Testing EVERY CURVED GREATSWORD for your benefit (Elden Ring)

[@asterodon]

Never clicked so fast in my life

[@juancorrea2625]

Same 😂🤝🏼

[@Cereal-boxxx]

Fr😂

[@Jimmybobthe35th]

same

[@zauvimoo]

Fr😂

[@hgjklpk6471]

no fr tho

[@alpha00zero]

Feels like an editing mistake but oddly fitting that the Bloodhound Finesse skill is explained twice. Two-stage explanation.

[@monkwashere]

Now it’s time for KZbin Editor to take 5 business days to cut that part out lol

[@WinterGoBrrr]

@@monkwasherethat’s goofy that it takes that long like why?

[@23Butanedione]

​@@WinterGoBrrr the first day is always nothing, second day is them receiving the request, third day is praying to KZbin God, fourth day is day off and fifth day returns

[@abrammill9365]

Sword so nice he had to say it twice

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

the flameblade has the flamberge ripple edge, yet doesnt bleed. absolutely criminal

[@davidk4035]

Fun fact you can get a beastman curved greatsword early if you enter the imbued sword key gate in liurnia that takes you to farum. There are two beastmen enemies there, one of which that drops the greatsword They are super hard to kill early on, but if you can it’s really fun to play through the game with it

[@chingshady2689]

I thought u could only get to farum Azusa after killing the fire giant

[@docwarlock6398]

@@chingshady2689there’s a gateway in liurnia that takes you to a very small portion of farum azula

[@Schmoqyyy]

​@@chingshady2689the four belfries are unlocking a sneak peak into some regions

[@Anaverageguy41]

​@chingshady2689 The imbued keys give you "access" to certain areas earlier but a very small part of it that isn't traversable or able to be explored

[@maelstrom_n]

@@chingshady2689it takes you to an area that overlooks farum azula but doesnt actually take you there

[@diode_wow]

My personal favorite is the Dismounter because you can get it so early in the game, add to it the Flaming strike ash of war and it's just so damn cool.

[@lammyjammy]

It's probably worth mentioning that the Bloodhound's Fang, in addition to all it's other benefits (intrinsic bleed effect, buffable, awesome weapon skill) it also has stronger jump attacks. This effect is hinted at in the weapon's description.

[@XxMichaelRayxX]

It really does more jump attack dmg? Never knew that!

[@dalekmasterblaster585]

Yeah. The jumping attack buff on the weapon also stacking with other jumping attack buffs. Kinda crazy to get it early game.

[@lammyjammy]

@@XxMichaelRayxX Yeah it has higher motion values for jumping attacks (essentially a higher multiplier off of the base damage). I don't know how much stronger it is compared to normal jump attacks but I think it's similar to the 15% buff to jump attacks that the Claw Talisman offers.

[@DarkMark-cf1ec]

Nope its 10% on the Elden Ring wiki. Tells you nearly everything like special effects and armors but not all

[@atheontimesconflux1067]

@@dalekmasterblaster585as if it wasn’t already my fav starting weapon, thanks for the info man!

[@texpendable]

Heavy infused Beastman's Cleaver makes me feel like a sophisticated caveman

[@maxwellschmid588]

That first guy in Bull goat and the antspur rapier with bloodhound step is one of the sweatiest builds I've ever seen in this game lmfao

[@daifuku75]

This is my favorite Elden Ring series by far! I'm thinking about making a fume knight build, trying to find what weapons would fit and these really help

[@gnperdue]

Monk’s Flameblade REALLY should have had something unique about it given what a pain it is to get. And lore-wise it should have intrinsic Fire damage…

[@SolareoE]

You can get monks flame blade from the guy in divine caelid tower basement

[@adamnave1078]

Lmao op re frost

[@maxwellschmid588]

That's why I just slap flaming strike on it. It's only fitting

[@crisisasp5396]

the flamemace actually has a unique heavy

[@dimaudalow]

@@SolareoE , not really, it appears that the blackflame monks don't drop the weapon.

