Dex Weapons reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 262 Reddit reviews across 9 subreddits and 65 posts to rank the best Dex Weapons brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/darksouls3, r/EldenRingBuilds, r/Eldenring, r/darksouls, r/DarkSouls2. Top-rated brands include Sellsword Twinblades (5.0/5), Uchigatana (4.4/5), Godskin Peeler (4.9/5).

Stats

Reviews262

Subreddits9

Posts65

Brands100

Products4

Top communities

r/darksouls385 r/EldenRingBuilds46 r/Eldenring42 r/darksouls35 r/DarkSouls225

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Sellsword Twinblades

5.0

(21)

"Sellsword twin blades destroy 99% of weapons in terms of reliability and power."

"Dex - Sellsword Twinblades, Frayed Blade, Astora GS, and Crow Talons."

"It’s the Sellsword Twinblades."

"Twinblades are wildly known as the best dex weapon and it just isnt close."

"Sell sword twin blades with sharp infusion puts the game in easy mode!!!"

"Sellsword twinblades are one of the highest dps weapons in the gamr as far as dex weapons go."

"Go for the sellsword twinblades or the sharp infused lothric knight sword."

"Sellsword winblades, I mean twinblades."

"The sellsword twinblades, which is the best dex weapon in the game."

"Sellsword twin blades is the only right answer."

Uchigatana

4.4

(23)

"Katanas are great for Dex. There are also a lot of more balanced weapons that go hard with a sharp gem."

"Def katanas for a fun dex build, the uchigatana is my personal favorite but the onkiri and ubadachi are fun too, just late game and a little sub par"

"The uchigatana is A scale Dex weapon that can be bought from the blacksmith Mcduff in the Bastille after you give him the dull ember."

"Uchigatana taken down the sharp upgrade path (uses bladestone) is the best dex weapon in the game."

"Uchigatana is a fantastic weapon"

"Uchi and bloodhound fang are the best dex weapons in the early game."

"Uchigatana is pretty much the go-to starter Dex weapon."

"The uchigatana that you can get by killing the sword master outside firelink is also a really good dex weapon."

"I also enjoy the Uchigatana, as well as the Great Corvian Scythe."

"You could get uchigatana or kill lucatiel for the mirrah greatsword."

Godskin Peeler

4.9

(8)

"Godskin peeler is an amazing dex weapon, and it's native AoW is cool as hell."

"If you want a Dex twinblade, I recommend Godskin Peeler."

"My favorites are Godskin Peeler, Pata's are really nasty."

"Once I got the Godskin Peeler in the mid game, it carried me rest of the way."

"Godskin peelers."

"My favorite pure Dex weapon is by far the Godskin Peeler."

"The godskin peeler has the best dex scaling out of the twinblades I think."

"Godskin Peeler is supposed to be pretty good as well."

Bloodhound's Fang

4.6

(8)

"Bloodhound fangs carried me against several bosses."

"A very popular choice is the Bloodhound's Fang."

"Bloodhound Fang is amazing. One of my favorite Soulsborne weapons ever."

"Bloodhound Fang you can get by then and it is still great by endgame."

"My favorite weapons for pure dex build are Bloodhound's Fang."

"Sometimes I switched to the bloodhound fang just to keep things fresh."

"Bloodhound's Fang is good."

"Bloodhound Fang sword is pretty awesome."

Rapier

4.9

(7)

"Rapier, u can buy it from the blacksmith at majula. It’s god tier."

"One of the best early DEX weapons vs. individual enemies is the rapier."

"For critical hits rapier, for bosses Ricardo's rapier."

"Most thrusting swords (especially rapier) are generally agreed on to be good."

"Any rapier, Crow Quills and Estoc recommended."

"Rapiers will not fail you."

"The rapier is really good; get flynn’s ring, ring of blades and old leo ring."

Great Scythe

4.6

(7)

"Great scythe is my favourite. Lots of other dex weapons are perfectly good, great even, but I like my stupidly long piece of farm machinery with its colossal reach and huge sweeping attacks for crowd control."

"The great scythe is the preferable halberd class weapon for dex."

"Great scythe"

"Great Scythe is apparently the best scaling Dex weapon."

"Great Scythe has a fantastic range and an unusual but welcome base damage."

"Great Scythe - The only true early-game rival to the Uchi."

"Great Scythe and Gold Tracer"

Balder Side Sword

4.3

(7)

"The Balder Side Sword is definitely the most powerful Dex weapon in DS1."

