THE BEST WEAPON IN MINECRAFT DUNGEONS?! Top Tier Weapons & Best Enchantments Breakdown

What is THE BEST melee weapon in Minecraft Dungeons? In this video, I will talk about the most popular Top Tier Melee Weapons in Minecraft Dungeons and which one of them is the best to use for the maximum Apocalypse Plus difficulty levels. I will show you the best Enchantments, talk about their pros and cons and of course recommend you which one I would use in certain situations. Some weapons have more survivability than others, but are lacking damage as tradeoff. I really like to have something which is very balanced, so we are having a look at the Resolute Tempest Knife, Fighters Bindings and Whirlwind Axe which are definitely the most popular ones in the game. Time to get real!
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[@04AMofficial]

This is a question many of you guys keps asking and today I thought it was a good moment to talk about it: Here is my take on THE BEST melee weapon in the game and performance on max Apocalypse Plus

[@Zoggi]

2nd!

[@nillocypruls]

Looks to be an interesting topic

[@andrewfrypoggers5728]

Still no good Verdant robe and I’m PWR lvl 169

[@trcash0]

You need expliding to easily kill mobs fast in Apocalypse VII +20 try it please 04am

[@mooniecastaneda8605]

I have gauntlets and it’s op to me and my friends has this weapon called fists it’s like gauntlet and we’re op together and we’re on adventure mode

[@turtlesarecool]

Glad to see people are still playing this game, just got it, I'm starting to think it is more fun than regular Minecraft!

[@-xtrayed-5755]

It’s cuz it is lmao

[@michael0433]

@@-xtrayed-5755 you are wrong, because it isn't. On Minecraft you can do everything. Anyway everyone has their own tastes.

[@-xtrayed-5755]

@@michael0433 beg to differ but alright , Minecraft just gets boring after like 2 weeks

[@michael0433]

@@-xtrayed-5755 Minecraft doesn't just gets boring after like 2 weeks. I still enjoy Minecraft after 5 years.

[@michael0433]

@@-xtrayed-5755 anyway I don't want to argue about this.

[@AverageDadOfficial]

Just started playing this... too addictive 😂

[@yungcash911]

Yes very

[@swag9830]

you will get bored after a while.

[@AverageDadOfficial]

@@swag9830 stopped playing after a few days 😂😂

[@juanmunoz4245]

Bro fr i just want to keep playing

[@MalevolenT8YSG]

@@AverageDadOfficial same then my friend told me get on I did loved the game again

[@lordforce5546]

Cursed axe is the best for clearing groups of mobs since the built in exploding stops mobs from respawning

[@04AMofficial]

I agree its a really awesome weapon, but for this one I was looking for some top tier weapons which do great on all grounds lets say. my tier list will be something entirely different!

[@lordforce5546]

@@04AMofficial I guess I just misunderstood what the point of this vid was after hearing what you said at 0:41

[@fishermancy7719]

I agree, I was using whirlwind, switched to cursed axe, and can’t go back :)

[@fishermancy7719]

@@mbudelman5567 I recommend crit, radiance, and swirling, but watch some of his vids for help :)

[@fishermancy7719]

@@mbudelman5567 lord force

[@daliborkat7187]

The Resolute Tempest Knife is good for taking out bosses or mobs with high health fastly because it increases damage to wounded mobs

[@dutchovenmom1134]

It’s still too slow for me. There aren’t enough mobs to keep it committed, at DT3 20+. I do not speed run levels though. I like to mix up my artifacts.

[@Halfabraincell719]

I would just use it for speed running because the fighters bindings are way better for bosses

[@KingJuulien261]

"Fastly". No offence but w h a t

[@kacpermruk2348]

I just got a tempest knife and now i feel like a god

[@OakHipster8848]

Its also for speed running

[@Scorchen]

Honestly O4AM, your videos are SO helpful. The fact that you put so much time into helping us, is truly heartwarming. Thank you! Subscribed, and always will be. 👍

[@c4r4dd1ct6]

Honestly I really like the Freezing Foil (Unique rapier that freezes mobs on hit) ever since I saw it in action, then one day I got a gilded one with built-in exploding, radiance, and void strike. The third perk I swapped out for Thundering with the Enchantsmith and I have Lightning Focus on my current armor so that works out really well. Thundering pre-damages enemies before they can get close, the freezing perk keeps them from getting close (as well as that final attack) and also slowing down Creeper detonation so that is fun if you're fighting one of them, and exploding is great and very satisfying when you kill a large slime. Only problem here being the area, so if something is coming from behind you are powerless to stop it unless Thundering procs enough.