[@Ranger_James38]

Omfg the "wait a minute... MY NAME IS MONK" fuckin killed me😂

[@smallkidneyjoe4046]

super secret hidden pro gamer tip: you can farm the beastman's heavy cleaver early if you take the sending gate at the four belfries to farum azula

[@Gamercade1205]

You can't farm it early. With early game stars, the beastmen will be farming you. How do you want to kill those things with a low level?

[@NoNono-o3h]

​@@Gamercade1205skill issue, you just spam r2s and backstab chains

[@Gamercade1205]

@@NoNono-o3h nope. Not a skill issue at all. You are not meant to be there at a low level so you can't say it is a skill issue. You sound like a 12 year old right now.

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

​@@Gamercade1205he's right dude. If you weren't meant to be there early the Four Belfries literally wouldn't take you there to begin with. Lol

[@Gamercade1205]

@@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 interesting. Do you know that rykard can actually be the first remembrance boss you fight. Does it mean that he is meant to be the first? The fact that it can be done doesn't mean it should be done. BTW I am not stopping you from going there to farm them early on. Good luck on your endeavors.

[@valeriob36]

Something to note about Morgott's cursed sword, it's one of (currently) four weapons which cause 100 extra points of damage if you use them to proc bleed (the other three are the Reduvia, Varré's Bouquet and the Hoslow whip) making it an even better weapon than it already is.

[@GenEric1305]

Yeeeaaahhh! My favourite weapon class in the game. I honestly think they have the most ultility of any class.

[@acidlizard7774]

Magma wyrm scalesword has 4 secrets: first secret: the full damage of first part of weapon art does full damage for first 2 seconds, also, if somebody steps into lava 1-2 seconds later, you can do the second part guaranteed, second secret: you can change the direction of weapon art while flight twice, which will allow you to dodge some thrust type attacks and hit them at the same time, third secret +15% bonus damage modifier for strong attacks while 2 handed and +10% damage bonus modifier for strong jumping attacks while two handed (as bonus, info, thanks to crouching while doing strong attack and weapon art, you can dodge hits like this sometimes), fourth secret: lava moves very slowly, but still forward.

[@carnithegod]

There's a blackflame monk w/ the curve sword at the bottom of Calid divine tower right next to the grace. That's where I farm mine Early game.

[@Abstract_Spider]

Same. Bro took me the better part of like 2-3 hours _just_ to drop the sword, let alone the armor. pain

[@Automaton_Sleeper_Agent]

I love using the zamor curved sword offhand to either the flowing curved sword or blade of Melania for blade danced builds. Frost and dex with perfumes to reset the frostbite is very fun as the zamor sword often roll catches.

[@AlexHyena1]

Monk's Flameblade is also the only infusable CGS that has a natural affinity for dex scaling, where all the others are strength or quality

[@Onyyxsteel]

11:00 “Wait a minute… MY NAME IS ONYX”😂😂😂

[@ayooo5646]

The bloodhound fang has also a unique heavy combo when holding the 2nd heavy attack

[@ThatBoiDinky]

No it doesn't

[@itsmanxzyxd5087]

Finally someone showing the curved greatswords the love They deserve

[@michaelboyle7281]

Bloodhound's Fang single-handedly carried me thru my first playthrough (of any Souls game) it was just so good. I made it a rule for my second playthrough to not use it, but I still leveled it up thru the whole game just in case I ever needed it lol Finished my third playthrough the other day mainly using the Magma Worm Scalesword and had no idea it even had a second part for its Ash of War, you learn so much from these videos lol

[@ionized_salmon6417]

in my most recent playthrough i combined dismounter with flaming strike. and it is one of my favourite builds now, the curved greatswords moveset is really good because they can hit several enemies easily. but they can combo however you want, light into heavy, heavy into light, light into heavy into light. and so forth, these can also combo into flaming strike so you can do tons of mixups and variants to fit your needs. they also have good reach and respectable hyper armor, so definitely a solid weapon class

[@elijahverchon6229]

your scum dude said from another CGS user who is not using a crutch weapon art. go use greatspear

[@mani21axe40]

No power stance? Despite the early game build, I ran dual dismounters and had a blast, didn’t thrash or anything, but with the Kaiden armor, it looks pretty good.

