Which Moonlight Sword Is The Best?

Ranking all the soulsborne moonlight greatswords from worst to best. Best From Software Moonlight sword. Elden Ring, Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Dark Souls.
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[@youwy]

Happy New Year 🥳

[@coolguy-hu4ou]

repairbox exists in ds1, no? it costs souls to repair but you can do it at any bonfire though

[@kuronaialtani]

I do love the darkmoon we get in elden ring, but nothing will ever compare to the old hunters, release week, everyone online losing their minds over the Ludwig fight and then that masterpiece of a transition to phase 2 with the music and the sword reveal And the weapon itself is great, too

[@granthefato340]

please elden ring dlc make a True Moonlight Greatsword or smth that would be so metal

[@jordanbrown3816]

The chills I got, definitely a top from soft moment in gaming fr

[@lolbots686]

​@@granthefato340also lorewise would technically be the most powerful as you are gifted the moonlight greatsword by a very powerful being,and the sword itself is extremely powerful and also has very special significance

[@granthefato340]

@@lolbots686 well idgaf about the lore i just want a cool green sword not a blue one

[@granthefato340]

@@lolbots686 plus i mean the most powerful sword im the game is just being held by some random dude for some reason so i dont think it really matters

[@proto-type3201]

I like the one in ER the most just because it has this MASSIVE quest tied to it that properly gives it the legendary status

[@joeking6972]

Played a pure INT character and as much as I love the spells in ER I used nothing but the DMGS for like 50 levels after I got it. It trivializes most fights in the game.

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Sekiro hands down has the best MLGS, especially the epic cutscene with Mist Noble pulling it out of his butt.

[@leonardocoutomaciel4997]

Yeah, Mist Noble is so fucking hard. And when I learned that to use the MLGS you need to beat him in under 3 hours, I was like, HOW can you do that

[@LonesomeKrow]

“Ah, you were inside me all along. My guiding moonlight”

[@prodbySpoonful]

Divine Dragons sword looked and functioned similarly to a mgs, prob the closest thing

[@jamiekb9v]

for me bloodborne one is the best one. most fun mechanically and best aesthetically too

[@jamiekb9v]

also the fact that the elden ring version basically has just 1 attack animation with no variety is such a disappointment. i know its op but i got bored so fast with it

[@sycomonky4993]

Bloodbornes is really basic

[@milkpuddinggameplay7794]

@@sycomonky4993bro wdym two unique move sets with a thrust variant and transform moves? Are we thinking of a different blood borne? 😂

[@crackalackin3877]

@@sycomonky4993do you not know what basic means?

[@Molten2004]

​@sycomonky4993 are you mentally ill?

[@ryandavid1277]

In the world of Demon's Souls it makes sense for it to scale off faith because the old one is the source of both faith and magic. It illustrates the contradictory nature of the world that most people of the world don't realize.

[@smurfie8412]

Nerd

[@shevankaseneviratne1724]

@@smurfie8412 Bro is calling everyone with game knowledge a nerd😂

[@ilikevideogames4331]

Also, the original moonlight sword from King's Field was a holy light weapon that banished evil. It was pretty much the excalibur of the series.

[@guilhermecampos4479]

​@@ilikevideogames4331*master sword

[@sneekmuch]

8:38 it’s is called DARK MOON because it’s from Ranni. She represents the dark moon and Rennala represents the full moon. I bet the GS Rennala gave Radagon was called Moonlight GS. but it was transformed into golden order GS so we may never know. E: GoldenOrderGS - “Telltale signs betray that this was once the greatsword bequeathed to him by his first wife, Rennala.”

[@Vac302]

The moonlight great sword is different in Elden Ring because it’s not the moonlight great sword at all, it’s the darkmoon great sword which gives off frost instead of magic. The original moonlight great sword was turned into the golden order great sword by Radagon.

[@pedrogandolfi3991]

Nice to know

[@jaieregilmore971]

So does the golden order greatsword come close to be a sunlight greatsword ?

