BEST SCYTHE - Dark Souls 3

[@genericprofile2381]

The grim reaper uses a scythe, the devil has a pitchfork. Is farming a popular pastime in hell?

[@dodojesus4529]

I mean the process of collecting souls is sometimes refered as Soul harvesting

[@nicopeo1106]

I am more smart now

[@dodojesus4529]

@@nicopeo1106 you are much smart

[@Grim_Reaper500]

Yes but no one can know, so shhhh.

[@Mare_Man]

How else would they have the EXP to be so untouchable?

[@axolotlist9700]

Obviously the best scythe is the Great Scythe, because it's the greatest of the scythes.

[@kurtcobane1762]

It's not called the "somewhat okay scythe" so I agree with your comment :P

[@Kenny0136]

but it isnt called the "Greatest Scythe" :O

[@Shadow0Heart1]

Well, An Ultra Greatsword is called "Greatsword", This is the Scythe equivalent!

[@arougea.i.3380]

Where is that profile pic from.

[@p.n__]

Ladies and gentleman, an intellectual.

[@UnixDaemonKiller]

Dang. The backstab for Friede's Greatscythe should be the beheading with two scythes animation Friede has.

[@Koish445]

I think riposte for all scythes should be the phase 1 beheading

[@PvPSkillz]

Hi everyone. I did a mistake in the beginning regarding scythes and war. They were definitely used as weapons in war. I should have said that it was never designed/created as a weapon, that would have been way more accurate.

[@GetterRay]

Scythes used in war had their blades turned so they resembled the Glaive more than crop scythes. Scythes like you see in fantasy games were never used in war. You were right the first time.

[@HoneyBadging]

scythes like you see in fantasy games were used often in civil wars and revolts, so he was right when he corrected himself. Actually the fact that farmers scythes are used in ds as weapons is a historical reference to farmers revolts, apart from the fact that they do look really badass

[@Ezio9791]

Hook-like scythes were never used in war (how the hell would you cut a person with it, it would function like a bad thrusting weapon)

[@HoneyBadging]

U gotta use what you have when you fight to feed your family

[@HoneyBadging]

but yeah mostly they were modified for the purpose

[@arthurcaeorem4542]

You know what would be a coll riposte animation for the scythe? Gherman-style execution.

[@N3rd_on_F1re]

German*

[@blackironwalterkus3851]

Nah I prefer sticking the entire scythe in their back while simultaneously breaking all the laws of human anatomy.

[@kry0stat1s74]

@@blackironwalterkus3851 lmao

[@kry0stat1s74]

Holy shit I'm the 100th like

[@davidhong1934]

@@blackironwalterkus3851 Yeah, the current animation is hilarious

[@RisqueBisquet]

*sees title of video* Is this even a question?

[@damiandattenberger5254]

Rekt

[@DJJKMusicMaster]

Exactly. Follower's sabre is deffinetly best scythe in the game

[@sirpotato9052]

FUCK U FAGOF

[@gatekeeper6720]

Cursed no it's the broken sword

[@fatl3741]

Corvian scythe is easily the best.

[@RedstoneRecords]

Friede's scythe is easily countered by Ultra Greatswords and Greataxes though :( The poise on those things easily counter the weapon art

[@Ezio9791]

Just don't spam the weapon art like most people do.

[@TohtoriFeeniks]

Radapedaxa If you just don't spam the weapon art like a total idiot you can't get countered by them, simple as that.

[@loganisnotme0296]

CubeWorks it’s very easy to get kill a greatsword and great axes you just need to be smart with it and not spam the weapon art and always try to bait them to attack because most attacks are slow and very easy to dodge

[@pizzadog6160]

When i see a friedes i just golf swing them

[@vaskopoh9512]

@@pizzadog6160 I remember when most friede duels I had ended with their charred corpses under my Old King Gh WA, shit was hilarious

[@GameWinner5]

I've been saying that the scythe critical animations are shit since dark souls 1. Is it really that hard to animate someone maybe kicking the enemy back and then slashing through their chest or something? Or maybe digging it into their flesh behind the collarbone? It's not hard but no they just said "eh fuck it no one's gonna use these weapons anyway just make them shove it through the person"

[@lilmonstercc1]

TheIntelligentGam3r just give them a weird crit like its movesets. I.e: A short neck swipe that sends the enemy sideways instead of forward.

[@GameWinner5]

That would be unique too, just SOMETHING that isn't shoving the scythe through them

[@D-Havoc]

Dark Souls 2 critical animations for the scythe was actually really good.

[@dylanmartindale9151]

+DeeperHavoc The guard break critical animation was pretty weird looking though, but the backstab and riposte look nice.

