HIGHLIGHTS

The Elden Ring DLC introduces new powerful weapons like the Greatsword of Damnation for PvP domination.
The Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe offers a unique Blinkbolt ability making it a menacing choice for PvP battles.
The Shadow Sunflower Blossom is a colossal weapon with a powerful stance break combo perfect for breaking boss poise.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has reignited the discussion around the best weapons, builds, armor sets, and Ashes of War now available in the game, turning a formerly settled debate into something uncertain.

Faith builds typically rely a lot more on the Incantations than on the weapons themselves but with the sheer variety on offer there is something for everybody. Here are the best faith weapons to be found in the Land of Shadow.

6Greatsword of Damnation

Location:Midra’s Manse
How to Get: UseRemembrance of the Lord of Frenzied Flame at Roundtable Hold

Few weapons in Elden Ring are as clearly made for PvP as the Greatsword of Damnation . This weapon revolves entirely around its unique Ash of War: Golden Crux. When used, this launches the player character into the air and thrusts the weapon into the ground in a nosedive. If a player or a humanoid enemy is caught by this, it triggers a grab attack that deals massive damage.

On top of that, if the attack misses, players can chain the dive into a follow-up attack to spawn golden thorns around them in an AoE to catch anyone who escaped the first attack. The grab is unblockable and unmissable, and even i-frame dodging rarely works, making this one of the most oppressive weapons to use in a 1v1.

5Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe

Location:Scorpion River Catacombs
How to Get: Defeat Death Knight boss

While there are tons of incantations for Faith builds that are useful in PvP, the Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe is a powerful alternative. While the faith scaling might not be the most impressive, the unique Ash of War, Blinkbolt: Longhaft Axe, more than makes up for it. When used, it transforms the user into a bolt of lightning that travels a short distance toward the target along the ground. This can then be followed up by a lightning-infused overhead attack that deals massive damage.

The Ash of War is a menace in PvP, as it allows players to delay the input on the follow-up by a whole second to bait enemies into swinging early and missing. Against bosses and regular enemies, the blinkbolt provides a few i-frames, which can come in handy in a tough spot. Do note, however, that the Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe’s damage scales primarily with Strength, and increasing Faith past 18 doesn’t really help this weapon do more damage.

4Shadow Sunflower Blossom

Location: Scadutree Base
How to Get:Defeat Scadutree Avatar and use the Remembrance of the Shadow Sunflower at Roundtable Hold

The Shadow Sunflower Blossom is a Colossal weapon that scales primarily with Strength and Faith and deals half physical, half holy damage per hit. As a large weapon, the stance break on this is already quite good, making it an efficient choice for breaking poise on bosses, but with the weapon skill, Shadow Sunflower Headbutt increases it to staggering levels.

When used, the weapon skill lifts the weapon up and slams it down on the ground three times in quick succession. This can be chained into the heavy attack to create a stance-breaking combo that rarely fails against bosses. Additionally, the weight of this weapon is on the low end in its class, allowing players the option to mid-roll fairly reliably.

3Anvil Hammer

Location: Ruined Forge Lave Intake
How to Get:Interact with the altar at the end of the dungeon

Anvil Hammer is a Strength/Faith Colossal weapon that deals split physical and fire damage. With a heavy investment in Strength accompanied by a few points in Faith, there are very few weapons that can top the Anvil Hammer in most situations. The reason for this is not the damage itself but the absurdly high poise break the weapon provides with essentially every hit.

The weapon skill, Smithing Art Spears, is the cherry on top here, as it not only does it do as much poise damage as a fully charged heavy attack, but it does it in half the time and with less Stamina. Combined with a Shield, this can easily transition into a turtle build that can easily clear all content in the DLC.

2Black Steel Greathammer

Location: Church of Consolation
How to Get:Defeat the Black Steel Knight at the entrance

What makes the Black Steel Greathammer unique is that whenever players perform a guard counter with this weapon, it creates a fairly large explosion of holy damage on the ground in an AoE. Not only does this damage scale entirely off of Faith, but the Black Steel Greathammer also has innate holy damage that goes up the more points there are in Faith.

On top of that, players can infuse this weapon with the Ash of War of their choice. The Ash of War: Savage Lion’s Claw is one of the best choices here as it takes full advantage of the weapon’s high poise damage and doubles as a gap closer against fast-moving enemies.

1Fire Knight’s Greatsword

Location: Shadow Keep
How to Get:Can be farmed from the Greatsword wielding Fire Knights

The Fire Knight’s Greatsword is one of the most powerful weapons in the entire DLC, and it shines brightest when used in a Str/Fai build with the Flame Art infusion. This weapon is actually a Colossal Sword but swings much faster than most other weapons of this type while still having similar damage output, which means the DPS can get to insane levels.

The best Ashes of War for this are the Ash of War: Flame Skewer or Ash of War: Flame Spear . Using the Flame Art infusion increases Faith scaling, whereas using the Fire infusion increases Strength scaling. This means that for Faith-focused builds, using Flame Art is the way to go. Considering the damage here is split between physical and fire, the Flame, Grant me Strength spell is a must-have.