Testing EVERY GREAT KATANA for your delight (Elden Ring DLC)

[@KogasaTatara514]

I can't believe they made Oceans of Blood real

[@Bgxm1]

Wait they did?

[@andypina4478]

I thought the same when I first saw it 😂😂😂😂

[@rozee8516]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@Magnosummit]

It seems weaker, especially considering that the ash of war looks pretty bland compared to Rivers of Blood.

[@andypina4478]

@Magnosummit bro you can spam with WITH HYPER ARMOR ON TRADE, NO MATTER WHAT.

[@GenEric1305]

The fact that my actual DREAM weapon type got added is beyond me. I popped the absolute hell off when I first found it.

[@monkwashere]

Same here lol

[@ShikiRyougi05]

This is how i feel about the ancient meteoric ore greatsword. Not a new moveset but all my favourite GS moves in one (maybe except the old overhead swing R1). Good lights, stab R2, stab rolling attack and stab AOW with a magic follow up...literally so peak. Oh also it looks fucking amazing ... Don't really like the look of most base game UGS's

[@oysterlad]

I know how you feel. I flipped out and did a little dance when I found the madness torch.

[@jofeherg]

Monster Hunter waits you

[@troyjohnson2137]

this is how i felt when i used the 1-hand light greatsword moveset for the first time

[@niall_sanderson]

The name of the Rakshasa’s Great Katana is interesting. Rakshasas in Hindu mythology are shapeshifting man-eaters with a whole host of magical powers

[@dumbsterdives]

judging by its unique effects and the armor its paired with, it seems to be playing off the "demon with endless hunger and bloodlust" angle, because the armor and unique skill boost your damage but makes you take more in exchange, along with both weapon and armor being covered in blood

[@charlesbronson8112]

I think there is a berserk character with a similar name

[@niall_sanderson]

@@charlesbronson8112 That might be where whichever FromSoft designer who made the DLC Rakshasa first heard the term, given how huge an influence Berserk has been on these games

[@dhruuvvvvvvvvv]

yes, Rakshas basically means demon or something similar in hindi

[@zacharysimmons9195]

@@charlesbronson8112yeah Raksas fits that description

[@gimbolektor2738]

I like how most of gk moveset is just monster hunter longsword.

[@dabmich5]

I wish gk had a parry or ash of war which is a long sword powered jumping slash

[@xenocross6597]

Yeah lol

[@atommaverick]

​@@dabmich5 thats gonna be both op and sick

[@mashur4880]

@@dabmich5 the new flask tear enhances guarding, meaning the l1 bumper guard while two handing a weapon can parry.

[@Rajusharmal]

is actually called odachi irl

[@sprite296]

We went from the dragonscale katana to the dragon hunters great katana

[@shaji6481]

Exactly this. Had to switch to the great katana from morgott’s greatsword once I realized.

[@no.1-sukuna-lover-ong]

dragon hunters greatsword will have a 4 hit move combo that’s extremely slow but can do boss ending damage

[@AnneWest_]

one thing of note that I found out, the backstep heavy counts as a backstep meaning you can follow it up with a thrusting light attack right out of the heavy animation. It feels super fluid and I found can work great as an opener since people don't expect the follow up

[@manuelquerochang2275]

Please explain that in controls. I don't get it

[@AnneWest_]

@@manuelquerochang2275 to perform the backstep heavy, while holding the heavy attack button, press the dodge button. then after you perform the backstep heavy, press the light attack button. You don’t have to do anything else you just need to get the right timing. I usually start the light just as the backstep heavy attack animation is finishing up.

[@enso-himself]

@@manuelquerochang2275 heavy attack + backstep, then light attack forward straight after

[@manuelquerochang2275]

@@enso-himself OMG!! Lets try that. THX man

[@matthewyeomans7106]

How did i not know this was part of the moveset? I mean I knew about black steel greathammer’s guard counter and backhand blade’s continuous running R1 and very good running R2 but now I wonder what other weapons have crazy new moves

[@verdanteridium]

"Situational pve weapon". I am convinced that every boss is a dragon because the Dragon-Hunter's GK slaps all of them so hard.

[@EinSilverRose]

Laughs in Black Steel Greathammer

[@ShadowAraun]

my quality build makes insane use of it, slapped on shard of alex and godfrey icon and it melts anything. on the backburner I use giant hunt great katana and lions claw milady.