[@smurfie8412]

Nerd

[@Bando710_]

@@smurfie8412ur watching this video too u arent better than any of us you nerd

[@eslythecrow]

Interesting 🤔

[@cloudbloom]

Recently i did another bloodborne playthrough with a heavy focus on farming the best gems in chalice dungeons, and the moonlight sword does crazy damage when fully beefed up. One of my favorite weapons

[@gnarbro5]

Yepp and a lot of people miss out on the weapon variants (like lost) that can get you different gem slots so you can build around beam damage, thrusts when in not transformed, etc..

[@Z0RUK]

Even without farming chalices the sword does insane damage. The secret to maximising its potential is not going pure Arcane. My AR was around 689 before the DLC and I don't farm for blood gems and all the gems I have on it were naturally acquired in the base game. Had 30 Str, 20 Skl and 32 Arc.

[@Z0RUK]

People tend to compare it to LHB since you'll get higher damage earlier but by the time soft caps start rolling in, the multi-stat scaling of HMS will surpass it.

[@supergoodadvice853]

It's super good, and each attack is amazing against certain enemies. Need pure physical? Non transformed. Want to do the max amount of damage possible? Full charged attack, both the beam, and blade deal damage. Need to blast an enemy into their back? L2.

[@specialnewb9821]

I can farm for days and only get trash drops :/

[@jevmenyt3422]

Dark souls 3 had the tiny Moonlight shotel, would have been cool to rate that one even if its a different class, still has the beam attacks

[@calvinwarlick8533]

By that metric you'd also have to rate Moonveil, since it's also a moonbeam sword.

[@jevmenyt3422]

@@calvinwarlick8533 sure, but he did cover moonveil already in the sekiro section

[@calvinwarlick8533]

@@jevmenyt3422 No, it was mentioned as part of the "Sekiro doesn't have a Moonlight Sword" joke. Moonveil itself wasn't rated.

[@jevmenyt3422]

@@meg2844 yeah but im sure the lore of it is that its a replica. I think it doesnt even deal magix damage or throw any beams

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

​@@jevmenyt3422Would the moon veil not count as a replica? Even if it actually shoots beams it's like a samurai saw the mgs and went YOOOOOO

[@rzdakira]

I am sad DS3's Old Moonlight from Midir is not in this list. That blue turquoise teal color of the Moonlights are so iconic

[@IncoisaRadio87]

I really love specifically how the ML sword fits into the lore for the top 2 here. The Moonlight Greatsword usually does have some good lore don't get me wrong, but specifically ER and BB's swords are best to me story-wise. In Elden Ring, there are implied to actually be multiple MLGS that are given out by the Carian Royal Family as marriage gifts. The Golden Order Greatsword was actually a MLGS itself (presumably the Full Moon Greatsword) that Radagon got from Rennala and forged into a golden faith based sword instead. And as such, the time we get the Dark Moon Greatsword for ourselves, from becoming the consort of the Dark Moon Carian, fits well with everything else we know, and also feels like a serious occasion given how long of a questline you actually have to go through to get to this point with Ranni. And in Bloodborne, sure it's a boss drop, which doesn't make it too different from the variants of it transfused from Boss Souls, but it's different in the lore relevance that this is *Ludwig's* greatsword, one that was so legendary it spawned imitators (that you can actually find for yourself!) and he even uses it in the fight once he goes from beast back to man. It's not just "one of Seathe's weird experiments stuck to his ass for some reason, or "this was seathes at some point and now it's yours," or "we found it being eaten by slugs in a poison swamp lmao." It feels like a genuine boss weapon because it's the weapon genuinely used by that boss. It makes it one of the most iconic MLGS in the series in my opinion, (alongside Demon Souls obviously just because Demon Souls has the sheer badass factor.) Really, they both feel like *reveals* when you see them, as opposed to "oh shit, it's the funny sword." It feels like you genuinely put in the work, and *found* them, and they feel like meaningful rewards for the obscure and optional work put in to get them.

