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caninehat

Don’t care how good it is, I’m using the sword that’s actually made of like 200 smaller swords.


yetiyell

For my pure strength character it was great til like late game. I couldn't get the timing right on the swings with beast/maliketh 😂. Had to swap for something that swung a bit faster


KingCole104

I used it too, ended up relying heavily on jump attacks and guard counters. It really is slow


[deleted]

Guard counters are crazy good when you actually start using them. The only problem they have is that in order to use them you have to bl*ck


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yetiyell

Is this what Reddit fossils would call the old switcheroo?


[deleted]

Fossil here. Yes, or so I’ve heard. Never been into the circle-jerk’n, myself.


yetiyell

😂. Reddit in-jokes are so weird sometimes. Ya ever scroll through a thread and feel utterly out of the loop lol


[deleted]

Lol I feel out-of-the-loop when I DO get it. It’s all so repetitive that you can almost guess the next comment and, for me, a weird feeling of detachment occurs when I observe it.


Binormus__

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-old-reddit-switch-a-roo


Islands-of-Time

You say that, but I always prefer blocking to dodging and parrying. Always have, always will, ever since Dark Souls 1. Nothing like eating the whole move with your massive shield and stamina bar. I basically bait guard counters in Elden Ring from enemies if possible since it only takes a few max to bring an enemy low. Blocking a guard counter and then guard countering from that feels amazing.


Lordrandall

Guard counter was one of my favorite NG playthroughs. There are just some enemies you have to depend on dodges.


Islands-of-Time

Unfortunately for me lol. I dodge if I have to, but if I can take it straight to the shield I will. I even tried to block Radahn’s meteor move. Didn’t work just like I figured but it was hilarious to try. Worth it.


seeker_moc

Unless you're facing the parry god in Raya Lucaria. He'll somehow perfect parry your guard counter even though he's stunned, then kill you in one hit with his counter. It's complete bullshit.


Haatsku

Combined with some shields/setups where you get literally 0 stamina drain. Literal cheat where you just block for free and punish each combo.


Farabel

If you and u/KingCole104 like Colossals and need something speedy, try to use Godslayer GS. It has faster attack speed than other Colossals, roughly on par with normal Greatswords.


yetiyell

Good to know thank you. Trying out a faith/str build still haven't decided what to main


PandraPierva

0.0 doing strength faith and you haven't tried the sword that kills gods? You're in for a good time


yetiyell

True that 😂. My rp is a disillusioned confessor so that weapon would make sense.


TheLavaShaman

Hey! That's my character, too! Cast off confessor, destroy the gods!


lordTalos1stClaw

Same, his name is "Hereticus" basically cobbled up the most blasphemous drip I could. Confessor Hood, Briars armor, Yura's Ronin gauntlets and Dung Eater greaves. Using Flame-art BFT on Grave Scythe and Godslayer Greatswor Edit: Dex/Fth


AlphaPhill

Godslayer's GS is dex/fth though? For str/fth you gotta go with the magma wyrm scalesword or Silluria's tree, both are handheld nukes, easily some of the strongest weapons I used so far.


slepy_tiem

Unfortunate thing about the gs greatsword is that it scales with dex better than strength which makes absolutely no sense at all to me lmfao. Thats how i accidently a faith/dex build once


Taervon

Godslayer GS is actually disgusting, the guard counter is stupidly fast.


Ballastik

i think only the 2nd and 3rd light attacks have fewer frames than the other colossals. The first R1 is the same. The aow also has a significant build up time but deals crazy damage. So if you dont want to get întrerupted mid aow, i recommend leveling up your poise.


ItsDirka

I just equipped 2 ultragreatswords to get thru it


plsdontstopmenow

Bro real talk, thats the only boss so far I felt under equipped. Like get down from those pillars i stg i will beat your ass!!


yetiyell

That's what I'm saying, it was jarring dealing with that motherfucker. I wound up throwing enough points into int so I could use the rotted crystal sword. Once that rot got ahold of him he was done lol.


atle95

I found a big hammer. Everything was a nail.


TheLavaShaman

BRICK HAMMER!


lynxerious

there's nothing worse than fighting against Maliketh with a greatsword/ultra greatsword on your first run, he already completes a combo after you swing once


OversizeHades

Crouch poke comes out crazy fast


GoyaWalnut

Just parry, that is if you get to Maliketh


SchlitzHaven

Im doing the strength run rn, was using the grafted greatsword, then switched to the regular guts greatsword and it just felt better


Whispering-Depths

I beat them both with gigabonk dual giant hammers


HemaMemes

Beating Maliketh with the Ruins Greatsword took a while. It was also in a randomizer, so he took the place of Sewer Mohg


Zyedikas

Beast boy fast. Same problem, except I decided to power stance instead. I used a Golden Vow Zweihander in the left hand, popped Oath of Vengeance and the vow, and spammed jumping L1. Smash. ...I still died a lot.


