Best Weapon? Ranking ALL Boss Weapons In Lies of P

[@blueprinkle6965]

Simon manus' hammer also generates you ergo. So it can be used on farming runs. Something to keep in mind. It helps offset its fable cost

[@milikitito]

Simon hammer and hunter amulet +1, over 200k ergo from lax

[@itscetriolojhoo4920]

Wait a second It generates ergo and i never knew about It? I Always thought it only USED ergo for the Fable HAHAHA I Guess that's why i leveled so much on my NG+ ahaha

[@BArellano95]

Where did you get this information?

[@milikitito]

@@BArellano95 Read the item description, it just say it. And if you still dont belive it just test it xD ...

[@milikitito]

@@itscetriolojhoo4920 Its what happen when you dont read the items description :)

[@kingoffans]

Frozen Feast is a tricky weapon to master but don't sleep on it. I used Frozen Feast the moment I got it and basically walked all over the rest of the game. Beat the last three bosses including the secret boss in 20 mins each with it. It has such amazing damage, stagger and defense. It's slow af but you can build around it with good P-organ choices as well as maxing out the Puppet String to bypass its biggest weakness and instantly deal a ton of damage and stagger on an enemy.

[@thenonexistinghero]

I'm sorry for your loss. Those precious levels lost can never be regained.

[@PixelCrabs]

I love the Frozen Feast it's awesome against bosses. But I used the seven coil sword when I wasn't fighting a boss. But I also had almost no trouble on the last 3 bosses. I was very excited to fight the last secret one cause I heard how hard he was and I beat it 2nd try where 1st try was one hit from death.

[@timmygun795]

Hell yeah dude that sword is nasty. It crunched through NG++ easily too. Definitely takes some getting used to the disgusting slow speed at first.

[@mikearcher24]

A fan of the puppet axe myself for heavy weapon

[@Walamonga1313]

20mins each

[@newbnooby6438]

Absolutely love Puppet Ripper. Its Heavy Charged Attack trivialize a lot of minibosses, elite enemies, and some bosses. Not to mention usual mob. Carried me through the entire game.

[@CosmicCosmo1]

Same. Only struggled against that lightning bitch boss. Took a dozen tries or so. Everything else pwned with the ripper. Makes clearing mobs a joke since r2 slaps everything and goes through walls. So broken

[@maxastro]

Same here. Another thing I love about Puppet Ripper is that the charged heavy's insane range means that downing staggered bosses is really, really easy compared to other weapons.

[@charlesajones77]

Best of all, the charged heavy attacks passes through walls. Not only will it not ricochet, if you can get an obstacle between you an the enemy, you can hit them through it.

[@topisalonen8813]

Same. First used covenant but the puppet ripper upgraded to max level is absolutely insane. I'm struggling on nameless puppet tho

[@maxastro]

@@topisalonen8813 Something that helped me with Nameless Puppet was realizing that you actually can dodge the dash attack, and it's much easier than parrying it, unlike most of his moveset. IIRC start dodging sideways repeatedly when you see him start it and he'll always miss, with a little opportunity to punish afterwards if you position well. I forget if its two dodges or three to position correctly, but it's super consistent once you get it down.

[@winterdragon2004]

Something id like to bring up about Proof of Humanity is that it has inate 30% crit rate. Grind doubles that to 60% and there is a special grindstone that adds an additional 30% to a total of 90% crit rate. Add the Assasins amulet to boost crit damage and you get some absolutely ludicrous damage output for a few seconds.

[@colosim5507]

I agree. Used this on all my NG+ runs. Absolutely carried

[@AruloSGN]

That is my favorite Weapon And i have on +3. I really want to get +5 on this weapon

[@thenonexistinghero]

But why use the grindstone when you can use an elemental buff instead and get more damage?

[@MrDyran21]

I’m confused is there another critical grindstone besides the special one use ?

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@MrDyran21 You can use grindstones twice with a P-Organ upgrade. You can also lengthen the duration of grindstones twice, but it's only 5 seconds each time and the 2nd upgrade can't be done until NG++. Anyhow, all grindstones last 40 seconds (+5 seconds per upgrade) other than the perfection one, which lasts 15 seconds. Grind skill lasts pretty short though I'm assuming also probably +5 seconds per upgrade). I wouldn't say it's worth it in terms of damage output. Still doesn't compare to the output of the powerful motivity weapons with a good handle (like police baton handle) like the big pipe wrench and live puppet's axe even not counting buffs for them.

[@ichards7802]

Imo holy sword of the ark is really good. Once you extend it, the heavy attack is just a big poke with incredible range. It’s really great for hitting bosses without getting insanely close.

[@Ferinmel]

I used it for my entire first playthrough after acquiring it, I love the stabby sword

[@jacobnorris8256]

There are better weapons that do that, such as every spear in the game, or the puppet ripper. Much like a lot of motivity weapons, it's just so slow yet also has pretty mediocre DPS.

