Top 10 Best Dark Souls 1 Weapons

[@Greensleeve11]

Zweihander is a delight. Claymore is a delight. Gargoyle Halberd is a delight. Black Knight Greataxe is a delight. This list doesn't miss.

[@javier40646]

is better the claymore or the zweihander? im on my first playthrought and don't know nothing

[@CaptainCob]

@@javier40646 claymore is far more versatile, with a very useful one handed thrust for its strong attack. the zweihander struggles in corridors and small rooms but outputs big damage and staggers easily. claymore is much more well rounded though :)

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

​​@@javier40646 ppl dont realize how absolutely broken Zweihander's moveset in DS1 PVE is. DPS doesnt matter cuz you can literally stunlock everything to de@th with its heavy attack. i literally only used its heavy attacks the whole game in my first blind playthrough and it got me through the whole game. you can get it right at the start of the game and wield even at 16 strength. and i was always using a shield alongside too. never ever use its light attack. if you do then remember you havent trule understood how big zwei's heavy's hitbox and range is. you can use heavy even in the tightesr corridors of the game too unlike the its Light attacks its heavy attacks stunlocks everything (even Smough in his 2nd phase). apart from Seath, Manus and Kalameet all else are gonna get stunlocked to 0 HP its heavy attack has insane range, and even if you somehow miss, its heavy has a huge stun hitbox, so even if you miss all 3/4 guys in front of you will be stunned and give enough time for your animation to finish and stamina to recover. and if you gmget a heavy a hit then you will get a solid couple second of stun on them so stamina doesnt matter either as long as you dont mindlessly spam, i'd suggest you do a limit test to truly realize how massive range its heavy attack has. also if you wanna make the game even more easier, use iron round shield along with Zwei. Even if you have a shield its heavy attack animation stays the same (unlike ds3) and shields are OP in DS1. Iron Round shiled is medium light shield but has the deflection of Greatshields for some reason meaning you dont have to learn parrying SilverKnights and stuff just block and their combo will auto break and you will stun them enough to get a heavy hit in. and then stunlock them to 0 HP. and there you go you just beat the game congrats

[@LxvSoraOfficial]

​@@javier40646As your first playthrough (you probably already finished the game), use whatever you want, explore the game and enjoy without any guides and stuff (Unless you're struggling a lot lol)

[@GoombaInAShoe]

@@CaptainCob but the zwei can thrust too, and with way more range (roll attack). True though that one handing the zwei is rarely a good idea, but sheilds are lame soooooo

[@autism_warrior]

Where is the broken straight sword

[@ithinksomethingisburning]

I’m calling lenny rn 😤

[@LittleJimmy400]

its literally broken

[@Lenny_1986]

@@ithinksomethingisburningwhy you calling me😞

[@YiddishDancingClown]

He wanted variety and if he allowed the broken straight sword it would take up all 10 slots.

[@Aidan42205]

Too powerful

[@kss_2277]

Lifebunt scythe is my #1. Insane damage + bleed buildup. Just equip the blood shield and bloodbite ring and you never have to worry about causing bleed on yourself

[@martinosvald6711]

i tried lifehunt without the shield and ring and it was a pain, i had to stop dmging boss so i dont get bleed lol. is it really ok with both of those equipped?

[@carlosx8603]

​@@martinosvald6711i just did a run with lifehunt and i had ring shield and even armor with good bleed res and it was overkill. The only time i saw the bar break over half was against the four kings and with waiting for the next one to spawn i could just go to inventory and pop a blood blossom. It was so easy.

[@dunefox8]

Gives inhumane DPS

[@destroyermaker]

I imagine it's a worse option though due to the opportunity cost of giving those slots up just to deal with the bleed

[@Drew-ec1nd]

Exactly.

[@hiei990]

Balder Swag Sword, how I miss thee.

[@thex6992]

I'm trying to farm it rn, 1% drop chance is kind of wild even with the gold serpent ring and humanity...

[@noflyyzone4857]

@@thex6992always took me 20-30 runs , just hang in there

[@samsmith450]

I got it first drop mad

[@Ytinasniiable]

​@@thex6992 started a new run, one dropped while I was progressing towards the gargoyles lol

[@GrandMcAnus]

Going through my first run right now and got 3 pretty quick, didn't realise just how lucky i was

[@brubels7905]

Scythe was crazy just running attack into a heavy and just look at that health bar drain😮

[@Snippyyy]

one of the best lists ive seen, you can tell youve used all of these extensively, good shit

[@joeshroom8482]

For me my favorite weapon was the Black Knight Sword, I had no idea it was a chance drop, and I got it from the first Black Knight, used it the entire game.

