Curved Greatswords are the Best Weapon in Elden Ring - Elden Ring All Curved Greatswords Breakdown

[@Fextralife]

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[@lorenzo8208]

You forgot to mention that the onyx lord greatsword deals much more poise damage than the other, like all the other gravity weapons. Especially with the charged r2

[@florianschnee9199]

I love these videos! Can you do daggers next?

[@jeffthegamerboy3476]

Spears when?

[@nicholasconnolly4234]

I use the omen cleaver with double slash blood, it's awesome for building up bleed and just putting out per hit damsge

[@habequiddam]

“The Bloodhound’s Fang is an absolute banger of a curved greatsword.” Truer words have never been spoken, this thing is an absolute beast… there’s a reason it’s used in all the world record speed runs!

[@thegroock9289]

The only problem I have with it is that it’s very basic Not that’s it’s bad, just that it’s very boring to use and I wanna look awesome while using a weapon

[@horsthooden4600]

@@thegroock9289 I think its actually quite flashy, a disappearing dashattack is also useful for various reasons in pvp, its also effectively the only second step of an ash of war that lets you engage with it. Doing the first backwards then the second forward covers huge distance and is a very skillful thing to do.

[@Grunge_Cycling]

@@horsthooden4600 doing that aow in pvp is just asking to get parried

[@BenefitCounterbench]

I started my 1st playthrough with Uchi and Moonveil (INT build), but when I realized my playstyle better fits the Bloodhound's Fang (full DEX) and how great this weapon was, it carried my ass to the Haligtree.

[@septariannodule]

I’m trying to use something else but it just tanks. I’ve been using the omenkiller and it does stagger more, I’ve found, that’s it’s only upside

[@Vorusen]

Got bloodhounds fang from literally the first boss I ever killed in Elden Ring. While fighting him I thought "dude if I could farm his sword that'd be sick" and then it dropped and so did my jaw when I seen the weapon art. That sword carried me through my first playthrough and my friends always were stumped at how much damage I could do and I'd just laugh

[@MTGandP]

One thing Elden Ring does right, that a lot of games don't, is if you see an enemy with cool weapons/armor, they will probably drop it.

[@crankenstein20]

@@MTGandPYup and I hope that never changes going forward

[@Connor-kh8sh]

Glad to see these are still being made. Love this content. Looking forward to seeing Spears SPEARS SPEARS SPEARS

[@Julian-rt9qs]

Crazy to think he still has more to do lol. I love this game so damn much

[@SchansKir]

OR GREATSPEARS!!!

[@habequiddam]

@@SchansKir YESSSSS PLEASE

[@TheGamingNoise]

​@Julian any tips I'm a new player just started

[@agustinpetronave9622]

I´ve been asing for the same thing. I´m glad to see another spear lover

[@metalwiseguy4444]

I would love to see Spears or Greathammers next. Love this video series so much please keep it up!

[@Furyheart]

I'd love to see great hammers. Considering using the great stars and I'd like to see how it holds up to others.

[@flotskryz]

Yes i would love great hammers

[@Kuzan24]

@@Furyheart great stars pretty much carried me through my first play through. I ran his faith power stance build with them, switched between flame and holy arts. Was able to dual wield from the 2 drops in leyendell so around like level 60. Just ran around jump attacking everything. Would proc bleed on a lot of boss fights which was a nice touch. And Prayerful strike + great stars is 🔥

[@jamesaditya5254]

any giga drill breaker enjoyers? Siluria ftw

[@Furyheart]

@Goonman24 you can get 2 of them in 1 playthrough? I thought there was only 1?

[@ethereal8655]

It was always extremely weird for me that Monk's FLAMEblade doesn't have any fire damage/fire damage boost/Weapon skill connected with fire.

[@SHHitsOVER254]

I think the name sake just speaks for the look.. I really don’t know any other weapon in the game that uses an affinity that has its name in the title of the sword. Theres frozen needle, and I’ll put the gravity katana in here even tho it doesn’t shoot meteors..umm Ig the rotten weapons… but Naa it’s just name sake for design.

[@SHHitsOVER254]

Oh and magma worm 😂

[@mr.brightsai6772]

not to mention NO bleed when it very obviously should

[@gk4204]

It’s amazing to think that a over a year after release, this game is still getting build and help guides. Just shows how much we love this game and of course Fextralife. Thank you for the vid.

[@RKDriver]

One of the first things I look for in these videos is the release date. There's been 9 patches to this game and FromSoft loves to tweak buffs and nerfs more than any other developer so it's nice to stay on top of that aspect. I'm doing my first playthrough now and just focusing on collecting everything. The NG allows you to just free roam trying out different characters, builds, weapons, weapon arts and all those incantations etc. That's why videos like these are so important for the game because that's what people do after their initial playthrough.