[@D-Havoc]

Midnight Archer The guard break critical was pretty bad for them.

[@Wrat_]

You should rename this video "the only usable scythe in ds3"

[@onion9126]

The real Gjallarhorn ? All scythes are viable now ya dingus

[@tomcody9959]

I only used the great scythe yet, and in my opinion it`s more than viable, it`s... just great

[@michael_7344]

The real Gjallarhorn try the Corvian great scythe. Its really good :) The range compared to speed is really good. The weapon art is nice too.

[@SS2LP]

Shush ghorn you aren't even good yourself these days.

[@JZer0]

Do you play on PC? Want to fight me with my Corvian Great scythe?

[@homejonny9326]

man, the changes between scythes continuing with the same move was amazing 1:44 for example

[@BoarhideGaming]

Honestly, who the fuck didn't know scythes were farming tools? Oh, and they were used as weapons, just not by armies, but by the common man. Same as pitchforks and woodsman axes

[@minimoYT]

Armies used war scythes, refitted for battle and practicality, while peasants simply would not pick them, as the blade was completely unaligned

[@TheShieldsMD]

I'm sure he meant that scythes in their natural form weren't used. When farmers used them, they refitted the blade until it was more of a glaive than anything.

[@FireClaw00]

+Mizuki Himeji Source? Pretty sure they weren't as how unpractical they were.

[@pinklerose]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosynierzy

[@minimoYT]

www.funkymonkeyprops.com/userimages/vintage%20%20scythe%20farm%20tool.JPG There is no way you would be able to use this and live to tell the story. They sticked to pitchforks and sickles, but not their scythes, unless you are referring to Kosynierzy, which were used by military, and not peasants, as pointed by pinklerose.

[@trutyatces8699]

3:23 Summary of most weapons in dark souls 3.

[@OneStroke_Wonder]

Tru**ty *atc*es.

[@atomicwinter31]

*WHY CAN'T I IMPALE SOMEONE WITH A GREAT CLUB*

[@kirin6544]

@@atomicwinter31 because you don't do it. You litteraly punch them so hard that you break their fucking neck

[@atomicwinter31]

@@kirin6544 nah man i wanna just thrust da club into em lmao

[@sebw8169]

“Corvian scythe has short range” LOL 2h r1 is literally the longest in the game

[@jimtsap04]

I think friedes weapon of choice is not just random or for coolness, i believe that since she is not native to the painting world, she wanted to convince father ariandel and the residents of the painting she was their saviour and mistress, priscilla(or at least an incarnation or descendant of her) so as to make them believe in her plan to stop the rebirth of the painting. For that reason she imitated priscilla, F E E T, scythe and all.

[@sumbody694]

That is such a shaky conclusion and the only similar things they have in common is the scythe and her going invisible for a short time frame. Nothing else is comparable at all.

[@i_m_ash]

Friede's Scythe is the coolest weapon in DS3. I love it. The only disappointment is that FromSoftware could have made this weapon way more awesome. It should be dual scythe without weapon art. Weapon art should be dark pyromancy effect similar to Onyx Blade. Reposte should have looked cooler with the grab attack Friede does when she attacks after invisibility. And backstab should have been the dual scythe head slicing. However, the WA R1 does not consume FP so I have no complaints.

[@Ziggy_Rotten]

8:52 loved it when you mocked that guys parry spam. LoL.

[@BansheeKing22]

The best scythe in dark souls 3 is the one you enjoy using no matter the stats.

[@RazorusR3X777]

Lol all of theme, i love scythe weapons in any video game, its kinda why i got Ds3 instead of Ds2

[@hypesthevasukilad1199]

I always enjoyed the burial blade from bloodborne

[@abrahamrangel2326]

but they are all shit with the same moveset and there is only 4 of them, miyazaki doesn't like scythes

[@Bloodhurl67]

@@hypesthevasukilad1199 the burial blade is the best scythe throughout all of them

[@hypesthevasukilad1199]

@@Bloodhurl67 yup but then again, does "good" matter? If it does what you want and looks cool while doing it, you've found something nice..i just recently started playing with sister Frieds great scythe and my god its fun

[@nicolrb2210]

“Scythes were never used as a weapon but as an agricultural tool” well, you do are harvesting souls

[@gooberzify]

Do are you?

[@WanderingLoner1]

Good point

[@orieLab_]

self inflict bleed? of course that 2 bleed per hit is gonna kill me

[@alecoram7874]

It does against large groups of enemies like the deacons, funny enough.

[@ratelvora8014]

Everything does against the fucking deacons.