[@BLUEBOYISLEDGE]

Thanks, Redditor

[@ravensnest97]

I agree. Moonlight is incredibly important to the story of King's Field, being one of the two Dragon Swords (Other being Dark Slayer) designed if not actually created by Seathe (Kings Field Seathe, not DS Seathe) and Guyra, to kill each other and try to take over each other's domain. Moonlight is tied to Guyra, and is the strongest weapon in the those games. As such, you only get to use it for like...5 minutes in each game, but you can feel something so special about Moonlight in those 5 minutes. Souls 1-3 just drop in the game somewhere like a piece of shit. I love the BB and Elden Ring variants just because they felt legendary again, they felt important.FROMSOFT really outdid themselves with those 2 games specifically.

[@darkhacker1811]

To be more fair on Demon's Souls, you find it being eaten by slugs presumably because that was the fate of Moonlight Knight Vito - the owner of the sword. Him being in Valley of Defilement specifically also makes a lot of sense, given Astrae's residence there.

[@ravensnest97]

@@darkhacker1811 I guess, but it still feels like it was just throw in there like a piece of shit.

[@AydarBMSTU]

​@@ravensnest97he literally explained that it's not the case

[@jevmenyt3422]

in dark souls 1 there is an extra durability ring, and you can repair stuff at your bonfire if you buy the powder kit (tho it consumes souls and you need to go through every item one by one manually which is annoying)

[@youwy]

I forget about that ring. I never take off havels and fap ring 😅

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

@@youwy THE LEGEND NEVER DIES

[@jevmenyt3422]

yeah considering how important rings are in DS1, nobody is using the silly wood ring

[@drgoatcheese4961]

East Wood Grain Ring doesn't affect durability lost through special attacks like Moonlight Greatsword's ranged attack.

[@olu550]

Did DS1 have a Repair sorcery or am I thinking of DS2?

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

The fact that you can raw the MLGS and use it with mininum stats in ds2 makes it a top tier to me automatically.

[@WinstonWolfe21]

5:50 I hear what you’re saying but I like that it’s a faith weapon just to beef up the faith path otherwise it would be pretty barren so it had to be a faith weapon in this game given how much more thing magic users have to play with

[@WhiteBorderMTG]

Yeah, if there's any build that needs help with doing more damage, magic is the last one on the list.

[@eslythecrow]

Bloodborne's Moonlight is way better, more versatile!

[@LordSleven]

Cooler looking too

[@eslythecrow]

@@LordSleven Exactly 👍🏽

[@ErasMcras]

All bloodborne weapons are more versatile

[@zachclark2936]

uses bullets 🤮

[@Z0RUK]

​@@zachclark2936 Others use durability 🤮

[@TastyPotatoe]

The frost damage on ER makes it a top contender for sure!

[@SaotomeLuna]

"Ranking every Moonlight Greatsword" >Doesn't rank every Moonlight Greatsword What did he mean by this?

[@tostisgood]

The Bloodborne version is my favorite, too. Aesthetically, I’m not a fan of how wide the moonlights tend to be, so being able to swap between the narrower steel blade and the wider magic blade was very nice.

[@rlira0908]

in Bloodborne, not only is the animation fantastic, but the sound! THE SOUND! I loved that weapon and was tragically disappointed when the Elden Ring variant was lame.

[@jigandwag2377]

I think you forgot about the repair sorcery in ds1, so you basically have infinite uses of the heavy attack if you have that. Sorcery, intelligence, and moonlight great sword go very well together

[@_BBAGG_]

Only has 1 use and repairs 150 durability, so that's only 3 extra heavy attacks per rest.

[@jigandwag2377]

@@_BBAGG_ ok but if you're using a sorcery build you'll have plenty of sorceries to deal damage with at your disposal. But yeah ig for Mgs only run, it isn't extremely helpful, but at least it's something

[@robotzombie9]

I love that the ranking wasnt just AR damage. Look, lore, cutscene, quest line, etc. Very cool video

[@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch]

The ER Moonveil is a variant of the Fromsoftware Moonlight. It hasn't always been a greatsword; it's also been a thin, gas powered blade in older Armored Cores.

[@dice5709]

Sure but I would say Darkmoon greatsword is the actual Moonlight greatsword that we usually think off.

