I'm a big fan of Giants Hunt. Especially with either the Heavy Greatsword or Heavy Nightriders Glaive. Just enjoy being able to chuck human sized enemies airborne.
Storm Blade is really good on Greatswords because, as you said, when you are up close, your weapon hits them BUT it makes the Greatsword swing sooo much faster. So you get Greatsword damage with Curved Sword speed. Ice Spear is amazing. Id put Impaling Thrust above some others you listed but still a good list
Storm blades pretty good on the 2h heavy Great Epee too. Weapon has much more range and basically gives you an improved R1 Moveset that does more damage than every greatsword besides the short gargoyles gs...and you can get both sword and ash straight away.
Admittedly I do not know the game as well as you or it's stats but I am a huge blood tax fan for it's piercing qualities to go with how it drains the opponents HP. I use it on the great katana. Apologies mate. Great video. Keep them coming.
you don't need to apologise! Blood tax is definitely up there as one of the best ashes - I just preferred these, that's all! If it makes you feel any better, it was part of my first draft but got dropped for wild strikes!
I think I might put royal knights resolve in top 5 since it makes buff stacking and one or two shotting great, I like giant hunt too, and phantom slash, the game has so many aow, I don’t think I can make a top 10 but cragblade, lion claw, blood blade being top 3 seems right
Wing Stance is weird because while it's an infusable AoW, it's only really equipable on the Milady. It's infusable on light greatswords, but the Milady is the only infusable light greatsword in the game. I think they did it this way to allow players to switch the AoW on the Milady if they wanted and be able to switch back.
I completely acknowledge the fact that this was my first souls game & I’m still learning. However, I seem to like double slash on anything except a katana 😂
No Giant Hunt ? It's incredibly effective against most humanoid ennemies, it sends them flying or at least staggers them while doing excellent damage. Also no Unsheathe ? This thing comes out so quickly, can be buffed by Rellana's cameo as it is a stance ash of war, and deals so much stance damage ! Definitely worth trying. Otherwise solid list and overall a very enjoyable video, good job mate !
Tried them all before and tbh, there’s about 20-25 S tier ashes of war, I just limited it to 10 for this video! But yeah, giants hunt is very fun and unsheathe is basically the same as square off as does similar damage/stance damage! Thanks for the comment as well man, I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)
Today I made a build out of my own head whit the blasfemous blade,ordovis greatesword jump build,whit the axe crucible knight set. Im prety proud of it and how it plays.
I have been playing the game (PVE solo) since its release and currently have 9 characters all over 300RL so I am pretty familiar with the game. It sometimes come down to personal preference, but how can you claim this as the best 10 when you keep talking about bleed options, which are nothing more than a crutch for new players ? Waves of Darkness is one of the very best, also Horah Loux's Earthshaker. If you want to include Lion's Claw for the new players, it should really be Savage Lion's Claw, since it has a secondary attack which makes it even stronger. Unsheathe is definitely the best for Katana users and should be on the list. Finally, the plural of Ash of War is Ashes of War not Ashes of Wars.
@@akitas8165 literally only one or two are based around bleed??? If you’re meaning about me talking about buffing weapons with bloodflame blade, you can do that with all the other buffs in the game too - you’re right it’s subjective, but waves of darkness is not all that great in PvE (best/better in PvP) and savage lions claw is objectively worse than regular lions claw due to the amount of time you are in the same attack, any boss in DLC will kill you before you pull it off, or at least get you close. Unsheathe I understand, as that is basically the same stats/cost as square off, so you could say it’s already on the list. And I hear the earthshaker shout as I have made previous vids on it and claimed it’s hella underrated, still not top 10 for me though :)
@@tkcjazza After reading your reply I seriously doubt you have used Savage Lion's Claw, Waves of Darkness or Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker for any length of time.
