Top 25 Best DLC Weapons! (NO SPOILERS) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

PVE ONLY. Ranking the best weapons in shadow of the erdtree. Patch 1.12. Elden Ring Weapon Tier List.
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INTRO 0:00
25 ANSBACH'S LONGBOW 0:51
24 ANVIL HAMMER 1:48
23 SWORD OF LIGHT 3:13
22 FIRE KNIGHT'S GREATSWORD 4:20
21 FLOWERSTONE GAVEL 5:14
20 SPEAR OF THE IMPALER 6:59
19 LEDA'S SWORD 7:43
18 DANE'S FOOTWORK 9:17
17 DRAGON-HUNTER'S GREAT KATANA 10:53
16 DEATH'S KNIGHT'S TWIN AXES 12:23
15 SMITHSCRIPT SHIELD 13:58
14 GREAT KATANA 14:57
13 RED BEAR'S CLAW 15:42
12 SWORD OF NIGHT 16:47
11 BACKHAND BLADE 18:40
10 BLACK STEEL GREATHAMMER 20:02
9 POISONED HAND 20:54
8 MILADY 22:14
7 ANCIENT METEROIC ORE GREATSWORD 23:21
6 MESSMER SOLDIER'S SPEAR 24:25
5 DEATH KNIGHT'S LONGHAFT AXE 25:32
4 FALX 26:34
3 CLAWS OF NIGHT 27:58
2 BLOODFIEND'S ARM 29:06
1 PERFUME BOTTLES 29:42
NEXT VIDEO? 30:20

[@youwy]

UPDATE: Rolling Sparks for the perfumes got nerfed to the ground. Bloodfiend Arm got nerfed but only slightly (it’s probably number 1 now) and the smithscript shield glitch got patched.

[@gabrielbernardes9808]

Finally! invaders were abusing that so much

[@pixelatedcatlover]

Lesgoooooooo wait did they nerf claws of night

[@gentianp7383]

Please I’m trying to make a falx build but am struggling to figure out how to get bleed to proc more. Can you make a guide showing the stat distribution of the falx build you used in the video? Or you can just post a comment. Would be much appreciated.

[@pixelatedcatlover]

@@gentianp7383 use the follow up on the weapon skill and be proactive

[@gentianp7383]

@@pixelatedcatlover what button is the follow up?

[@dhakman8765]

We all know the best weapon in the dlc was Igon’s speech against Bayle. Not all weapons are physical

[@JusticeforLiberty]

Igon gives a mental buff

[@donnegan14]

CURSE YOU, BAYLE!

[@asterodon]

BAAAYLE! VILE BAAAAYLLEE!

[@lordmax-2002]

Igon casted Vicious Mockery

[@heyjulzdontmakeitbad]

Igon’s speech rent free in my head. Accidentally dropped my glass of water and just yelled “Curse you Bayle!!!” 😂

[@marine47ncaa25]

Leda’s light-greatsword is easily my favorite. Aesthetic & ash of war are nothing insane but man I just love this damn thing.

[@blackpeep984]

also it fits well with leda's armor which just looks sick af

[@marine47ncaa25]

⁠@@blackpeep984absolutely dude, Leda’s set is fucking sick

[@thevishyfishy]

@@blackpeep984 my current drip is Freyja's set with malenia's helm and leda's sword. Looks so amazing

[@niklasbreidenbach1638]

Can I get her sword early in the dlc?

[@suttoon4850]

@@niklasbreidenbach1638no a bit before the last boss is around when you’d get it but if you progress the story you will get it naturally

[@HML_Secondary]

You also forgot to mention that Leda's sword's skill has the same effect as Law of Regression, because it dispells all buffs, debuffs and status effects.

[@ZeKnife]

​@@icelliana_official you're better off just leaving frostbite on the whole time

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

Yeah I much prefer the defense drop of frostbite than just resetting it constantly If you’re looking for a status effect that does big chunk damage just use bleed Bleed gets extra damage from the exultation and white mask anyway so why frostbite is being used I have no clue

[@FreeMovies01]

​@@MamaTrixxieAsmr I've been using a poison blood fiend arm with poison flower blooms twice

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

@@FreeMovies01 I have yet to get to my poison file out of the 7 total I’ve created for the DLC but I’m just gonna use That ash on the venomous fang cause it streamlines my build I no longer have to have that offhand katana I’ve been using to hold poison moth flight cause the poison flower blooms twice can go on claws :D

[@Zoroasterisk]

@@icelliana_official If you want back to back procs do a bleed build. The point of Frost is to use it to add damage to subsequent hits, not the damage from the proc itself

[@youwy]

Sorry if I sound like trash in the video. i'm sick. I’ve been staying up till 3am almost everyday and I suppose that isn’t the healthiest thing. Might not upload tomorrow. Rip the streak

[@KogasaTatara514]

Just use a bolus

[@Lazarou101]

You're smashing out the videos dude and we love you for it, but if you need to PLEASE take time off.