[@MugetsuKurosaki92]

I’m pretty sure it’s also in armored core 6

[@TimCulture]

Great video, thanks for the info/insight. I legit just started a run like this of all games and after only equipping it in DS1 I already scratched that game off my list. The ranking in my head was the same as this video (before watching it)!

[@commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881]

You forgot the golden order gs from er, I know it's kinda different, but it's stated to actually be the mlgs but it also does holy damage, and holy damage has been done with the mlgs before (aka demon's souls)

[@metalwiseguy4444]

It's definitely between the HMS and the DG for me. I love the HMS for the transformation and moveset. I love the DG for the frost status and the free projectiles after the buff. And you get them as a reward for either beating one of the best bosses or completing one of the best questlines.

[@97alexk]

8:55 how the godskin apostle dodge- jumped your moonlight beam was preatty epic!

[@Kira-pv4xq]

“You were at my side all along. My true mentor, my guiding moonlight.” - People who mained the Moonlight Greatsword for all of the Souls Games.

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

A celebration weapon to the FS games, now fitting for the eves in a ranking video. Happy new year mate, may all blessings be in your path

[@matthewjachowski5899]

I’ve done this! My ranking is pretty much the exact same… but my nostalgia REALLY favors the DeS version. It feels like that’s the Faith answer to offense. I did a similar run earlier in 2023 where I played the Lucerne in every game. Mirdan Hammer in DeS and Church Pick in Bloodborne (a reach, I know). While it got VERY repetitive, I had a great time with it. Elden Ring’s was my favorite just because of the variety of Ashes of War. These runs are really cool, seeing how long-standing weapons change, or what they retain.

[@EldenRingBuildsArchive]

The reason why the moonlight greatsword does magic damage is because magic damage has the same source: the Old One, the magic, though, is shaped differently, and you can see that when you need to face the final boss, Sage Freke and Saint Urbain have a completely different interpretation of the Old One if spoken to. PVE wise, I think it’s fine, its magic damage in DeS isn’t resisted by everyone like in DS1, and it’s much better than fire damage resistance wise.

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

Quick corrections on the ds1 moonlight greatsword, you can repair the sword at the bonfire if you bought the repair box from Andre (and a couple other merchants and/or blacksmiths). There's the wood grain ring which lowers the durability loss on weapons; however I don't remember if that actually affects the moonlight projectile's durability cost

[@Battleguild]

DS2's MLGS is being slept on hard, especially when you compare it on the PvP side of the game, which easily puts it in the top 3 of the Soulsborne series. Unlike the others, you can actually Enchant DS2's MLGS for pure physical damage, allowing it to completely bypass Great Magic Barrier and other creature's Magic resistance. While the beam deals no damage, it makes for an excellent bluff in PvP. DS2 has a very generous cancel window when it comes to cancelling attacks, which allows users to create various feints. It's the only MLGS that can parry. The only real downside to DS2's blade design is that the blade is opaque rather than translucent, which makes it look more bland compared to other versions. While the MLGS in DS2 has a decent Strength and Dexterity requirement, DS2 is also the only game to have armors that have stat requirements, so it's only a minor inconvenience in the long run.

[@waltersullivan2727]

Happy to see the DS3 Moonlight at 3 at least I was super confused too. When people were saying it’s terrible. I think people get so caught up on the scaling being B. When it’s base stats are pretty high. With the Magic Clutch Ring and Dusk Crown you can get an AR of 670+. I was chucking bosses for 1200-1600 HP off of two R2’s or L2’s. Another benefit of the L2 similar to Bloodborne’s is against normal mobs. Many times it will cause them to fall on their back.

[@zenhydra]

This is pretty spot on, and BB's MGS is just...perfection.

[@ohiyuh]

Awesome video, bro. Moonlight Greatsword is super iconic in all the souls games.

[@dilll3066]

I think the Elden Ring one is the best. If you are close enough and do a heavy attack, the sword itself and the projectile will connect, dealing insane damage. The only problem I have with it is that I like faith builds more because they are more versatile.