[@longlivejah7821]

Im on ng+2 right now and i kinda skipped upgrading the trident cause of limited materials. A friend started playing the game and i told him to grab it when it became available. He loved it and is destroying everything. I was surprised that nobody is talking about this weapon at all. Its absolutely insane, cheers for bringing it up

[@Edgydreamerr]

Yeah I did the same and I have doubts everytime when I wanna either use two dragons or the trident lol😂. Got both ofthem though and they are both good, but sometimes I could put trident on top of the two dragons sword as a dex build player. But the two dragons perfect guard counter is so fun to pull of and it was easier for me than the normal perfect guard like way easier it has like 2 more frames in it.

[@Farthendur]

I was stuck at NG+ on the nameless puppet (my first time fighting him) and went in multiple times with the two dragon swords and just couldn’t time my charged perfect guards… I tried with the trident and that thing just rips, ended up killing him with that. Two dragons is more fun to clean a level, and trident to slay the bosses.

[@keithfranklin9007]

@@EdgydreamerrI knew it had more frames!!! I noticed I would totally charge the heavy a millisecond late sometimes but still get the parry. I had a feeling it had a bigger window than a regular perfect guard.

[@HienNguyen-bi4xv]

After you know how OP the trident is everything else is just for build experiment and cosplay lol

[@EternalNightmare7414]

For my first play through I used the Trident as soon as it was available and pretty much one shot most enemies with the charged attack alone. Even harder enemies went down in 2 or 3 hit's until like the last two areas.

[@doncomedia6676]

"Big weapons are kinda bad" (absolutely demolishing the nameless puppet)

[@nakiangoderich3014]

I just beat that boss with the Holy Sword, it's so good. Staggers him easily, dealing tons of damage.

[@ZeR-nr6if]

​@@nakiangoderich3014Yep, Frozen feast now after it got buffs it one of the best motivity weapons since it has the highest damage and his weapon art has so much hyper armour after you start it its uncancelable

[@sylas3164]

my favorite is definitely holy sword because it just allows you to make way more mistakes. the defense is so high when you’re just blocking especially with iron wall amulet so you can just take the hits and get your health back with like one hit. it also just looks the coolest imo.

[@Tohlemiach]

It's also the only true trick weapon we've seen in any game other than Bloodborne, so I feel like you just have to give it props for that.

[@sylas3164]

@@Tohlemiach too true. love bloodbornes trick weapons. if you know of beasthunter saif the two dragon katana really reminded me of that with its inherent mobility.

[@thekatarnalchemist]

Thanks for reminding me that the Iron wall amulat exists, it helped me beat the Nameless Puppet just now.

[@karmiccrotal3480]

​@@TohlemiachWhazzat mean? Trick weapon?

[@Tohlemiach]

@@karmiccrotal3480 that's what Bloodborne's weapons are called. You use LB and it changes to a different moveset and hitting LB in the middle of a combo uses a transition attack that continues the combo into the alternate moveset. Holy Sword has the same thing where one of the skills functions the exact same way.

[@Coolbreeze02050]

As someone new to Soulslikes, Lies of P being my first one, the Puppet Ripper carried me through the game once I got it. Getting the range and the ability to hit things over obstacles, around corners, and basically through walls made fighting enemies a whole lot easier. Any boss arena with a pile of something in it trivialized the fight, BRB2 being the most notable for me.

[@grimreefer213]

They just buffed guard parry to where it will always interrupt the enemy’s attacks so that makes the Trident even better. Guard parry does decent damage and it interrupts their attacks so you can land a guaranteed heavy attack. The range, the moveset and the damage are all great so I think it’s fair to put it at number 1

[@Zarkator]

the worst thing about frozen feast is that the amulet from that same boss soul is one of the best in the game, but you need frozen feast to complete a cryptic vessel way later. So i'm missing out on a quartz and a steam achievement until ng+

[@grimreefer213]

Yep you get a pretty clean outfit from the side quest as well. I missed it until NG+ too. The amulet is pretty good for weapons that attack quicker especially for the wheel weapon but there’s better amulets out there or ones that are just as good so it’s not the end of the world if you get the weapon first.

[@theoneandonly9775]

Wich is just so stupid imo. The one flaw i have with the game. Doesnt even make sense story wise. How do you chose a legendary treasure as a identifier to get some basic stuff?

[@johnduanan3001]

If you're gunning for the achievements, you'll need to play NG+ to get them all anyway.

[@Aced91]

did that on my second playthrough

[@emi992]

I mean theirs 3 different endings… you’d have to do 3 full play through a anyways so you’re complaint makes no sense

[@PenultimatePenPen]

Love to see Trident at #1, far too many people are sleeping on it. I'd love to test out other weapons but I just have too much fun with the Trident to stay away for long

[@markbennett4617]

I can’t upgrade it last level 4! I can’t find the reacources for it

[@PenultimatePenPen]

@@markbennett4617 I'd suggest googling "Full Moonstone of the Covenant Lies of P". There are about 8 or so in the first playthrough that can be found. Hard to describe where they all are just by youtube comment. Fextralife has info on where they are

[@Luhcalmmattyice]

It’s by far the best weapon in the game fr

[@smashthompson8902]

I actually love the 7 coil spring sword. The moveset is great! I beat my first playthrough with it.

