Katanas are the Best Weapon in Elden Ring - Elden Ring All Katanas Breakdown
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- 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.
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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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19:45 The dmg value for the Quality Uchigatana is wrong: 225 + 268 is 493 and not 568.
thanks for encouraging the stereotypical meta, you couldnt just call this "A Katana Guide" could you, you just had to use the words "Best" "In" and "Game" didnt you, now we are gonna see MORE sorcerer ROB samurai players, guess im gonna have to get used to fighting more clones in invasions, sick of murdering people with katanas.
For meteoric katana i find it in spot where MC knows what he wants and picks class with lots of str and dex at start of the game and transitions to magick knight closer to moon greatsword and in that transition phase its good weapon cose you benefit from your str dex then add int to scaling leaving it with good carry weapon for early and early mid game.
What is PKCS? What does it mean?
@@aoiminase Pontiff Knight Curved Sword
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.
Idk why wakizashi wasn’t mentioned. One of my favorite weapons with meteor blade.
@@thomasdavis3933 because it's classified as a dagger I think
Wow man didn’t know that I will take it for a spin
I use the Wakizashi in my Lady Maria build. I believe that the npc who fought Mohg and invades you in the Mountain Tops Of The Giants also uses it.
@@thomasdavis3933 because this is a katana video…
Serpent Blade Katana, isn't regular poison it's Deadly poison, which takes a bigger percentage of health and procs faster than regular poison.
Thanks for the tip, I need to test this
Didn't know this, thanks for that
Its mostly useful if you stack it with something else, since deadly poison is still kinda bad. I did deadly poison and rot cheese for a lot of bosses with the serpent bow/arrows. Bleed arrows are a little slept on for pve, I feel.
Something to note, it does 3x the damage at 3x faster time, so the amount is the same but it's quicker.
Thanks for the info
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.
Same. I suspected as much. I went to all these other things just to play around, but wasn’t surprised when I went back to it and said yeah, for me it’s the best.
Same here! I started NG+ about a month ago. Decided to try an Arc/Dex build, using Morgott's Cursed Sword & some incantations. It was mostly fun, but I missed spell slinging with the scepter, so switched to Darkmoon Great Sword + scepter.
Monkey weapon 🐵
Dual wield curve swords wings of astel with ur spells. Curve swords have the best moveset in my opinion. Also wings of astel ash of war is really strong.
I started with the intention to be a spellsword and moonveil is such a great weapon for that kind of build, so when i found it it was quickly made my main weapon, i also use antspurs rapier sometimes for some scarlet rot damage. cool thing about antspur is you can change the ash of war so can add another status effect on top of the rot
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
yeah this really winds me up, because it was destined to be so much more! the pre-release version gave it the serpentbone blade heavy attack, as well as the buff scaling with faith... BRING THAT BACK! also, maybe make the buff longer cause 20 seconds is nothing... and give it base frostbite build-up... i love the weapon but it'd take a lot to make it good...
And its also a shorter katana.
If only it was at least faster to use. I wish this was an unsheathe reskin instead, that buffs the weapon the moment it is sheathed.
The buff's at least semi-usable now that it lasts 45 seconds as opposed to 20.
Im playing with a new build right now as using this Katana as a backup to the Bolt of Gransax. Since Gransax requires DEX and STR, I think the Dragonscale blade would pair well with it and they also both do lightning damage. I have buffs to increase lightning so my lightning bolt is strong. And when the spear isnt doing the job for a specific situation, I'll switch to Dragonscale to see if thats better. When its buffed with lightning, it staggers the enemy and I can get a good amount of safe hits with it. However, Im only one day into this build so we'll see what happens. So far I think it's pretty cool, I killed one boss with it already and the Bolt of Gransax lightning bolt is so fun and strong
Thanks for adding additional NG+ playthrough analysis to each weapon! It's extremely useful for an NG+ player like myself.
this post seems so snobby lol
@@xxx-ff9gw What's snobby about playing NG+?
@@brenthberrynothing, your good 👍
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.
I am currently using those same blades, with fire and lightning is cold better?
@@suzuki472 I don't know for sure since I went from Blood attributes to Cold and Flame Art. Maybe try some different combinations of Ice/Fire/Lightning and see which has the highest damage output?