[@nicholasyoungblood6403]

Fun fact about the elden ring moonlight greatsword. There is technically 2. The way I see it the Darkmoon is the 2nd iteration created for Ranni to give to her husband after the original moonlight greatsword which was given to Radagon by Renalla got reforged into the golden order greatsword after he left her.

[@harrysumption430]

Amazing video. I have a level 500+ character in blood-borne and the Moonlight great swords endgame scaling is among the best in the whole game, really only out done by Ludwick Holy blade. Its DPS, even with an unoptimised build A.k.a. 27.5 physical damage upgrades gems instead of arcane gems is still pretty insane.

[@pedroandrade9036]

The Bloodborne one just for me is just so unique to me that one time I started a new play just to kill Ludwig early (pain in the ass but did it) so that i could play the entire game with it.

[@ieejjdjfiwjen597]

i always have considered sekiro's moonlight greatsword to be the divine dragon's sword

[@joshuaarnett762]

I don't get why so many people say that, it so clearly isn't Moonlight, literally the only connection is the glow, and it isn't the right color. In all the fantasy games Moonlight is a heavy western style greatsword that glows blue, and launches waves of moonlight. The Divine Dragon's Seven Branched Sword literally is none of that, it's green, is a Seven Branched Sword rather than Greatsword, and launches wind like Stormruler, rather than Moonlight. Also Miyazaki literally said in an interview there wasn't gonna be a Moonlight Greatsword in Sekiro. At best the glow is a mild reference, but that's still a hard sell when glowing blades are just cool and super common in fantasy.

[@maxjaz09]

​@@joshuaarnett762 the amount of people I have had to tell this 😅

[@xeryl_]

I'm sure someone has pointed this out already so I'm probably just being annoying but in Dark Souls 1 there is a shopkeeper in Undead Burg near the ladder bonfire down a flight of stairs in the tower where the two spear hollows are near the bonfire that sells a repair box for 1,000-10,000 (i dont remember how much) souls that unlocks the ability to repair your weapons and armor when resting at a bonfire. don't know if you knew this but you do now!

[@darknight16667]

Ludwig is the only boss that use the moonlight greatsword and this is why ludwig is one of the best fromsoft boss but he is not my favorite fight in bloodborne

[@younghollow2663]

In fact, there is a ring that increases the durability of weapons in Dark souls 1, Shiva of the east sells it in Blighttown after talking to him in the Dark woods garden

[@dynamicflashy]

I completely agree with this list.

[@pockystyx4087]

I actually like how the darkmoon stands out amongst the other moonlight greatswords. Helps it feel fresh; after so many years of it being pretty much the same.

[@malfolin]

Bloodborne's moonlight gratsword is my most favorite, the animations, the ordinary swordt transformation, the speed and moves.

[@user-sl1kr1mo5m]

something you missed about the bloodborne version is that the projectile actually has the parry property that bullets have which is awesome

[@willybiggs-rj6qt]

i really liked the ds3 special poke

[@TheRPGInsomniac]

In DS1 you can buy the Repairbox, which does allow you to repair weapons and armor at a bonfire so you don't have to return to a blacksmith as you stated.

[@complexpulse2313]

hes just not educated on ds1

[@user-jv1bd4hp5l]

Happy new year my guy!

[@menacetosociety6825]

For some reason, the moonlight blade (BB) scales better with strength than arcane. I would use it on a build with 50 str, 25 dex and 25 arc, or 50 arc if you're planning to go to 150.

[@NuwandaLunaDragon]

part 2 with all the moonlights!!!

[@justinhachey8555]

we need the ultimate moonlight, using pure int scaling/requirements, having long range projectiles that track well, can aim upward, can be altered at a blacksmith, especially to gain S scaling, gets a wide variety of moves for its beams, has a cold status effect and doesnt eat up durability, just magic/ammo (also cant forget the teal color)

[@loudmouth138]

You actually can repair at a bonfire in DS1/R. But you need the repair box sold to you from Andre and then can repair weapons and armor at any bonfire with an additional option.

[@youwy]

I was talking more about just resting at the bonfire doesn’t replenish the durability like it does in the other games.