[@jcoles3793]

Your rankings have been great so far and u definitely need a break

[@CG1337Noob]

Take some well needed rest bro you've been grinding it out and we've been eating, your health way more important than some streak

[@CasperTheGhost64]

Get some sleep dude. You've posted so many videos already it seems like lol

[@jj-oo6oi]

Spear of the Impaler is good for the base game but the dlc bosses will delete you before you can even do the first attack of AOW on the spear of the impaler.

[@monster-de1gb]

I use the spear on Bosses and you are TOTALLY WRONG the first part is not hard to pull at all it's the full part that is less playable, it hit mid distance. The second part is possible on good timings

[@Lord--Farquaad]

Blessing level 18, NG+5. Trash mobs in the base game hit WAY harder than those in the DLC.

[@nuttyjoe]

just say you suck at finding openings

[@enneagrammaton]

AoM is a noob skill anyway, Wing Stance 4 LyFe

[@SnapLore]

You are just wrong LOL One of the BEST weapons either for the base game or the dlc

[@tjmincemeat]

The ancient Meteoric Ore greatsword has become my favorite weapon across all Fromsoft games. It has the classical colossal sword unga bunga moveset, complete with the R2 poke I love, and gets a totally unique and badass ash of war. And the Ash is the perfect complement to the Colossal moveset. The fact that you can do just the thrust without the explosion is amazing. It opens up so many more punish opportunities that other colossals just don’t get due to the speed, versatility and range that the thrust covers.

[@Trav_Doom]

I have to agree. The stagger is great too. I’m finally putting it down to try some other stuff and I already miss it

[@IPH-1212]

where to get?

[@logion567]

​@IPH-1212 in the "Ruined Forge of Starfall Past" in Scadu Altus. Best thing is it's purely a platform dungeon, no boss fight at the end!

[@logion567]

The closing speed of the base L2 is insane, and the followup L2 comes out so fast it does a loooot of burst damage.

[@TheRealFredbearPlush]

Reminds me of fume knight greatsword my fav ugs of all time

[@wilnich592]

The Greatsword of Solitude was my MVP weapon for the DLC. A-scaling in Strength, the old reliable greatsword moveset, a really good AoW that obliterates enemy poise, and a stupid high physical block rate perfect for guard counters. Its only real weakness is that it can't be infused, but outside of that it can basically do everything and do it really well.

[@bmbrowns1778]

I"m Surprised it didn't make the cut. Its AOW is awesome and great Strength scaling. Also it looks exactly like the Guts Dragonslayer from Berserk which gives it bonus points for style

[@g.henriquecosta983]

@@bmbrowns1778 it looks nothing like the dragonslayer lmao

[@marceloxaustivo784]

The main problem for me was that you can’t buff it with basically any Talisman or Cracked tear besides Shard of Alexander, as I said in a comment at this video, if the follow up attack was charged and the Two handed Talisman worked on AoW that are just hitting the enemy with the sword while two handing it, this weapon would be a beast

[@tonydragon784]

It's AoW is insane, vacuum slice on steroids

[@wilnich592]

@marceloxaustivo784 Its great block rate makes it a good match for a curved sword talisman/two handed weapon talisman combo with the deflecting hardtear because the greatsword guard counter is really fast and lets you duck horizontal attacks from bigger enemies. You can weave multiple guard counters on certain combo strings from the DLC's final boss without getting hit once if you learn the proper timing. The AoW doesn't synergize with a lot of talismans outside of SoA, that's true, but the high poise damage it deals + the fact that it's a ranged attack with an optional gap-closer follow-up means it's a reliable source of good damage even when you aren't built specifically for the AoW.

[@woodchipdust]

The subscribe jumpscare at the start had me rolling 😂

[@Conmuru]

Him making a joke of it is why I’m subbed.😂

[@mangekyuby7940]

Sparks?

[@collin2401]

Same, that was hilarious 😂

[@quiet_tech8209]

2:18 useful tip: the reason as far i can tell is that colossal weapons are actually split between “colossal axes” and “colossal hammers.” Colossal axes generally deal more damage while colossal hammers deal more stance damage. So, If your colossal weapon looks/acts like a hammer, chances are its one of the higher poise damaging ones, but if it looks like an axe, itll be one of the lower poise damage ones.

[@CelloJerbear]

Wtf is the fallingstar beast jaw? Lol

[@epicboyfive]

In upper Rauh there is a birdman omen/beast warrior enemy who drops a pair of trousers which increase kicking attack's damage. You can use them with Dane's footwork.

[@Helldragon789]

Longhaft axe, and even the seperate AoW for blinkbolt, makes the DLC worth the money for me 100%

[@nohoemode155]

it's just so good

[@xKuragu]

I love greataxes in Elden Ring in general, they are so good. Just having the mobility with a nuke attached to it it's great.

