Ranking ALL 308 Elden Ring Weapons From Worst to Best... (Pre-DLC)

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All weapons were ranked with all kinds of different criteria in mind. How fun the movesets/animations are, how effective they are against however many types of enemies, damage, range, consistency, just about everything down to how they look artistically. Which means you absolutely should not use this video as your only source for this topic. As always, I try as hard as I can to be objective, but with a video this enormous in size, points will have holes and details will be skimmed.

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Editor: @AuramAlexander
Weapon Asset Animations: @clevererraptor6

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00:00 - Begin!
02:09 - F Tier (308 - 282)
15:49 - D Tier (281 - 220)
45:59 - C Tier (219 - 155)
1:18:52 - B Tier (154 - 95)
1:50:28 - A Tier (94 - 31)
2:22:27 - S Tier (30 - 1)

Finally, thanks to everyone who waited patiently for this one. I think it was an unspoken rumor that I was going to end up doing this by the end of the year, so I hope everyone enjoyed playing this in the background while you got work done because that's the only way you're making it to the end.

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[Rusty._]

*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.

[Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

We may have joked about it for months, but we gotta really respect Rusty for pulling this video out

[PartyDemoman]

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

[eta]

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)

[DipreG]

He finally went insane and actually ranked all weapons. This is all the internet's fault.

[eldritchtouched]

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!

[AstroProxima.]

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 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.

[cwynwyn]

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)

[cpnquack]

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.

[kalywinston]

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.

[just_neon]

This is the peak of content on YouTube. It's all downhill from here. Thank you, Rusty. You absolute legend

[shelbyjackson]

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

[yannikdrieen]

Just for the pure Dedication to make this List, you've earned it. Thanks and Greetings from Germany ✌🏻

[vanderswensen]

Have fun redoing this video when the DLC drops

[enlongjones]

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.

[Kellan]

He did it, he really did it. Our eyes are yet to open in front of such a mad tier list

[mileswiltse]

"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

[mainman]

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.

[akoicarp]

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.

[PastelNr]

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.