Colossal would be great like all your other videos
@quaidmoore799711 ай бұрын
The guardian sword spear has a true combo with jumping heavy to light attack. Only works while one handed
@Ishtiyaaq11 ай бұрын
Night rider has 2nd R1 to 3rd free aimed true combo too
@moizzy158711 ай бұрын
@@Ishtiyaaq what angle do you need to do the 3rd at?
@Jblank101611 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Every version of the halberd has some form of a true combo. Guardian Swordspear moveset gets one handed jump R2 into R1, Poke halberds get 2 handed jump R2 into R1 and one handed R1 into basically any small off hand weapon. Chop Halberds have the weirdest ones. They get 2 handed R1 into Fan Dagger headshot into 2nd R1, and a 2nd R1 combos into the 3rd R1 in the chain if you aim the third hit to the left. Special shoutout to the Lucerne btw. It took until patch 1.09, which was over a year from release, for it to actually have Pierce damage on every attack.
@nathreetimesnineequalstwen717211 ай бұрын
Been looking at the Lucerne recently, just to double check: all attacks work with the Spear Talisman now(?) Heavy, Light, Rolling, Jumping, etc?
@rikkabilly8 ай бұрын
Lucy, oh my sweet sweet Lucy.
@rikkabilly8 ай бұрын
@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 yes and all pierce does counter damage already so if you think about it the Lucerne has always been the hidden gem ( at least for me )
@indrast52032 ай бұрын
When I got it I was thinking "nice blunt damage on a pole arm" but it's actually pierce damage and on that note why on earth doesn't pierce work on the scaled miners?
@Adam-tu1qx11 ай бұрын
All the gargoyle weapons should have the destined death effect on the ashes of war. Actually scratch that, all enchanted weapons with basic ashes of war should have something special going for it, like the dragonkin halberd
@sand_sand730410 ай бұрын
Black wax gargoyles*
@Adam-tu1qx10 ай бұрын
@@sand_sand7304 what are you attempting to correct here?
@michaelaguilera69469 ай бұрын
@@Adam-tu1qxgargoyles have nothing to do with destined death, they are the brownish big guys like the ones in lyndel. And then there are the black wax gargoyles that serve malikith and use destined death. Therefore the Black wax gargoyle weapons should have had destined death not the regular variation
@ManBig46217 ай бұрын
The black blade kindred or black gargoyles should have some destined death effects on their weapon arts, that'd be sick The greatsword does have the health sapping effect on its art, but the twinblade, halberd, and greataxe dont, which is kinda sad
@thomasdevlin582511 ай бұрын
I love how 90% of the halberds just straight up aren't halberds
@notorious.scoundrel3 ай бұрын
Lol right?
@marketo_9253Ай бұрын
i was hoping that the dlc would add some more halberds, but they STILL aren't halberds, kinda disappointed :(
@chaoticstarfish340120 күн бұрын
"Halberd" in Fromsoftware games is synonymous with "a long stick with something attached that you can slash and maybe stab with"
@geswut314418 күн бұрын
More like polearms
@meestristan449111 ай бұрын
Loretta's War Sickle is absolutely my nr. 1 weapon. The moveset, set up with spells to combo into the ash of war. Looks ✨Fabulous✨
@chaoticdestruction8711 ай бұрын
Powerstanced halberd is my favorite build for arenas. Braggarts roar and spinning slash go so well
@aesiro1311 ай бұрын
I actually tried a halberd-only playthrough and I ended up quitting halfway through because I found the powerstance to be extremely bad for PVE.
@chaoticdestruction8711 ай бұрын
@@aesiro13 I definitely agree. I swapped to something else for endgame. I was speaking more for pvp that isn't just copy and paste meta
@illusion64776 ай бұрын
@@aesiro13for PvE, halberd are great but they really shine in PvP due to mixup and roll catch potential, which make them so strong. For PvE, I’d recommend the dragon halberd for early game, the frostbite + lighting will wreck everything early on. The guardian swordspear for late game as it has a very high scaling in dex and can be buffed by Millicent’s prosthesis and Rotten winged sword insignia very easily. Also buffable with greases so it’s extremely versatile. For str, the night rider glaive with war cry / braggarts roar can take you through the whole game easily, use the roar medallion, highland axe, spear talisman, and axe talisman and watch those R2s delete enemies. If you want a bleed option, the vulgar militia saw w/ Bloodflame Blade and spinning slash will absolutely delete health bars, you can also offhand a blood infused estoc for when enemies get too close.