[@tsriftsal3581]

​@@RKDriveroh. I see you never played DDO or SWOTOR. Gamers aren't really wanted. Money is what is wanted.

[@Gaurang_Karande]

Morgott's Curved Sword after the update is such a great weapon even before the update I loved using but after the update it's really good. Powerstancing it with Bloodhound's Fang is really satisfying

[@gigastrike2]

Everyone is saying it is. I tried it on my dex/arc character and I'm having a hard time respecting it over Eleonora's Poleblade. The only advantage I see is that I don't have to two-hand it, which makes casting incantations more convenient.

[@SolBlade4035]

@@gigastrike2 eleonoras poleblade is super good (one of my favorites) and I would say morgotts does a great job at stun locking with the ash of war and just getting more damage on hit. Not as cool as eleonoras though in my opinion but still very, very good

[@mageshmac4716]

I used this Morgott's Cursed Sword R2 along with my mimic tear and cheesed Malenia in 2nd try !!

[@brachialtick6539]

Meh, the ash of war ain't a full combo now it's a nerf for pvp. Dunno why everyone says its a buff.

[@TehSymbiote]

Can confirm. I've gotten my ass whooped by a few builds like this

[@TSpoon823]

I know I speak for many when I say the Bloodhound Fang single handedly got me through my first play through a year ago and I loved every second of it. Great weapon class all around for sure.

[@umbertomuniz866]

Your bloodhound build is probably my favorite build out of all. I am currently using it for NG+ and PvP. Super strong and fun

[@pizza_con_pinha]

"Monk's Flameblade pros: looks badass". Reasons like this is why I love these videos. Nice video, not a curved greatsword user myself, but found some interesting swords that might try, to see how they feel. Thanks for the video!!

[@nejiefelipe]

that bloodhound's fang is probably the best early weapon in the game for any build, and after the buff on one of the patchs the ash on it turned really good...

[@EileenTheAustralianMagpie]

I love morgotts cursed sword, carried me throughout the whole end of the mid to late game

[@The_Novu]

Man I hate it when I find out that pretty much 90% of the weapons I actually want to make builds out of are at the end of the game.

[@andrewleedom7226]

this is exactly why I watch your videos. I have over 170 hours in this game, working on my third walk through and I have been using the bloodhound's fang wrong this whole time. I have used the bloodhound's fang for most of the game play and I never knew it had a follow up on it ash of war.

[@TimothyGod]

Something useful about the follow up also. If you unlock you can choose a direction. But if you are locked on, you will always go away from what you're facing. So you can use the first half, to back away, and then turn around and keep going. It's good at getting away since you have s. It's a little trickier, but if you face away for the first hit, you can get close, and then use the follow up much easier, as you won't be as far away

[@aaronconnell3271]

Really hoping for a dagger video, they deserve some more love after the semi recent buff to them

[@nioykak5782]

These are legit my fav vids on the channel. They're just really relaxing and nice to watch

[@drakusmero104]

Still waiting for claws or daggers. The Flame blade and the flame mace really should give a boost to fire atks. Really disappointing that the best looking weapon in a family is also the worst choice

[@KuronoCthulhu]

Even a black flame self buff would be good.

[@theredcinder7437]

Agreed, monk flame blade and mace look so badass, but then again so do many other mediocre weapons

[@irenebloodrose3886]

Seconded the claws and daggers!

[@jurjcluners8490]

I like doing dual scorpion stingers for a bunch of scarlet rot buildup.

[@ilovefatcats343]

I used dual Omen cleaver with blood affinity and it pretty much became my go-to. Procs blood loss on first hit most of the time.

[@-Bile-]

Another huge benefit of the infusable cgs is the HUGE variety of ashes of war they can equip, able to use straightsword, greatsword, colossal sword, curved sword, thrusting sword, AND polearm ashes of war.

[@timidchandelure]

Been waiting for this weapon category for so long you've no idea. Now I'm just needing spears, hammers and daggers.

[@joshhayes3433]

I learned that I've been sleeping on the BHF, and that I need a play through primarily focused on it. Great video as always, keep it up!

[@elivargas3094]

Gotta love Fex admitting that the only reason anyone wants Monk's Flameblade is the drip. Love these videos and keep coming back to them leading up to the DLC. Would love to see a Great Hammers video at some point if possible.

