Straight Swords | Elden Ring Wiki

good time to go back to the classic sword & shield after all of those exotic multi status one shot build.

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Weapon Range Data is wrong for LordSworn. It has the SAME range as the Longsword as a matter fact.

I would guess User Kaj based the lengths off the positioning of the sheaths against some background. Lordsworn has it's sheath placed lower on the hip, which gives its sheath the illusion of being longer than Longsword's.

Or else, if you compare the actual blades instead against some background, both of them are exactly SAME length. SO yeah, original creator needs to fix this length mistake between the Longsword and the LordSworn.

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No weathered straight sword?

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This weapon class lacks an actual longsword that has a similar range to grossmesser/Shamshir/Uchigatana. Miquellan/Carian Swords are fine as they are but an infusable ss to mirror cs and Katanas would be much appreciated

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Where's the broken straight sword?

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the moment they release a straight sword with bleed it'll be broken.

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r1 r1 r2, r1 r1 r2, r1 r1 r- wait this isn't ds3?

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Honestly swapping to this weapon type after getting burnt out on all the cheesy crap made this feel like a true from game. Wish I had used this on my first playthrough.

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I don't believe the data range. I think the creator has either made human mistakes or has a wrong procedure. When we swing the Warhawk's Talon, the visual effect is shorter than the model and that's not happening with other straight swords I tested. The Warhawk's Talon also feel in combat situation way shorter than what the image shows, and I'm someone who played a lot with the Broadsword so it says a lot.

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Regalia of Eochaid, for a sword that looks like a gladius, weights twice as much as some SWs, mediocre range, it’s dmg is very ughhh disappointing

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Removed row under Max Standard Upgrades that listed Nox Flowing Sword.

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If I switch the table view to Max Standard values, "Nox Flowing Sword" pops up in the list, which is a curved sword.

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miss my snow sword

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I wish some of these weapons had actual unique AOWs instead of the same AOWs we can get for any standard weapon

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Some of y’all’s logic is literally
“No bleed=stinky weapon”

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I like how the longswords in this game are shorter than the katanas. You can tell the devs did a lot of research on historical weapons before putting them in their game.

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Power stancing ruined the single one handed and two handed straight sword. Your better off using almost all of these with one in your off hand.

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Why is is whenever i go to the comment section of any weapon class that's not katanas i always see an ocean of people spouting the same bs of "[insert any weapon thats not a katana here] iS dIsSaPpOiNtInG mOsT oF tHeM sUcK kAtAnAs aRe aLwAyS wAy bEtTeR aNd mOrE uNiQuE hUrR DuRr etc. etc." I am willing to bet most of these people are braindead metaslaves who don't understand that some people like to use weapons based on how much they enjoy them rather than just being a boring meta sheep using the exact same basic ***** katana build over and over, most of the time their "CRITICISM" is completely wrong and they just harp on about how katanas are the uncontested best and every other weapon sucks, i really wish people like this would just stfu already and let people have fun instead of shitting on everything other than katanas for once.

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So many of these have missed potential...

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How does lordsworn have more reach than the longsword? It looks much smaller in-game.

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How do I get Lothric Knight sword ?

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I want my ringed knight straight sword back

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They need to make these attack faster but not touch the dual wield moveset, I never see anyone not dual wielding these and spamming jump attacks and L2 chains

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The only weapon class in the game where the guard counters aren’t complete dogshit.

Seriously, they need to buff the speed of guard counters on other weapons, cause right now they’re damn near useless.

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So why do these have Int stat flavoring, i mean if were supposed to use them a a magic melee weapon it make sense? But then you have Katana that also get the same scaling, and have bleed, and have good specials? Cant really use these too well four countering or heavy attack when much better (with same stat flavoring exist)? Honest unless your running a never level limgrave build or only special spamming, then what is the point of this entire group of weapons?

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Damn, no gladius :c

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So, the Carian Knight Sword, Lazuli Glintstone Sword, Crystal Sword, and Rotten Crystal Sword all share the same scaling, and nearly the same split damage stats. They all also are upgraded with Somber Smithing Stones, but none of them have a unique AoW.