@otoshonen596011 ай бұрын
The Dragon Halbeard it's one of my favorite weapons because my first victory against malenia was with this weapon
@TomLiversidge5 ай бұрын
Same!
@kemonngo310611 ай бұрын
The dragon halberd and the hand of Malenia have both always been good it’s funny that the L2 warriors finally hopped on lol
@toryunaminosaki102210 ай бұрын
the Pest Glaive also gets solid scaling regardless of the infusion, it's not best in any class, but it's so flexible it can fit nearly any build
@shinobiofashina216811 ай бұрын
Did you know spinning strikes hold L2 can be counter spun when locked off making the blade stay in a cone shaped hitbox on one side of you that hits like 2 times per second it absolutely shreds
@mmmmmmmmdaaaamnnnnbabyyyy11 ай бұрын
😮
@Boizvert11 ай бұрын
One of my biggest fears is that one day I’ll be in the weapon showcase PvP example
@igoat61495 ай бұрын
It took way too long to find Elden Ring content this comprehensive and good. Gotta wade through 15,000 content creators whos weapons switch every 1-15 seconds... yay... Good job, monk.
@btarczy506710 ай бұрын
These testing runs are so good! No overloading with information on frame data and such which would be a lot for a video on a whole weapon class but also enough to get a picture of what to expect.
@ThatGuyOrby11 ай бұрын
I personally use a Banished Knight Halberd with Stormcaller just for the Banished Knight Cosplay build I play around with any time I'm not running a Crucible Knight Cosplay build (seriously I'm damn near addicted to these two builds and I rarely run anything else because they're just that fun). May not do absolute show stopper damage but it still hits pretty hard no matter what level you're playing at. There will always be better options but it's reliably decent.
@lharsay11 ай бұрын
Thay buffed the shield pierce on the Lucerne and the Militia Shotel, now 50% of the damage goes through shields which also applies to ranged ashes of war.
@Pyrozilla5 ай бұрын
The Nightrider Glaive reminds of the Black Knight’s Halberd / Black Knight’s Glaive from the Dark Souls trilogy. It’s called the Black Knight’s Halberd in Dark Souls 1 and 2 but it’s called the Black Knight’s Glaive in Dark Souls 3
@brandonedwards611911 ай бұрын
Do you plan on continuing this series with bows and magic spells? Or just the traditional weapons? Btw great series, makes pvp videos actually fun to watch.
@monkwashere11 ай бұрын
I plan to do everything I can
@lordmanbat156311 ай бұрын
@@monkwashereLegend
@regreat70211 ай бұрын
@@monkwasherehats off to u good sir
@joearnold68816 ай бұрын
I’ve loved (relatively lighter) halberds since discovering Lucerne in Dark Souls 1 and the Leo Ring (boosts pierce counterattacks) Like tons of weapons in that game it fell behind in the late game due to scaling with certain builds, but it remained good against drakes and dragons throughout, and tore through those bastard Man-serpents
@propheticrain-maker14865 ай бұрын
Lucerne is my fave weapon in DS1 but it hasn’t been the same since 😢
@TheHogfatherInvades11 ай бұрын
The hal of all berds!
@thebeardedman585511 ай бұрын
Halberds are my favorite weapons tbh
@GoToBedSheeva5 ай бұрын
I love the basic halberd so much. Yes it just pokes but that’s all I ever wanted it to do!
@giovanniortega49111 ай бұрын
came across your channel after getting back into ER, and I gotta say your content is actually such high quality, you deserve everything you got coming for you and your channel!
@raven195287 ай бұрын
That last L2 with the Dragon Halberd had my jaw sitting on the floor for a few moments. That's ridiculous.
@Pimpratt11 ай бұрын
My favorite weapon class, but also you deserve more subs dude, you make really good content
@writtenworlds11 ай бұрын
I want to point out spinning strikes actually has way more hyper armor if you use the black knights halberd. It has the most hyper armor for halberds as far as I know. The combo is pretty deadly. Also, missed opportunity with the guardian swordspear, as they are absolute monsters when you dual wield. Fantastic video, definitely going to subscribe.
