@@javier40646 claymore is far more versatile, with a very useful one handed thrust for its strong attack. the zweihander struggles in close corridors and small rooms but outputs big damage and staggers easily. claymore is much more well rounded though :)
@@javier40646 ppl dont realize how absolutely broken Zweihander's moveset in DS1 PVE is. DPS doesnt matter cuz you can literally stunlock everything to de@th with its heavy attack. i literally only used its heavy attacks the whole game in my first blind playthrough and it got me through the whole game. you can get it right at the start of the game and wield even at 16 strength. and i was always using a shield alongside too. never ever use its light attack. if you do then remember you havent trule understood how big zwei's heavy's hitbox and range is. you can use heavy even in the tightesr corridors of the game too unlike the its Light attacks its heavy attacks stunlocks everything (even Smough in his 2nd phase). apart from Seath, Manus and Kalameet all else are gonna get stunlocked to 0 HP its heavy attack has insane range, and even if you somehow miss, its heavy has a huge stun hitbox, so even if you miss all 3/4 guys in front of you will be stunned and give enough time for your animation to finish and stamina to recover. and if you gmget a heavy a hit then you will get a solid couple second of stun on them so stamina doesnt matter either as long as you dont mindlessly spam, i'd suggest you do a limit test to truly realize how massive range its heavy attack has. also if you wanna make the game even more easier, use iron round shield along with Zwei. Even if you have a shield its heavy attack animation stays the same (unlike ds3) and shields are OP in DS1. Iron Round shiled is medium light shield but has the deflection of Greatshields for some reason meaning you dont have to learn parrying SilverKnights and stuff just block and their combo will auto break and you will stun them enough to get a heavy hit in. and then stunlock them to 0 HP. and there you go you just beat the game congrats
@@javier40646As your first playthrough (you probably already finished the game), use whatever you want, explore the game and enjoy without any guides and stuff (Unless you're struggling a lot lol)
@@CaptainCob but the zwei can thrust too, and with way more range (roll attack). True though that one handing the zwei is rarely a good idea, but sheilds are lame soooooo
First time in dark souls. Started in catacombs cuz didnt seen the big castle (undeadburg) 1 hour trying to kill the black knight down at the blacksmith. Finally killed it and got the axe. The whole game was easy as F with the Black knight great axe
@@gorilla_2282 it's what got me to finish dark souls in the first place. defeated the four kings relatively easy and didn't fell a single time on the "demonic ledge" on londo.
Large club is better than great club and no they are not the same . It is lighter , has the BEST strength scaling and damage ,and the R2 is the forward slash . For a strength build, the large club is a must slab.
For me the most fun part using Balder sword in PvP was to reserve the poke for special occasions trying to not make the opponent get too familiar with it.
The Astora Straight Sword is commonly overlooked. You can get at the start of game if you select the thief class, or the master key as your gift, and swipe it from under that decayed dragon. The faith requirement to equip isn't very high, does bonus damage to undead (most of the early game enemies) and perma kills the skeletons around Firelink and the catacombs (which makes getting to the Great Scythe much easier). It upgrades with Twinkling Titanite too, which you can get several chunks of very early in the game. Its also a good weapon to have for the Neto boss fight
A good early run is to start as Cleric. Grab the Astora sword and then pump 25 Faith to get Sunlight Spear early from the covenant. Can make a strong faith character super quick
Astora SS is total ass, I have never even once heard anyone say anything nice about it because there is nothing nice about it. Divine longsword is just better with no faith requirement
Lifebunt scythe is my #1. Insane damage + bleed buildup. Just equip the blood shield and bloodbite ring and you never have to worry about causing bleed on yourself
i tried lifehunt without the shield and ring and it was a pain, i had to stop dmging boss so i dont get bleed lol. is it really ok with both of those equipped?
@@martinosvald6711i just did a run with lifehunt and i had ring shield and even armor with good bleed res and it was overkill. The only time i saw the bar break over half was against the four kings and with waiting for the next one to spawn i could just go to inventory and pop a blood blossom. It was so easy.
For me my favorite weapon was the Black Knight Sword, I had no idea it was a chance drop, and I got it from the first Black Knight, used it the entire game.