"Balder side sword 🦆"

"Balder Side Sword, Great Scythe, Gold Tracer + Dark Silver Tracer combo"

"I like Balder Side Sword. Well worth the potential grind getting it."

"The BSS and falchion, which are basically the 2 most ubiquitous weapons to dex builds (especially hybrids), are largely favored for PvP."

"Balder Side Sword - Fantastic moveset, decent but not top-tier damage."

"Balder Side Sword is ofc great but Uchi is legit an end game weapon."

Frayed Blade

5.0

(6)

"Frayed Blade. Chaos Blade(use the Uchi you get the start until you get this."

"What about Frayed Blade? I think it's the best katana."

"The Frayed Blade.... OP in my opinion, especially for PVE."

"I use the Frayed Blade +5, Sharp Astora GS +10, and Sharp Barbed Sword +10."

"My favorite weapons are: Twinblade Sellswords, Crow Rapier, Frayed Blade."

"Frayed Blade is probably the best bleed weapon right now."

Flamberge

4.7

(6)

"Flamberge is pretty neat! Just make it Keen."

"Beautiful weapon, nice move set and the weapon art hits like a truck."

"Flamberge currently blows away Drangleic Sword in practically every respect."

"I really like Flamberge. You can pick it up reasonably early in Huntsman's Copse."

"Flamberge <3."

"Flamberge (basically a slightly weaker claymore with bleed)..."

#10

Bolt of Gransax

4.7

(6)

"If solely dex is concerned, the best weapon is definitely Bolt of Grandsax."

"Bolt of Gransax and Dragon King's Cragblade are both a lot of fun."

"Bolt of gransax or dragon kings cragblade."

"Bolt of gransax."

"Bolt of Gransaxx can cheese like half the game."

"Bolt of Gransax is one of the best dex weapons."

#11

Astora Greatsword

4.7

(6)

"Astora Greatsword, with a sharp infusion it gets an S in dex scaling and still a D in strength. It's really good in a pure dex and even a quality build."

"Astora Greatsword. S scaling with a sharp gem"

"Sharp Astora Greatsword will carry you through the game."

"Astora GS is my pet weapon in the game."

"Sharp Astora greatsword."

"Sharp astora greatsword."

#12

Murakumo

4.8

(5)

"Gold tracer, murakumo, chaos blade, quelaags fury sword, server, halberd. And rapier"

"Murakumo is generally agreed on to be good."

"Murakumo is amazing dex curved greatsword."

"I like the Murakumo a lot, it gets an S scaling in dex."

"Sharp murakumo or the rgcs."

#13

Chaos Blade

4.4

(5)

"Gold tracer, murakumo, chaos blade, quelaags fury sword, server, halberd. And rapier"

"Other great choice would be chaos blade for the s dex scaling."

"Chaos blade : my fav weapon in the game good damage good counter damage."

"Chaos blade is probably one of the most seen and most tryhard of the dex weapons."

"Chaos blade has the best damage, with the downside of chipping your health."

#14

Guardian's Swordspear

5.0

(4)

"I'm a big fan of the Guardian's Swordspear."

"I like guardians sword spear on keen."

"Guardian's Swordspear has a great damage scaling with DEX."

"My favorite weapons for pure dex build are Guardian's Swordspear."

#15

Guardian

5.0

(4)

"Guardian swordspear, keen, spinning strikes, lightning spell buff."

"Guardian's swordspear."

"Guardian's Swordspear, Cross Naginata, Nagakiba, Bloodhound Fang."

"Guardian's Swordspear. With Keen infusion it has pure DEX scaling."

#16

Nagakiba

5.0

(4)

"The Nagakiba has much more versatility being able to swap between affinities and a stack of good ashes of war."

"Nagakiba is of course the natural upgrade from uchi."

"Nagakiba/x2, especially with spinning slash."

"Nagakiba, morgott sword, bloodhounds fang."

#17

Lothric Knight Sword

4.8

(4)

"Lothric Knight sword (sharp) and astora greatsword (sharp) when you have these two equipped nothing will stand against you."

"Any straightsword that's infusable; Lothric Knight being the most optimal pick."

"Lothric Knight Sword: it's fast, it's long range, it has a varied moveset."

"The lothric knight sword gets excellent Dex scaling if you infuse it with a sharp gem."

#18

Claws

4.5

(4)

"I’m personally a big fan of the claws."

"Level 87 still using them. Best dps I’ve found for pve."

"Claws are super underrated. They hit fast and proc bleed like no other."

"I've been using the claws with a bleed build as well to do huge damage as well since they hit in rapid succession."

