The Best Weapon In Every From Software Game! (kinda)

Best Fromsoft weapons from Demons Souls onwards. Best weapons in all the soulsbourne games for PVE.
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INTRO 0:00
DEMONS SOULS 0:28
DARK SOULS 1 2:10
DARK SOULS 2 3:33
BLOODBORNE 5:45
DARK SOULS 3 7:30
SEKIRO 8:46
ARMORED CORE 6 9:25
ELDEN RING 10:29
OUTRO 11:37

[@Mumps999]

Black Knight Halberd will forever be the best weapon in Ds1

[@CoalWheat]

***** K***ht Halberd

[@samuraidoge6039]

Its the murakumo

[@chaseparker1993]

Demon greataxe got something to say ab that

[@pascova5088]

And zweihander at #2, idk why the great scythe is there

[@Senpai823]

Without a doubt😊😊😊😊

[@pietrocatalano4285]

The Kusabimaru joke actually got me because I geniuinely thought "oh, he's going to be clever and talk about the Mortal Blade since-" nope, it's Kusabimaru. And you know, it makes sense, since without Kusabimaru you'd never be able to get the Mortal Blade in the first place.

[@YEY0806]

Also, kusabimaru can technically be upgraded by memories unlike the mortal blade

[@olu550]

To put the Ice Rapier's projectile into perspective, it can countersnipe Shrine of Amana when aimed with binoculars. Of course a bow and poison arrows can do it cheaper, but it's the principle of the thing

[@AverageDoctor345]

Surprised no mention of the Saw Cleaver. Its transform attacks are outstanding for building beast meter which gives it crazy high damage output. It's charged R2 is also really fast so it's great for getting backstabs too.

[@gabrieldufloth5497]

Saw spear is better in my opinion, Saw spear and the whirligig saw are the most broken weapons in pve, and both are good in PvP too

[@AverageDoctor345]

@@gabrieldufloth5497 Spear and Cleaver are about the same. Most of the time they'll be used untransformed because the movesets are faster, in which case they're identical. Transformed, Spear's moveset is generally better but I like the Cleaver's vertical R1s for hitting the heads of bosses like Amygdala and Laurence, plus it has higher rally multipliers and a way better running R1.

[@gabrieldufloth5497]

@@AverageDoctor345 i agree with you, that running R1 is really good

[@PhantomGamer049]

​​@AverageDoctor345, i thought Spear is better because it scales on skill

[@AverageDoctor345]

@@PhantomGamer049 Spear has better scaling in general. Its strength scaling is only slightly lower while its skill scaling is noticeably higher, but this is balanced out by it having less base damage. Skill scaling is nice for visceral damage but a charged attack works just fine in its place, especially since you don't get beast meter from visceral attacks.

[@Rihav9703]

For me lothric night sword is best weapon in ds3 it's fast and it can be used with shield so u can block atk at same time u can heat enemy also

[@YEY0806]

For me, it's definitely Dragonslayer Greataxe

[@BigFloppa-_-]

@@YEY0806agreed

[@ProfBrunoClemente]

Thrusting Swords, Thrusting Swords, Thrusting Swords and then the others. That fake-counter with Reiterpallasch on Bloodborne has awarded me so many blood dregs in PvP ❤

[@BJK2311]

Once again a great video 🤗 Would love too see a ranking of your most hated mechanic in all Soulsborne games 😋

[@Gr1ngl3]

to pick between Dark moon greatsword and blasphemous blade, it depends if you wanna do faith or int really. They are abt the same in dmg output but you just have to pick between frostbite or health regen.

[@KirkWilliams300]

One thing to further explain the Meat Cleaver’s brokenness from Demon’s Souls: it also has fast acting and reliable hyper armor frames on most attacks, allowing you to trade fairly consistently. Also, the 2h rolling attack is such a disgusting roll catcher in pvp. If you watch top level fights, it’s fairly common to see fights devolve into this move being spammed.

