The gravity magic weapons are my favorites particularly the big colossal sword/weapon ones. Fallingstar beastjaw, Ruin's Great Sword, And Radahn's Swords are my favorites though royal greatsword isn't too far behind
Glinstone dart was not nerfed glinstone pebble was. Glinstone kris already did less damage but had more range, and also was never a true combo like pebble was. Plus for some reason the tracking on dart is wack asf you’ll shoot right past somebody right in front of you half the time.
I'm sorry. I cannot accept anything lower than S tier for Fallingstar beast jaw. I used that as my weapon for ng4, and it made even malenia easy. Can't be anything but S tier. Same with wing of astel.
I'd put wings of astel in S tier, it becomes extremely strong with an optimized intdex build and it's ash of war has both great crowd control and stagger potential too.
exactly its just so versatile, use the scav sword w/ frost build up so you have frost/bleed with the great dual moveset, then tons of flexibility with heavy atk and ash
That's cos it's not considered a unique weapon, which ironically makes it unique in this list. You can do everything to it that you can with a normal weapon, even though it has magic damage built-in and int scaling as if it were a unique. So you can give it any ash of war that works on its weapon class, buff it with spells or incantations and even apply greases and such to it. It's just VERY flexible.
Oh and you can also upgrade it with regular smithing stones instead of needing somber ones. You can also get it in literally the first region (Limgrave), so unlike many of the others here you can start your playthrough with it. Also unlikely to ever be nerfed. :)
For any caster that likes a fine mix of melee to spells: TRY the Meteoric Ore Blade. It has the lowest reach but the highest physical damage out of all the katanas. Use your magic to compensate for the lack of reach and it will perform miracles.
@@t0m0d0m0 whether or not there are better options out there is irrelevant. We’re talking about Int focused Katana’s. And this dude is saying the Meteoric Ore blade “will perform miracles.” Meanwhile it’s a mid weapon at best. Moonveil blows it out of the water in every way imaginable and is prob the 2nd or 3rd best Int weapon in the entire game. Behind only Darkmoon GS & Deaths Poker and maybe Wing of Astel.
Gravitas ashes of war are for fighting groups of flying enemies. It is really hard to miss with, and not only knocks them on the ground but ensures a charged heavy because you don’t need to chase down the fallen enemy. I’m pretty sure they take bonus damage if they get attacked with gravity while airborne. Pulling spells and ashes work in pvp against jump attack spammers, or at least it does for me
Gravitas and Alabaster Lord Pull also work great alongside things like roiling magma. Just fire at your feet, take the nearest enemy hostage, and watch them burn
It also makes you crouch to which can be used for a free dodge when you get overwhelmed and it's burst can kill low health adds if you get overwhelmed and agrod on. Then you can combine the interrupt with the offhand like lets say carian greatsword spell. Lots of damage and wide sweep as well. Its how I killed that bow chick in that tower.
They're also meant to have a follow up. Example: Gravitas into Adula's Moonblade or Carian Greatsword; Set up Rolling Magma, pull enemies in with Gravitas, let them get hit by the explosion.
I really like the Carian Knight Sword, when I started using it, I was confused with its heavy attack. When I realised I could do a block heavy, it made riposting really cool and made fighting those Lions strangely easier.
St. Trina’s Sword is very useful with the sleep when fighting the Godskin Duo as you can put one to sleep and then focus on killing the other. They’ll not wake up from sleep unless you hit them. This can also be achieved with sleep pots though.
Except sleep pots require the very rare and non-respawning St. Trina's lilly, where as the Sword of St. Trina does not. So yes the pots have longer range, but you won't cringe as much if you accidently miss a sword swing then you would a miss on a pot throw.
Two things: A good use for Gravitas and Alabaster Lord Pull is to fire a magma spell at your feet and use the ash to pull enemies into the magma. Second: the wing’s version of Nebula is more effective against single targets, while the star’s version is better against groups
You missed out on the Glintstone Kris's secondary part of the weapon's ash of war: Not only does this weapon have an amazing high damaging magic dart, BUT it also has a very fast finisher thrust as part of the moveset. The ash of war is triggered by an L2, then immediately finish with a thrusting R2. What makes this an amazing weapon is that you're able to alternate casting sorcery in conjunction with using the weapon's ash war, and the finishing thrust scales damage with talismans like the shard of Alexander for both PVE and PVP.
After using them in specialized runs, Loretta's War Sickle and Sword of St Trina are exceptionally fun weapons, Loretta's unique moveset and AOW feel great to use, and conking people out mid fight, sometimes for a minute, is funnier than it should be to me, plus that extra damage or healing chances really do a lot.
@@12-OneTwo That i don't know/recall. I don't use it anymore since I am high level and there are better weapons if you have 80 int, dex and faith like me. I currently use the serpent king's sword (with golden vow and flame buffs, you can kill Godfrey with 8 hits or so), deathpoker (for slower bosses and dragon bosses) and wings of astel for normal dragons. I'm kinda overpowered rn, and I'm not even level 400
I actually like running meteoric ore blade during stormveil or really any area with flying enemies. Gravitas knocks them all down, makes em a lot easier. Gravitas also staggers enemies that are pulled close and you can chain in the R2 or charged R2 really easily, which deals great damage and great poise damage.
You completely missed the second move with glinstone kris when you press R2 it lunges you forward thrusting into the enemy doing more damage than any of the other attacks with the weapon and it has massive range allowing you to cover ground and move towards an enemy really quick.
depends on your perspective. Some people have the GTFO mentality and want to blast a repel spell/AOW to throw enemies away doing damage. Me personally, I'm more of a "GET OVER HERE" type player, and want to rip everyone toward me so I can eviserate them without chasing them down.
You failed to mention that the glintstone dart has a heavy follow up that deals huge damage and poise damage and the range of the follow up thrust attack is double or triple the distance of the normal glintstone pebble. You also didn't mention that its chargeable unlike glintstone pebble.
I understand that the Carian Knight Sword isn't good for a spellblade build, but I love this sword so much that I don't care about that. It has gotten me to Ng+4 and I won't drop it even after Ng+7. Plus, Carian Grandeur is epic.
I've been playing as a sorcery build and I've been wielding the moonveil katana all game, it's so fun. The timing is a little wonky sometimes if you're trying to chain the ash of war but it's just so useful.
The timing is wonky? wth are you on about? Transient Moonlight is one of the fastest weapon skills in the entire game? It comes out lightning fast. It’s absolute cancer in PvP. What more do you want??