#19

Warden Twinblades

4.7

(3)

"The best Dex weapon is Warden Twinblades."

"Warden Twinblades are dex based and have innate bleed on it."

"Warden twinblades"

#20

Scimitar

4.7

(3)

"My second weapon is schmitar cause its the starting weapon for wanderer."

"Any curved sword; Scimitar, sellswords, follower saber are pretty darn great."

"I've enjoyed curved swords like the Scimitar or Falchion, or spears like Silver Knight Spear or Partizan, the Katanas are of course good and get recommended a lot."

#21

Farron Greatsword

4.7

(3)

"I loved farron greatsword has good dex scale and if u go endgame to up to 40 str, it deals huge dmg."

"I liked using the Farron GS on my Dex focus runs."

"The Farron Greatsword is fun as fuck to use."

#22

Hiltless

4.7

(3)

"Top tier IMO: Hiltless."

"I really love hiltless."

"Hiltless is pretty good too but the chip damage you receive is annoying."

#23

Estoc

4.7

(3)

"A few other options include estoc (fantastic riposte/backstab multiplier)..."

"Rapier: Estoc and Crow Quills."

"If you don't feel like grinding, you can buy an Estoc from the merchant early in Liurnia."

#24

Rivers of Blood

4.7

(3)

"Rivers of blood with uchigatan and sepuku on it was one of my favs, power stance does amazing and rob aow for farther away and light attacks up close."

"Rivers of blood, bolt of gransax and bloodhound's fang."

"Until i unlocked rivers of blood late game."

#25

Partizan

4.3

(3)

"The partizan is the only weapon in the entire game that has S dex scaling."

"I've enjoyed curved swords like the Scimitar or Falchion, or spears like Silver Knight Spear or Partizan, the Katanas are of course good and get recommended a lot."

"Partizan is versatile, basically the only spear/lance I ever feel.like using."

#26

Katanas

4.3

(3)

"For everything else there's katanas."

"All of the katanas are pretty good."

"Katanas, sellsword twinblades, estoc, scimitar, astora gs, lothric knight sword."

#27

Washing Pole

4.3

(3)

"All katanas, Washing Pole trades damage for big dick range."

"Washing pole sephiroth mode."

"Washing Pole cause running attack is cancer if your oponent cant parry/doesn't have shield."

#28

Sellsword

4.0

(3)

"Sellswords, Lothric Knight SS, Murakumo, Astora Greatsword, Washing Pole, Pontiff Knight CS to name a few."

"Sellsword Twinblades. Sharp infuse and get 60 dex. 2H it and use L1."

"Sellsword twinblades are pretty good."

#29

Loyce Greatsword

4.0

(3)

"If you got the DLCs, Loyce Greatsword and Drakeblood Greatsword are both bae for me."

"Loyce greatsword is just beautiful, but requires high Dex."

"My favourite weapons for a Dex build are: Warped Sword, Blacksteel Katana & Loyce GS."

#30

Eleonora’s Poleblade

5.0

(2)

"Eleonora’s Poleblade. You’re welcome."

"I love Eleonora’s Poleblade - it does bleed & fire damage! The Bloodblade Dance skill is soooo fun!! It mostly scales off dex and arc, & a little bit of strength :)"

#31

Bloodhound

5.0

(2)

"Bloodhound's fang is stupidly strong and a primarily dex weapon."

"Bloodhound fang carried me through the whole game when I stumbled upon it."

#32

Noble's Slender Sword

5.0

(2)

"Noble’s Slender Sword with Square Off AOW is really really good."

"My sacred noble slender sword with the 'sword dance' ashes of war is pretty fun."

#33

Bandit's Knife

5.0

(2)

"I'm going to also mention bandits knife."

"Bandit knife: I killed the last two classic bosses with that knife."

#34

Lothric Knight Straight Sword

5.0

(2)

"Other great PVE options are Lothric Knight Straight Sword sharp or Astora Greatsword Sharp."

"Pick up Lothric Knight Straight Sword."

#35

Guardian Swordspear

5.0

(2)

"One weapon infused Keen is ridiculous, the Guardian Swordspear."

"The Guardian Swordspear you farm from the dudes with trees on their backs."

#36

Hand of Malenia

5.0

(2)

"Hand of Malenia. That's it."

"My favorite weapons for pure dex build are Hand of Malenia."

#37

Twinblades

5.0

(2)

"Twinblades are the best. Make them sharp, use resin for certain bosses and you have the easiest time of your life."