[@pizzzi__]

Same bro it’s underrated af, has huge damage nice charged R2, guard parry is nuts, early game weapon that carried me entire game. Guard parry slaps nameless puppet 😮

[@Firellius]

The Two Dragon parry is what got me through the fight against the Nameless Puppet. Being able to stop those huge flurries before they happen is so, so good for creating space! And the posture damage it does is also pretty amazing, it's not too hard to get things to stagger from it.

[@CptnCardboard]

I like how you explain your rankings, taking all aspects of a weapon into account. My two favorites, Holy Sword and Proof, ended up kinda low (below Noblesse Oblige though... 😭) but thats alright lol. Good stuff!

[@MMHGaming73]

@@sdotwallaceIt’s best used swapping between the 2 forms on the fly. It can actually combo into an alter and continue in the next form

[@escapefromtibet2530]

Puppet Ripper is really underrated. Its charged R2 is just super useful: high range and easy to pull off

[@motivatedstorm3816]

Problem is that comparing to the Two Dragon Sword which has that insane charged r2 perfect gaurd parry, and weighs less and S scaling on technique with a crank It also weighs less

[@ArmorOfZeus]

What interesting is the standard R2 does more DMG than the charged version and it also has extended range.

[@jimmyabort8763]

Too slow imho

[@motivatedstorm3816]

@@jimmyabort8763 along with the fact that you have the spear for it to compare to, which has the 30% crit damage and weighs the same

[@ArmorOfZeus]

@@motivatedstorm3816 which spear are you referring?

[@JenielShin]

"HOLY SWORD OF THE ARK" 's Transformation(with hilt fable arts) has a very good strong attack. It is very fast and has a long range, allowing you to follow and attack enemies from a distance.

[@johnmeyers4801]

Frozen Feast legit carried me through the end game of my first run and all of NG+. NG+2 was a different story, switched over to Proof Of Humanity/Holy Sword so I had something somewhat fast, alongside a big pokey stick

[@OhNoJoshEdits]

Dude I love the Etiquette. It may not do much damage (esp new game +) but the light attack has very quick frames and hits faster than almost anything in the game. I keep it and the Puppet Ripper on me at all times lol

[@gangangster2019]

I used Nonebless Oblige on the second ng+ and it is an amazing weapon. Not only because it gives you ergo, but also because of its legend skill. Together with the Manus amulet, which increases the damage of the legend’s skills against stunned enemies, I dealt simply cosmic amounts of damage to everyone I hit. It is also very good because it can help you out of a hopeless situation, and also makes it easier to deal with crowds of enemies. This skill also gives a lot of hyper armor, so it is very easy to use. I based my gameplay on the Legends skill and crushed everyone into pieces, while this weapon gave me more and more means to strengthen myself. I went through all ng+2 with him and don’t regret it.

[@AnakinSkypeWalker]

The best weapon is the Two Dragon Sword, but not just in Lies of P, the best of all soulslike I've played. If you learn the R2 parry with each enemy you become simply unbeatable and I'm working on it 🙂

[@malikmcfadgon9233]

I think it’s 2nd behind the eye but mannnnn you are absolutely right about how good it really is because I went back to elden ring recently and my absolute BABY the uchigatana just doesn’t hold a candle to it

[@smallflame7]

Not a boss weapon but try the tyrants dagger blade on the spear of honor handle. So far the blade is only thing i've found with crit rating on it and the charge heavy with the spear is running spear charge that hits like 5 times, charge is unavoidable with most distance for a heavy by far and the blade crits like crazy staggering most enemies on second if not first charge. +7 has like 125 damage base so nobody is touching it but the crit is OP so it does like 1k-1500 for a single charge. Works with multi hit on fable art aswell. definite sleeper

[@KKKuma]

The Holy sword of art is basically the Wrench + Baton in it design + the spear design. How you do is you can go 1 shot by haing Alter version and use Fable Catalyst to get 4 skill. You can swap to the sword version get the 50% dmg buff and do the Patient Attack. It is similar to the Wrench + baton and just destroy everything. Oroboros handle is very good with the amulet that increase dmg on successive hit. Full value in 1 hit

[@bigboi1326]

Holy sword is my favourite, the range and speed when you use the fable art alter is insane for a big weapon!! For me at least, I found it also staggers enemies and bosses quite often which is nice.

[@n3crobard]

After doing a full Motivity playthrough (and using Holy Blade and Frozen Feast for a lot of the endgame) I'm really shocked at how much better Technique weapons are almost across the board. There's certainly exceptions, and there were plenty of fun moments (live puppet axe blade + krat police baton handle is sweet), but I'm definitely respeccing for NG+.