Savage lions claw deals only slightly more stance damage than normal lions claw. And in the time you can pull of savage lions claw you can just use normal lions claw twice for more stance damage
Use Spectral Lance with Blood Fiend's Fork wlth your preferred affinity, get Arrow reach talisman, Shards of Alexander, Filigreed and Dancer charm, have light load, shoot anything from kingdom far far away. I use Giant Hunt on Banished Knight Helberd and Double Slash on Banished Knight Great Sword, cold affinity is the best but pick whatever you think best. Prayerful strike on Black Knight Hammer is fantastic too and finally cold infused Flamberge or Cross Naginata with Repeating Thrust with all the necessary talismans. Experiment with these builds, anything except the Zamor knights will melt down easily, those Z knights are worse than a lot of bosses lol
Which builds are easy to change as in versatile and fun, that helps to use most weapons and spells to mess around with ? Im astrologer tho, would appreciate the guide
I actually cut the clip out the vid, but I basically consider unsheathe the same as square off (because it does similar numbers in damage and stance) so technically, unsheathe would also be #6 :)
Im new to elden ring, but i need to ask someone who knows about elden ring. Im sorry what i have to say has nothing to do with the video but Should a mage(Astorloger) invest in strength? I mean, if i want to get a sword(An intelligence based sword) should i invest in strength? To even weild some of the weapons i pick up i need some strength like a bow.
What’s the fuss about ice spear? Yes, it’s effective, but it is boring af as well. It’s just a pew pew with a button. It doesn’t look good, it doesn’t feel good, it just does good damage in a boring way. Played with it around 10 min and got bored. Why do people love it?
It is one of my personal favourites in terms of fun factor (I love the corpse launches) I just felt these did a little more damage/were more useful and cost efficient :)
The game has been out for so long I just assumed everyone knew of these - Sorry I didn't explain but if there's one or two you liked, simply search them up to find the locations :)
@tkcjazza I'm just new to the game. I'm trying to figure it all all out. There's so much info, etc. Knowing it's been out to 2ys. There are so many patches & updates that it's hard to know what's good or bad, been nerfed or buffed & vise versa again. Reason why I look at newer content. Then, the older. But I'll keep searching till I find something useful to use. Ty.
@@lharsay yeah with her, you’ll be best just swinging without hitting the follow-ups! But also, there’s better options out there for malenia specifically
The Skyrim music just makes this even better.
I was gonna say that
I was gonna say that
Jeremy Soule is a brilliant composer
It makes everything better.
Spectral lance is riidiculous
I'm a big fan of Giants Hunt. Especially with either the Heavy Greatsword or Heavy Nightriders Glaive. Just enjoy being able to chuck human sized enemies airborne.
Storm Blade is really good on Greatswords because, as you said, when you are up close, your weapon hits them BUT it makes the Greatsword swing sooo much faster. So you get Greatsword damage with Curved Sword speed.
Ice Spear is amazing. Id put Impaling Thrust above some others you listed but still a good list
yes, very true - I forgot to mention that! I definitely overlooked storm blade for the longest time!
Storm blades pretty good on the 2h heavy Great Epee too. Weapon has much more range and basically gives you an improved R1 Moveset that does more damage than every greatsword besides the short gargoyles gs...and you can get both sword and ash straight away.
Which GS would you recommend putting Storm Blade on?
@@AstonishingRed Depends on the build. But Iron GS is nice
A somber ancient list would be awesome!
Yeah, I can certainly do a best "somber weapon" list :)
@tkcjazza ancient somber dragon smithing stone is the most unnecessarily long name for a stone
0:00 when you're trying to watch an Elden ring video but that gerudo valley theme is just too good🎶
Admittedly I do not know the game as well as you or it's
stats but I am a huge blood tax fan for it's piercing qualities
to go with how it drains the opponents HP. I use it on the great katana.
Apologies mate. Great video. Keep them coming.
you don't need to apologise! Blood tax is definitely up there as one of the best ashes - I just preferred these, that's all! If it makes you feel any better, it was part of my first draft but got dropped for wild strikes!