[@Osoch]

The backhand blades against Malenia make it an incredibly fun fight

[@justhair17]

I feel like they do way too little dmg imo. The ash of war and moveset are good, but curved sword power stanced outdamage it by a lot and apply bleed better

[@Homiloko2]

@@justhair17 To be fair, power stance curved swords outdamage almost anything

[@yurifairy2969]

@@justhair17 curved swords are gonna be annihilated in the next patch tho

[@yurifairy2969]

@@justhair17 curved swords are gonna be annihilated in the next patch tho

[@notveryartificial4486]

"Samurai vs ninja" ahh fight. Absolutely incredible Also to be honest, with "blind spot" skill, there isn't really a fight that won't be fun :D It just gives you the sense of power and control than no other ash can. No one just can do shit, because nob matter what they do - you're already behind them, plunging that sword into their back >:3

[@NeroDeAngelo]

Actually, the "Star-lined Sword" Katana in PVE is actually pretty darn amazing and should have been on the list. It has a standard Katana moveset, so that includes poking, and the ash of war is more than just flashy. It staggers almost any enemy outside of some big ones. The flame knights in Shadow Keep? Get staggered on EVERY slash of the combo, and it is quick enough to get a second combo in before they can act, usually killing them through bleed proc. It is quite an amazing weapon I must say :)

[@astromancer5370]

Ever since I found that sword on my dex/int build, I've been running it along with cold hand to hand arts. Not only is the star lined sword very effective with damage and staggers, but it's weapon skill is one of the most visually pleasing if you're into star themed weapons like wing of Astel.

[@dshearwf]

yep, the AoW is a bit underappreciated due to it's long animation, but it microstaggers every base enemy on every single hit on top of it's bleed build up and pretty solid damage.

[@Tide2375]

Yeah I'm surprised he overlooked it - but we know the truth. Love that sword

[@Buckinghamrabbit]

Great stuff as always- i’d also just like to point out that when you’re using the red bear claws, it’s safe to assume you have the rotten sword, insignia, and corresponding cracked tear- toss another buff on top of that, and the damage from connecting the complete AoW is jaw dropping. I got relanna on the ropes and homegirl got absolutely dog-walked. Less than a minute

[@Relisan24]

Gotta say, my new favorite weapon has to be Devonia's Hammer. Yes, it's slow as a colossal weapon and yes its AoW is a slower Ordovis Vortex, but i love the huge damage numbers and it looks so sick

[@bssniffer1337]

Youwy cooking up that top notch ER content for us

[@HalfAndHalfGBF]

Deflecting Hardtear Dane's Footwork build is fun and does good damage. Really liking the hand to hand combats.

[@jenniferhayto4341]

Im still not fully understanding how this tear works.. currently using danes footwork but how does it help this build??

[@cezarpaul9043]

​@@jenniferhayto4341for 5 minutes if you block right before the hit, the block will consume basically no stamina, reduce the dmg taken if you don't have a 100% phys shield and if you do a guard counter, your guard counter will do 40% more dmg Dane's Footworl for some reason does 2 instances of dmg instead of 1 when you guard counter, so double dmg with the bonus from deflecting hardtear and double stance dmg

[@HalfAndHalfGBF]

@@jenniferhayto4341 to add, you will actually take no phys damage if you block at the right time. It wont block all other damage types though, just reduce it. I think the guard damage boosts increases with each successive perfect block but I am not certain. For reference, using just the guard counter boost talisman I was doing upwards of 3.5k in the dlc on a 60/60 quality build.

[@jenniferhayto4341]

@@HalfAndHalfGBF thanks! will give it a try

[@dumbsterdives]

​@@jenniferhayto4341if youve played or are aware of sekiro its essentially just giving an elden ring character deflect

[@andrewbonifacio2914]

Thanks for the Vid youwy wow i am missing a few of these ☺

[@supersonicboom]

Can’t wait for your video ranking all the weapons dlc and main game!

[@karmascamera5275]

The *Poisoned Hand* is low-key a MONSTER of a utility weapon to have with Pure Arcane setups; this will allow you to have BOTH Kindred of Rot AND Lord of Blood Exultations at the same time as well as the Mushroom Crown! (Or White Mask to allow heavier armor/you don't like how stupid the former looks) *Proc Bleed and then proc Poison with the help of Poison Spear-Hand Strike* and with all four buffs active (It can be tricky to do at times), you'll end up with a whopping *70% AR BONUS*

[@longlivejah7821]

use blood venomous fang and enjoy comfy status effects procs with crazy amounts of ar. only downside is range but we have the poison flower blooms twice now. easily one of the best and "easy" builds in the game

[@dumbsterdives]

yeah i didnt think much of it on first finding it but the ability to basically instant proc deadly poison and have a THIRD poison proc damage buff to stack is wild. will have to give it a real shot some time

[@aboo00oode992]

Could u help me build around it? Im level 156 mainly faith/dex and i do not want to level up in the DLC. I want to do complete spec redesign and arcane is so appealing to me now, maybe mixed with strength?

