Weapon Tier List

There are a ton of weapons you can use in Elden Ring, these include hammers, spears, swords, bows, and daggers. Each of the weapons has a Stat requirement that must be met in order for you to wield the weapon proficiently. Therefore, you need to plan accordingly when looking for a weapon. When choosing a weapon to use it is essential that you also take into consideration the Scaling stat of the weapon, this basically tells you the amount of damage that is added to it due to your investment in a specific stat like Dexterity or Strength for example. The weapons with the best Scaling are 'S' followed by 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'. Take a look at our Weapon Tier List to quickly see what the best weapons in Elden Ring are overall. All the weapons in this tier list are based on their most important stat, depending on the weapon type. For example, it is essential that an Axe deals lots of physical damage, whereas a Staff for a mage will focus on the Sorcery Scaling stat.

Weapon Tier List

S-Tier

These are the very best weapons to use in Elden Ring.

A-Tier

Very strong weapons but not quite as good as the S-Tier weapons.

B-Tier

These are good weapons that can be viable when used with the right Builds.

C-Tier

These are average weapons that are neither good nor bad.

D-Tier

These are weapons that are slightly below an average weapon choice.

E-Tier

Basic and weak weapons.

F-Tier

These are the worst weapons in the game.

S-Tier

- Beast-Repellent Torch

- Black Knife

- Cranial Vessel Candlestand

- Crystal Knife

- Death Ritual Spear

- Eclipse Shotel

- Erdsteel Dagger

- Falingstar Beast Jaw

- Gargoyle's Black Halberd

- Gargoyle's Blackblade

- Giant's Red Braid

- Golden Halbred

- Grafted Dragon

- Inquisitor's Girandole

- Magma Whip Candlestick

- Magma Wyrm's Scalesword

- Onyx Lord's Greatsword

- Rivers of Blood

- Rosus' Axe

- Scepter of the All-Knowing

- Starscourage Greatsword

- Steel-Wire Torch

- Sword of Night and Flame

- Winged Scythe

- Jar Cannon

A-Tier

- Academy Glindstone Staff

- Astrologer's Staff

- Bastards's Stars

- Carian Glinstine Staff

- Carian Knight's Sword

- Crystal Sword

- Devourer'Scepter

- Dragon Greatclaw

- Finger Seal

- Glinstone Staff

- Greataxe

- Ivory Sickle

- Rusted Anchor

- Torch

- Troll's Hammer

- Veteran's Prosthesis

- Wing of Astel

B-Tier

- Axe of Godrick

- Bloody Helice

- Digger's Staff

C-Tier

- Axe of Godfrey

- Carian Regal Scepter

- Estoc

- Grossmesser

- Hoslow's Petal Whip

- Pulley Crossbow

D-Tier

- Azur's Glinstone Staff

- Bloodhound's Fang

- Butchering Knife

- Chainlink Flail

- Falchion

- Flail

- Ghiza's Wheel

- Golem's Halberd

- Grafted Blade Greatsword

- Greatbow

- Great Club

- Great Epee

- Hammer

- Mantis Blade

- Misericorde

- Monk's Flamemace

- Nightrider Flail

- Noble's Estoc

- Omen Cleaver

- Partisan

- Pike

- Prelate's Inerno Crozier

- Scavenger's Curved Sword

- Scimitar

- Sword of St Trina

- Whip

E-Tier

- Battle Hammer

- Broadsword

- Composite Bow

- Dismounter

- Hookclaws

- Light Crossbow

- Lion Breatbow

- Mace

- Morning Star

- Red Branch Shortbow

- Reduvia

- Sorpion's Stinger

- Scythe

- Serpentbone Blade

- Short Bow

- Short Spear

- Shotel

- Stormhawk Axe

- Uchigatana

- Winged Greathorn

- Zweilhander

F-Tier

- Antspur Rapier

- Banished Knight's Halberd

- Battle Axe

- Cane Sword

- Clawmark Seal

- Club

- Dagger

- Demi-Human Queen's Staff

- Dragon Halberd

- Dragonscale Blade

- Forked Hatchet

- Frozen Needle

- Gargoyle's Twinblade

- Godskin Peeler

- Godslayer's Seal

- Golden Order Seal

- Great Knife

- Guardian's Swordspear

- Halberd

- Hand Axe

- Hand Ballista

- Highland Axe

- Iron Cleaver

- Katar

- Longsword

- Lordsworm's Straight Sword

- Maliketh's Black Blade

- Meteorite Staff

- Morgott's Cursed Sword

- Nightrider Glaive

- Ornamental Straight Sword

- Parrying Dagger

- Pest's Glaive

- Rapier

- Short Sword

- Spiked Caestus

- Spiked Club

- Twinblade

- Twinned Knight Swords

- Warped Axe

- Warpick

- Winged Spear

- Zamor Curved Sword

Take a look at our How to Unlock the Torrent Horse guide to find out how you can summon a steed to traverse Lands Between easier and also help you in combat when you need to tackle enemies on horseback such as mounted knights and dragons.