*Video Patch Notes 1.01* -Regarding #6, Placidusax's Ruin is *not* a Dragon Communion incantation. Still waiting on Fromsoft to properly explain to us why that is. (jessicalenore8258) -Regarding #201, Sacrificial Axe's FP regen procs if the weapon is equipped, meaning you don't necessarily have to kill enemies with it. (robertmcpherson138) -Regarding #260, Beast-Repellant torch technically works on snails as well. Double-checking to make sure it doesn't work on bats but there's literally footage in the video of a bat attacking me with this torch in-hand. (Ewing_Klipspringer, reyditrinus3562) -Regarding #280, the Clawmark Seal does find a comfortable niche with pure-strength builds, accompanied with the low FTH requirement of Bestial incants. It just gets lost in a sea of more flexible options, but that really doesn't make it a bad seal despite where I placed it. You could kill shit with a toothpick in this game if you wanted. (Vorael, drakeking6745) If you noticed anything else, please use this comment as a bulletin board.
How did the Darkmoon Greatsword [#51] stack up in terms of its actual qualities as a weapon? The glowstick joke was excellent, but I was a little sad about the absence of that dank analysis.
iron balls has some serious damage in a pure strength + buffs build. it's charged heavy and heavy strings come out quick. Also darkmoon greatsword has some s tier pve damage output
the only weapon that i think might be missing is the Frozen Needle, i didn't see it anywhere on the list but i've also been sleep-deprived both times I watched the video and i think i fell half-asleep through the exact same section before the magma blade twice in a row edit: disregard, its #157 at 1:17:33
Surprised to not see Executioner's Greataxe taking the top spot but when I watched his reason for it not being top 10 listing the abysmal droprate I can see that being fair as a dealbreaker for a lot of people. Quite a shame cause it's basically just a standard greataxe with higher crit mod and better reach. Having a lot of fun with mine. Roar medallion + war cry makes heavy attacks hit so hard it almost feels like cheating
You mentioned how weird it is about the Sword of St. Trina being Int and the Torch being Faith, but the Sleep Pots (also tied to Miquella as St. Trina) scale with Arcane!
That's what I am thinking that Miquella will be a boss fight which uses fuck load of great and maniac spells. Imagine Miquella saying " O' my dear Mogh, Lend me thy power" while nihiling to us and creating Comet Azur gaisers same time
7 reasons why the Noble's Slender Sword is the best weapon in the game. 1 - It has the Longsword moveset, which is the best moveset. Forget those penniless pretenders with their fancy weapon arts, explosions, teleports and all that voodoo. You are nobility. Your puissance is yours alone, your weapon is just an accessory to that. 2 - It is looooong. A whole peasant's hand longer than those filthy longswords the soldiers use. Long weapons have long hitboxes. Poke your dissidents before they can dirty your attire. Then laugh at them for being poor. 3 - It gets top of the line in Dexterity scaling and takes exceptionally well to elemental infusions, for those with discriminating taste. Strength builders can even get it up to A, just please use Soap first. As if you were the type to get into fisticuffs anyway - that's what summons are for! 4 - It has 110 crit modifier, because people who parry a lot are just better than everybody else. Backstabbing, too, is very appropriate for a nobleman. 5 - It has rock bottom requirements. Even your noodly-armed Astrologers and Bandits can pick it up right away, without wasting points in Strength like a pack animal. Being an aristocrat is easy. 6 - It looks absolutely balling and is a necessity in any fashionable build. Forget the gauchely decorated Rogier's Rapier with its inhuman Dexterity requirement, it just smacks of new money. This refined, elegant weapon is coated in the timeless glamour of gold, conveying the splendor that is yours by birthright. 7 - It is an ultra rare drop from the few enemies who carry it. You can farm for hours, grinding hundreds and thousands of Nobles into paste without ever seeing it. Only the luckiest and most privileged aristocrat-killers may own this opulent deathstick. That's you. You won. Congratulations, winner.
You missed that the Golden Epitaph actually adds flat holy damage onto just about everything, and it can make Elden Stars disappointing instead of comically awful. In all seriousness it does help juice up other holy damage options. (You would be forgiven for missing this effect in a video ranking every single weapon)
That everything effect does in fact mean _Everything_. On my sorceror run, it added a small bit onto my Terra Magica, which had the unfortunate effect of dinging me every few frames for a tiny amount of damage; just enough to flinch me out of my spellcasting.
@@palebloodgamer3456it's not as strong as it sounds, because last rites is an aura buff which means it doesn't stack with the likes of golden vow. Even for builds that capitalise on multi hit spells you're better off just using golden vow. Plus boosting existing damage is better than adding another type because defense gets applied to each damage type. And if that's not enough, holy is arguably the least useful damage type in the game outside of undead because most late game and rune bearing bosses have a massive 40% holy negation.
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Rusty, you absolute madman. Huge respects to you for actually pushing forward and doing this. No one else would have even dared to do it as in depth as you have here. Cheers.
What an absolute BANGER of a video. Zero regrets watching it all at once. You managed to make 2hr 40mins feel like half the time and remained thoroughly entertaining and informative throughout. 100/10
This is a fucking terrible list. I’ve liked Rusty’s stuff for a while but I just can’t get behind it. A lot of these picks are just personal preference but some of this shit could be classified as misinformation.
@@DeadSparkMan The three that really stick out and ruin this list are the Darkmoon Greatsword at 51, the Blasphemous Blade at 37, and Vyke’s spear at 1. Darkmoon and Blasphemous are the top 2 PVE weapons in the game. They’re incredible. For neither one to be in S tier, let alone being placed as low as they were, is just dumb. I get that this is also a PVP list and those weapons aren’t as good in pvp, but I don’t see how you can have weapons that dominate one half of the game (arguably the more important half), and have them ranked this low. And the fact he didn’t even bother to elaborate on the dark moon Greatsword is just stupid. Did he not have anything to say to justify him putting it that low? Vyke’s spear being S tier I can get but #1? It’s biggest attribute is literally useless in PVE, where it’s entirely outclassed as a great spear by Mohgwyn. It’s only benefit over Mohgwyn is that you can get it easier. I get that madness is strong in PVP but I don’t see how a weapon with such a huge gap in quality between pvp and PVE can be #1. If the argument for darkmoon and blasphemous being as low as they are is that they’re only good in one mode, than that should go both ways. These are only 3 picks but there are more I have trouble with. Grafted blade and Marais being higher than the sword of night and flame contradicts his legendary weapons video, without any explanation as to why he changed his mind. Rivers of Blood is too low. Yes it got nerfed, I get that it’s not a top tier weapon now, but it’s still good. Having it in the bottom half of the list is just dumb. If it was in like the 120s I’d get it more but it’s in the fucking 170s. There are others too but I’ll stop here.
Sadly he butchered the Flamberges name and didn´t mention its additional bleeding damage. The real flamberge was designed with that flame shape to inflict immense flesh wounds to its enemy.
I have made it a habit to just go get bloody slash on the way to greyoll since I end up having to go there for the medallion, but yeah, anything is better than the flail
@@Mare_Man All classes have a max of 1-5 levels needed in order to use Reduvia, that's the equivalent of 1, maybe 2, graveyard visits and there's a graveyard right next to the first caelid bonfire and another one on your way to Greyroll. It'd be faster to use Reduvia since you can get the reqs for it on your way to Greyroll instead of going all the way down to the Morning Star then all the way up to Greyroll. Not to mention you can very easily respec to get rid of excess arcane.
It speaks volumes to the sheer killing power of many weapons when the #86 weapon managed to carry me all the way not just through the game but against malenia too. What a phenomenal set of weapons this game has. Not as tightly condensed as Bloodborne but easily some of the most viable in variety.
@@Rusty._ I hope I speak for a lot of us when I say we appreciate the effort. I bet 100 down through 10 was quite challenging to actually rank. You are the best list maker in the game.
I used the grave scythe throughout the entire game and by god that thing combined with the stormcaller ash of war and quality attunemny was bloody insane.
Really? As many good weapons as there are, I still find myself resenting the filler that a lot of the weapons in the game represent. There are so many entire dungeons where the loot, boss and gimmick are all redundant, and the number of weapons feels like a symptom of that bloat.
I’m so happy to see the Claymore so high up. I’ve loved that weapon and its moveset since Dark Souls 1. The simple addition of an R2 stab instead of a slam, and the option to two-hand it for vertical slashes, feels so versatile.
Bro I adore the Claymore. Been using it since DS1 because of Oroboro's play more with the Claymore video back in the day. I love a simple ass sword ass sword that has a little bit of everything sometimes.
One good thing about the glintstone staff: there is a noble that stands by himself a short distance away from Sellen's starting spot that has a 100% chance of dropping the staff the first time you kill it in a playthrough. Good for people who started as a wretch and want a quick and easy staff before replacing it with the superior demi human queen's staff. Edit: People in the comments are saying there's a noble that's actually a rune bear in disguise that is also close to Sellen's starting spot. I've never personally confirmed this, but this noble and the other noble are two completely different nobles.
@@卛 Not OP, but I'm pretty sure that particular noble will turn into a rune bear if you attack him. He does drop a larval tear though, and is IIRC the earliest you can get one of those.
nice transition on the alabastor lords sword! there is something really cool about seeing such attention to detail in such a long video. good work as always
It made going through the Lake of Rot much less annoying, getting the Tree Sentinel armour was cake (just stand half way out of the tunnel where the chariot rides over you and use Margit's shackle, destroying the chariots + awarding the gear) and the sewers a breeze.
1:01:43 Something you forgot to mention is that the spellcasting speed buff applies to incantations as well, but the FP increase does not. This means it an absolutely amazing offhand for incantation builds.
@@salmonella7993 This man doesn't even know how ashes of war are scaling or anything about the game at all. The ranking list is useless. He doesn't know how the game works this list is dumb
having tried out the banished knights greatsword for the past two weeks i must say you completely undersold it in this rank list, bro. this baby took me all the way through the game and the blood of every single demigod (and god) in the game stains its blade. it has the same move set as the inseparable sword but none of its limitations (aka you can dedicate fully to strength and slap heavy affinity on it, which is what i did). once the moveset grows on you, its very hard to go back to the standard clumsy greatsword moveset. ironically, i only figured how great this sword is because i was looking to make myself a discount inseparable sword in my early game playthrough, and i was very positively surprised how much it trucks with sacred sword ash. so much so that i would say it far outperforms it. it also absolutely slaps with firestrike ash; dumping 1200+ damage in the span of 1.5 seconds catches everyone off guard in pvp because they can't tell the difference between firestrike and catch flame (which is what they _think_ i'm trying to use) so when that followup mega slash hits them outta nowhere they ALWAYS panic roll. the only downside i have experienced is its somewhat medium reach, but its cousin "knight's greatsword" (which also has the same move set) covers that niche for a minor damage tradeoff.
Got my disagreements - Clawmark Seal comes to mind, but my GOD what a great video. Incredible production, footage, and most impressively your consistency in your own criteria for ranking. You really understand why subjective review is still so popular and how to present your case with style and humor. Love it.
It's literally better than finger seal and available for free at pretty much the same stage, idk also what it is with the complaint about the scaling, with 30 str and faith up to 50 it always outperformed erdtree seal And rock throw is an insane incant to boost
My issue Was The Vulgar Militia Saw. I Ran A Build With It On My First Play Through, And Good Lord - Was It OP. I Bled An Omen With A Single Jump Attack With The blood Affinity... I Also Used It Since I Was Farming Dragon Barrow Vulgar Militia For Runes... With Ever Finding Out It Was Only One Step Behind The Mogwin Rune Farm. Used Because 'Serrated Butchering Knife On A Stick'
clawmark seal feels very misplaced considering how valuable its niche is as a primarily strength-scaling talisman, but the biggest thing i wanna remind people of is that pretty much every weapon in C Tier and above is 100% usable. D Tier weapons typically under-perform but can still work if you put in some extra work. that and bleed is so powerful that you can imagine basically any infusable weapon with innate bleed (EXCEPT FLAILS) as a full tier higher than its placement on the list if you spec for it. edit: if any seal is deserving of the title of "worst" it's absolutely the frenzied flame seal. i don't care that it has like the third highest scaling or whatever, you need to get to lvl 80 on literally every stat to get the full benefit of it, its fucking dogwater
Ye ff seal is terrible, frenzied burst is the only ff incantation one would be running normally and you don't really need to improve it's damage. Also it's the hardest seal to reach besides giant's and that one has a wider usage and it's not really hidden
@@alternanzafatemonogatari4868 It's better then finger seal if all you intend to do with it is use bestial vigor and maybe a few other buff spells that require 15 faith or less. If you're going for faith in any appreciable amount, the finger seal is still much better.