Bet il give it a try
First play trough double naggakiba xD
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!
Agreed, these are all awesome. Love this series!
Agreed
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.
Did you try dual curved swords? They're way better than katanas if you're powerstancing for the majority of time. Running and jumping attacks do 4 swings which is basically an instant bleed proc and it staggers even the bigger enemies. And they do significantly more hits per minute than katanas too so the only downside is range
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
No faith katana
@@skinless5136 just make one yourself , I use a blessed uchigatana with my faith build , easily goes over 650 AR
Uchigatana, carried me long after I found the Moonveil! For a starting weapon and class the Samurai takes the win!!!
Why do katanas do almost as much damage as greatswords?????? What was going through the devs head while balancing this game lmao
@@theemeghost2323 because Miazaki is a hardcore weeabo
As a main DEX katana player I was really interested on watching this video. Thank you!
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.
I really wish that the Meteoric Ore Blade’s a.o.w. was Cragblade instead of Gravitas. Even Waves of Darkness would be better.
I still think it’s cool that the heavy looks like the Ichimonji combat art from sekiro
I’m also enjoying the Meteoric Ore Blade right now on my current Mage build. I went from cheesing things with ranged magic to actually getting up close and learning patterns so I can time my charged R2 attacks. Fully charged it hits like a truck! And poise breaks too
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.
Nice one Fex. Very informative as always. I've been a samurai in all my playthroughs - even though I've momentarily tried other playstyles, for some reason katanas have just suited me best. My first playthrough was dual wielding the moonveil with a cold infused uchi and a staff. For my second, third, and fourth i've just gone the close quarters route - dual uchis with seppuku and a bow for general play, and dual nagakibas with seppuku for boss fights.
Thanks! Now I have a clear idea of how I want to move forward with my Katana build. Outstanding video!
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
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.
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
I like that Gravitas also hits around corners, to counter some surprise BS. Also, Gravitas has decent poise while doing it, so it works as something of a get-off-me button.
In my first play through currently, reaching the end soon. I have been collecting Katanas. I've tried them all. I swap them out as the need requires. I mainly use Moonveil in my primary hand and Meteoric Ore Blade in my off hand however I frequently have a Uchigatana with an appropriate Ash of War (swapped as needed) in the off hand. Early to mid game I liked occasionally two handing the Meteoric Blade for raw damage and the Ash of War's AOE can mess with mobs. Later game that strategy seems less effective as everyone seems to have better poise stats now. I had fun with the Nagakiba for a while with Double Slash (name?) and Cold. I just wasn't getting the stagger I needed but works well on the rank and file mobs.
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.
i am thinking the same thing u know .. but i'm still wondering where the most fun would be in ofc? :p
The information you provide is phenomenal. Consistently far above par. Thank you!
Just started a new spellblade playthrough running Moonveil and using the Spellblade set to maximize the power of Transient Moonlight. Loving how powerful I feel compared to some other builds I've tried.
Did my first play through with dual greatswords (though I dabbled in dual curved swords a bit). Now in my first NG+ run doing a Land of Reeds cosplay, I can easily agree that katanas are really strong. Leaning into poise breaking everything with phalanx and unsheathe or spinning slash has made most encounters a breeze. Running quality scaling is probably the best bet for both of the standard katanas in terms of damage, and they still bleed things super fast, even moreso with bloodflame blade.
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.
Solid point but rob dps output is just way too strong to not be number 1
For me it is relative. I did my first playthrough with moonvail and while his ability was very useful in general, there were problems dealing with multiple enemies or fast enemies, which is not the case with Rob now in my second
@@reinaldopernia9291 I agree that it's better in a 1v1 fight. I spun up a level 20 character with RoB to duel Margit and I couldn't use corpse piler effectively because it requires face-tanking. It's like, you have to outdmg the boss and out-tank the bosses hits whereas with the Moonveil you can hit them super hard and then avoid being hit completely.
The moonveil has one of the coolest skills, but with ROB you can melt bosses in couple seconds due to the overpowered bleed proc
@@reinaldopernia9291 transient moonlight light attack is decent against crowds of enemies tho since its a horizontal slash
Excellent video! Really appreciate the depth you went into for this!
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.
I agree, I'd even just settle for better scaling.
