Which DS3 Boss Soul Weapon is Truly the Best?

[@calebbaumtm1915]

That intro showing all the weapons was wonderful

[@William-Sunderland]

The music was horrible though.

[@lefranklin7092]

@@William-Sunderland yeah no shit man, that joke just flew right above your head.

[@shrek9025]

​@@lefranklin7092same happened to me, explain please

[@lefranklin7092]

@@shrek9025 if you dont understand irony behind using this kinda music like for example in old 2009-11 MLG pro compilations, then im sorry, but im affraid youre to young to explain anything to you

[@shrek9025]

@@lefranklin7092 okay i understand now, the problem was that i associate this song with another thing entirely

[@yeetya6647]

hollowslayer greatsword at 24 is criminal that sword is a menace to society

[@fatehsinghbedi9042]

I was about to say the same , I beat the entire game by two handing that thing , it's fast and powerful as well

[@Blueberry_Koi]

Probably because it's not that fun to use in ds3, the moveset is versatile but basic, however, as a ds2 fan girl, I love this thing

[@bosyogurtlight]

Society being PvP?

[@kim-xo]

i have a feeling that he ranked the boss weapons based on their skill makes sense why certain weapons are below the list like the hollow slayer greatsword for example

[@pedrovilasgomes9144]

I began using it right after killing the great wood, and I am loving it

[@SilverGraph1]

29. Crystal Sage's Rapier 2:23 28. Cleric's Candlestick 3:36 27. Arstor's Spear 4:49 26. Storm Curved Sword 5:54 25. Lothric's Holy Sword 7:04 24. Hollowslayer Greatsword 8:16 23. Rose of Ariandel 9:06 22. Farron Greatsword 10:29 21. Demon's Scar 11:48 20. Dancer's Enchanted Swords 13:05 19. Wolf Knight's Greatsword 14:32 18. Vordt's Great Hammer 15:44 17. Gundyr's Halberd 16:39 16. Moonlight Greatsword 18:01 15. Wolnir's Holy Sword 19:30 14. Gael's Greatsword 20:27 13. Greatsword of Judgement 21:55 12. Friede's Great Scythe 23:08 11. Dragonslayer Swordspear 24:40 10. Twin Prince's Greatsword 26:03 09. Frayed Blade 27:36 08. Old King's Great Hammer 29:02 07. Profaned Greatsword 30:22 06. Yhorm's Great Machete 31:45 05. Firelink Greatsword 33:01 04. Demon's Greataxe 34:28 03. Demon's Fist 35:45 02. Lorian's Greatsword 37:33 01. Dragonslayer Greataxe 39:23

[@セキウン]

you bloody legend

[@PopeKennedy]

He's missing the weapon from that one dude and his wolf and from the old demon since he counted the fire demon in the catacombs below the bridge with the mimic

[@JimmyPizzaDelivery]

@@PopeKennedy That would be the Valorheart and Demon's Greataxe

[@PabloDomain]

I’m honestly not surprised dragonslayer greataxe is number one, I pretty much spam its weapon art on every boss, except champion gundyr, we parry him

[@TheLastSimbender]

Where tf is the uchitana

[@marmonkin6254]

41:30 i find it very amusing how every time he uses the skill his face lights up with a light of a thousand nuclear warheads

[@penazas3116]

I hadn't noticed that and I just laughed so hard rewatching it thanks to your comment lol

[@TarnishedZorro]

Can't wait for him to rank all bloodborne weapons

[@snuppet]

Just got a ps5 over black friday sales, played bloodborne for the first time just a week ago, I WOULD do it if I can find the 60FPS jailbreak, as much as I have loved playing through this game, there is no way in hell I'm gonna play through it over 20 times at 30 FPS. For some people that is fine, but I just cannot do it. (EDIT) Alright, since alot of you can't see past the 30FPS issue. I will label other issues with making this video. Firstly, at 30FPS the framerate isnt the issue, but rather input delay, I have no problem with dealing with 30FPS, but the increased input delay can be rather disorientating. Secondly, without a jailbroken PS5, I have no access to freecam in bloodborne. Meaning all the intros to the video and each individual weapon will vanish (which is also my favourite part of these videos, and is what I believe to be one of the thriving factors of these videos that separates them from the rest). And lastly, even if I had access to these tools, the video wouldn't be out for a minimum of 9 months considering I want to do the DS1 and DS2 boss soul videos first, which the DS1 video will take about 3 months, and the DS2 will take up to 5 months. And if the Elden Ring DLC is released in the next couple of months, don't expect to see those videos until the second half of the year, or even until 2025 (if the channel lives on for that long).

[@TarnishedZorro]

​@@snuppet ok, for me it's no problem, but i fully understand, why you don't want to play with 30fps🤌

[@Life-vt8yi]

@@snuppet😂 understandable

[@richardnoggin1526]

​@@snuppet Pathetic

[@isaacdayton4962]

If you are going by max possible damage I believe moonlight great sword is the best.