[@saddenedskeleton7290]

I absolutely love the carian thrusting shield, I rock a pure int build with a cold infusion, a couple projectiles and scholars shield. The moveset is one of my favorites and it's so fun

[@jacobdunk1884]

Great content man, appreciate the hard work

[@nickydarling5208]

Thanks for pumping out all these dlc videos, best in this biz!!

[@evanathey]

Honestly the bit where you were about to say how many people are actually subscribed to your channel but then said jk is what made me sub.

[@kikompray]

i'm happy to see poisoned hand so high up, i had a blast playing it but sadly i'm not skilled or pacient enough to use it on most bosses because of the atrocious range, but it was fun to use it on everything else and it felt amazing to defeat some bosses using it.

[@rily2885]

man I love the footage you use for the showcases, its always very satisfactory to see how good you take those windows, watching your videos makes me want to play with everything even if its on the bottom tier

[@liamstrand9295]

About to make a build with Leda’s sword so this is exciting

[@joeljokivuori1059]

Danes footwork and all kicking based attacks also get boosted by Divine Bird Warrior Greaves by 5% so there is another boost to them

[@wah9312]

Anvil hammer hits SO damn hard, it's probably my new favorite colossal weapon lol. You can just spam the ash and shred just about anything, especially bigger bosses since all of the spears hit. Really awesome weapon.

[@markholley7767]

I agree. I LOVE the AH. It hits harder than the Giant Crusher, it swings SO MUCH faster, it knocks down just about every regular mob, and poise breaks every enemy I've seen (about half way through the DLC right now) in less than four hits, three if you're double handed. The AoW is also top tier, but my technique has mostly consisted of two handed heavy attack spam and heavy armor to tank hits mid-combo. It's top five weapons in the game in my opinion, but I'm also a little biased when it comes to BONK.

[@D4Deyo]

Event though it's still no Ledos Great Hammer the Anvil Hammer is so good. The lingering spears on the AoW are good for PvE and PvP and the it being fire damage means you can throw oil pots at people and pop them for good damage on any light or heavy attack.

[@dshearwf]

I mean, as pointed out in the video: The problem with the Anvil Hammer is that the ash of war is a straight downgrade from eruption. It has the exact same animation, but eruption has way more damage, poise dmg and aoe. And you have a new magma talisman that just furthers the gap even more now. The idea is cool, but why this unique ash of war is such an immense downgrade from the base game one, only Miyazaki knows.

[@markholley7767]

@@dshearwf and he's completely right. But what we're saying is... You don't need the AoW. Just two hand bonks, all day long. Hits like a truck and much faster. So fast, boooiiiiiiii I'm just saying that the regular attacks more than make up for the underwhelming ash. In my opinion, I wouldn't be so quick to write it off. It's just a FUN weapon.

[@charlieimhoff696]

I love the hammer but it’s so big that it covers some of the enemies so you can’t see them :’(

[@nophoria]

Thanks, love your weapon videos dude.

[@liamstrand9295]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS HECK YEAH

[@F1shyBab1shy]

Thank you for pumping out these videos like babies, You-Poo

[@dinisbernardes4278]

spear of the impaler is probably the best and most fun weapon i’ve used

[@IdrisImi]

I agree, it's so much fun. If the AoW had a little more stance damage it would be a perfect weapon. Not sure why they nerfed the spear when there are dozens of more broken weapons than this.

[@sneakysteiny7650]

@@IdrisImiI think it’s now the longest reaching melee armament in the game. It might be the same as the pike.

[@hanielfernandes5288]

Only if it had a halberd moves, the r1 suck so much

[@TrayGolden]

The move set on great spears are so trash tho it deadass takes you 20 yrs to get one hit off😂

[@Laoruperteen18]

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[@Prophet7Figures]

Hope u get better, as you rest, you should think of more cool ideas for content like these. Love your content bro! Keep it up. The streak lives on

[@ethanstahl5349]

Lol you got me with that “i noticed not everyone is subscribed” psych 😂 #subscribed

[@timclaridge8458]

I started ng+ after beating the dlc, started using the death knight longhaft axe. The sheer pleasure of I-framing through Margit's hammer just to stagger him with the follow-up made it my favourite new weapon.

[@dshearwf]

the executioner's axe was my very first playthrough weapon and the longhaft axe just reignited the love (especially because greataxes are soooo much stronger than they were on ER release lol)

[@MDK2k]

If you have enough levels to get a ton of int and faith then not only does Smithscript cirque get more elemental damage as the basic backhand blade, but it gets ALOT more overall damage. With 80 int and faith, 40 dex and 16str a sacred ash of war (blindspot can be sacred) you get 859AP without any talisman or DLC bonuses while the backhand blade gets only 681. That is a difference of 178. The difference with magic is even bigger with Smithscript cirque getting 867Smithscript cirque that is 188AP more than the regular, but with magic you don't get access to blindspot so sacred is a far better option even with a little less AP. So the Smithscript has far more damage scaling if you have the levels for it.