It is actually better as new game cycles continue. Frost gives you 20% extra damage making it hit harder as enemies have more HP. Lighting is also massive vs heavily armored enemies. You also don't have to waste points in intelligence allowing you to pair it with faith or intelligence or just plain quality builds. All it needs is hyper armor on the weapon art and another 25 sec for the buff duration and boom excellent if not top tier katana.
Have you tried pairing it with the Bolt of Gransax? They both scale the same. Thats what im doing. Use buffs and talismans for lightning, Hit em from far with the Bolt and use the Katana up close or whenever you feel like it. They both do lightning damage.
@@jenkaigaming Yep it's a slam dunk! The buff a while ago to Dragonscale Blade was ofc awesome too :)
combining it with a frost Uchi is fun: you can proc frost solidly quickly, and you end up with a weird 3-damage hybrid that's actually pretty solid, as few things resist slashing, lightning, and magic at the same time.
Fantastic Video! These help explore so many different options!
This series is awesome, thanks! :)
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.
Can't wait to see the other weapons, love the series
What a helpful video, thanks a lot!😅
They need to complete the status proc styles with Scarlet rot, madness and maybe destined death in future DLCs
And deathblight
Looking forward to finding out why whips are the best weapons in the game in a few videos
I've seen some who dual weld the whips, and I have to say it looks like a lot of fun.
I'll definitely be choosing samurai for my next playthrough. Thanks to this I know I can go from Uchigatana to Moonveil to Rivers of blood. Really looking forward to trying these out, I've only played 2 dark souls games before this and I always do Black Knight great sword strength build. This time I'm using the (colossal) Greatsword in a strength build. Hopefully you do a breakdown of the colossal swords next, maybe I'll use something other than "The Greatsword".
Samurai jack
Nice video man
11:37 Gravitas is actually really good in the right hands. It’s great for pulling in enemies that like to evade like the roach guys or npc summons. Not to mention it will stun most humanoid enemies allowing u to pop off hits. Also the damage scales nice with intelligence. I’ll run into a group of basic soldiers and one shot most of them with it. I absolutely wrecked the black knife assassin ringleader with it after getting my ass whooped for like a hour 😂 I used it to interrupt all her combos, close the distance, and it countered her waterfowl attack. Don’t sleep on gravitas
My mimic tear loves gravitas and it constantly makes us unstoppable as a team.
Yay! Another great video, thanks for your time. Idk how y’all do it lol, I’d love to know if it’s just you or if you have a small team, because you’ve completed a mountain of work in a relatively short time. Thanks again, as always!
Love this series man. They help so much!
Yay! More Elden ring videos! :)
I don't know if it's in the works, but I'd love a video about NG+ giving maybe general advice and builds to prioritize.
This is great! Can't wait for all the types of weapons!
Another killer video!!!
Im actually doing a sword and shield /2H build using Meteoric Ore Blade and Silver Mirrorshield and im basing it off of your gravity god build. Since the skill is Gravitas. The Unique R2 has high stagger taking minimum 2 to max 4 hits to break poise from what i've seen while playing. Also I use gravitas preemptively to make up for the short range. to draw an enemy in for the charged R2 attack.
I’ve found that storm blade AoW along with blood flame works wonderfully well on the Nagakiba. Maybe just a personal preference but I thought I’d float that out there for anyone looking for a different way to run with that blade.
Thanks for another one
Well done, thanks
Waterfowl dance carried me through the last part of the game. Compared to what I was using prior, I was astonished at how quickly it took down enemies and bosses.
Dexterity Hybrid builds with Katanas are definitely my favorites in Elden Ring. Dex/Arcane with RoB is what carried me through my first playthrough, though Dex/Faith is my personal go-to:
Aim for 60 Faith & 35~40 Dexterity; infuse an Uchigatana with Keen Double Slash (or whatever multi-hit ash you want); buff with Bloodlfame Blade or Black Flame Blade, then go nuts. On top of being a fantastic all-round melee build, you have access to incantations, which can add a lot of fun variety to a playthrough (Black Knife & Black Flame always find their ways into my builds).
The NG+ comments definitely help out as I'm in NG3 and damn some weapons that I liked during my first playthrough I can't really use now
All those videos are very helpful, thanks a lot. It seems there is no one for spears out yet?
