Elden Ring All INTELLIGENCE Weapons Ranked - Which Int Weapon Is Best? (Patch 1.06)

[@norzza]

What's your favourite intelligence Weapon?

[@mcdonalddiluc8837]

Moonveil katana with rennalla's staff

[@HohensteinW]

Staff of loss. Helphen/deathbird int weapons

[@Nirob615]

The gravity magic weapons are my favorites particularly the big colossal sword/weapon ones. Fallingstar beastjaw, Ruin's Great Sword, And Radahn's Swords are my favorites though royal greatsword isn't too far behind

[@C_A_I_N_N]

Whos gonna tell him the followup on the glintstone kris daggers ash of war is fuckin ok as shit?

[@C_A_I_N_N]

7:16 btw what armor combo is that?

[@iodicacid2268]

I'd put wings of astel in S tier, it becomes extremely strong with an optimized intdex build and it's ash of war has both great crowd control and stagger potential too.

[@classicbikerx3588]

Absolutely! I just went to the wing and am wrecking

[@slamindorf5478]

exactly its just so versatile, use the scav sword w/ frost build up so you have frost/bleed with the great dual moveset, then tons of flexibility with heavy atk and ash

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

Its easily best int weapon in game! It easy to stun allmost every boss in the game.

[@reyjr4]

It’s the Elden beast killer. I’ve one shot the final boss every time with it.

[@kylekoschalk7011]

yeah he got that one wrong

[@rudydaberry122]

I think he forgot that glintstone pebble and dart have a follow up attack after firing the projectile that is really strong

[@poacherthenn]

nah it got heavily nerfed

[@IceeMolotov]

Kris is still kinda good but definitely took a hit

[@rudydaberry122]

@@poacherthenn yeah it’s harder to hit the follow up attack but it still does good damage

[@jimmyjams5038]

@@poacherthenn even after the nerf it's still insanely good.

[@midnighttoast1550]

Glinstone dart was not nerfed glinstone pebble was. Glinstone kris already did less damage but had more range, and also was never a true combo like pebble was. Plus for some reason the tracking on dart is wack asf you’ll shoot right past somebody right in front of you half the time.

[@TheRealBrotherGrimmy]

I'm sorry. I cannot accept anything lower than S tier for Fallingstar beast jaw. I used that as my weapon for ng4, and it made even malenia easy. Can't be anything but S tier. Same with wing of astel.

[@andreramirez6372]

The list in general just starts sucking after the c tier

[@steelwind2334]

@@andreramirez6372 make quality build it scales well with str/dex 50/50 @125 lvl very powerfull

[@andreramirez6372]

@@steelwind2334 you’re either misunderstanding what I said or replied to the wrong comment

[@Steamboat2016]

I just can't take it seriously because of all the cretins who start spamming the AoW instantly when a duel starts. I can't stand those guys

[@thechickenslittl1373]

@@Steamboat2016 what does "AoW" means?

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

For any caster that likes a fine mix of melee to spells: TRY the Meteoric Ore Blade. It has the lowest reach but the highest physical damage out of all the katanas. Use your magic to compensate for the lack of reach and it will perform miracles.

[@skipjacks85]

Just don’t understand why anyone would use meteoric katana when Moonveil exists and is better in every conceivable way??

[@t0m0d0m0]

@@skipjacks85I use Moonveil because shooting sword beams of any kind is fabulous. That said, there def are better options out there.

[@skipjacks85]

@@t0m0d0m0 whether or not there are better options out there is irrelevant. We’re talking about Int focused Katana’s. And this dude is saying the Meteoric Ore blade “will perform miracles.” Meanwhile it’s a mid weapon at best. Moonveil blows it out of the water in every way imaginable and is prob the 2nd or 3rd best Int weapon in the entire game. Behind only Darkmoon GS & Deaths Poker and maybe Wing of Astel.

[@LK_35]

The claymans harpoon is one of the only weapons that can get magic dmg applied to it, even though it already has it.

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

Oh shit, apply scholar's armament and go to town

[@marktcards]

yeah he missed that fact - quite an important one :-)

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

That's cos it's not considered a unique weapon, which ironically makes it unique in this list. You can do everything to it that you can with a normal weapon, even though it has magic damage built-in and int scaling as if it were a unique. So you can give it any ash of war that works on its weapon class, buff it with spells or incantations and even apply greases and such to it. It's just VERY flexible.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

Oh and you can also upgrade it with regular smithing stones instead of needing somber ones. You can also get it in literally the first region (Limgrave), so unlike many of the others here you can start your playthrough with it. Also unlikely to ever be nerfed. :)

[@Jilted84]

The harpoon and knife should buff clay man sorcery.

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

I really like the Carian Knight Sword, when I started using it, I was confused with its heavy attack. When I realised I could do a block heavy, it made riposting really cool and made fighting those Lions strangely easier.

