Katanas are the Best Weapon in Elden Ring - Elden Ring All Katanas Breakdown

Katanas are the Best Weapon in Elden Ring - Elden Ring All Katanas Breakdown
In this Elden Ring video, we're going to be showing why Katanas are the best weapon in Elden Ring. This is the second video of our new series where we go through each weapon type and show you what you can do with each weapon and why you may or may not use these weapons on your build.

0:00 - Elden Ring Katanas Showcase
3:11 - Serpentbone Blade
5:33 - Moonveil
7:52 - Rivers of Blood
10:54 - Meteoric Ore Blade
13:16 - Dragonscale Blade
15:24 - Hand of Melania
17:54 - Uchigatana
19:12 - Nagakiba

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[Rakschas]

While not categorized as a katana, the wakizashi would have been a great mention at the end. Its special feature being that, altough classified as a dagger, it can be powerstanced together with the katanas.

[ravenwing]

Serpent Blade Katana, isn't regular poison it's Deadly poison, which takes a bigger percentage of health and procs faster than regular poison.

[PunxsutawneyDave]

For my first playthrough I used Moonveil and basically threw away every other sword because I loved it so much. I realized my big problem was if I found something that worked I didn't pay any attention to anything else. My future playthroughs will have more variety because I will finally get away from spellblade. Except It just occurred to me that I'm going to pick up Darkmoon, thanks to Fex, so maybe I'll stop playing spellblade in a year...or two.

[zombiekungfumaster]

what makes dragonscale blade really suck is that its ash of war does a fixed amount of lightning damage and frost buildup and won't increase based on your stats or upgrades. And even a partially upgraded cold uchigatana does more frost buildup per swing

[brenthberry]

Thanks for adding additional NG+ playthrough analysis to each weapon! It's extremely useful for an NG+ player like myself.

[KingZant]

When I got to Malenia, I stuck with dual-wielding Flame Art Uchigatana and Cold Nagakiba to apply frostbite and then reset it with flame. That combo took me through the rest of the game along with a Gravel Stone Seal to use all the cool lightning incantations I could get my hands on.

[robertdjohnstone]

I'm currently in my third playthrough; I've come to accept that collecting nagakiba and uchigatana dual wielding is my favourite playstyle. Full on Miyamoto Musashi style. Doing so has you prepared for any situation. Currently sporting (all at max upgrade) Blood Nagakiba/Poison Nagakiba alternatively for right hand, and in left Hand Of Malenia, Cold, Flame, Sacred, and Lightning uchigatana. Also in my second right hand slot is a glove weapon with Bloodhound's Step in case I need to make some distance to heal or reapply buffs during combat. Pulley Bow at max in left hand also. Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.

[SirVyre]

Meteoric Ore Blade is my favorite katana due to its description, purpose, and ease of access. Also, even though the damage and pull on Gravitas is nothing to write home about, it can clip through walls, leading to some surprising kills if you're needing that.

[Filtiarin]

I love the fact that fromsoft went out of their way to make katanas amazing and then on top of that, made sure that there was a katana for literally every build, even strength lol. Really appreciate the A in str scaling on uchigatana

[kxmode]

I highly recommend the CREPUS'S VIAL talisman. I've run up to mobs on their side, and they don't see me. I can run close to them in front, and they don't see me. This Talisman makes you a ninja, which is very useful, but I think it synergizes well with the Katana build for utility and cosplay. Generally speaking, CREPUS'S VIAL is an all-around good item to equip.

[jamesling-vance]

i missed your elden ring videos fex! happy to see you making guides for rhe different weapons so we can make our own custom builds!

[RazorOfArtorias]

As a main DEX katana player I was really interested on watching this video. Thank you!

[hertzdonut_]

Gravitas on the meteor blade is a good utility AoW. I've had good success using it to pull enemy groups closer to me to take them out before they can recover and to knock flying enemies out of the air. Plus, if you catch an enemy in gravitas, you have enough time to get a fully charged R2 attack before they recover

[JayColucci]

I started as a confessor because I love the medium range incantations. I tried a few weapons and ever since I got my hands on the Uchigatana I'm in love. Paired with the AoW Hoarfrost stomp, it does frost and bleed build up and frees my off-hand to use whatever incantation I want. Love this style of play.

[obi-wankenobi]

I’ve only tried ROB a few times to see what all the fuss was about. It’s pretty op, moon veil was really busted and still seems pretty good when I go against it. Besides that I never see katanas

[unahp.]

Thanks! Now I have a clear idea of how I want to move forward with my Katana build. Outstanding video!

[JosephFerraroDesign]

Dragonscale Blade is my favorite katana by a lot, it just has amazing character and the unique concept of ice lightning rather hits the spot for me. Really a shame it falls short in so many categories. Here's hoping maybe they'll adjust it down the road to be a little more effective. A little more range on the lightning strike, longer buff duration, innate cold or bleed... so close to being amazing.

[hanselthecaretaker]

Meteoric Ore Blade carried me through most of NG, and could have entirely if I wasn’t experimenting with a bunch of other weapon setups. Gravitas may not be the best for damage, but it’s great for crowd control of smaller enemies as well as grounding the annoying flying ones. Its damage also increases exclusively with Intelligence scaling, so the potential is still there with enough points.

Other than that I also really like the Uchi and especially Serpentbone Blade. The charged heavy is quick and powerful whereas the weapon ash procs poison pretty easily to whatever isn’t immune to it.

[shaunkaufman]

Awesome video. Love the detailed breakdown. For me, Moonveil is the strongest Katana due to it's ability to unleash an instant single-hit high dmg high poise devastating attack. Transient Moonlight's speed and range allow you to dodge and strike without being caught out and without requiring face-tanking like the RoB.

[alexsandulache]

Another great video in this weapon series. I was itching to play a paladin build after my caster mage playthrough, but now I'm starting to lean more towards a samurai build.