[@Helldiver3481]

Same lol carried me all the way to the tomb of the giants so far.

[@Plaguebearer7]

Same, that thing carries

[@Swayz790]

It carries but it dosent teach you how to build a character and it dosent teach you about buffs

[@Cappnccino]

​@@Swayz790 True. For example, +15 Claymore with buff is better than +5 black knight sword. And the latter is not that effective in ng+.

[@TemFuzzy]

Just played ds this week. I'm still grasping the mechanics and strategies in fighting lol. I used up all of my bombs and did tons of fall attack just to kill that knight in undead burg. When I got the sword and saw 200+damage, all i felt was bliss hahaha. Good reward for me

[@mehranmahdlou4375]

I got lucky and got a Black Knight Sword off of my first black knight kill. I didn't know how insane this weapon was at the time. To my surprise, NEVER needed another weapon ever again. I tried upgrading many different weapons, but none came close to the BKS' power. Deep into NG+, I'm still rocking it.

[@That_1_Idiot_Melon]

I'm in NG and using the black knight sword too. After being able to one-hand it, the game became so much easier, and still, is quite easy (just got Lordvessel, if you wanna know where I'm at)

[@rukusu11]

What build? Dex?

[@That_1_Idiot_Melon]

@rukusu11 Probably quality build

[@minoas-sunbro]

Painting Guarding Sword? Iaito?? Liking the selection! I paired the Painting Sword with Gold Tracer for some "no damage" videos, and I was shocked how much fun it actually is. Happy to see it get recognition along with Iaito :)

[@vanjaarsic1616]

Black Knight Greataxe was a delightful surprise for me. I expected it to be like other black knight weapons with slow moveset, but it ended up being much quicker. It has decent scaling unlike other bk weapons. And those heavy attacks are cherry on top. Definetely my favorite strength weapon.

[@feelyourlines]

great scythe is, to this day, my favourite souls run ever, all games. i also have a soft spot for ricard's in dks1, comboing that r2 with a weapon buff and you have one of the most potent boss killers in the series history.

[@WinstonWolfe21]

Thanks for giving us details too. I knew the uchi had more damage but didn’t know how much necessarily so thanks for including that 😊

[@CivSki]

Crazy you put the Zweihänder at 2. Just did my first blind play through of DS1 and started with the sword and tried to get off it because I thought it wasn’t as good as I thought it was but I kept back to it. For crowds R1. For bosses the lunging R2. Plus you can stagger lock with R2. And that’s it! The simplicity made the weapon super good. But that being said other weapon do have more strength but at what cost? Way more weight, crappier move set, less range…? Zweihänder is life!

[@alchemy5750]

You can literally put both Supersmough and Superornstein in an endless loop of stagger just by doing Zweihander running R1s. It comsumes so little stamina it'll almost guaranteed to fully recharge before they could move

[@gravity1473]

Ever try the Great Scythe?

Giantdad

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

it has been more than a decade and pp still dont realize how broken DS1 zweihander is. even in the video he is using it wrong, he is not utilizing its range of its heavy atk. its heavy atk has such a long range and a huge hitbox and even a larger stun hitbox. just press its heavy atk suoer early and you will just stunl0ck everything to 0HP. even if you miss and somehow pressed the Heavy atk too early still the ground atk gonna literally posie break and stun the enemies surrounding and in front of you for a few seconds. and even in the tightest corridors of DS1 you can use its heavy atk without clipping into walls. it is absolutely incredible. and DPS is irrelevant when you can stunlock the likes of Smough's 2nd phase to 0 HP. apart from Kalameet, Seath and Manus all else are gonna stunl0ck to 0 HP. it is incredible. in my first playthrough i never wore armors meaning i didnt use poise(except 4kings), never parried, never learnt dodge timing- i just learned good distancing and spammed zwei's heavy atk till i win the game. it is incredible

[@LxvSoraOfficial]

​@@btchiaintkidding7837Everyone knows it's broken, what are u even talking about lmao

[@morbidsnails1913]

Man-Serpent Greatsword is my number 1 for a strength build, I always farm for it as soon as I open Sen's. It's like using a cheat code 😁

[@Bayle-the-Dread-Dragon]

You could also do sens gate skip too

[@Matfullgames]

Reinforced Club is also quite strong, super low requirements, good damage and bleed.