[@efykoner]

I started a new playthru the other day and I decided to be a dedicated samurai build but when an omen dropped his cleaver in Altus… everything changed. Curved greatswords are just toooo good!

[@huggos12349]

Man this is such a good weapon class, Bloodhound's Fang has been my main since Godrick

[@Local_commentor]

Uchigatana is my main I just love the moveset even when my starting class is doesn't have it I will almost always use it until I get a good weapon

[@huggos12349]

@@Local_commentor Yeah the uchigatana kinda slaps as well

[@Ssalamanderr]

The Bloodhound Fang definitely carried me through a lot of the game. I eventually switched to dual curved swords, but even then I would pull out the fang or later Morgott's sword for heavier enemies. The hyper armour on Morgott's ash of war is really nice, I would often just trade with bosses with it. It melts heavy enemies with the amount of stagger and bleed it does, and it's even good against groups! I basically don't know what Fire Knights in the DLC do because I would just use cursed blood slice on them immediately every time.

[@bobzthabarbarian]

The Beastmans Cleaver w/ bleed and spinning slash was one of my personal favorites. It was, at times, a one shot.

[@Pretzalcoatl]

The normal heavy attacks have great roll catching potential if you tap after a normal attack

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Just used up Bloodhound’s Fanb today. Amazing weapon? Hits like a truck, did my first solo fight with Radahn with it and killed him. Great video!

[@Camero2244]

My man!! Like at 2 am yesterday I was like I wanna do a curved sword build but I didn't know what to do and then this comes out 😂

[@mistahjenkins4826]

Something for y'all to keep tabs on, as it's mentioned (not shown, but at least spoken of) here: You can do the rolling attacks out of a crouch pretty quick if you're careful. Plus, with some attacks, it gives you more options; certain greatswords will have long-range pokes, and certain piercing weapons will gain wide sweeps. Always good to keep in mind for certain pieces of gear, curved greatswords especially, as they often perform downward diagonal sweeps, whereas the crouching move is an upwards sweep (good against anyone looking to crouch and avoid gettin' cleaved).

[@darkknight57691]

That Monk’s Flameblade gag had me chuckling for a good solid bit hahaha

[@clairvoyant2930]

The dismounter is probably a top 5 weapon in the game for invasions. Personally I frost infuse it with sword dance and got people running scared lmao

[@TheHogfatherInvades]

The curve of all swords!

[@19rafar77]

Man running str build with zamor and bloodhound

[@NoNono-o3h]

The fang does better with str at meta level if two handed

[@19rafar77]

@@NoNono-o3h i will always believe in dex supremacy

[@elijahdavis9211]

and it’s the perfect length for me to watch before i clock in! perfect

[@BDeerhead]

You forgot to mention that you can use the Four Belfries to reach a small area of Farum Azula, and farm for the Beastman's Cleaver much much earlier in the game.

[@tomato6553]

3:40 idk man i think you stole that curved greatsword's identity

[@AkiRa22084]

Morgott's Cursed Sword is my favorite! So good for covering distance and taking down groups of enemies.

[@totalyahuman1006]

Makar’s scalesword is actually crazy to pair with things like flame of the fell god, fire breath attacks and grafted dragon if you’re looking for a good flame build

[@majorasmask5523]

Beastman’s Cleaver is a personal favorite. I love Flame Art affinity, and it’s so good with Lion’s Claw. It also looks great paired with One-Eyed Shield, which is easily my favorite shield in the game.👌

[@someguyontheinternet2308]

Dude i got flashbacks to when i made a build with Morrgot's Cursed Sword and absolutely melted bosses lmao, such an amazing weapon with so much potential!

