Top 10 Best Weapons In Elden Ring! Patch 1.12

[@youwy]

DLC weapons not being the best is normal. For reference I made top 10 videos for every souls game and these are the amount of DLC weapons in each list. DARK SOULS 1: 0 DARK SOULS 2: 2 BLOODBORNE: 4 DARK SOULS 3: 1 I do hope more of them get buffed but still don't expect them to be some of the best options in the game. They typically prioritise fun over performance.

[@the8382]

😢

[@paxnovella8840]

Still a shame though. Wish this was more of a Bloodborne situation!

[@youwy]

@@paxnovella8840the reason why Bloodborne had so many on the top 10 is because the DLC added 11 weapons while the base game only had 15

[@domin8tion651]

I mean elden rings dlc brought a decent amount of broken items but too bad they were patched shortly after

[@muhtasimsiaam7306]

Sekiro : 0

[@fable23]

ELDEN RING'S IDEA OF A BALANCE UPDATE: Perfumes no longer do any damage to any enemy, and if you try to use them, FromSoft will dispatch someone to spray perfume in your eyes in real life. The Blasphemous Blade's weapon skill now takes two frames longer to activate, but in exchange, it now does ten times more damage, and deposits $100 into your bank account every time you use it.

[@9Nifty]

Why am I co-op soloing mistress of the bud with perfumes then? I don't need no floor collision glitch to deal dmg.

[@Hagosha]

@@9Nifty This. The death of perfumes were GREATLY exaggerated. They just have a proper niche now instead of categorically dumping on everything both big and small with 0 effort.

[@9Nifty]

@@Hagosha Absolutely, you start with a flat AR of 1000 in dlc. Stack 40% dmg easy on top of that and then it's just a matter of not being bad while dual wielding.

[@woodchipdust]

I hate to trash on Elden Ring but the weapon/tool balancing is one of my biggest gripes with the game. Like how are they so bad at it

[@fable23]

@@9Nifty ah, I'm just poking a bit of fun. I do think perfumes could do with a buff but I'm using them too, it's fun to make pretty sparkles go everywhere ✨✨✨ 🔥🔥🔥

[@LimitedIntros]

No shade on RageGaming but I’m so thankful that your videos don’t have the title MOST OP WEAPONS ONE SHOT EVERYTHING: with the thumbnail of 90,000 damage and a yellow heathbar. That and you’ve always got genuinely informative content

[@oliverchen8401]

Its not like RageGaming would name their video title *Average Builds that do mid damage*

[@seanxyzs]

It’s okay to put shade on ragegaming

[@Hakachan970]

Imagine giving props to a no life

[@nicohofmann6505]

ALL the shade on RageGaming

[@Dualities]

stop using bot promotional accounts already

[@gumballtoast]

Spoilers: Saint Trina’s torch is on top

[@nrnjn8547]

Chasethebro

[@VSN-wb2ly]

One of the best fr fr

[@TheMuslimMan1337]

ChaseTheGOD typed this post

[@parkseybeams2297]

Good thing it wasnt on this list lmao ​@@sandman4663

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

True. The torch is pretty shite and mostly a meme. Sleep is so much easier to proc with the new eternal sleep greases and pot. ​@@sandman4663

[@Zacsafus]

This guy has to be the hardest working Elden Ring content creator right now. Kudos to you Youwy, you deserve all the success you're having.

[@KyloB]

Yeah him and Your Average Gamer are my favourites

[@terrycruise-zd5tw]

he should take more time and focus on making actual good content instead instead of just spamming vids for ad money lol

[@oscarbruins8420]

Bushy

[@rain89skarlet80]

i kinda disagree...first he has no real job (and no youtuber isnt a job its a paid hobby if you put some effort into it) so he has enough time...secondly he uses cheat engine to try all possible item combinations so its not realy a big deal and third he does pve only. what i just mean (even that it sounds quite harsh) if he would play and collect all the items by playthroughs including ng+ then i would more agree with you (you have to be in ng+ to duel wield certain weapons like scavenger curvedsword)

[@Zacsafus]

@@rain89skarlet80 you're a pleasant fellow...

[@drpeepee05]

RIP Envoys Longhorn🙏

[@Wallahi13]

I remember not installing the update so I could use it to speedrun the main game before the dlc dropped

[@Schmuckie]

@@Wallahi13 Thats honestly so valid. I went through the dlc as strength first but now Im trying to sprint it through the game with my arc/int witch build before impenetrable thorns gets nuked into the dirt. You know my ass is pausing the update until I kill radahn if they touch that abhorrent amount of bleed buildup LMAO

[@CoperliteConsumer]

​@@Schmuckieshhhh don't say it out loud, Lord Michael zaki may hear you!