[@elitef40]

I was able to breeze through the game all the way to playthrough 6, mostly using the zweihander. This weapon is no joke!

[@itmesam4814]

i love that you show the same enemies and they’re all specific groups or classes of them

[@dave2436]

Nice list,I love the Gravelord sword.

[@andreaszohios7228]

Same here

[@titon8776]

You can get it right from the start. If you get power within and the ring you can one shot any early boss 😊

[@Djstudiosgold]

The gravelord sword is always a good failsafe weapon to get in the early game if you’re fishing for the black knight weapons but they just refuse to drop anything.

[@asundelgun3487]

That thing is so underrated

[@Daggerfall40]

Man Serpent Greatsword needs a shout-out for the pure strength users out there. 275 base DMG and A Scaling in strength at +15, range and moveset is similar to the claymore (except no thrusting attack), quick attack speed for a sword in this class and it's buffable. Using it on ng+ and it's absolutely shredding.

[@darthtom100]

Would also like to add that the gargoyle halberd adds poison resistance so if you get it before blighttown it can help. If the moonlight greatsword isn't on the ds2 list I will cry. With a magic infusion the damage potential on it is insane. Verty little enemies in that game resist magic damage too.

[@triploshadow]

DS2 has loads of broken weapons tho, like the ice rapier, santier's spear, Yorgh spear, crypt sword and ect.

[@darthtom100]

@@triploshadow That's true, there is a lot of really fun and strong weapons in that game.

[@gorilla_2282]

Bruuuuuhhh who actually cares about poison in blighttown

[@keatontatooles223]

@@triploshadowwhich fun strong ds2 weapons can you get early? Want to plan my build

[@triploshadow]

@@keatontatooles223 Santier spear.

[@jacobniemann4756]

This list is really good, one of the best top 10s I've seen. 👏 Given that these are weapons that I have seen many players in the community use over the years its obvious you have played the game for a long time haha... I have a couple of personal preferences myself but they are more niche options and while some of them are slightly stronger than the weapons in this top 10 they typically have higher stat investments and are harder to fit into a general build so for a top 10 they wouldn't be the best picks. For one preference my favourite weapon in ds1 is the Demons Greataxe with its S scaling in strength it can outdamage every other "Great" weapon including the black knight great axe and Great club and it's buffable... but it's a rare drop, EXTREMELY heavy and has a high Str requirement making its use very difficult for low level character builds. I also love the Greatsword because it has the exact same AR and scaling as the Zweihander and has a surprisingly fast heavy attack with good range and thrust damage that can be boosted with the Leo ring. So It's a bit like the Claymore vs Bastard sword situation where you can pick one or use both, I prefer the thrusting options for a more versatile moveset. My favourite Katana is the washing pole because it has insane reach and can boast the highest AR of any Katana but you have to do a quality build and put more stats in. So I agree with Iato being the best overall. My final preference is Ricards rapier... This is a flashy alternative to the Painting guardian sword. Ricards Rapier is aCtuAlLy the highest dpsing weapon in the game but doesn't have bleed and does thrust instead of slashing damage so will sometimes lose out to the PGS in dps against bosses that bleed or are very weak to slash. Mostly against demons where you will notice RR will do more damage per combo to them but kill slightly slower than PGS because the bleed procs rip 30% of their total HP out. You can also buff RR with the Leo ring for more dps. Being the highest dpsing weapon in the game doesn't come easy though, the RR has an insane stamina requirement and forces you to become planted to the spot whenever you spam your heavy combo. So due to it being much easier to use and doing virtually the same dps I'd say the PGS is more deserving of the top 10 spot. (Everyone still reading this you are awesome, thanks for reading and feel free to tell me your thoughts or favourite weapons below)

[@REYXJI]

Bro what is the best weapon for faith build? Im new to this game and i just arrived to anor londo and i use astora straight sword+5

[@icebox1954]

Demon's Greataxe sucks. It has great scaling but the range is absolutely horrendous and it's slow as well. Great Club is far better.