I think I might put royal knights resolve in top 5 since it makes buff stacking and one or two shotting great, I like giant hunt too, and phantom slash, the game has so many aow, I don’t think I can make a top 10 but cragblade, lion claw, blood blade being top 3 seems right
Yeah, royal's knight is defo up there - I just prefer using the others but make various One Shot builds with RKR is always fun!
skyrim music backgrond is so good!
Wing Stance is weird because while it's an infusable AoW, it's only really equipable on the Milady. It's infusable on light greatswords, but the Milady is the only infusable light greatsword in the game. I think they did it this way to allow players to switch the AoW on the Milady if they wanted and be able to switch back.
Sword and Shield counter guard Style with square off its my favorite playstyle. The knight. I can break stances all day long
Nice list. I would replace Blood Blade with unsheathe and flip cragblade and Lions Claw.
I completely acknowledge the fact that this was my first souls game & I’m still learning. However, I seem to like double slash on anything except a katana 😂
There’s definitely worse choices!
@ you love twin blades as do I - try it - I find it super fun. The Vulgar Militia Saw is fun too 😉
No Giant Hunt ? It's incredibly effective against most humanoid ennemies, it sends them flying or at least staggers them while doing excellent damage. Also no Unsheathe ? This thing comes out so quickly, can be buffed by Rellana's cameo as it is a stance ash of war, and deals so much stance damage ! Definitely worth trying. Otherwise solid list and overall a very enjoyable video, good job mate !
Tried them all before and tbh, there’s about 20-25 S tier ashes of war, I just limited it to 10 for this video! But yeah, giants hunt is very fun and unsheathe is basically the same as square off as does similar damage/stance damage!
Thanks for the comment as well man, I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)
Thanks for the video. Even though lion’s claws is a “cheat” it’s good to carry us noobs once we get stuck. It’s a great option to have
Oh yeah, it's helped me with many a playthrough haha - Just as time has gone on, the gimmick has worn off! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Today I made a build out of my own head whit the blasfemous blade,ordovis greatesword jump build,whit the axe crucible knight set.
Im prety proud of it and how it plays.
Hey! Just a quick question. Will you do a full tank build wich I can shred enemies with?
yk, like with fingerprint stone shield or smth
I can work on it ;)
15:18 dude couldnt even stand up
@@Jatotomierda yeah, I guess I should’ve mentioned that it annihilates lower end enemies 😂😅
i just jump back into the game since i got some time left, i am going for blood knight build with flamberge
Personally I go guts greatsword and lions claw and it's fun as hell
I have been playing the game (PVE solo) since its release and currently have 9 characters all over 300RL so I am pretty familiar with the game. It sometimes come down to personal preference, but how can you claim this as the best 10 when you keep talking about bleed options, which are nothing more than a crutch for new players ? Waves of Darkness is one of the very best, also Horah Loux's Earthshaker. If you want to include Lion's Claw for the new players, it should really be Savage Lion's Claw, since it has a secondary attack which makes it even stronger. Unsheathe is definitely the best for Katana users and should be on the list.
Finally, the plural of Ash of War is Ashes of War not Ashes of Wars.
@@akitas8165 literally only one or two are based around bleed??? If you’re meaning about me talking about buffing weapons with bloodflame blade, you can do that with all the other buffs in the game too - you’re right it’s subjective, but waves of darkness is not all that great in PvE (best/better in PvP) and savage lions claw is objectively worse than regular lions claw due to the amount of time you are in the same attack, any boss in DLC will kill you before you pull it off, or at least get you close. Unsheathe I understand, as that is basically the same stats/cost as square off, so you could say it’s already on the list. And I hear the earthshaker shout as I have made previous vids on it and claimed it’s hella underrated, still not top 10 for me though :)
@@tkcjazza After reading your reply I seriously doubt you have used Savage Lion's Claw, Waves of Darkness or Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker for any length of time.