[@ventrion8223]

How good is it for placidusax?

[@kevin123652]

@@ventrion8223probably destroys him

[@Gojira_uz]

@@kevin123652 I don't think so actually, considering Placidusax isn't weak to any other dragon wounding weapons or the greases. Still gonna do heavy damage/poise damage though cause the skill is already good.

[@thefacts4440]

honestly base great katana is so good with savage lion claw shit carried me through the dlc lmao

[@Nikorasu737]

Did you ever feel the need to do dual great katanas? I did dual katanas in base game but not sure how it’ll feel with the great katanas.

[@duskcrimsonfang4177]

@@Nikorasu737I tried it (just to see what power standing looked like) Personally it would probably only work with RGK and Bleed or Bleed GK and even then… as slow as it is. It might only work in PVE, PvP probably takes a lot of skill to make viable at the current speed (unless there’s an immense amount of stagger from each hit) I’m gonna go grab this make the build and runnit in PvP and let you know

[@Nikorasu737]

@@duskcrimsonfang4177 thank you! Looking forward to what you find, defintely trying to switch up my weapon for the DLC. Appreciate it!

[@kiri-yan]

@@Nikorasu737 I can never bring myself to powerstance great weapons in Elden ring, they really messed up the idle animation. You're just holding the weapon in your left hand, like it has no weight, parallel to the ground. Looks so cartoonish. DS2 had fantastic powerstance idle animations, wonder why they didn't just copy those.

[@jeffdecaro3164]

The base great katana is amazing

[@ar.71944]

Can't wait for the "testing all dlc weapons for your delight" videos

[@scottdevnull5778]

wizardly warning if you see a small glintstone staff in someone's build, It Can Cast ANY Spell

[@catman1800]

wdym?

[@Ouch193]

@@catman1800including incantations?

[@scottdevnull5778]

@@catman1800 there is a glintstone staff that can cast incantations as well as sorceries

[@delta4429]

It's called STAFF OF THE GREAT BEYOND.

[@loopienooper]

Wizardly warning is golden 😅

[@Jblank1016]

I LOVE how many of the new weapon types have a heavy feint, it was a cool thing that was only on (Heavy) thrusting swords and curved swords, so seeing Great Katanas, Perfume Bottles and Beast Claws get them was sick. Honestly surprised Light Greatsword doesn't considering how slick the rest of its moveset is lol.

[@LaMaldicionDeCaspian]

10:00 The debuff (-10% defense i think) only work when you are attacking. Same apply with the buff part.

[@monkwashere]

good to know

[@screamthesecond3946]

if the debuff is -10% defense, will it just not apply if I have zero armor?

[@LaMaldicionDeCaspian]

@@screamthesecond3946 applies equally leaving you in negative defense stat.

[@Gwynbleidd_117]

Dragon Hunter is actually amazing for dragons. I’ve easily killed every ghost flame dragon by locking onto its head and spamming with charged ash with Godfrey and Alexander talismans, and it hits everything hard honestly, at range and with decent hyper armor. I’ve yet to be knocked out of the animation. I love it.

[@typo_3148]

The moment i grabbed the Great Katana i instantly fell in love, i always wanted a samurai themed weapon that can do decent flinch and break armor and back then my only real alternative was the Naginata which is kinda sluggish, so realising that the Great Katana fills in a gap in my loadout is perfect for giant opponents or mobs with high poise that can't be flinched with regular swords

[@solarvortex13]

You are seriously underselling the dragon hunter’s great katana in my opinion. The skill is very good and the longer you charge it the more range it has. With the right build and enough scadutree fragments you can kinda just keep using the skill over and over without having to get too close to whatever you are fighting and it does pretty good damage. It’s definitely not only usable against dragons. I would not call it situational at all.

[@monkwashere]

The more I’ve been using it the more I really like it

[@Ashen_Night116]

@@monkwashere It also does a fair amount of damage, which is nice.