[@GamerDog2024]

Its ash of war move goes through walls very well. It is great for those "be wary of" left or right situations.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

The Lazuli Glintstone Sword also has the same block heavy as the Carian, and a cheaper, quicker and spammable special move.

[@MrStonehengeX37]

Gravitas ashes of war are for fighting groups of flying enemies. It is really hard to miss with, and not only knocks them on the ground but ensures a charged heavy because you don’t need to chase down the fallen enemy. I’m pretty sure they take bonus damage if they get attacked with gravity while airborne. Pulling spells and ashes work in pvp against jump attack spammers, or at least it does for me

[@MrStonehengeX37]

Also, gravity spells and effects ignore poise entirely, which makes it a good counter to colossal weapon enjoyers

[@lepurpleboi3266]

Gravitas and Alabaster Lord Pull also work great alongside things like roiling magma. Just fire at your feet, take the nearest enemy hostage, and watch them burn

[@horriskavinsky3195]

It also makes you crouch to which can be used for a free dodge when you get overwhelmed and it's burst can kill low health adds if you get overwhelmed and agrod on. Then you can combine the interrupt with the offhand like lets say carian greatsword spell. Lots of damage and wide sweep as well. Its how I killed that bow chick in that tower.

[@Osiris018]

They're also meant to have a follow up. Example: Gravitas into Adula's Moonblade or Carian Greatsword; Set up Rolling Magma, pull enemies in with Gravitas, let them get hit by the explosion.

[@bobstayoffthegrass8772]

It’s also good for attacking enemies through walls, and groups of weak enemies in awkward positions, like the slugs in the pipes in Lyndell Catacombs.

[@donquixote1577]

St. Trina’s Sword is very useful with the sleep when fighting the Godskin Duo as you can put one to sleep and then focus on killing the other. They’ll not wake up from sleep unless you hit them. This can also be achieved with sleep pots though.

[@lostinspacestudio]

sleep pots have better range. they would always skewer me while I was casting as I had to get to close with the sword

[@oldcowbb]

st trina is more of a dex weapon with minor int scaling

[@EmeralBookwise]

Can also be a good general purpose crowd control weapon against regular field mobs.

[@darkwulf4862]

Except sleep pots require the very rare and non-respawning St. Trina's lilly, where as the Sword of St. Trina does not. So yes the pots have longer range, but you won't cringe as much if you accidently miss a sword swing then you would a miss on a pot throw.

[@destrobatman5640]

Bullshit,i get about 4 seconds

[@allhandsondik7803]

After using them in specialized runs, Loretta's War Sickle and Sword of St Trina are exceptionally fun weapons, Loretta's unique moveset and AOW feel great to use, and conking people out mid fight, sometimes for a minute, is funnier than it should be to me, plus that extra damage or healing chances really do a lot.

[@lepurpleboi3266]

Two things: A good use for Gravitas and Alabaster Lord Pull is to fire a magma spell at your feet and use the ash to pull enemies into the magma. Second: the wing’s version of Nebula is more effective against single targets, while the star’s version is better against groups

[@somedudewithakeyboard5388]

I feel you undersell the impact of sleep with the St Trina sword. Everybody thinks "Yeah, I won that fight cause my bleed killed the enemy faster!" but nobody bothers to think "Yeah, I won that fight because the enemy wasn't attacking me because of the sleep" which I feel is a bit disappointing, because on some enemies you can just chain sleep them to have them literally never attack you

[@ttungstenn4842]

Sword would be god tier vs the godskin duo lol

[@midnighttoast1550]

That sword is broken in pvp. He definitely doesn’t know wassup. Dual st Trina’s swords is close to unbeatable because of the heavy sleep proc + dual ss damage and move set. It’s insane

[@LucanoGaming]

@@midnighttoast1550 yeah, his assessment on some of these weapons is downright terrible.

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

@@ttungstenn4842 It IS God tier against the Godskin Duo. Have a mimic tear set up for applying sleep and let the boss fight feel more balanced.

[@PierreLucSex]

I read somewhere that crits are enhanced on sleeping enemies

[@TheSylveonSurfer]

My first playthrough, I leaned into a Strength/ Int setup. I used the Royal Greatsword w/ a greatshield and Clayman's Harpoon w/ the Ice Spear Ashe of War. I was mostly following Fextralife's Royal Knight build. It was a lot of fun. Got me through a ton of content. That is, of course, before I discovered the beauty of the Ordovis Greatsword and Siluria's Tree. I respecced immediately after that. Personally, I don't like dual wielding. It feels awkward, so even though Radahn's Greatswords are cool af, they weren't very fun to use. And the Fallingstar Beast Jaw feels so... weak. Idk why, but it never feels like I'm doing that much damage with it, especially when compared to Ice Spear on Clayman's Harpoon. And its range feels inconsistent.

