Ranking ALL Items in Dead Cells From Worst to Best | Final Update

[@sgserulin9156]

As I write this it is still sad dead cells is getting the last update

[@plabcentral630]

All good things must come to an end. Also this is still a good game, you can just play it anyway.

[@Marshalbrake562]

I started playing on upd 34

[@MrGamis]

When I first started playing deadcells, Vee was the first youtuber I watched to learn more about the game. His builds, explanations, and guides is probably why I've been able to beat the game over and over, make my own (very much non-meta, and on the brink of insanity and stupidity) builds, and genuinely just have fun with the game. Watching this tier list, feels like everything has come full circle now that the game won't be updated. Thanks for years of help Vee, happy you were finally able to make the "last" tier list for Dead Cells

[@frankentas]

The main problem in this list is that you rank Oil Sword high because you use it dual binded with Firebrands, you rank Spite Sword high because you use it with Face Flask + Vengeance, and rank other weapons on their own. Almost all weapons become really good when dual binded with Firebrands. You can use Firebrands + Peril Glyphs at high health and still deal a lot of damage. Face Flask Vengeance also is not specific to Spite Sword, it could be used with almost every weapon in the game. Spite Sword requires Face Flask to function, this is actually a handicap instead of a positive. If you use curse mutations instead, you become cursed, this is not free at all and Cursed Sword is way better in this case.

[@monsoon1234567890]

Rampart shield with Cursed Sword is what helped me beat 5bc boss rush no hit. I haven't played the game since then, pretty satisfied dropping the mic after that.

[@Shooshpa-z2e]

Probably best to end it there. Isn’t much left to do after that.

[@travistotle]

Thank you for taking the time to do something as elaborate as this Vee. If I could throw in a little nitpick, I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally wish you would've called out each item verbally when you moved on to it. This would be the perfect video to have on while I'm working or something, but I keep losing track of what new item you've moved on to.

[@Veedotme]

I realized this kinda deep into recording 😭

[@lostcosmonaut6479]

We’ve been on a real journey together man. Sad to see it end.

[@Pividol]

Thank you Vee, proud to be supporter of all the great content you've put out on dead cells over the years.

[@Eastonfection]

Adding to thunder shields power, the electricity provided after a parry counts as ranged damage and procs networking

[@Marshalbrake562]

Hatori’s Katana is really good for maps like the sewer, and can fight elites/bosses pretty well too. I’d give c tier.

[@LunaTulpa]

vee you're a god, big ups to you for helping me get through 5bc

[@HighFiveGhost50]

Thanks for all your help over the years with this game. It’s been fun!

[@vdd1001]

Can't even imagine the amount of time this video took you, thanks a lot, I was wondering if it was me or some skills just felt weak

[@iMeta4]

1:30:08 - One way I have found to reduce my vulnerability using the Heavy Crossbow is by putting the Frost Blast in my backpack equipping the Acrobatipack mutation and prompting the critical hit through Reload. My three concerns with that are as follows. I have to make sure none of my weapons committing the kill have Biters or burn other enemies upon death because the frost can be undone just as quick as it was applied. You can only direct the frost blast in the direction you are facing. I must complete the requisite and timely dodge-roll to access the Frost Blast and benefit. Skill aside, I need to explore what traps and other mutations can better ensure safe usage.

[@NuclearRaven13]

i do like hand hook's launch just for like interrupts, melee mutation dual bind with pure nail and hand hook just complete disables scarecrow for me and got an easy flawless off it

[@Veedotme]

wow that actually sounds nuts

[@venomking2188]

I started playing deadcells last month, and so far, the swarm grenade is my favourite. It's just a bunch of tiny guys nibbling on your enemies. They do huge damage as well. I've fought some bosses where they literally do so much damage that the boss would die without me realizing they died. It's just my personal bias. I just enjoy playing as a summoner that would summon pets to kill enemies for me. I like that playstyle I guess.

[@plabcentral630]

Man I just got back into this game like 3 weeks ago. Great game.

[@JeromeBakerSmoke]

Yoo! Happy Holidays Vee!

