Testing EVERY KATANA for your satisfaction (Elden Ring)

Katanas are strong... maybe too strong...
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[@asterodon]

Meteoric Ore Blade supremacy🗿

[@kole3292]

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[@siruseless6650]

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[@squiggles9612]

Ichimonji double my beloved

[@spookytown7963]

Yessir 🗿

[@josecampos19]

i do support this but I prefer dragon scale blade

[@BlaZay]

The fact that the Serpentbone Blade doesn't have a changeable AoW or comes naturally with Poison Moth Flight is one of the greatest injustices in this game. We were on the verge of greatness... We were this close...

[@kleut69]

Or if Hand of Malenia had rot build up instead of bleed for some reason, her boss fight had none

[@BlaZay]

@@kleut69 To be fair, she doesn't rot you with her katana either. The only instance where she does is phase 2 Waterfowl (but in no world do you get rotted by it AND survive the attack itself), the rest is either the Aeonia or the rot blasts at the end of her combos. Even her grab doesn't rot, despite the similarities with the Cleanrot Knights' (and their rapier doesn't get rot either). Definitely would've been cool if it did tho.

[@arashiX7]

Dragon scale and serpentbone blade both were done dirty by fromsoftware :(

[@ryang3225]

They fucked up a ton of weaponry ash of wars if we’re being serious. There’s so many examples where they missed the mark. Every weapon that takes somber smithing stones should have a unique ash of war. No reason for weapons like the dragon greatclaw to be stuck with an ash of war like endure. Truly don’t understand what they were thinking when it comes to the armaments sometimes.

[@arashiX7]

@@ryang3225 completely agree with everything you said, they truly dropped the ball there.

[@TFGRhinehart]

Imagine reinstalling the game after about a month and finding monk in duels. Good games, dood!

[@wendigotoes]

Seeing you wear the white mask felt like a betrayal

[@stanley1527]

Hopefully you had some fun😊

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@SirEggheadtheAllFlubbing]

@@xler3441🙃🙃🙃

[@m.s6832]

I wish the dragonscale blade was a lot cooler for what it was since its literally is a sharpened gravel stone

[@MegaXron211]

I forget how, but it was a bit different in the network test.

[@TubularBellsRequiem6531]

​@@MegaXron211 I believe it had flat frost buildup in the network test, can't believe they got rid of it

[@MegaXron211]

@@TubularBellsRequiem6531 It probably because it was really strong in the test, my disappoint upon finding it in the game game was high

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@m.s6832]

@@xler3441 Hush your face preacher. I'm an atheist

[@athos401]

I used Nagakiba for like 60% of my first playthrough and it's just amazing. Basically a huge katana but with extra thrusts. Perfection

[@marimason2939]

Get two

[@jacobroberts450]

Same! I just added the keen affinity for better dex scaling and am still using unsheathe lol

[@randymarshislorde]

My first char (I avoided all content about Elden ring until I got it for myself so I didn't have any spoilers, so my first char was played blind) he is still below lvl 100 but has almost 410 hours on him AND YET I still havent found the Nagekiba. I want one SOOO bad to go with this theme I came up with for my char, plus it reminds me of Sephiroth.

[@waker_link]

​@@randymarshislorde I mean, it's a quest reward/npc drop, so it makes sense how one couldn't find it for so long, since anything npc-related is always a confusing hassle in souls games (I'm just gonna say that Yura has it)

[@VSN-wb2ly]

too long for my fashion style but i agree it's op and a better uchigatana version

[@UhhhNobi]

As much as the moon veil is hated for being OP, it’s so satisfying landing the AOW and posture breaking with it

[@dusttodust915]

yea, but trying to use it like a regular blade sucks though the hitboxes for katanas are shit in invasions.

[@VSN-wb2ly]

it's alright now

[@rossi6823]

why do you have to use something thats not fun and enjoyable? @@dusttodust915

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@wendigotoes]

It’s not easy being the best katana in the game, but Dragonscale Blade bares the burden like a true champion.