[@feihnbuckland7011]

not if u don't want to be insanely overleveled for pvp and coop

[@sPaCe_NiNjA187]

@@feihnbuckland7011 🖕🏻pvp/co-op

[@CZProductions]

​@@sPaCe_NiNjA187 "I'm lonely and have no friends to game with" 😂

[@ladonmccabe]

​@@sPaCe_NiNjA187 lol no you

[@sPaCe_NiNjA187]

@@CZProductions naw. This is a single player game. All DS games are. They just threw on co-op for players that need to git gud and PvP for players that like to grief. They’re all single player at heart.

[@Zihq77]

Really appreciate this no spoiler content. I basically had a good little spurt of the DLC to start and then went on holiday. Beat the first area and a bonus place with a friend Igon cheering me on, and trying to keep in the dark as much as possible but can't resist watching all the new stuff get played with. I've really loved the new stuff I got to play with already. Milady, backhanders, and great katana have all been really good. Also tried the swift spear thingie but that did seem a little lackluster and didn't see much use, and same for the dragon katana unfortunately. It didn't even feel particularly strong against dragons, which was disappointing. I think I picked up the poison hand so I made a mental note to put that to use with my dex/arc build as a boss poisoner, kinda just glossed over it when I found it. I've been a little disappointed with the lack of proper new pure strength weapons for when I start on the DLC with my bonk guy, but seems like there are some cool somber stuff I can make work with some minimal faith investment. Looking forward to that as well now.

[@Typher_]

Thank you so much for not spoiling! Love this vid, I used curved swords for most of my playthrough so I wanted to upgrade to the backhand blades but it makes sense that they aren’t as good bcz the curved swords are a little too OP. Probably gonna build rennalas twin blades then!

[@Th3_Raven]

Flowerstone Gavel being a Dragon Cult weapon (Florissax gives the dragon cult form and serves Placidusax so I consider it Dragon Cult and not Dragon Communion) that scales off of Arcane is such a huge miss. Having a weapon for pure faith builds to debuff enemies against lightning damage would've been so great to combine with Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike, and even the new Knight's Lightning Spear incantation.

[@menialbee]

like how she herself plays, they likely want you to spec into faith arcane and use dragon communion incants too for the full dragon build. how good that is is up to interpretation but i had 36 fth, 53 arc (mainly for requirements but decent breakpoints) with drag com seal and was doing very good damage with lightning incants

[@borisdragosani7584]

Just invest 17 points of faith into your arcane build. Use Dragon communion seal and Ancient Dragon's Lightning Strike. Easy profits with this hammer. It also gives arcane builds a Non bleed option to deal with bleed resistant enemies and has pierce damage.

[@Th3_Raven]

@@borisdragosani7584 Notably they did have non bleed options with one having pierce damage in the form of Regalia of Eochaid and Marais Executioner Greatsword. My complaint is theming more than mechanical. Giving Arcane a lightning option not tied to faith is good, but with everything about Florissax reeking of Ancient Dragon Cult it feels like a missed opportunity. Faith builds are hella spoiled in the DLC though so Arcane getting another option was nice.

[@Wyrm7774]

⁠@@borisdragosani7584would the dragon communion seal be better than the gravel stone?

[@dr_mercio]

That's a good point. Where you see it as a miss, I see it as somewhat of a dub for the few people who want more options for an ARC dragon warrior build. From my perspective there has never been any love towards people who want to use dragon communion and those spells with more than just a few viable weapons that would make sense from a lore perspective. I am close to trying it out though, so I could be extremely incorrect by the end of tonight

[@DJIronChef]

Every time i've seen a swift slash spammer, Flowerstone Gavel tracks, shocks them, and a multi thunderbolt follow-up sends them back home packin.

[@megawaffle612]

My current build is Int/STR and Waves of darkness on my Great Sword is also a perfect counter. Feels great having the enemies come to you so you don’t have to chase them around and you can hear the “oh shit” as you poise their attack during the ash of war start up. Tossing corpses aside with the guaranteed heavy finisher. The moment I started the DLC I turned taunted tongue on and got the same invader 3 times. Nearly killed me the first time as I obviously had not seen the ash before but he died all 3 times to the same move.

[@arkosthepanther]

The subscriber bit at the beginning actually made me chuckle great video

[@alanhuang3042]

Thanks for another banger video

[@Weegeextr]

The patch might be coming, but I would still love to see you rank all the weapons of the DLC. Hell, I would even want to know your opinion on how they compare to all the basegame weapons once the balacing settles down. Keep up the good work! Love the content.