[@stefanotomasi1800]

I was hesitant to try it because of it... And now realise I've never gone past 25% bleed buildup with it. Dark infused it really kicks ass with my pyro build

[@deusexvesania1702]

@@alecoram7874 Oh, yeah, I remember that one time I actually died against them cuz my Corvian's let me pop like a mosquitoe.

[@plox8279]

The only time the bleed really hurts is when fighting bleed builds, but even then its not too bad.

[@killslayer0245]

12:43 you said that it does 257 physical damage and 392 physical damage

[@Astropunchfulmaxed]

best great hammer for sure. We already know what the best spears are. Dragonslayer, Gargoyle, Lothric Knight, etc.

[@anarcnamedjustin3451]

None of them, because From have a hate boner for big weapons

[@Astropunchfulmaxed]

ANarcNamed Justin, well I already knew they suck. I just wanna know which one is the best. Edit: What I mean is Great Hammers suck in a competitive pvp setting. You can dish out some pretty serious hurt with a Great Hammer. That being said, there's not much you can do if your opponent doesn't trade with you, or mess up. That is why I said they suck.

[@joshuamender2852]

i use a +10 heavy great club with buffs, as my hammer time "can't touch this".

[@anarcnamedjustin3451]

I'd say that's most likely the best greathammer in the game, that or pickaxe, pikaxe is too fast to REALLY be a greathammer though, and the great club has a good r2, other than that, all the greathammers are complete garbage, so all that is is between them two, and pickaxe is much faster, so it's not even debatable, really

[@Astropunchfulmaxed]

If only it were that easy huh?

[@MultiGG2]

Anakin: "Well in my point of view, the scythe is a stupid weapon!" Obi-wan: "Then you are lost! And don't try to disprove me, I have the high ground!"

[@lordbasketboi9998]

Nothin AND I MEAN NOTHING beats burial blade

[@lordbasketboi9998]

Jason Steiner im talking about scythes you potato

[@lordbasketboi9998]

Jason Steiner amagdala’s arm sorta

[@lordbasketboi9998]

Jason Steiner a herd some people call it a whip

[@kuylarhudgins5802]

@@lordbasketboi9998 it says scythe while hovering it in inventory

[@lordbasketboi9998]

@@kuylarhudgins5802 it does??

[@danelendil1424]

Actually scythes were used as weapons for quite a long time and in many places; peasants would use them as improvised weapons in rebellions and there actually were scythes repurposed for combat purposes, the so-called war scythes (wikipedia actually has a page about it if you're interested).

[@jurivjerdha2467]

If you take the scythes blade and point it vertically instead of horizontaly you get yourself an illegal weapon during ww1

[@imdorgat]

Best great hammer would be interesting. It would showcase the best of the worst weapon class in the game. From, plz buff the Old King Hammer. Buff the Demon Axe too, while you're at it.

[@Pootisbird54]

Worst weapon class? Really? I wreck shop with the Quakestone hammer.

[@_grug__]

Pootisbird54 If you like that, try it with smoughs gh. It doesnt get earthquakes of destruction, but it deals massive damage.

[@Pootisbird54]

Seth Brooking While it does more damage, the weapon art is kind of useless. Perserverance is great on the BK Sword but not on a hammer that already has massive hyperarmour. With the Quakestone Hammer weapon art you can really throw people off. Hit them with both attacks and you'll probably kill them. Miss the first, just delay the second one slightly so they try to attack, then toss them up in the air.

[@_grug__]

Pootisbird54 Eh, it's still fun to smack people sensless with a golden drum on a stick.

[@Pootisbird54]

Seth Brooking I'm going for practicality. The Quakestone has longer range, better move variation and looks cooler imho

[@sunvro8341]

Caribbean great scythe

[@Jcorella]

The video feels weirdly colored. ahh Friede's Scythe stance can be parried.

[@pierat3338]

Jcorella wait... How are you here and yet you only have one like? Lawdaddy we have failed you...

[@Noobymanfire]

Jcorella I ACTUALLY PARRIED IT ONCE

[@Lemonducky86]

And the best scythe weapon in Dark Souls 3 goes to... the Dark Souls 1 Great Scythe?! What the heck?

[@mandrake6486]

"you can even rekt havel" u mean the havel who have an armor way too heavy for the defense it gives and no poise? pls just let that poor guy alone

[@cadunkus]

I think he said "wreak havoc"

[@johncrq3594]

yea, i keep getting bullied by dex builds who cant win

[@emeraldwolf7920]

Havel has poise though.