It's a real shame too, after all, these are four swords that are outclassed by a single weapon: the Longsword.

With the Longsword, you can get better Int scaling, up to B at +25, meaning if you want to run a magic AoW, you're gonna get more mileage out of a Magic Longsword than any of the other four swords on this list.

The only real benefit to any of these weapons is the heavy attacks on the Carian Knight and Lazuli Sword, and the Scarlet Rot build-up on the Rotten Crystal.

I really wish these weapons were better than they are currently.

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At first I thought these were boring but after using the Broadsword with Square Off and the Regalia of Eochaid, I've really come around. The power stance moveset is a ton of fun as well. Astonishingly versatile but lightweight.

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It is a little unfortunate that a Magic/Sacred Broadsword has higher AR than the unique Magic/Holy swords. Or maybe it shows how good the Broadsword is?

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Been waiting since ds1 for a magic forcefield shield as an actual equippable shield, I've been waiting for a better sword catalyst since DS2, and an equippable magical int scaling Valorheart where you expand a bubble forcefield seamlessly in between attacks and can cast sorceries with its strong attack. None of these things have happened and I'm sad about it.

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Nox's flowing sword is not a straight sword. It's actually a curved sword.

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No cool straight swords compared with ds3 and the like, these have a few standouts but overall its a bland array

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Why do so many of these scale off faith or int...

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Ok but like is it just me or do they deal crazy damage when powerstanced?

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Dual longswords is solid, being able to start a l1 with a jump is fun and surprisingly fluid for this clunky ass game

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these need a higher attack speed and more variety in movesets, just give me back my balder swag sword

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Personally I blame the return of passive poise and addition of jumps for the sorry state of the weapon class.

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These should either move faster ,hit harder or have longer reach than Katanas to be viable.

Or just give square off to the greatswords.

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these boiis have a mean jumping R2

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dual wielding these = caveman mode

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Does anyone know the best sword that looks good with the knight armor and has good stats when leveled?

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I feel like I'm the only one who's happy that straight swords and greatswords aren't the best things in the game for the first time since demon's souls.

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Straight swords and Greatswords are in the same boat right now they both are in desperate need of buffs. Powerstanced straight sword is really good so I won't talk about that but only using one straight sword is super underwhelming though greatswords have it even worse right now. Then we have greatswords that have garbage movesets besides the claymore to add insult to injury they can easily get outdamaged by faster weapons that weigh so much less. The greatswords other then claymore are either trash or have only one saving grace the weapon art.

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Is it just me or are some of the special elemental weapons pointless? My stats are 21/25 str/dex (with Radagon seal) & 60/50 int/fth, and regular weapons with elemental ashes of war are out damaging the special element weapons.

Longsword with Carian Grandeur/Sacred Blade has a higher base AR and weapon art damage (over +10%) than the Carian/Miquellan sword. Same thing happens with magic infused Miséricorde/Bloodstained Dagger and any of the three special magic daggers.

I know the Miquellan sword have the lunging heavy attack and the Carian sword have the blocking heavy attack, but those are just niche uses compared to simply having more damage. It's a bit of a shame that it seems like some of the special elemental weapons are just weaker than infused regular weapons. Fortunately, it seems like mostly the special weapons with weapon arts that are also ashes of war have the problem of being outclassed by infused regular weapons.

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With swords like rob, moonveil and the one with waterfowl dance the straight swords got screwed over hard

1 straight sword has a passive effect and all katanas have an effect.

Other weapons got screwed harder and maybe their inclusion should have been questioned.

Shields look like crap and there are only 10 good shields

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Bit unfortunate that whereas katanas are pretty much ideally represented in this game (great proportions, great damage, great and realistic moveset), straight swords are too small, do "only" decent damage and has a serviceable moveset at best. Square off almost carries the entire class imo. I want to see a straight sword that is similar to the loyce greatsword in DKS2; that's a proper-looking longsword (despite being classed as a greatsword), with a similar moveset to the banished knight's greatsword. Failing that, I'd love to see an equivalent of the LKSS from DKS3, which is a long, elegant straight sword with thrusting R2s.