[@ambroz353]

thank you i just started dungeons and i am adventure on obsidian pinacle and you are honestly very good i would love to see you playing dungeons again

[@krispiesvfx]

great video, really helped. I started to speedrun soggy cave and in the first 10 speedruns i got perfect fighters bindings with radience, crit, and swirling XD

[@c85ris34]

Lucky lol

[@krispiesvfx]

@@c85ris34 lol

[@jkliao6486]

Exploding is hands down the best enchantment to increase overall damage. Mobs health is just way more than the damage we have, which is why cursed axe, despite it's built-in enchantment of exploding, is not as good damage wise. Also, if you are using swirling on fighters binding or any double axe in Apoc+20, you are pretty much toast when melee mobs have heal allies enchantment.

[@IdkAnymoreXD00]

Just put reckless lmao

[@jkliao6486]

@@IdkAnymoreXD00 Dude, check the video upload date :)

[@blinjatech9754]

I'm new to this game actually and I'm looking for people to play with. This channel has helped me so much! You're awesome man. But, yeah looking for friends ; )

[@limetime5011]

Thank you for actually updating the list

[@DrownedWick]

04AM working on a potion spam build now XD Got the Whirlwind with refreshment and imploding crossbow with refreshment Now time to get the Hero's Armor with artifact cooldown, potion barrier, and surprise gift. Love these MCD vids!

[@Keithustus]

Comparing critical versus thundering for fighter’s bindings, critical works out to be 35% more damage-4,046 rather than 2999 using the stats shown in the video-but with Lightning Focus enchantment on your armor, thundering will now do more: 5,247, or now the bindings doing 30% more damage.

[@alfiehd2360]

That costs an enchant slot on armour though so I think crit is better

[@lawrencebusteed9079]

I really like your Arch Illager hitting the sub and like button, did you animate that yourself?

[@04AMofficial]

I did it with Adobe After Effects ^^

[@dutchovenmom1134]

We noticed O4am has updated most of his graphics with his own fan art. It’s gorgeous but we would rather new content! We understand you aren’t a machine. Tyty always

[@derpyturtle927]

I love every weapon LOL its everything combat and weapon wise I wanted to have fun with in normal minecraft. Battle axes, war hammers, daggers, swords, whips, a variety of awesome bows and cross bows. The best looking armor I've seen in a long while I'd just love to have wither armor or wolf armor in normal minecraft. If they added this stuff to minecraft I'd honestly have way more fun it's just so good here. And I'd love more weapon options in minecraft because I love COMBAT

[@isaiahkepner8078]

The cursed axe has built in exploding, which stops mobs from reviving in apoc+

[@arlainecarinugan3703]

Actually the mobs still can revive in apoc + if u have exploding, I have tried it

[@deathbeamental2910]

They still respawn

[@TheSethFactorYT]

I like gravity on my Fighters bindings because it's constantly stunning them because it's pulling them in all the time and pulling them into range so you can hit them easier.

[@ryanball8944]

I agree, love Gravity on the Bindings. I've been hunting for Gravity, Swirling, and Radiance. I Gravity, Swirling, and Crit. Not bad, but healing can be an issue at times

[@TheSethFactorYT]

@@ryanball8944 Yes I find it hard without radiance on fighters bindings

[@ryanball8944]

@@TheSethFactorYT I found a second one at long last. Got Crit, Swirling, and Radiance - on the same slot 😡. Went with Radiance

[@TheSethFactorYT]

@@ryanball8944 Aw damn that sucks. I hate when there are good enchants but they are all on the same slot.