I love this series and cannot wait for the episode on Colossal weapons : )
This was my first souls game so I was very overwhelmed at the beginning. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to play as but looking through I knew I wanted to do some form of magic and melee. I picked the samurai because it was good beginning stats and had good equipment. I also learned pretty quickly that there is a lot of different types of equipment and you get a good amount early so you can play around with different styles early on. Once I got two uchigatanas, I pretty much dual wielded and applied blood grease constantly. I also gravitated to the black flame apostle build and through exploration found that there are a lot of fun encantations to use. For the most part I would walk around high enemy places with blood flame in one hand and the other uchigatana in my other hand. But as I collected good encantations and had more memory slots, I started using those and two handing more. This was also around the time I learned and new I wanted the nagakiba since it was basically a buff to my range and allowed me to stick with the play style I was using. Around the 100-130 level I decided to look at other weapons. Serpentbone, dragon scale, some of the regular swords and learned pretty quickly that they are either lack luster, one trick ponies, or their reach wasn’t long enough for my skill level. I really tried to like the dragon scale but that 20 second buff time compared to the long blood flame blade duration was just too much of a setback. I also learned that the nagakiba’s attack speed, easy to pick and multiple attack directions, and reach spoiled the heck out of me. I’m currently in the haligtree area and will probably consider dual wielding with the hand of melenia or rivers of blood so this was very helpful for me planning end and new game plus.
Youll like the real DS games
@@doboi8121 you mean like Elden Ring? Yes.
I see what you're doing with the naming scheme for these videos, haha. Well played.
Hey, just started a katana build. Look at that.
Meteoric ore blade and moon veil dual wield served me very well, kept the moonveil in the right for the WA, the rolling l2 does good damage and stagger with a decent range
I think something that shoyld be mentioned is that the serpentbone blade inflicts FETID poison. Fetid poison deals damage faster than normal poison, but doesnt last as long. Twice as much damage but only lasts half as long. Damage from activating either once is equal. But because fetid poison lasts half as long, you can reactivate it faster, meaning you get the poison-proc buffs more often. Because fetid also wears off faster and can be reaplied faster than normal poison wears off, it also deals approx 2 as much damage in the same time period.
Straight swords next? Excellent content as always
First time souls player. Atm, I'm wielding Lusat's on my left and Moonveil on my right. This game has taken over my life...
Update: 31 minutes later - Just defeated Maliketh.
Just wanted to throw this out there. if you want a blood/physical/frostbite build. im running dual hoslow's petal whip. i have frost stomp on my off hand just for the frost proc "cold" and bloodhound step on my main hand "occult" im loving it.
Also the whip power stance while dual wielding, is amazing.
The dual whip gigachad😎😎
@@hoegaarden033 you use what you want and I’ll use what I like. Doesn’t matter what you use, someone always has something to say about it.
Gotta love that Ichimonji Double reference there...
Excellent informational video
Glad it was helpful!
I liked the katana dual wield moveset for pvp when I first started playing Elden ring. The timing between the lHand and rHand strikes are a little slower and more awkward than people expect. When someone rolled through the first hit, the second one tended to catch them at the end of their roll.
I haven't had as much luck with it lately though. I think people got used to the timing.
vant wait for the collosal sword video!
I like the meteoric skill. It draws enemies in and stuns them long enough to pull a combo off.
Great analysis. Was looking for a good katana to use in a playthrough I'm doing with a friend, and this gives me a great idea. Thank you again for an amazing video!!
Have fun!
(Sorcerai) Playing a Sorcerer samurai combo seems pretty effective in my second playthrough. Uchigatana or Bloodhounds fang applied with Scholar's armament does pretty good damage.
Love Hand of Malenia and Moonveil, super fun weapons.
I'm not sure if I've actually gotten good at this game but I created a 5th character to play through as a Samurai, I've already beat the game with a normal playthrough with 4 other characters and so far I've reached level 44 and have cleared almost all of the caves/catacombs in Limgrave; I only have one cave left to go through, and have soloed the bosses WITHOUT using Spirit Summons. In addition, I've already beaten the Tree Sentinel near where you come out from the beginning; again without summons and I've already taken out both Knight riders in Limgrave AND Weeping Peninsula. I'm stilling mostly using the Samurai armor set and dual-wielding a pair of Uchigatanas; one with Sacred Blade AOW (offhand) and the main hand the Bloody Slash AOW. I think I'm having more fun with this normal playthrough than my other 4 characters.