[@ajja2387]

Rivers of Blood*

[@oneofthekindscarf8612]

@@ajja2387 GUGS*

[@ryang3225]

I’m saying

[@ajja2387]

@@oneofthekindscarf8612 bro we're talking about katanas lmaoo

[@krishivshukla5557]

​@@ajja2387technically, Guts sword is about as light as a katana for his strength and body, with the way he swings it and how fast he swings it

[@thetalonking7233]

The Meteoric Ore's heavy attack is 1:1 the Ichimonji from Sekiro, I'm so damn glad it made it in the game. That Gravitas into Ichimoji was absolutely disgusting and I love it.

[@noii1524]

Ichimonji is not from sekiro tho, that's an irl thing

[@noii1524]

@@magnolia549 so knowing a thing or two about Japan makes you a weeb nowadays, huh?

[@christianarizmendi8745]

​@@noii1524always has, what are you ln about?

[@ssjkaryuusennin]

@@noii1524 The Niten Ichi ryu he used in the video also is from real life but nobody asked

[@QPoily]

@@noii1524 OK but the context here is that the attack was in Sekiro, a FromSoft game, and that the very same attack is also in Elden Ring, another FromSoft game. If they had said "The Meteoric Ore's heavy attack is 1:1 the Ichimonji from Japan (...)" it wouldn't have made any sense since they're talking about having played Sekiro and happy that ER has adopted the exact move from Sekiro. Most people also wouldn't know why they felt the need to specify it's from Japan or anything since it has no relevancy to the video.

[@sutarn_gamer4159]

meteoric ore blade has the ichimoji as the heavy, finally the perfect katana

[@scottwilly86]

i miss the black blade katana overhead slash from ds3

[@asterodon]

Space katana supremacy🗿

[@sutarn_gamer4159]

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[@Arani.]

I need the mortal blade

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@raccoon_gooch]

I remember when the game first dropped and the Moonveil was the undeniable number-one weapon and then they nerfed it SO hard. The pipeline from Moonveil to rivers of blood is so real tho.

[@ayvahnladdie]

Moonveil when it launched did like 1800 a hit, now it does way less. I think people just still hate the weapon for everything it did. If only Dragonscale blade was that good.

[@Snoodle829]

Idk man, it's still annoying as fuck, any weapon that encourages you to do nothing but spam the AOW is trash.

[@ssjkaryuusennin]

@@Snoodle829 Nah Moonveil is great. It's not as overpowered but tbh I'm just talking about boss fights since I don't play pvp

[@akame360nosmoke6]

Sword of light and flame😢

[@SpaceElvisInc]

@@ssjkaryuusennin didn't seem that much op in the vid vs the other katanas honestly

[@misterspoo7068]

ice lightning slash doesnt seem to have hyper armor on it so the best way i can think to use it is make some space then use it and either A. they run into the one of the hits on it in the hopes of getting a cheeky hit in while your in the animation or B. they respect the weird timing on it and you get the buff for free and continue your katana game plan

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@belliebun4529]

I kinda miss when the Uchigatana was able to parry with the L1 version of unsheathe.

[@keziahavila4827]

Yeah, I really wish ER Unsheathe would've had three button inputs, L2 + R1 for the forward slash, L2 + R2 for the downward arc slash and L2 + L1 for the parry

[@bynosaurus4024]

@@TubularBellsRequiem6531could you not just use your index and middle finger to hit it?

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@Jan-ie6lc]

The shorter poison time on the Serpentbone blade is actually really useful since you can proc it more often, meaning that your kindred of rots exultation can benefit you more

[@OliverDudley-xy5vm]

I hope the dlc gives us some better flails

[@Gyno-Mackima]

We’re in desperate need

[@ryang3225]

And whips.

[@apexfenix9623]

The chain and sickle

[@dreamingdragon6913]

I kinda want a Faith version of Moonveil. One that shoots gold beams instead of blue.

[@argonianguy6226]

​@@dreamingdragon6913preferably with strength scaling instead of Dex. Since we don't have many strength katanas, especially fth ones

[@maskedmisfit364]

I just started Elden Ring and I am using the Reduvia with the Uchigatana and I love it so far! Your video is spot on, cannot wait to try all the katanas!