[@rooki8321]

At 38:26 the text was supposed to be hemorrhage but it is the whip instead

[@Veedotme]

I wonder how many more of these are in the vid 👁

[@Cyrus-iv5nh]

Too many lol​@@Veedotme

[@r7ne]

@@Veedotme you made me think i was going crazy 😂

[@dasnac69]

And now, the end is near, and so I face, the final curtain

[@xkidmidnightx]

Lightening rods are great to clear the final tower from the outside. Is it needed? Nah, but it’s fun.

[@ColetheFlame01]

I used to love Tonic, back then it had one charge per biome that you could recharge by using your flask, it was super solid and downright powerful for Survival to easily heal but nowadays I don't ever touch it cause we have better options that don't take away your chance to flawless bosses.

[@Vord]

I appreciate the work put into all your videos, but I do have some thoughts on this one in particular. Obviously this is just my assumption, but I feel like quite a few placements in this list aren't evaluated properly, especially for a "final" tier list. It seems like a lot of the opinions were formed across all of your hours of experience, and some items stayed in low or high tiers from outdated values, rather than a proper current ranking. It's also a bit inconsistent because why are some items rated with synergies in mind, and others are not? Especially items that have more of a use as a secondary should have had a proper look at their roles in a fight, rather than a vacuum. Some examples from me would be: Maw of the Deep + Nutcracker - Maw deserves a way higher tier with any kind of root enabler, which is kind of the point of the weapon. It's part of it's identity just like fire would be to Oiled Sword, which I still think is rated too highly even with crits and affixes. Nutcracker being higher than Maw can't be possible because the damage of Maw is higher (even if game tooltips may say otherwise), and they share the same gimmick. Flamethrower Turret - possibly the biggest sneak in this list. After multiple nerfs, the damage is simply atrocious, and having an on demand burning oil synergy doesn't compensate for a better item in the slot, because exponential scaling does the heavy lifting for most runs either way. For Support there are also way better options that are put lower. Double Crossbow - one of the mentioned better Support enablers, and as opposed to Flamethrower, it actually deals damage, enough to clear entire rooms for you, so the ranking is very undeserved for it's potential. With pierce it becomes more effective than the Tesla Coil at times. Great Owl of War - single-target dps items are outdated in general for the most part, and the Owl does a terrible job at even being that. Half of the time it doesn't hit an enemy because it's stuck in a ceiling, and when it does, it breaches them, making you waste a roll or parry. The punishment of not having the item for over 30 seconds is too harsh too, when you think of Leghugger, who has more dps than the Owl and does not disappear ever (unless it decides to run off to a different enemy).

[@Veedotme]

thanks for the feedback yeah like you said a lot of factors come into play that ultimately boil down to my subjective favorite picks that might even be unfair to some of the bottom picks lol

[@caleb-x8t]

legendary holy water has carried me every time i have fought any bosses especially the hand

[@senkise1234]

I've been waiting for this for a lot of time, thanks Vee

[@Deboi_]

4:20 you know what else is massive?

[@forestgaurdian]

Lol I find it funny how the laser glaive is called wrenching whip.

[@kingseekertoad7332]

Great vid, this musta took a long time to get all the footage and everything

[@Veedotme]

I think my first video file is labeled "September" 💀

[@humbertysallohan8453]

24:37 the vampirism in my dead cells playthroughs sacrifices 37% (Netflix Version(Mobile))instead of the 21% on the screen, if someone could explain id be grateful

[@samuelsantiago5054]

i also have the Netflix mobile version and the explanation is very simple...it's an earlier version (3.3,if i remember well),so some things are A LOT different (combo mutation,for example)

[@Veedotme]

Vampirism scales on brut/surv. Starts at 40% at 1/1/1 and goes down to 20% around 22ish brut/surv

[@humbertysallohan8453]

@@Veedotme thanks vee

[@Pererogatist]

Goodbye Dead Cells, we'll miss you. But at least Vee is making his magnum opus

[@Rahruma]

Commenting for the third time, just realized you made this list completely alphabetically. W

[@vdd1001]

Some of these weapons aren't meant to be used as main weapons tho. Anathema on survival is great if you have a weapon that really struggles with groups of enemies (like broadsword), you pop them with anathema and you'll lift the curse automatically if there are trash mobs

[@EJ-dv5ko]

I feel like Shark is very easy to recommend to most players and should be at least B, maybe even A. It definitely struggles against bosses, but its biome clear requires 0 brain power since pretty much everything dies to the first hit (which comes out pretty quick too).