Just played ds this week. I'm still grasping the mechanics and strategies in fighting lol. I used up all of my bombs and did tons of fall attack just to kill that knight in undead burg. When I got the sword and saw 200+damage, all i felt was bliss hahaha. Good reward for me
Painting Guarding Sword? Iaito?? Liking the selection! I paired the Painting Sword with Gold Tracer for some "no damage" videos, and I was shocked how much fun it actually is. Happy to see it get recognition along with Iaito :)
This list is really good, one of the best top 10s I've seen. 👏 Given that these are weapons that I have seen many players in the community use over the years its obvious you have played the game for a long time haha... I have a couple of personal preferences myself but they are more niche options and while some of them are slightly stronger than the weapons in this top 10 they typically have higher stat investments and are harder to fit into a general build so for a top 10 they wouldn't be the best picks. For one preference my favourite weapon in ds1 is the Demons Greataxe with its S scaling in strength it can outdamage every other "Great" weapon including the black knight great axe and Great club and it's buffable... but it's a rare drop, EXTREMELY heavy and has a high Str requirement making its use very difficult for low level character builds. I also love the Greatsword because it has the exact same AR and scaling as the Zweihander and has a surprisingly fast heavy attack with good range and thrust damage that can be boosted with the Leo ring. So It's a bit like the Claymore vs Bastard sword situation where you can pick one or use both, I prefer the thrusting options for a more versatile moveset. My favourite Katana is the washing pole because it has insane reach and can boast the highest AR of any Katana but you have to do a quality build and put more stats in. So I agree with Iato being the best overall. My final preference is Ricards rapier... This is a flashy alternative to the Painting guardian sword. Ricards Rapier is aCtuAlLy the highest dpsing weapon in the game but doesn't have bleed and does thrust instead of slashing damage so will sometimes lose out to the PGS in dps against bosses that bleed or are very weak to slash. Mostly against demons where you will notice RR will do more damage per combo to them but kill slightly slower than PGS because the bleed procs rip 30% of their total HP out. You can also buff RR with the Leo ring for more dps. Being the highest dpsing weapon in the game doesn't come easy though, the RR has an insane stamina requirement and forces you to become planted to the spot whenever you spam your heavy combo. So due to it being much easier to use and doing virtually the same dps I'd say the PGS is more deserving of the top 10 spot. (Everyone still reading this you are awesome, thanks for reading and feel free to tell me your thoughts or favourite weapons below)
Crazy you put the Zweihänder at 2. Just did my first blind play through of DS1 and started with the sword and tried to get off it because I thought it wasn’t as good as I thought it was but I kept back to it. For crowds R1. For bosses the lunging R2. Plus you can stagger lock with R2. And that’s it! The simplicity made the weapon super good. But that being said other weapon do have more strength but at what cost? Way more weight, crappier move set, less range…? Zweihänder is life!
You can literally put both Supersmough and Superornstein in an endless loop of stagger just by doing Zweihander running R1s. It comsumes so little stamina it'll almost guaranteed to fully recharge before they could move
it has been more than a decade and pp still dont realize how broken DS1 zweihander is. even in the video he is using it wrong, he is not utilizing its range of its heavy atk. its heavy atk has such a long range and a huge hitbox and even a larger stun hitbox. just press its heavy atk suoer early and you will just stunl0ck everything to 0HP. even if you miss and somehow pressed the Heavy atk too early still the ground atk gonna literally posie break and stun the enemies surrounding and in front of you for a few seconds. and even in the tightest corridors of DS1 you can use its heavy atk without clipping into walls. it is absolutely incredible. and DPS is irrelevant when you can stunlock the likes of Smough's 2nd phase to 0 HP. apart from Kalameet, Seath and Manus all else are gonna stunl0ck to 0 HP. it is incredible. in my first playthrough i never wore armors meaning i didnt use poise(except 4kings), never parried, never learnt dodge timing- i just learned good distancing and spammed zwei's heavy atk till i win the game. it is incredible
When talking about the claymore you gotta talk about the combos, I haven’t seen another weapon in the game that rewards mixing R1s and R2s like the claymore does
Black Knight Greataxe was a delightful surprise for me. I expected it to be like other black knight weapons with slow moveset, but it ended up being much quicker. It has decent scaling unlike other bk weapons. And those heavy attacks are cherry on top. Definetely my favorite strength weapon.
Man Serpent Greatsword needs a shout-out for the pure strength users out there. 275 base DMG and A Scaling in strength at +15, range and moveset is similar to the claymore (except no thrusting attack), quick attack speed for a sword in this class and it's buffable. Using it on ng+ and it's absolutely shredding.
great scythe is, to this day, my favourite souls run ever, all games. i also have a soft spot for ricard's in dks1, comboing that r2 with a weapon buff and you have one of the most potent boss killers in the series history.
The gravelord sword is always a good failsafe weapon to get in the early game if you’re fishing for the black knight weapons but they just refuse to drop anything.
Painting Guardian is just better. It also gets bleed and it outdamages the gold tracer at 40 dex even without buffing it. Gold tracer does get more range tho
I got lucky and got a Black Knight Sword off of my first black knight kill. I didn't know how insane this weapon was at the time. To my surprise, NEVER needed another weapon ever again. I tried upgrading many different weapons, but none came close to the BKS' power. Deep into NG+, I'm still rocking it.
The people who think the BKH is better are people who watch speedruns and don't seem to realize that routing and Twinkling Titanite are why people use it and not because it's the best weapon in the game.
out of all the weapons in the game, my fave probably is the silver knight's straight sword. Not as good as any other weapon on this list but its handsome af
Dark Souls 1 definitely had the most fucked-up weapon balance of any game From ever made. The fact that there isn't even a single boss or dragon weapon on this list and the only special weapons on the list are the Black Knight weapons, meaning that every other weapon is just a basic weapon and, in many cases, is an easily-obtained non-farmed weapon that's just lying around, is really telling of how badly From misjudged aspects of weapon balance, most especially the ability to buff them. There's something seriously wrong with a game when an ornate greatsword forged from the crystalised soul of a dead god isn't even in the same tier as a common Big Fucking Sword you picked up in a graveyard right after clearing the tutorial.
I'm using it for my first playthrough, switched to it from +10 Claymore, and destroyed the Godskin bros & Stray demon. Love 2 handing it and some bosses are weak to fire. It's quicker and lighter than claymore.