Vastly underestimating the Death's Poker. The lingering AoE from its skill is far more effective than it should be as you can launch it from range and the enemy will beeline towards you directly through it, racking up the damage very quickly.
better that he ranked it lower than it should’ve been lol, don’t want to attract attention to it since it’s seriously so OP. Shredded through the game with it.
I made an intelligence build and i put everything into intelligence, i was using the bloodhounds fang for a long time with just enough strenght and dex to wield it and then i suddenly realized how i not only have the moonveil in my inventory but i also have like 70 intelligence and it was a complete game changer! xD almost dubbled my damage output with a few upgrades to the weapon!
The death ritual spear deserves better I mean grups of enemies yes, but think about large bosses being hit by multiple spears every wave It well works well Not like s tier tho
The charged heavy attack of the Ruin Greatsword as has a small gravity second hit similar to the gravity chunk item so when you break poise you do massive damage and hit twice.
I also ran into it super early in my mage playthrough, and you can use it without stat investment by 2 handing it. Right at the start of the game, you can take the elevator down to sofria and access an area with maybe 20 enemies that can drop it. Takes a bit to mow them down, but it's doable
Nice vid, but forgot the much stronger follow up combo on GlintStone pebble with the Lazuli Glintstone Sword. Glintstone + Heavy Attack does a decent thrust that staggers most enemies IMO.
St Trinas Sword is DEFINITELY better than C tier. On tougher humanoids, as a mage, its amazing. Put them to sleep, buff and blast them to hell with your biggest spell.
People sleep so hard on Carian Knights sword, ppl don’t realize that it’s heavy has block properties in heavy start up. And carian grandeur has decent hyper armor. It makes a nearly perfect Spell Knight weapon.
The glintstone pebble ash and the glintstone dart ash are really good because of the charging forward attack you do after using them by pressing the heavy attack button. So if you’re on ps4/5 you’d press L2 then R2. Especially in pvp I can easily one shot people or deal most of their health because if you land the pebble/dart, the follow up is guaranteed
Actually dart is not a true combo. Glinstone dart is weaker then pebble in favor of more range. And I actually think with the nerf on pebble it’s not a true combo anymore either I could be wrong tho they definitely nerfed the dmg tho
The reason why sleep is an okay status ailment is for critical builds and those assassins dagger talismans. Also makes me sad to hear people say the hammer move set is bad :p
Running dual katanas like Moonveil and a Magic Uchigatana w/ Gravitas AOW is goated af. Uchi for AOE's and pulling pesky flying enemies down, then Moonveil for slicey magic action. Powerstancing both for insane damage and poise break, and it's fast af. Seriously, the jumping L1/LT powerstance move is lightning fast and powerful. GOATed loadout bar none.
Glintstone Kris carried me through the game on my sorcery run. Frees up a spell slot you don't need a single medium-long range projectile for, has a sick follow-up R2 that thrusts you forward and interrupts most enemies, and with Godfrey's Icon the charged skill does RIDICULOUS damage that both scales with Int and the somber level. I can't believe it's on your D/C-tier.
The crystal swords have the best AR for a str/int hybrid straight sword build, and more AR than heavy (though it goes through two defenses) they do less dps than cold infused straight swords after cold procs, but its possible to proc cold before you use the swords so then crystal becomes the best again in terms of damage with basic attacks. I dual wielded the regular crystal sword and the rotten one together and did insane damage on my playthrough. I also had a longsword and broadsword at +25 but went with the crystal swords. They are really good for PvE and you can get the one crystal sword at the start of the game without fighting anything, very underrated weapon in my opinion.
I did watch the whole video. I love Adula's moonblade and use it with the Carian Regal Scepter. I only need another weapon as a supplement from time to time.
Small critizism on the claymans harpoon: Yes you can put any ash of war on it, but to get any sort of decent int scaling, you have to choose a magic infusion. At which point, why even bother with that spear over any other. Sadly the initial int scaling doesn't improove the scaling of the magic infusion. Might just be biased tho, because I personally find spears boring to use.
The thing with the Poon is that it's the only Int scaling weapon that you can buff with Scholar's Armament as well which can boost its AR well past other weapons in its class during its effect time. With that, you can also still infuse it with AoW of your choice, keeping it on Standard infusion doesn't cut the power of something like Ice Spear or Pebble too dramatically at all because of its natural Int scaling and you have other options like Impaling Thrust which do silly damage when buffed. It also pairs well with the Jellybro Shield for a sword n board set up if you want, and it also gets a great boost from Stormhawk Deenh's buff in boss fights, all three buffs stack on a weapon with natural Int scaling, and really good speed and range. If you're a buff build, this is your stick.
Gravitas is the best ash of war. I never would have made it past the birds in Faram Azula without it. Against anything not flying it sucks, but against those dang birds, it's a life saver.
Wing of astel is absolutely nuts vs big targets. Fire giant took me 3 tries and the first 2 tries I didn't get hit on his first phase at all, it just kills him too fast. The weapon skill is a bit slow for some bosses, but most just run into it if you can get some distance before laying it out.
Couple things. With the clayman's harpoon you failed to mention that unlike other weapons, not only can you use different ashes and enchantments, but if you select Keen (if your secondary attack stat is dex) or heavy (if str) as the enchantment with the new ash, you can also imbue it with scholar's armament or frost using a spell, creating an opportunity for massive damage. Personally, I really love using scholar's armament then the rapid thrust ash of war for MASSIVE damage. I think the amount of flexibility and number of great builds this weapon allows for alone sets it apart as a S-Tier weapon. Sword of St Trina is accessible very early game (though put of the way) and absolutely shines from chain sleeping giants to quickly knocking out enemies as others approach so you aren't overwhelmed when you don't have enough time to kill them. It starts to become less effective mid game when you start running into more enemies who resist sleep and quickly take a knee and get back up or bosses who are totally immune to it and by late game it's difficult to put most things to sleep at all. Early game S-Tier, mid game B-Tier, end game D-Tier. Highly recommend an early game sneak over to caelid to grab it.
I have been playing with Helphens Steeple lately because it is a cool looking GS and it seems like it has been doing passive Cold build up. I have been easily staggering enemies and really like how long the Ghostflame stays on the blade.
It looks like you don’t know there’s a follow up thrust attack to the glintstone pebble AoW. It does good damage and posture damage. It totally levels up the weapons that use it
The scepter of all knowing is way more useful than he indicated. Its ash of war increases damage taken by holy and magic damage or something. Probably not enough to change its position but its not useless in pve as he makes it out to be.