I'm currently attempting to stay (mostly) true to using Samurai themed weapons and items and I'm putting points into Faith as I think I want to later on possibly transition into more of an "Assassin" build and try out some of those incantations that silent your footsteps and reduce fall damage/shoot out a black smoke screen etc. I will see how far I get before I buckle and decide to use Summons again though. I still have to fight the night birds for those 2 areas and the Bell bearing hunter at Bernhahl's shack.
Meteoric Ore Blade +5 so far and I’m on my first play through! It works great for me because I use a Meteorite glintstone Staff also in my right hand plus the gold knight shield at +5 also in my left! I know…I’m still learning but that’s why I watch and subscribe to your channel! Keep up the good work! 😎
So under-appreciated. I’ve gotten many surprise kills with that WA and some good prediction.
you're welcome!
I had a fairly similar build until I found Rivers of Blood. Just wait, it's Corpse Piler skill is a game changer!
@@timwilson2528 So where do you find this Rivers of blood? Is it a Katana blade or something else?
@@jeffrga as far as I'm concerned it's one of the best weapons in the game and to me it's hands down the most effective katana just based on Corpse Piler alone. Idk how far you are in your campaign but you'll want to head towards the First Church of Marika (I'm pretty sure) in the Mountaintops of the Giants. It's not far from the Fire Giant arena. You'll be invaded by a Bloody Finger Hunter (Okoye? Something like that). Anyways, beat him and it's yours. Idk about anyone else but he was actually a pretty tough fight for an invader. I kinda got lucky by running up the broken side of the church and firing arrows at him until the idiot dodge rolled off the side of the cliff lol.
Thank you
Currently on my first playthrough of the game dual wielding the blood nakagiba and hand of malenia really liking the combo and the high bleed build up
Im on my first playthrough after finishing Ghost of Tsushima and had to go with samurai, now my character has a keen nagakiba +22 with bloody slash, rocking Blaidd's set with Okina mask lvl 116. Roaming the M. Of the Giants atm, fist game from FS and I have no words. Best game I've ever played.
Im playing a flame art faith build with uchi, alongside giantsflame seal for giant incantations. Ultra fun katana pyro build ng+2!
Always liked the dragonscale blade. AoW looks so freaking cool with that blue electricity
I've played around a bit with the Serpentbone on other characters but today I used it (at +18) to take down Renala. Got through 1st half in one go and she went down quick in the second half.
Hand of Malenia is definitely my favorite of the katanas, what a badass weapon art!
I dualwielded curved greatswords for my first playthrough and for ng+ I dualwield straight greatswords. :)
Please do more of these.
I have found that the Gravitas ash of war works good against some flying enemies. Against groups of enemies of any type it’s good for pulling them into range of the MO Blade. It will also cause some enemies to cease their actions when being dragged by Gravitas.
Pretty unrelated but, while you talk about the Meteoric Ore Blade, where is the gameplay from? I cannot recognize (or can't remember) the place for some reason...
Great videos btw and like the rest of us we are looking for the next one!
I was using dual katanas, and going for a bleed build. But then I discovered dual twinblades and their jumping attack and never looked back xD
I've been rocking a build where I have a moonveil in my main hand and lusats glintstone staff in my off hand, I've tried some other stuff but I keep going back to this
I'm playing as a hybrid build with most points in int/arc/fai. Wprls surprisingly well, usually use rivers and moonveil
I love unsheathe so much. I even paired with pulley crossbow to get that sekiro feeling. I heckin love sekiro !!!
I love this series.
After 1.8.1 update stats are changed for weapons. Will you guys update your videos and do more of that? That will be amazing
i love the heavy attack on the meteoric ore blade but that aow kills it for me, i wish it could have been something like cragblade or maybe even a unique aow
I run moonviel in right, magic nagakiba I’m my left & also staff on my left. Int/dex build, it’s pretty nice actually. Making nagakiba magic makes it so anytime I level int both my weapons get stronger
An easy fix to the Meteoric Ore Blade, Serpentbone Blade and Dragonscale Blade Katanas would be to increase the Meteoric Ore Blade Katana's scaling to B Str, E Dex and B Int, making it the Strength equivalent of the Moonveil Katana.
