Dark Souls 3 Weapon Tier List PVE & PVP

Aside from having the most gorgeous skill to play Dark Souls 3 game, the equipment option, especially weapons, will also influence your gameplay. Of course, choosing the best and recommended weapons is a must-do for you. Thankfully, this game really offers plenty of weapons to mix and match that you can use for combat.

Before you are able to choose the best weapon, you should know the tier list first. Indeed, the tier list will give you a list of recommended and non-recommended weapons. With the good selection of the weapons, you totally will deliver the gameplay as well as possible. So, let’s see the Dark Souls 3 Weapon tier list below!

Dark Souls 3 Weapon Tier List PVE & PVP

Here’s a Tier List of Dark Souls 3 Weapon

S – Tier

The weapons in S -Tier  are the best of the best weapons that you should choose in Dark Souls 3. Trying to get one of them and use it for combat.

Weapon NameType
EstocPiercing Sword
Black Knight GlaiveHalberd
Gundyr’s HalberdHalberd
Gotthard TSStraight Sword
Carthus CSCurved Sword
Washing PoleKatana
Oni and UbaKatana

A – Tier

The weapons in A – tier can be categorized as the good weapons. You can also choose them and use them in combat.

Weapon NameType
Long SwordStraight Sword
Lothric Knight SwordStraight Sword
Anri’s SSStraight Sword
Moonlight GSGreatsword
BK SwordGreatsword
Hollowslayer GSGreatsword
Astora GSUGS
Carthus ShotelCurved Sword
Storm Curved SwordCurved Sword
Dark SwordStraightsword
Barbed SSStraightsword
ClaymoreGreatsword
Twin Princes GSGreatsword
Pontiff Curved SwordCurved Sword
UchigatanaKatana
Chaos BladeKatana
Exile GSCurved GS
RapierPiercing Sword
Red Hilted HalberdHalberd
HalberdHalberd
GlaiveHalberd
Dragonslayer SSSpear and Pike
Gargoyle FSSpear and Pike
Lothric Knight LSSpear and Pike
Ricards RapierPiercing Sword
BK GreataxeG Axes
ClawsFist and Claw
Dragonslayer SpearSpear and Pike

B – Tier

The weapons in B – Tier are still good. However, you can try to choose and use the weapon in B – Tier if you have no the weapons in A – Tier even S – Tier.

Weapon NameType
BroadswordStraight Sword
Lothric’s Holy SStraight Sword
Wolf Knights GSGreatsword
Farron GSUGS
Fume UGSUGS
Lorians GSUGS
DaggerDagger
Bandit’s KnifeDagger
Corvian GKDagger
Irithyll SSStraight Sword
Morion BladeStraight Sword
Sunlight SSStraight Sword
Profaned GSUGS
Lothric Knight GSUGS
FalchionCurved Sword
Sellsword TBCurved Sword
Warden TBCurved Sword
Crescent Moon SwordCurved Sword
MurakumoCurved GS
PikeSpear and Pike
PartizanSpear and Pike
Four-Pronged PlowSpear and Pike
Crescent AxeHalberd
LucerneHalberd
Winged Knight HalberdHalberd
Witch’s LocksWhips
Old Wolf CSCurved GS
Carthus Curved GSCurved Sword
Irithyll RapierPiercing Sword
Thrall AxeAxe
Butcher KnifeAXE
Dragonslayer AxeG Axes
Yhorm’s GMG Axes
Great ClubG Hammer
Large ClubG Hammer
Spiked MaceG Hammer
Demon FistFist and Claw
Tailbone SpearSpear and Pike
Drang TSSpear and Pike

C – Tier

The weapon is C – Tier is not a bad choice. They can be an alternative when you cannot use the weapons in B – Tier.

Weapon NameType
Tailbone SSDagger
Rotten Ghru DaggerDagger
Brigand TDDagger
ShortswordStraight Sword
Wolnir’s Holy SwordStraight Sword
Cathedral Knight GSUGS
GreatswordUGS
ZweihanderUGS
BKGSUGS
ShotelCurved Sword
ScimitarCurved Sword
Astora SSStraight Sword
Executioners GSGreatsword
Bastard SwordGreatsword
Firelink GSGreatsword
FlambergeGreatsword
Storm RulerGreatsword
Dancer’s Enchanted SwordsCurved Sword
BloodlustKatana
Dragonslayer AxeAxes
GreataxeG Axes
Great MachetteG Axes
Demon GAG Axes
Reinforced ClubHammers
MaceHammers
WarpickHammers
DarkdriftKatana
Black BladeKatana
Crystal Sage’s Rapier
Man Serpent HatchetAxes
Battle AxeAxes
EleonoraAxes
Winged Knight TAAxes
Demon FistFist and Claw
Rotten Gru SpearSpear and Pike
Astor’s SpearSpear and Pike
SpearSpear and Pike
Winged SpearSpear and Pike
Immolation TinderHalberd
Great ScytheReaper
Blacksmith HammerHammers
Drang HammersHammers
ClubHammers
Morne’s GHG Hammers
Smoughs HammerG Hammers
Old King GHG Hammers
PickaxeG Hammers
CaestusFist and Claw
Great Corvian ScytheReaper
Pontiff Knight GSReaper
Notched WhipWhips
WhipWhips
Spotted WhipWhips

D – Tier

The weapons in D – Tier are a bad choice for you. Better for you to try choosing and using the weapons in the previous tier.

Weapon NameType
Clerics CandlestickStraight Sword
Broken SSStraight Sword
GS of JudgementGreatsword
Drakeblood GSGreatsword
Rotten Gru CSCurved Sword
Painting Guardian’s CSCurved Sword
Heysel PickHammer
Dragon ToothG Hammers
Parrying DaggerDagger
Handmaids DaggerDagger
HarpeDagger
MailbreakerDagger
Gargoyle Flame HammerG Hammers
Vordts GHG Hammers
Yorshka’s SpearSpear and Pike
Soldering IronSpear and Pike
Saints BidentSpear and Pike
Golden Ritual spearSpear and Pike
Great MaceG Hammers
Great Wooden HammerG Hammers
Manikin ClawsFist and Claw
GreatlanceSpear and Pike

F – Tier

These weapons are the worst and unusable. You have to avoid using them in the game as they cannot give any benefits.

Weapon NameType
Scholar’s CandlestickDagger
Dark HandFist and Claw

5 Best Weapon in Dark Souls 3 for PvE and PvP

The best weapons commonly will be useful and reliable if they are used either in solo/ cooperative mode, PvE, PvP, or also a combination of both. Because we cannot show you the Dark Souls 3 weapon for PvE and PvP, instead, we’ll show you the best weapons that you can use either in PvP mode or PvE mode.

Here they are:

  1. Lothric Knight Sword

Lothric Knight Sword

It can be obtained in the High Wall of Lothric,  the Grand Archives and Lothric Castle.

  1. Hollowslayer Greatsword

Hollowslayer Greatsword

Get this best weapon once defeating the Curse-Rotted Greatsword. You can also get it by crafting through Soul Transportation with the Soul of the Ritten Greatsword and 1,00 souls.

  1. Astora Greatsword

Astora Greatsword

You can loot this weapon off a corpse in the graveyard near the Cleansing Chapel.

  1. Claymore

Claymore dark soul 3-

You can get this best weapon at the High Wall of Lothric. It’s also dropped by enemies wielding claymores in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley.

  1. Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords

Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords

You can get this weapon in The Ringed City DLC. To get it, you should defeat the Ringed Knight near the cathedral.

Well, those are 5 best weapons in Dark Souls 3.

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