[@drudge5268]

If you watch his streams, he has to use them each extensively to rank them, 30 mins to an hour on various bosses. It would take at least a week more. Not a good use of time when they're all about to change, and he's already been working overtime hours to put out a video a day. And then there's the issue of it being difficult to objectively rank things that come down to playstyle like ranking shields, staves, and weapons all in the same video.

[@TheTraveler980]

I have 54 STR and infuse my Fire Knight Greatsword with Fire...and I had no idea that with this infusion, the damage is increased while two-handed with both physical and fire damage. So, it is not only viable for Faith builds with Flame Art.

[@imstrawberryrose]

immediately subscribed when you didnt try to push your statistics, you are by far the best creator for that sole moment, so thank you!

[@longlivejah7821]

I've been waiting for this one 🔥

[@Here4loki]

Kinda surprised Rellana's twin blades didn't make the list. Still good choices, though!

[@Gdando79]

I agree. I think they are great too

[@anthonyaugustine3292]

I think the current fire knights greatsword is underappreciated since it has a damage level higher than the godslayer greatsword, it can interrupt some additional enemies and true combos more enemies. Flame infusion also gets monsterous AR and is probably the best user of the top tier fire knight ash of war.

[@562SammyJames]

Yeah he was actually wrong about being weaker than other colossal gs infusing with flame art with that new messmer aow brings this swords ar to one of, if not the highest dmg colossal gs.

[@anthonyaugustine3292]

@@562SammyJames when I said damage level, I meant the AtkParam. Damage level determines hitstun, he said it was bugged in PVP but it's just overtuned in general. There are enemies that ignore the hitstun from the godslayer greatsword that do not for the fireknight greatsword or attacks with the same damage level. He's right that if you don't use fire or flame infusion then it's weaker but why does that matter when it's so incredibly better than other colossal swords in its domain.

[@deaddroth666]

Dude FireKGS and Zweihander are only for people with great taste, don't let the words of some shitmuncher cloud your judgment, I'm RL150 on NG+7 and Fire Art FKGS is love, with bloodhound / quickstep ash the game is so much more fun than spamming the fancy broken youtubers vomit

[@562SammyJames]

@@anthonyaugustine3292 yeah I understood you, I was simply stating that very few weapons have a second dmg sources, in this case fire, that scales with an attribute and can still be buffed. The spear that drops from the mudmen in ainsel river has innate magic damage that scales with int and can still be buffed with magic weapon sorcery. This greatsword is incredible on top of the pros you mentioned!

[@sirsiloz]

You had me with the subscribe joke :) for not actually asking for it you have earned mine.

[@afkdd]

Backhand blades are definitely the most fun to use for me, in the base game I was always one to use only greatswords and the like but having a light weapon with such a swift moveset that does as much damage is so fun

[@rocketi05]

Even though you were kidding about the subscription stats at the beginning, it gave me a chuckle. Subbed.

[@CrossWindsPat]

Dont sleep on the Rakshasa Great Katana. It has really good dex scaling and the AoW is basic AF but it gives hyper armor and procs bleed fairly quick since its multiple swings.

[@alexballa2630]

Your bit about % of subscribers at the beginning was so funny lmao it threw me for a loop

[@latherer4169]

Been waiting for this since release 🙏

[@_neophyte]

played the whole dlc with the great katana w/ cragblade. it just fucks

[@cloudy8083]

Best most objective elden pve content out there

[@SKLLZTHATKILLZ]

Ur subscriber joke deff earned a sub, lol - great content also. Ur channels typically on point 🤙

[@iscream4761]

Finally a chill video with no spoiler and no frenetic editing or nerd yapping 🎉 well done, i appreciate it

[@ytloginn]

Love your ranking lists, they're all well reasoned out lists

[@user-vn5sz9fv3c]

0:50 good one

[@xxwarlycanxx5932]

Leda's sword ash of war also removes buffs, debuffs, and status on enemies if hit with any of the projectiles as well, making it a better version of law of regression only applied to enemies instead of both you and the enemy. I believe that's why the damage isn't as high as most would like.

[@JISHBOSIN]

Love the Great Katanas Moveset. Cant get enough of the Monster Hunter Longsword moveset. Also those roll pokes are awesome

[@secretlyaslug2325]

Bloodhound step + Great Katana roll attack and the follow up 2nd poke is so solid. Great range and fast for the fast DLC bosses.

[@Thixico]

Great Katana is just perfection (both PvP and PvE). Not some busted garbage, not unusable garbage, versatile, well balanced, stylish and satisfying to use.

[@rxsta]

idk why it wasnt mentioned but you can feint with great katanas too

[@JISHBOSIN]

@@rxsta yep, if you input a direction while you hit the front button, you can spin in that direction and your character only moves when the attack comes out... Idk if it's useful tech, but it's something. It's really cool.