So I know this is old 1.06 content, but glintstone kris C tier? That things ash of war regularly hits in the 2k range and can be buffed with the godfrey icon and shard of alexander to do even more with like, 40 int. It costs 10 FP for a casual 2k+ damage. You were comparing it to other daggers like "Ya, you can't infuse it for bleed status so it's a bad weapon" and, no? You use the glintstone kris for the glintstone dart, you know, the most FP efficient sorcery in the entire game since it outdamages comet, costs less than half of comet, has a lower stat requirement than comet, has a faster cast time than comet. Even in 1.06 when it was nerfed it was still the best general purpose ranged sorcery in the game since it did so much for barely anything. It's a value machine that only gets beaten by shard spiral on large bosses. Oh but moonveil is the best because you like katanas and value the free damage bleed gives you. This list is absolutely rage bait.
Great video and great timing since I’m trying to plan out a weapon focused int build I’m just curious, do you not know about the follow up of glintstone pebble and dart? Hitting R2/T after casting gives a lunge that does so much damage. I feel like those two weapons should be higher on the list
Yeah it's really good for people who want to close the distance after casting a phalanx spell or something. I think the charge up time for fully charging it should be lowered.
NorZZa: royal greatsword at b tier and death's poker at A tier Me: *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE AGAIN* Let me tell you why though: The royal greatsword is op and does a lot of damage along with frostbite which combos perfectly with high damage (Give it an A tier pls) Also I love Blaidd the wolf. Death poker is an ez S tier as it does the most frostbite and it is unlike most weapons designed to help you fight against enemies and bosses whereas most weapons are just for smackin bosses. But I respect your opinion though
Ehh, while I agree that royal greatsword its probably a b tier, deaths poker is definately an S tier, great damage, great frost buildup and a really versatile ash of war
Idc how much hate it gets, I agree Moonveil is king of Int, it was the weapon that got me through my first play through and I think its amazing, even after its nerf it’s still a top weapon in the game period
I dont think that you knew this, but glitstone pebble can be follow up by a R2 attack, wich lauches you foward in a thrust attack, very powerfull in pvp.
I think wing of astel and sword of night and flame are 2 of the most versatile useful weapons in the game, nebula has such crazy stance breaking ability and sword of night flame I mean come on what do I even say, it throws flames with surprising distance and it has mini comet azur which got me through so many fights until I got the actual comet azur. That was a good list, I might have to out a couple of these weapons.
Not mentioning that Glintstone Kris and Lazuli Glintstone Sword have a secondary attack to their ashes of war activation or thinking Stars of the Bastard are bad, in any way make sme think you are just bad at using Int based weapons... EDIT: Jesus, slumber? Bad? WTF? Godskin Duo cure?
Sleep is a great status against enemies that can be slept, either partial or full. Partial gives you a free hit for your AOW and full gives you a free crit. Plus, Godskins are SUPER weak to it
Believe it or not one of my favorite weapons is the 1st D tier one you mentioned… and it’s not because of “damage” or a specific build for it.. I love it strictly for its asthetics and the way it looks when swung around feels majestic so for me it’s just a fun weapon that I learned how to use
I do a build with Fallingstar Beast Jaw and Carian Grandeur. Put down Terra Magicka and use Fallingstar AoW to stagger an enemy then weapon swap to Carian Grandeur and fully charge it in the Terra Magicka to hit the staggered enemy. Can stagger bosses in 4 casts of the AoW and get the Terra magicka, weapon swap, plus the fully charged Carian Grandeur off for a massive blast. More if you put floating swords up or hit then with Rannis Dark moon first.
I'm sorry but having wing of astel below S+ tier in a pve discussion is just criminal. Versatile moveset with fast attacks, gòod scaling, good range with R2s, disgusting stagger and damage on weapon art. Hell, the weapon art can 1shot larger bosses with the right setup.
@@peepeestorm3187 im talking precisely pve I was level 302 when i decided - "ya know what? Lets try out the old meta again!" And i was met with heavy disappointment
@@SovietUnion_ I did a run with the weapon somewhat recently where I was able to handle everything in the game with relative ease. With a max level of 150, the stats were soemthing like: 40 Vig 30 Mind 26 End 12 Str 12 Dex 50 Int 50 Fai 9 Arc If you start Confessor, your STR/DEX are exactly where you need them to wield the weapon so you don't have to use any early levels on those stats. I use the golden order seal to apply buffs since it weighs 0 and falls into the stat distribution of the build. The best part about planning a SNAF build from new game is that the weapon, sacred seal, and most of the talismans you'd want for the setup are available as soon as you start the game. From jump, I like to get my hands on the magic and fire scorpion charms as well as the ritual sword talisman. Super late game I like to add the Dragoncrest greatshield to mitigate the negative effect of 2 scorpions lol. And of course Shard of Alexander is a must. You gotta wait a bit for that one also, tho' lmao
This is an old video but i actually did the math and with a strength int build the great axe is S tier infused with cold or magic. As far as strength weapons go or if your run pure int and only invest the base stats to weild it at 20 strength
Many of the weapons listed are NOT INT weapons. They have int requirement to wield, but they do damage based on physical stats. Examples of weapons listed are: Ruins Greatsword (STR weapon) Fallingstar Beast Jaw (QUA weapon) Sword of St Trina (QUA weapon) Starscourge Greasword (STR weapon)
Combo Scepter of The All-Knowing with a Spelldrake Talisman to remove your weakness to magic and make it neutral, while your opponent is still weak to it. This can work against a ton of bosses, idk why you said it's useless outside of PvP
The death poker skill +explosion light attack is S TIER because of the fire on the ground is crazy damage.Counts as three attacks plus slight AOE damage if they don’t dodge,they better have perfect dodges 😂
I agree, moonveil is the best int scaling weapon in Elden Ring. Some TH-cam video rate Darkmoon greatsword as a better weapon, but I disagree as it's annoying to push L2 and charge weapon during combat, although it's still a great weapon! The moonveil is also faster at delivering its special attacks compared to Darkmoon greatsword.
I disagree about Rosus Axe. It's not good for pvp or clearing large groups of lesser enemies but it's very good against large enemies and bosses. It can also stagger enemies with just it's regular attack.
I personally love it and with even a decent setup, the Ash fucking smacks bosses really hard. Sure, it can miss but you've just got to play smart with it. Hitting it is incredibly satisfying.
what i find amusing his how radahn's greatswords there is a high chance you got that before alabaster lord's sword and it does the same thing but nukes them away after pulling them towards you making alabastor lord sword useless even in the gravitas category because the roll it fills is taken and surpassed lol.