[@wladewig]

You missed out on the Glintstone Kris's secondary part of the weapon's ash of war: Not only does this weapon have an amazing high damaging magic dart, BUT it also has a very fast finisher thrust as part of the moveset. The ash of war is triggered by an L2, then immediately finish with a thrusting R2. What makes this an amazing weapon is that you're able to alternate casting sorcery in conjunction with using the weapon's ash war, and the finishing thrust scales damage with talismans like the shard of Alexander for both PVE and PVP.

[@draconicodyssey7865]

I actually like running meteoric ore blade during stormveil or really any area with flying enemies. Gravitas knocks them all down, makes em a lot easier. Gravitas also staggers enemies that are pulled close and you can chain in the R2 or charged R2 really easily, which deals great damage and great poise damage.

[@shinobismoke1466]

That's what I was thinking , the stagger but you added on to that , good show.

[@QsPhilosophy]

I've been playing as a sorcery build and I've been wielding the moonveil katana all game, it's so fun. The timing is a little wonky sometimes if you're trying to chain the ash of war but it's just so useful.

[@skipjacks85]

The timing is wonky? wth are you on about? Transient Moonlight is one of the fastest weapon skills in the entire game? It comes out lightning fast. It’s absolute cancer in PvP. What more do you want??

[@fulvio3211]

An extra thing about the Clayman harpoon: you could put an ash of war or you could buff it up with scholar's armament e to a thon of damage. I did it in my first playthrough and kept the weapon untill I got to the moonlight greatsword

[@Jake-cv4si]

You completely missed the second move with glinstone kris when you press R2 it lunges you forward thrusting into the enemy doing more damage than any of the other attacks with the weapon and it has massive range allowing you to cover ground and move towards an enemy really quick.

[@Jake-cv4si]

Great weapon for light builds

[@oldcowbb]

and you can charge the pebble to do comet level damage, with fraction of the FP cost

[@ostboob]

Kris is goated

[@Jsuelieta]

I love Death's Poker. It's easy enough to get with enough arrows and the ash of war can carry you for a long time.

[@titaniumwolf1123]

That weapon is absolutely good. this list should be completely ignored if anyone is a newby

[@lepurpleboi3266]

Yeah the list isn’t the best. Apart from missed things, there’s pretty heavy biases in the list as well

[@MrAikavari]

Carian Knight Sword is really good early on, but if you like Carian Grandeur, at higher levels, you'd be better off using a normal sword and put the ash of war to get better scaling.

[@leinadneyugn1132]

I used carian knight sword all the way to elden beast. The only downside with the weapon was probably the ash of war being to slow but other than that it is good.

[@PhanthomKnight9]

The carian knight sword should be in S tier. I use a carian knight build and 2 hand it, it's good enough to take out a bloodhound's step spammer in bull goat armor with a rivers of cum before patch 1.06

[@EmeralBookwise]

Pulling enemies in might be rather "meh", but Gravitas also knocks flying enemies prone and that can be absolutely invaluable.

[@mott1992]

depends on your perspective. Some people have the GTFO mentality and want to blast a repel spell/AOW to throw enemies away doing damage. Me personally, I'm more of a "GET OVER HERE" type player, and want to rip everyone toward me so I can eviserate them without chasing them down.

[@artorios637]

I understand that the Carian Knight Sword isn't good for a spellblade build, but I love this sword so much that I don't care about that. It has gotten me to Ng+4 and I won't drop it even after Ng+7. Plus, Carian Grandeur is epic.

[@sithianempire7445]

Nice vid, but forgot the much stronger follow up combo on GlintStone pebble with the Lazuli Glintstone Sword. Glintstone + Heavy Attack does a decent thrust that staggers most enemies IMO.

[@vyor8837]

He forgot a lot of things.

[@Rosahonung]

I made an intelligence build and i put everything into intelligence, i was using the bloodhounds fang for a long time with just enough strenght and dex to wield it and then i suddenly realized how i not only have the moonveil in my inventory but i also have like 70 intelligence and it was a complete game changer! xD almost dubbled my damage output with a few upgrades to the weapon!

[@pieoverlord]

Vastly underestimating the Death's Poker. The lingering AoE from its skill is far more effective than it should be as you can launch it from range and the enemy will beeline towards you directly through it, racking up the damage very quickly.

[@hortator0767]

better that he ranked it lower than it should’ve been lol, don’t want to attract attention to it since it’s seriously so OP. Shredded through the game with it.

[@lostinspacestudio]

i havent figured out how to cast its aow that far out?

[@hortator0767]

@@lostinspacestudio after the first one press R2 or the equivalent of R2 on your controller

[@lostinspacestudio]

@@hortator0767 sadly I'm on a pc.. do you mean light attack or heavy .

[@hortator0767]

@@lostinspacestudio heavy attack

[@jimmyjams5038]

You failed to mention that the glintstone dart has a heavy follow up that deals huge damage and poise damage and the range of the follow up thrust attack is double or triple the distance of the normal glintstone pebble. You also didn't mention that its chargeable unlike glintstone pebble.