[@RobotronSage]

interesting So the weakness in Havels is the tradeoff between weight and poise

[@alecoram7874]

One thing often overlooked for this weapon class: The r1 can be followed up by an r2 for more damage. It's a true combo (at least 2handed) and will often be more effective than r1>r1. I recommend: Great scythe - the only one I haven't used too much (essentially the same as corvian)... refined is probably the most effective. Corvian scythe - one of my favourite weapons due to the variety of builds that can use it effectively... refined, hollow, or elemental all have their perks. My top choice is dark because it does more damage than refined without a buff and does ~80% damage through most shields. Pontiff knight scythe - disappointingly short, but good to practice with... requires at least 40 dex to be usable and it can be fun to throw in snap freeze to increase frost buildup. Freide's - seems to be the longest and has an interesting moveset with a learning curve... dex/ int will get you crazy damage Great job hitting 100k! You deserve it :)

[@hvide.]

actully the headshot animation could be done with the onikiri and ubadarchi weapon weapon art

[@RisenCepheid]

I missed those crazy montages in the intro ! Especially with the The One Reborn OST. Great work as always Skillz

[@crywastaken7815]

Mfw watching a Dark Souls 3 Video but I hear Final Fantasy XV constantly in the background, besides that really nice video!

[@刘春峰-w2e]

Pal I really like your videos. They are excellent works. And I like your bloodborne walk through so much that I think it's easily the best walk through you can find. Please keep on making them. Praise the Great One!

[@ryanmartin4037]

What was the purpose of this video? We already know friede's great scythe is the best.

[@greywolf1154]

Amen to that

[@fleshyindividual3220]

LeadFaun thats a joke right? pls tell Fishy thats a joke

[@unkybaby5457]

Mr. Fishy Corvian is great

[@fleshyindividual3220]

@@unkybaby5457 excuse Fishy human but Fishy never really plays PvP so he is judging based on moveset and fashion , so maybe that's why.

[@Beanpolr]

@@fleshyindividual3220 the moveset is really good tho because it can outspace most players easily and get a sweet spot hit

[@yarro7428]

Hollow infusions actually increase status by a small amount, though it isn't shown anywhere. The corvian greatscythe becomes a great weapon when you level luck before strength and dex, even foregoing strength if you need to fit into 120.

[@jayboone1920]

That’s what I’m using right now and I thought it was doing great

[@Cerise__]

"you remember that scene, in the boss baby film, where the boss baby uses dual Scythes to kill the entire family? Yeah i remember that scene. What a great scene" -Pyrocynical

[@SgtFunBun]

Question: How did you get the Gravetender to be Artorias? Mods?

[@johncrq3594]

thats an invader i think

[@DracoCordraconis]

An Invader in a Boss Fight?

[@Wroxal]

@@DracoCordraconis It's an old bug with the moundmaker covenant. Patched now

[@AlbedoLyre]

In the cinders mod the gravetender is replaced with the knights of Gwyn

[@rorytulip9343]

I completely disagree with your conclusion here PvPSkillz! Freide's Great Scythe may have the superior hyperarmour weapon art, but its two-handed R1 is noticably slower than the regular reaper 2HR1. I have played a lot with the Corvian Great Scythe (it is my favourite weapon, and I play with it most days) and the 2H moveset has a lot more range than you perhaps realise. When I play with this weapon, I'm only ever outranged by the longer spears, Yhorm's, and reactive Onyx Blade players. I will outrange Freide's with this weapon. The Corvian Scythe is also applicable to a far greater diversity of builds than Freide's, so this gives the user far more options if they are restricting themselves to a meta level build. A correction I should make, is that you said that Lighting Infusion on the Corvian gives an A scaling in Faith at +10. This is not true, it gives you an S scaling. Although I think most people agree that elemental infusions are suboptimal in PvP, I feel like this is at least worth mentioning, as it is one of the few weapons with this property. Finally, I'd also like to note that in my months of maining this weapon, the self-bleed effect has been a problem for me on only two occasions. Both times were careless play against a carthus-buffed Onislayer spamming player, and I feel like they would likely have bled me out anyway. Also, whilst we're talking about special weapon properties, I think it's fairly uncontroversial to say that bleed is far more useful than frostbite in PvP. A carthus buffed Corvian will proc bleed faster than Freide's weapon art will proc frost against a competent player. I'll concede that Freide's Scythe is much cooler (not least because of the Frost damage :P ) than Corvian, but Corvian is clearly the superior weapon, unless your opponent is willing to stand still whilst you use Friede's weapon art. But in that case, you could probably beat said opponent with any Scythe.

