Trying EVERY GREATSWORD to see which is best (Elden Ring)

The greatsword weapon class is insanely strong...
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[@monkwashere]

Flamberge has unique heavies if one-handed btw***

[@TommieTheCommie]

I am currently using the flamberge sword with frost on it, should I swap to poison for arcane scaling or what else would you recommend

[@LoganLoux]

​@TommieTheCommie Flamberge with poison mist so can do poison and bleed. Then have something off hand like the great knife with poison moth's flight.

[@tianm740]

​@@TommieTheCommieI would use Occult infusion and then just pump arcane. Increases your blood proc and your physical damage as well!

[@TheWither129]

Yeah, it swings instead of the typical slam

[@chrisrodriguez2543]

No one noticed how when we got to the blasphemous blade the opponent had the Serpent hunter Spear? Talk about how things come Togethaaaaa.

[@cryguy7662]

TOGETHAAAAAA

[@CarbonKnight9]

@@cryguy7662WE CAN DEVOOUUUR THE VERRYY GOOOODDDSSSS

[@eggmug562]

​@@cryguy7662FAMILIEEEEEE

[@DavidHutchison-ig6bk]

Please edit your together to togethaaaaa

[@derrikthegreat4133]

bonus notes: swordd of milos grants 5 fp everytime something dies near you, and this stacks with the sacrificial axe and ancestor horn charm for a total 12 fp per death. the inseperable sword does bonus damage to undead type enemies, giving it a slight advantage over a knights GS with sacred blade. inseperable also sheathes at the hip, unlike most greatswords which sheath on the back. finally, alabastor lord's sword does bonus damage to gravity type enemies, like Astel or other alabastor lords.

[@shinobiofashina2168]

Bonus bonus notes: the moonlight greatswords Ash enhanced heavy gets the shard of Alex and Godfrey icon buff

[@ratking413]

Interesting notes, good to know

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

How do you sheathe your weapon? 400 hours and I still don't know how.

[@RebelHound]

@@From_A_Diverging_Timelinewhile outright shearing your weapon is not an option as far as I know, two handing your primary will sheathe your secondary, and vice versa

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

@@RebelHound weird. I swear to God I sheathed my weapon before while talking to an npc. Didn't think I was dual weilding either. Maybe I was though

[@Silver4Hire]

Knight’s Greatsword still has access to a bunch of true combos. In fact 1.09 gave one-handing true combos too making it very scary to approach.

[@endxotic]

one-handing true combos? R1(1)-->R1(2)?

[@pouyathedestroya9095]

@@endxotic no, running R2 to R1. and running R1 to dagger L1

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

​@@pouyathedestroya9095is it just running R2 into R1 or is there some amount of conditioning in regards to where they get hit by the sword etc? (gets hit by the end of the sword as an example)

[@pouyathedestroya9095]

@@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 its more consistent if you free aim the R1 so that it early hits. But its not always necessary

[@pizzaguy8844]

Marais definitely deserved an AoW like Moonveil where it has 2 different attacks depending on whether you follow up with a heavy or light attack. The heavy is the spin, whipe a light would be the ranged swings.

[@Gromper7878]

I REALLY wish you could do the ranged swings like Elemer does :(

[@Karzahni-fz6bt]

In the Convergence Mod they changed it to almost exactly that

[@pizzaguy8844]

@@Karzahni-fz6bt I use console :(

[@LoganLoux]

Greatswords are the Goatswords

[@crowguy7142]

Flamberge Throat-goat sword

[@solitudeguard3138]

@prod.bythraxx2138my guy you post mlp porn on your yt your opinion is invalid 💀

[@theofficialnationwidehater]

Giant crusher better

[@PaperFroggo]

Rivers of Blood

[@l8nghts]

L

[@MoreLoreThenThereSeems]

“Flamberg doesn’t really have anything unique about it” my brother in Christ. It has unique heavies.

[@monkwashere]

RIP I didn’t realize. Are they unique only to the Flamberge or does another GS have them?

[@MoreLoreThenThereSeems]

@@monkwashere I’m not sure, I don’t think any other weapon has its one headed heavies

[@liambarden7632]

Basically the only dex scaling greatsword. It’s dope.