[@cratos900]

​@icebox1954 You need to get used to and it's easily the best weapon to burn anything on the path. The only downside is it's weight 22 is hirondous so one is stuxk with havels ring

[@jacobniemann4756]

@@cratos900 you can take the Havel ring off? 😨😂

[@Brendonforgoop]

You’ve convinced me to upgrade and use my babaganush

[@heyimurchin6575]

out of all the weapons in the game, my fave probably is the silver knight's straight sword. Not as good as any other weapon on this list but its handsome af

[@markus3840]

Yeah right, it's really strong if you get it in early game. But it sadly gets outscaled in endgame

[@gmuta1]

honestly i believe gold tracer should be on the list it destroys whats left of ng and ng+ with no effort basically, great video tho

[@youwy]

Painting Guardian is just better. It also gets bleed and it outdamages the gold tracer at 40 dex even without buffing it. Gold tracer does get more range tho

[@HEADSHOTPROLOL]

​@@youwy + gold tracers are major fashion souls, the effect just looks sexy af

[@jadedemperor2820]

It also punishes people who constantly have there shield up

[@matthewshafer9545]

Plus how are you going to pass on the lefthand of the only real dual weilding weapon set in the game .

[@nailsym6153]

I used the zweihander on my first playthrough and loved it. It was so good that I did a lightning Infusement and stomped Gwynn even though he’s resistant to lightning damage. Just such a good sword that it powered through a disadvantage

[@VivianAckers]

Great list Just gonna jump in and self-promote with three of my favourites - the longsword, hand axe and Ricard's Rapier Think of the Balder Sidesword - now imagine a worse move set but better looks and easy availability. That's the longsword, a classic I like to use from start to finish Ricard's Rapier has a very specific niche - the R2's, when buffed with Dark moon or sunlight blade, absolutely melt bosses. Really fun to use Speaking of melting bosses, the Hand Axe let's you achieve a soft 40 str by two-handing it with 27 str, which leaves you enough stats to get your faith to 50, making it an even greater Falchion and DMB/SLB. It's moveset is about as quick

[@stegwise]

honorable mention to starting Battleaxe please, and a shout out to full Bandit cosplay. you actually really don't need anything else other than start Bandit to win this game.

[@Terracronz]

When talking about the claymore you gotta talk about the combos, I haven’t seen another weapon in the game that rewards mixing R1s and R2s like the claymore does

[@s4mcote]

Love this content, keep it up man

[@TheBeanMan00]

Great scythe and balder side sword will for ever be my favorite souls weapons

[@daveinthemicrowave]

Used the regular halberd for most of my playthrough that thing is a beast

[@theninedivides6851]

what was the very last weapon you was using at 13:08??

[@FaztyKaoz]

Are you serious

[@Bennime_Once]

Obsidian Greatsword

[@gca_22]

Zwei carried me before i got the STR to 2 hand bk halberd, and i still have it leveled for when I reach NG+. The BK halberd might not have good scaling, but it demolishes through everything in the game on a fresh run.

[@kstreet7438]

Glad to see new video's still being made

[@nyancatto8835]

I was having a bad day but damn, this nice tierlist made me unfathomably happy

[@WUZLE]

Zweihander was my favorite weapon early in DS1. Later I moved on to the great club, the murakumo (which makes a cool chopping noise when you do a running heavy) and even the great axe, which isn't very good but makes a neat CLANG noise when you hit. I would hold that the Balder side sword is the best dex weapon in the game and also the best weapon for an infused mage weapon due to the devastating poke and low requirements. The Black Knight sword and halberd are so good I will give up on a build and switch to them if I get an early drop. The Black Knight halberd and greatsword are too heavy, have too high a Strength requirement for my taste. The sword and halberd on the other hand have such bad scaling that I just use minimum stats and use the extra stat points for something else.

[@kwonderland89]

Sweet I just started the game and got the 6:54 weapon. Feels very nice :)

[@KamelGuru]

BK Greataxe can drop from the BK in the catacombs, which is fairly early. A little tricky to get since wheel skeletons, but experienced players will find it manageable.

[@velsucata]

my boy Paladin Leroy makes the job xD BK greataxe lvl before taurus demon is funny, surprising low level invaders

[@williammoehring6144]

Because of this video I'm gonna do a great scythe run

[@HolyFlare484]

honorable mention to the Reinforced Club and the Blacksmith Giant Hammer the best weapons for a SL1 run by far

[@brentonrobinson9061]

Love this series would love to see you do pvp weapons next

[@Klookko]

Balder Swag Sword got me through my first ever Dark Souls playthrough back in 2011. Was also a very fun weapon in PvP

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

I played it first in 2002. I'm a bigger fan than you.