[@spacewizardpip1111]

Bro That was driving me nuts

[@lepurpleboi3266]

He missed a lot

[@yournamehere8123]

Small critizism on the claymans harpoon: Yes you can put any ash of war on it, but to get any sort of decent int scaling, you have to choose a magic infusion. At which point, why even bother with that spear over any other. Sadly the initial int scaling doesn't improove the scaling of the magic infusion. Might just be biased tho, because I personally find spears boring to use.

[@norzza]

That's completely fair. I like the weapon flexibility as it's so rare you can put AoW on int scaling weapons.

[@AR-bj5et]

The thing with the Poon is that it's the only Int scaling weapon that you can buff with Scholar's Armament as well which can boost its AR well past other weapons in its class during its effect time. With that, you can also still infuse it with AoW of your choice, keeping it on Standard infusion doesn't cut the power of something like Ice Spear or Pebble too dramatically at all because of its natural Int scaling and you have other options like Impaling Thrust which do silly damage when buffed. It also pairs well with the Jellybro Shield for a sword n board set up if you want, and it also gets a great boost from Stormhawk Deenh's buff in boss fights, all three buffs stack on a weapon with natural Int scaling, and really good speed and range. If you're a buff build, this is your stick.

[@ALEXANDER6888]

Wings of Astel is S tier for me. Fast, high damage and easily staggers enemies.

[@12-OneTwo]

Stagger as good as Flame of the Redmane?

[@ALEXANDER6888]

@@12-OneTwo Like that. But deals way more damage!

[@12-OneTwo]

@@ALEXANDER6888 2-3 hits to stager a Godfrey?

[@ALEXANDER6888]

@@12-OneTwo That i don't know/recall. I don't use it anymore since I am high level and there are better weapons if you have 80 int, dex and faith like me. I currently use the serpent king's sword (with golden vow and flame buffs, you can kill Godfrey with 8 hits or so), deathpoker (for slower bosses and dragon bosses) and wings of astel for normal dragons. I'm kinda overpowered rn, and I'm not even level 400

[@reyjr4]

@@12-OneTwo it staggers the Elden beast like nothing. Actually makes the fight a cakewalk.

[@jyotpatel3149]

I would put the beast claw in S tier considering how broken it gets most of the time. I showed my friend how to get it and made him just test it out ( he was using dual katanas till then ) and I regret it xD Maah man didn't stop spamming the ability wherever he went. I can't tell you how many *hard* enemies he has just cheesed from distance. For instance the crucible knight in deeproot depths, godskins ( almost all of them including in the farum azula ) , loretta in haligtree, fire giant, the hard dragons in farum azula, magma wryms ( both in volcano manor and snowfields ) and many more that I cannot remember right now. It's straight up broken cuz you can just wear heavy armor to tank all the damage and spam it, you will do better damage if you keep spamming the ability on staggered enemies as well. Every time we got invaded while playing together he would stand in center and spam the ability to make the invader roll and I go for melee attacks, poor invaders didn't stand a chance. That weapon ash of war is really strong and I would strongly advice you NOT to show it to your lazy friends cuz THEY WILL CHEESE THEIR WAY TO MALENIA. ( idk about malenia, he still hasn't reached her yet ).

[@_jackeronii3039]

i used this weapon to blitz ng+ up to 7 lmao it’s so broken. melts every main boss in the game except for godfrey and maliketh since they close the distance too fast.

[@essesilme1212]

The death ritual spear deserves better I mean grups of enemies yes, but think about large bosses being hit by multiple spears every wave It well works well Not like s tier tho

[@slightlycynical4308]

Gravitas is a decent ash of war mostly for the ability to interrupt animations, it was a big part of my first run with meteoric ore blade

[@herbertparlari5799]

The charged heavy attack of the Ruin Greatsword as has a small gravity second hit similar to the gravity chunk item so when you break poise you do massive damage and hit twice.

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Gravitas is good for killing invisible scarabs, revealing ambushes before going through a door, bringing down those annoying birds in Stormveil, or killing enemies above/below you (such as the frenzyflame tower).

[@teekaydee9899]

I did watch the whole video. I love Adula's moonblade and use it with the Carian Regal Scepter. I only need another weapon as a supplement from time to time.

[@Roxxigaro]

The crystal swords have the best AR for a str/int hybrid straight sword build, and more AR than heavy (though it goes through two defenses) they do less dps than cold infused straight swords after cold procs, but its possible to proc cold before you use the swords so then crystal becomes the best again in terms of damage with basic attacks. I dual wielded the regular crystal sword and the rotten one together and did insane damage on my playthrough. I also had a longsword and broadsword at +25 but went with the crystal swords. They are really good for PvE and you can get the one crystal sword at the start of the game without fighting anything, very underrated weapon in my opinion.