[@sanbearuwu]

Truth be told the strongest weapon in the game is the motivation that Igon and Ansbach gave you

[@nmxosa]

Subscribed I can’t believe I never noticed I wasn’t, love ur content

[@yungbenis3685]

The Bloodfiends Arm is what pushed me past Promised Consort Radahn. I didn't think anything about it when I found it, but after testing it out it really is almost unmatched for bleed build up.

[@steeltraditionalart]

*Messmers Soldiers have entered the chat* "Spear gang we up!"

[@user-rj2jx8sh9q]

Perfume bottles are so cool, it's like you're using magic without the fp consumption. But yeah, they will 100% nerf it. Right now it's an underpowered weapon but with a broken art, and they will just remove the broken part and leave the underpowered part as it is, making it just a gimmick weapon that's barely useable (even tho you have to dedicate an entire glass cannon build to make it have 1-shot potential)

[@RamixTheRed]

Yuuup, exactly right

[@tragiic333]

They shouldn’t nerf it. Makes the game more fun imo. And you could always just not use it if it’s not fun for you.

[@McNugge.]

"WE NEED BALANCE!!!!!!!" -Virgin Souls player, allergic to fun. No for real tho, wth. I know Miyazaki and his team are HORRIBLE when it comes to actually balancing their game (and being the biggest Strg suck ups, ever), but jesus christ, dude. Why do they have to make so many weapons literally unusable, what kind of backwards logic is that.....

[@Zacsafus]

Queelign's Greatsword is another infusible Great Spear (naming is weird I know). And I've found it even better than the mesmer soldier spear. Split damage with fire but makes for a great strength faith or quality weapon with an amazing moveset. Also gets flame skewer for that fire weapon buff.

[@somekid8008]

You were right:(

[@just_smilez]

Neat video! You bring up some points that are having me rethink my opinion on a few weapons. A few notes of my own: I've seen a lot of people saying the fire knight's greatsword is bugged, and I assume they're referring to the true combo. Assuming it's not a mistake that it has the Godslayer Greatsword's R1's, that's not a bug -- you can combo with the godslayer sword as well. Regarding normal claw vs beast/bear claw DPS -- one thing you don't bring up is boss dependent, but can lead to better uptime doing damage, is the fact that the moveset itself, along with lunging, also brings your hurtboxes low, letting you go under a decent number of attacks and continue doing damage. I think there's a few weapons I'd have bumped off of this list to include one of the smithscript weapons, such as the smithscript hammer. Those have insane scaling with int or faith due to innate physical scaling with those attributes, so you get to double-dip on damage increases per point of int or faith once infused, and having a throwing attack is great in the open world. You can repeatedly knock enemies on their ass in the open world, or even one-shot them, with a charged heavy throw of the hammer. The downside is you'll probably want to swap talismans out between open world and bosses, as against bosses you can't rely a ton on the throw, but with the massive AR, that's not a big issue.

[@retr0_catz]

milady with wing stance is so fluid and beautiful, amazing weapon!!!

[@p1ngerss]

the smithscript shield is also really good because it natually headshots many different enemies, doing WAY more damage

[@BillRevis]

I'm surprised you didn't put the thrusting shields on here, they are a bit boring but seem extremely strong in pve.

[@drudge5268]

They don't really hold a candle to the Fingerprint Shield + Antspur Rapier setup, but they're okay.

[@Sands47]

@@drudge5268 Carian Thrusting Shield(as of now) is insanely strong and takes ZERO stamina damage while shieldpoking. But this is likely a bug. It also has very strong guard counters that block through the animation.

[@Sterbenys]

Subbed 😂😂 that “I noticed” got me

[@Drakuron96]

Quality Milady with Wing Stance hits like a truck, definitely my favourite weapon of the DLC... All Light Greatswords have a special place in my heart!

[@aaronzNJD]

Maternal Staff when paired with Staff of the Guilty and Impenetrable Thorns while going full arcane is absolutely disgusting. Rivals the perfume bottles and the bloodfiends arm. I four shot Radahn on NG+ with it.

[@pedropaulo13220]

which radahn? regular or gay one?

[@krislancer7822]

Im pretty sure regular one. I had the build on ng plus 3 and was only able to 9 shot him still crazy good damage but not 4 shot. I might have done somthing wrong tho​@@pedropaulo13220

[@drudge5268]

Yes, but this is the case with albinauric staff as well, and is more a facet of Impenetrable Thorns being broken than it is the staff itself. I understand why Youwy left it out.

[@aaronzNJD]

@@pedropaulo13220 The gay one lol

[@Dan-ki6hg]

Gotta say as a perfume enjoyer myself, rolling sparks is only KINDA broken. Its absolutely broken, but only specifically when you free aim it at the ground or other terrain object, which can sometimes be tricky to land against certain enemies, of course when it does land perfectly it destroys everything nearby, but i really hope they take a nuanced approach to balancing it rather than just tanking the damage into the ground and washing their hands of it..