[@uhmmjawsh]

My baby gone but never forgotten

[@eddieddieeddie]

They nerfed it only to have a different weapon that doesn't need to be farmed, does the exact same fuckin thing but does more damage and the projectiles move quicker, has a better moveset and bleed build up, thanks fromsoft

[@malikhittam1440]

Even though dlc weapons don't dominate the S tier, they are some of the most fun weapons in the game imo. Dryleaf arts, light greatswords, beast claws and backhand blades are a blast to play with. Even new additions to the existing weapon classes are awesome (death knight axes, dancing blades of rannah, falx, euporia, meteoric ore greatsword)

[@ShasKS_1234]

It's fun until you realise how excessively aggressive DLC bosses are and you need to play meta if you want to have a fun time beating them. And that's when you will go back to the base game weapons.

[@DominicRogers-gs1fm]

⁠@@ShasKS_1234nah I’d say that’s only for radahn, but any good player can get through most of the dlc with whatever weapon

[@manlikemodie3206]

@@DominicRogers-gs1fm radahn can be beaten pretty comfortably with a lot of dlc weapons

[@malikhittam1440]

@ShasKS_1234 I have beaten radahn with Rellana's twin blades, the sunflower head, and cold infused martial arts. Yes, it wasn't easy, but it also wasn't enough of a problem that I had to switch my build, so idk what you're on about

[@DominicRogers-gs1fm]

@@manlikemodie3206 true I’m just not good enough I been stuck on please 2 for a week

[@floatingchicken6770]

I hope they buff more weapons rather than nerf. Nerfing a good weapon doesn't make the mid one any better imo.

[@burns0100]

There idea of buffing something is giving it 2 extra damage and 1 more poise damage…. Meanwhile their nerfs are to remove all damage and cause self damage when equipping said item. They are clueless. Some base game weapons are still hopelessly out classes and have been buffed multiple times and still never see the light of day.

[@floatingchicken6770]

@@burns0100 True. Nevertheless, I still enjoy using variety of under appreciate weapon. Although, a buff or some sort of rework couldn't hurt.

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

so many things are broken tho. he didnt even include the ordovis in the top 10

[@Argobus1]

They are mosty balancing for PvP, where variety is the ultimate goal, so nerfing one clearly OP options makes sense. But I agree that it would be a much more fun form of equality if every weapon was OP in its own way.

[@Jackenack]

@@burns0100 All this because they removed a bug that allowed perfume weapons to one shot everybody, the nerfs are not that bad bro, perfumes were just bad outside of the one ash of war that was ridiculously broken. Everything else is perfectly healthy and if anything the fact that the thorns spell exists in its current state means they're not rushing to nerf everything to the ground. Just relax lol

[@Criminalupper2200]

I love the fact Fromsoft actually gave the DLC an ash of war version of Death Poker's weapon art, except it's just so much worse in every way there's no reason to use it. its like they're mocking the fact it's so OP oh and not to mention the bootleg Mohg spear that is the bloodfiend spear, that has basically the same weapon art but tremendously worse in all ways. hilarious

[@PierceArner]

I think there's a damage calculation thing that's weird with any DLC Weapons that leave a residual fire AoE. Both the ghostflame that gets placed on the ground from the Ghostflame Call Ash of War & the charged R2 for Messemer's Spear of the Impaler that briefly leaves Messemer's fire on the ground after the explosion, the lingering fire AoE on them barely do _ANY_ damage even when you have the weapons maxed out. That, as well as the Electrocharge incantation having an AoE that does almost no damage, with some Spirit Ashes like Florissax barely doing any damage with her attacks makes me think that a couple things in the DLC don't have a calculation set correctly.

[@EmptyTenementSpirit]

@@PierceArner It seems a lot of the DLC weapons use outdated poise damage tables and some things might literally just be bugged. There is no way Fire Rain for example is MEANT to do zero damage. Like, it's even less than Founding Rain, which isn't good by any means but it at least kind of makes health bars move a little bit?

[@brokensanity5252]

Me and a buddy did a seamless coop where we both did a starfist stance break build, and it was just much fun to just bully every boss in the game lol. Based list

[@user-783hhss7w2oifhe]

I know seamless coop scale bosses to have more health, but does it scale bosses to have more poise?