[@Falx415]

@9:36 100% agree, Claymore with the "sexy GS moveset" of Light Attacks with an alternating Heavy (Thrust Slash Thrust and so on and so forth) would be the ideal moveset on a GS, that and have its 1-handed Heavy combo from Dark Souls 1 of Thrust then upwards Slash.

[@gigachad9016]

Ordovis is my go-to. Crucible knight build in general is badass and powerful. Plus with a bit of compromise in the faith and strength you could easily wield the absolutely broken Blasphemous Blade

[@NaturalGarethFan]

My favorite Greatsword will always be the Iron Greatsword. Solid damage, good Strength scaling, and even a 73% Phys damage absorption

[@NoahYoudontneedtoknowmyl-kt3vc]

Isn’t that a colossal sword or am I losing my mind

[@NaturalGarethFan]

@@NoahYoudontneedtoknowmyl-kt3vc You’re prolly mistaking it for the Greatsword, which is a raw chunk of iron far too large to be called a sword.

[@NoahYoudontneedtoknowmyl-kt3vc]

@@NaturalGarethFan lol yeah I think so

[@-Gravity.]

The two handed move set of the Knight's Greatsword is currently my favorite. Jumping light attack combos into standard light attack, and second light attack combos into third light attack if you unlock and turn your character left. So good for setting up ashes of war to roll catch like piercing fang or flaming strike. Also great for status effects when using ashes of war like chilling mist or poison mist.

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

not sure if it is anymore, but a Seppuku Occult Flamberge used to be a one hit bleed machine

[@jaydenlobbe7911]

The Knight's Greatsword should in fact have the Claymore R2, in fact it deserves it more than the Claymore because the blade shape is more conducive to thrusts (The blade is longer and tapers to a narrow point, if it was a real sword design the Knight's Greatsword would be superior in thrusting attacks when compared to a Claymore) Change my mind

[@twiningsirishbreakfasttea3826]

i’m still bitter that the KGS doesn’t have thrust attacks

[@garrick3727]

Knights Greatsword for me, purely based on looks. I built a character completely around using the Darkmoon Greatsword, but when I finally acquired it I didn't like how it looked, so I went back to my Knights Greatsword. I also used the Iron Greatsword a fair bit because it definitely hits harder.

[@roancooper7366]

17:20 was the coolest drop down moment, bro was the main character

[@ampgamer7941]

My favorite part of these testing videos is seeing you be a good sport

[@marker7753]

Fr, when he dropped the cleanrot set for that guy I became very happy

[@marker7753]

Fr, when he dropped the cleanrot set for that guy I became very happy

[@marker7753]

Fr, when he dropped the cleanrot set for that guy I became very happy

[@levithedestroyer2790]

This is how you know the dementia is kicking in ​@@marker7753

[@Kyouka_wav]

im literally in love with your content bro! godspeed

[@unomas6420]

This feels like the most appropriate video to comment this on, but you really give ChaseTheBro vibes in the best of ways. I definitely found a new souls, or I guess Elden Ring channel to add to my favourites, keep up the amazing work! ^_^

[@waffles7742]

I had a lot of fun duel wielding the Golden Order Greatsword and the Inseperable Sword.

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

Curved greatswords honestly just feel better to me but I can't deny greatswords are solid in ER. Other than the mlgs I could never get myself to use greatswords in previous games

[@raycavazos8927]

Thank you for not being the typical dill dough eating invader and hiding behind enemies. I applaud you sir.

[@millerjessen5247]

Ok I know I’m probably like 7 months late, but Ordovis’s greatsword, I did a Crucible knight cosplay with Shard of Alexander, Godfrey Icon, Dragoncreast shield talisman, and Sacred Scorpion charm. You can oneshot most people in PVP with the fully charged ash of war as it deals like 2-3k damage if it lands properly. Bonus it has tons of hyper armor on it

[@executioner_ecgbert884]

Im a big fan of the Iron Greatsword. Hits like a truck and it looks great. Running it heavy infused with flaming strike is great so you can use greases or the fire buff ✌️

[@fiveforbiting]

Blasphemous Blade is the overall best. It just does too many things. Length, ranged stagger/damage/fire/healing on hit...AND health on kill.