[@Gabr1elSL]

Knockback shield interrupts queens combo btw

[@CTuBXyuc]

Thank you my guy!

[@KaiteWDrey]

This video made me realise how different my playstyle is compared to Vee's and maybe the entirety of the dead cell community! For me Alucard's sword is an easy Triple S tier weapon! Alucard's sword is so good for me I had to restrict myself from using it in 5 BC runs otherwise every single one of them would become an alucard's sword run and would be the easiest of wins ever! Yeah sometime you zoom from on corner of the map to the other in the span of 5 second flat and you have no idea what happened but, and it might just be me, often that means everything in-between those to spots literally exploded! I might just have enough spatial awareness that even if I'm zapped across the map I can still react to an incoming attack if the enemy isn't dead but yeah! Alucard Sword is so darn cool and even has roll-cancel tech similar to assault shield, which is most likely the cause of the "random zooming" Vee described in the video, if I remember correctly rolling right before a teleport stores the rolling action causing the teleport to be extra long and placing you right in tip range putting some distance between you and the enemy which can leave even bigger windows to avoid damage. In my eyes Alucard's Sword IS the best Dead Cell weapon

[@agromachine8512]

Thanks for the great video! I just downloaded DeadCells on my PC and bought a gamepad controller specifically for one game😂 Sadly, the game isn’t new and it’s hard to find good content about it. PS. Got the first BC already🙂

[@Rahruma]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

[@droogunguy1130]

Anyone else notice the weird google doc pop up during firebrand in B Tier?

[@gabe1962]

Is there a tier list image/chart anywhere?

[@Rahruma]

I got my second boss cell killing dracula, before that I had failed once. I didn't have weapon as I remember and I think I got rapier from somewhere on last biome probably, and then killed dracula with it. Rapier is Op

[@Tom-rd8dd]

king scepter works well with nail from my one time using that item

[@TrueKrutish]

great video

[@reboot3332]

Am i a lunatic for starting the game from scratch on PC, after i already 100% it on PS4? I didnt do the Castlevania DLC yet but got it on PC. Havent played in about a year and have that itch now that its finally finished with updates.

[@r7ne]

rly random but that one ambient jungle/dnb song was so great as background music for this vid. thanks to whoever put it in also does anyone have the name of the song? (1:23:05 it appears at other points but this is just where im at when writing this comment)

[@Veedotme]

Should be this? Interplanetary from Scoobadive www.epidemicsound.com/track/cRC0PEjQKE/

[@squwish1090]

1:05:15 that magic bow looks kinda weird

[@Veedotme]

2/180, thanks for pointing that out 📝

[@JacobAdams-zd4bf]

Delicious video

[@pedrofranck6014]

Anyone know if there's a way to play the Netflix version on console? I don't want to buy the dlcs if I already have access to them via netflix, but ive tried playing on my phone and it just isn't it.

[@Supersexyfucka1.1]

@pedrofranck6014 unfortunately the netflix catalog of games is available only on mobile so you're pretty much gonna have to buy the dlc's mate

[@keshavlokheeram7784]

Tier List on dead cells , ok , with all the randomness that happen in the game 😭😭

[@Novel-nr5hm]

Now do all legendaries and dont make me regret watching a 2h vid of you for legendary one

[@Veedotme]

Already did it back in February kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoXMZIuod6uepdk

[@Novel-nr5hm]

@Veedotme omg the goat 🐐 replied tysm

[@manchomiranda9861]

Elite

[@jaxon3186]

ice bow in F tier what

[@rainhelicoptero5616]

1:52:2 the what now?🤨

[@filler01]

damn, this is a long one...

[@calonfire]

ann-neth-emma

[@joeheljulva5948]

Can you do a reaction video on "the dead cells immortalis show"🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@Cyrus-iv5nh]

Bro for speedruns and even normal runs wings of yhe crow is just busted because you can entirely skip bosses that are hard to no hit like the scarecrow and hand of the king (which isn't that hard)

[@dimitris420]

you can't skip bosses with wings of the crow. There used to be a glitch when vsync was off, where the dash was huge and could skip bosses. it was patched long ago. But wings is busted as a skill for other reasons, it does lots of damage by itself, it buffs every tick of damage without an internal cooldown (50 base damage), it has the ability to make the player go above the enemies where most of them cant attack (which directly synergizes with 360 aim weapons), infinite height, and it can damage through forcefields which cheeses spoiler boss.