[@treyrichards1244]

0:32 blew my ear drums out

[@brentheymans1362]

😂😂😂😂

[@JMW10o0o]

Im using my phone speaker, and even on the lowest volume, I can tell that shit was loud😂

[@Zoexel]

KOCMOC goin hard

[@Darksoulsboy69]

yeah i hated that so much

[@masonn44]

@@Zoexeli searched this comment section for several minutes looking for someone who noticed

[@alexberube5269]

Idk i feel hollowslayer being at 24 is an injustice, that thing has good hyperarmor, damage, and the hollow bonus

[@Lo54Lo]

That sword is my baby dude, carried me through my first playthrough!

[@Lo54Lo]

@abbhorase7658 exactly it will always be one of my favorites. The move set feels smoother than other greatswords cause it doesn't hit the ground

[@scnoz1430]

Yeah I’m surprised too. Awesome move set with good scaling and low requirements. Also in multiplayer meta it’s a top 3 great sword. Really disagree with the pick.

[@neerajn376]

its like the claymore from ds1 so reliable@abbhorase7658

[@sanderkiki]

i didn't watch video yet, but his ring setup is kinda cringe for heavy weapons or weps with hood hyperarmor...

[@darthplagueis13]

I kinda wish the "this weapon can cast spells as part of its moveset" gimmick had made it into Elden Ring. Like, take the Sceptre of the All-Knowing, for instance. It would have been absolutely perfect for that.

[@StarShade0]

I’m glad the new rapier was able to bring that mechanic back. Bonus points for reminding of my beloved Blue Flame.

[@tamary.leitmotiv]

I wanted the dlc to have a "cast spell" ash of war so bad...

[@StarShade0]

@@tamary.leitmotiv I hate that you suggested that because now I’m infinitely disappointed. I can see that being a balancing nightmare, but still… what an insanely cool idea.

[@jackofastora8962]

11:16 “I struggled to do anything past the first input” >proceeds to literally only show instances where the skill combo is perfect to use Can’t make this up, we will never escape the slander abyss bros 😭

[@Sir.Alonne]

We don't deserve any better. The farron greatsword is shit and it always has been. Yet I still can't put it down.

[@NedreddDwr]

​@@Sir.Alonne It alone solos a variety of bosses, its great

[@AubergineMans]

​@@NedreddDwr Can't every weapon solo a variety of bosses

[@NedreddDwr]

@@AubergineMans farron outright bypasses the movesets of sone bosses like friede and sulyvahn.

[@AubergineMans]

@@NedreddDwr So can dodging

[@youcantbeatk7006]

I feel like not using sorceries with Cleric's Candlestick and miracles on Rose of Ariandel is really unfair. That's literally how the weapon is meant to be used. That's like doing a vegetable ranking, but you only eat potatoes raw or eating cake mix out the box and calling it a bad recipe.

[@niro6199]

yeah but to be fair he's ranking how the weapons themselves fare in a fight. So while yes, the weapons are meant to also be used as catalysts, it wouldn't be fair to compare them to other weapons because their damage from spells is not to the credit of the weapon, but to the credit of the spell. To go off your vegetable analogy, it'd be more like ranking a potato based on how well it makes a soup taste as opposed to how well the potato is on it's own.

[@youcantbeatk7006]

@@niro6199 But literally no one would use them ever without spells outside of a challenge run. The data he's collecting by playing like that is completely useless to his viewers.

[@niro6199]

@@youcantbeatk7006 I don’t use the spells cause a regular catalyst has significantly higher spell buff and the 0.5 seconds it takes to switch to it isn’t worth the damage loss either way.

[@emulator4258]

@@youcantbeatk7006 Potatoes aren't a vegetable

[@hybbridd6424]

I mean it’s not really that unfair. Otherwise those rankings would pretty much just be “how good of a boss weapon is soul spear/crystal soul spear?” and “how good of a boss weapon is great lightning spear?” Even given the candlestick and rose’s lower spell buff compared to the best catalysts in their categories it’s still not really judging the weapons themselves.

[@GrouchyAsh]

Fun fact about the farron greatsword, its dual weild attack combo ducks under about 80% of attacks, basically anything that isn't a downward swing, lock on, or a grab is completely dodged by the first two inputs, the third one puts you in the air and is the only worthless part of it. Pontif basically cant hit you at all, and as thats what i used for up to like ng+4 i didn't know why people thought that fight was hard, casue he just never hits you

[@jakeforgey5378]

It took until the Silver Knights on the Anor Londo Cathedral Stairs for me to find out that "downward attacks" include swinging at an angle on an incline...

[@AnonymousStranger-zl4ju]

This sorry for being late but you are absolutely right i did the whole new game cycle on this weapon and realized it's true potential then and you know the only reason i didn't use it in my first playthrough, despite it having a cool moveset, is because people told me it has shit damage.

[@jakeforgey5378]

@@AnonymousStranger-zl4ju Ironically, overall it has shit Damage.. per second... it dishes out TONS of damage, just more of a sustained war of attrition rather than nuking off chunks of any Non-Abyss/Dark-Aligned character... Ironically I used it and summon signs to help out as a Fourth Abyss Watcher cosplayer fighting the Abyss Watchers... it WRECKS them...