[@lth_lch]

Rory Tulip Finding another Corvian main is like finding a needle in a haystack. Totally agreed with all of your points. As a Corvian main myself, I've found that the only other time I have a problem with the self-bleed is when fighting the Deacons boss, as hitting a lot of enemies at once builds it up pretty fast. The only weapons I have a problem fighting are reactive washing pole players, pike/lothric knight longspear players and yhorms players. Other than that though I can out-space most other players just fine. Love Corvian for its style and versatility.

[@TheMinamoto7]

Im looking for a scythe to use for my character so this video was interesting to say the least

[@WarMonger_the-One-and-Only]

Agreed. I'm not a scythe guy myself, but if I had to use one, I'd definitely go corvian.

[@richjerald152]

Rory Tulip I really wish everyone in the comment section was like you. I love the corvian great scythe, sure it doesn't have the raw damage other weapons have, but you'd be suprised how bleed damage can creep up on you. Thanks for the comment man!

[@bettywhite2694]

I've been rocking the Corvian Scythe lately on a 40 dex 40 luck sharp infused build and the bleed damage is phenomenal. Especially when buffed. Definitely loving this weapon :)

[@jblackmel]

Cool vid and all, but where's pt. 2 of your Arcane build playthrough?

[@a_witticism]

Miss your insightful commentary and thoughts on pvp sir. Good luck with everything.

[@trashcan9001]

i also miss you brigade!!!! the guy that made a duelist of me, all the best my bro.

[@sirpotato9052]

FUCK U REYARD

[@maxredone152]

Your knowledge and ability to break weapons down is amazing. Can't wait for the next bloodborne installment

[@togp3403]

MaxRedOne 1 sorry to say it but from soft is apparently done with bloodborne and souls games...

[@maxredone152]

no I meant PVP skills Bloodbourne playthrough

[@togp3403]

MaxRedOne 1 oh sorry my bad

[@Klef_Takis]

They said they were done with Dark Souls, not Bloodborne. Also, if they don't make Bloodborne 2, they already said they are working on a "Souls-like" game. So, we're still getting another game in this style by Fromsoft :)

[@coolness4098]

Sunder logic ik this comment is well over a year old but "souls-like" game? as in a game like dark souls and not bloodborne? don't know what u were aiming for there it just kinda pissed me off lol

[@greywolf1154]

I use friedas scythe through the entire game, like fighting bosses, pvp and even regular enemy's and I absolutely love it! The first weapon art with dual light attacks are so much fun to use, great for crowd control,(like facing 3 people at once) and can absolutely wreck any one! I don't usualy use the second weapon art because I don't have alot of Magika but it's perfect to use when fighting rush enemys, slow enemy's and it help me get some elbow room when I need a take a breath. The hyper armor is very appreciated when fighting enemies, some times I would sacrifice large amount of health just to get the upper hand and most times it works thx to me not getting stun. All in all I give this scythe 100/10 for its fun using and great pvp weapon(my opinion) and I see the comments about the parrying. To be honest I rarely get parryed when I use this scythe. Don't get me wrong I got parryed a good couple times using it on my first couple trys but the more you use it the more you can change move sets to predict enemy's and change moves to get them off guard. Now when I use I mostly pay attention to the enemy's armor and weapons then think about how I fight. If some 1 was to have a shield I would know they probably want to party me so I use different weapon arts and try to mix them as best as I can which actually works most times again I think scythe is 100/10

[@jeferson_lima]

Pvp in the boss room? How its possible? 13:18 and 15:10

[@shycommander1565]

If you're part of the mad covenant, you can help or hinder the host, this includes being able to help with bosses, and while in said boss room, friendly fire still being active between host and mad summon. Therefore "Boss room invasions" are possible.

[@theisjepsen22]

@@shycommander1565 is that still a thing?

[@kerryorwat2498]

@@theisjepsen22 yes

[@Jerrongamereview]

@@kerryorwat2498 do you know if anything changed regarding the scythes? I just got the game

[@vaskopoh9512]

@@Jerrongamereview nah,

[@superdarklink]

I always enjoy watching KZbinrs play PvP. It's always nice watching what PvP latency should be

[@thornbush8295]

Y'all can't forget about the scythe of want, that thing was great! Also best spear next please :)

[@zamaskowany12]

Isn't scythe of want from DS2

[@FireClaw00]

+TheCrimsonFucker Yes, he was just saying don't forget about it considering Skillz never mentioned it in the recap of scythes

[@hvide.]

didten it have like a shit ton of critical damage?

[@Nutt_lemmings]

It's r2 got patched but yes the riposte more than daggers after patch lolz

[@lred1383]

@@Nutt_lemmings What did they change about the r2? Used the scythe like a month ago, worked just as well as it always did. Gotta love that 100% viable moveset.