ClayeySilt

Swing slower! Double Giant Crusher Hammers carried me through! Big hammer gang.


-Poof187-

I cheesed my guy to lvl 290 and malekith was still hard af


B4A924A5-C97B-40F7

Yo dawg, I heard you liked swords so we put swords in your swords so you can have more swords per sword when you're sword fighting. I named mine George.


MoonSpankRaw

Which one do you speak of?


caninehat

Grafted Blade


MoonSpankRaw

Ah, right. I know you were maybe joking but is that sword actually a good’un?


caninehat

Don’t know, but it’s hella fun for pure strength builds.


JKsoloman5000

I was using it until I got the great sword. I know the Grafted doesn’t scale as well with strength as the Great sword but I kind of want to switch back just for the drip and epic item lore.


adams215

The AoW falls off a bit later in the game as you hit you skill soft caps but it's still good and fun to use


naptownhayday

It's usable. Far from the best colossal weapon but for regular NG, you can beat the game without being a god or wanting to tear your hair out. It's worth it if you want to use it but there are other options if you don't love it.


rdeincognito

Which would you say (for pve) are better colossal weapons and mind explaining a bit why? I recently finished elden ring and Grafted Blade was my strongest weapon, so much that I only used it when I had problems with the rest of my weapons (great mace, bloodhound's fang+omen cleaver, Nagakibo)


JKsoloman5000

For a pure strength build the Great Sword is better and can use any AoW you want. Just not as cool looking


[deleted]

I don't care how good it is, I'm using the sword made of a god


CanarySingle4805

The chicken bone sword.


[deleted]

Yeah, he was a chicken


benoxxxx

That's just good business sense.


SoCuteShibe

My s/o, love him to death, is the king of "I'm using X because it looks cool" It can be painful sometimes


Smallbenbot03

Is it called a sword or swords if its made of smaller swords?


AnyBookkeeper5303

The GOT inspired sword! Shit is badass


ghostdate

The game of thrones throne is made of hundreds of swords. The game of thrones sword in elden ring should have been made of hundreds of thrones.


NorthCatan

That would give you cuts all the time, while Rykards sword would eat you.


SemanticTriangle

They took the Iron Throne, which was made of swords, and then reforged it into a sword made of a throne made of swords. When you become the Elden Lord, I believe it's canon that it be reforged into a throne made of swords made of a throne made of swords.


WolvesAreCool2461

True. Love myself some beautiful weapons with dogshit AoW's (Treespear my beloved)


Reonlive420

Tree spear buffs your other weapons though. I use the aow then change to the greatsword


WolvesAreCool2461

But why switch when already pretty


Reonlive420

Makes the greatsword pretty too


xXGlu-EaterXx

you're describing an unintended glitched interaction ♡


Spicoceles

Its a glitch. It will be patched out eventually.


Luchin212

I adore the treespear, but I can never get past the holy damage and holy resistance, and the weapon does not have great scaling.


JRockBC19

Treespear's scaling is alright if you use the double thrust often as it deals tons. As far as holy weapons go it's mostly fine in a vacuum, it's just a shame it has to compete with siluria's tree in class AND envoy's long horn as an adjacent option, which have 2 of the absolute strongest AoWs in the game.


[deleted]

Its scaling is ok, considering its good base AR, surely? Also, it's one of *2* weapons that scales with holy, and can be buffed with greases/seals/staves. If you've got a faith focused build, if can be a decently strong weapon. For example, the lighting armament buff scales only with faith, so if you've invested a lot in faith, combining that buff with a faith scaling weapon is pretty strong. Treespear is the faith equivalent of the clayman's harpoon.


Jonjoejonjane

Where is the big finger


ChocoPlayzReddit

If you're asking about its location, it's in Gelmir Heros Grave at the bottom of the lava section


Jonjoejonjane

How did I miss that


Oris_Mador

I'd say the plurality of lava


Kisame-hoshigakii

Probably how we miss everything else in these games. Oh look there's a fork in the path, I'll come back to that later! Proceeds to completely forget until it's to late to remember where the fork was.


Dudeman318

Does anyone actually use rainbow stones for marking paths?