[@poporiporo]

I just destroyed Bayle with it

[@no.1-sukuna-lover-ong]

the great katana moveset looks almost identical to the monster hunter longsword moveset (excluding the spirit combo i guess)

[@mysticjuice3363]

They had to copy from a REAL game (just kidding love both)

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

these have so far been my favorite of the new weapon classes, especially the Dragon-Hunter

[@Squimblink]

The great katanas are my favorite weapons ever. All of them are unique. Dragon hunter katana is my favorite cuz of the flair. The moveset is a bit slow but i love them so much.

[@joemency2242]

thanks for showing the illusory wall on he way to getting rakshasa's blade. I did not notice that when going through that area

[@Yeezus04]

I love that the overhead stance is basically ichimonji from sekiro

[@anestard]

fr

[@Zikewamouski]

The heavy attack version was also taken from the old ashina fencers

[@lagideath]

I did NOT know this thing had a heavy feint, incredible

[@monkwashere]

Also fun fact, the final attack of the light attack string has a hitbox on the backswing, and it does full stagger and damage

[@Jaquaviontavious_pork]

Dragonhunter and Rakshasa powerstanced feels so amazing in pvp and pve

[@ehigieEseosa]

Current build rn but for messmer fight the dragon hunter skill is slow and doesn’t bleed thinking of switching to rakasha and regular gk for more bleed?

[@anishshirodkar484]

Did you guys know that the Great Katana shares its moveset with the Longsword from Monster Hunter

[@belliebun4529]

Testing the Dryleaf Arts and Dane’s Footwork would be cool. Sadly they’re the only two hand-to-hand arts in the game, but their movesets are flashy and the weapon arts are cool.

[@simon-peterwilliamson2412]

I was lowkey hoping for more than just 3 weapons. At least 4 of each for the new ones

[@KyanTubeHDTV]

Monk are you gonna do new versions of the older every weapon videos? Btw I literally freaked when I heard that the first knight Greatsword is a strength weapon but has the godslayer Greatsword moveset.

[@monkwashere]

I will definitely revisit some categories as a whole, or only talk about the new additions if there’s a lot of them

[@Splitboltxful]

@@monkwasherepog

[@KyanTubeHDTV]

@@monkwashereI will be watching them then👍

[@gregthespinarak]

Finally my Genichiro cosplay will be complete

[@bleedszn]

12:00 that scream LMAO

[@Doom501st]

honestly my favorite thing in the DLC is putting wild strikes on a fully upgraded great katana. It is so addicting.

[@lunchmeat9118]

I played through the entire DLC with the Dragon Hunter GK, i have never felt a connection to a weapon so quickly. As soon as i got it in my hands within the first two hours of playing, it rarely left. I was able to down Bayle at Scadu blessing 3, literally killed him before Rellana and didn’t realize he was supposed to be way later because the Katana is just so good.

[@a.m4295]

10:26 ah like the good old days in ds3, the 7th r1 is a mixup

[@kiri-yan]

Completely agree that blood tax + great katana is a fantastic combo. I had it on an occult build, and used it for all the tough fights, it was a life saver. Also, that crouch poke + poking R1 is godly.

[@monkwashere]

100%

[@NoradNoxtus]

dual wielding the infusable one and the rakshasa, with the latter on the right hand. also the weed cutter is super susceptible to jump attacks if you can stagger them after

[@mtd_mike3938]

the backhand blade's movesets are pretty insane. being able to throw the blade whenever you want is crazy

[@galacstars7462]

The first one has Ichimonji ash of war from Sekiro

[@springsm5545]

Kind of a simple ash of war, but if you are doing a bleed build, I used double slash with blood affinity on Fire Knight Queelign to good effect. I have also used freezing mist with my intelligence build, which absolutely decimates the curseblade if you catch them just right.

[@Chilblain91]

i know some weapon movesets are kind of universal across different fantasy games, but the great katana kind of swings like the monster hunter longsword with the light combo and the fade slashes. Even the backhand blades moveset look like dual blades...

[@ItsYaBoyChau]

powerstancing these fucking things makes me feel alive

[@videocadet]

Funny enough, the thumbnail was exactly my first DLC build

[@ender1546]

5:44 YOOO it's John Journey himself! The protagonist of hit game Northern Journey! And I don't think this build is about viability, it's about sending a message and looking cool while doing it.

[@TitoRohwedder-my1nh]

power stancing them is like slicing through ballistics jelly that poke is nice though

[@LucazioJ]

I was always confused why rakshasa never got staggered. Thanks!