[@mikehikes710]

I'm doing a scythe playthrough I'm loving it

[@chiefkief791]

2:46 hey that's me. I got you down to one shot and you made a comeback and killed me.

[@Fish_Head]

As always, your transitions and video editing is absolutely top notch.

[@AluminumHaste]

The term is to wreak havoc, not wreck. It's pronounced REEK To wreak means to "cause a large amount" of havoc. To wreck havoc would translate into breaking or damaging widespread destruction, which doesn't make sense. EDIT: edited out the douche

[@4evermilkman]

AluminumHaste this guys first language isn't English mate, in case you couldn't tell, its hard speaking 2 languages, and sure a word night might get mixed up, besides English has been changing for hundreds of years, in America no one cares about the Queens Ol' English any more, ya kna bruh?

[@AluminumHaste]

Rae Of Astora oh I was just being salty. Idioms get butchered all the time, he's not the only one I've heard say it that way. And yes language changes all the time, but putting two words together that make no sense is taking it to far.

[@4evermilkman]

That's true, you are right, just be nice about it, people take constructive criticism very well, or at least better than salt, helping someone speak better English is good, but poking fun usually just gets ignored, also he may be doing the best he can, some languages just simply pronounce things so different that they have a hard time putting the sounds together, for instance I'm learning Spanish and cannot roll my R' s, just because it doesn't exist in English,

[@AluminumHaste]

Edited out the douche lol.

[@4evermilkman]

Haha nice, a little kindness goes a long way!

[@lilnicca]

man your videos are beautiful. honestly good job

[@hollowedbats]

Best spear! My favorite weapon is drang twinspears, I would love to see which one is best though.

[@WakanaGao]

Tanner Tilkens too bad they need an elemental buff to have decent dmg even with Leo ring

[@lth_lch]

Tanner Tilkens I'd say Gargoyle's, Partizan, or Lothric Knight.

[@hollowedbats]

Jade Smith Nah, I just use refined and whatever buff I have on hand in PvP and I string together 1000 damage combos pretty regularly.

[@leobold565]

Jade Smith I actually managed to hit a 700 dmg counterhit with them once

[@crimsoncriminal5047]

Gargoyle flame spear

[@Beretta249]

Great to see a Reaper video, thanks. I favor the Corvian Scythe, but I also suck so eh. I vote for Best Spear for next comparison video.

[@lwazinkasawe3887]

Watching this video because I'm trying to have a Dark Souls 3 RWBY challenge and well, Ruby needs a bloody scythe

[@matthewolarte5413]

im looking foward to future videos. more of the arcane blood borne playthrough please :D

[@dougal937]

Great hammers are one of my favorite weapon classes in Dark Souls 3.

[@dougal937]

They're still a good weapon class. You just need to know how to bait people and manage your stamina.

[@duhokstar1441]

Blackbirb nice joke greathammers sucks they need a buff

[@dougal937]

duhok star I don't think so. I use them a lot in PvP and get kills pretty easily.

[@duhokstar1441]

Blackbirb will if you know how to bait people you good but i feel they are way too slow and one handed moveset it just crap

[@dougal937]

duhok star Oh yeah the one handed is not worth doing at all. But unlike Greataxes you can get a two hit combo while two handing. That plus A scaling in a 60 str build and if you use the great club you can buff the damage with the weapon art.

[@thereprehensible435]

The pontiff's scythe can use the buff animation to insta-frost most enemies and just two uses will usually frost a player even at their best resistance values.

[@thereprehensible435]

That said, frost and poison are still shite status applications. Fromsoft, always working as intended... Poorly.

[@lred1383]

@@thereprehensible435 I made a build that uses all 3 status effects. First poison them, then easy frostbite with whatever, then just bleed their asses until victory. If they get rid of one of the effects, reapply until desired result.

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

What's the best scythe? The Burial Blade. I know this is DS3 but the answer is still Burial Blade.

[@Shin_FTW]

I'm a big scythe user myself. I used a Great Corvian Scythe for a while and I have one with every elemental infusion, plus Simple and then Refined. I even wielded it with the Pontiff Scythe in my off hand for style. Even running around with it and killing groups with it, it's never proc'd bleed on me or ever been an issue. The bleed meter even goes down pretty fast. I don't even think I've filled the meter 1/3 or 1/4 of the way. But upon getting Friede's Great Scythe, I switched to that because I love the moveset and its total AR even beats a Chaos/Dark Corvian Scythe at max possible damage.

[@jackelhuevo2133]

Top spears would be great :)

[@abellinns4013]

Spears next +1

[@nickbrown3723]

Gargoyle flame spear. done.