[@JL-tn1kv]

The glintstone pebble ash and the glintstone dart ash are really good because of the charging forward attack you do after using them by pressing the heavy attack button. So if you’re on ps4/5 you’d press L2 then R2. Especially in pvp I can easily one shot people or deal most of their health because if you land the pebble/dart, the follow up is guaranteed

[@midnighttoast1550]

Actually dart is not a true combo. Glinstone dart is weaker then pebble in favor of more range. And I actually think with the nerf on pebble it’s not a true combo anymore either I could be wrong tho they definitely nerfed the dmg tho

[@Elojopipadelaactualidad]

its buffed in 1.07 patch, but this vídeo man, dont read descriptions of habilities i think. Glinstone pebble or dart is the high combo break game

[@JayJayFlip]

Clayman harpoon can be infused with flame art and sacred for a int faith build, or bleed for int arcane.

[@computersavy55]

The wing of Astel took me through my whole first playthrough, I stumbled onto it earlyish and it never left me!

[@Wanker527]

3:51, you made an error in speaking here. It doesn’t reduce holy damage, it reduces its negation, meaning all holy damage is increased.

[@joshuahendrickson8694]

Gravitas is the best ash of war. I never would have made it past the birds in Faram Azula without it. Against anything not flying it sucks, but against those dang birds, it's a life saver.

[@TheDiddlerP]

NorZZa: royal greatsword at b tier and death's poker at A tier Me: *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE AGAIN* Let me tell you why though: The royal greatsword is op and does a lot of damage along with frostbite which combos perfectly with high damage (Give it an A tier pls) Also I love Blaidd the wolf. Death poker is an ez S tier as it does the most frostbite and it is unlike most weapons designed to help you fight against enemies and bosses whereas most weapons are just for smackin bosses. But I respect your opinion though

[@jancelpinales5228]

Ehh, while I agree that royal greatsword its probably a b tier, deaths poker is definately an S tier, great damage, great frost buildup and a really versatile ash of war

[@elliepritchard9095]

Starscourge Great Swords are the lightest way to duel wield colossal swords at 20.0 units. Dual wielding zweihanders weighs 31.0 units so Starscourge are good for people who don’t want to devote loads of levels and talismans to equip load.

[@kappiano53]

sorry man but, Colossal weapons should be higher BECAUSE of what they are. They do crazy poise damage to any mob including bosses and have amazing scaling as well, especially the Fallingstar Beast Jaw

[@norzza]

That's fair. As I said in the video, I was conflicted between B and A. The Starscourge Greatsword being what it is, is why I decided at the very top of B.

[@kappiano53]

@@norzza makes sense, no worries

[@kylespringer2355]

People sleep so hard on Carian Knights sword, ppl don’t realize that it’s heavy has block properties in heavy start up. And carian grandeur has decent hyper armor. It makes a nearly perfect Spell Knight weapon.

[@Assassin21BEKA]

10:22 gravitas makes a lot of sense with r2 attack lf this weapon(Ichimonji from Sekiro), it basically makes it 100% hit and this r2 is crazy good.

[@apollo849]

I've watched up to you putting Glintstone Kris at C tier and I have to comment! The Glintstone Kris is A tier MINIMUM. At 65 INT, it has great range and one or 2 shots most DLC mobs (no scadutree blessing needed). Incredibly useful in PVE gank fights and an incredibe ranged option for any sorceror. The Glintstone Kris weighs 1.5 units. It can easily occupy 1 of your 3 right hand weapon slots. It completely removes the need to have Glintstone Pebble or Comet as a memorised spell, and it casts Comet at a fraction of the usual FP cost. With 26 mind, I can use the AoW 15-20 times and clear entire hoards of mobs before they reach me. The projectile also goes THROUGH enemies, giving you an incentive to line up your shots. This is all without mentioning that the strong attack follow-up after the AoW does amazing damage and is an excellent gap closer. It's the best secondary weapon a sorceror could want.

[@alkemi9946]

Doing the Glintstone Krys DIRTY, that thing is an artillery round on a regular sorcery build

[@Jamesdalf]

If you are doing a Int/Faith build, use the Death Poker and the SoNaF. Death Poker's Ash of War scales of both Int and Faith so it becomes a monster

[@chrispysaid]

Glintstone Kris carried me through the game on my sorcery run. Frees up a spell slot you don't need a single medium-long range projectile for, has a sick follow-up R2 that thrusts you forward and interrupts most enemies, and with Godfrey's Icon the charged skill does RIDICULOUS damage that both scales with Int and the somber level. I can't believe it's on your D/C-tier.

[@averythegamer4949]

So I know this is old 1.06 content, but glintstone kris C tier? That things ash of war regularly hits in the 2k range and can be buffed with the godfrey icon and shard of alexander to do even more with like, 40 int. It costs 10 FP for a casual 2k+ damage. You were comparing it to other daggers like "Ya, you can't infuse it for bleed status so it's a bad weapon" and, no? You use the glintstone kris for the glintstone dart, you know, the most FP efficient sorcery in the entire game since it outdamages comet, costs less than half of comet, has a lower stat requirement than comet, has a faster cast time than comet. Even in 1.06 when it was nerfed it was still the best general purpose ranged sorcery in the game since it did so much for barely anything. It's a value machine that only gets beaten by shard spiral on large bosses. Oh but moonveil is the best because you like katanas and value the free damage bleed gives you. This list is absolutely rage bait.