I really just want a SS that doesn't look more like an arming sword than a longsword.

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Where is my Lothric SS - any Ash will do

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Why tf is there no version of the Ringed Knight Straight Sword in Elden Ring? DS3 servers can't come back soon enough.

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Brothers in Christ, why is the broadsword the straight sword with the best physical dmg in the game? How boring when other better looking weapons could've gotten that.

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It's not fair how underpowered straightswords are in this game; bad reach, sloppy two-handed moveset, and no bleed buildup. It's like some weeaboo on the devteam was like "Careful, now! We can't have them outclassing katanas, now can we!"

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Where Straight Sword like Miquellan Knight's Sword, but with lithning damage and with Ash of War like Thunderstorm / Ice Lightning Sword ?

Where Straight Sword like Lothric Knight Sword? Like Heide Knight Sword? Where some one like Valorheart?

Much swords in this category and not a one really interesting straight sword. This is a shame! }:->

Only katanas in this game are really varied and interesting. =(

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Which is the best straight sword for pure strength build?

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Why do so many of these scale with Int, and then also cannot change their ashes? I love the look of the crystal sword but spinning slash is effing trash dude.

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Man they really took care of INT players this time around. There are like 3 Faith scaling swords and they're all somewhat later game.

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With Square Off straight swords do more damage AND stagger than even colossal swords for a pittance of FP and make this weapon class easily the strongest and most versatile in the game, especially when paired with a high stability shield. Once people get tired of pressing L2 non-stop with rivers of blood I think more people will realize how much power straight swords have.

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Miquella's Straight Sword coming so late in the game is the most sad thing ever because its R2 animation is one of the coolest in the game...

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broadsword my beloved

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Try duo but despair ahead,

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I really miss ds3 Lothric's holy sword

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The straight swords in this game are effing disappointing. Not only do a lot of them look like ****, but they're also subpar and impotent.

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No broken straight sword or valorheart equivalent, why even live

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Rip r1 spam...

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When Broadsword is actually a good late game sword.

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big fooking sword: bosses poise through any attack charged or not

small sword: *poke twice* boss poise: oh deedly doo somehow someway i can't feel my legs

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Can we please put a way to filter whether a weapon can be enchanted or not? Or at least more info on that. Is there any weapon that scales with intelligence that can be enchanted?

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A question for you nerds: are these better than katanas?

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Only 4 straight swords with weapon arts that are not ashes of war or are shared with other weapons. Sad.

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when you sort the weapons by MAX STANDARD VALUES, the table shows the Inseparable Sword (Greatsword)

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no straight sword with bleed :( but damn near all katana bleed?

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Physical straight swords are actually better with pure str builds than pure dex builds. Dex straight swords can't hold candle to heavy broadsword. With 80 str, 10 dex, one-handed, +25:

Heavy Broadsword: 575
Heavy Longsword: 545
Heavy Lordsworn's sword: 532

With 16 str, 80 dex, one handed, +25 (I'll give dex build some bonus str points for weapon requirements):

Keen Broadsword: 541
Keen Longsword: 539
Keen Lordsworn sword: 531
Keen Noble slender sword: 530
Keen Warhawk talon: 530

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any straightswords have native bleed and Ash slot?

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You had probably ought to remove the inseparable sword from the max standard level list.

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Couple things did this weapon class no favors since DS3: the damage is relatively on par DS3 level damage but Elden Ring damage is like 4/3, if not more, than that of DS3 so they are lagging behind, passive poise makes trading into a lot of weapons feel pretty bad, and they did a number on their ability to roll-catch, even if you can predict it, since their backwards roll goes much further than most straight swords can reach.

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i think we need more unique straight swords

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Who the heck makes the "best weapons in category" stuff for the Wiki these picks on every single page are completely random and super misleading or flat out wrong

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Still waiting for a pocket ultra GS in this game like the dark sword. That was a good trend. We could have a pocket UGS in every game just like patches. I don't care if they have to "balance" (just a fancy term of saying nerfing by the devs) the attack power. That concept is as good as having patches present every game if not more. I wanna swing a canonically heavy GS in my hand like a light sword. I WANT my male power fantasy