[@Syahburei]

I love how you showcase the weapons with actual pvp to test out its merits

[@ST._Trinas_Torch]

Feints on a great katana is so cool! Also, the damage in the dragon great katana is strong against players at higher levels

[@omarleal4860]

Holy that bait with the great katana at the beginning was peak 🤙🏼

[@yakov9903]

The heavy-backstep feint reminds me so much of LS fade slash from MonHun and it's fuckin' goated.

[@Slyyam123]

im pretty sure you can feint the raksasha heavies too which is really funny considering theyre thrusts and you can just mix it up with a slash

[@deucesbye]

Hope you’ve been having fun thanks as always for the content looking forward to seeing all the new weapons showcased on this channel

[@ShotofDespresso]

Dragonhunter GK being a "Situatonal PvE weapon" is underselling the weapon a bit lol. That Katana has carried me through the entire DLC because Dragonwound Slash working double time as a ranged or enhanced melee option is crazy good against every enemy in the game, not just Dragons.

[@MrSkinnyWhale]

14:35 I just got the sword today, but I don't remember having to do anything after beating Rakashakadingdong, can someone remind me in the replies?

[@Gman-eu8wk]

Dude can't decide between light greatswords or heavy katanas. Both look so cool man.

[@alexweger1392]

My advoce is if a dragon is doing the flying stomp lock on to the head and roll backward when he comes down then you get a free hit against the dragon head

[@patdav56]

Dragon Great Katana is my favorite to use weapon in the DLC. Ignoring just the dragon boost, having the charging AoW means its boosted by both Alexander Shard and Godfrey Icon, and you can hit with both blade and beam. Ive udmsed it on half the bosses in the dlc, the other half by the Dragon Halberd, my favorite weapon of base game (good moveset and ice lightning is just great lol)

[@m3rken_11]

my dream weapon class. always wanted this in souls games

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

Nice

[@monkwashere]

Nice

[@Royced5]

@@monkwashere Nice

[@geometrydash4011]

Nice

[@carlosvicenty-9856]

@@monkwashere nicest

[@MisterT.2962]

for rakshasa to make the fight easier, you can spam messmers orb if you have it, he cant dodge it easily and I just damage buffed so much it dealt 6.5k damage per orb Talisman were fire scorpion, ritual sword, the thingy that makes you deal more damage with high equip load and beloved stardust, used the Golden order seal in left (my cast hand) and had the flame knight talisman in my right hand. buffs were flame shrouding, regen, golden vow and howl of shabriri

[@Ursa-Red]

You can also just parry the ash or space yourself just outside of the range. The npc will only ever use the ash 3 times in a row, so you can punish them with your own ash or golden parry every time they try to use it

[@unnero1]

Funfact the moveset of the Great Katana is 1:1 the same as the Katana from Monster Hunter lol

[@archmagetyler]

rakshasa great katanas passive also has a second bit, as each successive attack reduces enemy defense.

[@Anchor-Supreme]

Definitely between Light Greatswords and Great Katanas as being my favorite new weapon type. The Dragon Man’s has basically carried me through the DLC with its weapon art.

[@Pedrio2]

They really made ichimonji: triple. Genius Michaelzaki.

[@CorgiTiger]

Michael

[@billmccormick4370]

You didn't mention the charged dragon hunter is a projectile. that's the strongest part!

[@suspiciousersandwich]

I hope you do the light greatswords next. Their my absolute favorite weapon other than the dry leaf arts. It just flows so nicely

[@VexxyyII]

The overhead stance is ichimonji snd ichimonji double from sekiro

[@ezoni8438]

8:00 psst, gofrey icon, shard of alexander, str/dex build, that number can get muuuuuch higher ;)

[@ezoni8438]

honestly im disappointed its not arcane scaling tho so its not very good with dragon communion builds

[@Whoareyoucalling]

Blood great katana is great but I always favor Cold infused weapons with bleed. While it’s less bleed proc per hit your cold proc is basically every 2 hit which is a guaranteed stagger.

[@darkerhaze5233]

Martial arts ir the throwing weapons would be interesting but light greatswords are my favorite after they showed them they seem to have such amazing potencial

[@lykos9836]

ITS THE MONSTER HUNTER LONGSWORD MOVESET

[@phantomprince4278]

Such fun having more of these videos form you.