[@loudmouth138]

@@youwy still incorrect information that you HAVE to go to a blacksmith just to repair the weapon when the option to repair is available at the bonfire, even if it isn't just resting at it.

[@youwy]

@@loudmouth138🤓

[@mwezi4193]

​​​​@@youwythis is a massive fucking L 😂😂 ofc the ER fanboy youtube goober knows fuckall about the games

[@derpi3438]

5:32 the source of magic and miracles in DeS is the same, the only difference is one is from knowledge and research and the other is faith. It was wielded by one who went the faith route so I think it's cool and makes a lot of sense here 👀

[@killervic7379]

Great work

[@LeSoing]

I firmly believe the Divine Dragon's sword is the Moonlight Sword in Sekiro. It's a magic glowing teal sword that fires an arc projectile

[@LeSoing]

I can't believe people deny it purely because it has a branched sword shape. Like yeah it does, but I don't see how that would disqualify it at all, the MLGS has a different shape and form in every game

[@bluegolisano7768]

MOONLIGHT-07 (ACfA) is one of two non-blue laser blades in the game. in the Moonlight's case, it's purple; the other non-blue is the Dragonfang from Rayleonard.

i hope they add a green OG moonlight greatsword in Shadow pf the erdthree

[@YTDariuS-my6dg]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the BB MGS use only Physical damage untransformed and only Arcane damage when transformed?

[@Metal-Merica-Gaming]

Demons souls is definitely my favorite tbh I hate weapon arts and always having to worry about durability. Plus it looks so cool glowing

[@PurpleXTiger9]

The sword used by the Divine Dragon I believe is meant to be Sekiro's version of the Moonlight Greatsword.

[@joshuaarnett762]

Not really. Sekiro is really disconnected from the usual Soulsborn stuff, so it doesn't have a Moonlight. If the Divine Dragon's blade is compared to anything, it would be Storm Ruler, since the Dragon's swings launch blades of wind.

[@Erick-ue6fh]

@@joshuaarnett762even armored core have the moonlight great sword. The sword used by the Devine dragon is meant to be it.

[@kevinnigins9488]

@@joshuaarnett762the moonlight greatsword isn’t a soulsborne weapon, it’s a fromsoft weapon.

[@joshuaarnett762]

@@kevinnigins9488 true, but the Divine Dragon's Sword still really isn't Moonlight. It's glowing, but it launches waves of wind, not light.

[@joshuaarnett762]

@@Erick-ue6fh no, Miyazaki literally said in an interview that the Moonlight Greatsword wouldn't be in Sekiro. The Divine Dragon's Seven Branched Sword's glow is at best a mild reference, but it also launches waves of wind like Stormruler, not Moonlight.

[@apatheticdeity6030]

Fun fact about the ER Moonlight great sword, the reason it's the "Darkmoon" great sword is because the original Moonlight great sword is the one given to Radagon in marriage to Rannala, but was turned into the Golden Order Great sword after he left her and reforged it. So if you wanna blame someone for the look, blame Radagon lol. Jokes aside, it was most likely because of this, and also for continuity reasons that Ranni's sword was a dark blue hue, since her entire thing is her dark cold moon. As to speculations for what it might have looked like, it might have been a fully ethereal blade... If you look at the Golden Order Great sword, it has no real physical form, made up of essentially the solid golden light and even still is see through. So we were to use this as reference, it probably would have been a really cool great sword made entirely of moonlight.

[@KakZ04]

How do u have solaire’s armor buddy 1:03 Did you do the unthinkable

[@tempestflare4339]

Honestly you should also have rated the old moonlight spell moonlight shotel and abdullah's Moonblade (each one is technically just a different version of the moonlight sword)

[@leonardchurch814]

I think Elden Rings MLGS is the best because the cost:benefit ration for it is insane. For a small bit of FP you get an absolute BEAST of a weapon. Frost damage is a powerful status in ER as said in the video, lowers defenses, increases stamina usage (PvP), burst damage every time it procs (like bleed), and can be reset with fire damage (I’m sorry Rusty). The benefits this weapon gives off of such little FP (in comparison to your average FP bar) is insane and is why imo it’s the best version of the weapon.

