happy to help with rent

[@pockystyx4087]

it is funny that they buffed the speeds of all the weapons of larger persuasion; taking the one thing they gave curved greatswords to stand apart from regular greatswords.

[@Patrick-bn5rp]

CGS has other things though. Their crouch attack is a good anti air, and their running attacks are very good at catching rolls. Also, their second charged heavy hits twice, which is good for winged sword insignia.

[@allencummings7564]

Funny. Yeah. :(

[@stuffedpizzaroll5422]

Hate the goofy crit animations like who tf is smacking something with a curved sword

[@Eldan-l0rd]

you are absolutely right. it feels way less satisfying than the dagger and greatsword crits

[@SableMonk]

do you not hack with a cleaver?

[@michasokoowski6651]

Huh? You will still slash enemy by hitting them like that.

[@lukatosic09]

Wym it looks cool?

[@sc45470]

It’s only like that bc the enemies that use it do that ish, but also their weapon is like 10x the size so it makes sense. Stg when Theo whatever does it, shit hits the whole damn snowfield

[@hornplayerchris]

Bless Miyazaki for making the BHF. That baby carried me through my first playthrough two years ago, it will always have a special place in my heart.

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

Yeah it slaps hard..

[@osirisavra1301]

My friend just started elden ring and beat Consort Radahn in 7 tries with BHF,13 lvl scadu fragments as well,I was mind blown.

[@lharsay]

The Bloodhound's Fang pairs really well with Radahn's armor and the Brass Shield

[@l.o.v.e-sick5330]

And 9 vigor. Seeing Morgott one shot hosts was funny only for the first...5 or so times. It gets old very fast.

[@ar.71944]

This the most first playthrough set up I've seen, not that it's bad or anything

[@chancetherappersburner6338]

Ah yes, the Kevin build.

[@InMustafar]

Eww

[@MrNuclearz]

John Elden Ring setup

[@zebrastripe665]

Would love to see a list of you favorite weapons (and spells/incants on a separate list maybe?) where you talk about why they're your favorite and include your objective ranking of them.

[@TheBaronOfTruth]

Honestly the magmaworm great curved sword is my favorite weapon in the game along with the axe of godfrey and the ice dragon katana

[@axd2155]

Ice dragon katana ??

[@Marine_71]

@@axd2155 Dragonscale Blade

[@TheBaronOfTruth]

@@axd2155 “sighs” dragonscale katana

[@toastmaster914]

If they made the dragonscale katana longer, more base damage, better damage, and frayed blade moveset. It would be great

[@TheBaronOfTruth]

@@toastmaster914 agreed or like a special unsheathe mode like the moonvail

[@Imamblind]

Bloodhound’s fang Bloodflame. ✅ Eye frame attack. ✅ Good move set. ✅ Get it early in the game. ✅ Calling someone to help get it (a furry). ✅

[@tytyq321]

no way

[@Imamblind]

@@tytyq321 oh yes way

[@NecroBanana]

It also is great parrying it in pvp

[@alexterieur8813]

eye frame

[@tytyq321]

@@Imamblind no furries friend

[@WhereArfThou]

Thrusting shields next

[@skazo0lini]

Great Katanas with the regular Katanas will be a great idea . Go for it

[@nacl5333]

I've gotta stand up for my onyx lord's sword here, the AoW is technically unique because it knocks enemies away instead of pulling towards, which has its uses in PvE

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

Probably should do Katana and Great Katana in the same vid, but separate rankings.

[@dukesilver1189]

It’s crazy the number of weapons in this game that could’ve been interesting somber weapons with unique skills which were instead relegated to infusible or somber weapons with dismal scaling and a boring weapon skill. It seems like they spread themselves too thin in the weapons department and tried to compensate for the scale of everything else with filler instead of just putting a little more effort into delivering a more fleshed out selection.

[@dudeiii2069]

The worst part about the zamor is the enemy that used it gets a bunch of cool double spin to win and we get this dogshit

[@joshp.1682]

Holy shit that flawless on Radagon right at the start was nuts.

[@marshall123x]

I do agree with you on the Omen Cleaver's heavy attack being harder to get the timing and range down, however its heavy also has a fairly short wind up time so if you get an enemy caught in it, you can spam it and get an easy stagger.

[@andrewshlyakhov4602]

You can put buffs (like bloodflame blade, electrify armament, etc.) on bloodhound's fang despite it being a unique weapon (which is really rare). So technically, you can use BF with faith/int build.

[@alexterieur8813]

what does it mean that it cannot be infused ? like you cannot use greases ?