[@refinedorc2870]

Great video and great timing since I’m trying to plan out a weapon focused int build I’m just curious, do you not know about the follow up of glintstone pebble and dart? Hitting R2/T after casting gives a lunge that does so much damage. I feel like those two weapons should be higher on the list

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

Wing of estel is best int weapon in game

[@howitchewstofeel5gum787]

Yeah it's really good for people who want to close the distance after casting a phalanx spell or something. I think the charge up time for fully charging it should be lowered.

[@robbnoble1509]

Couple things. With the clayman's harpoon you failed to mention that unlike other weapons, not only can you use different ashes and enchantments, but if you select Keen (if your secondary attack stat is dex) or heavy (if str) as the enchantment with the new ash, you can also imbue it with scholar's armament or frost using a spell, creating an opportunity for massive damage. Personally, I really love using scholar's armament then the rapid thrust ash of war for MASSIVE damage. I think the amount of flexibility and number of great builds this weapon allows for alone sets it apart as a S-Tier weapon. Sword of St Trina is accessible very early game (though put of the way) and absolutely shines from chain sleeping giants to quickly knocking out enemies as others approach so you aren't overwhelmed when you don't have enough time to kill them. It starts to become less effective mid game when you start running into more enemies who resist sleep and quickly take a knee and get back up or bosses who are totally immune to it and by late game it's difficult to put most things to sleep at all. Early game S-Tier, mid game B-Tier, end game D-Tier. Highly recommend an early game sneak over to caelid to grab it.

[@lostinspacestudio]

great i had no idea there were so many. this made it easy to go out and get all the ones I've missed so far. many thanks!!

[@Graysett]

Clayman Harpoon is one of the few weapons that can be buffed despite inherently doing split damage too.

[@Cynry]

I also ran into it super early in my mage playthrough, and you can use it without stat investment by 2 handing it. Right at the start of the game, you can take the elevator down to sofria and access an area with maybe 20 enemies that can drop it. Takes a bit to mow them down, but it's doable

[@torormseth]

Wing of astel is absolutely nuts vs big targets. Fire giant took me 3 tries and the first 2 tries I didn't get hit on his first phase at all, it just kills him too fast. The weapon skill is a bit slow for some bosses, but most just run into it if you can get some distance before laying it out.

[@Assassin21BEKA]

7:20 you are the first person i see to put top weapons of the tier to the right side instead of the left.

[@Wanker527]

St Trinas Sword is DEFINITELY better than C tier. On tougher humanoids, as a mage, its amazing. Put them to sleep, buff and blast them to hell with your biggest spell.

[@hedwig2061]

You may have considered this already, but using a well timed Gravitas on Meteoric Blade is a wonderful AOE for crowds. I got it up to +9 and was just clearing groups of enemies in Leyndell when surrounded or when sneaking.

[@burningmercury1014]

Believe it or not one of my favorite weapons is the 1st D tier one you mentioned… and it’s not because of “damage” or a specific build for it.. I love it strictly for its asthetics and the way it looks when swung around feels majestic so for me it’s just a fun weapon that I learned how to use

[@X9Z17]

Gravitas/ALP is handy if you have a dagger to switch too so that the enemies are now in your face and you can get some quick hits in.

[@stephensmith7327]

The Stagger is also good

[@Aiden-Ed]

The reason why sleep is an okay status ailment is for critical builds and those assassins dagger talismans. Also makes me sad to hear people say the hammer move set is bad :p

[@modsas9309]

glintstone dart skill got follow up thrust attack if you press heavy attack button after firing the dart, the thrust is longer than glintstone pebble ash of war follow up heavy attack thrust

[@mott1992]

Running dual katanas like Moonveil and a Magic Uchigatana w/ Gravitas AOW is goated af. Uchi for AOE's and pulling pesky flying enemies down, then Moonveil for slicey magic action. Powerstancing both for insane damage and poise break, and it's fast af. Seriously, the jumping L1/LT powerstance move is lightning fast and powerful. GOATed loadout bar none.

[@emdeejay7432]

I think wing of astel and sword of night and flame are 2 of the most versatile useful weapons in the game, nebula has such crazy stance breaking ability and sword of night flame I mean come on what do I even say, it throws flames with surprising distance and it has mini comet azur which got me through so many fights until I got the actual comet azur. That was a good list, I might have to out a couple of these weapons.

[@vyor8837]

Not the best list tbh...

