Straight Swords are the Best Weapon in Elden Ring - Elden Ring All Straight Swords Breakdown

Straight Swords are the Best Weapon in Elden Ring - Elden Ring All Straight Swords Breakdown
In this Elden Ring video, we're going to be showing why Straight Swords are the best weapon in Elden Ring. This is the tenth 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 Straight Swords Showcase
0:30 - Straight Swords Pros
1:22 - Straight Swords Cons
2:33 Straight Swords Playstyle
3:33 - Lazuli Glintstone Sword
5:34 - Carian Knight's Sword
7:32 - Crystal Sword
8:54 - Rotten Crystal Sword
10:13 - Miquellan Knight's Sword
12:19 - Ornamental Straight Sword
13:42 - Golden Epitaph
15:55 - Sword of St. Trina
17:13 - Regalia of Eochaid
18:29 - Coded Sword
19:49 - Sword of Night and Flame
21:25 - Short Sword
22:31 - Longsword
23:33 - Broadsword
24:41 - Weathered Straight Sword
25:19 - Lordsworn's Straight Sword
26:22 - Noble's Slender Sword
27:29 - Cane Sword
28:09 - Warhawk's Talon
29:04 - Final Thoughts

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[DerekCecchi]

You know what I've learned from watching YouTube? Every weapon is the best weapon in elden ring.

[rambrostbud]

The duality of the Noble's Slender Sword: when you don't want it, it will be dropped by the second enemy who carries it. When you're trying to farm it, it will take no less than two hours.

[murderycatdoll]

I absolutely love the moveset of straight swords. Powerstance is just very satisfying, imo

[ethanwintersseveredhand]

Don't apologize for taking your time man, the updates messed your plans up so you had to work on it more than you expected.clear and informative, it was a great video as always. Thank you!

[erickr]

From an straight sword main, this are some of its pros:

>The ash of war "square off" of regular straight swords is unique to straigh swords, the heavy attack of this ash of war deals 40 poise/stagger(the same as hammers and colossal swords fully charged attack) and can stagger most bosses on 2 or 3 attacks if you are quick enough. The light attack of the ash of war breaks enemy shield guard.

>When dual wielding, It has a quick move set(like katanas) but scales with strenght, which is a good option if you like fast attacks on an strenght build

[masterkl]

Regarding Last Rites on the Golden Epitaph. It's actually kind of amazing for dealing with undead. The weapon skill applies to ALL weapons, which means you can cast the skill, switch to something else (DMGS anyone?) and get the +100% damage against undead on the switched-in weapon. Kind of bonkers in practice. No other skill/spell/item does this, so the weapon becomes kind of unique if your goal is dealing with undead. Plus Carian Filigreed Crest can reduce the cost, making it a good alternative to golden vow for longer dungeons.

[vincentbigby]

I started as a confessor because I knew I would go for some holy knight build. Got the brass shield ans lordsworn's straight sword at the very beginning. Those 2 weapons carried me to the end. Barricade for one and holy infusion for the other. I later added the hammer (also holy infused) to my arsenal (and a seal). I now know I will take the epitaph for NG+/DLC in case of undead.

[tesseracht]

Man ever since Dark Souls 1 the humble Longsword has always carried me through. In both DS1 and DS3 I used a sword and board longsword build all the way through the game (Dark Souls 2 changed the move set on the longsword, so I went colossal weapons in that game). Same with Elden Ring, though I swapped out my longsword for the Night and Fire when I found it. Even when it was nerfed, Night and Fire carried me to the the Elden Throne.

[SedgeSFH]

How can you make a straight sword video without mentioning the Square-Off ash of war. This ash is absolutely bonkers. It staggers almost all bosses in two casts and does crazy damage. The first time I beat the game I just spammed this ash over and over and it never failed

[dr.swackyy]

For a stagger build with strait swords, an ammazing (and really fun) choice is the stand off ash of war, the light attack is amazing for blocking enemies and the heavy attack has great damage and insane stagger damage alongside an incredibly low fp cost

[robertmcpherson]

Sword of night and Flame you could also look at the Golden Order Seal for Int+Faith scaling incantations or the Gelmir Glintstone Staff as another Int+Faith scaling staff that boosts Magma instead of Death sorceries. (could even have both Golden Order Seal and Gelmir Glintstone Staff as a Pyro+Magma caster that will get really good mileage out of Flame Grant me Strength)

[TheSuperZim]

I played the last third of my first playthrough as a Str/Faith spellblade with incantation infusions and one handed a Square Off Longsword. Just something about a single sword knight taking on the world did it for me. Loved it so much I made it a point to finish off the Elden Beast with a Square Off R2.

[pancake_]

12:25 when you dual wield it they have a unique jumping light attack

[PressAtoDefendEarth]

Don't sleep on St. Trina's sword (pun very much intended). I ran it on my black knife build paired with a lightning misrecord, free staggers and crits all over the place.

[reaganmcmahon]

My friend and I got the coded sword very early this in the game by using the trap chest to the capital. We abused the fall damage immunity that critical hit animation gives and we explored parts of the capital way earlier than intended 😅

[esmolol]

Broadsword is awesome.
It may be short, but packs a punch and looks cool.
It can be infused with basically anything and most weapon arts, making it very versatile.

[leginx]

Sadly today's gamer only uses the best of the best, meta, optimal, top tier, whatever term you chose. Straight swords may not fill those terms but are some of the most user friendly weapons in the game with varied move sets of slash and pierce, high damage for the swing speed, and low stats. Some players may love that an ultra, GS, or other weapon can break posture and give big status but I often watch them play and they take a ton of damage either from trades or poorly timed attacks. Straight swords are work horses that allow very good damage for the investment and risk that are overlooked for flashness or potential gains. I'll always have a solid one in my inventory.

[Heartless-Sage]

For me the humble longsword magic infused for a Carian knight build, start wretch, keep dex and str at ten use the longsword, carian knight set and shield. Enough cary weight for the armour and the carian staff then all into Int and mp of course. Kinda just a mage overall but still love it.

[_be_yuna]

i love the lordsworn straight sword it has such a simple design but still looks beautiful and using it on my spellblade build was some of the most fun ive had on this game without a doubt my favorite straight sword

[TheZeroDestroyer]

From my experience with from software games. A buffed Up quality straight sword (lothric knight I’m looking at you)with reach can be downright scary. Maybe even more so than ultra greats