[@mirrxd]

12:00 He said what!!

[@fartmaster0707]

Ahh.. the cgs. Best weapon for invasions, got some great damage for pve, and applies great pressure in the colosseum. Probably the best weapon class besides greatswords or colossals

[@NoNono-o3h]

>colossals

[@fartmaster0707]

@@NoNono-o3h mald about it moonveiler

[@komorebi7955]

your channel is so underrated love the vids man

[@joshuaringuette5600]

For morgott sword you can also chain the ash of war into regular attacks and replace the second part by regular attacks and catch someone off guard

[@samuelhooven3730]

Used the beast man’s cleaver for my second play through with carian grandeur. Super fun!

[@Underwatches]

Hey Monk! I just want to say I recently was bless by the algorithm with your channel just a couple days ago, and I gotta say that I've been binging them ever since! I think ou make incredibly thorough yet pleasing breakdowns of so many weapons, and I especially love how you do a duel with each and every weapon, showing off it's real-world execution. It's come to make me appreciate the PvP aspect of Elden Ring more, and even made me start considering making a character for a PvP build! Now, I must ask on the odd chance you see this,I know the weapon class is rather small, but do you plan to cover the Claws weapon type anytime soon? Thank you for reading if you do see this, and keep up the good work!!

[@Bnuuy4u]

you gotta love the freazing blade that was forged to look like a flame

[@williamcote4208]

While harder, you can farm the beastman cleaver by taking the teleporter in the three belfry area that leads you to where you get the paledrake talisman.

[@colterrobertson9221]

Monks flameblade can be farmed much earlier, from the start of the game in fact. Just climb the tower in caelid, drop down to the boss door for the godskin apostle and there is a flame monk there carrying it that has the same 4% drop chance

[@spacesloth9529]

That's wild, when I found the monks flame sword I put cold affinity on it. Your the second person I've seen using cold on that sword as well.

[@emythx]

literally clicked on this video just to see monk's reaction to the monk's flameblade lol

[@handwerkergermany8587]

if you want the monks flameblade you can farm it in caelid , divine tower of cealid at the floor is a monk 5 meters next to the bonfire

[@ethanwintersseveredhand]

Thanks for testing curved great swords for my benefit as always. Can’t wait for you to test axes for our happiness next😂

[@abakedtater8553]

I wonder what kind of invasion trolling potential the Onyx Lord's Greatsword might have in certain areas, like the Haligtree Canopy and Lake of Rot.

[@kylele23]

Love dual wielding morgotts and bloodhound. So much damage with an infused bloodhound.

[@ae_cookie]

i wanted to use duel curved great swords cuz i just find it really cool this video gave me all the information i needed and was all the help i could ask for👍

[@CFGaming00]

Bloodhound's Fang is so cursed that with this build it's pushing 666 AR 😅 makes sense.

[@chrissizemore8705]

To answer your question about the Magma Wyrm's Scalesword in PVE, it completely shreds through anything not resistant to fire. And even then, it just overpowers them. They'll stand directly in the magma left over from the ash of war and just melt. That weapon can carry you through the whole game in PVE.

[@LonesomeNalvag]

69 bleed buildup on the Morgott"s Curved Sword with 31 arc, this will make someone happy.

[@SputnicWasTaken]

I dropped the omen cleaver first try, early at stormveil, used it to kill the bloodhound guy and now im dual weilding them with a claw talisman for 500+ jump attack dmg pre godrick

[@EldenXord]

On that Onyx Lord Curved Sword match , what weapon was the opponent using?

[@blackgoocreature8989]

Cleaving time.