[@123ultramaster]

fiiine, i will play the Moonlight runs again :D

[@WarshipMolester]

I first tried orphan of kos on my first playthrough with the holy moonlight greatsword it's that good.

[@gaius2451]

I remember the DS2 one pre nerf could be buffed with crystal weapon.

[@melissazadrozny5167]

I was having a good time not thinking about how I'm still stuck on Ludwig in my SL1 run and you had to do it to me T.T

[@jimmysmom3661]

Hey i was wondering what armor you used in the Demon souls part of the vid? Pls and thank you 🙏

[@antod1602]

When Dark Souls 2 released you used to be able to cast Crystal Weapon on the Moonlight GS. And since the magic buffs in DS2 scale off of elemental damage, that thing used would hit like a TRUCK

[@zhouyongkang5331]

I agree with this ranking entirely. If the MOONLIGHT in the Armored Core series was included, then I'd put it in 2nd or 3rd place, because overall, it's been the best laser blade in the series. If the Moonlight Sword from King's Field was included, I'd put it in 1st place, because it's always the best weapon in every King's Field game (except King's Field II), it plays an important role in the series, and it's the original Moonlight weapon.

[@Back2Bay6]

I always found the armored core moonlight blades to be the best. Best in terms of pure use. You need to be running a build in a souls game for moonlight to be good, but you can just throw it into almost any build in AC and it just works.

[@extra-joggle4]

I could be wrong on the lore but the reason you get it from the dukes dear freja is because the great souls in dark souls 2 are reincarnations or somehow tied to the ones of dark souls 1 that’s why there’s a dragon in freja arena hence being a tie to seath the scaleless

[@TobyKBTY]

Bloodborne’s is peak. The reveal and lore, the moveset, the versatiliity…man.

[@watarimono17]

The one from King's Field series, of course.

[@hyperfreeze2714]

the reason its called the Dark Moon Greatsword is because its Ranni's version. Ranni is about the Dark Moon, with her spell Ranni's Dark Moon, where Rennala and the rest of the Carian royals are about the Full Moon. If we were to obtain Rennala's version of the sword, it would be the Moonlight Greatsword, but Radagon got it and seemingly altered into the Golden Order Greatsword.

[@marine47ncaa25]

It’s extremely disappointing that we didn’t get a “Moonlight Katana” in Sekiro! I’m glad you touched on it though, Moonveil would’ve been sweet

[@watermalone2987]

would be cool if the ER moonlight greatsword got the lions claw move for the charged attack and make the projectile vertical

[@supesmin446]

The Sword of Moonlight in King’s Field was so absurdly overpowered

[@ronin6230]

Actually the Holy Moonlight Sword is one of the strongest weapons in Bloodborne, they just made the damage scaling weird. Even though it has A in Arcane, B for Strength, & C for Skill when fully upgraded, it gets the most damage from STR > Skill > Arcane

[@dfsdsfsdfsadfdsfa223]

I like the frosted look more than the teal one for elden

[@hollowsonictale702]

I kinda think that the spiritual succesor to the moonlight greatsword in Sekiro was the sword the Divine Dragon uses. Sure it doesnt look the same but if you see how the boss uses it, its pretty similar.

[@minoas-sunbro]

Agreed with the list. Bloodborne version can be crazy. I farmed a few gems that are 23.6% atk up and 2x21.5% atk up. The attack shows 1,240. The moveset of course is amazing with the transformation attacks.

[@rainer9931]

Moonlight greatsword is birderline synonymous with Ludwig for me, Bloodborne is the goat

[@mikhailkalinin6536]

4:52 does the remake have the same lock on/tracking problems as dark souls 2?

[@xRage_]

I love the Moonlight Greatsword!