[@Fextralife]

I plan on getting back to these after these launches (still have lies of P, lords of the fallen and cyberpunk DLC) but I'll finish the weapon series before the ER DLC

[@gwingcommander]

The magma scalesword was my noble companion on my first playthrough. As soon as I picked that beauty up it never left my inventory. Magma Guillotine is so good it feels like you're cheesing the game by using it. Plus it looks awesome, and that special R2 is so stylish. Love that weapon.

[@BobosImao]

I've been using it to help people in late-game co-op. The fact that the first portion is effectively uninterruptable is incredibly helpful. It also has great range, stagger, and the magma pool deals significant damage over time. With FGMS, Golden Vow, Fire physick flask, Shard of Alexander and Flame scorpion Charm, the first portion including the damage over time does nearly 5k damage to hoarah loux and radagon.

[@cl.freitas5633]

Great content Man, next one need to be daggers or Spears/greatspears please!!!

[@Joleksu]

My vote is on Spears being the next category.

[@jeffthegamerboy3476]

Spears have been ignored for too long now

[@jkoravos]

I used the Bloodhound's Fang on my last playthrough. The weapon skill is so devastating and absurdly cheap on FP, the first phase is only 8FP. Second phase is 12, which makes it similar to Lion's Claw in cost but I'm fairly sure it does more damage if both phases hit. With a fully leveled weapon and Dex ~50, if you come in with a 2 handed jump attack followed by the weapon art it does something north of 5000dmg with minimal buffing. Just a crazy powerful weapon/moveset.

[@rock21611]

I’ve been hoping for a Great Spear video, myself. It should be pretty quick to put together, since there are so few of them. (Hopefully the DLC gives us more.) Also, it really is unfair how weak the Monk’s Flameblade is considering how frustrating it is to acquire.

[@derpysman2001]

Maybe the best weapons in the game were the friends weve made along the way

[@boredgamer7841]

just for anyone watching this now and wants a monk flameblade, you can get one in the divine tower of caelid, there are a couple of farmable monks with the weapon in there. you don't need to get all the way to the giant conquering hero's grave.

[@greglitman6796]

Never get tired of these. Looking forward to Great Hammers.

[@yzbrian]

I took my sweet time to get myself two Beastman Greatswords and dual wielded them ever since. Best decision I ever made

[@zack-julesweider-berger6351]

Colossal weapons will be a banger video

[@mrfear4826]

For those interested in spellblade builds: Morgott's cursed sword: pairs well with dragon communion seal due it's arcane scaling and boosting dragon communion incantations also use bloodoath and dragon communion incants for the same reason. Magmawrym scale sword: pairs well with erdtree seal due it's faith scaling,use flame and lightning incantations for the same reason. Zamor curved sword: pairs well with cold sorceries and you could use the weapon skill of the sword instead of the ice storm sorcery and can be used to set spell combos with slicer. Not sure about fundamentalist incantations,use the golden order seal due to it boosting fundamentalist incantations along maybe a sacred or magic infused omen clever due to fundamentalist incantations having split faith and int requirements.

[@Mrdoughlicious]

Glad to see you're still at it Fextra. Looking forward to the build on friday. Also, when Shadow of the Erdtree drops you'll have tons of new content you'll have to create 😂

[@ComradeEmil1312]

Damn and I just started trying the curved swords out. Great timing.

[@TehSymbiote]

My favorite weapon type in this game ❤

[@deadHDog]

Magma wyrms CGS is amazing and favor. On +10 with 138RL scaling on STR B and FAITH B!!! Jump attack hits 1500hp! Incredible. Fextralife, you forgot to mention in the cons that the weapon of the beastman has a very small percentage of dropout, I literally collected all the weapons in the game, and here it is and the sickle of crazy dancers took 8 hours for 2 weapons.

[@Fextralife]

Dropped for me in about 10 minutes lol.

[@deadHDog]

@@Fextralife Iam not lucky like you)))

[@moemensultan6374]

Please make more in-depth weapon guides been waiting for so long

[@rmfshreder]

thank you, i was waiting for this video

[@EinManU]

what this tells me is to just get bloodhounds fang and omen cleaver early and jump attack everything - got it

[@EgoSumChaos]

"looks badass" for monk flame blade is hilarious

[@user-xb1ko7rd2x]

I've been using the Bloodhound's Fang along with Morgott's sword and the bleed buildup combined from both swords goes crazy

[@goldenpanda3007]

Been waiting for this one🙏🙏

[@TelenTerror]

Greathammers! C'mon, let's hear about the Regal Beastclaw, the Great Stars, the Great Mace!

[@amicableduck1638]

Great video yet again. I would love to see a great hammer video.