[@vigil4270]

I used it the first time i fought gael and accidentally dodging under his swings during my attacks made the fight so much more epic

[@AnonymousStranger-zl4ju]

@@vigil4270 same with pontiff

[@SeSmokki]

I love the Demon Scar. Once you're high enough level, it becomes the best pyromancer flame that also doubles as a pretty good sword.

[@cinimini4854]

If you're talking about spell buffs, this is not true. The parting flame and the pyromancy flame both have better scaling in faith and intelligence. At max level the pyromancy flame has the highest spell buff at 242, then comes the parting flame at 226 and the demon scar sits right behind it at 220.

[@Kn1ghtborne]

​@@cinimini4854 depends on your use. The scar has been my offhand weapon for about 3 years now and it's a good balance for my GS. Allows you to quickly use pyromancies and close distance. Also has the attack that replaces the scimitars kick animation for switch ups.

[@Echenster]

The fact that you can get Vordt's hammer so early is nice as well. I used it basically the entirety of my strength run.

[@riptide8562]

The frostbite build-up is nasty. Nobody expects it in pvp and it just melts in pve plus the skill lets you trade with some of the hardest hitting bosses in a pinch

[@jakfenix]

Plus you can reset the frostbite with any source of fire damage

[@riptide8562]

@jakfenix you know with all my time in the game you think that would be obvious but I guess I am just stupid. Tldr: WHAT I didn't know that

[@RealElevenTimes]

Sounds quite boring using the same weapon for that long. I switch weapons every couple of boss fights.

[@franciscogarciadamiani979]

i used the big bonk, huge, gigantic bonk, wooden also, i used the wooden bonks, one in the undead settlement and the other in the forest

[@biomegamechdude]

perfect presentation,great music placement in every spot,great fashion souls and combat showcase at the start of each weapon. Hope to see more from you man, great work truly

[@rossalbane7743]

i gotta say it seems a bit unfair to rank a weapon while also excluding its ability to use spells. that'd be like ranking a weapon but not taking the weapon art into consideration, only focusing on its r1's and r2's

[@morales6224]

I get his intention with excluding the catalyst aspect of the spellcasting weapons but I agree that it misses a hell of a lot of the point of them.

[@snuppet]

This issue is, Im suddenly not ranking the weapon anymore, but rather the spells I use, which makes it useless to the list.

[@commanderkit-kat9314]

​@snuppet Honestly, no. Compare it to the other boss weapons which are compared already to similar Normal weapons, then compare it as a catalyst weapon to a comparable catalyst. Therefore you're not comparing the spells, just how good the boss weapon is in utility

[@rossalbane7743]

@@commanderkit-kat9314 you’ve found the words I couldn’t

[@bobchipman4473]

I feel like the catalyst ones, especially the demon scar, are artificially low on the ranking because their value as a catalyst was effectively ignored.

[@RubyKnightofRoses]

I think not using spells was a bit of a mistake, as that’s an entire utility of the weapon completely locked out that you’re supposed to make use of to reach its full potential, it’s also why the few people who use these weapons do use these weapons.

[@c4veman]

ranking it as a catalyst would be a better move. considering demon scar has access to casting chaos bed vestiges, it wouldve made rank 1 basing it on that

[@thetimebeing4288]

I think that for the average player the Farron Greatsword would rank much higher, as most players are a bit more risky and more willing to trade hits, making the L1 move set a lot more viable. Because of the crazy movement, you can often avoid attacks while attacking, which is very strong. The extra 20% damage to demonic and abyssal enemies is also very nice

[@Stevemastersreason]

This thing auto dodges gael phase 1. Beat him first try with just spamming l1^^.

[@thetimebeing4288]

@@Stevemastersreason it’s so much fun as well, it feels like a dance

[@zacharydeguzman7377]

Deals crazy poise damage as well

[@RandomStrawberri]

ALSO it is very versatile. I am not sure he knows that you have to do the whole combo to get the last attack of it

[@Fedorchik1536]

I consider myself an average player, and i despise Farron GS for it's low damage and bad moveset. it's cool AF, so it gets some style points.

[@kirayoshikage2510]

now rank all of sekiros weapons

[@modernhollywoodsucks]

Funny

[@WTF15TH15]

😂

[@CaucasianWhiteFemale33]

Isshin Glock 9000 Damage 😂

[@SithLord102.0]

I was just about to say this

[@lukefitton7329]

That’d be too difficult, too many to rank.

[@floatingchicken6770]

Farron Greatsword is my favourite boss souls. When i got it in my first playthrough, i thought it wouldn't be viable. Then, I practice not using lock on for l1 attack and if you position the attack correctly. You can dodge enemy attack and simultaneously damage them. I fought gael and sister friede with the weapon and felt so cool doing it. Crushing the dancefloor with breakdance.

[@Gojira_uz]

Exactly!

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

There’s nothing quite like being able to dodge and attack simultaneously, makes the tempo of the boss fights more like Sekiro

[@AccelSternritter]

A lot of you guys getting your emotional attachment to a weapon affect your judgment of how good a weapon is. The Farron Greatsword is a ok weapon, of course you can have fun with it but the numbers are on the table and the Farron falls behind.