[@DEATH_ANGEL1178]

Yeah but we don’t care about noob shitter weapons

[@nicholastaylor5354]

With a crap ton of strenght, dex, and faith you can put malenia in her place.

[@gigachad9016]

@@nicholastaylor5354that’s what I did lol. She was kicking my crucible knight’s ass so I moved a little bit of strength and faith around and BB’d her to death. Taker’s Flame really evens the odds

[@zsDUGGZ]

It may not be the best, but I will always love the bastard sword for drip, low weight for a gs, and the sweep R2, especially with how fast it became after the buff.

[@undying_s0ul851]

Lovingly referred to as, the pocket rocket.

[@LAK_770]

Claymore is the best overall, but the Iron Greatsword is also excellent for a Strength build. Very high AR and the highest poise damage of any GS, plus it gets great strength scaling on Blood and Cold infusions. The regular horizontal R2 is underrated. It comes out very fast and Impaling Thrust can animation cancel into it, giving the IGS a poke and a brutal combo at the same time.

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

That's not a true combo right?

[@LAK_770]

@@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 I would assume not, but it’s surprisingly fast and I usually land it. The recovery cancel is jarring even when you’re controlling it, and people don’t expect it at all. It can’t be any more than a handful of frames slower than a true combo. Like I’ve sat there feeling out greatsword combos and this feels no slower than the BKGS/KGS R1 chain true combo. Also the R2 follow up can be charged to mix things up and can catch aggression with the wide sweep. And at the very least the R2 covers your own recovery really well. The R2 also comes out very fast after a roll

[@rzgaming5678]

Greatswords are my go-to, banished knight and flamberges are my favorites but the iron greatsword is a hefty hitter

[@logeyperogi1805]

My favourite normal Greatsword is the Banished Knight’s Greatsword Beautiful design, light attack animations are great looking, and I will always love normal weapons as they allow for any ashes of war you wanna use on them

[@ezzzzyyy]

Bro had to use so many larval tears My favorite is the iron greatsword, personally along with the gargoyles black blade

[@Sky26s]

I just started elden ring about 3 weeks ago I only use the greatswords And only one magic thingys (its the one where it cover it in fires and does bleed build up) Idk still getting use to the game But i love the greatswords

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

Flamberge is basically just early game rivers of blood especially with blood infused double slash

[@watabou9499]

Mine favorite GS is gotta be the bastard sword. I started loving it after seeing ER trailer with the trailer mascot using it. My main character (Vargram), uses the BS, with iron roundshield for the cosplay!

[@DnBforewer]

I like me some flamberge action. Keen flamberge with bloodflame is fun. It's not op or something, but I am having a lot of fun with it.

[@Smile12329]

Sword of milos is underrated as hell. If you hold it with blasphemous blade, you gonna get both HP and FP and you can debuff enemy with it. Plus the non enchanted heavy attack of SoM is kinda busted for closing gap

[@edwardli334]

I was rocking the banished knight greatsword with storm blade for the longest time. Great weapon and weapon skill combo.

[@gigachad9016]

Banished knights approve of this sword and ash combo

[@that1ragingbat_603]

Nonenchanted, definitely the Bastard sword. Picked it up in DS3 at the start of my first playthrough, and I used it through the whole game. Claymore is definitely a close second thanks to DS1. Enchanted, it’s a tie between Dark Moon, and Blasphemous. I just can’t help but love those two equally

[@slumpywumpy4166]

can u do one for greathammers pls, I’m running the Great Mace with blackflame incants on a Blackflame Night Mistress type of build.

[@obamaorb7426]

Blasphemous Blade is my comfort weapon

[@QRIO44]

The only reason you’d pick the Forked Great-sword over the flamberge is the 1 handed Heavy attack is a decent overhead to stop jump ins. Both have overhead light attacks though. It’s not the best argument but it *is* something for the Fork.

[@turtle_jones]

So powerstance GS setup. Baemore and BK/K***ht’s GS. 2H for the desired moveset. Also flaming strike on a flippy moveset GS looks so clean.