Zwei carried me before i got the STR to 2 hand bk halberd, and i still have it leveled for when I reach NG+. The BK halberd might not have good scaling, but it demolishes through everything in the game on a fresh run.
Great list Just gonna jump in and self-promote with three of my favourites - the longsword, hand axe and Ricard's Rapier Think of the Balder Sidesword - now imagine a worse move set but better looks and easy availability. That's the longsword, a classic I like to use from start to finish Ricard's Rapier has a very specific niche - the R2's, when buffed with Dark moon or sunlight blade, absolutely melt bosses. Really fun to use Speaking of melting bosses, the Hand Axe let's you achieve a soft 40 str by two-handing it with 27 str, which leaves you enough stats to get your faith to 50, making it an even greater Falchion and DMB/SLB. It's moveset is about as quick
I've done a few runs with the furysword and its pretty mediocre compared to the painting sword and the tracer. Its probably the coolest weapon in the game tho so u got style points
No Quelaag's Fury Sword ... no Abyss Sword ... No Great sword of Artorios ... no golden tracer ... no life hunts scythe ... wow ... methinks you dont have a clue ...
You just listed popular weapons that are all outclassed by the ones I’ve listed in this video. Quelaags and Gold Tracer are just not as good as the falchion or painting sword. Artorias swords are mid, life hunt scythe is just worse than the great scythe. Abyss sword is ok but not a better greatsword than the claymore
You should rather retitle you posts to "TOP NOOB CHOICES" ... Claiming the falchion as a better choice to one of the best bleed weapons in the game is just ignorant. Very ignorant. The Golden Tracer will slaughter you within seconds while the no bleed falchion will prolong the fight for an age. There is no comparison. Quelaag's Fury sword is an excellent weapon ... and also out performs the useless falchion without much effort. I keep hearing you say that "this weapon may not be the best choice but for variety's sake" blah, blah, blah ... um, that should by rights disqualify the weapon right from the start ... so I don't understand why you bothered. My advice to those watching this ignorant video post ... TEST the weapons for yourself. Don't simple swallow this nonsense as fact. The only weapons worthy of a top 10 weapons list mentioned here are ... the great scythe, the balders side sword and the zweihander ... the rest are ignorant choices from an ignorant poster.
Zweihander was my favorite weapon early in DS1. Later I moved on to the great club, the murakumo (which makes a cool chopping noise when you do a running heavy) and even the great axe, which isn't very good but makes a neat CLANG noise when you hit. I would hold that the Balder side sword is the best dex weapon in the game and also the best weapon for an infused mage weapon due to the devastating poke and low requirements. The Black Knight sword and halberd are so good I will give up on a build and switch to them if I get an early drop. The Black Knight halberd and greatsword are too heavy, have too high a Strength requirement for my taste. The sword and halberd on the other hand have such bad scaling that I just use minimum stats and use the extra stat points for something else.
My favourite weapon was Artorias's Greatsword (holy ver.) I liked the design and that it did more damage to Four Kings which I struggled with, it also helps with skeletons and do not let them get ressurect by necromants, but it's not the best weapon for NG+
If I would actually use buffs I would definitely use more of these. As it stands, I just love the black knight greataxe with its sheer power! Just wish it had a sweeping attack, then it would be perfect!
Does uchigatana land in the honorable mentions? Lol I’m just now doing my first playthrough of DS1 and my first game in the series and so far I’m rocking ugchikatana and grass shield, seems really good combo so far
I used the zweihander on my first playthrough and loved it. It was so good that I did a lightning Infusement and stomped Gwynn even though he’s resistant to lightning damage. Just such a good sword that it powered through a disadvantage
Maxed out the claymore at least twice. The damage is horrific unless dump large amount of points in dex. If I remember correctly it's good in other games.
Great scythe gang for the win I'm a sorcerer build for obvious reasons and the great scythe dishes out so much damage even in the much later ng++ my character is on run 8 atm and it still carry's me
Would also like to add that the gargoyle halberd adds poison resistance so if you get it before blighttown it can help. If the moonlight greatsword isn't on the ds2 list I will cry. With a magic infusion the damage potential on it is insane. Verty little enemies in that game resist magic damage too.
BK Greataxe can drop from the BK in the catacombs, which is fairly early. A little tricky to get since wheel skeletons, but experienced players will find it manageable.
My personal opinion of top ten would be 1. Claymore 2. Gargoyle Halberd 3. Great Scythe 4. Great club or large club 5. Falchion 6. Zweihander 7. Balder side sword or long sword 8. Uchigatana 9. Great axe 10. Mace
*puts zweihander in number 2* Some random ahh redditor: Yeah Zweihander is a B tier weapon, while he puts Estoc in god tier (decent weapon but Zweihander >>>>>>>>>>>>)
Dark wood ring + estoc back step attack > zweihander, it sounds strange but you really should try it, dps is insane and if we are talking about pvp zwei is basically unusable and estoc is like one of the best possible weapons
Someone help me understand why Demon's Greataxe isn't on the list. Is it the high strength requirements? Weight? I use it at +15 and one shot most enemies. Its wide sweeping heavy attack has huge range and I've found that it doesn't hit obstacles as much.
