Elden Ring offers different weapons, each offering pure, unadulterated destruction; physical damage reigns supreme. This damage type bypasses enemy resistances and scales effectively, making it a reliable choice throughout the game.
Within the physical category lies a spectrum of attack styles – slash, pierce, strike, and standard. Each caters to different enemy types, making weapon selection crucial for maximizing damage output. This guide delves into the top five strength weapons in Elden Ring, analyzing their strengths and the specific damage types they excel in.
Equipping the right weapon for the job will transform your Strength-based character into a force to be reckoned with.
5. Nightrider Glaive
The Nightrider Glaive is a heavy Halberd weapon in Elden Ring ideal for quick attacks with decent range. Its sharp edges and heavy weight help it cut down enemies with superior might using standard and pierce damage.
While this weapon mainly benefits on horseback, it also activates a unique skill called the Spinning Slash if used on the ground. This unique skill allows you to deal AoE damage to nearby enemies and also allows you to follow that attack with another standard attack. You can also change this weapon’s skill to suit your needs.
| Stats | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical Damage | 129 |
| Magic Damage | 0 |
| Fire Damage | 0 |
| Lightning Damage | 0 |
| Holy Damage | 0 |
| Critical Damage | 100 |
The physical damage of the weapon aligns perfectly with its Strength and Dexterity. The scaling and requirement of both Strength and Dexterity is mentioned below:
- Strength: 26 (C)
- Dexterity: 10 (E)
How to Get it: To obtain the Nightrider Glaive in Elden Ring, you must defeat the Night’s Cavalry, located next to the Bellum Highway or the Raya Lucaria Academy (Liurnia).
4. Prelate’s Inferno Crozier
Moving on to the next of the best strength weapons in Elden Ring, the Prelate’s Inferno Crozier. This weapon deals heavy damage, but its attack speed is slow. Considering its large size, it’s fair to say that it scales more with the player’s strength stat.
One major aspect of playing with this weapon is its unique skill, Prelate’s Charge. With this weapon in your hands, you are a force to be reckoned with. Owing to this unique skill, this weapon cannot be used with any ash of war. The Prelate’s Charge throws a charged plow attack through a wave of weak enemies, dealing fire and elemental damage.
Even though the Prelate’s Inferno Crozier is a heavy weapon, you would be surprised to see how swift its attacks can be compared to other weapons in this category.
| Stats | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical Damage | 156 |
| Magic Damage | 0 |
| Fire Damage | 0 |
| Lightning Damage | 0 |
| Holy Damage | 0 |
| Critical Damage | 100 |
Although this weapon has a high basic physical damage stat, it does have high stat requirements as well, which are as follows:
- Strength: 45 (C)
- Dexterity: 8 (E)
How to Get it: To obtain the Prelate’s Inferno Crozier in Elden Ring, all you have to do is defeat a Fire Prelate that wields it. You can find this enemy at Fort Laiedd.
3. Grafted Blade Greatsword
Let’s move on to very high damage and stagger. The Grated Blade Greatsword gives high damage with moderate scaling. This weapon is a Great Sword rather than a Colossal Weapon. Moreover, it weighs a little bit less than the former weapon, meaning that it’s a bit faster and has a different set of attacks.
In terms of looks, it’s pretty cool. It resembles the Iron Throne, with numerous tiny swords stretching out from the sword’s handle.
The special thing about this weapon is its unique weapon skill, the Oath of Vengeance. This skill allows you to increase all of your buffs overall by 30 seconds. Your poise is also strengthened, which lets you attack continuously without getting interrupted.
| Stats | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical Damage | 162 |
| Magic Damage | 0 |
| Fire Damage | 0 |
| Lightning Damage | 0 |
| Holy Damage | 0 |
| Critical Damage | 100 |
The base stat requirement to wield this weapon is a lot higher than the Prelate’s Inferno Crozier though:
- Strength: 40 (C)
- Dexterity: 14 (E)
How to Get it: To get the Grafted Blade Greatsword in Elden Ring, you have to defeat Leonine Misbegotten, located in Castle Morne (Weeping Peninsula).
2. Giant-Crusher
This is another large-size hammer that requires the highest Strength in Elden Ring, but it doesn’t require any Dexterity stats, so you don’t have to worry about it while making your build with this weapon.
Though this weapon is heavy and slow, you do have the advantage of staggering your enemies with its hard-hitting attacks. Besides all that raw power, you still have one more thing about it that makes it so good–its skill.
This skill is called Endure, which gives you greater poise and lets you attack without getting interrupted, i.e., getting reduced damage – this helps you one-shot most of the smaller enemies in the game.
| Stats | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical Damage | 155 |
| Magic Damage | 0 |
| Fire Damage | 0 |
| Lightning Damage | 0 |
| Holy Damage | 0 |
| Critical Damage | 100 |
With the highest stat requirement of 60 (C) in Strength, this weapon peaks in this list.
How to Get it: Getting the Giant-Crusher in Elden Ring is very simple. All you have to do is loot it off the back of a Carriage located all the way to the south of the Outer Wall Phantom Tree (Leyndell Capital).
1. Greatsword
This is one of the best Greatswords you can find in the game that has a versatile attack pool with great stagger. It has the highest base physical damage stat on this list at 164.
Along with that, you also have the perfect scaling with the Strength stat (D). It offers the best Strength scaling of all of the Colossal weapons in the game yet.
With this weapon’s Stamp (Upward Cut) skill, you can improve your stance and deal heavy blows that do a lot of damage. Moreover, you can infuse it with strong Ashes of War, like the Lion’s Claw Ash of War, which makes this weapon one to be feared most.
If you are planning to go for a pure Strength-based build, this might be the weapon for you since it can deal the most physical damage in Elden Ring.
| Stats | Value |
|---|---|
| Physical Damage | 164 |
| Magic Damage | 0 |
| Fire Damage | 0 |
| Lightning Damage | 0 |
| Holy Damage | 0 |
| Critical Damage | 100 |
You also have a relatively lower stat requirement to wield this weapon than the rest, meaning you can use it early and efficiently.
- Strength: 31 (C)
- Dexterity: 12 (E)
How to Get it: You can get the Greatsword in Elden Ring by looting a specific chest. This chest is at the back of a Carriage next to the Caelem Ruins Site of Grace (Caelid).