[@nami4069]

@@alexterieur8813Infusing means using an ash of war on a weapon and changing it to heavy, keen or flame art etc.

[@andrewshlyakhov4602]

@@alexterieur8813 So infusing a weapon means chaining your weapon stat scaling and in some cases chaning damage types of your weapon. You can infuse your weapon by chaning the ash of war on it. For example, you can put some magic ash of war on your longsword and instead of dealing pure phys damage and scaling with dex and str, it will also scale with int and deal split phys and magic damage. Now your longsword has magic affinity (another term) and is infused with magic. Also read about the whetblades in elden ring since they allow you to infuse your weapons with different affinities even if the ash of war does not have that damage type affinity. For example with black whetblade you can infuse your weapon with bloodloss (blood affinity) and give it arcane scaling even when puting an ash of war that only has magic scaling by default. If you can't change the ash of war of the weapon, you cannot infuse it. So unique weapons that have unique ashes of war cannot be infused. To put a grease on your weapon is to put a weapon buff on it. You also cannot put weapon buffs on most unique weapons, but in this cause bloodhound's fang is one of the few exceptions.

[@justhair17]

​@@alexterieur8813no, you can use greases and weapon buffs. You just cant change the AoW or give it a different affinity

[@alexterieur8813]

@@justhair17 oh okk !

[@Sheesh7328]

Dude the magma wym sword is so good it’s got a fast heavy a solid aow but also b scaling in strength and faith

[@DextahPC]

The AoW went HARD even before the DLC. With the new talisman it's even better. Like you said, the scaling is very good too, making this weapon increasingly relevant into NG+ cycles. My damage stats are all at 80 and two-handed, the MWS gets 1050 AR. Second highest is actually the Onyx Lord's GS at 945 AR. Then BHF at 939 AR. The Magma Wyrm Scalesword deserved 2nd place on this list IMO.

[@Sheesh7328]

@@DextahPC it shredded radagon… and it was on a dex faith build, not a str faith build pre dlc

[@seekay8079]

Freya's Greatsword just made me realize how cool Consort Radahn's weapons could have been. Powerstanced Curved Greatswords with heavy attacks that summon lasers, faith scaling, holy damage, and a stance skill with the Promised Consort skill and an altered Dual Lion's Claw AOW

[@mjmoffatt6097]

Can't wait for hand to hand to get its own ranking video

[@justhair17]

Or throwing daggers lol

[@rubeng370]

Since Great Katanas are very few in the game, put them together with the normal katanas please 🙏 Same for fist/claw weapons with perfume weapons

[@benro6564]

Id put magma wyrm above morgotts personally

[@evoazante973]

Very informative and to the point. Great 👍 video

[@SableMonk]

Monk's Flameblade is great paired with Zamors because of the similar length and both scaling pretty equal with str and dex. Bonus points for the look.

[@karma-max7202]

Consort Radahn weapons should have been grouped together and made great curve swords change my mind

[@Patrick-bn5rp]

The Onix lord greatsword's gravity attack pushes enemies away though. It is a but different than gravitas because it literally has the opposite property. Agree it should be faster though.

[@antischtick3502]

I'd say do katanas and great katanas in one vid but rank each class seperately since they have very different movesets and AOW

[@scrubsodium]

of course, bloodhound fang goes first.

[@Goku-zu3rk]

What a shame...

[@Syluxsify]

On a Dex build, Curved GS can often get more damage than regular GS, while also having Slash damage.

[@drudge5268]

Zamor curved sword is being underrated here IMO. I recently completed an ash-only run using Zamor Ice Storm and it was probably the easiest run I've ever done. Since the skill doesn't scale with anything other than weapon upgrade level, yet still does solid damage, you can essentially ignore damage stat investment entirely. Given how quickly you can get a somber weapon +9, the skill will be doing great damage throughout the run, while at the same time you have double the vigor you usually would at any point due to not needing to level any other stat for damage. Frost procs being percentage based damage keep it from falling off late game as well. Just very solid all around. The skill also stance breaks well, and will come out even if you get knocked out of the recovery frames. It was honestly a comically easy ash-only run.

[@youwy]

I did an ash only run with it too and yeah it’s probably a top 10 unique skill in the game but the weapon itself is awful so it balances into a high A tier.

[@drudge5268]

@@youwy Yeah I'd have to agree if you consider how late you get it in the game. Running it from the start it's a different beast.

[@sieg.4444]

Bad take on Omen Cleaver. Its uncharged 2h heavy comes out faster than its light attack, nearly as fast as a dagger swipe but with high stagger. It’s great for punishing fast and aggressive enemies that like to get in your face, which is where the normal CGS 2h heavy is useless.

