Dex reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 151 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 34 posts to rank the best Dex brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/defi, r/EldenRingBuilds, r/Eldenring, r/sui, r/ethtrader. Top-rated brands include Bloodhound Fang (5.0/5), Cetus (5.0/5), Guardian Swordspear (4.7/5).
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Reviews151
Subreddits16
Posts34
Brands98
Products8
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#1
Bloodhound Fang
5.0
(6)
"Bloodhound fangs carried me against several bosses."
"A very popular choice is the Bloodhound's Fang."
"I got Bloodhound Fang and that is a great Dex weapon."
"I would also suggest Bloodhound's Fang, it's a somber weapon which makes it easier to upgrade."
"First mention: Bloodhound Fang!!"
"Other than that prob Bloodhounds Fang or Bolt of Granssax."
#2
Cetus
5.0
(6)
"Cetus on the Sui blockchain. It’s built for seamless swaps."
"Cetus."
"Cetus, hands down."
"Cetus , turbo, hop.ag"
"Cetus usually gives the best swap rates"
"I personally use Cetus , love the interface and ease of use"
#3
Guardian Swordspear
4.7
(6)
"One weapon infused Keen is ridiculous, the Guardian Swordspear."
"I’ve been rocking guardian swordspear on my dex run."
"It's extremely good but it's also not a weeb weapon."
"Guardian Swordspear"
"Keen Guardian Swordspear with giant hunt AOW is really good."
"I would say Guardian Swordspear or a Lightning version of several large weapons."
#4
DEX
4.2
(6)
"Bought the dex last week and i love it."
"I’d say DEX, I’m clawing it and it’s way comfier than the GPX"
"Palm go with the Dex."
"Resolution limitations"
"Just hit the stat reqs for your desired gear and call it a day."
"You can definitely get by with no Dex investment on a caster."
#5
Titanstring Bow
5.0
(5)
"My Astarion uses the Titanstring + the strength stick."
"Arguably the best longbow in 1st act is the Titanstring Bow."
"I do like bow of the banshee too."
"It’s kind of the most talked about bow for most of the ranged builds."
"Technically the Titanstring."
#6
Godskin Peeler
5.0
(5)
"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."
"I believe you want the Godskin Peeler with a keen infusion."
"For Pure Dex the best is Godskin peeler."
#7
Backhand Blades
4.6
(5)
"Backhand Blades with bleed or electric infusion are really good, probably the best dex weapon of the DLC."
"Jump into the DLC and get the backhand blades, you'll mow fuckers down"
"You really gotta check out backhand blades, best dex weapon in the game."
"Same with backhand blades and cirques which are also good."
"Backhand blades and nagakiba."
#8
Nagakiba
4.3
(4)
"Nagakiba imo."
"If you like katanas then the Nagakiba is pretty good although I personally prefer the uchi and it's ash of war."
"Nagakiba is really good, you can use a lot of different Ashes of War to make it great, but maybe even better with Arcane for extra bleed."
"The best (dex) weapon is just using two curved blades with bleed together with the jump talisman."
#9
Claws of Night
5.0
(3)
"Claws of night and backhand blades in the DLC are insane."
"I beat him using the Claws of Night with a similar stat spread (75/45)."
"Claws of Night and Backhand Blade for first and second imo"
#10
Samsung
4.3
(3)
"Screen was not working"
"Best option would be the Galaxy S25 plus for Dex use imo"
"Runs quite well"
#11
Hop
4.0
(3)
"Hop or 7k."
"Aggregator. Hop or 7k."
"I use often Hop and Aftermath, specially the last one is a great aggregator, always the best price."
#12
Hyperliquid
5.0
(2)
"I've been using hyperliquid, been great so far, I'm also in the UK."
"Hyperliquid"
#13
Falx
5.0
(2)
"If you really like the dual quick weapons, the Falx is the best weapon like that bar none."
"Falx without a doubt."
#14
Zypto
5.0
(2)
"I'm using ZyptoApp, multichain super crypto App where you can manage all your crypto assets, not only swaps."
"I’d recommend the Zypto app."
#15
Bolt of Gransax
5.0
(2)
"Bolt of Gransaxx can cheese like half the game."
"Bolt of Gransax is one of the best dex weapons."
#16
Sellsword Twinblades
4.5
(2)
"Sellsword Twinblades seems to be the consensus."