[@basedbinyin]

@@AccelSternritterI think they’re trying to highlight that Snuppet just didn’t really utilize its ability to dodge attacks, and that it just has a higher skill floor as a weapon to use well.

[@howaboutsomecorn8592]

Not dressing as Lucatiel for Hollow Slayer GS is a CRIME

[@linkmasterman1]

Something you didn't mention about the farron greatsword is that you can actually combo the l1 into and from regular attacks (l1>r1>r1, r1>l1>r1, etc), which makes the weapon a lot more flexible and probably would've made it rank better.

[@ednygma1096]

Also it scales better with 40/40 dex and strength at around 560 ar

[@Gojira_uz]

The L1 moveset also tends to circle around your opponent which makes them miss you often if you time it right, and on top of that since you duck so low when using it, can also quite easily dodge the majority of horizontal slashes that bosses go for! I believe this weapon should have ranked much higher because you'd be surprised at how many attacks you could go for just using the first two L1s of the weapon, especially while a boss is attacking you, not to mention the dagger staggers enemies and even bosses like Friede, locking them into an entire L1 L1 R1 combo with no risk whatsoever. All in all a great weapon for PVE, just try to avoid the third L1 input as you're basically guaranteed to eat a blow because of how long it takes to complete the animation on top of you being so high up in the air compared to the first 2 inputs.

[@featdirty1127]

It also has the damage bonus against Abyssal enemies like the Wolf Knights Greatsword, which he also didn’t mention

[@jakeforgey5378]

Amusingly, if you time the l1 correctly, it gives you I-frames like a Dodge occasionally does... meaning you have I-frames for the for up to the entire 3 hit combo, and using lock-on ensures you don't whiff the hit... it made it very nice... unfortunately the Ringed City update drastically reduced it to just the first strike, and made the timing extremely tough to use... but still possible...

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

Yeah the farron Greatsword is easily the best, just the fact the L1 makes you roll on the ground while attacking for 0 focus points combined with phenomenal damage with a quality build. Absolutely cranks stagger damage as well

[@Anakin875]

I loved this video, thank you for creating and uploading it. The editing and the music were top notch, great content!

[@morriganmcgraw73]

With every weapon I'm getting more and more excited to see the Dragonslayer Armor's Greataxe, which is one of my favorite weapons in the game and has a special place in my heart as the weapon I used to beat the game for the first time

[@morriganmcgraw73]

NUMBER 1 THERE'S MY BOIII

[@matrinezkevin11492]

​@morriganmcgraw73 it's such a beast. Legit the only weapon in the game that makes the bosses feel like no poise having chumps. Flattening an entire gank of white phantoms and their host in one slam is pure dopamine.

[@Zengo38]

Even in Elden Ring its still a beast, Miyazaki thought we wouldn't notice that it was hidden behind trash mobs

[@ionutbum7799]

I just love the frayed blade. Using it with Pontiff's right eye and left eye, dusk crown ring and Lloyd's sword ring feels like a badass ninja.

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

Where's Gael's full auto crossbow

[@VValunt]

Moonlight bow was also missing

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

@@VValunt So, no love for bows

[@Leafwink]

I think he was just focusing on the melee weapons. Maybe he will do the range weapon tier list in the future?

[@mateusgreenwood1096]

In the trashbin :(

[@HKS007]

Gael m16

[@jackzfr1650]

4:53 is your annual prostate checkup You usually have to pay extra for 9:14 How the IRS treats you at 30:55

[@alexandremontesinos7876]

LOL

[@metalmanc9]

Lmao dead af

[@yourdad5799]

My favourite out of all of the is definately Friede's scythe. The moveset is great and more fluid than normal scythes, it has very good range, has frostbite buildup and it's really the only good weapon to go for a dex/int build. Something I also didn't see mentioned is that this weapon deals more poise damage than you would expect, it staggers and stunlocks more enemy types than most light weight weapons to the point that as long as you have the stamina they can't do anything. I deleted over half of Sister Friede's health bar because she couldn't do anything.

[@TheBrandonGame]

Just wish it didn't have that fucking annoying ttinnitus inducing icy SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Sound. Drives me fucking insane.

[@yourdad5799]

@@TheBrandonGame I play with low on sound effects. Never noticed it

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I liked it, and it was part of my tool belt on my first playthrough, but there's a bit of a sour spot on it, where I find it occasionally struggles to hit enemies that are smaller and directly in front of you/normal enemies slightly below you, like thralls, the ringed city gobbos, ect.

[@alzhanvoid]

​@@TheBrandonGame You just have tinnitus, straight up. I used the weapon for an entire playthrough and the sound effect isn't anything grating.

[@TheHankScorpio]

I'd argue the Firelink GS is the both the biggest letdown in DS3 and the best thing in Dark Souls, either; You just beat a boss that has 4 entirely different movesets + gwyn, annnnd when you get it it's a generic GS with a fire buff and okay WA. OR You just beat the final (as of the release) boss of the DS series and got the sword from the f-ing bonfire as the reward, what a symbolic reward.