[@altaafsheik5725]

My uchigatana is ridiculously overpowered right now I'm almost done maxing it

[@billsToonley]

@@altaafsheik5725 uchigatana was my baby

[@borjacondebecerra9553]

I use Uchigatana as my main weapon. I have Nagakiba as my left hand weapon, but I took some time finding It, so my Uchigatana is better atm. I also have Moon Veil already, but I am missing Int to use it, and need to upgrade It a lot for It to be at the level of either my Uchi or my Naga xD

[@angrysunshinebandit5114]

With the serpent bone blade, if you pair it with another weapon, cant remember the name, you can give the deadly poison the same duration as normal poison, using this paired with a rot buildup weapon as your secondary pair and you can just melt everything with status ticks

[@lharsay]

GGs for the success! This might be one of the most watched ER PvP videos in 2023, it reminds me of Prod's old DS3 content.

[@kacperkozak907]

I can't wait for whip and bow video. My favourite weapon types. BTW grate video. ^^

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

The thing with moonveil is that it really is just a perfect weapon for int builds. When compared to every other int weapon, it just has no flaws outside of the guilt you'll feel for using the weapon art.

[@janakbachkaniwala9247]

darkmoon greatsword?

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

@janakbachkaniwala9247 bruh, darkmoon greatsword sucks, it's only usable because it's a greatsword, but there's WAY better frost options for int builds, and it's not even the best of the int greatswords

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

@janakbachkaniwala9247 I will say, it does have solid damage though

[@justarandomguy983]

Deaths Poker? Genuinely stronger than Moonveil

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

@justarandomguy983 yeah, you're right, the weapon art slaps

[@findot777]

I wish the wakizashi had a unique dual wield move set with katanas

[@chandler1473]

I just wish it had the dagger move set. Waki parry, L1 waki slice, uchi reposte. Too much to ask?

[@likehowdudehelp]

@@chandler1473 well i mean at that point just use a different dagger

[@chandler1473]

@@likehowdudehelp aesthetics bro. I wanna style on my victims.

[@seyanhimiko8228]

Me to

[@thatsjustlife3831]

What if it had the ds3 jump attack of the black hand weapon

[@Hachigatsudesu]

In my first playthrough I enjoyed the Nagakiba and Uchigatana so much. I dual wielded it for most my playthrough. It did share the same issue with the Wakizashi "technically" as the Uchi is shorter than Nagakiba. But when I finally beat Malenia and got her sword, I dual wielded it with my Unsheathe AOW Nagakiba and BOY was it a strong. Dual wielding 2 longboy Katanas was such a treat.

[@thecommentguy9380]

Waterfowl dance is strong... until you find an opponent who experienced the true waterfowl dance enough to just shit on the dollar store version

[@nebei3740]

Its a get off my ass aow without hyperarmor there 3 switchable aows that do the same but better stormcaller the scream double stomp and the gravity triple wave all of these have 1 shot potential and are borderline broken with massive amounts of hyperarmor

[@stevencook9884]

You can make some really cool builds with the dragon scale katana it's my favorite purely just for how badass it looks.

[@ST._Trinas_Torch]

My favorite katana is the serpent bone blade, I just wish it's ash of war was poison moth flight and it did 80 poison or just scales with arcane

[@joe_mp7424]

mine too, i would be perfect if it had a unique poision ash of war or you could at least change it

[@ST._Trinas_Torch]

@joe_mp7424 they should've either copied rivers, made it rivers of poison or used poison mothflight, and please buff poison mothflight lol

[@bennypatrick6535]

Mine is Rivers of Blood. You could make a Jetstream Sam build with that weapon!

[@nevskvaelor1864]

Just a reminder, moonviel got nerfed a long time ago. It used to be more terrifying lol

[@everythingpony]

Just a reminder it got buffed a long time ago

[@aziouss2863]

Moonveil is my guilty pleasure in this game. It is just cool man. One of the best and most fun Int weapons.