[@youwy]

the normal curved greatsword heavy is also faster than a light attack. And the light attacks stagger enemies basically just as well and actually do more stance damage.

[@Katay-jc7nz]

RAHHHH BLOODHOUND’S FANG SUPERIORITY 💯😤

[@annnkk3938]

Morgotts cursed sword is my favorite weapon, pve and pvp.

[@joshuakim5240]

Hey Youwy, a bit of interesting trivia regarding the Monk's Flameblade: it's the only weapon in the base game that, upon being infused, actually gets B elemental scaling for Faith (Flame Art and Sacred), respectively. Now, does this actually salvage the weapon? No, not even close, but it does have one unique quality about it compared to any other curved greatsword, as minor as that is.

[@luvlydead]

onyx lords has better utility since you can knock ppl back instead of pulling in. easier to knock ppl off ledges or making space for more casting

[@gabrile6556]

What build are you using on Magma wyrm scalesword part?

[@hadihodroj2955]

I’d say Great Katanas should be separate from the regular ones. Two different weapon classes that don’t really play the same at all imo

[@notshadow4061]

But there's only 3 in the game. So the video would be like 3 minutes long.

[@lurkingsoldi2107]

They ARE separate. Great katanas is its own separate class

[@justhair17]

​@@notshadow4061yeah, but its hard to compare to katanas as they are so different

[@LeggoMyGekko]

I’d say rank them separately but in the same video. Like a section dedicated to Great Katana’s within the Katana video

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

same

[@Edgydreamerr]

What about two Freyja greatswords with bleed infusion and savage lion's claw skill spam?

[@CodeineCoffee]

Reporting in to the Youwy content farm

[@Patrick-bn5rp]

Come to think of it, couldn't you use fire's deadly sin to constantly reset frostbite for the zamor curved sword?

[@LeggoMyGekko]

If we weren’t in the dark timeline, Greatswords of Radahn (Light/Lord stance ash combo) would have been on this list. But they just had to make Starscourge Greatswords’ worse little cousins instead…

[@ahmetmelihkutlu2227]

Curve greatsword is best weapon class in all games

[@BorrasitoTakaTaka]

Not since the DLC release. Great katanas have more range, more damage, poking attacks, better moveset, more ashes of war to choose and bleed buildup. The only reason to use curved greatswords is to use a unique somber weapon.

[@joeydelano5947]

Is Freya’s sword good for a strength bleed build?

[@acey3574]

you could do a video for just the new weapons all together at the end, since most of those classes have like 3-4 weapons?

[@ThijmenTheTurkey]

Curved greatswords look cooler than normal ones though. That alone makes them better

[@SamuelGreen-je6td]

The follow up on the magma worm sword skill can dodge most attacks.

[@VALxTheEpicGamer]

ohh YES, all the katana swords should be included in ONE video...

[@protonjones54]

arghh monk's flameblade is such a fckin cool looking sword but its stats are SHIT!! WHY MICHAEL ZAKI WHY

[@connormcguire484]

You forgot the ultimate benefit of the bloodhound’s fang - it’s fucking cool and makes me look sick af 🤘

[@GilbertVonArphostein]

Morgott's cursed sword is my favourite weapon.

[@LightningAlchemist13]

Bloodhound Fang carried me on my first playthrough

[@poseidonpwnsall]

Onyx lord's sword is great. Overall the damage is good and the skill does great damage while knocking enemies away. Ive never seen the appeal of gravitas over this since id rather my AOE keep enemies at a safe distance rather than surrounding myself with them. Dont think it deserves C tier

[@Adderflail]

Freyja greatsword has weak heavy scaling, so it doesnt have the best version of flame of the redmanes. Something like a heavy misericorde with freyja offhand would do more damage. The Omen cleaver and magma wyrm r2 is only if you two hand it, so you could just not and have the longer ranged r2. The uncharged r2 also does more damage (140 vs 125 mv), not just the full charge

[@aetbhieiils]

The real crime of Zamor Curved Sword is that it doesn't even work with Dancer Set despite all those silly spins.

[@benro6564]

My idea is combine some of the very small weapon categories into one video, or just make small videos

[@ChocolatePancakeMan]

The Flameblade (and Flamemace) should have worked like the Fire Knight weapons

[@NecroBanana]

In pvp, curved greatswords are the masters at roll catching.

[@narcodium]

You should do weapon ratings at high ranks (lvl 400+)

[@Klauspetergrandel]

Huh no throwing blade weapon tier list?