[@MerklesArmy]

Perfume bottles are so much fun I can’t believe they are actually good and useable

[@videojames290]

Ive been really digging the smithscript weapons

[@DJIronChef]

Dragon katana has 2 hits, the initial swing and the charge release can both hit. pair it with 2 handed talisman and godfrey icon for insane damage

[@humblehomunculus2722]

You actually get no hyper armor on any of the great katans normal moveset outside of rakshasas Katana, it specifically says it has hyper armor so it kind of implies normal great katana does not have hyper armor.

[@isaiahwoodson7438]

The dragon katana has a ranged attack stronger than moon veil when you activate ability hold light attack at same time

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

Do the perfume showcase next! They have an equippable ash of war that changes damage type depending on the perfume used

[@classicalfox8247]

Im so glad they brought back the martial arts weapon from DS 2

[@shinobiofashina2168]

They added a +3 variant of the crimson amber i noticed you use the +2 alot

[@monkwashere]

got it right after making this vid

[@KauIiflower]

Are you going to make DLC Boss builds, like in the good old days?

[@cainaferreira9548]

An interesting thing is that the great katana's moveset is pretty similar to the longsword from Monster Hunter. If you pick up a video of the base moveset of the longsword in the most recente MH game you might see the similarities.

[@Splitboltxful]

Monk! I’m at chicago pridefest but refreshed my subs out of habit. can’t wait to watch this after the festival!

[@Birch-bw2mp]

I would love to see hand to hand arts sprinkled on to whatever you do decide to do next. Just because there’s only two of them.

[@niall_sanderson]

Those and the beast claw weapons could easily be out together in one video

[@xsovereign6]

The power stance move set is really just the slower version of the power stance move set for normal katanas

[@liamsmurthwaite9434]

they should have called rakshasas katana mountains of corpses or something to match rivers of blood edit: i realise now that the whole rivers of blood weapon was a reference to throne of blood hence the ash is called corpse piler

[@TheDojoSavi]

The move set is the monster hunter LONGSWORD combo

[@OpiumPrime28]

dragon great katana has been my go to for the whole dlc I love the ash of war

[@Ricks176]

These katanas are amazing but i wish there was a frenzy flame deathblight or eternal sleep katana

[@Aldo.s.00022]

i think we would love to see all of the legendary weapons ranked/showcased

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

Since I'm only really using the perfumes and don't care for the other new weapons, I'll be watching all these

[@DarStaal]

the one thing i really wanted to see when i got great katana is sheathe on it, unfortunately, we cannot. As well as overhead stance on katanas

[@JudgeAngelz]

I would be DELIGHTED FOR THAT BERRY!

[@chibigoji5080]

Someone gonna tell this man the GK moveset is the Long Sword move set from Monster Hunter XD

[@richardrussel4567]

You can free aim the dragon hunter katana really well.

[@tibaronmagnus3672]

Fr you need to see the new greatswords, specifically the greatsword of damnation, but tbh I dunno if they warrant a video in of themselves... So maybe have like, daggers, swords, greatswords, and colossal swords all in one, then one for axes, greataxes, hammers, great hammers, etc down the line.

[@potato11]

finnaly i can make my great shinobi Owl cosplay with this one

[@F1shyBab1shy]

Im pretty sure Rakshasa‘s AoW is a true combo, so it can hit a humanoid enemy twice in quick succession

[@hystericbunny76]

The red katana is very tricky, because of how slow it is, I noticed alot of your enemies bated into attacking you, they thought it was over, but u can still go on.

[@josephlegacy929]

No one realizes the combo is infinite at first

[@BarsusDraco]

Strengh users: Rivers of Blood is overpowered! Strength weapons are much better! Rob users: *Take their sword and add more sword to it* Strength Users: *"Now hold on-"*

[@Spongeblunt]

Watched this and then remembered I'd gone down the sewers to the grace and saved it for later then never went back 😂

[@jaksautsendari]

I've been waiting for you to start making vids of new weapons and finally, let's go! ;D

[@jonathanlinzy9045]

yeah thanks for showing us how to actually get to the cave

[@freedominart11]

Really wishing there were more than three weapons in each new class (outside perfume bottles) but what we got is pretty solid all around!