[@Cyrus-iv5nh]

@dimitris420 I just did it

[@dimitris420]

@@Cyrus-iv5nh well, you are either lying or playing on an earlier version of the game. i just realised that you dont mean the vsync off skip since you mentioned scarecrow, where the skip is different. so im assuming for hotk youre using the infinite height tech.

[@MrNioMoon]

yay!!

[@Yupiproduction]

nice

[@Marshalbrake562]

Nice

[@respecttome619]

where is rusty sword 😭?

[@Veedotme]

i knew i forgot something 🤦🏾‍♂️😆

[@Novel-nr5hm]

I don't see cursed sword

[@Veedotme]

if you dont get hit - SS, if you do get hit - F 😆

[@Novel-nr5hm]

@@Veedotme I would say SSS then for me

[@OnCoated]

🐐

[@sharkastic2633]

I was going to try my best and just say that all tierlists are bad and a good player uses everything except things like misericorde and things like baseball bat, but some of these placements have me questioning a whole lot. Most things deserve to be one or two tiers higher, but here are some that are particularly out of whack: Hardlight in D-tier understandable because nobody takes the time to actually see what parts of it make it amazing, but still bad. Crazy good hitboxes, movement during the combo, solid damage. Acro can be used off-color for synergy. What it does well, nothing else does anywhere near as well. Katana in D-tier: Not sure what you're smoking with this one. Even without tech, it's a solid weapon. With tech, it's incredibly good. If you're rating it off of ease of use, it's B-tier. If you're rating it off of actual use in the hands of a competent player, it's closer to S-tier. King scepter in D-tier: This is just a case of ignorance. Use magic missiles, throwing knife, or anything else with hangtime that works well after you bounce in the air and observe. Marksman's bow in D-tier: It is not a primary weapon, it's a secondary. Use it as such when you need the damage from range. It's not crazy, but it's not D-tier. Oven axe in D-tier: Again, I'm not sure what you're smoking. Oven axe is one of the best weapons in the game, you just have to have a basic sense of distance and timing. Tonic in D-tier: This one isn't your fault, you're just one of many people who focuses too much on having enough damage to disintegrate everything before it looks at you. Tonic is one of the best skills in the game. Vampirism in D-tier: Vampirism is also one of the best skills in the game. Not everything has to work in biomes and bosses. The healing is ridiculously strong but, again, this is a case of damage focus over knowing how the game works. Wrenching whip in D-tier: Another weapon that inexperienced players think is a primary when it's actually a secondary. Breach is what makes wrenching whip good. Trident in C-tier: trident's damage is crazy, as is its ability to lock enemies completely. Killing deck in C-tier: The reasoning is just strange. Laser glaive in C-tier: Guess what? It's a secondary instead of a primary. Once you're good enough to not crutch on a shield, glaive is very good. Shark in C-tier: The throw is not all the weapon is, it has very high damage, crazy good hitboxes, and good speed. One of the best items in the game. I'm a little biased, because seismic shark is my baby, but there is a solid case for it being up there. You should use it over nutcracker if you're running root and over baseball bat if you want to actually use your brain. I will attach a copypasta at the end of my comment explaining why. Seismic strike in C-tier: Another case of it being primarily a secondary instead of a primary. You can completely ignore the last attack if you have something, like shark, with a long enough windup on the third hit to cancel seismic's combo even with kill rhythm. Sonic carbine in C-tier: It's not crazy, but it should be a bit higher. You don't need crits to deal damage, this is something that needs to be beat into the head of every inexperienced player for some reason. Breach also makes a return as something that elevates it even more. Stun grenade in C-tier: Stun grenade is broken. Again, not everything has to do great in biomes and bosses, especially skills. Toothpick in C-tier: Guess what? Secondary again. It's solid as a primary with great damage, but it has built-in stun on hit. War javelin in C-tier: Delusions. Javelin being below A-tier is insane. You're sleeping hard on the teleport and its use with kill rhythm. Wrecking ball in C-tier: Not surprising with most mainstream players, but most everyone with 1k or more hours or people who play at a similar level know that it's good. We're getting the the point where it's a bit pedantic, but some of these are still bad placements and should be a bit higher. Tonfas in B-tier: It's hard to use, but has