Let's compare great club to demons greataxe at 31 strength 2h. Great club does 645 damage and greataxe does 654 but club weighs 12 units while greatxe weighs 22 units, axe is way shorter than the club with is really annoying, club's running attacks is better and club's requirements are much lower and they aren't forcing you to go over 40 strength which is the soft cap
not placing dragon toot is a crime, the most powerfull dmg in game, you literrally have most of bosses on 3-5 hits or even less, atacks has great stun and my exprience with it shows how good it is, I litterally killed artorias and manus on first trial like it was play with child what actually tells us how broken it is
@@Mogojoegotube ok maybe disagree was the incorrect word but how is it unbelievable? Also don't mean to be that guy but when talking about which weapons perform the best there is an objective truth. It isn't just subjective
@youwy what makes it subjective is peoples distinctive playstyles. Someone will have the curved greatsword at 1 just because they have the skill to space correctly. In their case there is no reason to not have it at 1
Zweihander is a delight. Claymore is a delight. Gargoyle Halberd is a delight. Black Knight Greataxe is a delight. This list doesn't miss.
is better the claymore or the zweihander? im on my first playthrought and don't know nothing
@@javier40646 claymore is far more versatile, with a very useful one handed thrust for its strong attack. the zweihander struggles in close corridors and small rooms but outputs big damage and staggers easily. claymore is much more well rounded though :)
@@javier40646
ppl dont realize how absolutely broken Zweihander's moveset in DS1 PVE is. DPS doesnt matter cuz
you can literally stunlock everything to de@th with its heavy attack.
i literally only used its heavy attacks the whole game in my first blind playthrough and it got me through the whole game. you can get it right at the start of the game and wield even at 16 strength. and i was always using a shield alongside too.
never ever use its light attack. if you do then remember you havent trule understood how big zwei's heavy's hitbox and range is. you can use heavy even in the tightesr corridors of the game too unlike the its Light attacks
its heavy attacks stunlocks everything (even Smough in his 2nd phase). apart from Seath, Manus and Kalameet all else are gonna get stunlocked to 0 HP
its heavy attack has insane range, and even if you somehow miss, its heavy has a huge stun hitbox, so even if you miss all 3/4 guys in front of you will be stunned and give enough time for your animation to finish and stamina to recover. and if you gmget a heavy a hit then you will get a solid couple second of stun on them so stamina doesnt matter either as long as you dont mindlessly spam, i'd suggest you do a limit test to truly realize how massive range its heavy attack has.
also if you wanna make the game even more easier, use iron round shield along with Zwei. Even if you have a shield its heavy attack animation stays the same (unlike ds3) and shields are OP in DS1. Iron Round shiled is medium light shield but has the deflection of Greatshields for some reason meaning you dont have to learn parrying SilverKnights and stuff just block and their combo will auto break and you will stun them enough to get a heavy hit in. and then stunlock them to 0 HP. and there you go you just beat the game congrats
@@javier40646As your first playthrough (you probably already finished the game), use whatever you want, explore the game and enjoy without any guides and stuff (Unless you're struggling a lot lol)
@@CaptainCob but the zwei can thrust too, and with way more range (roll attack). True though that one handing the zwei is rarely a good idea, but sheilds are lame soooooo
Where is the broken straight sword
I’m calling lenny rn 😤
its literally broken
@@ithinksomethingisburningwhy you calling me😞
He wanted variety and if he allowed the broken straight sword it would take up all 10 slots.
Too powerful
one of the best lists ive seen, you can tell youve used all of these extensively, good shit
Impressive to see the Baller Swag Sword not in 1st place, kudos for variety.
First time in dark souls. Started in catacombs cuz didnt seen the big castle (undeadburg) 1 hour trying to kill the black knight down at the blacksmith. Finally killed it and got the axe. The whole game was easy as F with the Black knight great axe
I went Full Havel Armor, shield set with the Dragon Tooth. FULL POISE baby!
imagine wasting two ring slots just to wear armour that is useless in ng+ (this comment was written by darkwood ring gang)
@@gorilla_2282 it's what got me to finish dark souls in the first place. defeated the four kings relatively easy and didn't fell a single time on the "demonic ledge" on londo.
@@somedude96I mean face rolling is a really fun tactic and it's almost mandatory if you use heavy equipment like zweihander
Love this content, keep it up man
Gargoyle halberd is my favorite weapon for DS1
Claymore is just the GOAT, there's no discussion
Large club is better than great club and no they are not the same . It is lighter , has the BEST strength scaling and damage ,and the R2 is the forward slash . For a strength build, the large club is a must slab.
I know its not the best but I was sad that my personal favorite, Astora's Straight Sword, wasn't at least #10...
Needs more ?WeaponName?
Might as well call it the Balder side spear cause when I play with it poking is all that I do lol it’s so good
For me the most fun part using Balder sword in PvP was to reserve the poke for special occasions trying to not make the opponent get too familiar with it.
Thank you for this video! Amen!
as a great scythe user this pleases me
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black knight halberd doesnt hold up well in ng+5 and above.
Well crap. Only beat the game 5 times with it lol.
The Astora Straight Sword is commonly overlooked. You can get at the start of game if you select the thief class, or the master key as your gift, and swipe it from under that decayed dragon. The faith requirement to equip isn't very high, does bonus damage to undead (most of the early game enemies) and perma kills the skeletons around Firelink and the catacombs (which makes getting to the Great Scythe much easier). It upgrades with Twinkling Titanite too, which you can get several chunks of very early in the game.