[@FOertel]

Just makes sense if you consider that the game is relativly fast, I did my first with Frozen Feast when I got it too and I loved it, but you are forced to play very deliberate. No flexibility, but hey, massive stoney Sword gives cool factor and DAMN when you hit a charged heavy it does hit like a truck :D

[@n3crobard]

@@FOertel Totally true, if nothing else it was worth some style points, especially against pre-nerf Manus :)

[@Eo-ms3kw]

Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed with how much strong and cool stuff technique builds get compared to motivity. Most motivity weapons feel both awful to use and pretty boring. I didn't count them but it also feels like there are way more technique weapons than motivity. I went for motivity on my first playthrough because the greatsword was the weapon I enjoyed the most in the demo but the whole game it just pained me whenever I got a new awesome technique weapon. I essentially just used the Holy Sword and quality weapons cranked towards motivity for the whole game.

[@timmygun795]

I've just done my NG++ with purely Frozen Feast and it was great fun. Strength in these games has always been my first choice, landing a few whacking great hits for hellish damage. I stuck with the Steel Arm for some decently fast punches.

[@bardockshiny]

yeah and there's no reason really to use motivity weapons when u can add most motivity blades to a technic hilt and have the pros of motivity damage and block with the speed of a technic hilt

[@beenerneen3756]

I used the trident my first playthrough, tried to swap off it a couple times but always ended up using it again, super beginner friendly

[@lazypossum42]

Finally someone who understands the greatness of the trident of the covenant. It was the weapon I used in my first playthtough pretty much all the time. It was definetly worth maxing out its level.

[@gabemyself7522]

Great insight about the Trident! Im on NG++ and didnt know criticals were a thing until I got the Proof of Humanity. I beat the game twice with Two Dragons.

[@AzureShrike]

I thought that the puppet ripper would be the only weapon I would use for my first playthrough and then along came the two dragons and I literally haven't swapped off of it since I picked it up lol. The move set is what I can only describe as addicting. If style points are important to u its easily an S tier weapon.

[@weebutrash8733]

Cool to see the Trident at #1 I picked it up for the crit and just carried me on my first playthrough

[@ayyylmao9022]

trident is sleeper op it looks like a shitty weapon but its really good. the moveset is awesome it reminds me of the extended arc sword but faster .

[@theoneandonly9775]

Important!!! If you wanna finish all side quests in your first playthrough you need the frozen feast. One of thise encrypted treasure hunts requires it

[@stewrat0420]

dude you're so right about the trident. It's carried me through so many boss fights and it feels like other weapons just can't compare.

[@fanistermcdunna]

Nobody talks about the seven coil sword. I'm beasting tf out with it

[@andreasreinhardt8753]

Two dragons the ultimate parry when you hold R2. Not easy to time but it's worth it. Plus you can do a pseudo dodge when you hold left or right while spamming R1.

[@WeeziMonkey]

The Trident's weakness is its stabbing moveset which makes it hard to fight multiple enemies at the same time. Imo this is why the Puppet Ripper is actually better, because you spend more time in this game fighting regular mobs instead of fighting bosses.

[@RePaperBag]

use cleave weapon for mobs. use actual weapons when fighting bosses.

[@OnenheimTime]

I think if you had poise with the bigger weapons, they'd be a lot more viable. I went with a motivity build for my first playthrough and wound up using the Frozen Feast for the last 3rd of the game. I still really like that weapon but god damn was it frustrating to be knocked out of my fable art mid swing with fable art meter consumed 🤬 Beating Simon Manus with that slow of a weapon and no poise was pretty aggravating.

[@cytosine6870]

I slapped the wrench onto the police baton and used that for most of my motility run. Handle fable for huge damage increase on next attack, and then level 3 patient strike deletes elites. Patient strike at least has super armor while charging it so even though it's slow, it's not that hard to land. Stack it with other damage bonuses for maximum effect.

[@HornyCactus]

Salute to you for using that thing to beat those last bosses, I also went Motivity build in NG but quickly ditch those large slow handles, it's just too painful and unrewarding .

[@grimreefer213]

The frozen feast is hot garbage man. The only reason I would ever suggest picking it up is so you can complete that side quest to get Red Fox’s outfit and all achievements. There’s other strength weapons that are much quicker, less heavy, same guard damage negation, better fable arts and probably end up doing more dps as well. It’s a shame.

[@OnenheimTime]

@grimreefer213 I totally understand your opinion, dude. Frozen Feast is crazy slow, and there are better great swords with better Fable Arts for sure. It was somewhat of a fashion choice, for I won't lie lol. But depending on your amulet and P organ setup, it wasn't too bad. I tried to get as much stamina, stamina regen, and stagger damage as possible. I beat Nameless Puppet in like 5 or 6 attempts? Simon Manus was by far the most difficult boss for me cause his stupid long delays and jumping off screen fury attacks. So hard to tell of that guy was finishing a combo or taking another swing 🙄

[@ankithguzz]

There is a patch released now which gives full poise during fable arts, so big weapons are more viable now

[@doncolbus134]

The trident is absolutely insane for sure. All of its moves combo into each other so well, and the damage is unreal. I was fighting nameless puppet for the first time, and I applied electric shock to it. A charged heavy into the fable art did over half of its health in one go. Yeah, that was the attempt I beat it.

