1:22 Uchigatana 2:33 Nagakiba 4:38 Meteoric ore blade 5:27 Moonveil 6:15 rivers of blood 7:15 Dragonscale blade 8:04 serpentbone blade 9:24 Hand of Malenia

The natural dodge at 5:16/5:17 was beautiful.

Wakazashi is classified as a dagger, has move set of a Katana and it can be power standce with another Katana.

I like when he say to get Hand of Malenia you just simply need to beat Malenia.

As an extra bonus, the Meteoric Ore Blade's R2 is different from other katanas. It uses 'Ichimonji - Double' from Sekiro, and just like in Sekiro it deals a ton of poise damage.

On journey 3 I had dual katanas equipped and with the bleed made some stuff much easier. Used to using a greatsword the speed is much better with the katanas. Took a couple hundred hours to realize this.

One huge tip. If you have a friend, you can make a character, go straight to Yura, kill him and get Nagakiba, give it to your friend and he gives it back. Then do it again and you can start the game with 2 Nagakibas wich is... Freaking awesome and instantly viable for low lvl pvp.

For the dragon scale blade, u can follow the left side and trigger platforms around the boss in the lake so u dont have constant rot damage

As people have pointed out, Wakizashi is classified as a dagger but can be powerstanced with a Katana. If you ever make a Dagger video, do follow up on that. And honestly the Meteoric Ore Blade is slept on. I won't blame Moonveil and RoB specifically for that, I love those weapons but they did seem to overshadow the Meteoric Ore Blade. It has good Quality Scaling + Int scaling, deals tons of superarmor/poise damage with the R2 and the Gravitas ash of war is really good for utility. Great informative content as always!

Excellent video and crisp enunciation the captions are more or less accurate unlike many others. I really appreciate this

love your videos mate! watching them for a long time now and they are never disappointing! thanks for helping us gamers out with great information and gameplay-tips! thats the spirit!

Thanks I was looking for a couple of these

Playing as a mage the moonveil goes great having it in your right hand and carian regal septer in your left definitely my favorite weapon

First playthrough started as samurai, found 2nd uchi very early and started dual wielding. Then about mid game I found moonveil, spec’d into int and carried me through the rest. Absolutely an amazing first playthrough with having some bleed without arcane

Needed that meteoric ore blade. Thank you for your help fellow samurai!

The Uchi is fantastic if you want a Katana on your STR build. I believe it goes up to A scaling. Nagakiba is also decent for a fire-infused STR build.

if you want the rivers of blood make sure you get it before fighting the story boss in the area. the invader will not spawn if you beat the boss first.

I actually found Nagakiba by complete accident as when I got to the land of giants,I found the NPC that looks like Yura but wasn't and sure enough when I went back to his spot,he was gone and it was there. Sucks to find out I missed out on a cool questline

Thank you guide really helped

You should also include the wakizashi even though it’s classified as a dagger you can power stance with it

Dragon ice lightning is underrated imho. The dragon halberd is the only weapon in the game to my knowledge that uses the basic spinning ash of war to buff its weapon with it. Love ice spells in general now!

Tip for lake of rot boss, there is a stake of Marika super close to the boss that is on a platform...die next to it and respawn

The Serpentbone Blade has so much potential. The double slash is really good and the poison the blade inflicts is much more aggressive than standard poison. The lack of bleed is a big hit against it and giving it a standard upgrade path makes little sense.

I got the Meteoric Orc Blade as a lvl 8 warrior (after watching this video,and giving a big thumbs up). took me 3 attempts, but I got it and managed to hold on to my runes!

finally someone who tells you how to find these weapons! Very nice video

While Most of these unique katana are cool, the best ones are still dual wield uchigatana spec’d into occulant with seppuku for the ash of war. Build around these with talismans and gear with high dext and arcane and you’ll shred every boss in the game. Especially with incantations that buff attack.