Its also a good weapon to have for the Neto boss fight
A good early run is to start as Cleric. Grab the Astora sword and then pump 25 Faith to get Sunlight Spear early from the covenant. Can make a strong faith character super quick
Astora SS is total ass, I have never even once heard anyone say anything nice about it because there is nothing nice about it. Divine longsword is just better with no faith requirement
This weapon is great for early game but becomes completely trash once you reach Sen's Fortress
Balder Swag Sword, how I miss thee.
I'm trying to farm it rn, 1% drop chance is kind of wild even with the gold serpent ring and humanity...
@@thex6992always took me 20-30 runs , just hang in there
I got it first drop mad
Lifebunt scythe is my #1. Insane damage + bleed buildup. Just equip the blood shield and bloodbite ring and you never have to worry about causing bleed on yourself
i tried lifehunt without the shield and ring and it was a pain, i had to stop dmging boss so i dont get bleed lol. is it really ok with both of those equipped?
@@martinosvald6711i just did a run with lifehunt and i had ring shield and even armor with good bleed res and it was overkill. The only time i saw the bar break over half was against the four kings and with waiting for the next one to spawn i could just go to inventory and pop a blood blossom. It was so easy.
Gives inhumane DPS
I imagine it's a worse option though due to the opportunity cost of giving those slots up just to deal with the bleed
Exactly.
For me my favorite weapon was the Black Knight Sword, I had no idea it was a chance drop, and I got it from the first Black Knight, used it the entire game.
Same lol carried me all the way to the tomb of the giants so far.
Same, that thing carries
It carries but it dosent teach you how to build a character and it dosent teach you about buffs
@@Swayz790 True. For example, +15 Claymore with buff is better than +5 black knight sword. And the latter is not that effective in ng+.
Just played ds this week. I'm still grasping the mechanics and strategies in fighting lol. I used up all of my bombs and did tons of fall attack just to kill that knight in undead burg. When I got the sword and saw 200+damage, all i felt was bliss hahaha. Good reward for me
Scythe was crazy just running attack into a heavy and just look at that health bar drain😮
Painting Guarding Sword? Iaito?? Liking the selection! I paired the Painting Sword with Gold Tracer for some "no damage" videos, and I was shocked how much fun it actually is. Happy to see it get recognition along with Iaito :)
Man-Serpent Greatsword is my number 1 for a strength build, I always farm for it as soon as I open Sen's.
It's like using a cheat code 😁
This list is really good, one of the best top 10s I've seen. 👏
Given that these are weapons that I have seen many players in the community use over the years its obvious you have played the game for a long time haha...
I have a couple of personal preferences myself but they are more niche options and while some of them are slightly stronger than the weapons in this top 10 they typically have higher stat investments and are harder to fit into a general build so for a top 10 they wouldn't be the best picks.
For one preference my favourite weapon in ds1 is the Demons Greataxe with its S scaling in strength it can outdamage every other "Great" weapon including the black knight great axe and Great club and it's buffable... but it's a rare drop, EXTREMELY heavy and has a high Str requirement making its use very difficult for low level character builds.
I also love the Greatsword because it has the exact same AR and scaling as the Zweihander and has a surprisingly fast heavy attack with good range and thrust damage that can be boosted with the Leo ring.
So It's a bit like the Claymore vs Bastard sword situation where you can pick one or use both, I prefer the thrusting options for a more versatile moveset.
My favourite Katana is the washing pole because it has insane reach and can boast the highest AR of any Katana but you have to do a quality build and put more stats in. So I agree with Iato being the best overall.
My final preference is Ricards rapier...
This is a flashy alternative to the Painting guardian sword.
Ricards Rapier is aCtuAlLy the highest dpsing weapon in the game but doesn't have bleed and does thrust instead of slashing damage so will sometimes lose out to the PGS in dps against bosses that bleed or are very weak to slash.
Mostly against demons where you will notice RR will do more damage per combo to them but kill slightly slower than PGS because the bleed procs rip 30% of their total HP out.
You can also buff RR with the Leo ring for more dps.
Being the highest dpsing weapon in the game doesn't come easy though, the RR has an insane stamina requirement and forces you to become planted to the spot whenever you spam your heavy combo.
So due to it being much easier to use and doing virtually the same dps I'd say the PGS is more deserving of the top 10 spot.
(Everyone still reading this you are awesome, thanks for reading and feel free to tell me your thoughts or favourite weapons below)
Bro what is the best weapon for faith build? Im new to this game and i just arrived to anor londo and i use astora straight sword+5
Demon's Greataxe sucks. It has great scaling but the range is absolutely horrendous and it's slow as well. Great Club is far better.
Crazy you put the Zweihänder at 2.
Just did my first blind play through of DS1 and started with the sword and tried to get off it because I thought it wasn’t as good as I thought it was but I kept back to it.
For crowds R1. For bosses the lunging R2. Plus you can stagger lock with R2. And that’s it! The simplicity made the weapon super good. But that being said other weapon do have more strength but at what cost? Way more weight, crappier move set, less range…?
Zweihänder is life!
You can literally put both Supersmough and Superornstein in an endless loop of stagger just by doing Zweihander running R1s. It comsumes so little stamina it'll almost guaranteed to fully recharge before they could move
Ever try the Great Scythe?