[@dasaggropop1244]

i like the sword of st trina a lot. i use it for crowd control on my int build, works just fine when you get jumped or crowded

[@taurusrinkusu5531]

I dont think that you knew this, but glitstone pebble can be follow up by a R2 attack, wich lauches you foward in a thrust attack, very powerfull in pvp.

[@callumprice1710]

The scepter of all knowing is way more useful than he indicated. Its ash of war increases damage taken by holy and magic damage or something. Probably not enough to change its position but its not useless in pve as he makes it out to be.

[@vyor8837]

Great against late game bosses.

[@alexandervannieuwkerk2763]

I do a build with Fallingstar Beast Jaw and Carian Grandeur. Put down Terra Magicka and use Fallingstar AoW to stagger an enemy then weapon swap to Carian Grandeur and fully charge it in the Terra Magicka to hit the staggered enemy. Can stagger bosses in 4 casts of the AoW and get the Terra magicka, weapon swap, plus the fully charged Carian Grandeur off for a massive blast. More if you put floating swords up or hit then with Rannis Dark moon first.

[@davidjacobsen308]

I agree, moonveil is the best int scaling weapon in Elden Ring. Some KZbin video rate Darkmoon greatsword as a better weapon, but I disagree as it's annoying to push L2 and charge weapon during combat, although it's still a great weapon! The moonveil is also faster at delivering its special attacks compared to Darkmoon greatsword.

[@gnperdue]

I agree with your top pick but Fallingstar Beast Jaw and Wing of Astel are both S-tier. FBJ trivializes 95% of the game (although it is definitely weak against a few enemies) and Wing of Astel is just sooooo good. Clayman’s Harpoon is cute, but it makes no sense to have it above them and Darkmoon Greatsword looks super cool but is otherwise overrated. It doesn’t have a “press L2 and win the game” ash like FBJ and it’s damage and moveset aren’t as good as Wing of Astel. Also, a bunch of swords you had low actually get really good in NG+ when you get two of them - in particular Sword of St Trina and Rotten Crystal Sword. They don’t shine so much in NG, but as you add +’s, they get better.

[@FilmColossus]

I’ve been using Astel, SONF, and Moonveil and would rank them in that order.

[@Fishster]

INT only or other stats too?

[@ChristianDeLarge]

Can we go ahead and, besides all the facts he’s spitting, the man has the decency to speak quickly with the information he is imparting. Imagine if he spoke as slowly as most people on YT. This video could have been at least thirty minutes. Props for information. Props for the diction. Good stuff my man.

[@derrickvansoolen909]

I have been playing with Helphens Steeple lately because it is a cool looking GS and it seems like it has been doing passive Cold build up. I have been easily staggering enemies and really like how long the Ghostflame stays on the blade.

[@Osiris018]

Combo Scepter of The All-Knowing with a Spelldrake Talisman to remove your weakness to magic and make it neutral, while your opponent is still weak to it. This can work against a ton of bosses, idk why you said it's useless outside of PvP

[@peepeestorm3187]

Many of the weapons listed are NOT INT weapons. They have int requirement to wield, but they do damage based on physical stats. Examples of weapons listed are: Ruins Greatsword (STR weapon) Fallingstar Beast Jaw (QUA weapon) Sword of St Trina (QUA weapon) Starscourge Greasword (STR weapon)

[@Procopius464]

I disagree about Rosus Axe. It's not good for pvp or clearing large groups of lesser enemies but it's very good against large enemies and bosses. It can also stagger enemies with just it's regular attack.

[@WildWolfGod]

I personally love it and with even a decent setup, the Ash fucking smacks bosses really hard. Sure, it can miss but you've just got to play smart with it. Hitting it is incredibly satisfying.

[@Procopius464]

@@WildWolfGod right

[@giauchiha90]

I got Moonveil pretty early in the game and as a Intelligence build it literally carried me through the entire game. Hands down the best.

[@Osiris018]

Sleep is a great status against enemies that can be slept, either partial or full. Partial gives you a free hit for your AOW and full gives you a free crit. Plus, Godskins are SUPER weak to it

[@LucanoGaming]

Not mentioning that Glintstone Kris and Lazuli Glintstone Sword have a secondary attack to their ashes of war activation or thinking Stars of the Bastard are bad, in any way make sme think you are just bad at using Int based weapons... EDIT: Jesus, slumber? Bad? WTF? Godskin Duo cure?