[@gabriellecalhoun5744]

04AM! You haven’t done a showcase for either of the katanas! They are one of my FAVORITE melee weapons. I would like to see a showcase for both and what type of enchants works best for them, PLEASE!

[@omiau4434]

I'm rocking spider armor with fighters bindings and u can just throw urself at masses of enemies and clear em all with swirling while getting absurd healing trough spider armor and radiance, love that bild

[@eashanbirjmohun8943]

in my opin whirlwind with radiance critical hit and swirling edit: you are the best minecraft dungeons yter so you earned a sub

[@GavC-137]

No love for the battlestaff of terror? I run with crit, radiance and gravity. Massive hits on combo, fast, decent AOE, exploding as standard - suck em in and blow em up. It's an amazing all rounder; good for clearing and bosses alike.

[@Broughden]

Anything above Apoc +10 needs Guarding Strike on it. For fighters bindings swirl, gravity, stunning is one of the best combos when paired with leeching armor.

[@Tiex2248]

When you don’t get radiance on your fighters bindings then just get a better weapon with more range…

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

Death cap mushroom Auto crossbow acceleration radiance shot is may favorite weapon because it doesn’t matter the dps as long as you have arrows because you can heal anything

[@Mrkxrma23]

Bro you alway give me good advice with your video thank you and keep doing this god bless you

[@justinolson2573]

I got a fighters bindings and I thought it had an insane combo. Then i realized it was stunning, radiance, and swirling.

[@Ggs125]

I made an op crowd controller crossbow with void strike, accelerate, and refreshment. Not only does it destroy clumps of mobs, if you get the chain reaction, it will pretty much instantly charge your health pot.

[@melissagannon8238]

this man has grinded!

[@Yash-os2gu]

I got fighters bindings yesterday literally after I gave up on it and decided to go for a soul build and now it has swirling radiance and radiance again

[@ianhamilton9600]

Mines the same

[@mistajammin]

I've done soggy cave a thousand times and not a single f***ing fighters binding.

[@AhairlessElk]

Same.

[@vauxcorsa-op8wi]

Sane

[@vauxcorsa-op8wi]

Do cacti canyon

[@AhairlessElk]

@@vauxcorsa-op8wi I do. I usually alternate

[@kazuro3949]

lmfao i got it first try 😂

[@skillz0122]

Cursed Axe with Swirling and Critical Strike is mt current favorite for clearing mobs. Keeps them from re-spawning too.

[@serenahelm2932]

Love your content

[@ThatGuy-ke6fp]

Do you know where I could get the fighter's binding? Now that you've introduced it to me, I'm really interested.

[@ethanko1941]

the first time i got a resolute tempest knife it came with all the perfect enchants. the enchants are radiance, swirling, and critical hit

[@mila_gaming4892]

Lucky

[@HeyImCas]

Void strike is better than crit on axes and knives, crit is better on fast weapons

[@KingJuulien261]

DAMN

[@irislkas-bratsberg2004]

I did some math on some fighters bindings power 150 and compared radiance/swirling/critical hit and radiance/swirling/shockwave. The ra/sw/sh did the most damage on average, dealing 7478.25 on average per hit. While the ra/sw/cr dealt 6855.15 damage on average per hit. Considering that the shockwave enchantment not only deals more damage but is also aoe, the ra/sw/sh is the best combination.

[@lordforce5546]

This is true, too many think that swirling and shockwave are not good enough

[@will-i-am5600]

Ratioed

[@kaseyneeley6008]

Nerd but a cool nerd

[@heathergalish8417]

Hey, I know it's a thing for the algorithm, but I'm pretty sure that if you didn't talk about ppl subbing, then they would be more likely 2 sub. Love the channel!

[@BinkleCoolGuy]

I think that glaives are very good in general, it has a bit of AoE, isn't that slow, and has great power. It also has very nice range, allowing people to play it safe

[@ultranova3598]

I use the fighter's bindings with radiance shockwave and void touch, its increduble with artifacf or armor who give melee speed boost or the armor like wither armor for the regeneration and its really good for destroy group of mobs or mini boss like redstone golem.