[@brokensanity5252]

@user-783hhss7w2oifhe I think it did but only by a little lol, cause we absolutely chain poise broke most bosses

[@HealthyMaxwellRoth]

Wing of astel carried my int build ass through the whole game a year ago. Glad to see it's doing well!

[@FelisImpurrator]

The good ol' Wing never fails. One of my absolute favorite weapons in the game. I just wish we had a matching armor set.

[@gunnarschlichting9886]

Meteoric Ore Blade/Moonveil + Wing of Astel (w/ Powerstanced Cold Falchion) + Magic infused Greatsword/Royal Greatsowrd + Dark Moon Greatsword. These 4 weapon combinations were what I used for my Int build and I loved it. A good variety of speeds in attacks, solid AoW/movesets, and all scale well with Int so I wasn't lacking in damage. Once I got DMGS that became my go-to for the rest of the game (with an Colossal sword for mobs/horseback), but before then shield + (dual) Katanas and dual Curved Swords put in a ton of work. Moonveil in particular got me through the double Crucible Knight and Twin Gargoyles with its AoW being fast, consistent damage as a decent range.

[@AnthemTD]

Just carried my pure int build as well. Absolutely broken weapon skill, should be higher than dmgs on this list

[@AnthemTD]

@@gunnarschlichting9886I really tried to like dmgs but every time I tried to use it’s projectile for anything slightly above or below me, like on a small hill or stairs, it was completely unusable. It would just hit the ground. WoA with the occasional cast of night comet was all I ever wanted to use. Also tried going back to moonveil a few times and just kept going right back to WoA

[@mofongotron]

I'm really debating on doing one of the following: dual wield Wing of Astel + cold infused Scavenger's Curved Sword using Rotten Winged Sword Insignia + Assasin's Cerulean Charm, OR what was listed here, which was Wing of Astel using the Two Handed Sword Talisman + Blade of Mercy. Any thoughts? I'm also trying to throw in a magic infused Milady as an additional weapon, haha.

[@gadman85]

With the freaking Bloodfiend's arm being so good, I can't help but think the devs made it as a joke. It's like they went out drinking one night after work and one was like, "It would be so freaking hilarious if we made a dumb chicken leg looking weapon super powerful!" The others laughed and after the next round of drinks decided it was the best idea ever. When they showed it to him the next day, Miyazaki laughed, shook his head, and probably said, "Well. We make sure there is room to fail, so go for it." Seriously though, I like your videos because they are PVE focused. I get tired of looking for build ideas and such and finding a million and one PVP focused videos. I don't care about PVP. I'm not spending most of the game in PVP. So I couldn't care less about someone making a video using an obviously bugged weapon that exploits the game's PVP lagginess and then they call it the best build/weapon ever.

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

Fire Knight's GS and Black Steel GH in the corner:

[@emptysoul2757]

Love the hammer!

[@mushroomy9899]

fire knights greatsword and falx are my two favorite dlc weapons by far, unfortunately it’s one or the other cuz fkgs is strength

[@ThisIsCrazyGamer]

@@mushroomy9899it gets an A scaling in dex it’s slightly less AR total pretty sure but it still hits hard

[@mushroomy9899]

@@ThisIsCrazyGamer yeah idk

[@landonw8982]

@@mushroomy9899fkgs is a flame art ( faith weapon ) does okay with fire infusion too but even going str will net less AR

[@MrNuclearz]

Blasphemous blade is just insane... When the dlc starting kicking my ass i pulled out old reliable.

[@EmptyTenementSpirit]

Kinda just what happens when you make a greatsword that does the most versatile damage type in the game, that has lifeleech on hit and kill, very high MV Ash, and specs into the most versatile build type in the game.

[@MrNuclearz]

@@EmptyTenementSpirit it's just weird how it was barely nerfed, not that I'm asking for that....

[@EmptyTenementSpirit]

@@MrNuclearz To be fair, I'd look at it more as a compensation nerf since they did reduce its damage and removed the knockback, but we just happened to also get things that indirectly (or directly in the case of Talisman of the Dread) buff it.

[@GordonTheGamer]

Although blasphemous blade is insanely op, i believe that it only needs a slight nerf tbh. It isnt as absolutely broken as something like the pre patch perfume bottles and the devs intended for it to be the way it was(unlike perfume bottles)

[@manjeet29gaming6]

For me : Claws of Night is now the best boss melter. If you are struggling on Radahn get a good shield and holy damage negation and spam the scattershot throw skill to literally destroy radahn with ease and any other boss too.