[@Jake-yy7bl]

I like how salt and sanctuary did their critical attack animation for scythes, you flip the scythe upside down, holding the top of the handle, and impale the blade into your opponent

[@erikaitsumi7198]

Friede's scythe is my favorite weapon

[@NirolfLuap]

awesome video! next video should be about best great hammers!

[@CommaV9414]

Freide's Scythe is a mai waifu. Come at me haters, I'll bullshit you to death.

[@trey5wop199]

Fellare anri's straight sword is better

[@retroicdescent]

raser abdel Pricilla's Dagger is still #1.

[@fataconsilium4890]

RetroicDescent my dick is still the greatest.....disappointment

[@trey5wop199]

Fata consilium lol

[@spooky1869]

Fellare , you will never be good as your father ever was.

[@lth_lch]

Corvian has been my go to weapon since release. I personally find the self-inflicted bleed completely negligible in PvP. The only time I find it to be a problem is when I'm fighting a large group of enemies all at once, like Deacons. The self-bleed is procced once for every contact with an enemy, so hitting a lot of enemies at once builds it up really quick. Other than that though I still think it's better than the regular Great Scythe and the Pontiff Knight Scythe, at least for PvP. As for Friede's, I can't really say whether or not it contends with Corvian, as I haven't encountered any players who are good with the weapon. All the Friede's users I've encountered just spam the weapon art move set like I'm just gonna walk into it. I do think that if you're clever with the timing you could make good use of its hyper-armor, but as of right now I still can't say I think it's better than Corvian.

[@ducasse8473]

hey how are you pvping in boss rooms O.o?

[@xxshadow234xx]

Core war exactly what I want to know

[@Kirhean]

You don't fight Artorias in DLC. It's probably a mod, they exist even if you get banned for hacking.

[@spaceskeletonebenezer1829]

guys, thsts just pvp arena added i dlc.

[@Justaguywithglassesok]

last i checked there wasn't a big ass dog in pvp arena

[@saturnus423]

Per Skålvik It's a dlc boss, you fight a dog and a human.

[@vroknyr4592]

nice job on the video and definitely great hammers next

[@sekaion5914]

3:06 lmao its like that for all the weapon categories... dks3 has no variety

[@moodswing4460]

Just started using the Scythe's last week. I am pretty sure I know how this will end :) Thanks for the vid

[@swamdono]

8:52 That BM though.

[@d6damage93]

Best Scythe is at the end of the game... Great... Also great vid planing an Int / Dex build and this info helps a lot!

[@ACmaniacos]

FFXV Ost made this video 100x times even more epic than it is

[@raidbugspray3291]

scythes were used as weapons many times. very popular in japan as isolated islands fought against unification and the unrest of the 18th-19th century in europe, used by the agricultural class. there are also war-scythes, famously used by the polish to fend off swedish invasion during the 17th century.

[@andrewbowen2837]

Ho ho hold up, the scythe of want from ds2 was awesome. tf you mean all scythes in that game were horrible?

[@optic_assassin46yes47]

Keith Stone agreed

[@AllthatremainsMV]

Bone Scythe was dope for strength builds too

[@KungFooCool]

Great video! I'm loving the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack in the background.

[@riskingeuphoria]

the repost backstab animation is like that because everyone in ds 1 saw the greatsythe and thought wow that is ridiculous it stabs through their chest, it was changed in ds2 and everyone was dissapointed.

[@deszczowiec1974]

Scythes were used in Poland in XVIII cent., by sodiers-farmers but they remodelled them and attach blade pointing up, they were Kosynierzy, scythe-warriors.

[@mr.stealyourhumanity4231]

(start of the video) ehh, wrong. There was such a thing as war-scythes. Look it up.

[@yuristuras7895]

Mr. Steal your humanity okay sorry boss

[@choklatecheeseburger]

Yeah but they were just scythes with the blade pointed forward, essentially just spears or halberds with a weird blade.

[@spinyslasher6586]

war scythes looks more like glaives than scythes.

[@artzim9246]

also kusarigamas

[@choklatecheeseburger]

***** Weren't actually used...

[@lexorus1067]

Brand new to the souls series, i've played all 3 but never beat any cause im terrible. subscribed because of that amazing camera and editing!

[@CrusaderLogan]

Friede's Weeb scythe more like it. This weapon is so annoying since I see it SO FUCKING MUCH.

[@Blittsplitt5]

and I'm seeing poise hollow slayer builds waaaay too much now...

[@wazzup9179]

I also see these to much and also washing poles do I also see to much

[@pokemypotato]

Havel the Rock weeb is irrelevant

[@CrusaderLogan]

Poke my Potato It's 100% relevant.