[@sethp26]

i stayed using the seven coil spring sword through the whole game basically, killed the last boss with it and everything. I love it and think it's weapon art is fantastic

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

Honestly it has one of the best movesets in the game. I don’t know what he’s taking about. Running light and jumping running heavy are great. Heavies are flashy and fun to use. Rolling poke. Fast light attack. It’s lies of p answer to the claymore imo

[@Driptor_Swagpyre]

That weapon carried me. The charged heavy is super good. Idk what this guy is smoking to think it's a bad weapon.

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

@@Driptor_Swagpyre really is preference. Some people think the charged heavy is too slow. I liked seeing nameless with the same charged heavy attack. Just shows this weapon is king

[@kixbagsandblocks]

I never watched any of these videos but the trident got me through the entire game. It’s such an underrated weapon. It hits sooo hard as a “dex” weapon

[@lSeKToRl]

Finally someone who gets it. Trident is so busted. Not only does it do massive stagger damage with its quick and absurd hold heavy atk, but it also has passive 30% crit and nearly as much dmg as S scaring two dragon sword.

[@alexandherkill1344]

I like to keep frozen feast at playtrought 1 to maximize the quartz, even if it is not a solid weapon, the quartz tradeoff is really worth it. The amulet weitghs a lot, so it is pretty hard to use on low levels

[@bennytoady]

Wdym maximize quartz?

[@alexandherkill1344]

@@bennytoady There is 28 total quartz in a single playtrought, considering that the perks needs 2, 3 or 4 nodes to unlock, 28 is just enough to unlock a new perk, with 27 (one missing from the quest that asks for frozen feast) probably you'll be missing one node by the end of the game to unlock a new perk.

[@krampusthestoryteller1416]

What about the golden lie? It's technically in the same category as boss weapons

[@hellduck1222]

I trade for the etiquette right away , ng+2 and still packing quite a punch , its weapon its the literal trade of more speed at the cost of less damage but it melts the posture of the enemies and the charged attacks are almost broken

[@williaml7390]

Slow weapons are definitely tougher to work with. I just finished my first playthrough blind on a motivity build and it was rough in some spots but at the end I obliterated Laxasia, manus and NP. I used the 7 coil sword until i got the coil mjolnir and then absolutely wrecked shit. Pairing it with all the charge attack P organs and perfect block grinder trivialized everything. Now im doing ng+ with technique using the two dragon sword and proof of humanity, its great.

[@johndodo2062]

Bone saw on dancer handle is the best. Highest damage with speed and the stagger is ridiculous

[@theprogm7882]

I fully agree on the trident weapon, i was literally looking for someone talking about it sinds most vids talk about that katana weapon, the trident is so good and is highly recommended especially for 1st playtrough

[@arminlutz8294]

Picked up the trident on my first playthrough and stuck with it till the end. I just love the moveset.

[@Regufyz]

The Holy Sword carried me through all of my 3 playthroughs. By far my favorite weapon

[@YTarikKalyoncu]

I dont like how it looks. So I prefer Frozen Beast in my first playthroughs

[@itscetriolojhoo4920]

Manus hammer made my NG+ run a cakewalk, fable slam I think is the highest damage fable art of the game. In NG+ i think i dealt almost half hp of the nameless puppet first phase

[@ultimatelegend18]

To everyone that says poise doesn't exist, i could be wrong but i've experienced moments where P would poise through an attack ONLY when at the end of a charged heavy attack, so from my experience poise only exists during the attack frame of charged heavies

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

I think the best thing about LOP is that really everything is viable. Some people complained that there "aren't enough" boss weapons, but I'd much rather have 11/11 playable weapons, than a bunch of filler that is boring and weak.

[@bonfire9630]

Well.. I played the holy sword, because I like big swords in every soulslike. But as soon as I tested out the two dragons sword, I instantly knew, this thing is ridiculous. And it was.. Played it on my first playthrough and the majority of the NG+ one. BUT, frozen feast is just insane.. Im a big bonk lover, so having such high damage with 1 hit is just my jam. Yes its frustrating because you have 0 poise in this game, but thats just something I got used to and played around. But I can understand why "strength" weapons arent as good.

[@keko2571]

I've beat whole second part of the game with Frozen Feast and tbh was a blast XD Didnt expect it to be so low, you can get crazy damage with it.

[@brahmpeterson3309]

personally i think frozen feast is great, if you get a charged heavy off you can pretty much just stun lock, if you use the blade fable art it increases the attack speed, and its overall just a good motivity weapon in my opinion

[@themovementgeneration7728]

You have to combine proof of humanity with critical grindstone for 100% critical hits then use fable arts. I get up to 17k in a chain combo

[@explosivesraspberry6795]

I dont care what people say booster glaive handle is a great starter handle for tech builds that if you get really good with it can carry you to the end of the game. (Thats what i did just had the puppet saber blade for the durability). Its charge attack can close distances and has a pretty quick charge. While it normal attacks are quick and easy to get the hang of.

[@jakeharris2856]

Frozen feast is pretty nutty if you can manage to keep it fully stacked. Fully charged heavies come out faster than its light attacks do with no stacks. Each one does like 1400-1500 damage, and most bosses will poise break in 3 or 4 hits. (Talking about when they get a stagger animation, not the white hp bar.)