[@unspoken657]

Surprisingly something I have noticed is that almost all of the curved greatswords are equally good. One has some the other lacks which is perfect balance if you ask me.

[@HJonesT]

Your content and wiki are such a help.

[@tyrgannusgaming6657]

Rocked the Dismounter for a bit on a playthrough. I did not regret it

[@MTGandP]

For the Onyx Lord's Greatsword, even though it drops near Leyndell, the dungeon it's in (Sealed Tunnel) is manageable early in the game. The Onyx Lord boss is roughly as hard as Margit/Godrick IMO.

[@michaelforsythe4335]

Bloodhounds Fang is so easy to get I feel almost guilty using it but frankly I've not found any weapon that I enjoy using more. Except against scaled monsters, it's just so incredible. It's almost as if the devs really want you to use it. I'd like to see a vid on great maces though - I've dabbled a bit into them.

[@CrappyCar]

New build! Friday can't be here soon enough (for so many reasons).

[@tonydeluna8095]

Can’t wait for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC builds, boss fights, gears and armor

[@Karak-_-]

Currently running Str/Fai Omen Cleaver + Black Fllame Blade, and it works pretty good for both PvP and PvE.

[@kingofsharks5061]

Bloodhounds fang was the 3rd weapon I found on my first playthrough at launch and has preformed well all the way through NG+3 and its ability to vigor check people is amazing.

[@polarblade1159]

Single Omen cleaver/dismounter with flaming stronk flame art absolutely slaps on faith, also with bloody slash or just morgotts for an arcane monster

[@Never_heart]

The Bloodhound's Fang my beloved

[@phragmocone]

For Bloodhound Fang, you said you should lean towards Strength is you two hand it, but wouldnt you want to level Dex more since two handing will bump your strength anyways?

[@foxyouu_8255]

the built in dodge with the bloodhound's fang has always helped me deal with certain bosses in the game

[@wacintosh5886]

Always looking forward to these videos.

[@randomninja7632]

Just at the start of my curved Greatsword run Thanks!

[@alantremonti1381]

Oh that new graphic for weapon lengths is SICKNASTY.

[@OisínMcColgan]

Maybe for the next video you could take a look at spears? Of all the weapons those seem to be the ones that pair best with a shield

[@onthaloose]

Thanks, but still waiting on spears... or even greathammers lol

[@kdiff-1]

Just wanted to say these and your other Elden Ring videos are great! Extremely helpful! Thank you!

[@michael76132]

Thank you for putting these videos together for us. Lots of research is done in these and it’s much appreciated! I’d love to see claws, thinking of cosplaying a Ravenmount assassin. Thanks!

[@ThreeGoddesses]

Omen cleavers short range heavy attack only comes out if your two handing it. Otherwise, it has the bog standard great curved sword heavy attack.

[@jamesaditya5254]

BHF is my girl next door, a sweetheart by any and all definition. My first love before I delve deeper into the depths of ER's arsenal of weapons. Zamor Curved Sword is the quiet girl in class I met in college. She's a little hard to approach and admittedly not everyone's cup of tea, but she's down to have fun once we spent some time together.

[@Fextralife]

100% accurate

[@po-cf1ut]

Dismounter with bleed was my first playthrough - sad I can't do that again!

[@zyctc000]

for Omen cleaver the second R2(only the second one) has Knock-down level stagger( can knock-down even Lyndel Omen enemy ). So you can do Reuglar-R2 -> Charged-R2 -> Regular-R2 -> Charged-R2.....as a great cycle.

[@Takren7]

I love these videos so much! Please do Claws when you can!

[@dreidc8593]

i was genuinely waiting for this thankyou ❤

[@MAXFightMan]

Perfect timing. Appreciate what you do.

[@Heimboy07]

This man is gonna do my great hammers last huh? Lol, awesome video as always man!

[@livinglegond]

Great video. I love the Dismounter's look and it was my first weapon of choise on my inital playthough of Elden Ring. I was debating going back to it as a nestolgia palythrough and was wanting to see how it stacked up to other greatswords in it's class. I'll have to check out the Omen Cleaver as well just to fell the difference for myself.

[@aetbhieiils]

Monk's Flameblade is the most OP curved greatsword because it looks incredible with almost any AoW. Have you seen it with Cragblade? It's so beautiful, I can't even.

[@zekus7204]

I used the Dismounter with my Dex/Fth build in PvP reacently, using FLame Art infusion on the flaming strike ash of war. Goodness, that weapon can hit hard. I need to try out the other curved greatswords now! It is perhaps now my favourite weapon class next to Greatspears (Mostly the lance) and spears.

