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Standing at the first steps in Elden Ring.
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Best Weapons in Elden Ring

Only the best for the Tarnished.

Choosing the best weapons to use in Elden Ring can be the difference between a crushing experience and a joy ride for new players. Whether you want some help or just feel like crushing enemies, this guide will cover your top options in the Lands Between.

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Elden Ring: Best Weapons to Use

Holding the Rivers of Blood and Bloodhound's Fang in Elden Ring.
Screenshot by The Escapist.

There are some undeniably fantastic weapons like the Rivers of Blood, the Bloodhound’s Fang, and the Blasphemous Blade. However, most of the best weapons in the game can be split into separate categories. Your best bet is to pick which stat you want to level your build around and then choose the best option from that pool.

Best Strength Weapons:

  • Grafted Blade Greatsword
  • Prelate’s Inferno Crozier
  • Greatsword
  • Brick Hammer
  • Great Stars

Best Dexterity Weapons:

  • Hand of Malenia
  • Bloodhound’s Fang
  • Godskin Peeler
  • Dragon King’s Cragblade
  • Nagikiba

Best Arcane Weapons:

  • Rivers of Blood
  • Marais Executioner’s Sword
  • Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear
  • Eleonora’s Poleblade
  • Reduvia

Best Intelligence Weapons:

  • Dark Moon Greatsword
  • Death’s Poker
  • Fallingstar Beast Jaw
  • Sword of Night and Flame
  • Moonveil

Best Faith Weapons:

  • Blasphemous Blade
  • Golden Order Greatsword
  • Godslayer’s Greatsword
  • Maliketh’s Black Blade
  • Erdtree Bow

Despite each stat type having roughly five weapons that stand out among the rest, that doesn’t mean they’re all equal at the top. Some stats in Elden Ring clearly have better weapon options than the others. Strength and Intelligence, for example, are incredibly strong. There are tons of options beyond the best five and the stat clearly outperforms Dexterity at a base form.

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Other stat categories like Dexterity and Arcane can still shine, especially when they are combined for great scaling in one weapon. Faith also has one of the best weapons in the entire game, which is the Blasphemous Blade.

Regardless of your choice of a new weapon, everything on the list above will be great pillars for a build that can get you through the entire game.

Elden Ring is available now on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.


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Dan Wenerowicz
Dan Wenerowicz is a Staff Writer at The Escapist, where he helps lead the team's guides coverage of FPS and action games such as Call of Duty, Elden Ring, Diablo 4, and Black Myth: Wukong. He has a Bachelor's in Writing and has worked as a video game journalist for four years, having written and edited for such prominent outlets as Prima Games, Screen Rant, Sportskeeda, GINX TV, and Gfinity. His work has been read by millions of people, and his expertise has helped them better understand and complete video games.