[@tylersanto2718]

I agree on the trident. Shit is flawless. That running heavy attack can damn near carry you through a fight alone

[@mikeredding4667]

I really want to like the puppet ripper more but that fable art where he spins it around over his head doesn't end in a staggering attack like most multi-hit fable attacks do. It feels like it just hangs me out to dry and I'm just waiting on someone to knock me out of it. The rest of the move set is fun though. Personally, my favorite weapon for the whole game has been either Bone Cutting Saw Blade or the bug pipe qrench head on the bramble curved sword handle. Both get pretty good scaling qith a technique handle, the fable art on the handle is an incredible multi hit that staggers well with the last hit. On the pipe wrench, you get parient smash which hits like a truck, or on the saw blade, you get link chop which get borderline hyper armor when you have the p organ perc to reduce damage while doing fable attacks. And for the damage they do, they're even fairly quick weapons.

[@Ben-rq5re]

I was really looking forward to Two Dragons, but was kinda disappointed when I got it. Ended up going back to saw blade with dancer’s handle which just slaps..

[@CrystronHalq]

Eh... how were you disappointed? Thats like a total beast of a weapon.

[@ickytips]

i was playing fully upgraded Two Dragons and wasn’t feeling it. saw your comment and tried your suggestion. amazing, i love it!

[@Ben-rq5re]

@@ickytips glad you like it, the Chef’s knife handle is also worth a try if you fancy a slightly different move set, just make sure you stick a crank on it

[@CrystronHalq]

@@ickytips Two Dragons does require more skills in order to utilize it fully. Not an easy weapon

[@TheAbysswalker]

​@@CrystronHalqHaving the parry frame be on the third slice is very off putting to me. It makes parrying using L1 seem much easier, rather than anticipating a move and trying to time it on the third frame. Most parries happened on accident when I just wanted to heavy attack and enemies did a quick jab during my wind up 🙃

[@xChirox]

Great video, but I hate how you saw the quick and light moveset of the Etiquette and called it a "noob friendly" weapon while also acknowledging slow heavy weapons are often cumbersome/unviable😂 The umbrella pop on the heavy attacks aren't good enough to be a krutch for someone to use who can't otherwise parry and dodge normally, but is actually a seperate skill you need to develop to use properly in conjunction with your other options. The damage is def lower than other boss weps tho. Sorry, I'm an Etiquette glazer and wanted to defend it lol 😂

[@polinskyboy]

Trident of the covenant carried me in my first play through…couldn’t put it down.

[@klx6265]

Completed the whole game with the trident. I swear I tried every other weapon, but by god does this trident beat them all. It's not OP by any means, but its a goddamn joy to play with. It gives you good distance between you and the enemy, the fable attack is absolutely brutal and the charged heavy is so useful for closing the distance quickly when an enemy is staggered. Truly the best weapon in the game.

[@rokudodamaza]

The way you the damage falloff and scaling works in this game, you can get away with altering scaling handles of even boss weapons to your main stat and you won't lose much damage on some weapons so I have motivity at 50 and technique at 30 in ng++ and I love dragon sword moveset and noblesse ergo gain so they're both maxed and still wreck everything up

[@MaloVyt]

in my first playthrough i used holy sword of ark long form , its the best greatsword you can find in the damn game , least stamina consumption , absolute godly damage , the acid spear was my secondary as it absolutely melts bosses

[@paultrenkler2730]

Noblesse Oblige is my absolute favourite. The damage is insane and even If you lose a small amount of Ergo by using its Fable Art, you also get more Ergo by killing Enemies with this Weapon

[@CrystronHalq]

I feel like the description for heavy weapons that are slow are just kinda misleading. The heavy weapons tend to have highest dmg reduction rate while guarding and will give you the most fable charge and guard regain per hit. They also have more stagger potential. Sure hyperarmor is not there for the big swords as souls players are used to, but it can be compensated for easily. That said, I think Two Dragons Sword is the most unique Souls weapon we seen. Its moveset is so incredibly versatile, allowing you to gap close, to circle around your enemy while attacking, dodge your enemies with its fable art or regular attacks, regular R2 move being able to get some distance from your enemies, AoE attack with fable art. The definition of a perfect katana, feeling very nimble.

[@lanowyn]

For anyone who hasn't used the Puppet Ripper scythe yet... use it

[@Avelynnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

The Frozen Feast is also needed for a late game quest line to get the red fox's hunting attire

[@specialthanksyou601]

Storm Notice lasts a very very long time if you get the fable art duration buffs on your P-Organ. I found myself using it a lot more because I was able to effectively use it throughout the whole fight if I was aggressive enough

[@ValkynShade]