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it has been more than a decade and pp still dont realize how broken DS1 zweihander is.
even in the video he is using it wrong, he is not utilizing its range of its heavy atk. its heavy atk has such a long range and a huge hitbox and even a larger stun hitbox. just press its heavy atk suoer early and you will just stunl0ck everything to 0HP. even if you miss and somehow pressed the Heavy atk too early still the ground atk gonna literally posie break and stun the enemies surrounding and in front of you for a few seconds. and even in the tightest corridors of DS1 you can use its heavy atk without clipping into walls. it is absolutely incredible. and DPS is irrelevant when you can stunlock the likes of Smough's 2nd phase to 0 HP. apart from Kalameet, Seath and Manus all else are gonna stunl0ck to 0 HP. it is incredible.
in my first playthrough i never wore armors meaning i didnt use poise(except 4kings),
never parried, never learnt dodge timing- i just learned good distancing and spammed zwei's heavy atk till i win the game. it is incredible
@@btchiaintkidding7837Everyone knows it's broken, what are u even talking about lmao
When talking about the claymore you gotta talk about the combos, I haven’t seen another weapon in the game that rewards mixing R1s and R2s like the claymore does
Black Knight Greataxe was a delightful surprise for me. I expected it to be like other black knight weapons with slow moveset, but it ended up being much quicker. It has decent scaling unlike other bk weapons. And those heavy attacks are cherry on top. Definetely my favorite strength weapon.
Man Serpent Greatsword needs a shout-out for the pure strength users out there. 275 base DMG and A Scaling in strength at +15, range and moveset is similar to the claymore (except no thrusting attack), quick attack speed for a sword in this class and it's buffable. Using it on ng+ and it's absolutely shredding.
Reinforced Club is also quite strong, super low requirements, good damage and bleed.
great scythe is, to this day, my favourite souls run ever, all games. i also have a soft spot for ricard's in dks1, comboing that r2 with a weapon buff and you have one of the most potent boss killers in the series history.
Nice list,I love the Gravelord sword.
Same here
You can get it right from the start. If you get power within and the ring you can one shot any early boss 😊
The gravelord sword is always a good failsafe weapon to get in the early game if you’re fishing for the black knight weapons but they just refuse to drop anything.
That thing is so underrated
honestly i believe gold tracer should be on the list it destroys whats left of ng and ng+ with no effort basically, great video tho
Painting Guardian is just better. It also gets bleed and it outdamages the gold tracer at 40 dex even without buffing it. Gold tracer does get more range tho
@@youwy + gold tracers are major fashion souls, the effect just looks sexy af
It also punishes people who constantly have there shield up
Plus how are you going to pass on the lefthand of the only real dual weilding weapon set in the game .
Thanks for giving us details too. I knew the uchi had more damage but didn’t know how much necessarily so thanks for including that 😊
I was able to breeze through the game all the way to playthrough 6, mostly using the zweihander. This weapon is no joke!
I got lucky and got a Black Knight Sword off of my first black knight kill. I didn't know how insane this weapon was at the time. To my surprise, NEVER needed another weapon ever again. I tried upgrading many different weapons, but none came close to the BKS' power. Deep into NG+, I'm still rocking it.
The people who think the BKH is better are people who watch speedruns and don't seem to realize that routing and Twinkling Titanite are why people use it and not because it's the best weapon in the game.
That's why this game has so much replay-ability. All weapons are viable and there's magic you can play with!
out of all the weapons in the game, my fave probably is the silver knight's straight sword. Not as good as any other weapon on this list but its handsome af
Yeah right, it's really strong if you get it in early game. But it sadly gets outscaled in endgame
Dark Souls 1 definitely had the most fucked-up weapon balance of any game From ever made. The fact that there isn't even a single boss or dragon weapon on this list and the only special weapons on the list are the Black Knight weapons, meaning that every other weapon is just a basic weapon and, in many cases, is an easily-obtained non-farmed weapon that's just lying around, is really telling of how badly From misjudged aspects of weapon balance, most especially the ability to buff them. There's something seriously wrong with a game when an ornate greatsword forged from the crystalised soul of a dead god isn't even in the same tier as a common Big Fucking Sword you picked up in a graveyard right after clearing the tutorial.
So true
I was getting ready to leave a disagreeable comment when you got to #2 and still hadn’t listed Great Scythe 😄
You know when you slow the video down to .75 speed, this clown starts to actually sound like a real person
Quelaag furysword might not be the best.. but it's the coolest
I'm using it for my first playthrough, switched to it from +10 Claymore, and destroyed the Godskin bros & Stray demon. Love 2 handing it and some bosses are weak to fire. It's quicker and lighter than claymore.
We know the great scythe is better that the Zweihander, but is it better than THE BASS CANNON?
My Top 5 are BKH, BKS, BKGS, BKGA and Zwei 😆
Zwei carried me before i got the STR to 2 hand bk halberd, and i still have it leveled for when I reach NG+. The BK halberd might not have good scaling, but it demolishes through everything in the game on a fresh run.
"shiva the deceased" lmao
ds2 top 10:
santier spear
curved dragon greatsword
zhweiboi
drake greatsword
dragon axe (acquired thru pvp club)
can’t remember any others
Loyce Greatsword. Best moveset of any Greatsword in any fromsoftware game.