[@user-fx9he6kj5q]

I 100% agree with your number one for Bloodborne. I did so many runs in BB with all weapons and a lots of them are great like Ludwig's, Moonlight, Chikage, Beast Claw, Church Pick, etc. But none performed as stupidly high damaging as Whirligig. Also Whirligig gets a 20% as a serrated weapon and has a surprisingly good range in combination with its moveset.

[@Wacck]

Saw cleaver/spear... These weapons are absolutely dominant in both pvp and pve, there's a reason there used not just in speedruns but also all content/100%/all trophies runs as well as being banned from several tournaments

[@Nima-jneb]

They struggle in ng+ though due to the low scaling

[@TerreBateman]

gr8 video mate! Just a sidenote the whirlygig saw and ludwigs holy blade have the highest base damage, however the best/strongest weapon in BB in the sawcleaver. It has the best dps in the game.

[@minoas-sunbro]

Solid choices honestly

[@xavier84623]

It’s crazy how accurate this is. I remember in pvp these were the top teir weapons. I once made an electric rapier pvp tank is ds2 and kept track of my next 100 win, 95% win rate. And im not pro or anything. Rapiers were so op.

[@meraketh]

I'd add Vordt's Hammer into the DS3 mix. You can get it super early. Relatively low str. req. at 30 (23 with 2h). It's a greathammer, so big poise damage. It's strike damage, so most enemies are either weak or indifferent towards it. Really high frost buildup, most enemies are either weak or indifferent to frost. It has great swiping attack in 1h and great single target attacks in 2h. Relatively fast compared to other colossal weapons. Really good range, especially on the dodge attack. It is heavy though, however you can get Havel ring pretty early, and if you add Prisoner's Chain it's all good. It doesn't have the best pure damage, but if you add all of the above it is hands down one of the best weapons in DS3.

[@CasperTheGhost64]

I love these kinds of videos but I do wish the video is longer. Great video nonetheless

[@DragongodxX]

Aye love to the great scythe 💪🏻❤️ it is hands down the best weapon in ds1 especially for a dex build

[@mortum_potato6124]

In all PS1 Armored Core games, the best weapon is the Karasawa. Only downside is a small ammo count which can be fixed by carrying extra ammo back parts or packing a Moonlight.

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Nice video, cheers from Germany

[@SSG_Microwave]

The moonlight blade will never be forgotten

[@gamerdude7481]

Best Chromehounds weapon. That game was awesome

[@jimlahey9122]

Best weapon= the one you have the most fun with

[@aWandererr]

Couldve talked about the best prosthetic tool

[@Giggles_iJest]

Short answer: Subjective

[@totallynotkavak7128]

For DS1/DSR the painting guardian sword is definitely the best. It has a quick moveset, the highest damage of any buffable curved sword and on top of all of that, it has bleed.

[@konnieaplin8610]

Lions claw ash on greatsword with bleed. I love this combo

[@CaptToilet]

For Elden Ring I would give it to the Neheel spear with a very close second to the scavengers curved sword. Using those in a pair with seppuku and some bleed shards and it just wrecks. Even against bleed resistant enemies if you pair it with jumping bonuses and the L1 spam.

[@Hunter0407]

If Ben Shapiro was into the souls games

[@hedgehoginacanoe5838]

But he's making sense and has coherent points

[@samsterthehamster312]

@@hedgehoginacanoe5838🤡

[@Top_Hat_Walrus]

That DS1 build you’re running is literally my playthrough atm lol

[@viggen88]

Surprised by the AC6 stun needle launcher pick. It's powerful, sure, but It's pretty much exclusively a stagger punish, which was nerfed pretty hard. It's also pretty heavy and has a very high EN load. My personal pick would probably be earshot or the LCS laser cannon. Possibly even the ransetsu-rf burst rifle, for being the best "gereral use" weapon imo

[@yatosensei6078]

I do have to say. In DS1 - The normal Mace does pretty insane damage tbf. Should give it a shot!