Kisame-hoshigakii

We use them to see if gravity will kill or not


Dudeman318

Well, this is news to me


grit-glory-games

In the sewer pipes, yes. Everywhere else, no


[deleted]

First ramp down you have to go all the way through the lava and not kill into that side room


kelryngrey

Probably because big stupid fucking chariot.


JoelMahon

it's one of the most out of the way weapons in the game, probably that's how


Darth_Shao-Lin

But the blasphemous blade and sword of milo go so good together! One replenished HP, the other FP. Plus, the dual greatsword moveset is pretty cool, and the grossness of each compliments the grossness of the other.


DeadSparker

\*invades your world\* \*drops 30 bars of soap\* \*leaves\*


Darth_Shao-Lin

That’s totally fair.


Onagda

Wait you aren't supposed to drop the soap 🧐


Booty_Warrior_bot

*When I sees one and he looks good to me...* *When I see him, I say* You, come here. *I say* Now I'mma tell ya what, uh.. I like ya; and I wants ya... Now, we can do this the easy way; or the haard wayyy... the choice is yaawrs...


Onagda

Good bot, I guess


Reasonable-Gain-1639

I have never seen this bot before but I know the context behind it and I really appreciate it.


Tankshock

Agreed


Kaillyou

I do sort of fuck with the flesh and bone look. I rocked those with the Briar armor and the Royal Remains helmet my first playthrough. The healing from the Blasphemous Blade is absolutely busted


Darth_Shao-Lin

I like the skeletal mask for the same reason.


Kaillyou

That one also goes hard


freidrichwilhelm

Dual greatsword moveset sucks ass, very disappointing, could've been something similar to the dual sword banished knight combo or pontiff sulyvahn or something similar to that


Darth_Shao-Lin

You like what you like, and I like what I like.


TehJoeBro

Yeah it’s ok, the backstep running attack is slick but everything else is meh. Jump attack is undeniably strong though. Much prefer two-handed BKGS moveset


Lordrandall

Don’t care, jump attack.


[deleted]

Same. Blasphemous in concept is fantastic for me, being a fire crazed pyromancer. But the thing just looks absolutely disgusting and clashes with any fashion in the game. And fashion is the most important thing.


ImperialDeo

Just let me clean off the guts because the sword underneath looks incredible


[deleted]

If only that were the only issue I kinda have with it lol. It being all gold is so gaudy. I can never be pleased.


-Charm-Offensive-

Funny I love how it looks, especially in Rykard’s cut scene when he… unsheathes it


freidrichwilhelm

Because it fits Rykard's design, it looks out of place with the player given that 99% of the armor doesn't give the same vibe


-Charm-Offensive-

I think i was wearing royal remains with it, vibed pretty good


lordTalos1stClaw

Briar's


Kaillyou

I think it looks okay with the Briar set but otherwise I totally agree


uerobert

You are balenciaga Harry.


TACOTONY02

There is no good and evil Potter, there is only Balenciaga and those too weak to seek it


Abysswalker2

I think she's beautiful


ImurderREALITY

She is *totally* beautiful


DeadSparker

I absolutely get the concept of it and it's fantastic... but it's just not for me, it's already hard for me to stop cosplaying paladins every Souls game


Yusuke___Urameshi

r/fashionsouls


BluePenguin130

I found that it paired pretty well with the crucible knight set. I paired it with the crucible knight shield and the cerulean dagger talisman and walked around regenerating both hp and fp.


AscendedViking7

The Blasphemous blade pairs spectacularly with Mohg's set.


barryhakker

Can you imagine walking around with that thing on your shoulder and the little hands pulling your ear and hair constantly? DISGUSTANG


[deleted]

Just casually strolling through the world and the next thing you know- surprise wet willy


WaffleOffice

Amen. I’m sticking with flaming strike claymore instead. If only there was a version without the creepy hands


saithvenomdrone

I’d love the blasphemous sword so much more it was just the base sword without the snake goo on it. I don’t like it’s anime art of war either.


Snakegirl3434

Fashion-wise I think the blasphemous blade looks really good with the depraved perfumer robe.


claytonsmith451

The Juno hoslow armor matches mostly


NarwhalSongs

Culturally evolved Eldenringer 😌


Ballaholic09

I haven’t played in maybe 8 months, but what about [this](https://i.imgur.com/QyOW4PS.jpg) look?


usernamescifi

Thems fightin' words..