[@webs9016]

For fighters binding I like to use critical hit, sharpness and committed or replace sharpness with swirling, Shockwave

[@squidyia4030]

I love how when u put the word subscribe in the video u have the pillager wizard dood

[@garyhomminga4694]

In my opinion having gravity on the fighters bindings is a better idea than swirling due to its low area so if your bringing them in closer your gonna be able to kill them easier but isn't good for bosses

[@KingJuulien261]

But swirling hits everything in an area around you

[@peterkiss1204]

I tried gravity on mechanical sawblade (one of the fastest weapons), but it was more disappointing than effective.

[@ericshi2755]

i really love fighters bindings, tho its short range is really a problem sometimes

[@markcase5934]

Cool nice stuff

[@Tector9HT]

Figthers Blindings with: Radiance / Comminet / Switling or Critical hit (Swirling in my opinion)

[@turtlesarecool]

If you are a lower level, a quick way to level up is to grind soggy cave until you get fighters bindings with shockwave, and then go on apocalypse 5 on soggy swamp id say and just sit by one of the bridges, and since they attack so fast, the shockwave will kill enemies trying to come across, and you should get pretty good gear. Also, I would say probably sharp, Dynamo, or poison cloud(I think poison's pretty good)

[@moondrip1]

@@mbudelman5567 Now with gilded items you can get radiance built into the fighters bindings...so now you can have crit and committed

[@WolodiaStudios]

My absolute favourite melee weapon is the dancers sword. Looks really cool in my opinion and reminds me of fighting like darth maul xD

[@gritty9667]

I used that for quite a while

[@johnyeung3621]

Lol when you died you start over

[@mech-x-xavious]

My personal favorite weapons right now are: Cursed Axe, Bone Cudgel, Frost Scythe...and Diamond Pickaxe. The reason I switched from whirlwind to cursed axe was because of leeching and explosion. Swirling and shockwave can prevent leeching and explosion from working and it would sometimes make my situation more difficult. With cursed axe I don't have to worry about those problems and can instead use sharpness. The Bone Cudgel just does so much damage and covers a HUGE area for it that it is a force to be reckoned with when paired with a death cap mushroom. The Frost Scythe might sound like a weird choice, but when you enchant it with Leeching, Critical hit and Enigma Resonator it is a beast of a weapon! Critical Hit and Enigma Resonator together give you a very constant chance of landing a regular critical hit. They even give you a chance to land what I call a Super Critical Hit, which is when their effects multiply together to do 9 times the damage! But...why the Pickaxe? From the little that I've read, it seems the pickaxe is not very popular, but I tested it and the results were very pleasing. Because it is a single hit weapon it lands Swirling and Shockwave pretty often, and when combined with a death cap muschropm it just does insane amounts of damage! I tested it with those two enchantments plus Critical hit and the results definitely pleased me. I bet if I had good wither armor it would possibly be my MAIN weapon. There are other weapons that I think I might like but have to test out first before I say anything definitive, such as the Chill Gale Knife, Heartstealer, Great Axeblade and Flail. But if something else works for you, by all means continue doing what you're doing.

[@mech-x-xavious]

@Benjamin Beckingsale how? Diamond pickaxe has prospector. It's objectively better.

[@webbergaming1873]

Sheer daggers are easy to get fighters binddings and it works with melee speed bonus

[@jesse00012]

Well whirlwind has Swirling built in, and shockwave. So it has two of in my opinion the four best enchants in the game. (Critical hit, swirling, shockwave, radiance) I like them all tho

[@Daniel-bv6be]

I got a guilded cursed axe with void, radiance, CRIT and anima conduit. It consistently gets radiance to activate and always hits for way more damage because of souls and crit and if it doesn’t kill in the first shot which is very rare it GURANTEED kills in the second with void

[@matiasgaming4971]

Y'know. I used to have a pair of fighter's bindings that I got with some really good enchants. Unfortunately, I factory reset my computer and thus losing my save file. I'm currently grinding my way on Apocalypse+ to try to get some. I'm currently using Maulers, as they are the closest I can get. Also, I run a tank build with them, making myself my own healer. What I really want to see, is Fighter's bindings + Death cap + Enchant tome from another player. The attack speed would be through the roof

[@the_blazehd4645]

Video idea: Your thoughts on the Nether/End/Ozean DLC's in a little talky Episode with gameplay in the Background.