[@terrycruise-zd5tw]

or just use raptor talons with endure

[@drudge5268]

@@terrycruise-zd5tw Honestly I think Claws of Night should be higher. He initially rated them highly as well, but during testing decided they were weaker. However, he was using stuff like the spear talisman during testing, which doesn't work with the ash of war at all. Also, while the damage does fall off at range as Youwy said, the strength of the AoW is that the bleed buildup is the same even if you just barely connect a single dagger from long range. So in addition to the pure damage, the benefits to mobility and spacing of a mid range bleed weapon are really high and not to be overlooked. For anyone interested, I posted a detailed breakdown of what does and doesn't boost the ash of war damage on the fextra Claws of Night page.

[@jasonwinnert5545]

Yeah, claws of night are low key wildly OP. You can do the Messmer or Radahn fights in under 60 seconds.

[@Bittamin]

Thanks for all the constant content drops! 🎉

[@TheMagicWiener]

Greatsword of Solitude my beloved, hits as hard as a colossal sword with the swing speed of a regular greatsword. Which is quite insane. Also probably the highest physical defense blocking weapon in the game too, so it can work as a shield pretty much. Maybe not a top 10 contender but at least an honorable mention. Think it's amazing.

[@dinob6587]

My favorite for the dlc as well. Moveset is great, wide swing and vertical slice. It has a nice ranged attack that can be followed up with a gap closing heavy that jumps you in the air so often you avoid being hit. Love to pair with with the solitude set and eclipse great shield for the dark knight vibe.

[@TheMagicWiener]

@@dinob6587 Preach brotha 👍

[@MrFallenone]

@evzrbase What are you smoking. Its nothing like Storm Blade.

[@eta2321]

@@MrFallenonei think he means vacuum slice

[@Neonmirrorblack]

It's not really a specific weapon, but a spear with Ice Spear is easily in the top 5 best weapons in the game and barely anyone ever mentions it. Insane damage for the FP, also quickly causes frostbite and also has some of the highest poise damage of anything at range. It beats half of the weapons here easily, especially those listed for INT.

[@fragtal177]

Do you need to invest in INT for it?

[@Kimbie]

Haven't tried it but I agree a lot of INT weapons get overrated. I mean, I love Moonlight Greatsword for RP but it probably would just barely make it into my top 50 weapons.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

@@fragtal177 No. I haven't actually experimented with all stats that can benefit from it, but DEX and STR work as well. The reason I mentioned INT is just because one of the easiest ways to get a good Ice Spear is from a Clayman's Harpoon, which scales very well with INT. I'm not 100% how the projectile scales either. I believe it's solely based off of the AR of the weapon itself, which means whatever stat you can get the best scaling with from whatever spear or halberd you want to use should be fine. For reference, I actually do pretty decent damage on my STR/FTH build that has Ice Spear on a Halberd. I don't have it optimized for Ice Spear either, but it's still a really good AoW even unoptimized. For comparison, Glintstone Pebble is the most efficient Sorcery as far as damage vs cost. Ice Spear optimized for INT ends up slightly higher in efficiency but on top of that can cause frostbite and quickly break poise.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

@@Kimbie Same. I understand why it's "strong" on paper, but in practice it just never works out like it should. I always get the weapon, upgrade it and then stop using it because I have better options. For frost, Ice Spear is simply better.

[@GordonTheGamer]

that type of stuff would be in the ash of war tier list, he does acknowledge how good it is. It is ridiculously good but im not sure about it being on this list, maybe🤷

[@eldenbeastlord842]

Been following since the DLC, easily the best content creator for Elden ring out there. I love that you include which talisman work with which weapon AND compare to other weapons. Keep it up, excited to see what videos you drop next !

[@sadpunkstar]

Your channel has been blowing up I’m so happy to see it. The rise of youwy 🐐

[@17Keoma]

just defeated radahn 🙏

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

@@17Keoma Radahn isn't even hard on his own, its those stupid light beams that are the real boss

[@17Keoma]

@@somersaultinggiraffe1901 miquella carry fr

[@joesheridan9451]

Shit boss

[@fishsmellbad1862]

15:45 I've got a clip of powerstanced scavenger's swords shredding through NG+5 Messmer in like 25 seconds lmao

[@gabrielfernandes7370]

a ng+5 inst that high, theres a reddit trend that show the scalling of a ng

[@yesno9383]

tried them on ng+4 shredded every boss in under 30 sec apart from radahn and sunflower by far the strongest build for bosses that can bleed in my opinion

[@drillodoger6707]

@@yesno9383I’d say the impenetrable thorns sorcery is better cos it was able to 3 shot ng+4 radahn for me without too many buffs

[@andy_xr3425]

which ash of war are u using on it if you dont mind telling me?