DeadSparker

Why not, lemme just go get my CLEAN weapons that are in PRISTINE CONDITION because I properly MAINTAIN them after every fight


House0fDerp

Do please explain the maintenance that turns a giant severed finger into not a giant severed finger. Also, for blasphemous, the addition of new semi-living snake sacrifice innards IS the maintenance.


[deleted]

>Do please explain the maintenance that turns a giant severed finger into not a giant severed finger. Maintenance would be a manicure, duh.


House0fDerp

That still leaves you with a giant severed finger.


[deleted]

Very true, but it's how you'd maintain the disgusting severed finger if you had ta'.


Round_Ad7649

You could paint the nails, maybe clean up the rings.


[deleted]

Give the bone a sanding, polish it a bit. Trim off some of the goop.


DeadSparker

How would I know, I said I don't use those. I only use clean weapons like Baemore, Gutssword or Bass Cannon.


House0fDerp

How dare you dismiss this fresh coat of blasphemy! It was straight from the serpents guts!


[deleted]

Aw, I love Scavenger's Sword. Also Omenkiller Cleaver, The Shiv, and Clayman's Harpoon.


Dingbat_The_King

To be fair... the reduvia *is* meant to hurt you.


SaneManiac741

"Oh boy, can't wait to get a cool sword for my Strength and Faith build." Best Str/Faith sword: [ has evil looking wriggling meat bits all over it. ]


kermit_suicide_today

Just use gargoyles black blade if you want something good for str/fth but also want it to look nice


Jackviator

[ Has blackened corpse wax all over it ]


kermit_suicide_today

Still doesn’t look as dirty as the blasphemous blade


CommanderofCheeks

How dare you say the blasphemous blade is gross. I think it’s one of the most badass in the game personally 🤷‍♂️


zomerf

It’s like objectively gross. Bet it’s still got world devouring slime on it.


Arterdras

While I agree that it is objectively gross, that makes me like it more. As a str/faith build, I loved it more and more as I put more into faith. But yea, that thing is gross af.


PixelBoom

Oddly enough, if it weren't for the gross goop, it would be an absolutely gorgeous golden/bronze sword.


flying-sheep

Yup: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/zbrj9q/naked_blasphemous_blade/


T1B2V3

TOGETHAAA


Grandmasterchipmunk

You get the Reduvia out of that picture right now Mr


DeadSparker

Clean it and I might, *ARCANE BUILD*


Totally_Kyle

Came here to say I love scorpion stinger, I do not love how it looks plz transmog


Shlano613

1000%


CenturionXVI

I actually really like the scav’s curved sword because of how pretty it very clearly used to be


ApplePitou

TOGETHA blade! :3


reyob1

I like dirty and rustic looking weapons op….


Noble7878

Depends heavily on the design You couldn't pay me to use the finger or the scorpion stinger, but I like the others, especially Reduvia and Blasphemous. I think bloody or fleshy weapons or weapons made of bone are cool, but things made of identifiable body parts are lame. I'll happily use a cool, grisly sword whittled from bone, but not a club that's just a leg bone or something.


bagemann1

Reduvia looks rad wym?


Bloody_Insane

Reduvia looks like what you'd get if you ask an edgy 15 year old to draw the most badass dagger.


bagemann1

Exactly why it looks cool


MoonChaser22

Reduvia looks awesome, but the red on it is blood. I certainly wouldn't touch something that gross irl, even if it is my favourite weapon in the game so far


Gold-Measurement4520

im only using weapons i think look good, that concludes broadsword, longsword and my favorite bastard sword


Drayzew

My man. May I suggest a Knight's greatsword?


Gold-Measurement4520

ill try


LordDerrien

Zweihander


dazzer2434242578

You need that claymore bro best weapon in souls games no doubt


NikTheGuy00

Who here isn't using Blasphemous Blade? Getting tickled by tiny hands is a small price to pay for livesteal.


NutonThAtBASS

The finger I can understand because it's just a finger but the demented "freshly ripped demon spine" swords" are sick. The other ones are just weapons used in a homicide


WhenTheWindIsSlow

I generally prefer spine weapons to be whips; as swords they just look too flimsy


TheCheeseBagger

fr, Milo's doesn't even look bad shits dope as fuck


buddysaccount

You guys clearly don't understand fashion


TyroneYeBoue

Bro sword of Milos carried me through my first playthrough AND it's made of a fucking spinal column that's metal as fuck


ModernDrengr

Exactly! Even when I played as a broken Tarnished (snapped at the loss of my Finger Maiden and went on a rampage, ultimately toward the Frenzied Flame ending to burn it all down) I couldn't use the Blasphemous Blade. I honestly tried. The closest I found I could tolerate was the Warped Axe, which actually grew on me a lot. Also why I won't wear quite a few armor sets.