Fun fact about zamor curved sword ash, unlike the sorcery you actually can’t get interrupted while doing the ice storm making it so much better than the sorcery. It also doesn’t require magic the damage scales with weapon upgrade making it a versatile pic for any build
I think you missed that the Beast-Repellent Torch also works on Basilisks. The ability to render Basilisk swarms non-hostile alone makes it my go-to torch for any playthrough.
Also for both that and the Sentry torch, you can put it ON YOUR BACK (by two-handing your main-hand weapon), which means you are NOT stuck with the Sentry torch's weapon art at all. So there's no reason NOT to use either of them. Unless you prefer a shield, I guess, or a staff or seal in that off-hand.
@@Angi_Mathochistrealized that for those torches a couple playthroughs ago and it’s a total game changer. Makes caelid, basilisks and the invisible black knife assassins a walk in the park
I gave this video a thumbs up before I even saw it. Just cause when I saw it almost 3 hours long and knowing how long it takes to examine all of this information + editing! Props 💯
I cannot be more exited for this, he finally did it, I am unbridled with joy, unfathomably so, I am enlightened to all the good in the world, I am provided with an incomprehensible sense of euphoria, truly. This is like seeing Sisyphus actually finish pushing the boulder, he can finally rest, and everyone shall applaud this insane accomplishment. One must imagine Rusty happy.
The arguement of the school boost being worse than a higher scaling staff doesn’t apply to loss specifically. At 80 int/80 fth it deals more night comet damage than princes staff.
The Staff of Loss was massively underrated here. It’s buff to Night sorceries is a whopping 30% increase, the only other staff with a 30% buff to a spell type if the meteor staff’s 30% to gravity sorceries, but the meteor staff cannot be upgraded while the Staff of Loss can, allow it to become far stronger. This 30% buff also stacks multiplicatively to a 69% buff if you wield two of them. To top it off the spells that this staff upgrades, the night sorceries, are pretty good. They’re not the highest base damage ever but with that 69% they out damage most other spells, don’t cost much FP and are fast to cast. To top it off they’re invisible, meaning bosses make no effort to dodge them. I use the Staff of Loss on my sorcerer build and first tried every boss in the game, Malenia was dead before she even got to hit me once, it’s easily the strongest staff in the game and is super easy to use.
Straight up, Staff of Loss + Night Comet trivializes virtually the entire game. The combination of being able to get it super early in the game before facing any boss at all, with it ruining enemy AI because they cannot dodge or react to it, and its high damage output, as well as the fact it's ranged so you don't even need to block or dodge many encounters, it's just ridiculous. I've yet to find an easier NG run then this combo. All the other OP shit is mid to late game or requires NG+ What people also need to realize is that it doesn't need 2 staff of loss and the spell damage buffs to make it work. I ran through NG specifically with only Physick and Talisman's as my spell buffs, so that I wouldn't have to pre-buff before any fight. The only bosses that were annoying were Rykard but we all know the solution to that, and EB which genuinely was annoying to deal with because of FP flask management. Though that's the other key point, people can use this setup as a support off-hand while using any of the many amazing Int scaling melee weapons this game has. Moonveil, DM GS, Night and Flame, there are so many good ones. Oh also, Ambush Shard is another good Night Sorcery to be used against big knights with big shields.
To be fair, he DID address all of this in his sorceries/staff videos. He’s simply taking into account the fact that it ONLY works when you wield 2 and only use one spell. There are 70+ sorceries or something in the game. Why lock yourself out of everything else. That’s why it’s rated low. Not because it’s not nichely overpowered, but because it’s just not flexible and not objectively fun.
Puts blasphemous blade at 37 cuz it does fire damage but puts Vykes war spear at 1… a weapon that also does fire damage and is just inherently worse in almost every single PvE situation minus a handful of bosses and invasions
@@dogmat8733 so you’re basically saying his only reason to put it over 30 spots higher than BB is cuz he prefers spears? Like huh? I prefer twin blades. Easily my favorite weapon type but I can recognize that majority of the Twinblade aren’t that amazing unless you run bleed or frost In no world should vykes war spear be one and it’s ash of war is mainly a PvP ash
Honestly, after this you definitely deserve a break. But if there MUST be another list/ranking after this? I just wanna see a list of your favorite powerful and unique builds you've made for this game. With all this knowledge and experience acquired you must have some deeply fun and satisfying play-styles you've done and a video where you can gush non-stop about your favorites might be a good palette cleanse and otherwise easier video to do compared to all the other rankings thus far.
Big respect for this project. Can't be easy ranking so many things, and you just KNOW someones gonna take it too real when you dunk on some random shitty weapon.
The Clawmark Seal is amazing, as it scales with strength, not faith. Therefore, it lets you cast based on your strength, not your faith. If you are doing a Beast build (I did a NG+ run as one) using it, all the best incantations, and the Cinqueada and Bestclaw great hammer, it lets you cast and scales based off your 80 strength, saving you from investing in Faith.
Only seal I use unless I am running a pure arcane dragon build. I think all around clawmark is the best seal in the game due to versatility and accessibility.
Funny thing is, the Square Off Ash of War is so good that even the Cane Sword does very well with it. Sadly, we lost the VOD footage of GinoMachino's Cane Sword Only No Hit Run.
Here we go with people overrating square off again. My brother in christ, is the best option on STRAIGHT SWORDS and straight swords without powerstancing sucks ass
@@nolongeraperson he's still right though (at least on the part where SO is overrated), half the comment section on one of Rusty's previous videos was just people glazing square off because he put it low in the AoW tier list. I agree with this because in the grand scheme of things, and looking beyond a world outside of straight swords and purely stance damage, Square off lacks utility of other AoWs, let alone the AoWs of certain unique weapons (Even at that there's uniques like Dynast's finesse that does stance break even better than SO does).
Well done sir, well done. My only gripe would be with the clawmark seal. You are correct that it does not keep up with other seals for scaling, but it isnt supposed to. Its for nearly pure strength builds to have some spell/ranged options.
absolutely factual, it's a decent seal for strength builds because of that bit of strength scaling, and it allows the beastial incantations to do more damage and they're not too bad in pvp
This, in a pure strength build you don't have that much faith, but at say 60 strength and maybe 15 faith it gives you access to great incants like flame grant me strength, and stone of gurranq and still able scale with your stats
Speaking of strength, the vular militia shotel not only gets a B in dex on it's lightning affinity, but it even gets a B in str on fire affinity. Which means two-handing the thing boosts the physical and fire damage by a B str scaling.
2:14:22 I think it's worth mentioning that the tree spear is buffable, like with spells. This means you can throw sacred blade (the incantation) on it and reach ludicrously high levels of holy damage, making it the uncontested strongest faith weapon in the game by pure damage. At the cost of not using the ash of war you can climb up to 600 holy damage at the same time as the solid physical damage, and that's without any of the non-weapon buffs you are going to use as a faith build.
I also use the tree spear, what I love most about it is once you hit the minimum specs for it including stamina you still have a decently useful weapon and can focus on faith to have good damage on your incantations. Plus you can use the lightning incantation on it to get some nice damage for a minute or 2.
WINGED SCYTHE KEY: unless they changed it in one of the two recent patches, the anti-flask is actually more of a heal block. A HEAL. BLOCK. I wondered why i had such an easier time with malenia than like everyone i know and this is why. I didn't even know she had a passive heal bc I was to busy wacking her with beautifully designed kryptonite
HOLY SHIT YOU ACTUALLY WENT AND DID IT I lack the words to describe just how funny it is that no other content creator I know would ever even get close to doing something like this, yet here we are, sat in front of a nearly 3 hour video ranking every single weapon, oh boy this is going to be FUN
Me too! I was waiting for it just to get nice glowstick bro. I’m using it in my playthrough right now and to me it’s really really strong with the right talismans so I thought it’d be a lot higher and more said about it so I wonder why it’s ranked where it is
@@ryancochling4806 Plenty of other tier lists put it at S tier, among the top 3 (sometimes #1) intel weapons. Tbh, I think he's just underrating it. It deserves top 25 minimum.
The Noble Sorcerer that's located at the ruins between Waypoint Ruins and the camp where you find the Royal House Scroll has a 100% drop rate for the Glintstone Staff.
The consistent astuteness and agreeability of this list is incredible, not to mention its sheer scale. But BRUHHH the Clawmark is the absolute cornerstone of STR/FTH builds. Like, this is one of the most popular and effective setups, it's not a limited niche we're splitting hairs over. Clawmark is arguably almost *too* good considering what it does for STR in terms of versatility and utility. Its absolute floor is A tier.
Clawmark isn't great because Clawmark is great, it's great because you're running Str/Fth anyway and you're being rewarded for it. On its own it's the second-worst catalyst, it sucks for casting heals and buffs, the boost to bestial incantations is only 10% (even if pocket sand and The Rock are pretty decent), it's just that the stat spread is great. Pure Faith builds can have iffy weapon choices depending on where you stop leveling Str/Dex, Int/Fth has few options and Arc/Fth has fewer, and the fact that Frenzied Flame Seal is _technically_ the Dex/Fth option says it all.
The pickaxe landing #20 simultaneously shocked the hell out of me and filled my heart with joy. I was starting to think I had missed its entry and would have to dig through the past two hours to find it. I definitely don't utilize its fullest potential, but God do I love that weapon.
1:28:10 the Banished Knight GS is notable in that it shares the moveset of the Mirrah GS that Lucatiel wielded in DS2. I love using it because of its artful swings.
Something that I think gets overlooked by everyone is the fact that Cipher Pata and Coded Sword's light attack don't ding against walls which works wonders in tight spaces
Well written but not well ranked, some of his takes was inconsistent... Like how can blasphemous blade, dark moon great sword, nightrider glaves, etc below claws, I get it he had opinions about them but if so then it's a weird one.
I appreciate the story being told in the skits of these weapon ranking videos, I don't have the int to understand it, but I appreciate the effort you put into them
6 months later an I've found a use for Ivory Sickle. If you don't meet the Intelligence requirement, you can quickstep through heavy swamps without using FP. This is probably true for every quickstep weapon you can't properly use, but it's real easy to not have 13 Int.
Something else to keep in mind about greatstars is that you can power stance them without needing NG+ thanks to the npc magnus you can invade dropping it as well as the one you loot from the chest.
The beast repellent torch does not only work on dogs and wolves. It also repels rats and BASILISKS, which makes it VERY useful for not getting deathed to death. Especially since it can be put on your back (two-hand your main-hand weapon) and still works. This causes most basilisks (/rats/wolves/rotten dogs/etc.) to just eye you with caution while you kill them one by one, rather than swarming and overwhelming you. I use it ALL the time in those areas for that utility. Sentry's torch: Again, you're wrong about being stuck with the torch attack, because you can PUT THE TORCH ON YOUR BACK (by two-handing your main weapon) and it still works. It is absolutely worthwhile, when you're not going to be using anything else in that hand anyway. Gelmir glintstone staff is actually pretty decent if you're doing both faith and int fairly equally, for early-to-mid game until Prince of Death's staff surpasses it. Soldier's crossbow: The thing is, why would you ever need to FARM soldiers? You're going to kill enough soldiers just going through Stormveil castle on a normal playthrough that you're pretty much guaranteed to have this crossbow by the time you're halfway through the castle. It's likely to be your first crossbow, and can fill in as your ranged option until you get something better. I think that's pretty much its intended purpose, since clearly it's the worst of the ranged weapons (except the harp bow, which exists only for novelty value). So many of these weapons exist only for novelty and collection value, and I cannot for the life of me understand why the game doesn't give us any way to display them. Why don't we get any kind of house or base with weapon stands or shelves to put these things on??? I do appreciate the convenience of being able to access everything in one place rather than having to search every chest in the map trying to remember where you left something, but a display area for the weapons and armors you really want to just DISPLAY would be really nice.
Honestly those little scenario tidbits at the beginning and end were pretty cool, but you could tell it was a metaphor for making such lists, and that becoming the list guy was not that easy on Rusty.
@@DeadSparkMan I think the elden beast in the skit is supposed to represent the youtube "algorithm" as a whole since youtube really likes to make creators feel like they aren't doing enough, or at least that's what I got from it
The Elden beast in game embodies the Greater Will and the Golden Order, both of which are beings/organizations which are based on a worldview in which true free will is a unavoidable sin at best, and an undesirable error in the perfect and harmonious mathematics of the universe at worst. The golden order has a bunch of incantations that deal with ideas of Order and mathematics in relation to faith and magic. The Elden beast is thus arguably a perfect embodiment of something like the UA-cam algorithm.