@user-wu1yg4lu8q25 күн бұрын
I love using commander's standard and radahn's armor, it makes me feel like a general while demolishing enemies
@aurorasguard11 ай бұрын
FINALLY! Been waiting so long for this
@kartikayysola21 күн бұрын
I got my Guardian's Swordspear from the guardian enemies in the Weeping Penninsula. They're on that little stretch of land in the middle of the Penninsula that you can get to after getting to the grace right before you approach Castle Morne.
@thazhok805911 ай бұрын
Swordspear with flaming strike on keen + flamme grant me strength = Massive destruction weapon.
@user-jr3zr2mp9c11 ай бұрын
I think you do better with lighting slash
@Mo_Mudabber6 ай бұрын
Just found your channel i like how you tell us where to find/farm for the weapons keep it up👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
@monkwashere6 ай бұрын
I appreciate you 🤝
@TrudeHell19 күн бұрын
After seeing this I went to Weeping Peninsula and ran two rounds with the guardians there, equipped with silver-pickled fowl foot, and got the Guardian's Swordspear easy peasy. (Three guards by the bridge, three guards that lie under ground before the plateau and three guards up top.) This halberd is great fun!
@sirjared2111 ай бұрын
It would have been nice to know that dragon halberd does extra damage to dragons, Fromsoft really needs a tab that explains exactly what each item does gameplay wise.
@slopyardjoe4 ай бұрын
that wouldn't be very berserk of them though
@f-un3qz16 күн бұрын
@@slopyardjoe more like good developers lol
@stompingpeak204311 ай бұрын
The vulgar militia saw(aka the best cosplay build to play) and the knight rider one(great strength scaling) are my two favorite of this type of weapon
@adamnave107811 ай бұрын
thankyou tbh i was feeling hella tense and needed to relax
@abakedtater85534 ай бұрын
Flame Art Banished Knight Halberd on a Faith build with Black Flame Tornado absolutely slaps and the running r1s are so good for catching people trying to run from you.
@firesidestories57142 ай бұрын
The guardian sword spear is my favorite when I saw it I obsessed over getting it spending an entire day looking for it
@chronovac24 күн бұрын
A plus for the Guardian Swordspear is that you can farm it as early as Weeping Peninsula
@zsDUGGZ11 ай бұрын
Gargoyle halberd becomes the drip halberd when you put the fire buff on. It also would make sense to stay in fire cuz wax is flammable
@doctorsnakeeater19973 күн бұрын
The Black-ish Blade is a pretty funny name tbh
@CesarDraigcyfail3 ай бұрын
I've gotten the sword spear at first try in all my runs and I love it, but I hate mining a weapon on jumping into it everytime I have it but it's good to have it if needed.
@themanthemyth452211 ай бұрын
Can't wait for curved greatswords, theyve been my favorite weapon class since ds1
@Fullmetalnyuu06 ай бұрын
My first playthrough I used dual nightrider flails and absolutely loved them, I didn't know they were disliked in the community.
@samfish25504 ай бұрын
Poke hals feel SO good dual wielded, if you hit them with most l1s it's a instant mixups. -Roll back, get caught by poke. -Roll right, uncharged heavy catches. -Roll left chain l1 catches. Also npc invaders can be stunlocked and bullied.
@Jokercullenn11 ай бұрын
theese videos always make my day better
@SullySadface11 ай бұрын
That Swordspear is no joke, I got one from my 1st run through of Weeping and I never changed weapons except to check out uniques.
@brandonwells1175Ай бұрын
Nice presentation, thank you for reviewing the halberds... started a halberd playthrough as I'm now bored with greatsword.
@Just_come_back_to_reality10 ай бұрын
The halberd you're holding in your thumbnail is the best one in the game, and I'm not here to argue about it.
@MrMoustachio1611 ай бұрын
golden halberd with 55 - 60 str and 40 fth hits like an absolute truck, THE best weapon for srt/fth builds imo
@borisdragosani758411 ай бұрын
At standard level 150, with 70 points of attack investment, the golden halberd is BY FAR the hardest hitting Halderd. Hit 70 str, 20 faith and you get like 885 AR, which is about 100 more then the nightrider glaive. Also, it gets a R1 to R1 true combi if you lock off and aim at about 2:30 or 3:00
@peterhiser78838 ай бұрын
I used to have a guardian swordspear. Sold it because it wasnt doing enough damage. Now I cant find it anymore 😢
@lagideath11 ай бұрын
9:33 Felt so good to watch a Dual Lancer get outplayed like that. Just seeing a Dual Lancer do the wiggling and crouching drains me of all my energy for the day. I'm so glad that my twinblade can stagger those players now because that makes it a lot easier to dispose of them.