[@lawsona7951]

The subscribe jump-scare made me subscribe lol

[@Floaydi]

Ansbach's bow plus windstorm arrow plus the talisman from the divine dancing beats is incredible.

[@fishman432]

Goated video goated streamer day 9

[@mcjagergaming]

Bear Claws should be way lower on this list for a few reasons. 1.) Can't change the Ash of War or scaling. 2.) Doest get an A in strength at upgrade lvl 10. Nor does it have a arcane scaling. 3.) It's 1 of 2 weapons in this class and the other can do everything thing I just mentioned 4.) The Ash of War is very buggy. Some times it will dump loads of dmg, and other times it will only partially hit. 5.) Let's be honest you are only going to be using the weapon with the bear armor. So build diversity with this weapon goes nowhere P.S. the Dragon Slayer Katana really should have had arcane scaling to match with Dragon communion builds since it does get the redish communion effect.

[@toastmaster914]

I really wish it had an arcane scaling, they could just lower the bleed and give it a C in arcane. It's not like it would be overpowered

[@dem5710]

oh wow this vid really popped off. nice one youwy

[@loganhaun8022]

i used the poison hands for the 1st half of the dlc and fell in love i recommend running multi hit talismans, twiggy tear and stonebarb tear

[@nightphoenix3482]

I'm sad you don't enjoy making these videos enough to do a full weapon pve list every update but I get it lmao. Thanks for this. I rate your thoughts Greatly due to your experience

[@weebutrash8733]

I doubt him not enjoying making them it's the reason, most likely how fucking long it must take to make one with how many weapons the game has

[@Ratt611]

I think he just did one a few weeks ago

[@magicarp9437]

Ansbach is pronounced "Ans-bah", the ch is silent

[@youwy]

Thank you

[@heisenbugx]

I actually heard the “Ansba” was silent and it’s pronounced “Ch”

[@Loretic42069]

I just pronounce it ans-boc

[@formatomi]

@@Loretic42069 It is pronunced as Ans-Bach as in the composer

[@_neophyte]

wrong.

[@EverythingWasGreat]

Great video!

[@MrKumbancha]

the beast claw skill is great, specially with bloodflame blade, just so many hits and ground covered

[@TTV_Robin]

Great content, getting into elden ring. Very helpful

[@toobigtofail4232]

Since you mentioned the Smithscript Shield I paired it with a seal and it's been ridiculously fun. Using it point blank gets a little hit when you throw before the big one with the full hit.

[@Ragnell123]

A small note on the Captain America shield. It also has a hitbox on your throwing arm at point blank range, so it can do even more damage. Not that you would usually want to use it at melee range, but it's insane how much damage it does for only 3 FP.

[@baddogkelevra1]

Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe is my baby. The weapon ash you can unlock and charge in any direction, then reposition or lock on in air to attack, it rules.

[@erikcruz4687]

As soon as I saw the death knight axe’s I fell in love. Blink bolt looks so damn cool. Gonna have to respec one of my four characters to run the Longhaft axe. Or make a new one cuz I have a hard time changing my builds

[@piyachonaramrat4567]

Nice vids as always! Rest up my man. A recent fan here. Any ideas on the new fist pata? Or how to build around it? The way I understand it is that it got crazy fast attack animation of fists and with the range of what seems to be slightly shorter than short swords. Haven't really dive into the thing but should be pretty op with successive hits with statuses builds? Or it just underperforms and not worth using compared to the claws? Thanks!!

[@vincentshivley4569]

My favorite thing with the twin axes is unlocking to blink in a random direction, even away as a dodge, then lockon for the followup spin

[@aa6731]

Congrats on getting on trending for gaming Youwy!

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

Really hope to see some builds featuring that Mesmer's soldier spear, have to search a good place to farm them but they seem to have a decent reach.

[@wink3dv2]

Wooo! Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe #5! Been loving using that weapon in my Death Knight (Dragon Cult) build. Scales better than I thought with faith too. This plus Knight’s Lightning Spear is *chef’s kiss*, love it

[@Starlight_Akira]

Great video as always :D I'm curious what you think of the Dancing Blade of Ranah, along with her full set (boosts the skill), Shard of alexander, Millicents Prosthesis, and Rotten wing insignia? I use the dragoncrest talisman, and buff golden vow and black flames protection to make up for low dmg neg. In the DLC you hardly notice low dmg neg armour anyway because of diminishing returns combined wwith scadutrees.

[@Maskas017]

And also I have noticed that only...I am kidding. That was good man, subscribed

[@thepainphantom]

Red bear claw is very lethal in PvP, I tested it trading blows with backhand blades. It has true combo AoW, 1 hit of it and you're done even if you have 2K HP.