[@fishsmellbad1862]

@@andy_xr3425 Double seppuku with blood infusion. To use it on both swords you need to (assuming you're using an xbox controller) hold Y and press left bumper to 2 hand your left sword, use seppuku, then hold Y and press left bumper again to return to dual wielding them, use seppuku once more and now both of your swords should be buffed. Keep in mind that if you want to use a buff like golden vow you should use it beforehand since putting your sword away to use your seal removes the seppuku buff on it.

[@sanek_1648]

Every playthrough I’ve ever had I’ve used Deaths Poker, and without fail I’ve always checked ranking videos to see if it’s on there Glad to see you, old friend. Thanks for letting me do 37011 damage to Metyr in one combo.

[@hellxapo5740]

One curious thing I noticed is that at max level the best weapons change completely. Blasphemous Blade is no longer the undisputed strongest weapon, PvE wise, as the weapons with multiple scaling sources get absurdly strong!!

[@blpitts11]

Good to see you went with bloodfiends arm instead of the giant crusher for the guard counter section

[@discipleofdeath2517]

Love the deflect tear, can just spam block or time it right so you can stack the buff. Just a fun mechanic to play with.

[@brentgrant1971]

great as usual

[@Paradox2266]

Deaths Poker mentioned very happy

[@FlyBird]

I'v beaten the final DLC boss 4 times. Blas Blade by far gave me my quickest kill, took less than 40 seconds w/ buffs. What a ridiculous weapon.

[@user-os4vs4gq9r]

Youwy the amount of work you put in is nothing short than astounding. Your strength befits a crown.

[@chaoskiller6084]

The Star Fist is actually a really solid weapon for the DLC, if you stack tons of defence (I was able to reach 85% across the board on a midroll build), you can use Endure and just go ham with CR2s on most of the bosses, half of the remembrances and even the final boss to an extent were absolutely trivialised because you can simply ignore the boss and poise through everything Havel-style, even when healing

[@derfloh8986]

Is star fist an option on a dex build?

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@derfloh8986 I've used it with a Keen infusion before, and it wasn't half bad, obviously strength/heavy is stronger, but the strength of Endure + fast CR2s is still there, I'd imagine you would get similar performance regardless with a facetank build.

[@AdAce21]

The two handed talisman is great, but I wish we got a power stance talisman. I feel that outside of curved swords, power stanced movesets needed more love

[@BreadNHoney]

Multi hit talismans

[@mcbanana1473]

no colossal swords is crazy. i’d easily pick the range, damage, blocking stats, talismans/ashes, and ease of use of the guts greatsword over the bottom half of this list. can’t really argue against any of these weapons though, they’re all broken

[@ponsarutmahamongkonsawasde7222]

Can't refuse that Nagakiba is really good and versatile for every build. Other weapons have their own weakness except for blasphemous blade. Like bleed doesn't work with enemy that cannot proc it or wing of astel didn't work for agile enemy. However, Nagakiba with changes infuse/ash of war can be a solution for every thing.

[@JayJordan99]

I had fun actually being there for the stream for once

[@JayJordan99]

Man ngl it's cool seeing footage when I was there for the recording.

[@avocadopictures9706]

I would never have thought Marais sword's skill counts as a dance, even after noticing it has "dancing blade" in the name.

[@SimplyStave]

Wing of Astel has been my favorite weapon in the game ever since I found it in my first play through. Made me giddy to see it so high on your list. Many people sleep on it, but it’s SUCH a workhorse of a weapon. Also, it’s AoW is just beautiful to look at.😁

[@dewey_montana]

The star fist is AMAZING... unless you fighting promised consort. Using a charged heavy requires you to aim for his legs, standing in front of him and doing a charged heavy will miss him because it just goes between his legs. Overall, for easier hits, jump attacks are better when using star fist to kill promised consort (even though I have not killed him, I do not like his phase 2)

[@yeetgrenade7492]

the only weapon that wasn't on here and I feel like should have been is the misericorde. it isn't broken per say, and a lot of the things that used to make it broken (FotR, glintblade phalanx) aren't broken anymore, but it's still the best weapon for really any parry build, and is very good as a secondary weapon in any stance break build

[@berkemetin873]

No greatsword 😭, I love dual wielding guts greatsword with bleed infusion. Literally destroys everything at 90 str, dex, arc.