very high damage and very nice utility with the leap. Cross in B-tier: What? Firebrands in B-tier: Firebrands is the premier burn secondary with crazy damage, should at least be A-tier. Gilded yumi in B-tier: Yet another case of the thinking that everything has to be good in biomes and bosses. The backpack exists. Grappling hook in B-tier: Should definitely be higher. Good damage and good utility, vastly outperforms phaser. Hayabusa gauntlets in B-tier: Breach. Breach is huge. Hayabusa gauntlets have close to if not the highest breach in the game. Their damage is also solid. Ice armor in B-tier: Crazy. Nerves of steel in B-tier: What in the world? With that damage? With that attack speed? For the low, low price of having basic timing skills? Scythe claws in B-tier: Smoking something again. The range is madness. Expecting everything to die instantly from the first hit is kind of embarrassing. Spartan sandals in B-tier: Should be significantly higher, they're an incredibly good secondary for a lot of things. But no, more brainrot about needing damage and needing a primary. Symmlance in B-tier: Ignoring the legendary, because anyone worth a pinch of salt knows you don't take the legendary. You can cover flying enemies with a secondary or a skill, and it being bad against some bosses is a problem that can be completely mitigated by routing. Telluric shock in B-tier: One of the best skills in the game for utility alone. It's a fantastic panic button, not everything needs damage to be good. Throwing knife in B-tier: It's a secondary. It's not supposed to be ran as a primary. Whip sword in B-tier: The skill floor is a bit high with it, but the damage is insane. As is the healing from frenzy or adrenaline. Shit like baseball bat or diverse deck even ranking: These items are bad enough that they should be entirely disregarded by anyone who wants to engage with the game. Here's the shark over nutcracker copypasta (Again, baseball bat should not be used at a high level.): Shark vs. Nutcracker: Broken down hit-by-hit: The first hit of shark does 135 (270) damage with a .48 second windup and swing with a .35 second endlag. The first hit of nutcracker does 70 (126) damage with a .5 second windup and swing with a .2 second endlag. Shark also has a longer and taller hitbox on the first hit, allowing it to hit flying enemies easier (nutcracker still hits flying enemies well enough) and hit from further away. Nutcracker actually has more windup time but less overall time invested. Shark outperforms it in damage (with nearly double the base and over double the crit) and has more range. The second hit of shark does 150 (300) damage with a .54 second windup and swing with a .3 second endlag. The second hit of nutcracker does 85 (187) damage with a .4 second windup and swing with a .2 second endlag. Nutcracker again falls short in damage in exchange for slightly faster speed. The hitboxes for the second hits are quite similar but shark's second hit actually has quite a bit of knockback while nutcracker has no unique effects. The third hit of shark does 120 base damage with root application and 40 base dps of bleed for 4 seconds. It has .54 seconds of windup and swing with a .35 second endlag The third hit of nutcracker does 140 (420) base damage with a .5 second windup and swing with a .1 second endlag. Nutcracker does more damage in less time than shark here, but shark's attack is ranged, allowing for safe usage, and applies potent status effects. Adding the bleed damage, the third hit of shark does 380 damage with root application, making it competitive to a nutcracker crit without needing a status effect applied. While the nutcracker does more damage on the third hit, shark has enough other effects to make it competitive without crits. Overall, nutcracker is more versatile as it has three crit conditions. However, shark outperforms it wildly in the root niche with more damage in the first two hits as well as damage and utility on the last hit where nutcracker simply has damage. Yes, I did get carried away. No, those are not all the problems or even all the major problems.

[@ghostlee0]

All I'm hearing for a majority of these takes is that you're not very good with some of these weapons, and I mean no offense by that, but I'm of the belief that *every weapon* is viable if used right. Duh, some are worse than others, but a lot of this is just "oh there are better options" or "That's a bad way to play the game". I just think that's lame man, it makes it sound like there's only a very specific way to play the game. Unless it's Misericorde. Never touch that.

[@MrNioMoon]

if that’s what you got out if this tier list, then you’re misinterpreting vee heavily