"Most are viable, but the twinblades will carry you through endgame."

#38

Lothric Knight Greatsword

5.0

(2)

"A Sharp-infused Lothric Knight Greatsword with a lightning bundle/resin is pretty monstrous."

"I now have DEX- 65 FTH-30 INT -15. In addition to that I have changed the infusion and am planning on trying out a fully upgraded Sharp Lothric Knight Greatsword."

#39

Painting Guardian Sword

5.0

(2)

"Curved swords. Carthusian sword, painting guardian sword"

"The painting guardian sword MELTS bosses because of low weight and bleed effect."

#40

Frozen Needle

4.5

(2)

"Frozen Needle is a good option."

"- Frozen Needle - Cross Naginata - Icerind Hatchet."

#41

Urumi

4.5

(2)

"Urumi is super underrated."

"One unsung dex weapon is Urumi."

#42

Claymore

4.5

(2)

"Greatsword: Claymore and Exile."

"Good ol' Claymore is probably the perfect middle ground."

#43

Twinblade

4.5

(2)

"I’ve really been enjoying the Twinblade."

"Twinblade is pretty awesome early game if you start with a DEX char."

#44

Moonveil

4.5

(2)

"Once I found the moonveil its been really tough to switch to another weapon."

"Moonveil has been nerfed in patches since. It is still very good in its niche."

#45

Lightreaper Daggers

4.0

(2)

"If you wanted to add Inferno to the Dex build, you can use Lightreaper Daggers (or Swords)."

"Honestly for a dex weapon dump points into inferno and grab the daggers from the lightreaper"

#46

Bloody Helice

4.0

(2)

"Bloody Helice, Eleanora's Poleblade, Reduvia, etc. are best focused on Arcane at first, but after you hit 56-60 Arcane or so they get decent returns from Dex going forward"

"Bloody helice is a dex/arc thrust weapon."

#47

Cross Naginata

4.0

(2)

"In the base game a slept on pick is the cross naginata."

"I'm surprised nobody mentioned cross-naginata."

#48

Katana

4.0

(2)

"The standard Katana samurai start with is pretty sweet with its special ability chunking bosses HP."

"Any Katana (but I like Washing apple and Frayed blade the best)."

#49

Uchi

4.0

(2)

"Uchi, bandits knife, the twin katanas (forget the name), warden twin blades."

"An uchi or one of the special katanas for fast attacks."

#50

Kilij

4.0

(2)

"Kilij and Uchigatana are easy to get and both great."

"Kilij is by far my favorite."

#51

Sharp Kilij

4.0

(2)

"Sharp Kilij."

"Sharp Kilij (14str)."

#52

Blacksteel Katana

4.0

(2)

"Using the blacksteel katana that you can find easily in the Iron Keep if you kill enough guards."

"My favourite weapons for a Dex build are: Warped Sword, Blacksteel Katana & Loyce GS."

#53

Backhand Blades

5.0

(1)

"+1 for backhand blades. It’s my favorite bleed build currently"

#54

Falx

5.0

(1)

"I like either claws or jumping falx with the multi hit talismans. I’ve been running falx with jump talisman, Millicent’s prosthesis, winged sword insignia, and turtle talisman. If I feel comfy with stamina I switch turtle for lord of bloods exultation. The damage is nutty"

#55

Guardian's Sword Spear

5.0

(1)

"Guardians sword spear is amazing"

#56

Final Whisper

5.0

(1)

"I personally used the final whisper for most of the game until I got the left and right light reaper daggers. The final whisper has built in poison and wither damage, and at +10, is one of very few weapons in the game that has an S scaling (S in agility/dex)."

#57

Sharp Lothric Knight Straight Sword

5.0

(1)

"I'm still using a sharp LKSS/uchi."

#58

Rakshasa Great Katana

5.0

(1)

"Rakshasa great katana is probably the best."

#59

Dual Bandits Curved Swords

5.0

(1)

"Dual bandits curved swords, lightning claymore with lightning slash."

#60

Claws of Night

5.0

(1)

"Claws of night and backhand blades in the DLC are insane."

#61

Lightning Zweihander

5.0

(1)

"The Lightning Zweihander is my favorite."

#62

Dragon King's Cragblade

5.0

(1)

"Dragon King's Cragblade is best because it looks cool."

#63

Bloodhound Blade

5.0

(1)

"Bloodhound Blade is a great weapon and can take you to the end of the game."