[@capolean2902]

ngl that poison vs frost fight was nice asf

[@Anaverageguy41]

The dks1 claymore with its insane one handed heavy pokes I miss it so much

[@josecampos19]

Oh golden order greatsword my beloved

[@coranaviruselite4269]

Your notification came up and I legit felt myself jump

[@Obese_Pterodactyl]

Would you guys recommend a Vagabond just use a claymore instead of both longsword and halberd, or swap the halberd out for like a crossbow or something?

[@valkenx6758]

Knights greatsword because it has a beautiful moveset that doesn't slam against the ground.

[@Brofnir]

Good ol claymore, always the first great sword I use

[@user-nn5vg5ct5n]

gotta appreciate this man's spacing

[@turtle_jones]

Meteoric Ore Blade. Alabaster, but better. I believe it’s also the only STR-favored katana as well.

[@shadowlegend6995]

13:07 THAT LAUGH

[@ok.8363]

in souls i've always been a huge fan of the flamberge (i'm a dex main so understandable i guess lol) so i just can't pick any other than the flamberge

[@SwaxMain4u]

Stormblade on greatswords is so good

[@davidxontala9322]

design team did an insane job with weapons in elden ring, but i wish ashes of war were more unique for some weapons, like D's gs, that only gets sacred blade while being the most beautiful sword in the game

[@Drunk_Souls]

Can confirm, i do in fact call it waves of piss

[@truth294]

Eyyy love ur content bro

[@prophetabletalk]

Got the lordsworn early on and decided to beat the game with it.. love it for the enhanced backstab/riposte

[@LAK_770]

I like the Lordsworn’s aesthetically, and any greatsword is viable, but the enhanced critical damage doesn’t make up for its lower AR and almost any other GS will wind up doing more crit damage

[@prophetabletalk]

@@LAK_770 Thanks for the tip. The only other greatswords I have at max level are the Flamberge and Marais. Both of them do less damage on crits from what I’ve seen, but maybe I just need to try out a few more!

[@NorthWolf97]

I love using the Bastard sword for it's looks. It's simple, but size and general look just looks cool. I just wish it sheathed at the hip like in the trailer and you could have unsheathe AOW on it.

[@ghosthero0806]

the troll's roar AOW followup has nearly infinite hyper armour. it's not a duel AOW, it's very much an invasion AOW. you invade a group (ideally a full three people) and show them how much damage the roar does to everyone. they will think twice about approaching you all at once now. but they think that's all they have to worry about. so you miss. on purpose. roar when they're far enough away that they think you whiffed, and begin charging the followup. they will come running at you all at once to try and punish the roar, only to take the much more damaging downswing, often one-shotting phantoms or low-vigor hosts.

[@nsk1911]

The Inseparable Sword can actually get so much AR, it’s ridiculous

[@Oroberus]

The Claymore is pretty much the Basic Bitch of Greatswords but ... sometimes that's just what one needs ^^

[@0rionx]

I think I might have been in this video because a while ago, I did that exact banished knight build.

[@NoahYoudontneedtoknowmyl-kt3vc]

Blasphemous Blade is the best for PvE and PvP (sometimes) in my opinion.

[@The_Chocolate_One]

Dawg I’m so late to the party but what is his armor combination? It looks so clean man.

[@KaroxNightshade]

Honestly I'm more than ready to start a playthrough and use the Iron Greatsword with Piercing Fang. Weapon hits like a truck, and PF is PF so y'know, goated weapon

[@shadowphoenix9341]

As soon I went in Australia letting the turkey jump of the kliff to obtain the death poker I knew godrick didn't stand a chance. 10 out of 10 cheese when cheesable .

[@casulscrub5978]

Stamp is such a lovely ash.

[@Lordparable]

Seen the death poker do some crazy stuff

[@nobunagamaximus6875]

My favourite is the Ordovis Greatsword. The AoW comes put really fast and it is a nice roll catch. Also the Damage and the Poise Damage are great.