Surprisingly, while stumbling through the game, found the Lazuli Glintstone Blade and the one dagger, I can't remember the name, that shoots darts and has a massive lunge. Have expanded my spell list massively. Essentially 3 single target low damage spells that can one hit weaker enemies late game. Essetially, damage from lowest to highest, dagger tap cast
I hate spears, they have way shorter range than they should have. Works fine in the starting zone, but once the enemies start getting bigger is it harder to detect the hit box.
Can we go ahead and, besides all the facts he’s spitting, the man has the decency to speak quickly with the information he is imparting. Imagine if he spoke as slowly as most people on YT. This video could have been at least thirty minutes. Props for information. Props for the diction. Good stuff my man.
I put spellblade set on, Godfrey icon, Alexander shard and all the other magic boosting mcguffins Full charge carian grandure Big boy damage I also used double cayman harpoon with lorrettas slash
Falling starbeast jaw Royal Wolfy Great sword Meteorite Katana how can u not love gravitas?! go behind enemy stab ground AOE damage then drags them toward u and then follow up back stab mostly frontal attacks stab ground drop AOE damage and follow up with R2 Clapper extraordinaire
@@gigastrike2 seems like a small price to pay. If you have the AOW armed then that would replace the heavy for the slash. Maybe even give torrent the jump that Loretta has. Asking for a lot but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
How fallingstar beast jaw is B? that weapon is S+++ being colossal means you will oneshot or break the defenses of most foes at close range, if they are far you can spam the broken ash of war. Other weapons have good ashes of war, but fallingstar beast jaw one is better because is much more usable and reliable, you can always use it and enemies have no way to avoid damage, some ashes of war only work if you are in the same height, if the enemy is above or below, most of those ashes of war can't harm them, but with this weapon they can't hide from you. With colossal weapons you don't use standard animations, you use them to backstab or ambushes with jump attacks. The other option is baiting enemies to follow you and receive them with fully charged R2 in the face, big weapons are not meant to be used as daggers.
While he didn't say, I'm pretty sure he was ranking the weapon's effectiveness in PVE, the main part of the game. In that aspect however, I would still bump it up to at the very least high B tier, as putting a stronger enemy to sleep can be highly useful when fighting groups of enemies (as shown with the godskin duo fight becoming much easier with one of them asleep.)
I have a better opinion of Bastard Stars, while I agree is not as good as Wing of Astel, the INT scaling it has, combined with the dash and spread of the AoW make it a somewhat decent alternative for AoE and large bosses. The Glintstone Kris is fine where it is but the uber-long follow up attack on the AoW deserve a mention imho. Loretta's Sickle is not a sickle, it's a halberd with the Guardien's Spear-sword's special moveset.
What's your favourite intelligence Weapon?
Moonveil katana with rennalla's staff
Staff of loss.
Helphen/deathbird int weapons
The gravity magic weapons are my favorites particularly the big colossal sword/weapon ones. Fallingstar beastjaw, Ruin's Great Sword, And Radahn's Swords are my favorites though royal greatsword isn't too far behind
Whos gonna tell him the followup on the glintstone kris daggers ash of war is fuckin ok as shit?
7:16 btw what armor combo is that?
I think he forgot that glintstone pebble and dart have a follow up attack after firing the projectile that is really strong
nah it got heavily nerfed
Kris is still kinda good but definitely took a hit
@@poacherthenn yeah it’s harder to hit the follow up attack but it still does good damage
@@poacherthenn even after the nerf it's still insanely good.
Glinstone dart was not nerfed glinstone pebble was. Glinstone kris already did less damage but had more range, and also was never a true combo like pebble was. Plus for some reason the tracking on dart is wack asf you’ll shoot right past somebody right in front of you half the time.
I'm sorry. I cannot accept anything lower than S tier for Fallingstar beast jaw. I used that as my weapon for ng4, and it made even malenia easy. Can't be anything but S tier. Same with wing of astel.
The list in general just starts sucking after the c tier
@@andreramirez6372 make quality build it scales well with str/dex 50/50 @125 lvl very powerfull
@@steelwind2334 you’re either misunderstanding what I said or replied to the wrong comment
I just can't take it seriously because of all the cretins who start spamming the AoW instantly when a duel starts. I can't stand those guys
@@Steamboat2016 what does "AoW" means?
I'd put wings of astel in S tier, it becomes extremely strong with an optimized intdex build and it's ash of war has both great crowd control and stagger potential too.
Absolutely! I just went to the wing and am wrecking
exactly its just so versatile, use the scav sword w/ frost build up so you have frost/bleed with the great dual moveset, then tons of flexibility with heavy atk and ash
Its easily best int weapon in game!
It easy to stun allmost every boss in the game.
It’s the Elden beast killer. I’ve one shot the final boss every time with it.
yeah he got that one wrong
The claymans harpoon is one of the only weapons that can get magic dmg applied to it, even though it already has it.
Oh shit, apply scholar's armament and go to town
yeah he missed that fact - quite an important one :-)
That's cos it's not considered a unique weapon, which ironically makes it unique in this list. You can do everything to it that you can with a normal weapon, even though it has magic damage built-in and int scaling as if it were a unique. So you can give it any ash of war that works on its weapon class, buff it with spells or incantations and even apply greases and such to it. It's just VERY flexible.
Oh and you can also upgrade it with regular smithing stones instead of needing somber ones. You can also get it in literally the first region (Limgrave), so unlike many of the others here you can start your playthrough with it. Also unlikely to ever be nerfed. :)
The harpoon and knife should buff clay man sorcery.
For any caster that likes a fine mix of melee to spells: TRY the Meteoric Ore Blade. It has the lowest reach but the highest physical damage out of all the katanas. Use your magic to compensate for the lack of reach and it will perform miracles.
Just don’t understand why anyone would use meteoric katana when Moonveil exists and is better in every conceivable way??
@@skipjacks85I use Moonveil because shooting sword beams of any kind is fabulous. That said, there def are better options out there.
@@t0m0d0m0 whether or not there are better options out there is irrelevant. We’re talking about Int focused Katana’s. And this dude is saying the Meteoric Ore blade “will perform miracles.” Meanwhile it’s a mid weapon at best. Moonveil blows it out of the water in every way imaginable and is prob the 2nd or 3rd best Int weapon in the entire game. Behind only Darkmoon GS & Deaths Poker and maybe Wing of Astel.