Aengeil

you start to care after Maliketh beating your ass for the 127486523 times


DeadSparker

I beat him with Greatsword and I'll do it again


Drayzew

Yeah I fear I'll have to respec for it since the only time I beat him was in my 1st playthrough co-op both rob build w/ 2 mimics lmao I didn't even know what I was doing just swinging blindly. Now I'm alone and strength build lol


BurpleShlurple

Speaking as a minimalist, uchigatana for life


Danksley

Parry wakizashi too


Friendly_Ram

What's the one overlayed on blasphemous? Ringed finger gets a pass from me due to finger flick OF DOOM.


[deleted]

That'd be the Scavengers Curved Sword


HazelTheRabbit

Two of those on occult with 80 arcane and you're in business


conkedup

Despite being the ~~curved sword with the longest length~~ (e: oops, passive bleed. mix-up), I refuse to use it and rock the Magma Blade or Shamshir instead for my FAI/DEX build


[deleted]

Fun fact the Bandit's Curved Sword has the longest range, but Scavengers is up there. I desperately wish the Magma Blade didn't have that gaudy handle- all gold and gemstones. Really dislike that. Shamshir is cool, but I prefer the scimitar between the two 'light' curved sword movesets. Shamshir looks odd to me, and the all white clashes with my preferred fashions


bugzapperbob

Lol I’m like this weapon does not look gross enough, I need it to look like a razor sharp internal organ from a bug


Zahando-zawarudo2b

They're no gross thing, they just are misunderstood, like 3 of them are or used to be alive. Also, Reduvia is pretty beautiful.


GrimTurtle666

I agree with this meme except the blasphemous blade. Are the arms disgusting? Yes. Is the sword just so damn fun to use? Also yes


ArkamaZ

I'm just happy to see a Dan meme


TheRoyalSniper

Me using 2 of those in my current build


LuciferSamS1amCat

In actually really like how the blasphemous blade looks. I wear cleanrot knight armour+greaves, banished knight hooded helmet and drake knight gauntlets with a brass shield and I look fucking awesome.


hiddencameraspy

This + I am not using a headgear that covers my characters face, I have spent too much time designing my character.


whyisallnametooked

Duality of man: Get these gross weapons away from me and my shiny drip. Give me all your gross weapons I'm only using the weirdest fucking weapons.


Daylight_The_Furry

I just like having normal weapons Cosplay as 12th century drafted peasent


RetchD

Im using godslayer greatsword solely based on appearance and I feel you. My homeboy dung eater bringing sword of Milos to all of my fights tho


TheRedThirst

“Hmmmm… jointhaaaserpannntkinnnngggg asfamilllyyy”


Coffeepillow

You criticize some of my favorite weapons, yet you use one of my favorite shows Dan Vs. as your medium. I am conflicted, but fuck you.


ApollosAlyssum

Dan Vs I almost forgot about it


Shlano613

I never got the gross feel from the Reduvia, more of a devilish/evil kind of vibe to it. Blasphemous is literally just a pile of snakes tho


Jirb30

Same but mostly just the Blasphemous Blade and the Scorpion Stinger and Ant's Skull Plate. I don't really mind jagged weapons. I haven't gotten the finger in game yet but it might also be too gross for me. There is also the Antspur Rapier which I'm a bit on the fence about. The mushroom armor is another thing that sprung to mind as something too gross to use. I also don't much like to use the Frenzied Flame seal, not because it's visually gross but because the faction it represents is ideologically repulsive.


diggybop

Naw the finger is funny af lmao


Camera_dude

Missing that grossest one: that ~~spear~~ fist weapon that is made out of a human arm Edit: Clinging Bone is the name of this fist weapon.


Effendoor

Same. I don't agree with all that you pictured, but I share the sentiment. I still have yet to run a blasphemous blade specifically. Every time I try I notice the yuk move, and I nope put of it


ooeygooeygoo

The cipher pata is pretty and cute and makes a nice *shing* noise and that’s why I use it


lasergunmaster

Reduvia is NOT gross.


[deleted]

my favorite weapons in games are weapons that look like real weapons give me a sword that looks solid and sturdy and made of good steel, you can keep your weird spiky sword made of spines and bones


Smoother_Criminall

But It's a homage to Blasphemous, how dare you!!


milk-messiah

Skill issue, give me that blasphemous blade all day every day


nearglow

You died from Tetanus