{"id":123961,"date":"2023-07-19T05:28:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T10:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touchtapplay.com\/?p=123961"},"modified":"2023-07-19T05:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T10:28:33","slug":"weapons-tier-list-in-elden-ring-on-steam-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchtapplay.com\/weapons-tier-list-in-elden-ring-on-steam-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Weapons Tier List in Elden Ring on Steam Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"
Elden Ring is an open-world action role-playing developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.<\/p>
Just like Bloodborne, Demon\u2019s Souls, Sekiro, and the Dark Souls series, Elden Ring was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki. The caveat here is that the game was made in collaboration with the award-winning fantasy novelist and source material creator for the highly popular Game of Thrones <\/em>television show, George R. R. Martin, who provided a lot of source material for the game’s setting.<\/p>
Elden Ring was released for Microsoft Windows, Steam Deck, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X\/S on February 25, 2022.<\/p>
The Soulsborne games are known for their difficulty level and Elden Ring is no exception. One of the things that can ease the difficulty curve is knowing which weapons are the best for a player\u2019s class. There are a variety of choices and this is a personalized tier list for all weapons.<\/p>
Weapons<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>
Weapons in Elden Ring are offensive equipment that is used by the player’s character to inflict damage against Enemies and Bosses. Elden Ring features new categories of Weapons, as well as some returning from previous Souls games.<\/p> <\/figure>
Weapons can be divided into several categories:<\/p>
Axes<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Ballistas<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Bows<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Claws<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Colossal Swords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Colossal Weapons<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Crossbows<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Curved Greatswords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Curved Swords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Daggers<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Fists<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Flails<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Glintstone Staves<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Greataxes<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Greatbows<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Great Spears<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Greatswords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Halberds<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Hammers<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Heavy Thrusting Swords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Katanas<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Light Bows<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Reapers<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Sacred Seals<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Spears<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Straight Swords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Thrusting Swords<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Torches<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Twinblades<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Warhammers<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Whips<\/em><\/em><\/li> <\/ul>
As players can see, weapons are the lifeblood of any Soulsborne game, even more so in Elden Ring, because the variety of weapons and weapon types make it so that any and every playstyle is encouraged by the game.<\/p>
Feel like attacking really fast? Daggers are perfect. Want to bonk an enemy really hard on the head? Why not try Hammers or Greataxes? Want to do big damage in large arcs? Greatswords are the best bet. Just want to sit back and hit targets from afar? Definitely a Bow user. Hell, if blasting hapless creatures with magic is the need of the hour, any sort of Staff will do the trick.<\/p>
As with any game, however, there are weapons that are great at what they do and some that do not do those same things quite as well. So which one is which? To answer that question, a tier list is required, one that will detail which weapons to look out for and which weapons to just flat out avoid for the sake of efficiency.<\/p>
Listed below is the tier list of weapons.<\/p>
Tier List<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>
To make it easier, we will be dividing the weapons into tiers ranging from S, A, B, C, D, E and F, with S-tier being the best and F-tier being the worst.<\/p> <\/figure>
S-Tier List<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>
The best weapons in the game. No other weapons in their class beat these choices:<\/p>
Beast-Repellent Torch<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Black Knife<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Cranial Vessel Candlestand<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Crystal Knife<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Death Ritual Spear<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Eclipse Shotel<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Erdsteel Dagger<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Falingstar Beast Jaw<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Gargoyle’s Black Halberd<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Gargoyle’s Blackblade<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Giant’s Red Braid<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Golden Halberd<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Grafted Dragon<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Inquisitor’s Girandole<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Jar Cannon<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Magma Whip Candlestick<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Onyx Lord’s Greatsword<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Rivers of Blood<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Rosus’ Axe<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Scepter of the All-Knowing<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Starscourge Greatsword<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Steel-Wire Torch<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Sword of Night and Flame<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Winged Scythe<\/em><\/em><\/li> <\/ul>
A-Tier List<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>
Almost the best weapons in the game, only falling short to S-tier. Use any of these if there is no access to an S-tier weapon:<\/p>
Academy Glindstone Staff<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Astrologer’s Staff<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Bastard\u2019s Stars<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Carian Glinstine Staff<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Carian Knight’s Sword<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Crystal Sword<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Devourer\u2019s Scepter<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Dragon Greatclaw<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Finger Seal<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Glinstone Staff<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Greataxe<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Ivory Sickle<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Rusted Anchor<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Torch<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Troll’s Hammer<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Veteran’s Prosthesis<\/em><\/em><\/li>
Wing of Astel<\/em><\/em><\/li> <\/ul>
B-Tier List<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>
Good weapons that can hold their own. They can be at least A-tier if used with the right builds:<\/p>
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