[@DarkGXA04]

I may as well go with the moomveil and night flame swords because I if you travel or ride, you can get those pretty early in the game

[@firstswordcorvus7368]

I find the carian knight sword better than the sword of night and flame simply because the ash has a knockdown effect which is really helpful against a lot of enemies. Sword of night and flame is still good even after its nerf, idk it's C or bottom of B tier for me. Siluria's spear is probably my favorite spear, but it's a faith spear. Its ash is unique, does a lot of damage, and has knockdown. The main problem with it is the long wind-up which makes the ash mostly useless in PvP, potentially good for ambushing people with it cause you usually don't see it used in PvP. Idk if I have a favorite intelligence weapon yet, kinda feel like faith and arcane have way better weapons. Moonveil is considered a "noob" weapon and people who love to invade are sick and tired of seeing it and a lot of them know how to parry it's ash of war attacks. The carian parry ash can also make you the recipient of your own attack, potentially. All I know from personal experience in Elden Ring is that I haven't worked on my intelligence build enough to have a favorite, currently still trying to beat the game on my first playthrough which is a strength paladin build. Never made or personally ever seen a dex paladin build, but it's apparently a thing and I have to clarify unfortunately

[@JMX246]

For my Onyx is still one of my go to INT weapons - 2/3 through the game - still use it a lot

[@GrossArticulate]

You have the Bastard’s Star too low I think. The nebula art is different from the one on the wing of astel. It does take a little getting used to, but once you learn the timing and range of the art it’s devastatingly effective. Its my everyday carry. I will say that having a decent Dex ranking is kinda mando. You should have a decent dex if you are caster anyways.

[@sebastianmorgenstern272]

Glitstone kris has a followup in its ash of war brother. In the correct setup its a highly effective weapon with decent scaling even in NG+.

[@involuntaryanalysis]

I find myself favoring my Lance, for my Dex/Int Spell Knight. Put cold damage on it, with Bloodhound step, and carry The Carian Royal Scepter, or Lusat's Staff, in my off hand.

[@paulroche7588]

Idc how much hate it gets, I agree Moonveil is king of Int, it was the weapon that got me through my first play through and I think its amazing, even after its nerf it’s still a top weapon in the game period

[@joelgoh1504]

Agree

[@bigkomo]

I wandered into Caelid and beat everything there before anywhere else in my blind play through. The Death Poker carried me throughout the entire game.

[@NicoBlackXIV]

I have a better opinion of Bastard Stars, while I agree is not as good as Wing of Astel, the INT scaling it has, combined with the dash and spread of the AoW make it a somewhat decent alternative for AoE and large bosses. The Glintstone Kris is fine where it is but the uber-long follow up attack on the AoW deserve a mention imho. Loretta's Sickle is not a sickle, it's a halberd with the Guardien's Spear-sword's special moveset.

[@grimr3vp3r84]

The death poker skill +explosion light attack is S TIER because of the fire on the ground is crazy damage.Counts as three attacks plus slight AOE damage if they don’t dodge,they better have perfect dodges 😂

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

Surprisingly, while stumbling through the game, found the Lazuli Glintstone Blade and the one dagger, I can't remember the name, that shoots darts and has a massive lunge. Have expanded my spell list massively. Essentially 3 single target low damage spells that can one hit weaker enemies late game. Essetially, damage from lowest to highest, dagger tap cast

[@tonydamiani8029]

Fallingstar beast jaw is the best overall weapon in the game. Staggering from distance with its ashen war is game breaking against bosses like Malaenia.

[@f-14enthusiast63]

Bro, Deaths poker isn’t just one of the best int weapons it’s one of the best in the game 💀 💀 how did you drop that so hard

[@sadrequiem]

It looks like you don’t know there’s a follow up thrust attack to the glintstone pebble AoW. It does good damage and posture damage. It totally levels up the weapons that use it

[@2numba9s]

I put spellblade set on, Godfrey icon, Alexander shard and all the other magic boosting mcguffins Full charge carian grandure Big boy damage I also used double cayman harpoon with lorrettas slash

[@Nijo-nf4et]

My guy, Glintstone Kris is GOATED. Charged up does similar damage to Comet, but with FAR less FP consumption

[@brandonfleetwood6707]

Great video my friend definitely some nice weapons to look at because I am making a 3rd character in the game who will be solely focused on intelligence base magic. And I am stuck between either making her a mage or a Knight of some sort but after looking at the game play that you showed with your character in. That silver armor. I wanted to ask what is the name of that silver armor?

[@Elysium.S]

Slumber may not be the best, but it is a really good way to deal with the god skin duo

[@relariis_the_paradox]

Glintstone Kris in C tier? I suppose you haven't upgraded it to +9 or +10. The AR gets up to about 310 (+ another 100 or so AR if you're at the 50 int hybrid build investment breakpoint) which is quite good for daggers, even for elemental infused daggers without status effects. But the real kicker is that Glintstone Dart is stronger than the spell Glintstone Cometshard (even charged) without buffs. It pierces multiple enemies like cometshard and comet do, can hit through some shielding enemies, and easily does 900-1200 damage for 10 fp at 60 int without being charged or buffed. Even after being nerfed, it's still worth using over pretty much every normal Glintstone pebble style projectile spell, especially for hybrid builds (as of patch 1.10).

[@malurek4428]

Sword of st trina is a great sword. May not deal alot of damage, buts it's utility is why it's higher on my own list

[@robertsmith7770]

Ash of war ability aside. Claymans harpoon is also the only weapon with innate Int that can be buffed with any element. soo good.