"Sellsword twinblades are one of the easiest PVE weapons."
#17
1inch
4.5
(2)
"1 Inch is pretty amazing if you want to go cross chain"
"I thought they'll be pancakeswap, uniswap before mentioning 1inch."
#18
Everstrike
4.5
(2)
"Options/perpetuals DEX with an easy api"
"Everstrike. They have perp options as well."
#19
GMX
4.0
(2)
"I’ve been using GMX.io and I’m keeping an eye on t3.money. Both have low fees on swaps and trades."
"I go back and forth between GMX and gTrade."
#20
Matcha
4.0
(2)
"For me it is a good option, not only to swap only: this app can bridge assets cross chain."
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#21
Paraswap
4.0
(2)
"Paraswap, 1Inch, Uniswap, Cow Swap, Kyberswap."
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#22
Defillama
4.0
(2)
"Usually an aggregator like DefiLlama's will do the trick."
"Defillama swap"
#23
LiquidLama
4.0
(2)
"Currently looking at liquidlama too for the value and features."
"Liquid Lama is in early stages but got some serious potential."
#24
Great Scythe
5.0
(1)
"Great scythe is dex king"
#25
Claymore
5.0
(1)
"Best Dex weapon: Claymore."
#26
Murakumo
5.0
(1)
"Chuck 30 into Faith and run Murakumo with Sunlight Blade or Darkmoon Blade"
#27
Great Katana
5.0
(1)
"The great katana is even better, but you can only get that from the DLC."
#28
CowSwap
5.0
(1)
"I love Cow swap for the Mooo sounds and extra surplus for every transaction."
#29
Black Stone Blade
5.0
(1)
"The black stone blade to use bleed and arcane affinities is the best way to play Dex."
#30
Rakshasa Great Katana
5.0
(1)
"Rakshasa great katana is probably the best."
#31
Cross Naginata
5.0
(1)
"A slept on pick is the cross naginata. Strongest spear, great moveset, innate bleed."
#32
Keen Nagakiba
5.0
(1)
"First half of game i did keen nagakiba (op af), until i unlocked rivers of blood late game."
#33
Dual Bandits Curved Swords
5.0
(1)
"Dual bandits curved swords, lightning claymore with lightning slash, venomous fang with the right sett up."
#34
Keen Raptor Talons
5.0
(1)
"Claws, especially Keen Raptor Talons are amazing."
#35
Urumi
5.0
(1)
"One unsung dex weapon is Urumi."
#36
Noble's Slender Sword
5.0
(1)
"Noble’s Slender Sword with Square Off AOW is really really good."
#37
Messmer Soldier's Spear
5.0
(1)
"Messmer soldier's spear is my personal favorite."
#38
Crow Quills
5.0
(1)
"I made a suicide run into the painted world dlc to grab the crow quills."
#39
LlamaSwap
5.0
(1)
"I love using llamaswap it finds the best dex for you"
#40
LamaSwap
5.0
(1)
"Lamaswap agg is the best place to swap."
#41
Beefy
5.0
(1)
"Beefy is the platform to know. It’s decentralized, reliable."
#42
GMGN
5.0
(1)
"GMGN is by FAR the best new DEX for trading memecoins."
#43
Bow of the Banshee
5.0
(1)
"Bow of the Banshee can be really good."
#44
Milady
5.0
(1)
"I’m dual wielding them and I love them."
#45
Queelign's Greatsword
5.0
(1)
"Queelign’s Greatsword is an absolute pleasure to use on a FTH build"
#46
Twin Sellswords
5.0
(1)
"I've been having a blast running the dual twin sellwords on my current dex build."
#47
BingX
5.0
(1)
"CEX without kyc"
#48
MEXC
5.0
(1)
"CEX without kyc"
#49
Fire Resin
5.0
(1)
"Fire resin is cheap and plentiful in firelink so it doesn't require spell work"
#50
BDSP
5.0
(1)
"More fun to play, and gives you more pokemon"
#51
Grvt
5.0
(1)
"Already used GRVT"
#52
VSCode
5.0
(1)
"Official VSCode server"
#53
Komodo
5.0
(1)
"There's already a dex it called komodo wallet now. formerly atomicdex"
#54
Razer
5.0
(1)
"Nothing has topped the Razer Deathadder V3 Hyperspeed"
#55
Bastard Sword
4.0
(1)
"I was more of a fan of the bastard sword since it was the play style"
#56
Raptor Talons
4.0
(1)
"For dex I really like the Raptor Talons claws with Endure, and Zweihander for lots of stagger and damage."