[@youwy]

It would’ve made it if I had a top 15 list

[@Childofbhaal]

You should try the same with one Blood Greatsword and savage lion claw and then all the damage on attack buffs. Like rotten wing insignia, Millicent talisman, thorny cracked tear. Savage lions claw hits exactly 3 times so it procs every single talisman and thorny tear. I’m hitting an AR of over 2000 in the base game with this set up lol it’s nuts

[@octagonseventynine1253]

Glad the Gargoyle Twin Blade got a brief mention. I cut the final dlc boss to shreds with one of those paired with twinned knight swords yesterday.

[@FelisImpurrator]

I remember when on launch, Elden Beast could bug out and stay stance broken forever, and Wing of Astel just deleted it for me. Good times.

[@polarisrustinpeace1797]

Dude, you're awesome! Great content. Love your style.

[@excalibur_maga6188]

Getting real tired of weapon nerfs in pve

[@N1kTheHunter]

Well done for growing your channel so much you totally deserve it your videos are awesome and straight forward without bs

[@datjoshuadoe866]

Nice video man. Would like to see a video about the top 10 weapons for PVP (duels, invasions)

[@Erdbeerenserver]

Moghs spear helped me so much. Its skill can attack through walls, around corners and even some enemies far above you. I just flat out cheesed some of those strong elite enemies 😎

[@drozdo_8278]

Notice how str/arc build are getting overpowered

[@Treyman27]

Wing of astel has always been one of my favorite weapons. The ash of war absolutely trivializes the giant fire furnaces in the dlc. Just sit under its leg, dodge when needed, and let it rip with the ash of war.

[@juliancamacho3837]

Why are we supposed to be cool with Fromsoft completely nerfing weapins that were in the base game since launch. It’s been out for two years and the continues nerfs are getting fuckin old at this point

[@edmediciN7]

I just came in search for cool weapons to use in a third play on the DLC, I found people still arguing about skill to beat the bosses. It really isn't that hard if you are bad in the game. You can always search for some help in talisman if you don't want to read them or test them. I tried some stratagies against the last boss. Things like big shields and counters, dodging attacks and giving criticals with dex, using only summons while healing and buffing them and sometimes ranged attacks, parrying most attacks. Some worked better than others but with suficient luck and understand of mechanics you can defeat him. Like understanding the best roll for and attack usually is the direction the attack is coming from because of eye frames. The DLC and the game give you so many ways to approach fights, so many buffs, tiers, talisman, summons. After 1 or 2 tries you can pretty much guess how the boss acts during the fight. If you are dying too soon, than maybe you just didn't level up vigor enough or can't even use a decent shield to test the boss. You just have to be smart in how to tackle puzzles, because each boss is one, or you can just use a broken build like so many others. Playing it pretty much blind, I think I died something like 25 times in the entire DLC first playthrough. I just searched abut the fire golens because I though I was missing something after everthing but heavy hitters in poise did anything to them. These kind of games are not exactly about getting good. You do have to be decent enough to win against some bosses, but if you play careful enough and think how to tackle the challanges, most encounters can be trivialized. You would only die when you really mess things up, like trying to desperatly heal. EVERY encounter in the entire game punishes you when you turn desperate and start rolling to heal. I remember when I played bloodborne for the first time and beat all bosses of base game and DLC without parrying because I didn't like the mechanic. The only really hard one was orphan. Parry trivialized that thing. And I still think he is way more difficult than Redahn.

[@Imacoustic-pl4tb]

milady not being there is wild

[@bigslacker666]

I feel like this ranking is slanted more towards the spam special style of play. Starfist is absolutely insane with the skill/punish style of play because of how fast the charged attack is, how cheap the stam cost is and how much stance it does. Bonus points if you pair it with a shield and guard counter which I haven't seen anyone do even though it's hilariously effective. Mohg's spear is similarly ridiculous with its extreme range and ability to punish hard with the special on large bosses. Put it behind a greatshield and walk through everything in the game including consort.

[@soroushkowsarian3364]

I love nagakiba+blood blade but sometimes it feels like the startup animation is too slow for mobile bosses as the fall off of the projectile is really high and low range

[@ethandixon4257]

I’m glad to see your starting to get recognized you make so much content it’s insane

[@fishman432]

Goated video goated streamer day 18

[@chancetherappersburner6338]

Ngl I expected the Sword Lance to be here. That weapon is fundamentally broken. Crazy good strength scaling, heavy attacks have great spear hyperarmor, status effect buildup of a colossal weapon, obviously has pierce damage

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

He said it was good but not on the level of these weapons.. These weapons are technically broken, and mathematically too. Like Blasphemous makes the DLC like base game but easier. by spamming L2 and healing through boss attacks. And most of the weapons here have insane Stance damage despite being nerfed a lot of times. Sword Lance definitely Great if it's a list of 20 weapons it would be in there but the ones here are just on another level in terms of "PVE."