Good stuff. I just finished ng+7, working on "soft maxing" my character (all 80's lol). I wrote down about 20 weapons from this list that I either haven't collected yet (somehow) or had never considered using, but will now try out based on your commentary/recommendations. I'm a bit bored of all the standard "greats" and over-optimization, so I'm looking forward to freshening things up. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos -- you keep me coming back to this game. Blessings.
I hear ya. I bust out my Night Comet setup when I don't feel like trying lol. Still cool to no longer have to respec to try new weapons or builds, and having all the passive resistances is nice.
Fun fact for the Misericorde: if you infuse it with Fire, it actually gets better total scaling than with keen. Backstabs and criticals also hit an interesting breakpoint with the dagger talisman where the split damage no longer serves as a problem because the game makes split scaling weapons IGNORE defense once their damage gets high enough, something that as far as I know only a stab with the misericorde can do.
The Wing of Astel ranking is egregious. It actually has the highest poise damage on R2 outside of collossal weapons because the projectiles deal poise damage as well. This thing absolutely crunches anything that can be stance broken and it's only 2.5 lbs.
Agreed, I loved my play-through with this weapon. Since the nerf of Flame of the Redmane, the only other stance-break build I've enjoyed more is Misericorde w/ Glindblade Phalanx, and Clayman Harpoon w/ Ice Spear, almost broken.
If most of the orbs hit it absolutely melts large enemies, the stance damage is indeed great but i notice a lot of people sleep on the darkmoon greatsword because its charged heavy deals 35 stance damage plus the projectile deals a further 35 for a whopping 70 in one swing in melee range
@@CrappyCarput glintblade phalanx on another knife, and do royal knights resolve on the misericorde. You can use rkr preemptively before the phalanx fires. Way more damage
@@frazfrazfrazfraz That is a lot of weapon swapping, and I'm easily confused, but I may give it a try. The Glintblade Phalanx is mostly for stance damage, thanks for the tip.
The other thing the Black Bow has going for it is the unique quick attacks you can do after Rolling as well, like the ds3 Composite bow. i've always found it so useful as you can get a quick shot off while rolling Away from an enemy
At first I clicked on this video with the full intent of just skipping straight to S tier for the best weapons, and I did. Just from the quality of the video, the humor, the cinematography, I’ve decided to to watch the entire video as if it’s a movie. I’m actually blown away with this video. You definitely earned my sub.
Not gonna lie, some of these choices really have me confused: Blasphemous Blade at #37 because fire damage is affected by rain, yet the Cranial Vessel Candlestand is #14 when it does fire damage and has an Ash that locks you in place for a long time Not to mention that the #1 pick also does fire damage And the Wing of Astel, Bloodhounds Fang, and Dark Moon Greatsword deserve far higher placings (they're all at least top 25 weapons)
Yeah, I feel he might have placed the BB a bit lower just to be a bit contrarian considering it so often sits in the top 5 of people's best weapon lists...or this list is so insanely long he just lost track of the reasoning given for each weapon so it was a genuine mistake.
I mean the burst damage on the Cranial vessel against large creatures is impossible to deny and it does excellent damage even in rain. Also, BB being in the 90th percentile of good weapons is appropriate.
@@mergenocide I think part of the issue with this is the "staying consistent with prior lists" thing, and it's possible because the list was so long he just kind of puzzle pieced different lists together. idk
With a list this large, you've got to expect some individual inconsistencies just because there's so much to consider. The difference in performance for like +-30 tiers is pretty negligible.
45:55 smooth af cut to a new clip with the same crit animation on a new mob love the little details that you put into the footage like that just makes watching you stuff that much better man especially with videos this long you didn’t have to put that extra effort into stuff like that but you did
The Frenzied Flame seal doesn't lock you into the Frenzied Flame ending, you can use Miquella's Needle in Placidusax's arena to reverse it. I'm only saying this to mask how impressed I am by this video. Top tier stuff
I think the bigger issue with it is that it does lock you in the ending. Unless you're willing to go through the hardest area and beat the hardest boss while also not screwing up an NPC's quest line. On top of the fact you gotta find Placidusax after all that anyway..
@@psyo_nade3177 it always hits though smart one since the skeletons activate even if you die or get stunned as long as it's after I think the 4th frame on 60fps
This is such a fantastic video and I love the sense of humor you brought to it. I appreciate all the work that went into testing, recording, scripting, editing and researching for this video. Awesome job man!
Humour? It’s the same dry sarcastic condescending humour we hear in every goddamn video or Reddit comment since 2015. I’m so sick and tired of it. It’s not funny. It never was funny. And it’s been done to death
As much of a joke these might have become, it's impressive that you give an opinion of each and every one, that's some determinations, thanks for giving in to our shenanigans, keep up the good work!
I never comment or post about any content I see from creators Im subbed with. But this my man was a staggering task that deserves every bit of praise it garners. Incredible piece of work and commitment!
Rusty is unironically my favorite content creator. You're amazing man. Props for the dedication you out in. We understand, after making something like this, you taking a break for awhile. You earned it
@3:33 point of order! The whole point of the weathered straight sword is it only has a strength requirement of 8. Meaning the astrologer can have a straight sword to use without needing to put points into strength. (I discovered this while trying to recreate Iron Pineapple's glass cannon sorcerer build). ... A purpose which is completely undermined by the existence of the Carian Slicer spell, but still!
Crazy to me how low you ranked the beastmans curved sword. It's literally a direct upgrade from the broadsword in every regard. Better scaling, better damage, better moveset, comparable weight, and honestly? Good looking too.
@@awanderer7132 and yet he ranked the slender sword stupid high despite its meh damage and okay scaling with a ridiculously low drop rate. Also beastkin aren't that hard to farm. I've used most every type of build. And if you're farming bcs, you should be fine. Str builds clobber beastmen poise easily
One thing that got overlooked is that the arcane scaling on the serpent bow allows also the arrows buildup to scale with your arcane, making it able to trigger poison instantly on some bosses in one mighty shot with an arcane build, and also the best to use bleed arrows. Even now with some really cool options to make use of poison in the DLC I still use it some times when I have skill issues because of how easy it is to just lock the target, press R2+L2 and trigger kindred of rot exultation
26:15 Grafted Dragon has one thing people miss: It's heavy attack knocks over most things in two hits, leaving things open for everyone's favorite uppercut. Makes for a solid sidearm (head?) for a longer frostbite weapon.
I think most people assumed you would make individual ranking videos similar to the bows and daggers. Christ, I certainly did not expect a *literally every weapon* video for 2+hours! Take this $20 for some lunch or whatever, take my respect and please have a restful holiday month. I'm sure you'll need it after having taken the time to make this (whether you wanted to or not)! Cheers for the videos and reviews, and hope you and everyone here has a happy holidays!
I figured out the erdtree dagger. The dagger naturally scales physical damage with faith, and it doesn't lose that trait with infusions. So when flame art gives the weapon split fire and a faith scaling upgrade, it boosts both fire AND physical scaling. Meaning excellent returns.
It‘s a great strategy against Malenia, since she hasn‘t got a lot of frost resistence. It is my first souls game and I‘m probably not a good player, but with Rannis Dark Moon and the Sword of Night and Flame I managed to get her down due to the gigantic damage.
@@ebbesand4214 A much easier to build option is to just use Freezing Pots or Volcano Pots, and focus on the other damage type on your weapon as befits your build.
Bloodhound’s fang was my go-to for the first couple playthroughs, totally happy to see it in top 100. I have a whole lot of experimenting to do it looks like
yeah on fifth myself and still using bloohound... did pull out godskin and a few others, some at the top of the list but for some reason there is a safety in the bloodhound, you know it will take out some pretty massive fellas and very quickly ... but I am with you maybe time to start exploring more and see what I am truly missing
Don’t be fooled by this list the bloodhounds fang is no joke the king of swords in elden ring that sword has little to no competition as it has high damage bleed and s all in one move.
@@imapro2597 if your takeaway from this man listing the merits and weaknesses of every single weapon in the game was “nah he’s actually wrong bloodhound’s fang is still the best weapon in the game” then I think it’s time to examine why you enjoy playing these games bc I think your world will open up if you consider other weapons Suiting one’s playstyle is one thing but shutting out every other weapon out of principle or stubbornness defeats the purpose of having so many great weapons in the first place
@@andrewdurst8455 or it could just be hard to capture the nuances of over 300 weapons and get all the details right in a single video. The bloodhound fang is incredibly strong. You get it early and it's strong enough to carry you through the entire game. Bleed, great AR, being faster than the other weapons in the same class, a somber weapon(low opportunity cost) and still buffable, so it can be used by pretty much any build. It's not the greatest weapon in the game, but it certainly is both stronger and more versatile than a bunch of the later entries in the list.
@@Windowsprodukt im not saying for a second that bloodhound’s fang isn’t fucking sick, it’s been my weapon of choice for half my runs of the game to date. If it were up to me I would ABSOLUTELY put it at the top of the list bc it suits myself and a lot of others perfectly. But coming to someone else’s subjective ranking of the 300 Elden ring weapons and seeing it in the 70s made me think “huh, there’s another 60+ reasons to play Elden ring again so I can see why this guy only ranks BHF in the 70s”, as opposed to “this list is a joke, BHF is clearly still the best weapon.” Obviously I’m interpreting this entire exchange in a really cynical way so I’m sorry but I don’t see the merit in watching some guy rank every Elden ring weapon if you’re really just watching it to see where your weapon of choice stacks up and then argue against its ranking in a list that you didn’t make. 10/10 times I’m putting BHF at number 1 in my own personal list… which I realize after watching this vid is maybe only 5 weapons long as opposed to literally hundreds. All I’m basically trying to say is seeing my favorite weapon be ranked in the top 100 by some guy stacking it against every other broken weapon in the game is a win, and I was inspired to try new weapons bc of the vid :)
You've got my respect for going forward with this, man, especially when you're honestly tried to go about it with as much integrity and humor as you've always put into your usual content. Regardless of what I feel about the occasional hair that I feel like splitting, you've 100% outdone yourself on sheer effort alone and I honestly feel like no one could or should demand any more of you.
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*Video Patch Notes 1.01*
-Regarding #6, Placidusax's Ruin is *not* a Dragon Communion incantation. Still waiting on Fromsoft to properly explain to us why that is. (jessicalenore8258)
-Regarding #201, Sacrificial Axe's FP regen procs if the weapon is equipped, meaning you don't necessarily have to kill enemies with it. (robertmcpherson138)
-Regarding #260, Beast-Repellant torch technically works on snails as well. Double-checking to make sure it doesn't work on bats but there's literally footage in the video of a bat attacking me with this torch in-hand. (Ewing_Klipspringer, reyditrinus3562)
-Regarding #280, the Clawmark Seal does find a comfortable niche with pure-strength builds, accompanied with the low FTH requirement of Bestial incants. It just gets lost in a sea of more flexible options, but that really doesn't make it a bad seal despite where I placed it. You could kill shit with a toothpick in this game if you wanted. (Vorael, drakeking6745)
If you noticed anything else, please use this comment as a bulletin board.
It's a minor thing, but unless the wiki is wrong, then the Warpick does actually do pierce damage, despite what it says in-game.
i may be stupid
but did you not rank the sonaf?
How did the Darkmoon Greatsword [#51] stack up in terms of its actual qualities as a weapon? The glowstick joke was excellent, but I was a little sad about the absence of that dank analysis.
iron balls has some serious damage in a pure strength + buffs build. it's charged heavy and heavy strings come out quick. Also darkmoon greatsword has some s tier pve damage output
the only weapon that i think might be missing is the Frozen Needle, i didn't see it anywhere on the list but i've also been sleep-deprived both times I watched the video and i think i fell half-asleep through the exact same section before the magma blade twice in a row
edit: disregard, its #157 at 1:17:33
We may have joked about it for months, but we gotta really respect Rusty for pulling this video out
About damn time
nice pfp
After a lifetime of waiting
@@stuff1044 thanks bro, you too
We were not joking
Ok cool, now rank all sites of grace
never satisfied lol
@@MasterOfTheBrood ngl i kinda wanna see it lmao
That video would fuck so hard
all crafting recepies
..........there are over 300 sites of grace...........
Timestamps:
I would recommend using ctrl+f to find specific weapons, since this really is a massive block of text.