@user-cy9vd7rl4h6 ай бұрын
You can farm the guardian spear early from the weeping peninsula. Same drop rate, lower level enemies. Warp to the church north of the erdtree, ride south and there's about 8-10 guardians. Took me less than an hour on a low level char
@SchansKir11 ай бұрын
1:21 - I agree with you so much that I actually want to made the game into replacing every halberds’ poky move set into with the lucerne’s good hits but I don’t know how…
@alpakalord143211 ай бұрын
the best place to farm the erdtree guardian swordspear is outside of the room where u fight golden shade godfrey, down the root from wich u came. there are like 10 of those enemys, and dont forget there cool armor
@OleDirtyMacSanchez4 ай бұрын
It's the Beastman Great Curved Sword, Magma Curved Sword, and Executioner's Great Axe that are a pain to actually Farm for. At a boosted Discovery of 314, they weren't showing up. Did finally get the Executioner's Great Axe 2 total, and 15 Grave Scythes for my Trouble.
@matthewrist557311 ай бұрын
Guardian swordspear, hands down. I like to dual wield them with thunderbolt in my right hand. Get the two handed roll catch potential, the one handed true combo, and thunderbolt for when people inevitably start running away from me and my wooden blender
@drumkky56654 ай бұрын
i love the swordspear, and actually i was doing a gelmir knight build and i was going up to the avatar in weeping and first try i got one, two weeks after i spent 4 hours grinding for one and ended up giving up and spawning it in T-T
@skybluebrad278111 ай бұрын
I love my guardian sword spear, halberds are so cool with the right ashes of war too. So glad somebody is going over the non meta weapons too finally thank yu 😂❤
@minensurfer94294 ай бұрын
i like most the combo Commanders + Dragon
@GRACIOUSCAMELEON11 ай бұрын
Like your stuff. Reminds me of weapon showcases from ds1 content creator MrIwontForget.
@williammurray74537 ай бұрын
Didn't know about the glaive thanks. Dropped on first skeleton was so happy lol
@spacesloth952911 ай бұрын
I never liked halberds or spears in the souls games. Then one day in ng+ on ER i decided to use the dragon halberd on a whim and ended up loving it. Then i went on to beat maliketh and godfrey with it. Now im using spears and halberds regualrly and im so glad i gave them another shot.
@casualgamingauraous234511 ай бұрын
Nice ta hear, do ya have a preference for standard spears or Great Spears or do ya like ‘em fairly the same?
@spacesloth952911 ай бұрын
@@casualgamingauraous2345 I really like the dragon halberd, vykes spear, and the guardian sword spear because I feel like the nameless king when I put lightning on it. And more recently I've been enjoying the mogwhyn spear, kindred of rot glave and have been using and enjoying the godskin stitcher all on a new character. I never liked rapiers either but I tried out the stitcher and ended up loving it.
@elonhawkstein81569 ай бұрын
Pest glaive is easily the best. Go with blood affinity (blood tax is good), white varre mask, lord of blood talisman, and millicent prosthesis. Procs bleed in 1-2 hits, deals solid damage, and staggers most pve enemies with light attacks. I used it my entire NG+ and NG+2 without issue
@trentglasgow711411 ай бұрын
8:33 this was way to damn funny Also love the halberd love in this vid
@OleDirtyMacSanchez4 ай бұрын
Guardian Sword Spear is super easy to Farm. I'm on my first Playthrough and I've picked up 50 or more without even trying to Farm.
@danzoz16411 ай бұрын
Halberd is the word
@redfrog162810 ай бұрын
Ohhh the glaive is using the spinleaf weapon art from DS3 :0 thats cool Also Commander' Standard is probably my favorite, my first ever character used it when I got it.
@jetephant2239 ай бұрын
Use 2 swordspears cuz R1’s look cool. Left cold ice spear, right flame art flaming strike. Call it the Fast Food Fighter cuz you enjoy freezing and reheating food.
@GMurph23366 ай бұрын
Halberds are my favorite weapon type in any Souls game. Would be nice if great axes were like other games, I don’t like only being able to chop down.
@Green_Sentinel_37 ай бұрын
I just like the look of the Gargoyle Halberd.