[@Crispierbug]

Scholars candlestick looks great when you use sword spells because it looks like you're extending the blade on it and kinda gives it a new moveset, farron flashsword is light attack, magic greatsword is heavy attack and old moonlight for weaponart.

[@raulthetorchic7324]

That sounds like a very cool concept

[@Spriqqan]

This made me way happier then it should have but considering i just learned who the master of the Dragonslayer armour is it makes a lot of sense. Great vid!

[@matesdostal5208]

The Hollowslayer Greatsword deserves better, I think. It is absolutely amazing in the early game, performing really well on any dex or quality build. Also, since it is a greatsword, it shines in PVP for rollcatching. It also just looks super good.

[@jakeforgey5378]

Ah yes... that thing... your PVP, give it too me... Honestly I didn't even know DS3 had PVP until my game fixed a bug from the first day, that evaded somehow getting fixed by updates until the Ringed City, and I wondered when they added it as an update... I was shocked to find out I just hadn't been able to USE IT WORTH A SHIT due to my internet being that Terrible...

[@jakeforgey5378]

Ah yes... that thing... your PVP, give it too me... Honestly I didn't even know DS3 had PVP until my game fixed a bug from the first day, that evaded somehow getting fixed by updates until the Ringed City, and I wondered when they added it as an update... I was shocked to find out I just hadn't been able to USE IT WORTH A SHIT due to my internet being that Terrible...

[@amcname8789]

I've beaten almost every boss (except Nameless King and the first couple of bosses before I got it) with the HS. In fact, I just beat Gael with it in about 3 tries (this is all on my first playthrough btw). It absolutely carried me through the game. It's excellent and so satisfying.

[@falsebeliever8079]

​@@amcname8789 But... the Nameless King is Hollow! That's the perfect moment for our sword to shine.

[@amcname8789]

@@falsebeliever8079 Guess what I beat him with ;)

[@ThrowAway-gu2lw]

Amazing video, the production quality is kind of insane and its amazing you actually tested them all

[@emmz34chills17]

I believe that the demon scare is the most unique I’ve seen in the souls games not the best but excellent for a pyromaniacs build

[@simonedangelo1308]

Exacly what is better than demon scar beside PKCS?

[@praiseit6848]

a R1 of the Demon's scar also true combos into Black Flame. Which is crazy in PvP!

[@simonedangelo1308]

@@praiseit6848 Massive dark damage plus guard break everything

[@C1yde902]

Nah it’s really good, this list is very questionable

[@vyor8837]

@@C1yde902 Yeah. Hollowslayer, farron, and Demon's Scar being so low just proves this guy has no idea how to actually play the game.

[@pettereik3367]

the dancer curved swords being above the demon scar and the hollowslayer being so low considering how early you can get it and how versetile it is feels wrong to me.

[@cood5018]

I literally just watched your Elden Ring legendary/rememberance weapons video and was instantly wanting more. Was very happy to see this in my recommendations haha

[@pepsybowls8559]

Bro had no right to make a tier list go THIS hard

[@セキウン]

not even a minute in and that intro has me stunned, love your work man

[@EvansMine]

Hollow slayer great sword is one of the best weapons for clearing the game period. Putting it at 24th is a huge disservice

[@Kevin-zz9du]

Vordt's Hammer is one of my favorites. Also... you and the wiki say you can't proc frostbite on Soul of Cinder. I did. With Vordt's Hammer, and I have it on video, on my (non monetized) channel. Did a solo only run for fun and uploaded each fight for each game. It's fucking awesome. It trivializes several bosses lol. Looks awesome. Sounds awesome. And Demon's Scar with Black flame, is an epic combo.

[@evanmcdonald9134]

My understanding of ds3 makes so much more sense after this. I did my first 3 playthroughs (all blind) with BKGS, lorians ugs, and dragonslayer greataxe. I was so confused why all the other weapons I tried after felt terrible lol

[@iiiuwuiii4736]

You can combine 2 princes souls into one weapon? I'd never know!

[@killerb359]

I have been playing dark souls 3 for quite a while and i only learned that on accident when i clicked on one of the swords and saw combined and was like what?

[@beartm3924]

but the fact that the combined swords are worse than lorians greatsword is so disappointing

[@red_menace1829]

​@@killerb359 are you blind or just dumb?

[@RaymanJob]

​@@beartm3924 it is not it is one of the best weapon in ds3, it is not just about the damage it's also about the moveset and fun.

[@mattymachine97]

That intro gave me chills man. But the answer is Heavy Great Club +10

[@qthestruggler2715]

Fellow Club Enjoyer 😌👍🏾

[@josephthomas367]

Absolutely phenomenal video. Great stuff as always and happy holidays man. 🔥❤

[@cococra]

Yeah the dsga was kinda expected, that thing is the ds3 equivalent of a commercial aircraft flying directly into your shins

[@zachattack4666]

I did a playthrough recently where I went directly to dragonslayer armour to play through the game with the dragonslayer great axe, and then went directly to the dlc. I was so strong I one shot the abyss watchers.

[@YEY0806]

Honestly, if you can get past Dancer and DA before Abyss Watchers, then you deserve that

[@zachattack4666]

@@YEY0806 I also killed friede, demon prince, midir, half light and gael before the abyss watchers. I also uploaded a video of me killing the dragonslayer armour in that playthrough.