[@nicepair8956]

I’m gonna go back to elden ring in a bit and had no idea what I was gonna use, I want to use something new but something that I know is still good, I used blasphemous blade for a little bit and remember how fun it was so I’ll definitely be using that

[@Angels-Haven]

personally I prefer the steel skeleton I think it's a really good independent type card, love the lizardman combo too

[@Idkanymore69420]

Something about seeing all these swords and stuff next to a damn minigun in the thumbnail is just so funny to me

[@Mo_Mudabber]

You should do a best strength weapon for each souls game vid and one for dex, Faith, Magic

[@caleob9725]

That demon souls weapon is something I need to try 😂

[@domenthebeast8885]

Hey for DS3, there is the grave warden twinblades. A bleed version of the sell swords with slightly less damage. And it’s pretty much the same weapon

[@youwy]

I know bro. Those still aren’t as good as the sellswords because they’re aren’t many enemies that can be bleed out in this game and it also doesn’t proc bleed that fast unless you go all into luck which hurts the damage even more. so the sellsword is just better to have in almost every instance.

[@SimpleReally]

you picked my favorite 2 weapons in bloodborne

[@izzuddinyusof1093]

prosthetic arm for me in Sekiro. versatile due to how many attachment it have although it is limited in usage and how many attachment you can select

[@BzCoffin1663]

Blasphemous blade might be the best single weapon, but a fine tuned dual bandits blood curves swords delete any boss that can bleed especially if you centre them around jumping attack combos, with a few buffs I beat Godfrey in 6 seconds

[@azure98]

I enjoyed Demon's Souls with how busted some of its weapons are from the Meat Cleaver, Dragon Bone Smasher, and especially the Blue Blood Sword. As for Armored Core. Maybe if this was a few months ago the Stun Needle Launcher could be on this list but in the current version of the game its no where close to being the best weapon for either PvE or PvP use. To add on to what you said about it heres a list of how it got nerfed. -Reduced stats you mentioned -reduced Shock Build Up -Fixed a bug in which shock was triggering more frequently than it should -Fixed a bug in which the System Recovery stat for both enemies and the player were non-functional These things significantly reduced its power even on staggered opponents and thats not counting its restrictive EN Cost for how much it was hit, theres just better options for shoulder weapons now.

[@Krow2842]

cant wait for the top tens

[@YairGatt]

Really surprised that despite the huge number of viable weapons in all these games I agreed with all your picks except DS1. Black Knight weapons are simply too good! Also the Claymore and Zweihander are classics (for Bloodborne I would go with Ludwig Holy Blade, but I consider us in agreement since you gave it a shout-out)

[@Destroyyyahhhhh21]

Black knight weapons suck

[@YairGatt]

@@Destroyyyahhhhh21 Your opinion is far from the consensus

[@Destroyyyahhhhh21]

@@YairGatt consensus for who? You can’t buff them at all and they are only good because you get them earlier so they are only disproportionally strong compared to the beginning of the game. At the end of the game the gargoyle halberd will do the same damage except you can also buff it, it weighs less, and gives you better immunity to stuff like poison. The buffing part becomes extremely noticeable in later play throughs because the damage just falls of without it. Any weapon you can’t buff or has split damage is inferior.

[@CeciditLux]

Currently blitzing through the game with the halberd. Basically one shots everything, feels like cheating

[@Necrowarp_]

The great scythe is literally just a better version of the black knight halberd that does more damage, is faster, and has more range, and can be buffed. There's no comparison between the two there. And the gravelord sword that you can get within 5 minutes of getting to firelink shrine is better than the black knight sword. Most people only like the black knight weapons since they get them early and they are better than most weapons you can get early game. Mid and late game there are almost always better options.