Gravitas ashes of war are for fighting groups of flying enemies. It is really hard to miss with, and not only knocks them on the ground but ensures a charged heavy because you don’t need to chase down the fallen enemy. I’m pretty sure they take bonus damage if they get attacked with gravity while airborne. Pulling spells and ashes work in pvp against jump attack spammers, or at least it does for me
Also, gravity spells and effects ignore poise entirely, which makes it a good counter to colossal weapon enjoyers
Gravitas and Alabaster Lord Pull also work great alongside things like roiling magma. Just fire at your feet, take the nearest enemy hostage, and watch them burn
It also makes you crouch to which can be used for a free dodge when you get overwhelmed and it's burst can kill low health adds if you get overwhelmed and agrod on. Then you can combine the interrupt with the offhand like lets say carian greatsword spell. Lots of damage and wide sweep as well. Its how I killed that bow chick in that tower.
They're also meant to have a follow up. Example: Gravitas into Adula's Moonblade or Carian Greatsword; Set up Rolling Magma, pull enemies in with Gravitas, let them get hit by the explosion.
It’s also good for attacking enemies through walls, and groups of weak enemies in awkward positions, like the slugs in the pipes in Lyndell Catacombs.
I really like the Carian Knight Sword, when I started using it, I was confused with its heavy attack. When I realised I could do a block heavy, it made riposting really cool and made fighting those Lions strangely easier.
Its ash of war move goes through walls very well. It is great for those "be wary of" left or right situations.
The Lazuli Glintstone Sword also has the same block heavy as the Carian, and a cheaper, quicker and spammable special move.
St. Trina’s Sword is very useful with the sleep when fighting the Godskin Duo as you can put one to sleep and then focus on killing the other. They’ll not wake up from sleep unless you hit them. This can also be achieved with sleep pots though.
sleep pots have better range. they would always skewer me while I was casting as I had to get to close with the sword
st trina is more of a dex weapon with minor int scaling
Can also be a good general purpose crowd control weapon against regular field mobs.
Except sleep pots require the very rare and non-respawning St. Trina's lilly, where as the Sword of St. Trina does not. So yes the pots have longer range, but you won't cringe as much if you accidently miss a sword swing then you would a miss on a pot throw.
Bullshit,i get about 4 seconds
Two things:
A good use for Gravitas and Alabaster Lord Pull is to fire a magma spell at your feet and use the ash to pull enemies into the magma.
Second: the wing’s version of Nebula is more effective against single targets, while the star’s version is better against groups
You missed out on the Glintstone Kris's secondary part of the weapon's ash of war: Not only does this weapon have an amazing high damaging magic dart, BUT it also has a very fast finisher thrust as part of the moveset. The ash of war is triggered by an L2, then immediately finish with a thrusting R2. What makes this an amazing weapon is that you're able to alternate casting sorcery in conjunction with using the weapon's ash war, and the finishing thrust scales damage with talismans like the shard of Alexander for both PVE and PVP.
After using them in specialized runs, Loretta's War Sickle and Sword of St Trina are exceptionally fun weapons, Loretta's unique moveset and AOW feel great to use, and conking people out mid fight, sometimes for a minute, is funnier than it should be to me, plus that extra damage or healing chances really do a lot.
Wings of Astel is S tier for me. Fast, high damage and easily staggers enemies.
Stagger as good as Flame of the Redmane?
@@12-OneTwo Like that. But deals way more damage!
@@ALEXANDER6888 2-3 hits to stager a Godfrey?
@@12-OneTwo That i don't know/recall. I don't use it anymore since I am high level and there are better weapons if you have 80 int, dex and faith like me. I currently use the serpent king's sword (with golden vow and flame buffs, you can kill Godfrey with 8 hits or so), deathpoker (for slower bosses and dragon bosses) and wings of astel for normal dragons. I'm kinda overpowered rn, and I'm not even level 400
@@12-OneTwo it staggers the Elden beast like nothing. Actually makes the fight a cakewalk.
3:51, you made an error in speaking here. It doesn’t reduce holy damage, it reduces its negation, meaning all holy damage is increased.
I actually like running meteoric ore blade during stormveil or really any area with flying enemies. Gravitas knocks them all down, makes em a lot easier.
Gravitas also staggers enemies that are pulled close and you can chain in the R2 or charged R2 really easily, which deals great damage and great poise damage.
That's what I was thinking , the stagger but you added on to that , good show.
You completely missed the second move with glinstone kris when you press R2 it lunges you forward thrusting into the enemy doing more damage than any of the other attacks with the weapon and it has massive range allowing you to cover ground and move towards an enemy really quick.
Great weapon for light builds
and you can charge the pebble to do comet level damage, with fraction of the FP cost
Kris is goated
Doing the Glintstone Krys DIRTY, that thing is an artillery round on a regular sorcery build
Pulling enemies in might be rather "meh", but Gravitas also knocks flying enemies prone and that can be absolutely invaluable.
depends on your perspective. Some people have the GTFO mentality and want to blast a repel spell/AOW to throw enemies away doing damage. Me personally, I'm more of a "GET OVER HERE" type player, and want to rip everyone toward me so I can eviserate them without chasing them down.
You failed to mention that the glintstone dart has a heavy follow up that deals huge damage and poise damage and the range of the follow up thrust attack is double or triple the distance of the normal glintstone pebble. You also didn't mention that its chargeable unlike glintstone pebble.
Bro That was driving me nuts
He missed a lot
I understand that the Carian Knight Sword isn't good for a spellblade build, but I love this sword so much that I don't care about that. It has gotten me to Ng+4 and I won't drop it even after Ng+7. Plus, Carian Grandeur is epic.
I've been playing as a sorcery build and I've been wielding the moonveil katana all game, it's so fun. The timing is a little wonky sometimes if you're trying to chain the ash of war but it's just so useful.
The timing is wonky? wth are you on about? Transient Moonlight is one of the fastest weapon skills in the entire game? It comes out lightning fast. It’s absolute cancer in PvP. What more do you want??
Vastly underestimating the Death's Poker. The lingering AoE from its skill is far more effective than it should be as you can launch it from range and the enemy will beeline towards you directly through it, racking up the damage very quickly.
better that he ranked it lower than it should’ve been lol, don’t want to attract attention to it since it’s seriously so OP. Shredded through the game with it.
i havent figured out how to cast its aow that far out?
@@lostinspacestudio after the first one press R2 or the equivalent of R2 on your controller
@@hortator0767 sadly I'm on a pc.. do you mean light attack or heavy .