#64

Carthusian Sword

5.0

(1)

"Curved swords. Carthusian sword, painting guardian sword"

#65

Gold Tracer

5.0

(1)

"Gold tracer, murakumo, chaos blade, quelaags fury sword, server, halberd. And rapier"

#66

Quelaag's Fury Sword

5.0

(1)

"Gold tracer, murakumo, chaos blade, quelaags fury sword, server, halberd. And rapier"

#67

Server

5.0

(1)

"Gold tracer, murakumo, chaos blade, quelaags fury sword, server, halberd. And rapier"

#68

Halberd

5.0

(1)

"Gold tracer, murakumo, chaos blade, quelaags fury sword, server, halberd. And rapier"

#69

Winged Spear

5.0

(1)

"I am using winged spear it scales with dex I think."

#70

Guardian Sword Spear

5.0

(1)

"Guardian sword spear is pretty dope."

#71

Curved Sword

5.0

(1)

"Most curved swords (especially Warped Sword) are generally agreed on to be good."

#72

Spear

5.0

(1)

"Most spears (especially Partizan) are generally agreed on to be good."

#73

Hookclaws

5.0

(1)

"My favorite weapons for pure dex build are Hookclaws."

#74

Pontiff Curved Sword

4.0

(1)

"I 've mostly enjoyed Pontiff curved sword and Sellsword twinblades in my own dex run."

#75

Eleanora's Poleblade

4.0

(1)

"Eleanora's Poleblade is more of an Arcane weapon with Dex on the side."

#76

Morgott's Cursed Sword

4.0

(1)

"Morgott's Cursed Sword and Blood Godskin Peeler come to mind"

#77

Silver Knight Spear

4.0

(1)

"I've enjoyed curved swords like the Scimitar or Falchion, or spears like Silver Knight Spear or Partizan, the Katanas are of course good and get recommended a lot."

#78

Rogier's Rapier

4.0

(1)

"The +8 Rogier’s Rapier has been carrying me through bosses."

#79

Godskin Apostile Twinblades

4.0

(1)

"Godskin Apostile TwinBlades good af."

#80

Greatsword of Astora

4.0

(1)

"Idk if this is similar, but the Great-sword of Astora is fun."

#81

Sharp Lothric Knight Greatsword

4.0

(1)

"Sharp lothric knight greatsword is pretty deadly as well."

#82

Sharp Murakumo

4.0

(1)

"I like the sharp Murakumo. But it needs some time to get going."

#83

Falchion

4.0

(1)

"I've enjoyed curved swords like the Scimitar or Falchion, or spears like Silver Knight Spear or Partizan, the Katanas are of course good and get recommended a lot."

#84

Hoslow's Whips

4.0

(1)

"Big fan of power stance Hoslow whips. And you can get two in NG."

#85

Wolf Knight Greatsword

4.0

(1)

"Wolf knight greatsword, geals greatsword, Dragonslayer axe."

#86

Eleonora's Poleblade

4.0

(1)

"Eleonora's poleblade is also an awesome weapon if you want to invest i"

#87

Sharp Uchi

4.0

(1)

"Sharp Uchi."

#88

Sharp War Scythe

4.0

(1)

"Sharp War Scythe."

#89

Sharp Estoc

4.0

(1)

"I have lots of fun with the sharp estoc."

#90

Reject's Blade

4.0

(1)

"Reject's Blade until Talon worked out pretty well for me."

#91

Hollow Broadsword

4.0

(1)

"For a no armor run, I'd say go with a Hollow Broadsword."

#92

Harpe

4.0

(1)

"The Harpe is a good quickstep."

#93

Blacksteel

4.0

(1)

"For a straight DEX build I'd suggest the Blacksteel."

#94

Syan's Halberd

4.0

(1)

"If you can get a Syan's Halberd, it has A Dex scaling and D strength scaling."

#95

Warped Sword

4.0

(1)

"My favourite weapons for a Dex build are: Warped Sword, Blacksteel Katana & Loyce GS."

#96

Black Bow of Pharis

4.0

(1)

"Black Bow of Pharis is great on a dex build."

#97

Espada Ropera

4.0

(1)

"Espada Ropera is a straight upgrade over the Rapier."

#98

Dragonslayer Spear

4.0

(1)

"Dragonslayer Spear. Lightning charge doesn't even need to be extended to one-shot a lot of mobs."

#99

Onikiri and Ubadachi

4.0

(1)

"If you’re not bored of dual wield weapons the Onikiri and Ubadachi are pretty sick."

#100

Bloodbane

3.0

(1)

"You can also pick up the Bloodbane"

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