Seeing the Holy Sword of the Ark so low really baffles me, as it's probably top three just behind the Trident and the Dragon Sword. Also, it's full potential comes out if you play a quality build, not a strength build. It's not easy to use, I admit, since it takes time to get used to its slow attacks. Its normal state charged attack staggers almost every elite in the game, opening you up to do follow up charged attacks as long as you get them out faster than the enemy, which is approx. 60% of Elites you'll encounter. They're literally stunlocked until you run out of stamina or break their guard. Its altered state has the range of a dex weapon, but the heavy hitting power of a strength weapon behind it, letting you attack safely and sometimes, at boss fights even attack while being out of their attack's range. Plus point to this is also that you're able to attack without gap closing first, which is extremely useful against bosses like the Swamp Beast that sometimes jump away or get pushed after a perfect block. The best part of the weapon for me though - after critically hitting an enemy, you can quickly alter it back to it's short state and charge up the fable art. It's mostly the same timing as every bosses (and elite's) time to get up, and hits them with an extra 3-4k damage for free. On the end note, it's also on the more forgiving side. It has high guard and lets you poke your enemies back if you missed a perfect counter, so you don't really lose as much health as you would with other weapons.

[@thuanle1246]

I got the trident on my first run because it looks cool and ended up 2 shots almost everything in that playthrough. The crit damage effect is absolutely broken. The only weakness it has is probably fighting large crowd of enemies.

[@efilms3165]

Noblesse oblige is insane, use the shiled arm with some upgrades to attack while blocking, and you can beat every boss in the game without losing more than a quarter of your health

[@markmauk8231]

I have no idea what really IS the best weapon or ammy or whatever, but I have my opinions about that cause I always play through games without any help (that is for me the only legit way) from 3rd parties or anything. I stay on my own. 1. I beat the game with the Mjolnir Hammer. It DESTROYS - and the perfect guard handle ability wins fights on its own. I know its not a boss weapon, but its absolutely sick. 2. On my second playthrough, I used the giant wooden club (I think its from Simon Manus, not sure tho), its also great and the damage output thx to it being S-Tier Motivity is insane. The 3 fable special bonk is absolutely destructive. 3. Until I found the Mjolnir hammer later in the game, I played through the content with giant Pipe Wrench. Its also great and the bonkage is real.

[@italianobergs]

Trident of the convenant was my go to weapon first playthrough and it outshined every weapon i tried

[@13thlion]

Finally someone who appreciates the Trident!

[@Edgydreamerr]

Honestly that trident is really good probably in my uses the best weapon to stagger then fatal attack elites and bosses. But two dragons sword is also really fun to perfect guard. But the stagger won’t be as fast as the trident’s charge attack with the follow up charge attack and with not mentioning the amazing damage it does with the fable arts attack. I like your pick for number one and two it was well thought out

[@alessandrofranchini5383]

I love the concept that I was agaist literally god and a demonic puppet and they all perished by an umbrella guy . ETIQUETTE FOR LIFE

[@Aluranae]

I'd seriously split the Holy Sword into two weapons, just because the Glaive form is *so much more nuts* once you get going. The heavy attack being strictly thrusts is super handy, the charged heavy is fantastically quick once it comes out...I swear by the Holy *GLAIVE* of the Ark. Holy *Sword* of the Ark? Nope. The reach on it is so bad for being a greatsword, I whiffed so many hits that I believed a sword that big should have made easy. And damage-wise it doesn't pay off for being such a lump of iron that's so slow, when you could get better normal assembled weapons by then. It's like night and day how good the two are.

[@fulopistvan5578]

Trident of the Covenant helped me kill the true final boss, on the second try. And never used it before. I was struggling for two hours with other weapons, while I used them for many hours.

[@a-aronander-son5861]

Nice to see Motivity getting some viable weapons... Oh wait 😑 I don't understand how the game was playtested and they still released the game with heavy weapons getting MASSIVE disadvantages. Like okay if they wanted to make the big club do big damage at big costs than sure, high risk high reward. But instead big weapons get slightly more damage while keeping the incredibly slow attack speeds. Take notes developers, you know they need some massive buffs.

[@integralcialbay4633]

Also, there is the fact that you have no poise while playing this game, so you get staggered with each hit, which is annoying with slow, heavy weapons because you constantly get interrupted.

[@andrewb494]

im currently level 46 running a technique build, i'm on chapter 7, utilizing throwables has been something that has created a great advantage and I would not overlook them for any build. I switch between the trident and the puppet ripper. they are both super viable, and as a DS 1, 2, 3, and elden ring player, i would go with technique all day. Strength is only viable when poise is in the game and since that is not in the dimensions here, there is only one way to go (dex/technique). Can't wait to try the 2 dragons sword, and nice list.