------------------ F Tier: ------------------
2:08 #308: Soldier's Crossbow
2:50 #307: Sentry Torch
3:31 #306: Weathered Straight Sword
4:05 #305: Rotten Crystal Staff
4:47 #304: Whip
5:28 #303: Ghostflame Torch
6:00 #302: Ivory Sickle
6:42 #301: Torch
6:57 #300: Harp Bow
7:06 #299: Iron Spear
7:32 #298: Cane Sword
7:59 #297 Varre's Bouquet
8:14 #296 Caestus
8:51 #295 Torchpole
9:24 #294 Celebrant's Cleaver
9:52 #293 Gelmir Glintstone Staff
10:23 #292 Flowing Curved Sword
10:59 #291 Forked Hatchet
11:20 #290 Flail
11:50 #289 Serpent-God Curved Sword
12:03 #288 Loretta's War Sickle
12:35 #287 Great Club
13:10 #286 Mantis Blade
13:46 #285 Crystal Knife
14:22 #284 Troll's Hammer
14:58 #283 Crepus Black-Key Crossbow
15:15 #282 Warpick
------------------ D Tier: ------------------
15:53 #281 Celebrant's Skull
16:14 #280 Clawmark Seal
16:54 #279 Nightrider Flail
17:31 #278 Rosus Axe
17:48 #277 Spear
18:16 #276 Battle Hammer
18:56 #275 Rotten Battle Hammer
19:11 #274 Jawbone Axe
19:28 #273 Staff of the Guilty
20:04 #272 Forked Greatsword
20:32 #271 Celebrant's Sickle
21:01 #270 Scepter of the All-Knowing
21:37 #269 Duelist Greataxe
22:11 #268 Mace
22:44 #267 Rotten Greataxe
23:19 #266 Zamor Curved Sword
23:53 #265 Gargoyle's Black Halberd
24:32 #264 Serpent Bow
25:12 #263 Monk's Flameblade
25:39 #262 Glintstone Staff
26:11 #261 Grafted Dragon
26:45 #260 Beast-Repellant Torch
27:25 #259 Shotel
27:54 #258 Gargoyle's Black Axe
28:23 #257 Family Heads
28:50 #256 Shortbow
29:11 #255 Envoy's Horn
29:40 #254 Battle Axe
30:02 #253 Bastard Sword
30:28 #252 Beastman's Cleaver
31:03 #251 Gargoyle's Black Blades
31:33 #250 Frenzied Flame Seal
32:03 #249 Eclipse Shotel
32:36 #248 Heavy Crossbow
32:43 #247 Serpentbone Blade
33:22 #246 Troll Knight's Sword
33:55 #245 Digger's Staff
34:23 #244 Blade of Calling
34:55 #243 Steel-Wire Torch
35:24 #242 Gargoyle's Blackblade
36:02 #241 Staff of Loss
36:24 #240 Light Crosbow
36:53 #239 Winged Greathorn
37:22 #238 Nox Flowing Sword
37:28 #237 Spiked Club
37:53 #236 Erdtree Greatbow
38:17 #235 Red Branch Shortbow
38:40 #234 Scorpion's Stinger
39:12 #233 Longbow
39:41 #232 Rotten Crystal Spear
40:13 #231 Watchdog's Staff
40:44 #230 Composite Bow
41:14 #229 Scimitar
41:19 #228 Dragon Greatclaw
42:05 #227 Gargoyle's Greataxe
42:37 #226 Katar
43:25 #225 Envoy's Greathorn
43:52 #224 Prince of Death's Staff
44:07 #223 Highland Axe
44:37 #222 Staff of the Avatar
45:05 #221 Erdtree Bow
45:32 #220 Alabaster Lord's Sword
------------------ C Tier: ------------------
46:03 #219 Dagger
46:37 #218 Devourer's Scepter
47:13 #217 Celebrant's Rib-Rake
47:41 #216 Bastard's Stars
48:21 #215 Albinauric Bow
48:51 #214 Stormhawk Axe
49:24 #213 Finger Seal
50:15 #212 Beastman's Curved Sword
50:37 #211 Full Moon Crossbow
51:09 #210 Demi-Human Queen's Staff
51:53 #209 Gravel Stone Seal
52:24 #208 Lordsworn's Greatsword
52:55 #207 Golden Epitaph
53:22 #206 Greatbow
53:42 #205 Arbalest
54:22 #204 Lucerne
54:56 #203 Veteran's Prosthesis
55:13 #202 Wakizashi
55:40 #201 Sacrificial Axe
55:51 #200 Pulley Bow
56:05 #199 Giant's Seal
56:46 #198 Morning Star
57:14 #197 Hand Ballista
57:45 #196 Pest's Glaive
58:09 #195 Icerind hatchet
58:34 #194 Falchion
58:57 #193 Gargoyle's Greatsword
59:26 #192 Meteorite Staff
59:50 #191 Onyx Lord's Greatsword
1:00:27 #190 Golem's Halberd
1:01:07 #189 Azur's Glintstone Staff
1:01:47 #188 Ripple Blade
1:02:08 #187 Marika's Hammer
1:02:38 #186 Crystal Spear
1:03:13 #185 St. Trina's Torch
1:03:45 #184 Beastclaw Greathammer
1:04:16 #183 Dismounter
1:05:00 #182 Rotten Staff
1:05:33 #181 Spiked Caestus
1:06:00 #180 Misbegotten Shortbow
1:06:22 #179 Axe of Godfrey
1:06:45 #178 Short Sword
1:07:22 #177 Thorned Whip
1:08:00 #176 Iron Greatsword
1:08:28 #175 Club
1:08:55 #174 Ornamental Straight Swords
1:09:27 #173 Black Bow
1:10:02 #172 Curved Club
1:10:26 #171 Rivers of Blood
1:11:11 #170 Monk's Flamemace
1:11:38 #169 Starscouge Greatswords
1:12:14 #168 Albinauric Staff
1:12:46 #167 The Black Knife
1:13:15 #166 Rapier
1:13:37 #165 Vulgar Militia's Shotel
1:14:11 #164 Lordsworn's Straight Sword
1:14:29 #163 Ripple Crescent Halberd
1:15:00 #162 Rogier's Rapier
1:15:27 #161 Astrologer's Staff
1:16:08 #160 Scythe
1:16:41 #159 Misericorde
1:17:14 #158 Shamshir
1:17:31 #157 Frozen Needle
1:18:00 #156 Iron Ball
1:18:21 #155 Giant Crusher
------------------ B Tier: ------------------
1:18:55 #154 Carian Glintstone Staff
1:19:27 #153 Ruins Greatsword
1:20:07 #152 Omen Cleaver
1:20:42 #151 Dragonscale Blade
1:21:32 #150 Ghiza's Wheel
1:22:10 #149 Carian Glintblade Staff
1:22:42 #148 Magma Blade
1:23:26 #147 Gargoyle's Twinblade
1:23:59 #146 Stone Club
1:24:37 #145 Hand Axe
1:25:07 #144 Horn Bow
1:25:36 #143 Longsword
1:26:01 #142 Sword of St. Trina
1:26:32 #141 Axe of Godrick
1:27:05 #140 Watchdog's Greatsword
1:27:34 #139 GreatAxe
1:28:02 #138 Knight's Greatsword
1:28:10 #137 banished Knight's Greatsword
1:28:16 #136 Chainlink Flail
1:28:47 #135 Erdsteel Dagger
1:29:22 #134 Pulley Crossbow
1:29:53 #133 Clinging Bone
1:30:20 #132 Troll's Golden Sword
1:30:55 #131 Golden Order Seal
1:31:24 #130 Parrying Dagger
1:31:54 #129 Large Club
1:32:26 #128 Inseparable Sword
1:33:01 #127 Magma Whip Candlestick
1:33:30 #126 Prelate's Inferno Crozier
1:34:05 #125 Golden Order Greatsword
1:34:39 #124 Sword of Night & Flame
1:35:13 #123 Grafted Blade Greatsword
1:35:47 #122 Great Mace
1:36:19 #121 Bloodstained Dagger
1:36:47 #120 Noble's Estoc
1:37:15 #119 Brick Hammer
1:37:52 #118 Golem Greatbow
1:38:21 #117 Rotten Crystal Sword
1:38:24 #116 Crystal Sword
1:39:06 #115 Grossmesser
1:39:31 #114 Ringed Finger
1:40:01 #113 Hammer
1:40:13 #112 Wing of Astel
1:40:50 #111 Gargoyle's Halberd
1:41:12 #110 Giant's Red Braid
1:41:53 #109 Maliketh's Black Blade
1:42:27 #108 Death Ritual Spear
1:43:05 #107 lazuli Glintstone Sword
1:43:41 #106 Urumi
1:44:25 #105 Short Spear
1:44:54 #104 Jar Cannon
1:45:22 #103 Halberd
1:45:42 #102 Glaive
1:46:09 #101 Antspur Rapier
1:46:54 #100 Grave Scythe
1:47:20 #99 Vulgar Militia Saw
1:47:59 #98 Carian Knight's Sword
1:48:39 #97 Scavenger's Curved Sword
1:49:12 #96 Butchering Knife
1:49:48 #95 Longhaft Axe
------------------ A Tier: ------------------
1:50:32 #94 Nox Flowing Hammer
1:51:14 #93 Death's Poker
1:52:00 #92 Royal Greatsword
1:52:31 #91 Lion Greatbow
1:53:20 #90 Twinblade
1:53:55 #89 Dragon King's Cragblade
1:54:29 #88 Erdtree Seal
1:54:57 #87 Hookclaws
1:55:29 #86 Bloodhound's Fang
1:56:10 #85 Winged Scythe
1:56:32 #84 Cleanrot Spear
1:56:56 #83 Bloody Helice
1:57:27 #82 Greathorn hammer
1:58:03 #81 Venomous Fang
1:58:38 #80 Godslayer's seal
1:59:16 #79 Broadsword
1:59:51 #78 Dragon Halberd
2:00:23 #77 Great Epee
2:00:46 #76 Partisan
2:01:16 #75 Meteoric Ore Blade
2:01:48 #74 Great Knife
2:02:18 #73 Estoc
2:02:40 #72 Regalia of Eochaid
2:03:20 #71 Glintstone Kris
2:03:50 #70 Warhawk's Talon
2:04:15 #69 Cipher Pata
2:04:44 #68 Carian Regal Scepter
2:05:11 #67 Magma Wyrm's Scalesword
2:05:43 #66 Crescent Moon Axe
2:06:10 #65 Twinned knight Swords
2:06:43 #64 Halo Scythe
2:07:07 #63 Warped Axe
2:07:43 #62 Hand of Malenia
2:08:22 #61 Bolt of Gransax
2:08:57 #60 Miquellan Knight's Sword
2:09:24 #59 Cinquedea
2:09:54 #58 Marais Executioner Sword
2:10:25 #57 Reduvia
2:10:52 #56 Banished Knight's Halberd
2:11:25 #55 Clayman's harpoon
2:12:03 #54 Commander's Standard
2:12:37 #53 Morgott's Cursed Sword
2:13:06 #52 Inquisitor's Girandole
2:13:22 #51 Dark Moon Greatsword
2:13:26 #50 Coded Sword
2:14:11 #49 Flamberge
2:14:22 #48 Treespear
2:14:39 #47 Star Fist
2:15:10 #46 Golden Halberd
2:15:42 #45 Sword of Milos
2:16:08 #44 Uchigatana
2:16:16 #43 Spiked Spear
2:16:42 #42 Academy Glintstone Staff
2:17:15 #41 Curved Great Club
2:17:42 #40 Ordovis's Greatsword
2:18:15 #39 Executioner's Greataxe
2:18:43 #38 Godskin Stitcher
2:19:13 #37 Blasphemous Blade
2:19:53 #36 Bloodhound Claws
2:20:08 #35 Greatsword
2:20:18 #34 Sacred Relic Sword
2:20:49 #33 Crystal Staff
2:21:16 #32 Serpent-Hunter
2:21:57 #31 Helphen's Steeple
------------------ S Tier: ------------------
2:22:32 #30 Eleonora's Poleblade
2:23:06 #29 Fallingstar Beast's Jaw
2:23:50 #28 Claymore
2:24:17 #27 Hoslow's Petal Whip
2:24:44 #26 Iron Cleaver
2:24:59 #25 Zweihander
2:25:24 #24 Godskin Peeler
2:26:00 #23 Lusat's Glintstone Staff
2:26:42 #22 Godslayer's Greatsword
2:27:19 #21 Noble's Slender Sword
2:27:53 #20 Pickaxe
2:28:21 #19 Pike
2:28:33 #18 Great Stars
2:29:00 #17 Moonveil
2:29:34 #16 Siluria's Tree
2:30:09 #15 Great Omenkiller Cleaver
2:30:36 #14 Cranial Vessel Candlestand
2:31:03 #13 Bandit's Curved Sword
2:31:32 #12 Rusted Anchor
2:32:05 #11 Envoy's Long Horn
2:32:37 #10 lance
2:33:07 #9 Cleanrot Knight's Sword
2:33:34 #8 Cross-Naginata
2:34:15 #7 Guardian's Swordspear
2:34:55 #6 Dragon Communion Seal
2:35:29 #5 Nightrider Glaive
2:36:02 #4 Nagakiba
2:36:39 #3 Raptor Talons
2:37:28 #2 Mohgwin's Sacred Spear
2:38:17 #1 Vyke's War Spear
"Bruh" sound effect.