[@Vega01]

Nah the Zamor sword WA being based of weapon level is good cuz then u can just hit the requirements and then devote the rest of ur levels to something other than that shit weapon. Like miracles or sumshit

[@eduardoreis5095]

do a top 10 weapons for ng+7

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

Top 10 for ng+7? You'd have your regular powerhouses there. Whats op on regular NG is still gonna be op on NG+7

[@dudunikolaishvili8096]

At least Convergence gave Flameblade some love

[@lowlypooch4186]

Can someone explain to me *HOW* is the putrescent cleaver an *AXE?*

[@joshk494]

The same way the pickaxe is a great hammer and the rusted anchor is a greataxe

[@b-xnedbirardi8202]

You gotta post the next video man, I'm going in withdrawal

[@Spvrky_05]

yes, you should combine katana and GK!

[@jasonheath7045]

If the next vid is Katanas then great katanas should be included, but after ranking the Katanas first There's only 3 Great Katanas which would be a very short vid for them alone

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

and?

[@thaearthquake]

Dismounter my beloved…

[@domsnow6418]

Yeah…. It‘s Bloodhounds Fang. Thanks.

[@mike20pr]

Fang Gang!

[@SkorBn]

Use 2 Freya's Greatswords and you have a better Consort Radahn Remembrance

[@ShirakiAkarin]

Great Katanas could be in the same video since there are only 3, but, they should get a different chart, since is kind of unfair to rank them in the same.

[@palmitofreak]

wait, is the morgott's really infuseable?

[@RicoTheExMongolianSlave]

No

[@pleasenorpgs]

omen cleaver is SSS tier for holy slash one deat birds or holy weak enemies

[@dunderthunder9858]

Zamor curved sword gets A tier because it only has one good move. Omen cleaver gets B tier because it only has one bad move. That doesn't make sense

[@youwy]

Omen cleaver is still outclassed by almost every other curved greatsword in terms of damage. Whereas nothing outclasses zamor skill. That skill is broken tier good

[@Shxem]

Twinblades next?

[@GraySnep]

Does bloodhounds fitness get boosted by rellanas cameo?

[@rhettbutler5397]

No

[@blueberry4209]

Only stances do, like the base straight sword ash, unique poses and such during an attack aren't the same as a stance ash

[@Thedunguen9999]

Youwy makes this game feel like a good - shitty game 😂

[@GabrielHenrique-pq5bo]

do the great katanas along with the katanas, since there's only 3 of them waiting for a idk, 5min video to cover the 3 great katanas is kinda meh imo, especially since we mostly know how they would rank (top 1 great katana, top 2 raksasha, top 3 dragon hunter)

[@ethanieldavid7414]

There are too little Great katanas to have their own video. You should put the two in the same video. Up to you if want to rank them separately tho.

[@drakusmero104]

Horned warrior greatsword was awesome for my Gan Ning cosplay. Just wish the ash was different. Just looks stupid imo

[@Kamarijones-n6n]

After Katana vid do claws

[@pit3165]

Yes include the great katanas in the katana video because a 2 minutes long video only for the great katanas is kind of pointless imo

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

no

[@solinvictus9882]

Magma Wyrm's Greatsword would be number 1 in the game if it didn't have all those random hairs hanging off of it.

[@tmb379]

Some curved greatsword should get a thrusting attack. Every Ds1 Fan knows why (💀)

[@effteadoubleyou]

include the great katanas with the regular katanas! and great to see bloodhounds still on top lol

[@GBK100TTD]

Yea put the Great Katanas with the rest basically all

[@pedrocunial]

Wonder which is winning this one /s

[@EdwardPerez-x1g]

Omen Cleaver=Tetsaiga

[@hatherlow]

Projectiles are in the game to be used

[@evanmcdonald9134]

Good thing to remember with morgotts sword too is that on any enemy that gets staggered by the weapon art, you can combo it into an r1 or r2. Very good for killing stuff like knights

[@KashimoJoestar]

Youwy is a pretty boy :)

[@danielbogodoukhov5154]

🔥🔥

[@SJ_1122]

You get Hyperarmor on Omen cleaver heavy 😴😴😴

[@jedwalker4543]

Since there’s only 3 you might as well include the great katanas as well

[@justhair17]

Bloodhound fang is ridiculous on NG+ as well. On a quality build, it has one if the highest ARs and it can be buffed

[@Sasheto05]

You should combine the Great Katanas since they are only 3

[@abdalla8558]

Yes, 3 great katanas fit with regular. Considering one is just bigger version of ROB.