@@lostinspacestudio heavy attack
I made an intelligence build and i put everything into intelligence, i was using the bloodhounds fang for a long time with just enough strenght and dex to wield it and then i suddenly realized how i not only have the moonveil in my inventory but i also have like 70 intelligence and it was a complete game changer! xD almost dubbled my damage output with a few upgrades to the weapon!
The death ritual spear deserves better
I mean grups of enemies yes, but think about large bosses being hit by multiple spears every wave
It well works well
Not like s tier tho
The charged heavy attack of the Ruin Greatsword as has a small gravity second hit similar to the gravity chunk item so when you break poise you do massive damage and hit twice.
Gravitas is a decent ash of war mostly for the ability to interrupt animations, it was a big part of my first run with meteoric ore blade
Clayman Harpoon is one of the few weapons that can be buffed despite inherently doing split damage too.
I also ran into it super early in my mage playthrough, and you can use it without stat investment by 2 handing it. Right at the start of the game, you can take the elevator down to sofria and access an area with maybe 20 enemies that can drop it. Takes a bit to mow them down, but it's doable
Nice vid, but forgot the much stronger follow up combo on GlintStone pebble with the Lazuli Glintstone Sword. Glintstone + Heavy Attack does a decent thrust that staggers most enemies IMO.
He forgot a lot of things.
St Trinas Sword is DEFINITELY better than C tier. On tougher humanoids, as a mage, its amazing. Put them to sleep, buff and blast them to hell with your biggest spell.
People sleep so hard on Carian Knights sword, ppl don’t realize that it’s heavy has block properties in heavy start up. And carian grandeur has decent hyper armor. It makes a nearly perfect Spell Knight weapon.
The glintstone pebble ash and the glintstone dart ash are really good because of the charging forward attack you do after using them by pressing the heavy attack button. So if you’re on ps4/5 you’d press L2 then R2. Especially in pvp I can easily one shot people or deal most of their health because if you land the pebble/dart, the follow up is guaranteed
Actually dart is not a true combo. Glinstone dart is weaker then pebble in favor of more range. And I actually think with the nerf on pebble it’s not a true combo anymore either I could be wrong tho they definitely nerfed the dmg tho
its buffed in 1.07 patch, but this vídeo man, dont read descriptions of habilities i think.
Glinstone pebble or dart is the high combo break game
The reason why sleep is an okay status ailment is for critical builds and those assassins dagger talismans. Also makes me sad to hear people say the hammer move set is bad :p
Running dual katanas like Moonveil and a Magic Uchigatana w/ Gravitas AOW is goated af. Uchi for AOE's and pulling pesky flying enemies down, then Moonveil for slicey magic action. Powerstancing both for insane damage and poise break, and it's fast af. Seriously, the jumping L1/LT powerstance move is lightning fast and powerful. GOATed loadout bar none.
Glintstone Kris carried me through the game on my sorcery run. Frees up a spell slot you don't need a single medium-long range projectile for, has a sick follow-up R2 that thrusts you forward and interrupts most enemies, and with Godfrey's Icon the charged skill does RIDICULOUS damage that both scales with Int and the somber level. I can't believe it's on your D/C-tier.
The crystal swords have the best AR for a str/int hybrid straight sword build, and more AR than heavy (though it goes through two defenses) they do less dps than cold infused straight swords after cold procs, but its possible to proc cold before you use the swords so then crystal becomes the best again in terms of damage with basic attacks. I dual wielded the regular crystal sword and the rotten one together and did insane damage on my playthrough. I also had a longsword and broadsword at +25 but went with the crystal swords. They are really good for PvE and you can get the one crystal sword at the start of the game without fighting anything, very underrated weapon in my opinion.
The wing of Astel took me through my whole first playthrough, I stumbled onto it earlyish and it never left me!
If you are doing a Int/Faith build, use the Death Poker and the SoNaF. Death Poker's Ash of War scales of both Int and Faith so it becomes a monster
I did watch the whole video. I love Adula's moonblade and use it with the Carian Regal Scepter. I only need another weapon as a supplement from time to time.
10:22 gravitas makes a lot of sense with r2 attack lf this weapon(Ichimonji from Sekiro), it basically makes it 100% hit and this r2 is crazy good.
i like the sword of st trina a lot. i use it for crowd control on my int build, works just fine when you get jumped or crowded
Small critizism on the claymans harpoon: Yes you can put any ash of war on it, but to get any sort of decent int scaling, you have to choose a magic infusion. At which point, why even bother with that spear over any other. Sadly the initial int scaling doesn't improove the scaling of the magic infusion.
Might just be biased tho, because I personally find spears boring to use.
That's completely fair. I like the weapon flexibility as it's so rare you can put AoW on int scaling weapons.
The thing with the Poon is that it's the only Int scaling weapon that you can buff with Scholar's Armament as well which can boost its AR well past other weapons in its class during its effect time. With that, you can also still infuse it with AoW of your choice, keeping it on Standard infusion doesn't cut the power of something like Ice Spear or Pebble too dramatically at all because of its natural Int scaling and you have other options like Impaling Thrust which do silly damage when buffed. It also pairs well with the Jellybro Shield for a sword n board set up if you want, and it also gets a great boost from Stormhawk Deenh's buff in boss fights, all three buffs stack on a weapon with natural Int scaling, and really good speed and range. If you're a buff build, this is your stick.
7:20 you are the first person i see to put top weapons of the tier to the right side instead of the left.
Gravitas is the best ash of war. I never would have made it past the birds in Faram Azula without it.
Against anything not flying it sucks, but against those dang birds, it's a life saver.
Wing of astel is absolutely nuts vs big targets. Fire giant took me 3 tries and the first 2 tries I didn't get hit on his first phase at all, it just kills him too fast. The weapon skill is a bit slow for some bosses, but most just run into it if you can get some distance before laying it out.
Couple things. With the clayman's harpoon you failed to mention that unlike other weapons, not only can you use different ashes and enchantments, but if you select Keen (if your secondary attack stat is dex) or heavy (if str) as the enchantment with the new ash, you can also imbue it with scholar's armament or frost using a spell, creating an opportunity for massive damage. Personally, I really love using scholar's armament then the rapid thrust ash of war for MASSIVE damage. I think the amount of flexibility and number of great builds this weapon allows for alone sets it apart as a S-Tier weapon.
Sword of St Trina is accessible very early game (though put of the way) and absolutely shines from chain sleeping giants to quickly knocking out enemies as others approach so you aren't overwhelmed when you don't have enough time to kill them. It starts to become less effective mid game when you start running into more enemies who resist sleep and quickly take a knee and get back up or bosses who are totally immune to it and by late game it's difficult to put most things to sleep at all. Early game S-Tier, mid game B-Tier, end game D-Tier. Highly recommend an early game sneak over to caelid to grab it.