[@LordYeager_55]

My favorite greatsword is the banished knight one

[@cthulhuisgamer373]

i feel like milos sword was made for pve and could've been better if you got the homing projectiles dungeater did

[@Sinphanius]

Favorite has to be the Darkmoon. I just wish it had the DS2 Greatsword Flippy Moveset since that's a vastly more realistic and historically accurate moveset than the traditional DS1 style Greatsword moveset. The Alabaster Lord's Sword's version of Gravitas should have a unique Heavy Attack followup that's a big stab. That's what the actual Alabaster Lords do and it would give the weapon art some more personality in addition to a much needed buff to its effectiveness. Forked Greatsword is trash just like the enemies that wield it.

[@diaz926]

finaly someone giving the executioner sword the love it deserves, from the moment I fought Elemer I fell in love with the sword.

[@nicholastaylor5354]

I dont do arcane but the one shots are awesome.

[@writtenworlds]

True combo's exist now.

[@duncanmann2543]

Late to the party on this comment, but i gotta rep my favorite sword ever. The magic damage buff you get from Helphens Steeple is a flat buff, so if you twink it down to a low level invasion build, thats a mid-late game magic damage buff in early game invasions!

[@freedomspeaks3890]

Sword of milos is actually crazy good...for PvE. The highest physical damage in the class, buffs and debuffs at once and has innate bleed. Carried me through Ng+5 and 6. Sure you can go crazy with magic and flask buffs and get higher ar with other weapons but if you just want to go in and hit guy, sword of milos is peak

[@averagegamer1422]

The death poker might scale with dex but int is a better option(at least in pve) as you get most out of buffing your AOW which scales with int.

[@pokitcheze2253]

I feel like I have never seen this man lose

[@monkwashere]

Just wait until you see me use magic lmao (im terrible with it)

[@thatidiot346]

The 2nd 2 handed r1 can be delayed quite a bit.

[@bonzercheeatah22]

Helpheen steeple is goated

[@taltosfuszfas]

My baby the poker! I love it so i'm glad to finally see it in a video

[@clarazzun8675]

How is your armor called?

[@senzalmao6233]

do you have like 50 characters or do you just respec each time

[@theconstructor4448]

27:00 the umbrella sword ☔☔

[@josephrosa853]

What people are you playing against all the people I fight are Mohican users or cheesers

[@abakedtater8553]

The only thing wrong with the Marais sword is that going heavy in Strength with 20+ Arcane seems like something you would only do for that one weapon, so it's good if you love it but you're going to be married to it.

[@randomguy5339]

Yeah, my favorite has to be the executioner's greatsword as it's cost effective and when you add the insignia and prosthesis you become a drilling machine.

[@BloodyCrow__]

I use heavy iron greatsword in pve and banished or knights in pvp.

[@KashimaShiro]

Quality Claymore with Quickstep

[@poggersman544]

Blasphemous blade 🔛🔝

[@screentime6051]

Blasphemous blade supremacy 🗿

[@StrangerThing369]

thank you!

[@Jekunda]

What weapon class do you plan on doing next? I hope it’s spears!

[@powmuckerstion9206]

At 80 strength and 80 dex lightning gets the best ar on literal everything

[@mistahjenkins4826]

This just in: You can... GIVE people things in PvP. That's... Actually kinda cute. I'm also really glad I ended up leaning towards greatswords over halberds for my Paladin build, since there's a lot of Faith-centric Greatswords. 'Course, with my guy going for the Frenzyflame ending, I'd probably have a better time using Vyke's spear, but... Meh.

[@ANTITHERIANANTIQUADANTIFURRY]

Banished knight greatsword is good for newbies, especially if you kill the knight in fort haight for RoB strike ash of war and make bleed build, here's anti gank weapon

[@Loafster_P]

Deaths Poker master race. I dual wield it with Helphens steeple

[@TheHogfatherInvades]

The greatsword of all time!

[@Random--__--Dude]

23:45 man i can't really use it because how old my version is that it needs 23 int to use 😂

[@BBQMaster586]

Absolute unit swords* ftfy

[@shannonbyers1810]

My favorite is the lord sworn great sword

[@beegket_uwu]

banished night greatsword. dual wielded two cold ones in my last playthrough

[@leonharris5460]

Knights greatsword is better 🗿