[@joshuarichardson6339]

Great Hammers these my favorite weapon class and the past patches have greatly improved them. Also I like seeing build around the brick hammer

[@Jeremy-ff7gv]

U tried the rotten battle hammer yet?they awesome 2

[@AegisKHAOS]

After using the Bloodhounds Fang for a while, I just can't believe a weapon that strong can be obtained near the beginning of the game.

[@RKDriver]

It was good the developers threw us at least one good bone like this. New players like me really suck at dodging, rolling and timing all of that perfectly like you see in vids all over YT. I'm OK at it but I still need a little help. Even with a lot of practice, I still can't beat enemies like those Bell Bearing guys and I have a maxed out Bloodfang at level 130. They just rek me every time. It's good to give some players a little help because it encourages us to get better and try new things as confidence builds.

[@AegisKHAOS]

@@RKDriver I kinda feel FromSoft might've been a little too generous. Didn't stop me from using those tools, though. I used whatever it took to beat bosses and run through certain areas. At any rate, I didn't even use the Bloodhound Fang even after I got it my first time. I relied more on katanas, and basically got my butt handed. I am now more familiar with the game and all, but when I decided to give the weapon to my latest character, which was a wretch that I had no idea what kind of build to go for, tree sentinel, dragon, Margit, and Godrick stood no chance. Made me wish I actually used it first before I got the more degenerate weapons at that time. :p

[@MrArrwstos4]

great video! i hope u can make one tier list for bleed weapons also

[@RicAdbur]

The monk guarding the boss room in the divine tower of caelid basement has the curved greatsword. Couldn't you farm for it there much earlier in the game?

[@mehashonhold]

He doesn't drop the sword ... Only the white monk set.

[@forevahpanda8141]

babe wake up new Fextralife Lore just dropped

[@Atmapalazzo]

I fumbled my way through the beginning of my first playthrough with the bloodhound's fang + great turtle shield (worn on my back purely for how it looked). One of the best newcomer's builds IMO.

[@danz107]

I started a new player about a week ago, and had the second Kaiden Rider I saw drop his Dismounter. I went straight to the Evergaol to get Bloodhound Fang... And it's been one of the dumbest PvE runs I've ever done. Jump attacking my way through almost everything is gross. I've just left my str/dex at the minimums, pumping vigor and endurance. Morgott is my next target, at around level 65.

[@TimothyGod]

I was just thinking I needed this video. Especially with the buffs

[@Ämyr2006]

Love the ER content !!

[@BFG93]

You can farm the fire monk flame blade alot sooner. You can get it outside the boss fight at the base of gods tower in Caleid.

[@ArcaneJW]

I really wish the monks flameblade would have a unique weapon skill. You see the blackflame monks using a kind of blackflame spinning slash which would be amazing for this weapon.

[@karr1265]

Flaming strike is really fun to use with it

[@loneassassin4993]

Ask and thy shall receive. Thank you so much for making this one! Now I can look even fancier with the curved sword build I intend on having, tough choice is if I should go with the Zamor one to have maximum fanciness or go with one that can be infused. Kinda wanting a two phase run you know?

[@Spam1192]

Spears or Great Spears please. Your videos are so insightful and well researched I want to see how my favourite weapon groups stack up.

[@Nimsan]

I love these videos so much looking forward to a dagger one!!!!

[@Extion147]

"Won't be used in a hybrid build..." Excuse me, I love my Morgott's sword arc/dex build with faith sprinkled in for buffs and blood/black flame incantations. It may not be the most optimized one but it's thematic (for me) and I count that as big plus 😅 Great video btw. Love all the content you guys make 👌

[@leoelvis524]

Finished my first playthrough on PS4 using bloodhound fanga and when i got my ps5 i play Elden Ring again and thinking of trying different weapons only to go back to this for my first playthrough

[@aquaticmusic5077]

I’m hoping to see great hammers next since they were buffed recently! Thanks for all the informative content!

[@benjaminhigham3624]

I have only beeb using the Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword. That Ash of War is incredibly useful and if I can land three on a boss it usually stance breaks them

[@heathrushing5446]

Would love to see a daggers video

[@wavewithteeth]

I would like to see a video on spears or great spears next

[@Cyberaser]

Absolutely in love with the weapon balancing in this game (for PVE at least).

[@jurjcluners8490]

Bloodhounds fang pairs well with some faith cuz blood flames damage is based on faith and the extra bleed proc is nice too.

[@alex1sandulache]

Great weapon showcase, as always. Keep up the good work. Incidentally, will the build list on the wiki be updated with the latest builds?