[@YEY0806]

@@zachattack4666 in ng0 or ng+?

[@EmmLoaf]

Demon's Greataxe being so high makes me so happy and nostalgic, it's what I used on my first playthrough all those years ago.

[@Sir.Alonne]

Did you use the hollowslayer on a pure dex build? Because it's actually more quality leaning. It gains very slightly more damage than Gael's greatsword on a 40/40 build but you can push it further by leveling strength to 26 to hit 40 when two handing then put as many levels into dex as possible.

[@CleopatraKing]

Yea between this and them saying twin Prince is "good for all builds" tells me they didn't do their research on these weapons.

[@Mo_Mudabber]

It’s still ass

[@robertspeedwagon982]

@@CleopatraKing or how he ranks weapons with unscaling damage, 4 stats scaling and separated damage types

[@ReturnoftheLightning]

I love the concept of the Soul of Cinder, and their weapon, but I feel it got far more props than it deserves 😅

[@lukefitton7329]

It’s my favourite boss in the series and one of my favourite weapons. Having a sword that buffs your weapon with more fire damage (which is highly useful) as well as knocking lots of enemies on their ass is a huge help as you can just finish them as they stand back up.

[@samfish2550]

I feel like astors spear at least esthetically would be great for a dark playthrough.... Really makes me wish we could infuse it.

[@Leafwink]

I did a demon fist play through and it was very fun. Even with PvP it was pretty fun since most players are not used to fighting against it. Then with how easy it is to get makes it pretty top tier.

[@morenobarriosericklandor2479]

Honestly, the farron great sword it’s the best. While Using the special move, you came dodge attacks whilst making some damage. It’s tricky, but once you get the grasp, its amazing

[@SharkAttack-kz1dq]

that beginning montage was the coolest shit ever, genuinely immaculate

[@Do0mSl4yer95]

The Artorias Greatsword for me is the best weapon due to its ability to stagger anything and the roll catches of the weapon art is great. Its not always a one shot but its a great vigor check.

[@axedforhelp1994]

That intro made my ears bleed

[@SlaveKnightGael-x]

But lets be honest.. It was fire 🔥

[@pikapower5723]

Worth it

[@pikapower5723]

Worth it

[@chasemauney9654]

Not worth it that was awful

[@Stargazing_night_sky]

​@chasemauney9654 we're just built different than you ig, that shit was 🔥

[@jordanpitts1775]

You’ve quickly become one of my favorite souls content creators right behind the goat GinoMachino and Dist. Keep up the good work!

[@Cado303]

I was surprised that the video was only 40 min after that intro

[@monoclesquid9667]

Crystal sage rapier can slap pretty hard in PvE if you focus on spacing and proper ring use. People really don’t give it enough credit for the options having the Rapier Stance as its weapon art opens up. Also, an element you overlooked about friede’s scythe due to your low HP strategy is its poise, L2 into R1 combo is an excellent trading tool.

[@thekamotodragon]

on my sorcery run, i basically always had CSR in my offhand permanently, and it basically just made farming borderline unfair. it's a good counter poke weapon that could stagger smaller enemies, and it weighs nothing so there's no reason to not run it on int build as you make more off every encounter with it. If you're the ultimate miser, it's perfect.

[@angrycat6954]

I could feel the dragonslayer greataxe’s aura from 23 weapons away

[@snuppet]

It's like that scent you get before it starts to rain

[@pineapplefighter3346]

farron greatsword is by far my fav you can strafe so many attacks and right eye is busted with it

[@Vanitas12Matt]

Vordt's Greathammer is the weapon that got me through my first ever full run of Dark Souls 3. My first ever Soulsborne game, so it has a special place in my heart.

[@HollowbrandChannel]

I know you didn't include bows and crossbows, but I still think Gael's crossbow might be one of the best weapons in the game.

[@severaltears667]

It feels good to know that the weapons I chose to make were the ones that were not only in the top 10 but that the dragon armor great ax would be the first place, I genuinely fell in love with that weapon the moment I made that thunder strike, all this in my first run. xd

[@sangheilicommander1056]

you didnt use spells with the candle stick? BRO what? its actually a really good weapon. especially for mixing it up in pvp. its utility is amazing

[@thekeeper1287]

I still love that the twin princes greatsword was the prototype to the sword of night and flame. I didnt even know that sword existed at first until a couple years ago

[@Saltz12]

It may not be great for pve but in pvp the demons scar may be one of the best weapons in the game. You could pull off some nasty combos between r1s and pyromancies. With max cast speed you could r1, roll catch with black snake, and then combo into CBV. You could also r1 into black flame which would melt players when using the right build.

[@Kro-RissaVirus]

Wolf Knight greatsword is for sure my favorite in the game. I’ve done so many runs with that weapon and back when DS3 PvP was largely active I would always come in rocking full Artorias cosplay and shut people down.

[@Evanz111]

This video just makes me realise we’re in the peak era of KZbin. A sub 50k subscriber channel, playing through a game a ridiculous amount of times to review a niche topic. Combined with some sick editing, seriously, that intro man. Easy sub from me. Puts my channel to shame.