[@asterodon]

MOB is underrated and is a badass str/int weapon, I definitely prefer it over Moonveil but I can understand the appeal, especially for a Vergil cosplay

[@Nexus-Flare]

@@asterodonwhen I saw the light beams all I thought was the Yamato😂

[@Suc-Chii]

Yeah for real, while rocking an Blue Silver mail, that shit looks dope

[@Snoodle829]

Just only use it in PvE and we chillin

[@Suc-Chii]

@@Snoodle829 i think moonveil is nerfed now

[@GhostProdigy]

Serpent Bone Katana is incredibly good on a dedicated build 👌🏽

[@El_Diego86]

Wam!!

[@GhostProdigy]

@@El_Diego86 bam thank yoy mam!

[@EmpressSectonia]

I used the Serpent bone blade on the left hand, and the Keen Nagakeba on the right with Bloodflame for Poison and Bleed. These combos are sick.

[@lolboredome5430]

Dual rivers supremacy🗿

[@ragiponsoy2289]

That wakizashi combo is really dangerous. Bcoz parry is insane with that dagger

[@eligryba1041]

fantastic videos man, subscribed, love the elden ring content! I do have one suggestion though! you should invest in a better microphone, would be well worth it! :) Great video!

[@MilkyaNdPuddlez]

Used Uchigatana with flaming strike and the Dragonscale blade for a while. The ice/lightning with fire was a good combo for a bit but once I specced heavily into arcane for dual reduvia's I haven't gone back lol

[@garrick3727]

My favorite katana is Dragonscale Blade. I just like the frost lightning. However, I use the Nagakiba more because I like the thrust attack, and the reach of course.

[@damianoq2637]

bro definetly deserves my sub and a like

[@jugarrizamd]

What armor do you have on? Ronin/Land of Reeds/idk what the gauntlets or gloves are ? Pretty cool.

[@Glostahdude]

Thanks for this fellow Sunbro!

[@Ikaros---]

Uchigatana/Nagakiba with Sacred Blade Ash of War is the Faith version of Moonveil, and you can swap to Flaming strike with Fire Art affinity for bosses with holy resist!

[@karolgentili997]

That's historically correct dual wielding.

[@zerosd15]

Waterfowl dance is very situational. For example, it could be used as a counter to perfectly spaced swing.

[@michaelbowman6684]

Uchigatana will always be my favorite, most consistent and versatile Katana in every Souls game. It has some very stiff competition in Elden Ring, but I still prefer it for it's low requirements on an Arcane build with Bloody Slash. Starting as a Bandit and eventually getting the Uchi (in some tomb in Limgrave, the name eludes me) is very satisfying.

[@drunkfarmer5106]

More of a straight sword guy. Longswords are GOATed.

[@inJust_]

i like the Nagakiba a lot aswell, but I also enjoyed power stancing Moonveil and Meteoric blade in PvE

[@fynnhelliwell435]

Wakizashi parry can be pretty tough

[@octavianblancaster3397]

In the video what armor do you have on for your character? It looks so cool.

[@smokinggnu6584]

Ok, i'm a bit confused here. New player to the game and playing on PC, how do you activate the ash of war on an offhand weapon when powerstancing, like you did at the end there?

[@ayvahnladdie]

Dragonscale blade needs some love.

[@jeremiahyobestfriend_ddtk1282]

What you meeeeeaan bro. I love whips. Takes me back fr fr

[@yeetlord9000]

Rivers of blood is so op he purposely didn't use the ash of war

[@Zerruno]

You beat those players without even using the Corpse Piler

[@RaximusPrime19]

I've gotta say, The Dragonscale katana and Rivers of Blood are my favorite

[@shidamusic4076]

The hand of Melania: "I'm Blade of miquilea, Melania. And I have never known defeat"

[@lammyjammy]