[@chancetherappersburner6338]

@@marclenraymagdaraog691 Yeah I know, these weapons are truly made for those who refuse to use their brain, just spam one single attack and that's it.

[@buynaaradnaa2590]

NGL. I am surprised that no one is talking about how beautiful Youwys characters are 6:56. No wonder the bosses die so fast. They get distracted by that beautiful face.

[@axelviskaren2658]

Have been waiting for this Thanks so much for the work you do for us❤!

[@drdrizzl9756]

Can you please make a tierlist for the top ten sorceries including base game and dlc

[@RootyTootTootin]

Please do more of these! I love your rankings but now I need to know the best of everything in the main game and dlc combined 🙏

[@Apex-jf4pn]

Was thinking about what my next build should be, leaning towards the marias executioner sword or dual scavengers but that wing of astel looks pretty cool. Might have to try it out.

[@Hax4Snax]

marais is good but the timing can be annoying to get down, dual scavengers is insane dps, really broken, use it if you havent before its fun but then very boring very quick. My vote is for wings of astel, the way he uses it in the vid is how i played thru with it, L2 into charged heavy, or just spam L2 all day for insane dmg on big bosses.

[@Apex-jf4pn]

@@Hax4Snax I think i will try it thanks for the input

[@Brutes_]

thanks for the vid. im new to the channel and been watching lots of your content as i go through a fresh playthrough of the standard game preparing my build for the dlc

[@anthonymorabito32]

me still primarily using the bloodhound's fang LOL. appreciate all these videos

[@Worsteverseen]

Im curious why Marais over Deaths Poker? Marais needs full combo setup to be good while Deaths Poker hardly needs anything to do similar damage

[@youwy]

It was initially at number 9 but I wanted to move SONAF down and the video was basically done so for convenience sake I just switched them. But they both just as good as one another. I wouldn’t care if someone put deaths poker higher.

[@Worsteverseen]

@@youwy Fair enough 👍

[@drudge5268]

@evzrbase Yeah seriously...when he was testing it against Messmer he basically one-shot the second phase as soon as the first snake explosion ended. 18k damage in one charged hit.

[@burns0100]

Magma Blade could be the Faith alternative to Wing of Astel. Its weapon ash functions similar with the sword hitting and the lava hitting. Bonus is DLC has Talisman of the Dread for 15% more lava damage.

[@Rukir]

Also thanks to you i could finally beat the DLC final boss (I had no idea the Wing of Astel was that good and my character was already Int/Dex). Tysm

[@thiowp0893]

What about bloodhounds fang?Do you think it's atleast in the top 20?

[@totalishnc]

youre a monster for releasing these packed, high-quality videos every day

[@Devine_Bird_Warrior]

Farming sacred bloody flesh is definitely worth it for any arcane/bleed build, best farm is river mouth cave the blood fiends won’t follow you into the boss area so they’re free kills

[@cjward72]

Vykes war spear #1 obviously

[@Simulati0n]

I use to love that running Finger set. Can't stand poke attacks, it should behave like a twin blade.

[@spacesui-t]

Man, after watching your stream I thought Giant-Crusher will def be on the list. But chicken leg is too op, might even catch an actual nerf.

[@RxAxIxNxBxOxW]

Dude I am on vacation and I have been enjoying your videos and livestreams quite a lot, keep up the great job!

[@purplemayonnaise3467]

Personally I’d like to argue in favor of the bloodfiends fork (infusable one). They get ~100 bleed loss and great occult scaling while benefiting from a strong power stance moveset, piercing damage, and much longer range. They have replaced power stanced scavengers curved sword as the best bleed build for me personally. Thanks for the awesome video

[@derfloh8986]

What about naginatas?

[@Spacematter24]

Youwy thank you for making this video, this helped me pick a perfectly broken class for me

[@_Atlas.]

I think there are too many somber weapons on this list. Sure, they all have their moments, but weapons like Bloodhound Claws, Nagakiba, Great Katana, Star Fists, and Claymore are never bad. What makes them even better is the fact that you can practically always select an ash of war that is close to the best option for any fight.