[@bradgrundy512]

There’s definetly situations we’re strength is better in the game. Also strength builds have a much better throwable

[@DeathDBR]

As a mainly motivity based player who semi new to dark souls like games, i personally found the puppet ripper way more useful than the two dragons sword, which is disappointing since i was looking forward to it so heavily. The puppet ripper provides me with enough range and wide spread to avoid more complicated regular enemies. I havent finished the game but ive pretty much used the Krat Police Baton with the heavier blades Booster Glaive, Fire Axe, and for the longest the Bone Cutting Sawblade. Ive found it to be extremely easy to kill almost anyone once i got used to when to dodge. Also for more info, i almost never block, dodging is more reliable for me

[@askeladfr]

two dragon sword and trident of the covenant are definitely the 2 best weapons in the game, but I gotta give the best weapon to TDS personally, but trident of the covenant is just centimeters close to be as good as TDS imo, I simply loved the technicque weapons this game offers

[@co11in__18]

The only real issue I have with this game is that it gives you three separate damage stats, and thus, more or less three different builds you can focus your damage output through, those being Motivity, Technique and Advance. THEN, they locked ALL of the unique boss weapons behind ONLY Motivity or Technique. The fact of the matter is that Advance was presented like a third type of build, given how much you have to invest in it to make it even slightly worthwhile to put ANY points into Advance. Despite this fact, EVERY SINGLE boss weapon only scales with Motivity and Technique. I get that Advance is still DOABLE, since you can still turn boss ergo into amulets or spendable ergo, but quite honestly, it feels like the devs were punishing players who didn’t want to brute-force their way through the game with just a technique or Motivity build… The Uroborous Eye would have been the perfect weapon to give some Advance scaling to, and it seems kind of like they didn’t do so because they wanted to discourage players from following a solid Advance build. But if that was the case, why implement Advance at all? And even with it implemented, why make it so useless unless you invest in it as your primary Attack stat? It’s just a middle finger to people who didn’t want to play the game with the dev’s very specific build and play style in mind…

[@splinterskulll]

I haven’t gone into NG+ yet so I can’t tell if I just got lucky but I actually beat Simon and nameless puppet first try with frozen feast. Simon leaves pretty hefty openings for it to work and the amount of stagger damage it has just kinda destroys nameless puppet when you find an opening. Combined with the damage reduction on guarding and you just become a full on tank. Haven’t really tried any of the other ones yet to compare so it might still be ass but it’s still quite fun when you get used to it’s clunkiness.

[@Spookyatoms]

Yooo Trident of the Covent yesss, I kept playing and wondering why i haven't heard more about it. I used it literally since the first moment you can get it, and it carried me all the way to the end,

[@brunomoli86]

Agree, trident is the best overall. With the assassin amulet and the crit grindstone is a boss melter

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

I'm disappointed Laxasia gives you that circle blade thing instead of her actual kickass sword.

[@d1MnZz]

I can see how you could find faults in Proof of Humanity, but to me that weapon is genuinely cracked; as long as you change amulets properly and don't get too carried away, nothing in the game can stand up to it, insane speed and damage with great defense for what it is, there's a reason you get it by beating the real final boss on the way to the secret ending that's all I'm saying.

[@neothaka]

i completed NG with the Frozen Feast sword. That thing was hard to use, but it could output so much pain.

[@kain1799]

Might have missed it cause you were talking fast but did you mention how with two dragon sword the flailing main attack also has dodge/s as well as the heavy attack having a built in guard parry.

[@patrickmaloney5818]

I really wish any of the boss weapons scaled with Advance

[@Yixuidhalbh]

Easily two dragon sword is best all the while being the most fun to use, literally feel like an anime character using it, especially once you get the hang of the parry it is SO damned fun m. Azure crescent glaive is probably tied with it because it’s also just too damn good, the Levi Ackerman fable art alongside the blade parry is such an amazing combination.

[@AlexSilva-rg8qt]

I have used the Noblesse oblige in my new game plus, its uber broken, the strongest weapon of all, the maximun stagger, max dmg, and the strong of it is puppet string since the hits are from your weapon, large monsters are super easy, boses are no problem except romeo and nameless puppet since they are fast asf, but with puppet string you can end them in 5 puppet strings, also i got 555 dmg on the +5 weapon, idk why nobody is talkin abbout this, all the game plus have been super easy. technique is uberrated, with this motivity build you can end the large enemies with puppet string 2 times and a charged hit, without taking any damage, and end the bosses super fast, also the fable art does between 3k-5kdmg and just for 500 ergo, insta hit, perfect for ending a boss super fast. I defeated romeo with the spirit , i just did 5 charged attacks the phase 1, and for the second phase, just run and hit then evade, and puppet string when hes chargin his fury attack, so easy after the boss nerfs and the weight of the boss emblems.

[@LTTawil]

I blew through my first play through with Trident of the Covenant. Beat Simon and nameless puppet first try (I’m cracked at parrying I played Sekrio far too many times) but covenant was just insane. I tried using puppet ripper and I like its range, the green katana is very cool but hits like a nerf sword. Its like playing the game on hard mode with that weapon when compared to trident

[@Crichjo32]

I use two dragons sword as my main with puppet ripper as my secondary back up if I'm getting mobbed by a crowd. Damn if I knew trident of covenant was so good I would have gotten it

[@borinthe41st15]

For the trident of the covenant, I bet people don't talk about it because it reminds them of the deacon weapon from dark souls 3 and they gloss over it for that reason.

[@danielcaraballo914]

My favorite is the umbrella and that will never change.

[@zeypheruk]

For the Holy ark sword its better to transform it to sword mode and then do its fable attack which has hyper armor allowing you to lay a devastating hit on an enemy. In its polearm form its fable attack is link ie 5 slashed for 3 fable barss.