Not really a game changer but I would also count the wakizashi dagger since you can power stance it with a katana and get the same double katana moveset. Not really a game changer but something to think about for those like me that dig the Longsword/shortsword aesthetic

Wakazashi may be in the dagger category but it power stances with normal katanas so I would give it an honorable mention for katanas.

Samurai armour sets would be a nice video to follow this one. 70 hours in and I'm still rocking the armour I started with😂

Love this thanks

Thank you soo much bro I’m about to get Elden ring I have played a bit of my friends and the game is amazing I barley know anything about it❤

Man I love my Faith and Intellect build, but seeing all these katanas makes me think hard about starting over as a samurai. They just look so much cooler than most of the weapons in the game, particularly the straight swords.

Where you find the Meteoric Ore Blade, I have never explored the Western side of Caelid, until now. Thank you for putting in the hard work to put these kinds of videos out. It's appreciated.

Wakazashi! Im sad you didnt add one of my faavorite bite sized boies! Fantastic video none the less!

Thank you so much

6:17 MEMORIES BROKEN THE TRUTH GOES UNSPOKEN IV EVEN FORGOTTEN MY NAAAAAME!!!!

Thx for info

I wish the dragon scale katanas lighting would stay on the sword just that little bit longer seems to fade off to quickly but definitely has been a great sword since getting it 👌🏼

I love the Hand of Melania, definitely my favourite katana, just for the skill.

you can also get the Nagakiba early on by killing Yura after you defeate nerjius, but you will miss out on his amazing questline

Currently im using moonveil and i love it

This helped me defeat the first boss thank you😁

I’m making a Rimuru tempest character so I need to know all of these katanas

Dragon Scale sword is my favorite katana mainly bc the Lightning and Frost cloak you get from using the skill

I only have Moonveil and the Uchigatana at the moment because they're just fun to use because of Transient Moon and Unsheathe.

Thanks man

So I just started Elden Ring and immediately decided to watch this guide because this is the main reason why I picked it up. But I don't know the names of the places and it's not written on my map so...I still barely know where.

I missed out on so much at the Volcano😢. I did the knight but went to boss after. I killed beast champion armor guy because I needed a good set from the start but as soon as I finish up the last few items to get ill start ng+

On my mage build if I would get stuck on a boss that I couldn't defeat using magic. I would use a katana, even though my build isn't for it and it would save me everytime.

This is perfect for me because in dark souls 3 I'm a dex katana user so this is perfect for my build

Dragon scale blade would be so much cool and more usable in pvp if it’s ash of war was changed. I would think of something like a slash that costs the sword in the lightning and leaves like a frost lightning mist like thing where the slash was

I need help i didn’t find him dead

Should be noted that if you dont get to the church of repose for the rivers of blood katana it can be missed if you kill the fire giant first.

subscribed! question, what armor is that when showing dragonscale blade? when you have the scarab helm equipped. love your videos thanks!

I just got this game haven't played it yet I'm getting ready to play it

Sadly, the dragonscale blade is not as good as the others. The ice lightning strike takes too long and the effect on your blade will vanish after about 10sec. buffing the regular uchigatana is better in every way.

Do twin blades, halberds, or reapers next.

You don’t have to Do Shabaris quest line, you can find the Nagakiba next to the fire you met him first post game.

Just got to the point where I scooped up the Rivers of Blood Katana. I have been a Faith build mainly, with a little Strength and Dex so of course I was using Blasphemous Blade. But BB wasn't cutting it (oi, oi) on Mohg; too slow and not enough endurance to get in enough hits. So I had to go grind the bird for awhile to get my Arcane up enough to even wield the thing, but it is a nasty boy. I love it. Might take me through the rest of the game.

The hand of malenia is super badass and I love it’s ash of war. I wish it didn’t look so stupid though being a katana with no handle.

When i went to do the nagakiba quest i went to the first spot by agheel lake south and the katana was there on the ground

You didn't mention that the standard unsheath attacks on the uchi and such can cancel out and stagger alot of enemy attacks if timed right

So many good weapons I need all of THEM

I already beat the game and the katana was laying at where you first meet the merchant when I went to see if he's there.