[@emi9337]

Ozean DLC

[@dazeddust8469]

I use to use tempest knife on lower apocalypse + difficulties but in higher apocalypse + fighters bindings have high damage so it is insane especially with cowardice

[@JustARandomPersonLol69420]

I have Fighters Bindings with Swirling, Radiance and Chains with cowardice and chilling on my armor. They are O P. The chains are good with big groups since it stops them from attacking you, and the swirling does AOE damage so they’re very good for killing single mobs and groups.

[@bruh-it1or]

U EARNED A SUB

[@markorman1001]

My recommendations for weapons, aside from the ones here, are battle staff of terror, whispering spear, and flail

[@claytonnelson3065]

04am helps me so much in dungeons!

[@thorganandries1925]

Good list

[@charlesbeasley5134]

On fighters binding you can put shockwave and every time u use the weapon it will always use shockwave with no percent chance to do it

[@alexjacoboramos]

I got the game a few weeks ago and my sister and I have been obsessed

[@AZUCHIGREY]

Thanks for telling what the best weapon is. Now I know what weapon is best.

[@tacobot314]

what do you think about swirling shockwave and radience on fighters bindings

[@tinglem3924]

I love your animation where the arch ilager hits the like and sub button.

[@darthsidious47]

Personally I like using an exploding crossbow with the Dynamo, ricochet, and multi shot enchantments. Added with armor with the enchantment that allows for 4 rolls helps get really high Dynamo numbers, and a couple hundred pretty much one shot the really tough bosses. It's aslo really good with taking out large group of regular mobs.

[@ChickenMilk12]

Cool

[@darthsidious47]

@@ChickenMilk12 unfortunately this trick isn't as good as it was 4 months ago. The patched how Dynamo works so I can't have hundreds of dynamo stacked up.

[@hippomonstrososquepadeliaphobi]

the soul knife family is very versatile and have high damage and with swirling are insane

[@MrEverybody06]

Since it's been a lot of new stuff your best bet for weapon is to make sure it has void strike pain cycle an ambush on apocalypse 25 i hit anywhere between 52 million to 63 million a hit

[@CaioteDoMorgas]

I have two fighters bindings,one with Crit,swirling,And the one that you heal when you kill a mob And the another one with radiance,swirling and shockwave on the same slot,and the lightining strike one I use the second one lol

[@cornyasshell2536]

H A N D it over. Lol

[@JoeMama-xx9ml]

i love the gravity hammer with lightning enchantment and sharpness enchantment and fire aspect enchantment

[@Ybn_Dayro]

@04AM how do u get the robe looking artifact in the bottom left. Ice been trying to look for it but cant find it

[@wyattchow]

I just started so can you consider making a guide for finding the weapons and upgrading them pls?

[@fortniteprospeler1496]

I love your video 's so mutch

[@thatonehedgehog6804]

Imo the swords (hawkbrand diamond sword) are great with pretty good speed, good power and ok area but with the right enchants are very powerful

[@mr.whiskers9556]

How do u make the intro like how do u make the camera pov different???

[@Tyna270]

My three favourite weapons: Grave Bane, Resolute Tempest Knife, and The Last Laugh

[@dutchovenmom1134]

I think you should showcase new mobs from howling peaks update that is coming out in the new Minecraft update, if you want to experiment with cross over videos. It’s a good business move to do that but your followers want dungeons content. Good luck buddy.

[@dutchovenmom1134]

Only positive feedback and suggestions as asked by you! No judgement, friend!

[@Leontent]

I would put the Freezing Foil also in this list, because of his high attack speed and slowing down ability.

[@IdkAnymoreXD00]

@@pokeplex6437 fb fan

[@l3monsquare296]

I love to use the master catana in combination with the mushroom artefact

[@bigbee6304]

I’ve got some fighters bindings level 179 with swirling shock wave and sharpness And I use death cap mushroom and it’s a beast

[@Darignobullseye]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@thefieryknight4039]

I have a Truthseeker, and I put Leeching, Critical Hit, and Shockwave on it, good idea to use it?

