Elden Ring: Best Curved Greatswords [Tips from a 750-Hour Player]
After having spent 750+ hours in Elden Ring, I present the best Curved Greatswords only the bravest of tarnished can harness the guts to wield into battle!
The concept of the Best Curved Greatsword in Elden Ring is easily unnoticeable solely due to the fact that you might end up using other weapon archetypes in favor of them. These weapons are easily distinguishable mostly because they have a horizontal swing in their normal attacks. Two-handing them can largely increase their damage, but at the end of the day, each is unique, and their full potential is scaled off of your character’s stats.
Before You Start: It is imperative that you fulfill the stat requirements of each curved greatsword before equipping them, or else you will not be able to use them at their true potential.
The Beastman’s Cleaver is a weapon that can be infused with quite a few of the Best Ash of Wars. Also allows you to experiment and imbue it with various types of magical enchantments. But keep in mind, the true difference maker is when you adjust the weapon with affinities such as Bleed, Quality, or Poison. In my experience, I found that the weapon becomes ridiculously strong if you dual-wield or power-stance it.
Without dual-wielding and with 80 Strength along with the Heavy affinity, I dealt damage close enough to match that of the Greatswords.
The default weapon skill is the same as the Monk’s Flameblade, the spinning slash.
Now, the only real annoyance arises when you realize that the drop rate for this weapon is so low that farming for it can be a minor headache in itself.
You can obtain Beastman’s Cleaver curved greatsword from Azula Beastmen, found in the Crumbling Farum Azula.
Works good in pure Str builds as scales with Str only.
Has the highest base physical attack in curved greatswords.
Requires investment in Str as well as End as weight is high.
Is not very suitable for Dex builds.
4. Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword
The Best Curved Greatsword For Str/Faith Builds.
Magma Wyrm’s Greatsword (Image by eXputer)
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Base Stats
Attack
Guard
Physical
114
66
Magic
0
33
Fire
74
48
Light
0
33
Holy
0
33
Critical/ Boost
100
50
Magma Wyrm’s Greatsword Scaling and Requirements in Elden Ring:
Stats
Scaling
Requirements
Strength
C
24
Dexterity
D
15
Faith
D
18
If you’re someone like me who prefers Faith/Strength hybrid builds, then you’re in luck, as the Magma Wyrm’s Greatsword is tuned just for that sort of play style. It is strongly advised that you invest in your strength stat until around level 60 or more, and by then, you will be able to maximize Magma Wyrm’s Greatsword’s damage output.
You can also level up your Faith to around level 30, which is ideal since you can use buffs alongside it, such as “Flame Give Me Strength.”
Activating its unique weapon skill, Magma Guillotine will make the player launch forward and strike the ground with the weapon, which will pour out lava in a small radius and deal fire damage to any enemies caught within it.
However, it is worth noting that you can get interrupted when executing the skill as it doesn’t provide any hyper armor.
Obtain it by defeating the Magma Wyrm Makar found in the Ruin-Strewn Precipice, which is a small area located north of the Liurnia of the Lakes region.
Very viable in Str/Faith builds.
Magma Guillotine allows you to pour long-lasting lava in a small radius.
The Dual-Hand move-set diminishes the weapons range.
Needs heavy investment in Strength and Faith for dmg potential.
3. Omen Cleaver
The Best Curved Greatsword For Pure Str Builds.
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Base Stats
Attack
Guard
Physical
142
68
Magic
0
36
Fire
0
36
Light
0
36
Holy
0
36
Critical/ Boost
100
44
Omen Cleaver Scaling and Requirements in Elden Ring:
Stats
Scaling
Requirements
Strength
D
19
Dexterity
D
16
The Omen Cleaver is one of the few Curved Greatswords that you can receive quite early on in the game. I wouldn’t call it the best curved greatsword in Elden Ring, but it’s pretty close. What makes it such a great choice is the fact that it is versatile in nature. To explain it briefly, almost each of the affinity infusions of this weapon can be great, from Heavy or Quality to even Bleed.
In my experience, finding two Omen Cleavers, infusing them with Bleed, and dual-wielding them carried me throughout the mid-to-late game. I strongly urge you to infuse any other Ash Of War on it to enhance its capabilities further. Furthermore, the total attack rating can strongly scale with your stats and upgrades; combine that with its long length and flexible affinity infusions, and it is a superb all-rounder curved greatsword.