What I would do with the Serpentbone Blade katana is to make it buffable with grease or incantations(Similar to Bloodhound fang or Treespear), giving you the option to get bleed from Bloodflame Blade or more poison build up from Poison Armamanent.
What I would do with the Dragonscale Blade Katana is give it a passive frostbite of 50, making it more viable without using its Ash of War. The last thing I would do is change the Ash of War. It's simply not a good AOW to use as a weapon buff. What I had in mind would be to give it a AOW duplicate like some of the other Katanas have, like moonveil having a better version of unsheathe and ROA having a better version of Double Slash. So my idea would be to give it a better version of Piercing Fang(Nagakiba's AOW), and what I would change about it would be to make the blade call down a bolt of ice lightning into the blade whilst holding the weapon horizontally similar to Piercing Fang, and when thrusting, bringing down the bolt of ice lightning upon a foe like the ash of war it already has, giving the 130 flat lightning damage and 30 frostbite build up instead of 80, since it already has the passive 50 frostbite.
By making these changes, It would make them more likely to be used and be able to hold their end against the Moonveil and Rivers of Blood Katanas.
I'm almost done with my first playthrough, for most of it I played with Katanas (first Uchigatana plus jellyfish shield, then Nagakiba and the jellyfish shield, then blood Nagakiba and Rivers of Blood, the other weapons being the Bolt of Gransax for some boss fights and Eleonora's Poleblade paired with blood Godskin twinblade). Katanas are great, can't wait to beat Malenia.
Is the person narrating this the same person that has the John learned youtube channel that did the annotated symphony of the night videos. You sound exactly the same. Best voice ever!
I love the serpent's move set. Reminds me of flowing passage text in sekiro.
Although I'm still a strength build. Currently using the onyx lords curved sword
I went samurai and didn’t regret it!!! Ugi and Meteoric carried me till I found Rivers of Blood. Rivers has been my go to since. I have played with the hand of Melania but found it lacking. I have the Moonveil but it has been benched for most of my playtime. I used it for a boss here and there. Certainly doesn’t feel like it was worth the trouble to get. I got it post nerf also.
Well you need to have your stats scale right for each of those weapons to work efficiently. I would say moonveil is the best weapon in the game for a mage or a hybrid, maybe not so much for other builds. Rivers of blood is just a broken weapon that got buffed waaay to much after the first patch, but it sure feels good melting everything untill it just gets boring.
The thing about serpent bone, it applies a stronger variation of poison than normal that ticks down faster and does more damage than normal
I think the L-1 with duel wielding is very powerful. It has a nice cross cut after dodge rolls and jump attacks. L-1 attack with both weapons for a lot of burst damage in general.
11:53, you just one tapped poise broke like every enemy with the R2 and didn't even think to mention that...
I do love to use katanas for my spellblade builds. Even without moonveil, a frost katana with a strong ash of war can be really strong, and a good second hand optin when you are out of blue juice.
On my first ever playtrough I went with 2 uchigatana, one set on keen and the other one with the gravitas aow, so I could go full dex (which is important, bc you dont have much points to spread on your first run) with my a cc option for birds or bats. On mainhand I used unsheathe. It was amazing. Really, really fast attack, amazing stagger damage. It wrecked every single boss - even malenia. No problems with rune bears. I feel that with this build I had even less trouble than with my mage on second playtrough. Imo uchigatana are the best weapons in the game, bc they are strong as hell as they are but are also really versatile with all the aow you can choose from. Pls consider trying them, it is so much fun and feels really rewarding if you compare to spamming l2 with rob.
Great video! You just forgot to include the shard of alexander talisman for boosting the weapons skills, great for hand of malenia, rivers of blood, etc ...
I'm using dragonscale with varying effectiveness because if you can actually hit with the skill its three hits that all cause some frost buildup on their own and can help break poise. Was using cold but after seeing frost so proccing quickly with just dragonscale, i swapped to lightning to fit into my build more.
I use a great shield and Uchigatana. Playing a rounded out build and I’ve been destroying bosses lol. Got the spinning slash art of war that offers insane stagger, and an AOE frost weapon to replace it. I agree katana is crazy strong and my preferred main weapon, but always with a shield for me