[@demspookz8732]

In all seriousness though I really wanted a Kusabimaru-like weapon in Elden Ring where the ash of war implements the sekiro deflect system somehow

[@WinstonWolfe21]

Should have maybe done best prosthetic arm for Sekiro

[@ThePDOG9]

nice list

[@waltersullivan2727]

I agree with like most of the list but I’d debate 3 spots that being DS3, BB, and maybe ER. DS3 is a bit of a surprise but if we’re talking strictly PvE I think Vordts has a very good argument. Does the most stagger out of any weapon type being a large hammer, it can splat, it has 110 Frost aux, but most important is 6 sec perseverance. With Sellswords you still have to pay attention and fight the enemy. But with this thing I’ve seen new players just L2 and wack the enemy without bothering to dodge. The frost damage does a % of HP and increases the damage they take. BB I think the saw spear could be number one. Scales with skill thus leading to more powerful viscerals. Serrated damage on both forms, most braindead R1 - L1 off beast pellets, and most importantly it’s a one hand weapon. Giving you access to parry. Which is just about the most braindead OP thing in the game. With ER I probably agree. But any fast paired weapon coupled with the *NUMEROUS* multi hit buffs. Just leads to demolishing anything with no struggle in literal seconds. Prime example being duel curved swords jumping L1. Off multi hit and jumping attack buffs. Only downside is this setup actually takes a lot of setup.

[@KindredFenrir]

The classic dark souls 2 run. Start rapier from Lenigrast then respec once you get the Red Iron Twinblade from Shrine of Amana. Winblade is such a broken weapon.

[@bmxgu2361]

I'd personally give DS3 the Dragonslayer Greataxe. Crazy physical damage, plus lightning damage, and it's skill is like an actual nuke, it just destroys boss healthbars

[@everettkysor7995]

How about an Elden Ring top 10: R1 attack weapons? ...for those of us who only know how to light attack.

[@mattihyttinen6971]

I was kinda disappointed you didn't talk about best weapon art in Sekiro instead. I would say Double ichimonji (for the posture recovery) or Sakura dance. But there are so many good weapon arts there.

[@ericadventures5045]

Whirligig saw has my heart

[@SaltieEmil]

What about the painting guardian sword in DS1? Is it the short range that's a hindrance

[@Mombanger-bd6nw]

I like how the thumbnail is all medieval swords and then there’s just gun

[@loser5737]

bone fist will always be the best in my heart in ds2

[@Dracoboss98]

My personal favorite in DS1 is the black knight sword, simply because it can be acquired super early, and it’s easier to make the requirements compared to the black knight halberd. If it drops from the first black knight in the burg, you’re basically invincible for the rest of the game as long as you have basic DS skills.

[@jjwhy321y3]

I was excited to get this within 15 minutes. However it sucks ranking up.

[@dakodaray7447]

For elden ring I would definitely do the madness spear I think it's called valks spear or something?

[@sigadop3492]

I always sticking wih greatsword and switching my blade once i get the better one, but if at one point i get dragonslayer inspired weapon i just use it for the rest of the run, its feels like... Peak of greatsword even if its not

[@YoIntangible]

Tenchu series is underrated

[@Bigmanjaquavio]

Ds1 is the only one i have played so far but i would say that in ds1 the great sythe the guardian sword and the zwihander are the best wepons

[@jacobdelaney4187]

I feel like DS3 is subjective because there is so many good weapons for each build my personal favorite is the exile greatsword it just shreds everything with ease

[@zoltan5960]

The best weapon is whatever that looks cool have interesting animation

[@f8ze304]

You should spend 50k making a Elden Ring tier list 🗣️🔥🔥🗣️

[@Herr_Gamer]

Picking anything but saw cleaver or holy moonlight is crazy. All weapons are balanced in that game so it only comes down to dps

[@abreu7756]

W video!

[@barrylemon]

Black knight halberd goes crazy idk what this scythe is doing here

[@hellxapo5740]

Bro you put the Elden Ring Greatsword in the DS3 image 🌚

[@mackwhite374]

In DS1 im a little more partial to the BSS and with the way buffs work the speed of a straight sword is nice. For PvE in ds2 the espada ropera does about the same damage unless infused and buffed but double the durability and its easier to get earlier. The pizza cutter is good but i do find that if youre gonna min max with gems the saw cleaver is going to be all around a better weapon because of moveset. Between the two great swords it just depends if you went faith or int lol. Just my opinions. Peoples experiences differ greatly so take it worth salt

[@Pruflas-Watts]

Dark Souls 2 lightnig infused heide knight sword with sunlight blade buff is absolutelt ridiculous. Passive lightning faith scaling on a sword that can be imbued further with a faith scaling lightning bolt stone and can be buffed by a lightning infused dragon chime. This is honestly one of the highlights of dark souls 2 that gave it the most build possibilities compared to any other souls game.