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

You use to be able to buff the DS2 mlgs with crystal magic weapon, as well as enchant it, and when you capped int, your R1s got for around 1200 damage. Thing was fckin nutz

[@bronysaiyan5236]

In Demon Souls its fth based bcuz its the only one in the souls series thats lore accurate to the weapon. Its actually holy based damage in its core whilst Dark Slayer is all elements aside from holy combined. That alone makes Demon Souls higher on the list as best moonlight. And suckero doesnt have it bcuz its not a soulsborne game and ill die in that factually accurate hill

[@youwy]

Armored core isn’t a soulsborne game but that also gets it. Also even if it is lore accurate the weapon would perform better with a magic scaling instead.

[@ultrascarlet5275]

​​@@youwy It wouldn't perform better with magic scaling. It doesn't matter what stat it scales off of, only the letter grade. So an S in faith would be the same as an S in anything else. Also, since you're judging these swords off a playthrough where you only used the sword, isn't it better that it scales off the stat with support? So you feel less like it's a waste of time to use the sword instead of spamming damage spells? You're also not factoring in that faith has the two most broken spells in the game: Second Chance and Anti-Magic Field. Honestly, I think your reasoning is very flawed.

[@jv3198]

@@ultrascarlet5275they are great defensive spells not offensive spells.

[@luettexiv]

@@youwyyour logic really sucks man

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

I still remember the prenerf ds2 moonlight. It only scales with interest so let's make the damn thing buffable with great crystal weapon and spike the magic damage beyond ludacris levels.

[@corbintrosper7058]

Dudes crazy ds1 mgs was awesome, design damage etc, even in ng+

[@therighttrousers343]

3's ammo is just repair powder, and it has the stab, so number 1. A pretty good weapon regardless too. Bloodborne in 2, feels so smooth but weighty, that was my point of reference playing Switch Axe in Monster Hunter. Feels great but I love the ammo thing of DS3 so behind it. Has an attached other moveset, which is okay. The other moveset is one handed, which is convenient. DS2, 3rd because, for one you can just get more of them if you want which is cute, no stab, but two hand and one hand have different wave orientations. I think but don't know DS3 had that, and Bloodborne had that in I think either long versus short R2 or it was just the second R2 I'm remembering had a different arc. Don't think they had quite the difference of DS2's though, just different diagonals instead of horizontal Vs vertical. Infusable if you like, which Bloodborne's was too. Runs on repair powder but chews through it better than DS3, so it goes here. Elden Ring, 4th, I don't like the weird hold it up and then slice across, it looks weird, feels weird, and the stab is gone, and I did like that stab. Most powerful version of all I think though. No bullet variety at all, it's just horizontals, and it could be me just playing with it on an early version but I didn't like their behaviour compared to other projectiles. DS1: haven't gotten it because Seath is incredibly good at keeping me from his back tail. And Seath is behind crystal cave. DeS: don't have it. I have a ps5 I'm just not paying what I've seen DeS for thus far.

[@anibal9578]

In DS1 there is a durability spell. You can get it from the DLC Princess.

[@zedarkenigma]

That dodge at 7:51 though.

[@Issen_Mode]

Dark Moon Greatsword in Elden Ring is fantastic but I do miss the teal color scheme, it just doesn't have the same ethereal and mysterious vibe and instead feels more like a generic cold type weapon. I'm glad it had more of a reason to exist story wise though and I'm assuming it was altered to fit Ranni's questline better for lore reasons.

[@Delfegor1]

I thought in DS1 there are two wood rings - one makes your roll into flips, and other decreases your weapon durability loss. It isn’t working with moonlight GS?

[@ac1dnet]

youwy itd be cool to see you rank all the shields i know its not too interesting and they all do the same thing and that’s probably why you haven’t done it yet but its just something i think would be cool to see and you could outline all the best shields and ones that you like more idk man just a thought it’s just that you do better gaming and analysis than other youtubers so yea

[@darkhacker1811]

Some corrections. Dark Souls: You can buy a Repair Box near the start of the game and repair at a bonfire. Demon's Souls: There was no discrepancy between magic and holy damage until Dark Souls 3. Lightning damage didn't appear until Dark Souls. ALL faith weapons and damage-dealing miracles dealt magic damage. It was a shared damage type between Magic and Faith. By your argument practically every Faith weapon in the game should be a Magic weapon.