Bless you you glorious fool, quite the effort for something that will be used rarely, but when it is it will be most beneficial to the select few.
"Legend" is an understatement. Thanks.
This should be pinned.
THANK YOU
This is probably going to help somebody out there, so I'll write down the best weapon for each weapon class according to this list.
- Daggers: Reduvia (#57)
- Straight Swords: Noble's Slender Sword (#21)
- Greatswords: Claymore (#28)
- Colossal Swords: Godslayer's Greatsword (#22)
- Thrusting Swords: Cleanrot Knight's Sword (#9)
- Heavy Thrusting Swords: Godskin Stitcher (#38)
- Curved Swords: Bandit's Curved Sword (#13)
- Curved Greatswords: Morgott's Cursed Sword (#53)
- Katanas: Nagakiba (#4)
- Twinblades: Godskin Peeler (#24)
- Axes: Iron Cleaver (#26)
- Greataxes: Rusted Anchor (#12)
- Hammers: Nox Flowing Hammer (#94)
- Flails: Chainlink Flail (#136)
- Great Hammers: Envoy's Long Horn (#11)
- Colossal Weapons: Fallingstar Beast Jaw (#29)
- Spears: Cross-Naginata (#8)
- Great Spears: Vyke's War Spear (#1)
- Halberds: Nightrider Glaive (#5)
- Reapers: Halo Scythe (#64)
- Whips: Hoslow's Petal Whip (#27)
- Fists: Star Fist (#47)
- Claws: Raptor Talons (#3)
- Shortbows: Misbegotten Shortbow (#180)
- Bows: Horn Bow (#144)
- Greatbows: Lion Greatbow (#91)
- Crossbow: Pulley Crossbow (#134)
- Ballistas: Jar Cannon (#104)
- Glintstone Staves: Lusat's Glintstone Staff (#23)
- Sacred Seals: Dragon Communion Seal (#6)
- Torches: St. Trina's Torch (#185)
you deserve things i can’t describe
Surprised to not see Executioner's Greataxe taking the top spot but when I watched his reason for it not being top 10 listing the abysmal droprate I can see that being fair as a dealbreaker for a lot of people. Quite a shame cause it's basically just a standard greataxe with higher crit mod and better reach. Having a lot of fun with mine. Roar medallion + war cry makes heavy attacks hit so hard it almost feels like cheating
The pulley crossbow was number like 134 ish so it's higher than the arbalest
@@rowanB6074 ah, you're right. thanks for the catch!
Moghs spear was #2
He finally went insane and actually ranked all weapons. This is all the internet's fault.
Fr bro finally caved in
And we dont even feel guilty😅
It's his own, he could've at least do the videos by weapon type and then coming up with a top 30 or smt, the guy's crazy
No wonder a madness status spear was ranked #1.
and I'm all here for it
Really pushing that 10 minute mark.
shaking my smh my head, youtubers these days
This caused psychic damage.
@@eta2321shaking my shaking my head my head, ahh yes
@@sybrenschuuring9681 laughing out lol loud
@@TheNastyPhysBeastOG laughing out laughing out loud loud, ahh yes
You mentioned how weird it is about the Sword of St. Trina being Int and the Torch being Faith, but the Sleep Pots (also tied to Miquella as St. Trina) scale with Arcane!
wow
"Gives me conniptions"
That's what I am thinking that Miquella will be a boss fight which uses fuck load of great and maniac spells. Imagine Miquella saying " O' my dear Mogh, Lend me thy power" while nihiling to us and creating Comet Azur gaisers same time
@@rgzgrmiquella saying that is like a child saying "Grant me power, Epstien!"
So its canon,St. Trina's build was either super high level or trash
7 reasons why the Noble's Slender Sword is the best weapon in the game.
1 - It has the Longsword moveset, which is the best moveset. Forget those penniless pretenders with their fancy weapon arts, explosions, teleports and all that voodoo. You are nobility. Your puissance is yours alone, your weapon is just an accessory to that.
2 - It is looooong. A whole peasant's hand longer than those filthy longswords the soldiers use. Long weapons have long hitboxes. Poke your dissidents before they can dirty your attire. Then laugh at them for being poor.
3 - It gets top of the line in Dexterity scaling and takes exceptionally well to elemental infusions, for those with discriminating taste. Strength builders can even get it up to A, just please use Soap first. As if you were the type to get into fisticuffs anyway - that's what summons are for!
4 - It has 110 crit modifier, because people who parry a lot are just better than everybody else. Backstabbing, too, is very appropriate for a nobleman.
5 - It has rock bottom requirements. Even your noodly-armed Astrologers and Bandits can pick it up right away, without wasting points in Strength like a pack animal. Being an aristocrat is easy.
6 - It looks absolutely balling and is a necessity in any fashionable build. Forget the gauchely decorated Rogier's Rapier with its inhuman Dexterity requirement, it just smacks of new money. This refined, elegant weapon is coated in the timeless glamour of gold, conveying the splendor that is yours by birthright.
7 - It is an ultra rare drop from the few enemies who carry it. You can farm for hours, grinding hundreds and thousands of Nobles into paste without ever seeing it. Only the luckiest and most privileged aristocrat-killers may own this opulent deathstick. That's you. You won. Congratulations, winner.
That puny handle/hilt makes it inferior to the longsword alone. Said it, meant it. 🙂
@@jlb4685why tou little insolent piece of caddock
this is a copypasta, i think, but yeah, whatever, sure man congratulations
@@jlb4685 this is a literal copy pasta 🤣
@@jlb4685but the crit modifier is so nice
You missed that the Golden Epitaph actually adds flat holy damage onto just about everything, and it can make Elden Stars disappointing instead of comically awful. In all seriousness it does help juice up other holy damage options. (You would be forgiven for missing this effect in a video ranking every single weapon)
too bad he isn;t >:[
let's get the pitchforks, people
That everything effect does in fact mean _Everything_. On my sorceror run, it added a small bit onto my Terra Magica, which had the unfortunate effect of dinging me every few frames for a tiny amount of damage; just enough to flinch me out of my spellcasting.
Ngl 25 fkat damage per hit added to spells like azura comet or stars of ruin soumds like it cpuld go crazy
@@palebloodgamer3456it's not as strong as it sounds, because last rites is an aura buff which means it doesn't stack with the likes of golden vow. Even for builds that capitalise on multi hit spells you're better off just using golden vow. Plus boosting existing damage is better than adding another type because defense gets applied to each damage type. And if that's not enough, holy is arguably the least useful damage type in the game outside of undead because most late game and rune bearing bosses have a massive 40% holy negation.
This is the peak of content on UA-cam. It's all downhill from here. Thank you, Rusty. You absolute legend
Wait wait wait, hol’up. I might have some good news for you. Look up Rav the Avatar. Trust me. You don’t need to know anything about it beforehand. Just enjoy. ❤
Elden ring dlc weapon list when?
@@Frost87000That might be hard, ive heard theres around 150 weapons, Ive gotten around 30 of them and im at Godwyns fight already.
@@uncleol We are back to pre elden ring delusion
@@Sekiro_lover yep, im going hollow now
Have fun redoing this video when the DLC drops
you got any recommendations for a dex weapon for dlc ??
@@frrrasermilady
Milady is so good. It’s like a fast as fuck Bloodhound Fang with a thrusting move set mixed in
Milady is sick. And if you're a female character it looks hot af
@@frrraserif you're willing to split Dex and faith go euporia if not milady 'ill do
Rusty, you absolute madman.
Huge respects to you for actually pushing forward and doing this. No one else would have even dared to do it as in depth as you have here. Cheers.
What an absolute BANGER of a video. Zero regrets watching it all at once. You managed to make 2hr 40mins feel like half the time and remained thoroughly entertaining and informative throughout. 100/10
It's crazy how attention retentive Rusty really is
More like a smanger
This is a fucking terrible list. I’ve liked Rusty’s stuff for a while but I just can’t get behind it. A lot of these picks are just personal preference but some of this shit could be classified as misinformation.
@@BlackDT Elaborate on that. I'm willing to hear your points but you have to actually say them.
@@DeadSparkMan The three that really stick out and ruin this list are the Darkmoon Greatsword at 51, the Blasphemous Blade at 37, and Vyke’s spear at 1.
Darkmoon and Blasphemous are the top 2 PVE weapons in the game. They’re incredible. For neither one to be in S tier, let alone being placed as low as they were, is just dumb. I get that this is also a PVP list and those weapons aren’t as good in pvp, but I don’t see how you can have weapons that dominate one half of the game (arguably the more important half), and have them ranked this low. And the fact he didn’t even bother to elaborate on the dark moon Greatsword is just stupid. Did he not have anything to say to justify him putting it that low?
Vyke’s spear being S tier I can get but #1? It’s biggest attribute is literally useless in PVE, where it’s entirely outclassed as a great spear by Mohgwyn. It’s only benefit over Mohgwyn is that you can get it easier. I get that madness is strong in PVP but I don’t see how a weapon with such a huge gap in quality between pvp and PVE can be #1. If the argument for darkmoon and blasphemous being as low as they are is that they’re only good in one mode, than that should go both ways.
These are only 3 picks but there are more I have trouble with. Grafted blade and Marais being higher than the sword of night and flame contradicts his legendary weapons video, without any explanation as to why he changed his mind.
Rivers of Blood is too low. Yes it got nerfed, I get that it’s not a top tier weapon now, but it’s still good. Having it in the bottom half of the list is just dumb. If it was in like the 120s I’d get it more but it’s in the fucking 170s.
There are others too but I’ll stop here.
Just for the pure Dedication to make this List, you've earned it. Thanks and Greetings from Germany ✌🏻
Sadly he butchered the Flamberges name and didn´t mention its additional bleeding damage. The real flamberge was designed with that flame shape to inflict immense flesh wounds to its enemy.
@@wolfsoldner9029 bro this video is almost 3 hours long.
@@changforyouAnd ?
@@wolfsoldner9029 go outside, talk to people
Bro donated 5 dollars 💀
a 3d render of a slowly rotating object to display something in a video game is so timeless. i’ll never complain about it. 10/10.
He’s finally done it, what a legend.
Merry Christmas everyone!
He finally caved in
Woot! What A Christmas Gift!! Now...about those fields and grass in the lands between...they could really use like some kind of tiered ranking. XD
The purpose of the morning star is to be an immediately available option to go kill greyoll right at the start of the game that isn't the flail
I have made it a habit to just go get bloody slash on the way to greyoll since I end up having to go there for the medallion, but yeah, anything is better than the flail
Reduvia would be a better option and is available at the same point as morning star. Reduvia's bleed procs are insanely fast on Greyroll.
@@Sitri115 Morningstar has less arcane requirements
@@Mare_Man All classes have a max of 1-5 levels needed in order to use Reduvia, that's the equivalent of 1, maybe 2, graveyard visits and there's a graveyard right next to the first caelid bonfire and another one on your way to Greyroll. It'd be faster to use Reduvia since you can get the reqs for it on your way to Greyroll instead of going all the way down to the Morning Star then all the way up to Greyroll. Not to mention you can very easily respec to get rid of excess arcane.
@@Sitri115 Easier to get the Morningstar than to kill Nerius, and most classes don't even need to level to use it.
It speaks volumes to the sheer killing power of many weapons when the #86 weapon managed to carry me all the way not just through the game but against malenia too. What a phenomenal set of weapons this game has. Not as tightly condensed as Bloodborne but easily some of the most viable in variety.
This list was extremely hard to organize for that reason. You could kill shit in this game with a toothpick if you wanted.