Good in pve
Absolute monster in pvp
Crypt Blacksword 🥵🥹😏
Red iron twinblade
Dragonbone Fist powerstanced was cool as fuck
Ice Rapier:
Great list
Just gonna jump in and self-promote with three of my favourites - the longsword, hand axe and Ricard's Rapier
Think of the Balder Sidesword - now imagine a worse move set but better looks and easy availability. That's the longsword, a classic I like to use from start to finish
Ricard's Rapier has a very specific niche - the R2's, when buffed with Dark moon or sunlight blade, absolutely melt bosses. Really fun to use
Speaking of melting bosses, the Hand Axe let's you achieve a soft 40 str by two-handing it with 27 str, which leaves you enough stats to get your faith to 50, making it an even greater Falchion and DMB/SLB. It's moveset is about as quick
No Quelaags Fury Sword?
The ultimate R1 spam weapon
Split fire damage, meh scaling, and is competing with DS1's most broken weapons like buffed falchion/painting guardian sword and gold tracer
I've done a few runs with the furysword and its pretty mediocre compared to the painting sword and the tracer. Its probably the coolest weapon in the game tho so u got style points
@@gmuta1 I always thought the damage was pretty good at 40 humanity
Used the regular halberd for most of my playthrough that thing is a beast
Great scythe is trash
No lifehunt scythe?
No Quelaag's Fury Sword ... no Abyss Sword ... No Great sword of Artorios ... no golden tracer ... no life hunts scythe ... wow ... methinks you dont have a clue ...
You just listed popular weapons that are all outclassed by the ones I’ve listed in this video. Quelaags and Gold Tracer are just not as good as the falchion or painting sword. Artorias swords are mid, life hunt scythe is just worse than the great scythe. Abyss sword is ok but not a better greatsword than the claymore
You should rather retitle you posts to "TOP NOOB CHOICES" ... Claiming the falchion as a better choice to one of the best bleed weapons in the game is just ignorant. Very ignorant. The Golden Tracer will slaughter you within seconds while the no bleed falchion will prolong the fight for an age. There is no comparison.
Quelaag's Fury sword is an excellent weapon ... and also out performs the useless falchion without much effort.
I keep hearing you say that "this weapon may not be the best choice but for variety's sake" blah, blah, blah ... um, that should by rights disqualify the weapon right from the start ... so I don't understand why you bothered.
My advice to those watching this ignorant video post ... TEST the weapons for yourself. Don't simple swallow this nonsense as fact.
The only weapons worthy of a top 10 weapons list mentioned here are ... the great scythe, the balders side sword and the zweihander ... the rest are ignorant choices from an ignorant poster.
@@CleanCuttmake your own top and bring better arguments than the poster, otherwise you're not convincing anyone with that statement
Zweihander was my favorite weapon early in DS1. Later I moved on to the great club, the murakumo (which makes a cool chopping noise when you do a running heavy) and even the great axe, which isn't very good but makes a neat CLANG noise when you hit. I would hold that the Balder side sword is the best dex weapon in the game and also the best weapon for an infused mage weapon due to the devastating poke and low requirements. The Black Knight sword and halberd are so good I will give up on a build and switch to them if I get an early drop. The Black Knight halberd and greatsword are too heavy, have too high a Strength requirement for my taste. The sword and halberd on the other hand have such bad scaling that I just use minimum stats and use the extra stat points for something else.
Zweihander
+Damage
+Range
+Movesets
+Accessibility
+Requirements
+Looks
+Name
wait, is it 2014?
Al fin alguien que comparte mi opinión de que la gran guadaña es mejor que la alabarda de caballero negro
Sabes en que tiene inbuidas las armas?
Note about the Zweihander: you can stun lock super Smaugh by spamming the heavy attack.
Once you get a black knight weapon, it's the best weapon for your whole playthrough 😅
I used stone greatsword throughout my entire playthrough. I think it's great.
Zweihander... Oh the fun times of pancaking enemies! Why can't we have that back?!
It is in Elden ring
balance.
i was depressed jumping into ds3 after ds1 seeing they ruined Zwei's heavy. they balanced it i actually had to learn the game lmao
I already know the Great Scythe is #1
My favourite weapon was Artorias's Greatsword (holy ver.) I liked the design and that it did more damage to Four Kings which I struggled with, it also helps with skeletons and do not let them get ressurect by necromants, but it's not the best weapon for NG+
If I would actually use buffs I would definitely use more of these. As it stands, I just love the black knight greataxe with its sheer power! Just wish it had a sweeping attack, then it would be perfect!
Dude 15 int + gmw + oolacile ivory staff, 200 pure magic damage for minimal investments
Does uchigatana land in the honorable mentions? Lol I’m just now doing my first playthrough of DS1 and my first game in the series and so far I’m rocking ugchikatana and grass shield, seems really good combo so far
Eletric Big Bonk +5 is the best. Requires 28 str and no more. 397 phisic + 397 eletric dmg
I prefer the thrusting attack of the regular halberd to the gargoyles
I used the zweihander on my first playthrough and loved it. It was so good that I did a lightning Infusement and stomped Gwynn even though he’s resistant to lightning damage. Just such a good sword that it powered through a disadvantage
Maxed out the claymore at least twice. The damage is horrific unless dump large amount of points in dex. If I remember correctly it's good in other games.