[@gobbogimbo5364]

Another fun tidbit about Gael's Greatsword is if you unlock and hold back when you press R2 after L2, you can make your jump backwards shoot you forwards, then when you go for the plunge you can lock back on and still it

[@SoupSter19]

not using the catalyst as catalyst sucks

[@Unknowngnostic]

Yea I think if a weapon it also a catalyst then you should use spells to rank it. Spell damage is lower so I think you have to use spells to judge the weapon as a whole like convenience and weight into consideration, vs slotting and switching to a catalyst. I've never used any of the weapons as catalysts myself yet so idk how to judge it, but I think it should be considered

[@andrewd4438]

I really enjoyed learning how all of the weapons performed against the deacons

[@alwayssmiling3007]

with all the frost weakness in ds3 vordts hammer is strong and early to get

[@RuskiFuze01]

I help people in this game so I use whatever weapons and outfits I want, usually dressing up like a boss or something. To me, the 2 boss weapons I consistently use, are the Farron Greatsword and Friedes Great Scythe. Because a lot of the bosses I help people with are either weak to frost (Gael, Dragonslayer Armour, and Twin Princes) or weak to farron greatsword (Midir). Now Friede I use the FGS cuz it’s move set stuns her and dodges Ariandels charges.

[@xion38]

Having the Hollowslayer Greatsword be so low while it does extra damage to 90 percent of the enemies in the game, having the Frayed Blade be in 9th when it's the boss melting sword, and then having the Greatsword of Judgement be so high while showing footage of it doing doo doo damage. Wow

[@fish-wizard]

I know I'm two weeks late, but I have a note on the Dragonslayer Greataxe's damage to Aldrich. Aldrich's three different body parts all take different amounts of damage, and the head of Gwyndolin takes 50% extra physical damage and 50% extra lightning damage. No doubt that Falling Bolt is insanely good, but some other weapons might be able to stack up if they also hit the sweet spot.

[@knivy6160]

I think the farron greatsword is a bit bit low imo. I'd recommend you NEVER do the last L1 attack, like ever. I found the combo of the first 2 L1's to be really good against a lot of enemies, and while kinda slow could rack up really good damage if spaced well. I find to space it right, you want to space yourself where the tip if the r1 would attack, or just outside of it's range. Then do two L1 attacks, and if possible follow up with an R1. Also maybe it's just me, but the fist parry, which the farron greatsword uses, I find way easier personally. I would put a pretty big asterisk, I think it scales pretty badly into the ringed city specifically. All of the bosses there both can't be parried, and from my run with it you could typically only get one L1 attack off, which means your damage fell off pretty hard, as the greatsword without the bonus dagger hit doesn't do the best damage.

[@GourasishIndra]

8:49 well what the hell was that 💀

[@MrMetalhorse]

PvP should be taken into account at least a little. The dragonslayer axe weapon art is pretty fun, unil you realize it is almost guaranteed you'll get backstabed if you do it.

[@NoNono-o3h]

As much as souls true fun is pvp, this is a pveer channel

[@matrinezkevin11492]

Don't lock on to your enemy and bait them into the back stab and turn around right when they start rolling behind you. You will flatten 9/10 players and kill at least half of them in one shot. Been doing that with the BKUGS for years and the dragonslayer greataxe is even better at it.

[@robertspeedwagon982]

Quite obvious he doesn't care about PvP. If he did his list would have been very different. I think he should have specified that in the title.

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

Nobody gives a flying fuck about pvp lmao

[@negative6442]

​@@somersaultinggiraffe1901 Is that why Chase is so popular?

[@0smundSaddler]

Hollowslayer Greatsword that low is insane, it's top 15 weapons in the game easily, most people consider it the very best weapon in the Greatsword class.

[@ragenaros4475]

Dragonslayer Greataxe would destroy entire Elden Ring if it was in there

[@beefstew4948]

it is! executionors great axe + lightning slash is very, very close to it. wish the real thing was in the game though...

[@Shade00789]

There's more crazy weapons in Elden ring that would destroy DS3

[@ragenaros4475]

no shit@@Shade00789

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

​@@Shade00789elden tards when they realize magic damage is worthless in DS3:

[@masonn44]

0:32 kocmoc reference

[@TheJasonpevans]

propane greatsword ☠️

[@TopHatPenguin]

The twin princes great sword is probably my favorite souls weapon of all time. Discovering it on my own and then using it was just pure joy. It has so much versatility all while being a great sword which makes it a perfect weapon for most scenarios. Plus in pvp it’s just a menace

[@gorytarrafa]

How are you going to compare weapons without taking scaling and level into account? 😅

[@Integer_Overload]

As someone who uses the Farron Greatsword a ton, the alternate attacks are actually really great for ducking under horizontal attacks and can be chained with normal attacks. So you can do 2 lights, then finish with the front flip chain finisher. Or you can do one normal attack then swap to the alternate moveset to duck under an attack. Its very tricky to use and definitely not meta, but its very flexible in practiced hands

[@jjef8706]

35:35 which track is this?