@@Rusty._INSANE props to you for this, I'm going on a long flight soon and now I've got something to cover roughly 1/6 of it
@@Rusty._ I hope I speak for a lot of us when I say we appreciate the effort. I bet 100 down through 10 was quite challenging to actually rank. You are the best list maker in the game.
I used the grave scythe throughout the entire game and by god that thing combined with the stormcaller ash of war and quality attunemny was bloody insane.
Really? As many good weapons as there are, I still find myself resenting the filler that a lot of the weapons in the game represent.
There are so many entire dungeons where the loot, boss and gimmick are all redundant, and the number of weapons feels like a symptom of that bloat.
Stop stalling. Character creation eyebrow settings ranking.
I’m so happy to see the Claymore so high up.
I’ve loved that weapon and its moveset since Dark Souls 1. The simple addition of an R2 stab instead of a slam, and the option to two-hand it for vertical slashes, feels so versatile.
the baemore
It's only flaw is that there is no proper kilt in the game for cosplay. If there was it would be number 1 for me.
Yeah fr I used it for the last half of the game with some lightning and other weapon incantations it’s just so sick
Bro I adore the Claymore. Been using it since DS1 because of Oroboro's play more with the Claymore video back in the day.
I love a simple ass sword ass sword that has a little bit of everything sometimes.
Whats power stancing? Genuinely i dont know, Elden ring is my first from soft game and i got it like 4 days ago
One good thing about the glintstone staff: there is a noble that stands by himself a short distance away from Sellen's starting spot that has a 100% chance of dropping the staff the first time you kill it in a playthrough. Good for people who started as a wretch and want a quick and easy staff before replacing it with the superior demi human queen's staff.
Edit: People in the comments are saying there's a noble that's actually a rune bear in disguise that is also close to Sellen's starting spot. I've never personally confirmed this, but this noble and the other noble are two completely different nobles.
had to think about that for a sec ngl
gravity staff says hi (s scaling in magic without requiring any upgrades btw)
@@卛 the joke that just flew over your head says hi
@@ajnewhouse6217 i'm sorry, can you explain the joke?
@@卛 Not OP, but I'm pretty sure that particular noble will turn into a rune bear if you attack him. He does drop a larval tear though, and is IIRC the earliest you can get one of those.
He did it, he really did it. Our eyes are yet to open in front of such a mad tier list
nice transition on the alabastor lords sword! there is something really cool about seeing such attention to detail in such a long video. good work as always
Rusty, the Beast Repellant Torch works against basilisks, so it's honestly extremely useful in certain locations.
It also works against bats and snails, don’t know why he thinks it doesn’t
@Ake-TL Well it works against snails but it doesn't work against bats.
Should be atleast 30 spots higher.
Shame, guess he’ll have to remake the video
Yeah but my whole play through I only fought basilisks a handful of times.
It made going through the Lake of Rot much less annoying, getting the Tree Sentinel armour was cake (just stand half way out of the tunnel where the chariot rides over you and use Margit's shackle, destroying the chariots + awarding the gear) and the sewers a breeze.
You absolute legend. Get your rest in. You've earned it tenfold, Rusty.
1:01:43 Something you forgot to mention is that the spellcasting speed buff applies to incantations as well, but the FP increase does not. This means it an absolutely amazing offhand for incantation builds.
got to remake the whole list now.
DAMN I had no that was a thing. Time to test this
@@redgeoblaze3752 this list is a normie list, the guy doesn't know what he is talking about anyways
@@VagossssssssssEverything is bad if you didn't create it, huh, Mr. Normie? Get off the internet, it's your bedtime.
@@salmonella7993 This man doesn't even know how ashes of war are scaling or anything about the game at all. The ranking list is useless. He doesn't know how the game works this list is dumb
having tried out the banished knights greatsword for the past two weeks i must say you completely undersold it in this rank list, bro.
this baby took me all the way through the game and the blood of every single demigod (and god) in the game stains its blade.
it has the same move set as the inseparable sword but none of its limitations (aka you can dedicate fully to strength and slap heavy affinity on it, which is what i did). once the moveset grows on you, its very hard to go back to the standard clumsy greatsword moveset.
ironically, i only figured how great this sword is because i was looking to make myself a discount inseparable sword in my early game playthrough, and i was very positively surprised how much it trucks with sacred sword ash.
so much so that i would say it far outperforms it.
it also absolutely slaps with firestrike ash; dumping 1200+ damage in the span of 1.5 seconds catches everyone off guard in pvp because they can't tell the difference between firestrike and catch flame (which is what they _think_ i'm trying to use) so when that followup mega slash hits them outta nowhere they ALWAYS panic roll.
the only downside i have experienced is its somewhat medium reach, but its cousin "knight's greatsword" (which also has the same move set) covers that niche for a minor damage tradeoff.
I like that alternate 2h moveset so much.
I may be biased by the full playthrough of DS3 with the hollowslayer gs :).
It's my second playthrough (mage before) and i use this gorgeous sword on my strength build with fire sword dance. It's so powerful and beautiful
Got my disagreements - Clawmark Seal comes to mind, but my GOD what a great video. Incredible production, footage, and most impressively your consistency in your own criteria for ranking. You really understand why subjective review is still so popular and how to present your case with style and humor. Love it.
It's literally better than finger seal and available for free at pretty much the same stage, idk also what it is with the complaint about the scaling, with 30 str and faith up to 50 it always outperformed erdtree seal
And rock throw is an insane incant to boost
My issue Was The Vulgar Militia Saw. I Ran A Build With It On My First Play Through, And Good Lord - Was It OP. I Bled An Omen With A Single Jump Attack With The blood Affinity...
I Also Used It Since I Was Farming Dragon Barrow Vulgar Militia For Runes... With Ever Finding Out It Was Only One Step Behind The Mogwin Rune Farm. Used Because 'Serrated Butchering Knife On A Stick'
clawmark seal feels very misplaced considering how valuable its niche is as a primarily strength-scaling talisman, but the biggest thing i wanna remind people of is that pretty much every weapon in C Tier and above is 100% usable. D Tier weapons typically under-perform but can still work if you put in some extra work.
that and bleed is so powerful that you can imagine basically any infusable weapon with innate bleed (EXCEPT FLAILS) as a full tier higher than its placement on the list if you spec for it.
edit: if any seal is deserving of the title of "worst" it's absolutely the frenzied flame seal. i don't care that it has like the third highest scaling or whatever, you need to get to lvl 80 on literally every stat to get the full benefit of it, its fucking dogwater
Ye ff seal is terrible, frenzied burst is the only ff incantation one would be running normally and you don't really need to improve it's damage. Also it's the hardest seal to reach besides giant's and that one has a wider usage and it's not really hidden
@@alternanzafatemonogatari4868 It's better then finger seal if all you intend to do with it is use bestial vigor and maybe a few other buff spells that require 15 faith or less. If you're going for faith in any appreciable amount, the finger seal is still much better.
Fun fact about zamor curved sword ash, unlike the sorcery you actually can’t get interrupted while doing the ice storm making it so much better than the sorcery. It also doesn’t require magic the damage scales with weapon upgrade making it a versatile pic for any build
I think you missed that the Beast-Repellent Torch also works on Basilisks. The ability to render Basilisk swarms non-hostile alone makes it my go-to torch for any playthrough.
I loved this torch on my first playthrough, it saved my ass a bunch times! Especially with the basilisks!
I loved it my first playthrough and then I forgot about it my 2nd playthrough and hated every cave
I'm Sorry it can do WHAT?!
Also for both that and the Sentry torch, you can put it ON YOUR BACK (by two-handing your main-hand weapon), which means you are NOT stuck with the Sentry torch's weapon art at all. So there's no reason NOT to use either of them. Unless you prefer a shield, I guess, or a staff or seal in that off-hand.
@@Angi_Mathochistrealized that for those torches a couple playthroughs ago and it’s a total game changer. Makes caelid, basilisks and the invisible black knife assassins a walk in the park
I gave this video a thumbs up before I even saw it. Just cause when I saw it almost 3 hours long and knowing how long it takes to examine all of this information + editing! Props 💯
I cannot be more exited for this, he finally did it, I am unbridled with joy, unfathomably so, I am enlightened to all the good in the world, I am provided with an incomprehensible sense of euphoria, truly. This is like seeing Sisyphus actually finish pushing the boulder, he can finally rest, and everyone shall applaud this insane accomplishment.
One must imagine Rusty happy.
Note about Staff of Loss: two of them in each hand and the night comet transforms into the “NIGHT NUKE”
Two in EACH hand? How big are your fuggin hands??
The arguement of the school boost being worse than a higher scaling staff doesn’t apply to loss specifically. At 80 int/80 fth it deals more night comet damage than princes staff.
Night Commit
I know what you actually meant but it'd be awesome if you could actually hold 2 of them in each hand.
Ah, the classic four arm fighting skill like General Grivious uses it, how could I forgot about it?
The Staff of Loss was massively underrated here. It’s buff to Night sorceries is a whopping 30% increase, the only other staff with a 30% buff to a spell type if the meteor staff’s 30% to gravity sorceries, but the meteor staff cannot be upgraded while the Staff of Loss can, allow it to become far stronger. This 30% buff also stacks multiplicatively to a 69% buff if you wield two of them. To top it off the spells that this staff upgrades, the night sorceries, are pretty good. They’re not the highest base damage ever but with that 69% they out damage most other spells, don’t cost much FP and are fast to cast. To top it off they’re invisible, meaning bosses make no effort to dodge them. I use the Staff of Loss on my sorcerer build and first tried every boss in the game, Malenia was dead before she even got to hit me once, it’s easily the strongest staff in the game and is super easy to use.
Imo Night Comet is the only good Night sorcery. However, this thing freaking clears houses. You can easily no diff Malenia with it.
Straight up, Staff of Loss + Night Comet trivializes virtually the entire game. The combination of being able to get it super early in the game before facing any boss at all, with it ruining enemy AI because they cannot dodge or react to it, and its high damage output, as well as the fact it's ranged so you don't even need to block or dodge many encounters, it's just ridiculous. I've yet to find an easier NG run then this combo. All the other OP shit is mid to late game or requires NG+ What people also need to realize is that it doesn't need 2 staff of loss and the spell damage buffs to make it work. I ran through NG specifically with only Physick and Talisman's as my spell buffs, so that I wouldn't have to pre-buff before any fight. The only bosses that were annoying were Rykard but we all know the solution to that, and EB which genuinely was annoying to deal with because of FP flask management. Though that's the other key point, people can use this setup as a support off-hand while using any of the many amazing Int scaling melee weapons this game has. Moonveil, DM GS, Night and Flame, there are so many good ones.
Oh also, Ambush Shard is another good Night Sorcery to be used against big knights with big shields.
Double staff of Loss with Night Comet it's the meta for Mages
69% damage increase
Nice
To be fair, he DID address all of this in his sorceries/staff videos. He’s simply taking into account the fact that it ONLY works when you wield 2 and only use one spell. There are 70+ sorceries or something in the game. Why lock yourself out of everything else. That’s why it’s rated low. Not because it’s not nichely overpowered, but because it’s just not flexible and not objectively fun.
Puts blasphemous blade at 37 cuz it does fire damage but puts Vykes war spear at 1… a weapon that also does fire damage and is just inherently worse in almost every single PvE situation minus a handful of bosses and invasions
Vyke's highest scaling is Dex but the fire in the weapon art scales w Strength... Yeah he missed that one.
It’s a Greatsword vs a Great Spear though. Different moveset, and obviously he prefers the great spear moveset over the Greatsword moveset.
@@dogmat8733 The list is fucking trash
@dogmat8733 yea he even stated he had a theme getting toward the end
@@dogmat8733 so you’re basically saying his only reason to put it over 30 spots higher than BB is cuz he prefers spears? Like huh? I prefer twin blades. Easily my favorite weapon type but I can recognize that majority of the Twinblade aren’t that amazing unless you run bleed or frost
In no world should vykes war spear be one and it’s ash of war is mainly a PvP ash
Honestly, after this you definitely deserve a break. But if there MUST be another list/ranking after this? I just wanna see a list of your favorite powerful and unique builds you've made for this game. With all this knowledge and experience acquired you must have some deeply fun and satisfying play-styles you've done and a video where you can gush non-stop about your favorites might be a good palette cleanse and otherwise easier video to do compared to all the other rankings thus far.