I would be okay with moonveil if it weren't for 1 simple thing- it's a bleed weapon. It deals 50 bleed buildup per hit, while also having Transient Moonlight which makes it capable of dealing tons of raw damage. Compare that to the Serpentbone Blade or the Dragonscale Blade, which do not have the bleed effect. Why does the Moonviel get such preferential treatment? It also shares the slightly higher 50 bleed per hit that it shares with the Meteoric Ore Blade, compared to the 45 bleed per hit that the regular katanas (Naga and Uchi) get. Moonveil would be bad enough if it just had the raw damage output and that's it. Maybe the bleed effect barely matters because most targets will die from the damage before the bleed will matter, but you know, they might as well remove the bleed effect just to bring it more in line with the other special Katanas. Meteoric Ore Blade deserves to have Bleed because it is not as powerful. And I think you could argue that the Serpentbone Blade or the Dragonscale Blade could have bleed without being OP (but I also think that they probably don't need it).

[@monkyk1ng]

i did not realize the meteoric blade heavy attacks were just skills ripped straight out of sekiro. gonna have to use it in my main hand for a build now 😮‍💨

[@mhmpotatoes5373]

meteoric ore blade just feels, so crispy

[@miguelromero1163]

Free aiming waterfowl is so fun, so Hand of Malenia is my favourite one

[@alpine_chr]

I have a question: at 16:14, you have wakizashi with Parry in the left hand, Rivers with Corpse plier in the right hand. Why is the ash when dual wielding Parry, and not Corpse piler? I thought the right hand weapon dictates the Ash when dual wielding?

[@Halfhaphazard]

“Babe wake up, a new monk video has dropped”

[@carboncopy8502]

How did you get parry to be the active ash of war while rivers of blood was in your right hand and you were dual weilding?

[@nizzynick9298]

Thanks for the entertainment my guy

[@TheJKLGUY]

Serpent bone blade and rivers of blood is a great option for dex builds. Procs bleed and poison great for big health pools

[@arcanemagpie6833]

Meteoric Ore Blade is my favorite soley because it's great for farming Four-toed fowl foot

[@rodrigovb1]

wow that armor chestpiece you're using is fire, what's the name and where can I find it?

[@elliotvyse8819]

Dragonscale is good for like a few dragon bosses early to mid game after that better of switching to something heavier

[@sixstringsam5885]

personally i like them all. rivers of blood was my favorite but moon veil is just a beautiful looking weapon with a satisfying aow. but nothing beats the original and the power stance makes this so much better

[@jxff2000]

“the hand of malenia…” the entire elden ring community: *vietnam flashbacks*

[@itsBATMAYNE]

The movesets of the katanas are my favorites

[@smokey122]

Just got back into the game… would you guys recommend Moonveil or ROB? (PvE)

[@pandamillion7958]

My favorite has always been Nagakiba, I like long ans fast striking weapons and I immediately clicked with Naga when I played ER those months ago, I never knew much about the weapon back then because I just wanted to play the game with no knowledge but then later found out that its a very good weapon, glad my favorite weapon has great ranking amongst the katana class and also I don't feel like the Moonveil is busted though, could just be me

[@bloodkelp]

so which 2 of them are the best ones to dual wield in pve (without bleed (arcane)) if i just wanna slice the enemies

[@Artrysa]

0:26 Mmmhm, damn right. Can't go wrong with the Uchi.

[@ravenrxh5865]

its gotta be dual bloody uchi's for me it adds build bleed up so fast with power stance its pretty strong against some bosses

[@loothhussainfazeel855]

They should've kept the unsheathe parry, it felt so nice to use

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

I usually go DEX Faith on my first playthrough of a new souls game but I decided to switch it up and go wild with an unknown stat like arcane. I am probably one of the first users of ROB and I apologize for my transgressions.

[@R9V3N]

Love how most of the player base of this game was pissy about the Moonveil when it was just a regular weapon easy to dodge and counter

[@Soluscide]

It was annoying because people would just spam tf out of the AOW.

[@Zeus-gf3vh]

Moonveil is honestly very easy to dodge. Bloodloss Nagakiba with double slash is like ROB without the downsides. Roll catch with more poise damage, afinity buildup and the range is insane.