[@matty_b_buckets5676]

Double Slash Ash of War on Nagakiba is also really strong, you can proc bleed with 2 ash of war hits. Combined with buffs and other bleed Talismans it’s good late game aswell

[@tortue_]

About the Bloodfiend's Arm, i think the "bug fix" naming is legit. If the smithscript weapon infusions were so too that is. Infusions seem to have caused some problems to me, so its safe to assume they fixed the bug and nerfed the bloodloss build up effect of the heavy attacks alongside it.

[@cosmiccat4706]

I'm just happy a DLC weapon made it into the top 10. Even if only one could make it, now we just need some buffs to some of the other DLC weapons so we can start seeing more of them on these kinds of lists.

[@Typher_]

Ancient meteoric great sword better be on here

[@zombieboss5178]

damn the ash of war listing edit was really cool nice job

[@NathanTruby]

2:21 I assume you meant that as in without infusions, but for arguents sake, I disagree. You had a few in the base game via Clayman's Harpoon and Erdsteel Dagger (put flame art/sacred on harpoon and cold/magic on dagger) and now we have tons more. For example, Gazing Finger, Madding Hand, Carian Thrusting shield (when infused with sacred/flame art), Black Steel Greathammer (infused with magic/cold), the entirety of the Smithscript line of weapons and probably some more that I'm forgetting.

[@billybobjoe5220]

doesnt wing of astel charged attack do 11+22+5+5=43 stance damage?

[@jlb5287]

Where would you rank Eleonora’s Poleblade? I’ve been using it on NG+ and I’ve been shredding bosses in almost one combo every time. I love that the very first hit of the combo also gives you the advantage due to its move and reach, allowing you to safely combo the enemy. I rarely see it in the top 10 videos but honestly it’s so broken on NG+ that I had to switch for NG+2.

[@drudge5268]

My 2c for what it's worth: Strong but not top 10. The biggest advantage it has is that the Ash of War sits in the highest hyperarmor class, getting a near uninterruptible 500 poise boost and 50% poise damage reduction during the combo. The biggest disadvantage is that you're locked into a long combo that can require you to trade damage, as most bosses don't have openings long enough to use the whole thing.

[@lanemorriss]

Feel like backhand blades need to be mentioned just bc of the blindside ash of war

[@Railgunner45792]

Should’ve had great stars on the list. Lions claw on that thing is busted.

[@babychelf]

Rolled through the entire DLC with a lightning nagakiba wit unsheathe, definitely one of my favorites. I also had a friend drop me another so I could powerstance two lightning nagas🔥

[@Markone99]

Wing of Astel is so slept on, and it's so much fun! I wonder if Sonaf got buffed again? After all, they DID nerf it by 70% which was an actually stupid decision... Glad it's back to a stable position

[@Gh4wzt]

Goated vid 🔥🔥 (haven't seen It yet)

[@sourceeee]

Magma blades are crazy too with the right talismans/buffs

[@bleedszn]

great list per usual

[@lithiumreign]

I agree with most of this list. I’m assuming a “best weapons in pvp”vid would be separate from this list. However some perform great in pve and pvp as well. Moonveil and RoB for example.

[@Vorael]

It's funny that the talismans are straight power creep, some of the spells seem like they were at least intended to be power creep (Pest Threads 2, Lightning Spear 2, etc.) but most of the DLC weapons are... just kinda meh. Chicken leg is wild and there're a few other standouts but I went through the game with a faith build and never really found anything that could dethrone the gear I'd brought with me. I'm not even talking about Blasphemous Blade; Relic Sword, Marika's Hammer, and a few others just felt like they were pretty much just straight superior to everything I found. Shoutouts to the lizard greatsword tho, what a neat little weapon. Not outrageously powerful or anything but very cool and fun to use. I wish they hadn't limited its ashes of war selection so harshly tho.

[@w_419]

The fact that Raptor Talons werent even mentioned is downright criminal.

[@ivanvega3405]

PVE LIST, those are shit at pve, learn how to read plase.

[@thehungrylittlenihilist]

It's not an easy build but I've been using a poison build with a PMF nagakiba and PFBT Danes footwork. Excellent weapons.

[@DarthVader-xh3mo]

Great Stars w/ Crucible Knight armour looks so godly. Bloody good bonks.

[@scarrow3876]

how is he using the darkmoon greatsword skill with the jelly shield

[@klaps2463]

2-hand the darkmoon greatsword->Apply DMGS buff->Pull out Jellyfish shield->use jellyfish shield buff

[@hemishrp]

Love ur streams ❤

[@ImAboveTheLaw]

Can you guard counter without a shield? I still don’t understand how it works

[@youwy]

Click heavy after blocking an attack

[@vincent7534]

Finally, a top weapon list by the only youtuber I trust