[@assassinwolf7216]

My first playthrough of Dark Souls 3 was my first experience with any Souls game. Playing with some friends I got the Hollow slayer greatsword and used it through the whole game, found "stronger" weapons on later playthroughs, but it is still near and dear to my heart as my favorite weapon in the whole series. Imagine my joy when I finally tried out Dark Souls 2 and was treated to the surprise that it was an easter egg/reference the whole time :D

[@monteriostewart5526]

I almost went def at the beginning of the video

[@snuppet]

just how we like it

[@daniearagornsoofarat]

IMO Vordt hammer was way underestimated. That weapon made the boss fights way easier thanks to frost and perseverance skill. That poise and defence buff alowed me to tank a lot and defeat though bosses like Gael, Friede and Nameless. Even playing badly i could beat them with ease.

[@qthestruggler2715]

Most enemies, including bosses, mid to late game are highly weak to Frost/Strike. The disrespect on Vordt’s Hammer is gross.

[@just.hollow7155]

11:35 skill issue

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Incredible Work Near Perfect Overview Beautiful Effort Alex Roe Hit’s Greatly

[@Kofiukie]

Look I’m not trying to be a hater or an asshole but from someone with 3000+ hours on ds3 and with thousands of invasions under my belt, this might be one of the worst scale lists I’ve ever seen, I under your more directing these opinions to pve but omg, putting champ’s halbert under wolners holy gs was one of the worst ds takes ever, I’m sure this list took a lot of time and effort and I commend you for that, but I feel like your opinions on certain weapons and abilities is so subjective and situational and newer players witching videos like this and seeing you rate some weapons so low will really mislead people, I’m not trying to yap any longer

[@C1yde902]

Completely agree. I only have like 1k hours and have only used about a third of these weapons and can tell this list is 100% bullshit. You can see on-screen some of the weapons in the 20s doing better damage than those in the top 10, and most of his explanations make absolutely zero sense. Like, he seems to think that split scaling is somehow a good thing? “Damage Split allows the weapon to be decent against any enemy in the game” wtf is he talking about? Anybody who’s played through the game a few times, let alone 29 TIMES, knows split scaling is worse than single element types. Also, the fact that he refused to use spells on catalyst hybrid weapons is just infuriating… I mean, that’s literally what they’re for? I have to stop watching these horrendous soulsborne ranking videos, they’re all low-effort slop istg

[@kestkey]

@@C1yde902 dont cry honey, go to DD2

[@antoniusfudgepacker4318]

The worst part is it's somehow not low effort slop, like imagine playing through 29 fucking times with a single weapon each time and... what? Either somehow use it wrong the entire time like a brainless zombie, or go through all that effort just to waste it and not think about the list for more than 2 minutes when finally putting it together lmfao.

[@colbiashimaru]

Yeah I didnt want to be negative either, but with maybe 800 hours in ds3 and thousands spread from the other games, I didnt expect something like the farron greatsword to be placed so low. I wouldnt say its the best, but certainly not that far back. I feel like a beginner would also have a better time with it. As for what someone said about him saying split scaling is good, he only thinks it is good because he had to beat every boss with the weapon, even the ones where they were resistant, so I feel like his ranking is moreso “ranking the boss weapons on how hard it is to use that weapon and only that weapon for the entire run” because that is pretty much what he is ranking, which is just kind of misleading considering the fact that the video doesnt say that, it says “what is the best ds3 boss weapon” or whatever. I think this video has a place, maybe just not under this title, and maybe he needs to understand the game in a different vein, because there is obviously something missing

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

Nobody gives a flying fuck about pvp.

[@theluluexpress8528]

So many years later and this game is still so friggin amazing

[@ChaserJonDoe]

Now rank them for pvp

[@renkel8514]

Man what a great video. Thank you for putting in so much effort, it really paid off!

[@hellxapo5740]

My favourite weapons -Gael's Greatsword -Dragonslayer Greataxe -Frayed Blade -Vordt Hammer -Demon's Scar (with pyromancies)

[@thegoose8663]

DS3 final weapon - Firelink GS, strike the sword down and launch a thin line of fire that goes along the ground, dealing around a heavy attack damage combined. ER final weapon - Sacred Relic GS, DELETE ANYTHING THAT STANDS IN A 90 DEGREE CONE IN FRONT OF YOU AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HAVE A BOSS HEALTH BAR.

[@lukefitton7329]

In Firelink Greatsword’s defence, DS3 Fire Damage > Elden Ring Holy Damage. But yeah Sacred Relic Sword is probably stronger overall.

[@chrispuder1527]

The amount of time you must have spent to get those epic weapon intros is mind boggling. Such a well done video.

[@jonaichi_09]

I swear, the contrast of fun and damage the Dragonslayer's greataxe has compared to other weapons just blew me away. It's amazing

[@wilhelm100]

I just started playing DS3 yesterday and as soon as I saw the Demon's Fist, everything else went out the window. I've been face-punching my way through the game and don't plan on stopping

[@Echo_8054]

Is no one gonna talk about how well KOCMOC fits with this game???

[@pitchyhornet]

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