[@Scriffer]

Pvp list would be: Crystal great club. Warped sword. Pontiff knight curved sword. Cleanrot rapier.

[@GenshinNoir]

i felt like a God the day I one phased Rom with Whirligig Saw

[@adamyohan]

The Saw Cleaver is without question the undisputed best weapon in Bloodborne. I think it's tied with the pizza cutter. The damage and speed of the saw cleaver and the beast blood pellet bar charge potential with transformation attacks is brutal. Challenge runners stick with it for a reason.

[@eddie0326ful]

“Without question” “Undisputed” “It’s tied with this other one tho”

[@CasperTheGhost64]

Actually it is the saw spear. because it scales with skill and skill is a more useful stat than strength. At high stats it has more ar than the saw cleaver as well. I think the saw cleaver may do more damage with transformation attacks though

[@Destroyyyahhhhh21]

Saw spear is the best, it has thrust attack which many enemies are weak to which gives it the advantage. Though the cleaver and whirligig are just slightly below it

[@Lyscian420]

In terms of pure base DPS cleaver is goat. And you get it for free immediately. But if you’re recommending weapons for people, Saw Spear is much better imo. Skill weapon for additional visceral scaling R2 thrust is so powerful against brainsuckers and other kin. Serrated in both forms, so your R1-L1-L1 combo will melt any big beast boss (esp if you have some paper. :)

[@WALL-H-Y]

Bro the minigun on the thumbnale☠️

[@skeletonman7342]

the good ol ENB +15

[@jeremiahsmith2037]

You could make a case for the Wardens Twinblades in DS3. Everything else is average though compared to winblades.

[@TheGreatLords]

Bloodborne has really good weapons, but i would say saw cleaver/saw spear are the best in general if you use beast pelets, they built it so much faster than other weapons, a few swings and you get 2k to 3k slaps, and they are very fast, to deal with humanoid enemies, the moonlight untransformed has an amazing poke with a follow up upwards atk that deal massive dmg, like 3 to 5 k, you can one shot the hunters before the one reborn, but the pizza cutter still the most cheasy weapon, just built beast metter wit the saws and let it rip with the cutter, the only strongest thing would be a full beast metter visersl with all claw runes that is about 12k to 16k, also all those numbers can go even higher if you farm poormans gems

[@dharmishthads]

Malikeths black blade is and absolute monster

[@TheFrontLines955]

You done all weapons for Bloodborne?

[@basitraziel2480]

I haven't played demon's soul yet now i know what weapon to use like what 🙉

[@dynamicflashy]

For me, Simon's Bowblade on an bloodtinge build is the strongest weapon in Bloodborne. The Longsword is the best in DS3.

[@god-fd1vm]

the beasthunter saif is for sure the best weapon in bb that thing is straight cheese

[@pockystyx4087]

DkS2 has a lot of large weapons that trivialize a ton of the game. Hell; the recovery on great hammers is barely an issue when 70% of what you fight has to get its butt back up after being splatted on the floor. Plus there's barely anything that can take a powerstanced dual smelter hit lol. Fast weapon privilege is just too strong in most of these games though; so its very hard to justify telling people just starting out to put in that stat investment, or getting used to fighting with an unlocked camera .

[@henriklarssen1331]

As someone with 1k hours in DS2 and several no death runs. I did most either with Rapiers, Battle/Bandit Axe, Red Iron Twinblade or Great/Large Club. They all feel super powerfull, but one big downside for the rapiers is how bad they feel out side of Boss fights. You have no way to hit more then 1 enemy, the tracking against fast enemies can be realy bad. I think with the Rapier i died alot more against normal enemies compared to any other Weapon class. But they all have their downsides, like Great Hammers who bounce of walls and so on. Overall i think the balancing in DS2 is the best when it comes to variety. DS1 has all the Black Knight Weapons early on, ER has so many complete broken AoW and i havent played enough of DS3 to realy judge it.