I'd also love to see this
Needs to rank all boss rememberances now (just wanna see the intro lore continue)
Elden Ring Tierlist of Elden Ring Tierlists
@@digital7519All armor sets ranked by drip
Big respect for this project. Can't be easy ranking so many things, and you just KNOW someones gonna take it too real when you dunk on some random shitty weapon.
Y'know what, absolute mad respect for turning what was once a joke we thought wouldn't really happen into an actual video!
The Clawmark Seal is amazing, as it scales with strength, not faith. Therefore, it lets you cast based on your strength, not your faith. If you are doing a Beast build (I did a NG+ run as one) using it, all the best incantations, and the Cinqueada and Bestclaw great hammer, it lets you cast and scales based off your 80 strength, saving you from investing in Faith.
Only seal I use unless I am running a pure arcane dragon build. I think all around clawmark is the best seal in the game due to versatility and accessibility.
no way clawmark gets so much lower than frenzy seal. the frenzy seal has literally no usecase
Funny thing is, the Square Off Ash of War is so good that even the Cane Sword does very well with it. Sadly, we lost the VOD footage of GinoMachino's Cane Sword Only No Hit Run.
The poise damage on square off is underrated tbh
Here we go with people overrating square off again. My brother in christ, is the best option on STRAIGHT SWORDS and straight swords without powerstancing sucks ass
@@NoNono-o3h ...you realize you didn't make a single point towards your argument, right? Nor did it add any relevance nor value to the topic.
@@nolongeraperson damn that's some sad reading comprehension then
@@nolongeraperson he's still right though (at least on the part where SO is overrated), half the comment section on one of Rusty's previous videos was just people glazing square off because he put it low in the AoW tier list.
I agree with this because in the grand scheme of things, and looking beyond a world outside of straight swords and purely stance damage, Square off lacks utility of other AoWs, let alone the AoWs of certain unique weapons (Even at that there's uniques like Dynast's finesse that does stance break even better than SO does).
Well done sir, well done.
My only gripe would be with the clawmark seal. You are correct that it does not keep up with other seals for scaling, but it isnt supposed to. Its for nearly pure strength builds to have some spell/ranged options.
absolutely factual, it's a decent seal for strength builds because of that bit of strength scaling, and it allows the beastial incantations to do more damage and they're not too bad in pvp
I came here to say that, it's for tossing rocks at annoying things in PvE. Solid choice for melee strength build utility.
This, in a pure strength build you don't have that much faith, but at say 60 strength and maybe 15 faith it gives you access to great incants like flame grant me strength, and stone of gurranq and still able scale with your stats
Speaking of strength, the vular militia shotel not only gets a B in dex on it's lightning affinity, but it even gets a B in str on fire affinity. Which means two-handing the thing boosts the physical and fire damage by a B str scaling.
well, these ranking is mostly for pvp... which is a shame. he should seperate pvp from pve
Rusty. You. Are. The. Man. Appreciate all that you do. This was EPIC. Happy Holidays!
I cant believe how much work you've put into this
had a lot if fun skimming through this!
2:14:22 I think it's worth mentioning that the tree spear is buffable, like with spells. This means you can throw sacred blade (the incantation) on it and reach ludicrously high levels of holy damage, making it the uncontested strongest faith weapon in the game by pure damage. At the cost of not using the ash of war you can climb up to 600 holy damage at the same time as the solid physical damage, and that's without any of the non-weapon buffs you are going to use as a faith build.
It also has the greatest charged R2 out of any spear in the game
I also use the tree spear, what I love most about it is once you hit the minimum specs for it including stamina you still have a decently useful weapon and can focus on faith to have good damage on your incantations. Plus you can use the lightning incantation on it to get some nice damage for a minute or 2.
WINGED SCYTHE KEY: unless they changed it in one of the two recent patches, the anti-flask is actually more of a heal block. A HEAL. BLOCK. I wondered why i had such an easier time with malenia than like everyone i know and this is why. I didn't even know she had a passive heal bc I was to busy wacking her with beautifully designed kryptonite
oh that’s actually insane !
Tried it a while ago. It doesnt work. :(
@@RazalasTreblaskill issue
It doesn't block malenia healing tho
HOLY SHIT YOU ACTUALLY WENT AND DID IT
I lack the words to describe just how funny it is that no other content creator I know would ever even get close to doing something like this, yet here we are, sat in front of a nearly 3 hour video ranking every single weapon, oh boy this is going to be FUN
2:13:23 I was wondering where is dark moon greatsword.Took me 10 minutes to finds out,and there’s only one sentence of comment.💀💀💀
Me too! I was waiting for it just to get nice glowstick bro. I’m using it in my playthrough right now and to me it’s really really strong with the right talismans so I thought it’d be a lot higher and more said about it so I wonder why it’s ranked where it is
@@ryancochling4806 it's really strong, yeah. But it's very linear in terms of usage, and the later weapons have something that outclass it.
@@ryancochling4806 Plenty of other tier lists put it at S tier, among the top 3 (sometimes #1) intel weapons. Tbh, I think he's just underrating it. It deserves top 25 minimum.
The Noble Sorcerer that's located at the ruins between Waypoint Ruins and the camp where you find the Royal House Scroll has a 100% drop rate for the Glintstone Staff.
Thats why I have like 80 of those bitches. I use that area to test weapons out😂
Mad respect man. For script, for patience, for jokes, everything. Good job.
And gotta admit, last lines of a story you're spinning - got me chills
the opening sequence legit gave me goosebumps
All we can say is thank you Rusty. Your hard work was worth it. Watching this brought me joy.
HELL YEAH You explained my Troll’s Golden Sword perfectly. Thank you for the generous ranking 🙏
The consistent astuteness and agreeability of this list is incredible, not to mention its sheer scale. But BRUHHH the Clawmark is the absolute cornerstone of STR/FTH builds. Like, this is one of the most popular and effective setups, it's not a limited niche we're splitting hairs over. Clawmark is arguably almost *too* good considering what it does for STR in terms of versatility and utility. Its absolute floor is A tier.
Nuh uh
Nah, until you're using it to cast 13 faith buffs, two fingers seals does better
Clawmark isn't great because Clawmark is great, it's great because you're running Str/Fth anyway and you're being rewarded for it.
On its own it's the second-worst catalyst, it sucks for casting heals and buffs, the boost to bestial incantations is only 10% (even if pocket sand and The Rock are pretty decent), it's just that the stat spread is great. Pure Faith builds can have iffy weapon choices depending on where you stop leveling Str/Dex, Int/Fth has few options and Arc/Fth has fewer, and the fact that Frenzied Flame Seal is _technically_ the Dex/Fth option says it all.
Y’all just have a problem with clawmark seal lol 💀💀💀
The pickaxe landing #20 simultaneously shocked the hell out of me and filled my heart with joy. I was starting to think I had missed its entry and would have to dig through the past two hours to find it. I definitely don't utilize its fullest potential, but God do I love that weapon.
1:28:10 the Banished Knight GS is notable in that it shares the moveset of the Mirrah GS that Lucatiel wielded in DS2. I love using it because of its artful swings.
Same with the Knight’s Greatsword and Inseparable Sword
The community name for the moveset I have heard is "Dex Greatsword"
You're also forgetting Hollowslayer Greatsword.
@@harrisonnguyen5432 The hollowslayer greatsword is the Mirrah greatsword.
For me that's the best GS in the game is just too good
I like your storytelling style! Good luck tarnished, will await more!
Something that I think gets overlooked by everyone is the fact that Cipher Pata and Coded Sword's light attack don't ding against walls which works wonders in tight spaces
Not enough people talking about how incredibly written the dialogue at the start and end is. Actually so well-written, and well-voiced honestly
Well written but not well ranked, some of his takes was inconsistent...
Like how can blasphemous blade, dark moon great sword, nightrider glaves, etc below claws, I get it he had opinions about them but if so then it's a weird one.
@@VSN-wb2ly 🤓
@@cyberpowr7930 "they hated Jesus because he told them the truth"
i didnt watch the video because of the shit at the start, no one wants that and its awful
You seriously comparing yourself to Jesus?
I appreciate the story being told in the skits of these weapon ranking videos, I don't have the int to understand it, but I appreciate the effort you put into them
jokes on you, that's just what rusty has to go through every new video
I don't have the int either, but I got the faith requirement to assume it's good :)
anybody wanna join a church or commune with me? Yaaaay!
6 months later an I've found a use for Ivory Sickle.
If you don't meet the Intelligence requirement, you can quickstep through heavy swamps without using FP.
This is probably true for every quickstep weapon you can't properly use, but it's real easy to not have 13 Int.
Something else to keep in mind about greatstars is that you can power stance them without needing NG+ thanks to the npc magnus you can invade dropping it as well as the one you loot from the chest.
Note on the torch: it can be moderately useful against stone miner enemies in the early game due to its high fire damage.
Those things are ANNOYING
The beast repellent torch does not only work on dogs and wolves. It also repels rats and BASILISKS, which makes it VERY useful for not getting deathed to death. Especially since it can be put on your back (two-hand your main-hand weapon) and still works. This causes most basilisks (/rats/wolves/rotten dogs/etc.) to just eye you with caution while you kill them one by one, rather than swarming and overwhelming you. I use it ALL the time in those areas for that utility.
Sentry's torch: Again, you're wrong about being stuck with the torch attack, because you can PUT THE TORCH ON YOUR BACK (by two-handing your main weapon) and it still works. It is absolutely worthwhile, when you're not going to be using anything else in that hand anyway.
Gelmir glintstone staff is actually pretty decent if you're doing both faith and int fairly equally, for early-to-mid game until Prince of Death's staff surpasses it.
Soldier's crossbow: The thing is, why would you ever need to FARM soldiers? You're going to kill enough soldiers just going through Stormveil castle on a normal playthrough that you're pretty much guaranteed to have this crossbow by the time you're halfway through the castle. It's likely to be your first crossbow, and can fill in as your ranged option until you get something better. I think that's pretty much its intended purpose, since clearly it's the worst of the ranged weapons (except the harp bow, which exists only for novelty value).
So many of these weapons exist only for novelty and collection value, and I cannot for the life of me understand why the game doesn't give us any way to display them. Why don't we get any kind of house or base with weapon stands or shelves to put these things on??? I do appreciate the convenience of being able to access everything in one place rather than having to search every chest in the map trying to remember where you left something, but a display area for the weapons and armors you really want to just DISPLAY would be really nice.
"You do not personify freedom, you are its nemesis."
Who the hell thought of putting such a raw line in a god damn tier list video
"You do not personify freedom. You are it's nemesis" oh that gave me chills!!!
Honestly those little scenario tidbits at the beginning and end were pretty cool, but you could tell it was a metaphor for making such lists, and that becoming the list guy was not that easy on Rusty.
@@DeadSparkMan I think the elden beast in the skit is supposed to represent the youtube "algorithm" as a whole since youtube really likes to make creators feel like they aren't doing enough, or at least that's what I got from it
The Elden beast in game embodies the Greater Will and the Golden Order, both of which are beings/organizations which are based on a worldview in which true free will is a unavoidable sin at best, and an undesirable error in the perfect and harmonious mathematics of the universe at worst. The golden order has a bunch of incantations that deal with ideas of Order and mathematics in relation to faith and magic. The Elden beast is thus arguably a perfect embodiment of something like the UA-cam algorithm.
Good stuff. I just finished ng+7, working on "soft maxing" my character (all 80's lol). I wrote down about 20 weapons from this list that I either haven't collected yet (somehow) or had never considered using, but will now try out based on your commentary/recommendations. I'm a bit bored of all the standard "greats" and over-optimization, so I'm looking forward to freshening things up. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos -- you keep me coming back to this game. Blessings.
All you need is 80 intelligence and 60 vit and you own the game. That said I am doing the same as you 😂
I hear ya. I bust out my Night Comet setup when I don't feel like trying lol. Still cool to no longer have to respec to try new weapons or builds, and having all the passive resistances is nice.
My brain doesn't mind grinding so I've only done one playthrough but I'm like level 365
My brain doesn't mind grinding so I've only done one playthrough but I'm like level 365
@@andrewjazdzyk1215 yeah the grinding isn't that bad
Stop stalling. Elden Ring grass ranking.
What about Stormveil brick ranking
@@johnf817 Elden Beast Sparkle Texture Ranking when?
Yeah you coward
The beginning part was amazing, nice voiceover :D
Fun fact for the Misericorde: if you infuse it with Fire, it actually gets better total scaling than with keen. Backstabs and criticals also hit an interesting breakpoint with the dagger talisman where the split damage no longer serves as a problem because the game makes split scaling weapons IGNORE defense once their damage gets high enough, something that as far as I know only a stab with the misericorde can do.