I have been playing with Helphens Steeple lately because it is a cool looking GS and it seems like it has been doing passive Cold build up. I have been easily staggering enemies and really like how long the Ghostflame stays on the blade.
It looks like you don’t know there’s a follow up thrust attack to the glintstone pebble AoW. It does good damage and posture damage. It totally levels up the weapons that use it
The scepter of all knowing is way more useful than he indicated. Its ash of war increases damage taken by holy and magic damage or something. Probably not enough to change its position but its not useless in pve as he makes it out to be.
Great against late game bosses.
So I know this is old 1.06 content, but glintstone kris C tier? That things ash of war regularly hits in the 2k range and can be buffed with the godfrey icon and shard of alexander to do even more with like, 40 int. It costs 10 FP for a casual 2k+ damage. You were comparing it to other daggers like "Ya, you can't infuse it for bleed status so it's a bad weapon" and, no? You use the glintstone kris for the glintstone dart, you know, the most FP efficient sorcery in the entire game since it outdamages comet, costs less than half of comet, has a lower stat requirement than comet, has a faster cast time than comet. Even in 1.06 when it was nerfed it was still the best general purpose ranged sorcery in the game since it did so much for barely anything. It's a value machine that only gets beaten by shard spiral on large bosses.
Oh but moonveil is the best because you like katanas and value the free damage bleed gives you. This list is absolutely rage bait.
Great video and great timing since I’m trying to plan out a weapon focused int build
I’m just curious, do you not know about the follow up of glintstone pebble and dart? Hitting R2/T after casting gives a lunge that does so much damage. I feel like those two weapons should be higher on the list
Wing of estel is best int weapon in game
Yeah it's really good for people who want to close the distance after casting a phalanx spell or something. I think the charge up time for fully charging it should be lowered.
I got Moonveil pretty early in the game and as a Intelligence build it literally carried me through the entire game. Hands down the best.
NorZZa: royal greatsword at b tier and death's poker at A tier
Me: *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE AGAIN*
Let me tell you why though:
The royal greatsword is op and does a lot of damage along with frostbite which combos perfectly with high damage (Give it an A tier pls) Also I love Blaidd the wolf.
Death poker is an ez S tier as it does the most frostbite and it is unlike most weapons designed to help you fight against enemies and bosses whereas most weapons are just for smackin bosses.
But I respect your opinion though
Ehh, while I agree that royal greatsword its probably a b tier, deaths poker is definately an S tier, great damage, great frost buildup and a really versatile ash of war
Idc how much hate it gets, I agree Moonveil is king of Int, it was the weapon that got me through my first play through and I think its amazing, even after its nerf it’s still a top weapon in the game period
Agree
Clayman harpoon can be infused with flame art and sacred for a int faith build, or bleed for int arcane.
I dont think that you knew this, but glitstone pebble can be follow up by a R2 attack, wich lauches you foward in a thrust attack, very powerfull in pvp.
I think wing of astel and sword of night and flame are 2 of the most versatile useful weapons in the game, nebula has such crazy stance breaking ability and sword of night flame I mean come on what do I even say, it throws flames with surprising distance and it has mini comet azur which got me through so many fights until I got the actual comet azur. That was a good list, I might have to out a couple of these weapons.
Not the best list tbh...
You aren't using the skills glintstone pebble or gravatas correctly. Both have true combo followups that do insane damage.
Not mentioning that Glintstone Kris and Lazuli Glintstone Sword have a secondary attack to their ashes of war activation or thinking Stars of the Bastard are bad, in any way make sme think you are just bad at using Int based weapons...
EDIT: Jesus, slumber? Bad? WTF? Godskin Duo cure?
Sleep is a great status against enemies that can be slept, either partial or full. Partial gives you a free hit for your AOW and full gives you a free crit. Plus, Godskins are SUPER weak to it
Believe it or not one of my favorite weapons is the 1st D tier one you mentioned… and it’s not because of “damage” or a specific build for it.. I love it strictly for its asthetics and the way it looks when swung around feels majestic so for me it’s just a fun weapon that I learned how to use
I do a build with Fallingstar Beast Jaw and Carian Grandeur.
Put down Terra Magicka and use Fallingstar AoW to stagger an enemy then weapon swap to Carian Grandeur and fully charge it in the Terra Magicka to hit the staggered enemy.
Can stagger bosses in 4 casts of the AoW and get the Terra magicka, weapon swap, plus the fully charged Carian Grandeur off for a massive blast.
More if you put floating swords up or hit then with Rannis Dark moon first.
Bro, Deaths poker isn’t just one of the best int weapons it’s one of the best in the game 💀 💀 how did you drop that so hard
I'm sorry but having wing of astel below S+ tier in a pve discussion is just criminal. Versatile moveset with fast attacks, gòod scaling, good range with R2s, disgusting stagger and damage on weapon art. Hell, the weapon art can 1shot larger bosses with the right setup.
I wandered into Caelid and beat everything there before anywhere else in my blind play through. The Death Poker carried me throughout the entire game.
I would heavily disagree with sword of night and flame.
It was nerfed into oblivion and does a fraction of what it did. Its not good frankly
If we're talking PvE, it's still very strong.
@@peepeestorm3187 im talking precisely pve
I was level 302 when i decided - "ya know what? Lets try out the old meta again!" And i was met with heavy disappointment
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I did a run with the weapon somewhat recently where I was able to handle everything in the game with relative ease.
With a max level of 150, the stats were soemthing like:
40 Vig
30 Mind
26 End
12 Str
12 Dex
50 Int
50 Fai
9 Arc
If you start Confessor, your STR/DEX are exactly where you need them to wield the weapon so you don't have to use any early levels on those stats.
I use the golden order seal to apply buffs since it weighs 0 and falls into the stat distribution of the build.
The best part about planning a SNAF build from new game is that the weapon, sacred seal, and most of the talismans you'd want for the setup are available as soon as you start the game.
From jump, I like to get my hands on the magic and fire scorpion charms as well as the ritual sword talisman.
Super late game I like to add the Dragoncrest greatshield to mitigate the negative effect of 2 scorpions lol.
And of course Shard of Alexander is a must.