Havent used a lot all of these weapons, my fav sword is big dragon sword, completed ds on ng+, ng+1 and dlc with it
Definitely not the best weapon in terms of dps or accessibility, but I gotta give credit to the Quaalag Furysword if only for that aesthetic moveset.
Great scythe gang for the win I'm a sorcerer build for obvious reasons and the great scythe dishes out so much damage even in the much later ng++ my character is on run 8 atm and it still carry's me
don't forget how good the Great scythe is at dead angling literally doesnt matter if anything blocks u u can just dead angle it
Would also like to add that the gargoyle halberd adds poison resistance so if you get it before blighttown it can help.
If the moonlight greatsword isn't on the ds2 list I will cry. With a magic infusion the damage potential on it is insane. Verty little enemies in that game resist magic damage too.
DS2 has loads of broken weapons tho, like the ice rapier, santier's spear, Yorgh spear, crypt sword and ect.
@@triploshadow That's true, there is a lot of really fun and strong weapons in that game.
Bruuuuuhhh who actually cares about poison in blighttown
@@triploshadowwhich fun strong ds2 weapons can you get early? Want to plan my build
@@keatontatooles223 Santier spear.
You guys are sleeping on Priscilla's Lifehunt Scythe
Me with an Astora's Straight Sword +5 playing as the canon Chosen Undead on a NG+. 💀
Because of this video I'm gonna do a great scythe run
Handaxe and Ricard Rapier technically have the highest DPS with DMS buff
BK Greataxe can drop from the BK in the catacombs, which is fairly early. A little tricky to get since wheel skeletons, but experienced players will find it manageable.
my boy Paladin Leroy makes the job xD BK greataxe lvl before taurus demon is funny, surprising low level invaders
My personal opinion of top ten would be
1. Claymore
2. Gargoyle Halberd
3. Great Scythe
4. Great club or large club
5. Falchion
6. Zweihander
7. Balder side sword or long sword
8. Uchigatana
9. Great axe
10. Mace
You're missing the BK Sword.
WHERE IS GRAVELORD SWORD HUH?
Came here to find out the best weapon in the game only to find im already using it for my grim reaper cosplay
Sweet I just started the game and got the 6:54 weapon. Feels very nice :)
*puts zweihander in number 2*
Some random ahh redditor: Yeah Zweihander is a B tier weapon, while he puts Estoc in god tier (decent weapon but Zweihander >>>>>>>>>>>>)
Dark wood ring + estoc back step attack > zweihander, it sounds strange but you really should try it, dps is insane and if we are talking about pvp zwei is basically unusable and estoc is like one of the best possible weapons
Someone help me understand why Demon's Greataxe isn't on the list. Is it the high strength requirements? Weight? I use it at +15 and one shot most enemies. Its wide sweeping heavy attack has huge range and I've found that it doesn't hit obstacles as much.
Let's compare great club to demons greataxe at 31 strength 2h. Great club does 645 damage and greataxe does 654 but club weighs 12 units while greatxe weighs 22 units, axe is way shorter than the club with is really annoying, club's running attacks is better and club's requirements are much lower and they aren't forcing you to go over 40 strength which is the soft cap
not placing dragon toot is a crime, the most powerfull dmg in game, you literrally have most of bosses on 3-5 hits or even less, atacks has great stun and my exprience with it shows how good it is, I litterally killed artorias and manus on first trial like it was play with child what actually tells us how broken it is
Great club out performs it
Black knight greataxe low key kinda sucks, moveset is terrrrrrible
honorable mention to the Reinforced Club and the Blacksmith Giant Hammer
the best weapons for a SL1 run by far
It's unbelievable that the Black Knight Halberd isn't at first place.
I literally explained why it isn't. How could you still disagree?
@@youwybecause he's entitled to his own opinion wym "how can you disagree" 😂😂 I still think the BKH is the best weapon in the game
@@Mogojoegotube ok maybe disagree was the incorrect word but how is it unbelievable? Also don't mean to be that guy but when talking about which weapons perform the best there is an objective truth. It isn't just subjective
@youwy what makes it subjective is peoples distinctive playstyles. Someone will have the curved greatsword at 1 just because they have the skill to space correctly. In their case there is no reason to not have it at 1
Have you even tried to use other halberds besides BKH? Literally all of them outshine bkh
why does this man keep putting the great scythe as the best weapon in ds1
someone get him out of the kitchen
Estoc should be here. Estoc is bestoc.
1:22 shiva the deceased 😂
fugg bro i fed the zweihander and great scythe to the kingseeker fml
10. Marakumo
9. Great Club
8. Iaito
7. Claymore
6. Painting Guardian Sword
5. Gargoyle's Halberd
4. Balder Side Sword
3. Black Knight Sword/Greatsword/Greataxe/Halberd
2. Zweihander
1. Great Scythe
The legend will never die.
Why is Zweihänder German and all other weapons englisch.
Bcuz its the Name of it
@@Pingiii7175zweihander literally translates as two handed sword, it's not a name of this certain sword, it's a whole group of swords
@@gorilla_2282 ach was hätte ich jetzt nicht gedacht
@@Pingiii7175if you can talk german then why the hell are you disagree with the dude
@@gorilla_2282 I am not in disagreement with you it was sarcasm...
No astora straight sword, sadge
black knight axe is optainable from the start of the game.......
i would put the great club higher but yeeeee good list!