Omg it’s the Chaos Dagger situation from Dark Souls 3! That’s funny as hell wtf lol
The Wing of Astel ranking is egregious. It actually has the highest poise damage on R2 outside of collossal weapons because the projectiles deal poise damage as well. This thing absolutely crunches anything that can be stance broken and it's only 2.5 lbs.
Agreed, I loved my play-through with this weapon.
Since the nerf of Flame of the Redmane, the only other stance-break build I've enjoyed more is Misericorde w/ Glindblade Phalanx, and Clayman Harpoon w/ Ice Spear, almost broken.
If most of the orbs hit it absolutely melts large enemies, the stance damage is indeed great but i notice a lot of people sleep on the darkmoon greatsword because its charged heavy deals 35 stance damage plus the projectile deals a further 35 for a whopping 70 in one swing in melee range
@@CrappyCarput glintblade phalanx on another knife, and do royal knights resolve on the misericorde. You can use rkr preemptively before the phalanx fires. Way more damage
@@frazfrazfrazfraz That is a lot of weapon swapping, and I'm easily confused, but I may give it a try. The Glintblade Phalanx is mostly for stance damage, thanks for the tip.
The other thing the Black Bow has going for it is the unique quick attacks you can do after Rolling as well, like the ds3 Composite bow. i've always found it so useful as you can get a quick shot off while rolling Away from an enemy
Isnt that just the shortbow moveset tho...
I feel I learnt a lot of sick comebacks! Awesome commentary 😂
At first I clicked on this video with the full intent of just skipping straight to S tier for the best weapons, and I did. Just from the quality of the video, the humor, the cinematography, I’ve decided to to watch the entire video as if it’s a movie. I’m actually blown away with this video. You definitely earned my sub.
Good thing you didn't cause his ranking honestly sucks and is extremely subjective rather then objective and "meta" or w.e
wow. he must be honored for you to bestow your blessed sub. big day for us all.
@@andrew-rn9ui womp womp
@@andrew-rn9uiname ten books
@@andrew-rn9ui why dont you read the description of the video
The sceptre of the all knowing could have been a really cool staff+seal
Thank modders for adding 'dual catalysts' in.
@@TheR6R6RWouldn’t be surprised if they included one in the dlc
I had it lying in my inventory for my first 5 journeys, thinking that it was a staff, until i saw someone in a video use it as a melee weapon
well now we have a staff seal hybrid
Not gonna lie, some of these choices really have me confused:
Blasphemous Blade at #37 because fire damage is affected by rain, yet the Cranial Vessel Candlestand is #14 when it does fire damage and has an Ash that locks you in place for a long time
Not to mention that the #1 pick also does fire damage
And the Wing of Astel, Bloodhounds Fang, and Dark Moon Greatsword deserve far higher placings (they're all at least top 25 weapons)
Yeah, I feel he might have placed the BB a bit lower just to be a bit contrarian considering it so often sits in the top 5 of people's best weapon lists...or this list is so insanely long he just lost track of the reasoning given for each weapon so it was a genuine mistake.
I mean the burst damage on the Cranial vessel against large creatures is impossible to deny and it does excellent damage even in rain. Also, BB being in the 90th percentile of good weapons is appropriate.
@@mergenocide I think part of the issue with this is the "staying consistent with prior lists" thing, and it's possible because the list was so long he just kind of puzzle pieced different lists together. idk
With a list this large, you've got to expect some individual inconsistencies just because there's so much to consider. The difference in performance for like +-30 tiers is pretty negligible.
I haven't played Elden Ring for a while, I remembered that after River of blood got nerfed, BB became one of commonly seen sword.
45:55 smooth af cut to a new clip with the same crit animation on a new mob love the little details that you put into the footage like that just makes watching you stuff that much better man especially with videos this long you didn’t have to put that extra effort into stuff like that but you did
The Beast Repellent Torch works on Basilisks, no more getting spit to literal death.
300+ hours in the game and i did not know this 😑
@479gemgirl1 1200 hours in and i just learned this
beast torch has jus saved me way too many times
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lol i stumbled upon its use after reading item descriptions more often for lore
I cannot fathom the amount of effort needed to do this one. Good job, Rusty! 😁😁😁
The Frenzied Flame seal doesn't lock you into the Frenzied Flame ending, you can use Miquella's Needle in Placidusax's arena to reverse it.
I'm only saying this to mask how impressed I am by this video. Top tier stuff
I think the bigger issue with it is that it does lock you in the ending.
Unless you're willing to go through the hardest area and beat the hardest boss while also not screwing up an NPC's quest line.
On top of the fact you gotta find Placidusax after all that anyway..
It is undeniably an arduous journey @@JH-gu4hj
@@JH-gu4hjand you know, millicent quest intself is also kinda hard, specially if you try to protect her
This was beautiful watched it the whole way through. Just subscribed to your greatness my guy. I appreciate your tier lists.
It's finally here! Rusty, thank you for all the hard work you put into this!
Rosus axe is actually crazy strong, the aow shreds hp and posture
if it hits
If it hits
if it hits
@@psyo_nade3177 it always hits though smart one since the skeletons activate even if you die or get stunned as long as it's after I think the 4th frame on 60fps
@@lukatosic09 You ruined it
This is such a fantastic video and I love the sense of humor you brought to it. I appreciate all the work that went into testing, recording, scripting, editing and researching for this video. Awesome job man!
Humour? It’s the same dry sarcastic condescending humour we hear in every goddamn video or Reddit comment since 2015. I’m so sick and tired of it. It’s not funny. It never was funny. And it’s been done to death
He didn't research though he tried all of them he has done ng100+
@@GoldenMushroom64why are you here then?
@@GoldenMushroom64 I do most things to death ngl
You need to elaborate because he clearly did tons of research. Just not all kinds. @@aspirewot8408
I demand respect for the battle axe. That weapon has carried me from Margit to the Elden Beast without failing. All hail the battle axe
While I haven't been using it in Elden Ring, it carried me through Dark Souls 1 until I got the Black Knight Sword
As much of a joke these might have become, it's impressive that you give an opinion of each and every one, that's some determinations, thanks for giving in to our shenanigans, keep up the good work!
I never comment or post about any content I see from creators Im subbed with. But this my man was a staggering task that deserves every bit of praise it garners. Incredible piece of work and commitment!
The dedication you have for these videos are absolutely insane, I applaud you for your hard work and amazing tenacity for your job
The laugh at the very start of the video tells of a man slowly going insane. Loved this, hope you do more videos like it
Rusty is unironically my favorite content creator. You're amazing man. Props for the dedication you out in. We understand, after making something like this, you taking a break for awhile. You earned it
@3:33 point of order! The whole point of the weathered straight sword is it only has a strength requirement of 8. Meaning the astrologer can have a straight sword to use without needing to put points into strength. (I discovered this while trying to recreate Iron Pineapple's glass cannon sorcerer build).
... A purpose which is completely undermined by the existence of the Carian Slicer spell, but still!
Astrologer already starts with a straight sword
Crazy to me how low you ranked the beastmans curved sword. It's literally a direct upgrade from the broadsword in every regard. Better scaling, better damage, better moveset, comparable weight, and honestly? Good looking too.
Dualwielding BCS str build is fucking sick
2% drop rate from a specific enemy that some builds will struggle to farm
Probably the reasoning there
@@awanderer7132 and yet he ranked the slender sword stupid high despite its meh damage and okay scaling with a ridiculously low drop rate.
Also beastkin aren't that hard to farm. I've used most every type of build. And if you're farming bcs, you should be fine. Str builds clobber beastmen poise easily
@@mutilator97 🤷♂️
Leave the man alone, he finally ranked the weapons 😂
One thing that got overlooked is that the arcane scaling on the serpent bow allows also the arrows buildup to scale with your arcane, making it able to trigger poison instantly on some bosses in one mighty shot with an arcane build, and also the best to use bleed arrows. Even now with some really cool options to make use of poison in the DLC I still use it some times when I have skill issues because of how easy it is to just lock the target, press R2+L2 and trigger kindred of rot exultation
26:15 Grafted Dragon has one thing people miss: It's heavy attack knocks over most things in two hits, leaving things open for everyone's favorite uppercut. Makes for a solid sidearm (head?) for a longer frostbite weapon.
Agreed, that thing is criminally underrated.
I think most people assumed you would make individual ranking videos similar to the bows and daggers. Christ, I certainly did not expect a *literally every weapon* video for 2+hours!
Take this $20 for some lunch or whatever, take my respect and please have a restful holiday month. I'm sure you'll need it after having taken the time to make this (whether you wanted to or not)!
Cheers for the videos and reviews, and hope you and everyone here has a happy holidays!
I figured out the erdtree dagger. The dagger naturally scales physical damage with faith, and it doesn't lose that trait with infusions. So when flame art gives the weapon split fire and a faith scaling upgrade, it boosts both fire AND physical scaling. Meaning excellent returns.
thanks for the video, just wanted to acknowledge the nice soundtracks in the background (Persona 4 ? yes please).
Hey guys, did you know that fire damage resets frostbite? I just learned about this today! How cool is that?
Use the blasphoumus blade with Ranni’s moon and you got an easy mode
On one of my characters I got a cold claymore and a fire zweihander. Needless to say it’s a lot of fun
It‘s a great strategy against Malenia, since she hasn‘t got a lot of frost resistence. It is my first souls game and I‘m probably not a good player, but with Rannis Dark Moon and the Sword of Night and Flame I managed to get her down due to the gigantic damage.
@@ebbesand4214 A much easier to build option is to just use Freezing Pots or Volcano Pots, and focus on the other damage type on your weapon as befits your build.
Bloodhound’s fang was my go-to for the first couple playthroughs, totally happy to see it in top 100. I have a whole lot of experimenting to do it looks like
yeah on fifth myself and still using bloohound... did pull out godskin and a few others, some at the top of the list but for some reason there is a safety in the bloodhound, you know it will take out some pretty massive fellas and very quickly ... but I am with you maybe time to start exploring more and see what I am truly missing
Don’t be fooled by this list the bloodhounds fang is no joke the king of swords in elden ring that sword has little to no competition as it has high damage bleed and s all in one move.
@@imapro2597 if your takeaway from this man listing the merits and weaknesses of every single weapon in the game was “nah he’s actually wrong bloodhound’s fang is still the best weapon in the game” then I think it’s time to examine why you enjoy playing these games bc I think your world will open up if you consider other weapons
Suiting one’s playstyle is one thing but shutting out every other weapon out of principle or stubbornness defeats the purpose of having so many great weapons in the first place
@@andrewdurst8455 or it could just be hard to capture the nuances of over 300 weapons and get all the details right in a single video.
The bloodhound fang is incredibly strong. You get it early and it's strong enough to carry you through the entire game. Bleed, great AR, being faster than the other weapons in the same class, a somber weapon(low opportunity cost) and still buffable, so it can be used by pretty much any build.
It's not the greatest weapon in the game, but it certainly is both stronger and more versatile than a bunch of the later entries in the list.
@@Windowsprodukt im not saying for a second that bloodhound’s fang isn’t fucking sick, it’s been my weapon of choice for half my runs of the game to date. If it were up to me I would ABSOLUTELY put it at the top of the list bc it suits myself and a lot of others perfectly. But coming to someone else’s subjective ranking of the 300 Elden ring weapons and seeing it in the 70s made me think “huh, there’s another 60+ reasons to play Elden ring again so I can see why this guy only ranks BHF in the 70s”, as opposed to “this list is a joke, BHF is clearly still the best weapon.” Obviously I’m interpreting this entire exchange in a really cynical way so I’m sorry but I don’t see the merit in watching some guy rank every Elden ring weapon if you’re really just watching it to see where your weapon of choice stacks up and then argue against its ranking in a list that you didn’t make. 10/10 times I’m putting BHF at number 1 in my own personal list… which I realize after watching this vid is maybe only 5 weapons long as opposed to literally hundreds.
All I’m basically trying to say is seeing my favorite weapon be ranked in the top 100 by some guy stacking it against every other broken weapon in the game is a win, and I was inspired to try new weapons bc of the vid :)
You've got my respect for going forward with this, man, especially when you're honestly tried to go about it with as much integrity and humor as you've always put into your usual content. Regardless of what I feel about the occasional hair that I feel like splitting, you've 100% outdone yourself on sheer effort alone and I honestly feel like no one could or should demand any more of you.
I haven’t laughed this hard in so long, and all for a weapon ranking vid, I love it