The Meteorite Ore Blade will always be Sokka’S Sword in my heart

Nice to see the uchigatana making a return from dark souls 3

U can also get the nagakiba by going to zumirs ruins at the giants mountain tops and killing him and you get his amor set and his sword

Got it all alredy and looking for more

Personally I use hand of Malenia in my main hand (love waterfowl dance) and m.o.b in the other. Makes for a lethal combination.

I use the Nagakiba for the range, haven’t beat Melania yet.

I love how he uses the blade on the giant and just gets curved stoped

The white reed armor with yuras ronin hat and the naginata is one of my favorite looks in this game.

Enjoy the videos my dude.

Meteoric Ore blade is my favourite.

I was having trouble killing Bloody Finger of Okina but I found a spot where he couldn't get to me. Finally got his weapon! Thank you for the locations.

Started with Samurai Used katanas exclusively Rivers - Malenia - Nagakiba 👍👍

I got the nagakiba at the original spot it was already there I got to the fire giant before meeting him and I went to the church to fight someone for the beautiful poleblade

Fun fact: even if you are far in the game go to where the patches cave is and you will see jellyfishes and when you look to your right you will see something on the ground and when you walk up to it and pick it up it’s the Nagakiba

you can actually get the nagakiba at any point during yuras quest by killing him

You can get a unique moveset by off-handing a Wakizashi and main handing a katana.

It's really hard not to like katanas in Elden Ring. It's just shame it kind of overshadows straight swords in almost every way. I hope FS will buff them or at least give more of them the Short Sword move set.

Imagine my surprise when i went to find my Uchigatana and realize i sold it by mistake lol

Not sure why but the Nagakiba was just already on the ground at the NPCs first spawn point. Guessing you could just kill him to get it but not sure

Double katana build...rivers of blood x serpent blade. So far shit has been nasty havent tooken it yet to the pvp but as far as story that build does great wonders when fighting real bosses.

Duel welding moon veil and rivers of blood and having a blast

for the nagakiba if you’ve defeated elden beast go to where u find the guy the first time & the katana will be there

Before I say anything, I don't play PVP, and I need this to be known. I am in NG+1 rn I use double rivers of blood just to see how fast I am shred the boss. I know it's not really the best build in the game, especially after the recent patch, but it's still fun.

Rivers of Blood is a nod to Lone Wolf and Cub/Shogun Assassin. He says “they will pay with rivers of blood”

Question, would these katanas still be good for other classes like Vagabond?

While following the steps for the Nagakiba, I did everything, and then once I got to the church, he wasn't there and there was instead an enemy. Thoughts or help?

Serpentbone is the most ethical:cool R2, double slash L2, and poison ;

when trying to get the Nagakiba at the last step, there was a enemy that spawned in and after killing her i couldnt get the man to spawn in. unsure as to why

For anyone who doesn’t want to go on the quest for the Nagakiba you can just kill the guy and you will get it, but I do not recommend because I found the quest pretty fun

I want to use rivers of blood for a samurai dragon magic build

defiantly going for nagakiba

Couldn't get the Nagakiba. Is it because Yura died in the fight at Raya Lucaria? If so is there another way to get the Nagakiba?

First play through I haven’t done much other than main story I’m probably 10% away from beating main story but I don’t want to do so yet. I’m using a rivers of blood with a moonveil both at +9 can’t find a +10 or is there something else you need? Also I want to do some side quest what are so fun ones I don’t care about time or difficulty I just want a enjoyable character storyline I just passed Alexander’s side quest which i enjoyed thought someone here could help me.

I'm missing 3....I must have them all!

how is your river of blood at 78 blood loss buildup?

well my friend gifted me Rivers of Blood when I was lvl 18 and he boosted me to lvl 40 so I can use it, now I am about lvl 48 and game is pretty fun but I play game some times I do not want to end game too fast