[@jessegauthier6985]

​@@jarlwhiterun7478 cringe, I played it on release in 2026

[@victor_pchelkin6923]

Havent used a lot all of these weapons, my fav sword is big dragon sword, completed ds on ng+, ng+1 and dlc with it

[@HiddenInTheReeds]

Hand axe, butcher knife and crescent axe would like to talk. Hand axe buffed is fast and the r2s still deal good poise break. The butcher is my fav because of its extra range and 8hp heals per hit, plus both unique single and duel handed R2. Crescent has divine and faith scales along with the most range in its class.

[@williamcote4208]

Note about the Zweihander: you can stun lock super Smaugh by spamming the heavy attack.

[@as0d251]

After playing a while with the Zweihander, a favourite of is the Demon Greataxe. The range isn't that bad, and the damage is absurdly good. Pair it with high poise and you're indestructible. And it's buffable

[@Christmas_Johan]

I suppose I should give it another try, but so far Demon weapons have been some of my least favourite

[@as0d251]

@@Christmas_Johan understandable ! Some friends warned me about the range of this weapon but I find it comfortable to use

[@Christmas_Johan]

@@as0d251 what build rec would you give to try it. Been wanting to start using more weapons in the games besides the big reliable 3: Zwei, Baemore, & Great Scythe

[@as0d251]

@@Christmas_Johan I used Black Iron Set, with Havel's Ring and Wolf's Ring, and a Black Knight Shield. For the specs, 30 VIG / 50 END / 50 STR. That's basically it

[@icebox1954]

@@as0d251 The range sucks so bad for Demon's Greataxe. It's the only reason I dropped it. It's atrociously bad range wise. Demon's Greathammer is worse than Great Club as well which sucks because the former looks cool.

[@willybiggs-rj6qt]

ds2 top 10: santier spear curved dragon greatsword zhweiboi drake greatsword dragon axe (acquired thru pvp club) can’t remember any others

[@alexandrecl4331]

Loyce Greatsword. Best moveset of any Greatsword in any fromsoftware game. Good in pve Absolute monster in pvp

[@s4mcote]

Crypt Blacksword 🥵🥹😏

[@bigleo1977]

Red iron twinblade

[@peteybakedziti8908]

Dragonbone Fist powerstanced was cool as fuck

[@CriminalizeObesity]

Ice Rapier:

[@ArchMizantrop]

10. Marakumo 9. Great Club 8. Iaito 7. Claymore 6. Painting Guardian Sword 5. Gargoyle's Halberd 4. Balder Side Sword 3. Black Knight Sword/Greatsword/Greataxe/Halberd 2. Zweihander 1. Great Scythe

[@DrewPDrawerz]

The legend will never die.

[@NoelCampbell-y7u]

Great video bro!

[@strawberry_boicake]

"shiva the deceased" lmao

[@AjMeeeen]

My favorite weapon is Man-Serpent Greatsword. I think it is underrated.

[@augustday9483]

Great Club was the weapon that got me my first DS1 win. Bonk, my beloved.

[@soullesscreed6886]

Gold tracer goes crazy

[@silver_j_night8563]

I discovered the potential of the first one only last year, when I wanted to try those kind of weapons in particular (so only 3 avaiable), it was incredible, I didn't know that was so good

[@thecircleoft.e.d2121]

Currently using the Claymore as my main weapon; it's +12 now, and I'm loving it.

[@laxyboyz8969]

I used stone greatsword throughout my entire playthrough. I think it's great.

[@WaywardPython]

Haven’t tried the great club or the PGS yet, but each of these others have carried me through an entire playthrough

[@somedude96]

I went Full Havel Armor, shield set with the Dragon Tooth. FULL POISE baby!

[@gorilla_2282]

imagine wasting two ring slots just to wear armour that is useless in ng+ (this comment was written by darkwood ring gang)

[@somedude96]

@@gorilla_2282 it's what got me to finish dark souls in the first place. defeated the four kings relatively easy and didn't fell a single time on the "demonic ledge" on londo.

[@gorilla_2282]

​​@@somedude96I mean face rolling is a really fun tactic and it's almost mandatory if you use heavy equipment like zweihander

[@zagStygian]

Impressive to see the Baller Swag Sword not in 1st place, kudos for variety.