@filiussolis53685 ай бұрын
Yeah the Dragon Halberd is my favorite. So satisfying to destroy ennemies with it.
@Wyvernsaur11 ай бұрын
this has been my fav series, im a proud monk enjoyer
@greenbean442217 күн бұрын
Night rider glaive is insane in pvp Ive actually decimated 1v3s with that thing
@Dracoboss9811 ай бұрын
The swordspear seems limited by its range, until you realize you can put the spear talisman on for 45% pierce damage counterattacks. At 60 dex the weapon has 700 AR, meaning you’re effectively poking for 1000 AR against their base armor value. What it loses in armor, it makes up for in being near impossible to trade lights with.
@Refrigerator446 ай бұрын
I used the gargoyles halberd. I had a hard time with it until I played it like a great axe.
@lorie-1352 ай бұрын
DRAGON HALBERD MY BELOVED
@chancelihauntedil7037 ай бұрын
Nightrider glaive with black flame tornado, MELTS elden beast. Gotta run a dex/str/arc build for it
@garrick372711 ай бұрын
Guardian Swordspear is my favorite, although that's because I am usually full DEX. I really like the look of the Nightrider Glaive though, so if I switch to STR I'll probably use that.
@hhrvatin22556 ай бұрын
Did him SO dirty against Blackish Blade with the Glaive 😭😭😭
@M01st_Nu6g3t5 ай бұрын
I like how Spinning Strikes is just DS3s Splitleaf Greatsword.
@brutusmagnuson31510 ай бұрын
Halberds are also awesome for horseback combat
@natetaylor90023 ай бұрын
Lol @ the Baphomet reference. Love that manga (I used to be a boss)!
@PierreLucSex11 ай бұрын
The Golden Halberd has a very special place in my heart. Just a really chonky beast with no fancy stuff.
@Dracoboss9811 ай бұрын
IMO the black blade kindred weapons should’ve had destined death on them, considering the boss literally applies it to attacks. There’s only a couple destined death weapons in the whole game, so it really does just feel like From forgot.
@lathanchurch83526 ай бұрын
The shotel and ripple crecent are African/Indian designs ,the ripple recent being a throwing sword,
@Deadchannel54711 ай бұрын
How are you able to respec so much? Is there a larvel tear farming spot or do you just have multiple characters?
@rapu411 ай бұрын
There are 18 in the game. However, they can be duped and save edited in, so you can get as many as you like.
@Rizzael0411 ай бұрын
@@rapu4how
@mydrillasanjay53972 ай бұрын
He probably just has multiple characters with all of the weapons
@UwntM811 ай бұрын
Spinning strikes is underrated first time fighting mohg put him in a blender at the palace he didn’t even get a chance to attack
@samfish25504 ай бұрын
Hmmm.... You could try to stack defenses, a pests glaive with braggarts roar off hand and comanders main hand, double buff and have half the pve buff.
@iamthereddemon206 ай бұрын
Idk about halberds in demons, but from dark souls 1 onwards they've always been good
@joshuathompson240411 ай бұрын
You didn't mention the swordspear's true combo, which makes it that much more amazing. So nice to have on a dex build.
@Mars_of_Urath11 ай бұрын
I’m on my first save in mid game and my main weapon is the Banished Knight’s Heavy Halberd+11 with Sacred Blade.
@VereorKnoxx11 ай бұрын
Excuse me? Flails? That was the weapon I stayed with as soon as I got it they're awesome
@takikarin233025 күн бұрын
Shout out to Royal Commander (dual-lance build) for demonstrating the weakness of casual pvp (picking on hosts) vs competitive pvp
@disparu600711 ай бұрын
Halbirds also have HA if you have 60+ poise.
@shadoweater1811 ай бұрын
Cant wait for daggers. Erdsteel with status build up is broken lol
@naonao0011 ай бұрын
Bro, I thought you were more famous, cus you definitely deserve it
@Svoorhout85Ай бұрын
You couldve added dialup modem sounds to the guy you fought with the lucerne.
@jauneork27810 ай бұрын
The glaive is a beast when quality or cold infused. Ayo, shoulda tried to land a heavy spin attack.
@dragoon32197 ай бұрын
I am convinced that the original intention behind the Black Garg weapons is that their Ashes would be unique variations of the original (just like Dragon Hal) and they would all deal the Destined Death DoT and nerf. Why they chose to not do that I'll never know.