[@itsl3489]

I PvP at SL 99 (pure Dex) and never have seen friedes scythes at all :D

[@breddedbred]

yo you seriously upgraded your aesthetics of this channel. noice

[@Nox_Aeterna]

Am i the only one who notices he's using Final Fantasy Battle music.... XDD

[@Yozora2025]

Noctis Dragneel >claims he's using final fantasy BGM >most of the music is from Bloodborne and dark souls 3 boss themes

[@indyjon3s]

Caustic_Sakura he's using ffxv music for the entire first half of the video though

[@Nox_Aeterna]

Caustic_Sakura Trust me, i think i know how to recognize the BGM of my favo goty.

[@campbell2684]

you put so much time into your videos, i can tell

[@JJack1775]

Great video my man! Super helpful

[@lesczu45]

Scythes were actually used in real life battle. Polish infantry during an uprising in1794 included support formations (mostly peasants) armed with scythes embedded vertically. Here is wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosynierzy

[@spinyslasher6586]

yeah these look more like glaives than scythes and are only scythes by name.

[@danelendil1424]

+Spiny Slasher : actually they're real scythes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe and the real (as opposed to improvised) weapon I'd say they're most similar to is the bill ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_(weapon) ) - another weapon inspired by an agricultural tool, but this one was actually used by armies around Europe (as opposed to being used mostly by peasants, as scythes were). The biggest difference between a scythe and a glaive is in the side of the blade that the edge is on - glaives are used for sweep cuts while scythes would be used for pull cuts - very different weapon, very different combat style. Of course scythes in dark souls are used with the blade perpendicular to the haft, which would make them something like over-sized kamas ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_(weapon) ) though one could see how using them this way to get around a shield could still be an effective way of fighting, especially in a formation - maybe in a similar way to how the dacian falx was used.

[@spinyslasher6586]

danel elendil But base design of Scythe used in dark souls doesn't look like that. These Scythes are farming tools and once you lunge close to an enemy using them IRL, it's probably a defeat for him. Normally these long polearm style weapons were used with shields and were meant to be mostly anti cavalry and to deter charging enemies. The fact that the base scythe lacks any sort of thrusting attack potential makes it inferior to halberds and spears.

[@septon4087]

Scythes need new riposte/backstab animations and weapon arts. Riposte: knee the enemy in the stomach then follow up with a slash to the chest Backstab: jab at the back causing them to kneel, then execute Gherman style Weapon arts: great scythe and Corvian Scythe gets a stance where you can either combo a spin slash into a neck swipe with normal attack, and leap in the air gracefully and slash with strong attack.

[@Koish445]

12:43 “257 of it is physical damage, 392 is physical damage”

[@randomyoutubeuser261]

Sad that we never got the Greathammer or Spear video, i really liked this type of videos

[@MandosDestiny]

I feel like you overstated the impact of the Corvian self-bleed. I've used the weapon extensively, at least 15 hours with it, and I have never had any issues with the self-bleed in PvP or PvE.

[@hairysticks74]

Great video matey... I vote for spears next please :)

[@witchBoi_Connor]

3:14 two of the scythes in the game gave the same WA. The Pontiff Knight Scythe has a self buffing weapon art instead of Neck Swipe, and we should all know what Friede’s scythe has by now.

[@voexz]

Is it just me or did i hear some Final Fantasy XV music in the background at 7:43

[@aiellamori]

It would be great if Friede's scythe's riposte animation was her execution style attack

[@ZerkMonsterHunter]

nice video PvPSkillz my man, so happy we finally have a scythe in dark souls 3 that lives up to the legacies of the burial blade and the church pick from Bloodborne! definitely do great hammers next! ciao!

[@AntiBogol]

I don't know if anyone wrote something about it before but.. scythes were actually used as a weapons (it was in between year 1650-1900 or something like this). Scythe was always a farming tool ofc but umm yeah.. the only difference was that people put the cutting part along the umm shaft(?) it looked like this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe check the pictures on the side

[@sonnyboxd]

Good video! I think you should do great hammers next.

[@mirainokiokuha]

0:06 What about kościuszko's insurection?

[@pancakke08]

Freides scythe's sweet spot mechanic is also different. It deals normal damage if you don't hit the sweet spot and extra if you do.

[@Edanite]

You're partly right. Sythe's were used in wars in the past by repositioning the blade into an upright position. These rewoeked sythe's were heavy, awkward, were surprisingly effective and instilled fear in those who fought them.

[@Sentinel-cc3lo]

Love the Final Fantasy XV - Ifrit's Hellfire music in the background.