#57
Zweihander
4.0
(1)
"Zweihander for lots of stagger and damage.. both work great with Cold infusion since they still scale mostly of Dex!"
#58
Dual Bandit Curved Swords
4.0
(1)
"From the base game, dual bandit curved swords with double seppuku and a multi-hit jump attack setup."
#59
Bloodhound's Fang
4.0
(1)
"Another really strong option is Bloodhound's Fang, one of the few somber weapons you can still put status effects on."
#60
Curved Bandit Swords
4.0
(1)
"I used two curved bandit swords with the bloody slash AoW + bleed affinity for much of the game."
#61
Magma Blade
4.0
(1)
"I then swapped one out for the magma blade which if you don’t know, is dropped by one of the two specific serpent man enemies."
#62
T3
4.0
(1)
"I’m waiting for t3 to get rolling to see how it performs."
#63
Trocador
4.0
(1)
"I use aggregator trocador.app."
#64
DeFi
4.0
(1)
"App.defi.app for me is one of the most version solutions I found in a while."
#65
Odyssey
4.0
(1)
"I mostly use odos and kyberswap."
#66
OkuTrade
4.0
(1)
"Use an all in one platform like oku.trade."
#67
EddyFinance
4.0
(1)
"I use eddyfinance, it allows me to swap btc, Eth, Zeta."
#68
Turbos
4.0
(1)
"I like Turbos."
#69
Fulcrom
4.0
(1)
"Fulcrom on cronos is a decent one"
#70
QuickSwap
4.0
(1)
"QuickSwap"
#71
Thorswap
4.0
(1)
"Thorswap"
#72
KriyaDEX
4.0
(1)
"I’d check out KriyaDEX or MovEX for swapping on Sui."
#73
gains.trade
4.0
(1)
"Come try gains.trade no problem being Canadian."
#74
Slingshot
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#75
DODO
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#76
OpenOcean
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#77
Totle
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#78
DEX.AG
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#79
0x Protocol
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#80
DeFi Swap
4.0
(1)
"DEX aggregators like 1inch, Matcha, Paraswap, Slingshot, DODO, OpenOcean, Totle, DEX.AG, 0x Protocol, and DeFi Swap"
#81
7K.ag
4.0
(1)
"I like 7K.ag a lot"
#82
Aftermath
4.0
(1)
"But Hop has a better UI honestly."
#83
PancakeSwap
4.0
(1)
"Pancakeswap"
#84
ZCX
4.0
(1)
"For me it's $ZCX because of its cross chain swaps."
#85
GPX
4.0
(1)
"They're the same mouse but different shape so either is great performance wise."
#86
Sonaf
4.0
(1)
"With my int dex build I used sonaf which scales to faith/int and dex."
#87
Falchion
4.0
(1)
"I also like falchion and painting guardian sword"
#88
LK Straight Sword
4.0
(1)
"LK straight sword is a classic DEX weapon."
#89
Hoslow's Petal Whips
4.0
(1)
"Hoslow's Petal Whips."
#90
Bandits Curved Sword
4.0
(1)
"Bandits curved sword and any other curved sword."
#91
Starlined Swords
4.0
(1)
"Starlined swords."
#92
Uchigatana
4.0
(1)
"Uchigatana / Great Scythe."
#93
YuzuSwap
4.0
(1)
"Not much liquidity"
#94
Dafi Protocol
4.0
(1)
"Tried my hands on Dafi protocol's beta as well"
#95
Komodo Wallet
4.0
(1)
"Works just fine for smaller/medium amounts."
#96
Astora
4.0
(1)
"Astora greatsword in the graveyard outside of the cathedral is an ultra light weight ultra greatsword that gets an s scaling in dex when fully upgraded sharp"
#97
Rivers of Blood
3.0
(1)
"The 'best' is likely a Dex arcane of Rivers of Blood, personally find it quite boring as it makes the game far too easy."
#98
Drift Protocol
3.0
(1)
"Drift protocol.. lev is not that high"
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