[@pockystyx4087]

Yeah, some people tend to focus on a weapons performance against solo enemies or bosses only. It doesn't make a weapon drastically less viable than another; but it does need to be addressed when trying to call a weapon "the best" of the truck load of weapons in DkS2 that are all very viable.

[@maxburrill6192]

DeS: Meat Cleaver DS1: Black Knight Halberd DS2: Bandit Axe DS3: Hollowslayer Greatsword BB: Saw Cleaver ER: Great Stars

[@henriklarssen1331]

I love the Bandit/Battle Axe in DS2, simpe but great. And looks sex af.

[@borbafatt]

I recently started a power stance heavy great stars run and I am absolutely destroying the game. I’m getting better results than any of my Darkmoon/moonveil/rivers/SONAF runs. Underrated Gem.

[@maxburrill6192]

@@borbafatt I used mine with 99 STR and Bloodflame Blade.

[@localassgrabber]

Winged knight twinaxes are literally sellsword twinblades but better In every Way expect weight. People jus dont talk abt cuz its an enemy drop so you have to farm for it. I would even consider lothric knight sword better than twinblades

[@masterthune]

What about the best Enchanted Arms characters?

[@JAYSONCAPRARU]

i awlays the best weapon of bloodborne is the very last one you get. lady maria's rakuyo that thing is so beautiful

[@simonkisielewski3327]

I'd argue iron spiked balls with strength infusion are better in elden ring, insane poise damage, one of the highest dmg outputs, quick charged attacks and literally melts bigger bosses

[@cowboydan6482]

I don’t know why I feel so strongly about this but I think the holy moonlight sword is definitely the best weapon in bloodborne. It has good scaling, really good damage, way faster then Ludwigs sword, ranged attacks, plus it’s just super cool, plus it’s worth pumping stats into arcane for the hunter tools, blacksky eye goes crazy‼️‼️

[@Blittsplitt5]

It's definitely a top 3/4 weapon. The top 3 being Ludwig's, Rakuyo and Whirligig. Actually, yea number 4 ain't bad. They're all ridiculously good and fun.

[@mdsakibal-manar6947]

Frayed blade in DS3: Am I a joke to you?

[@jinesh1077]

IMO, Demon Souls: Kalij DS1: Black Knight Halberd DS2: Rapier class DS3: Meltsword Winblade Bloodborne: Saw Cleaver Elden Ring: Blasphemous Blade

[@triplezeroxz5875]

"Who cares about the rest?" *cries in Eternal Ring*

[@jordansheets2732]

Vyke's war spear in elden ring is absolutely BONKERS, and mohg's weapon skill alone is almost as good as the blasphemous blade

[@Lil_LiIy]

Gold tracer is the best option for PVE in ds1, fastest bleed in game. that's all I got to say

[@trueNordVPN]

DeS: Northern Regalia DS1: Black Knight Halberd DS2: Santier's Spear BB: Burial Blade DS3: Lothric Knight Sword ER: Bloodhound's Fang

[@willybiggs-rj6qt]

santier spear for ds2! pokes, twinblade, spin to win x3, and buffable!!!

[@user-fx9he6kj5q]

but only the pre nerf version

[@youwy]

It got nerfed pretty hard a while back

[@GenshinNoir]

why isnt vykes warspear the elden ring weapon

[@DrJones0801]

IMO the best weapon in DS2 is by far the warped sword. It's honestly stupid how good it is.

[@brutusmagnuson315]

Balder Side Sword for DS1. Astora Greatsword for DS3

[@Cellod98]

For Sekiro you could’ve at least done the prosthetic weapons lol

[@mrstealyoface]

Honestly in for ds1 id say either gold tracer or great club