[@Silly_Illidan]

That rhinehard guy got obliterated anime style

[@Fingolfin537]

Too bad that Malenia’s weapon doesn’t give you HER Waterfowl Dance.

[@ghostofalgeria]

Fun fact the heavy attack of the meteoric katana is an attack called ishimonji from sekiro shadows die twice

[@stefbks]

What is the armor set that he's wearing? It's dope

[@hluccaskywalker8329]

I'm confused, serpentbone isn't somber but you can't change the AOW?

[@Brown95P]

Honestly, it's an absolute crime that neither the Serpentbone nor the Meteoric Ore can be infusable with more interesting skills, especially when both weapons' R2s are essentially Sekiro's Ashina Cross and Ichimonji respectively. Like they'd still be hard-pressed to beat Nagakiba anyway cuz "haha sephiroth shaft", but man l'd so kill to have the Meteoric Ore's R2 with Unsheathe.

[@grantsworldofwhatever7555]

They should make a katana where when you do the sheath move, when you sheath and slash it sends a wave of magma

[@andrewbonifacio2914]

Love the Met Ore Blade and the gold sheath is beautiful

[@syn010110]

despite being a "dagger" the wakizashi should really be counted in with this weapon class because it only powerstances with main-hand katana (even though it has a dagger moveset and motion values--except when powerstanced, where it gains a hidden bonus to mostly match the standard uchi in damage). not sure why fromsoft labeled it a dagger.

[@user-zq7vi8lm4z]

Probably because wakizashi irl treated like a dagger. Power stance with katana is reference to musashi

[@juliankoch4787]

My favorite katana is the hand of Malenia. But the fight for this weapon is really hart.

[@adonisyach]

Used to think meteoric ore blade was meteoric orc blade 😂😂 still call it that sometimes

[@Diogenes68]

Fun fact: The Meteoric Ore Blade heavy is the Ichimonji slash from Sekiro.

[@DogeHound88]

Musk n Zhuck should play PvP match here 🤣

[@kaibies]

Metoric blade heavy has a name, Ichimonji 🗿

[@caloyogons]

If you don't mind, what set are you using? Does it compliment the bleed build? I am now using Uchigatana and Nagakiba with blood build ashes of war.

[@Snoodle829]

Its land of reeds helm, Ronin armor, eccentrics manchets, and ronin greaves. It's purely cosmetic

[@parkthecar39]

As a great sword user (the BIG big one) I see this as an absolute win

[@Samm-ii8sy]

Wakizashi is actually a tanto which is in fact a samurai’s dagger so technically it is not a katana it is truly a dagger

[@CorvusHere]

Hey this was a wonderful and entertaining yet informative video for me due to maining dual blood nagakibas, although I must ask, what armor are you using, it looked great.

[@phoeff7930]

it is the ronin armour worn by bloody finger hunter yura (except the helmet) and can be obtained by killing yura on mountaintop of the giants, when you find him there he has been taken over by shabriri

[@CorvusHere]

@@phoeff7930 alr thanks, what’s the helm then?

[@Snoodle829]

​@@CorvusHereland of reeds helm, ronin armor, eccentrics manchets, ronin greaves.

[@Eatcrackers399]

I have a whip build named “get back to work”

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

serpentbone blade my beloved. i pair it with the coil shield

[@Heavenly6y]

What armor pieces did you use for the outfit

[@loothhussainfazeel855]

I wish gravitas could be used defensively and offensively. Light attack after the ground thrust would pull and heavy would push

[@loki2571]

what is that armorset? looks great

[@nathan24-_-2]

THERES AN ICE LIGHTNING KATANA?? I'VE BEEN MISSING OUT

[@Johnrick90]

I like that you stick to terms heavy attacks and light attacks. Others may sometimes just toss out R1 R2 L1 etc. Dang I bound my controller to act similar to Super Smash bros 😂 Anyhow. I wish in Elden Ring that there would be unique power stances between different combinations of weapons. Dual wield at this moment is only between the same weapon types to this day (with the Wakizashi as an exception). Imagine how this could alter the game, especially pvp. Hopefully dlc will implement that