@ I have full videos/multiple streams where I’ve used them…
@@akitas8165 🤡
Savage lions claw deals only slightly more stance damage than normal lions claw. And in the time you can pull of savage lions claw you can just use normal lions claw twice for more stance damage
Ice Spear is so good and so underrated
Great list but no giant hunt is wildddd
Use Spectral Lance with Blood Fiend's Fork wlth your preferred affinity, get Arrow reach talisman, Shards of Alexander, Filigreed and Dancer charm, have light load, shoot anything from kingdom far far away. I use Giant Hunt on Banished Knight Helberd and Double Slash on Banished Knight Great Sword, cold affinity is the best but pick whatever you think best. Prayerful strike on Black Knight Hammer is fantastic too and finally cold infused Flamberge or Cross Naginata with Repeating Thrust with all the necessary talismans. Experiment with these builds, anything except the Zamor knights will melt down easily, those Z knights are worse than a lot of bosses lol
All very nice combos/builds, might have to give one or two of them a try when I can :)
@@tkcjazza Stamp (Upward Cut) is amazing on collossal weapons, try that one too, you could add Melania's rune with it.
Which builds are easy to change as in versatile and fun, that helps to use most weapons and spells to mess around with ? Im astrologer tho, would appreciate the guide
Phantom Slash??? Flameing Strike??? Royal Knight's Resolve???
Bro I enjoy your videos! But seriously why is Waves of Darkness Not on this List...? 😢
@@nbleys5696 it’s super good for PvP, just not so great for PvE - and thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content :)
Jk but serously no unsheathe?!?! Gotta put that in especially if wild strikes makes the list
I actually cut the clip out the vid, but I basically consider unsheathe the same as square off (because it does similar numbers in damage and stance) so technically, unsheathe would also be #6 :)
Can you show us the location and how to get them as well? In case some players also needs it😭
@@Yekudoo1710 yeah I can maybe do that in future - it’s just the game is almost 3 years old now so assume most people know where to get them :)
The Wiki exists for a reason.
@@akitas8165 Not for this skibidi
Yes no putting In on edge marais sword = good vid 😂
Wing stance best ash in the game
Im new to elden ring, but i need to ask someone who knows about elden ring.
Im sorry what i have to say has nothing to do with the video but Should a mage(Astorloger) invest in strength? I mean, if i want to get a sword(An intelligence based sword) should i invest in strength?
To even weild some of the weapons i pick up i need some strength like a bow.
Is it fun to finish entire game with tapping one botton ?
What’s the fuss about ice spear? Yes, it’s effective, but it is boring af as well. It’s just a pew pew with a button. It doesn’t look good, it doesn’t feel good, it just does good damage in a boring way. Played with it around 10 min and got bored. Why do people love it?
So is savage lions claw worse than lions claw
Yes
@@notsospecial9012 Absolutely not, it is stronger.
@@akitas8165 no
Savage Lion claw?!🤔⁉️
Not top 10 worthy sadly - may as well keep regular lions claw :)
no giant's hunt?
It is one of my personal favourites in terms of fun factor (I love the corpse launches) I just felt these did a little more damage/were more useful and cost efficient :)
No blood tax??! But nice list though 🙏🏼🙏🏼
It was considered, but just missed out - very nice ash tho! :)
Be nice if u told us where to find these Ashes of War.
The game has been out for so long I just assumed everyone knew of these - Sorry I didn't explain but if there's one or two you liked, simply search them up to find the locations :)
@tkcjazza I'm just new to the game. I'm trying to figure it all all out. There's so much info, etc. Knowing it's been out to 2ys. There are so many patches & updates that it's hard to know what's good or bad, been nerfed or buffed & vise versa again. Reason why I look at newer content. Then, the older. But I'll keep searching till I find something useful to use. Ty.
That is why the Wiki exists. Go look it up.
My número one is sepukku
It’s super useful on bleed builds but Cragblade is the best ash in general :)
Super
3:40 She input reads the follow ups every single time :/
@@lharsay yeah with her, you’ll be best just swinging without hitting the follow-ups! But also, there’s better options out there for malenia specifically
your vids used to be more popular...
Elden ring used to be more popular haha - it’s just everyone doesn’t play it as much
Katanas sucks and are extremely boring, use a real weapon instead.
What's a real weapon buddy, also I can't tell you are 9 years old lmfao