[@tkohjz]

How did y make the intro? The background I dont know how I could find that location.

[@Idk.157]

Updated video when?

[@explosivefart1209]

i like fighter bindings but i sold it because there was a weapon with 3 enchantments and not 2 and they were good enchantments so now i'm trying to get fighter bindings with 3 enchantments that are good

[@randijorgensen6324]

The frostbite with radiance and swirling with either thundering are rampaging is to op

[@kookio4284]

I’ve found a very broken enchantment combo between soul siphon and Anima conduit for soul builds on a scythe. Well I wouldn’t say entirely broken. But enough to where you can stand in the middle of a group of mobs and not die. Soul Siphon basically allows you to have a near infinite amount of souls and soul anima allows you to heal off the souls you collect. When you’re healing basically 5 souls per second, that’s basically 40% of your health back every second. And with the Scythe’s large natural AOE, it basically guarantees that you’ll get a lot of souls most of the time. The build also allows you to spam whatever soul artifacts you want if you ever get into a bind. Only problem with it I’d say is bad rng enchanted creepers will one shot you before you can kill them.

[@Jayd888]

Yeah I used to use a full soul build for a while

[@tkohjz]

How do you attack the air? While demoing the weapons you attacked without an enemy being there.

[@ItsMizuNo]

My Best combo to kill boss is: hitting the boss with void strike, then use gong artifact, then use a bow that have a multiple charge attack. It deals 5m damage for me.

[@elijahvanrandwyk9049]

I’m wondering if gravity on fighters bindings would be worth it to take away something like critical. With the new update then you could get gilded bindings with gravity and Crit swirling radiance

[@Keithustus]

Use gravity pulse on your armor instead to save that weapon enchantment slot.

[@giopadilla]

Rolling a pair of FBs with radiance gravity and crit, running chill on armor so it slows mobs and grav pulls them in front of me so I don’t get surrounded.

[@macaroni8273]

My whirlwind has echo, swirling and committed and it's op but I still just use fighters bindings, I don't have any DLCs so I can't get the knife thing

[@veshq5622]

I think the dancer's sword with radiance, shockwave and swirling is very powerful now because that weapon activates combo enchantments every second hit and it's so fast thanks to rampaging built in.

[@williamchrist9532]

For me it's curse axe, fighters binding, whirlwind axe, and broadsword (I like to play heavyweight)

[@AntoLikesLegos]

It’s really sad for me that 04AM doesn’t play the game anymore. I used to be such a dungeons nerd because of him. I would always love watching his videos when they came out. I’m glad he’s still atleast making content though. Thank you for making my day when I played Minecraft Dungeons. Thanks man.

[@dt3232]

Yeah I agree

[@tofupandas1285]

RIP 04AM MD😢😢😢😢😢 plz play more if u see this 04AM

[@HommeMoutardeYT]

True

[@HommeMoutardeYT]

I still play the game tho

[@dybo13skjerve85]

My favorite weapon is the cursed axe, but I need a bow/crossbow with anima conduit.

[@webs9016]

I have a few good weapons like growing staff with crit sharpness weakling or leeching and the Terror version witch does the same thing as the cured axe that it explodes terror staff with crit sharpness committied

[@cscreaturefeatures]

This is perfect I literally just got a Whirlwind with all those enchantments.

[@calebreveles9910]

i´ve been using the regular gauntlets but in trying to get the fighters bindings from the soggy cave.

[@Mazzeha]

You make it sound like we get to choose the enchantments 😆

[@palmerbecker1359]

I have the same fighters bindings as in the video except for the critical hit enchant but instead has exploding is this weapon still good to use?

[@OddJ]

No critical hits make a big difference and every weapon is a beast with it

[@user-vs5mt3wf6q]

I like the chill gale knife i think that's the name i got it from beating the tower

[@AidenPlayzGames]

How did you get those camera angles

[@cjplays4772]

can you use shockwave instead of swirling for the resolute tempest knife?

[@robb9636]

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