[@TheVeiledMonarch]

All of the weapons are great, but Morgott’s cursed sword and the Bloodhound’s fang are the best,that and the Beastman’s cleaver

[@PlankWood]

Next I’d recommend the synths. Surprisingly fun and underrated after finger print shield nerf

[@brandon9952]

YEESSSSSSSS FINALLLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@garrick3727]

I always liked Bloodhounds Fang but I never use it because you get it so early in the game that it feels like an exploit. It's not just that it's a good weapon, it's that it has op abilities such as being buffable.

[@LeggoMyGekko]

My favorite thing about this video is that Monk posted it, and my least favorite thing about this video is that it ends.

[@danielk9906]

The irony of using the monks FLAMEBLADE with cold affinity

[@marcinolszewski2260]

holy shhhh I never knew Zamor Cuved Sword keeps the same moveset left handed O.O

[@hluccaskywalker8329]

I’m curious, for summoning duelists, do you use a password? I’ve gone to the same area at LV 150 and never seen any summon signs.

[@DTPandemonium]

I always diss the magma wyrm sword to be as low damage as morgott's (L2 stick) because it's triple scaling with split damage but the damage is actually good on normal hits.

[@afk2402]

The monk’s fire greatsword on the thumbnail looked strangely like a dlc weapon (horned warrior greatsword). Clicked to see it cuz the vid is 10 months old

[@Neverfadeaway772]

You think gavel of haima and zamor curve sword can actually mix up?you know like a wake up ash for finish after the smash

[@cobalt9170]

That flame blade joke killed me

[@unrhu]

You should have had the highland axe on the barbaric roar beastman clever build

[@Mettle_DAD]

Monk cold infused the curved FLAMEblade? Blasphemy!

[@undertalebob3207]

Does the Morgott's Weapon Art true combo through the whole thing? I couldnt tell due to the bleed proc that happened after the first hit.

[@chasepeace191]

It feels like there is way less curved greatswords than actually there is.

[@RPDragonforce]

i wish they will add more great curved swords in the dlc, my favourite weapon class :) although im not the biggest fan of the power stancing

[@arthurfrost9004]

Monk finally found his Flameblade but sadly it was Cold

[@Ferbyleo]

I clicked at a rate, one would call impossible

[@Bte_]

Ah finally, I’d knew you’d come

[@Choomba-j8u]

I'm on 60 str and dex, and I use a quality attunement on my Beastman's Cleaver and it beats harder than anything else I have

[@devinshilightsdale9738]

Dismounter carried my first playthrough, all the way through

[@Turk3y89]

you can farm dismounter from the viking looking npcs also. a lot easier of a farm.

[@Gohma55]

You may be able to get the Monk’s Flameblade from the Blackflame Monk at the bottom of the Divine Tower of Caelid, right before the Godskin Apostle. Edit: nvm, only the one mentioned in the video does

[@ggxdslaughterhouse7392]

I wanna know which one would be good with magic affinity on it

[@Al_Mighty8686]

Curved greatswords also have some insane phantom range in pvp

[@benjorgensen9133]

How do you change your stats so many times? Do you have multiple save files for each build? I imagine that would be quite the pain

[@fadeddragon123]

People don’t seem to know bloodhound fang gets enhanced jump attacks.

[@lukeglenn223]

Are there any guides like this on sword and shield

[@illusion6477]

Would you say two handing a curved great sword is the way to go, or do you think it’s still viable 1 handed?

[@reloco6053]

I love you videos 😤

[@KimJongPhil]

Hey bud I normally don't nitpick like this but that's 2 in a row now, you need to check your sources for farming locations. The monks blade can be fsrmed in caelids divine tower as early as the start of the game and the beast men axe has only 4 enemies that drop it in the entire game iirc(may be 6) but yes, they are all in forum. Tho with an imbued stones word key u can access 1 at the start of the game.

[@themanthemyth4522]

Oh my god its here everyone! Stay calm! My favorite weapon class in every souls game!

[@witherslayer8673]

bloodhound ash-o-war could be used as a counter attack, doge then stricke

[@terrycrist3]

BHF also has stronger jump attacks. It’s really a great weapon.