You gotta wait a bit for that one also, tho' lmao
This is an old video but i actually did the math and with a strength int build the great axe is S tier infused with cold or magic. As far as strength weapons go or if your run pure int and only invest the base stats to weild it at 20 strength
For my Onyx is still one of my go to INT weapons - 2/3 through the game - still use it a lot
Many of the weapons listed are NOT INT weapons.
They have int requirement to wield, but they do damage based on physical stats.
Examples of weapons listed are:
Ruins Greatsword (STR weapon)
Fallingstar Beast Jaw (QUA weapon)
Sword of St Trina (QUA weapon)
Starscourge Greasword (STR weapon)
great i had no idea there were so many. this made it easy to go out and get all the ones I've missed so far. many thanks!!
Combo Scepter of The All-Knowing with a Spelldrake Talisman to remove your weakness to magic and make it neutral, while your opponent is still weak to it. This can work against a ton of bosses, idk why you said it's useless outside of PvP
The death poker skill +explosion light attack is S TIER because of the fire on the ground is crazy damage.Counts as three attacks plus slight AOE damage if they don’t dodge,they better have perfect dodges 😂
Glitstone kris has a followup in its ash of war brother. In the correct setup its a highly effective weapon with decent scaling even in NG+.
I just got the Katana a moment ago. I can't believe it's that high.
Knowledge above all doesn't negate damage. It reduces negation. Making all parties weaker against magic and holy. You got it wrong.
I used the Death Ritual Spear to defeat Malenia, Blade of Miquella and the Dragonlord Placidusax so it has become one of my favorite weapons.
I agree, moonveil is the best int scaling weapon in Elden Ring. Some TH-cam video rate Darkmoon greatsword as a better weapon, but I disagree as it's annoying to push L2 and charge weapon during combat, although it's still a great weapon! The moonveil is also faster at delivering its special attacks compared to Darkmoon greatsword.
I disagree about Rosus Axe. It's not good for pvp or clearing large groups of lesser enemies but it's very good against large enemies and bosses. It can also stagger enemies with just it's regular attack.
I personally love it and with even a decent setup, the Ash fucking smacks bosses really hard. Sure, it can miss but you've just got to play smart with it. Hitting it is incredibly satisfying.
@@WildWolfGod right
Ash of war ability aside. Claymans harpoon is also the only weapon with innate Int that can be buffed with any element. soo good.
I’ve been using Astel, SONF, and Moonveil and would rank them in that order.
INT only or other stats too?
If you can wait until NG+ or get one from a friend, dual-wielding Wings of Astel can shred nearly anything
I think the carian knight sword should be higher. tbh, it's just cause u can block with the heavy attack too. Use it in my off hand
crystal sword is an S tier weapon if you have a int/strength build. It does so much damage for how fast it swings, great weapon.
Sword of st trina is a great sword. May not deal alot of damage, buts it's utility is why it's higher on my own list
what i find amusing his how radahn's greatswords there is a high chance you got that before alabaster lord's sword and it does the same thing but nukes them away after pulling them towards you making alabastor lord sword useless even in the gravitas category because the roll it fills is taken and surpassed lol.
Surprisingly, while stumbling through the game, found the Lazuli Glintstone Blade and the one dagger, I can't remember the name, that shoots darts and has a massive lunge. Have expanded my spell list massively. Essentially 3 single target low damage spells that can one hit weaker enemies late game. Essetially, damage from lowest to highest, dagger tap cast
I hate spears, they have way shorter range than they should have. Works fine in the starting zone, but once the enemies start getting bigger is it harder to detect the hit box.
Can we go ahead and, besides all the facts he’s spitting, the man has the decency to speak quickly with the information he is imparting. Imagine if he spoke as slowly as most people on YT. This video could have been at least thirty minutes. Props for information. Props for the diction. Good stuff my man.
This video would be 100% better without the horrible elevator music in the background.
Don’t forget you can chain glintstone pebble/dart into an improved lunge attack.
Glintstone in C is a lil low, the ash does like 10krillion dmg and closes the distance with its follow up
I put spellblade set on, Godfrey icon, Alexander shard and all the other magic boosting mcguffins
Full charge carian grandure
Big boy damage
I also used double cayman harpoon with lorrettas slash
Falling starbeast jaw
Royal Wolfy Great sword
Meteorite Katana
how can u not love gravitas?! go behind enemy stab ground AOE damage then drags them toward u and then follow up back stab
mostly frontal attacks stab ground drop AOE damage and follow up with R2
Clapper extraordinaire
Also, the old NPC hiding around the corner trick. Bavoom, swipe, swipe, dead.
So what you're saying is that the Sword of Night and Flame is what you need if you wanna run a Red Mage build.
my first playthrough I did int faith str and I main the star scourge greatswords I love them
What if they could put Loretta’s slash to be useable while on your horse? That would be simply amazing for a Loretta build.
That would be cool, but I don't think the controls would allow it. You'd have to give up the left heavy attack.
@@gigastrike2 seems like a small price to pay. If you have the AOW armed then that would replace the heavy for the slash. Maybe even give torrent the jump that Loretta has. Asking for a lot but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
glintstone kris ash of war actually chains into a sick heavy attack
How fallingstar beast jaw is B? that weapon is S+++ being colossal means you will oneshot or break the defenses of most foes at close range, if they are far you can spam the broken ash of war. Other weapons have good ashes of war, but fallingstar beast jaw one is better because is much more usable and reliable, you can always use it and enemies have no way to avoid damage, some ashes of war only work if you are in the same height, if the enemy is above or below, most of those ashes of war can't harm them, but with this weapon they can't hide from you.
With colossal weapons you don't use standard animations, you use them to backstab or ambushes with jump attacks. The other option is baiting enemies to follow you and receive them with fully charged R2 in the face, big weapons are not meant to be used as daggers.
Trina is S tier. Broken in PVP.
While he didn't say, I'm pretty sure he was ranking the weapon's effectiveness in PVE, the main part of the game. In that aspect however, I would still bump it up to at the very least high B tier, as putting a stronger enemy to sleep can be highly useful when fighting groups of enemies (as shown with the godskin duo fight becoming much easier with one of them asleep.)
Yeah dual st Trina is cancer
I might actually get the sword of St. Trina, now that the dlc added forever sleep
I have a better opinion of Bastard Stars, while I agree is not as good as Wing of Astel, the INT scaling it has, combined with the dash and spread of the AoW make it a somewhat decent alternative for AoE and large bosses.
The Glintstone Kris is fine where it is but the uber-long follow up attack on the AoW deserve a mention imho.
Loretta's Sickle is not a sickle, it's a halberd with the Guardien's Spear-sword's special moveset.