[@Charly_Tekilyou]

Great video. Thx for the info

[@SanctuaryReintegrate]

I'd like to mention Estoc. It is often forgotten, but it actually a very good weapon. Has the inherent thrusting sword backstab/riposte motion values (but with the standard critical value), has a wide sweeping heavy attack, can be used with a shield up, has a very strong stab in the 2HR2, and has the longest reach of all the thrusting swords. You can pick it up right at the start of the game too. The only downsides are it cannot hit enemies that are too high up, or too low. I did a run with it recently, and it infuriated me trying to hit crystal lizards with it.

[@robit9058]

Do not ever stop making videos my glorious king

[@LeonAbeysundara123]

Facts. I don't know where I would be without Youwy's videos.

[@mickeynelson6263]

Valkyries rapier is so underrated. My dex/int build really just swept most of the game in NG+ with that weapon. Highly recommend

[@fsmjolnir]

i would put the great club higher but yeeeee good list!

[@mistersergei]

finally, you are first, who put Iaito in the top list. I like it much more than Uchigatana, Just every single other lists reccommend Uchi, but they almost the same, same stats, but moveset by Iaito is better and you dont have to kill any NPC

[@colemcgrath644]

"Its probably not gonna get the most amount of damage as the other great hammers" except it does because it allows +15, great str scaling and can be buffed with Crystal magic weapon, Darkmoon blade and sunlight blade giving it the highest AR of every great club

[@Cheeto_Fingerz]

God the zweihander is just so much *FUN...* there's just something so purely beautiful and glorious about using the downward swing to absolutely flatten enemies and turn them into part of the floor. 1-shots skeletons, 2-shots silver knights and sentinels with only moderate leveling... you can't go wrong with it no matter what.

[@anomalie1630]

After 100%ing Elden Ring i wanted to give a shot to the Dark Souls series, currently at Ds1 (not the remaster, the OG one) i fell in love with Zweihander. Ive been stuck at four knights, heard they were weak to fire, went to clear Izalith, came back with a +5 chaos Zweihander, wiped four king's ass, refused to elaborate. this is my favorite weapon in the game, black knight Sword being 2nd place, crazy dps for my level (70)

[@Nyan4Eon]

2:22 it has the highest damage of any non split damage greathammer, and the 2nd lightest

[@UltraGinormous]

Hey great video!

[@fernandosilva1730]

I love the Zweihander so fucking much... that horizontal R1 is crazy good.

[@SomethingScotty]

I don't know how it is now a days, but back in the pre-Artorias DLC days of Dark Souls my favorite build of all time was: Fully upgraded Steel armor set, Black Iron Greatshield(Artorias Greatshield for PvP), Black Knight Great Axe used one-handed with FAP + Counter Attack rings and Iron Will + Power Within. The one-handed horizontal chop of the Black Knight Great Axe at least pre-expansion used to come out so fast it would trigger the counter-attack proc of the ring after a shield block. Then with Iron Will + Power Within(back when they stacked) it was just free boss kills. You couldn't move at all, but you couldn't be damaged either so it still worked out in your favor.

[@rollingbear9789]

Black knight Halberd is truly a drop of golden sun for new players in DS1. After you got it from Black knight with savefile overwriting, you can get it +4 upgarde by exchainging on crownest and titanite lizards without killing any boss. Required stat is quite high from scratch but as soon as you can two-hand it with 22 str and 18 dex then boom, you got OP before the taurus demon lol

[@alexandrubighiu7637]

Thank you for this video! Amen!

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

Buen vídeo, gracias vato 👌

[@calvin8464]

My go to would be black knight weapons because they are found early, are fast and easy to upgrade, and are clearly much more powerful than others in the early game. It doesn't matter if some weapons are marginally better once fully upgraded. The convenience and time save of these weapons is unmatched

[@cardboard255]

One of my favorite things to do with the Great Scythe, is going full intelligence, and infusing it with magic, and then enchanted. So you get the best of both worlds with powerful sorceries, and a very reliable and strong weapon

[@JoshyBoy1124]

No Quelaags Fury Sword?

[@TheVastoLordes]

The ultimate R1 spam weapon

[@CriminalizeObesity]

Split fire damage, meh scaling, and is competing with DS1's most broken weapons like buffed falchion/painting guardian sword and gold tracer

[@gmuta1]

I've done a few runs with the furysword and its pretty mediocre compared to the painting sword and the tracer. Its probably the coolest weapon in the game tho so u got style points

[@TheVastoLordes]

@@gmuta1 I always thought the damage was pretty good at 40 humanity

[@FingerSpazm]

I feel great that the first time I ever played dark souls 1 and didn't really know what I was doing I went with a halberd!