The Omen Cleaver can only be obtained by defeating the ‘Omens,’ which are the large-sized warrior enemies.
You can efficiently farm one of them towards the end of Stormveil Castle in the courtyard, which conveniently also has a site of grace near it, making the farming runs easier.
Because of changeable affinity, has wide range of application.
Can deal alot of damage as scales decently with Str and Dex.
Needs to be farmed.
The Charge attack is rather slow.
2. Morgott’s Cursed Sword
The Best Curved Greatsword For Bleed Builds.
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Base Stats
Attack
Guard
Physical
120
55
Magic
0
29
Fire
0
29
Light
0
29
Holy
0
29
Critical/ Boost
110
35
Morgott’s Cursed Sword Scaling and Requirements in Elden Ring:
Stats
Scaling
Requirements
Strength
E
14
Dexterity
C
35
Arcane
D
17
Morgott’s Cursed Sword is easily one of my favorites, and also a contender for the best curved greatsword in Elden Ring; I used it on its own despite popular builds suggesting to power stance it like the Bloodhound’s Fang. The weapon’s attack rate primarily scales off Dexterity and Arcane, making it a superb choice for Arcane Builds with a bit of Dexterity to help improve its damage potential.
Morgott’s Cursed Sword has the longest range out of every curved greatsword on my list.
Its unique weapon Ash of War, is called the Cursed-Blood Slice, where your character will charge forward and deal a flaming blood slash to enemies, causing Blood Loss build-up.
The skill allows you to possess hyper armor during the animation.
Lastly, the weapon is obtained by exchanging the Remembrance of the Omen King in the Roundtable Hold.
High bleed trigger potential, and lightweighted.
Cursed-Blood Slice instantly covers distance and staggers even larger enemies.
Can only be otained by killing challenging boss Morgott.
Has relatively low arcane scaling (D), for a bleed weapon.
1. Bloodhound’s Fang
The Best Curved Greatsword And Most Versatile Weapon.
The Bloodhound’s Fang (Image by eXputer)
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Base Stats
Attack
Guard
Physical
141
68
Magic
0
36
Fire
0
36
Light
0
36
Holy
0
36
Critical/Boost
100
44
Bloodhound’s Fang Scaling and Requirements in Elden Ring:
Stats
Scaling
Requirements
Strength
D
18
Dexterity
C
17
Bloodhound’s Fang has the highest raw damage in the game. It became one of the most popular and sought-after armaments in the game and, quite honestly, the Best Curved Greatsword In Elden Ring.
The special weapon art is called the Bloodhound’s Finesse, where your character will somersault, slashing at the foe, and then by pressing the heavy attack input, you can follow it up with another ranged swing.
Moreover, you can also enchant the weapon with various kinds of magical buffs, such as the blood flame blade, which will make its blood loss buildup on enemies much deadlier.
You can acquire the weapon by defeating Bloodhound Knight Darriwil, a mini-boss who is located in the Forlorn Hound Evergaol in Limgrave.
Weapon’s skill is efficient for dodging and striking back.
Effectiveness of the weapon can be improved by buffing it with various spells.
After having explored everything the Lands Between have to offer extensively and trying out a variety of builds, I can say this with confidence that when it comes to weapons, the best options depend a lot on your overall stats and your preferences. Still, in curved greatswords the best options are more distinctive than others, because here you don’t have too many choices and thus some outshine the others.
What I consider to be the best curved greatsword in Elden Ring has to be either Bloodhound Fang or Morgott’s Cursed Sword. Not only do these have substantial damage and the curved greatsword moveset you’re looking for, they also come with innate skills that are useful in almost every situation, making them idead for all sorts of builds that can slot these weapons.
If you enjoyed reading this guide to the best curved greatswords in Elden Ring, consider letting me know which ones are your favorite in the comments section below! As always, eXputer wishes you luck, fellow Tarnished!
Daniyal is a Guides Writer and Editor at eXputer with over one year of experience in content writing. He's had a passion for tech and gaming for more than 15 years. Ever since his first console, the PS2, he's constantly branching off to different genres, and his go-to at the moment is the Souls experience pioneered by FromSoftware, which is evident by his 1,500+ hours of game time on Elden Ring. You can learn some more about Daniyal's gaming journey on his Steam & Xbox profiles.
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