[@augustgurtisen]

Can't go wrong with the basic halberd in DS1, plus it's bugged in water- try it out in blight town

[@FingerSpazm]

@@augustgurtisen I haven't played DS1 in forever but it's definitely time to try it out again. I did use the basic halberd. What about it being bugged in water?

[@HugeCoffeeAddict]

the golem axe was my boy though, way too much fun

[@kerrybarneyiii1202]

If I would actually use buffs I would definitely use more of these. As it stands, I just love the black knight greataxe with its sheer power! Just wish it had a sweeping attack, then it would be perfect!

[@gorilla_2282]

Dude 15 int + gmw + oolacile ivory staff, 200 pure magic damage for minimal investments

[@beachtrooper5884]

Great weapons but the dragon tooth will always have a place in my heart

[@pattozebass9767]

Im impressed great scythe made number 1. I used to go get it at the start of the game, infuse it with fire at the skeleton blacksmith and use it well into late game. obv no scaling, but still, a great early game destroyer

[@abraxaseyes87]

After thousands of hours and 13 years finally used the Zwei. Gonna give the claymore a try next.

[@MatteoRuggeri692]

For me falchion is an underrated weapon, great damage, speed and insane dps when you use it with two hands.

[@Bleachdemon88]

My personal opinion of top ten would be 1. Claymore 2. Gargoyle Halberd 3. Great Scythe 4. Great club or large club 5. Falchion 6. Zweihander 7. Balder side sword or long sword 8. Uchigatana 9. Great axe 10. Mace

[@Dis-Connecdead]

You're missing the BK Sword.

[@BLP04]

10:20 the Bass Cannon

[@tytyq321]

Activate

[@ballisticthreat]

Gargoyle halberd is my favorite weapon for DS1

[@Alermood]

Isnt the large club just straight up better than the great club? You trade a little bit of dmg for less weight and a much better R2.

[@leek5682]

Agree with great scythe placement, and gargoyle halberd is probably the best quality weapon. Honorable mention to crystal demon great axe for having the highest raw damage stat with max strength 🗿

[@andrewroberts6505]

Drake Sword, and the faith sword from valley of Drakes (it's been a while since I played) but these swords were always the first picks for me :D

[@salvatorefazio2850]

Balder's side sword is THE shit. The poke reach is amazing, scales A in dex (+15), can be buffed and you can use it with a shield. It's a jack of all trades

[@patschoenherr7497]

Everyone souls game I rocked with the Claymore. It's just so well balanced.

[@bobthestinky7369]

Gravelord sword is underrated, could get it very early and it farts out poison cloud with the heavy attack.

[@vaenii5056]

Yeah it also looks cool and has a decent moveset.

[@triploshadow]

Gravelord Sword is basically the improved drake sword it's a super strong early game weapon however it does fall off hard in the late game since it has E scalings and any elemental infused weapon such as a chaos zwei will vastly outdamage it still an incredibly op weapon that trivializes the early game.

[@vaenii5056]

@@triploshadow 460 - 480 physical damage is not terrible and will get you by. Instead of Drake Sword I would compare it to Obsidian Greatsword with the difference that it has better moveset. Both require only 16 STR to 2-hand so you can even use them with DEX builds. Murakumo on the other hand requires 28 STR. Elemental weapons suffer a lot after NG because they do split damage.

[@Mr._Galaxywide]

We know the great scythe is better that the Zweihander, but is it better than THE BASS CANNON?

[@asundelgun3487]

My favorite weapon is the Gravelord sword. I wrecked every boss with that thing. There are so many great options in this game

[@AceToproll2000]

Just played Dark Souls 1 for the first Time and found the Zweihänder very early and used it my hole run😂 love that weapon

[@jauneork278]

I prefer the thrusting attack of the regular halberd to the gargoyles

[@Childofbhaal]

My favorites in DS1 are the Baldur Side Sword or Uchigatana. Pump 40 dex, 50 Faith with sunlight or Darkmoon blade and you will just shred anything.

[@just_jason]

Was lucky enough to get the Black Knight sword from the black knight in undead burg in NG, carried me through the game so easily. Playing NG+ role playing as a black knight with the BKGreat Ax. Favorite weapon so far