Elden Ringhas hundreds of weapons to choose from, and finding a weapon that scales appropriately to your build is essential. A Faith based build is perfect fora rounded characterwho wants to mix support and offensiveincantations.
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Elden Ring offers a wide variety of weapons to choose from, including the bow weapon type. This list breaks down the best bows available in the game.
The necessary centerpiece for a Faith based build is a weapon that scales off your Faith stat. While many weapons scale off your Faith, here are some of the best ones you need to go into the Lands Between and find immediately.
Updated By Joshua Leeds On March 13th, 2024:This article has been updated to include additional information on each weapon, including the required stats to wield the weapon and what stats they scale best from.
15Marika’s Hammer
High Physical And Some Holy Damage.
While Marika’s Hammer is a solid weapon to use, it is heavily held back by its difficulty to obtain, requiring players to beat the final boss before being able to get it. It is a smaller weapon that will require players to get close to enemies in order to fight effectively.
This weapon comes with the unique skill Gold Breaker and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. For those who fought Marika time and time again, this ability is a direct attack used by the boss. It deals excellent AOE damage and a high amount of both holy and physical damage.
14Cranial Vessel Candlestand
Equal Physical And Fire Damage
TheCranial Vessel Candlestandis a massive hammer that deals with physical and fire damage and has an incredible skill for AOE damage. This weapon is perfect for those heavily upgrading both their faith and strength.
This weapon comes with the unique skill Surge Of Faith and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. Surge Of Faith releases many fireballs that rain down in a circle around the player, dealing a high amount of fire damage. While this skill’s damage is limited against a single enemy, larger enemies are more likely to be hit by multiple fireballs.
13Grafted Dragon
Close Range Physical And Fire Damage
Grafted Dragonis a fist weapon that can make many attacks very quickly, and while it does require you to get very close to enemies, it is more than worth the risk. This weapon is a fist weapon, and will require a fast character who doesn’t worry about fighting enemies up close and personal.
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This weapon comes with the unique skill Bear Witness and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. This skill offers a bit of range and AOE, qualities that regular attacks won’t provide, and help make the weapon more versatile. Bring a dragon weapon; it also offers a bonus in damage to dragon-type enemies.
12Blade Of Calling
Mostly Physical With Some Holy Damage
Blade of Callingis a dagger that deals a decent amount of physical and holy damage, with its weaker attacks made up for by its higher attack speed. Despite the lower starting Holy Damage, it will later scale beyond Physical damage.
This weapon comes with the unique skill Blade of Gold and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. This skill is great for getting players out of tight spots and firing a ranged attack that deals high amounts of holy damage. While in the air for this skill’s animation, the player takes little to no damage.
11Envoy’s Long Horn
HIgh Physical and Holy Damage
TheEnvoy’s Long Hornis a decent weapon that deals physical and holy damage but greatly excels with its skill. While this weapon may be a pain to farm enemies for, it is very much worth the effort to get.
This weapon comes with the skill Bubble Shower and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. This skill launches dozens of bubbles in front of the player, each dealing their own holy damage. While each bubble deals a decent amount of damage, larger enemies and bosses will take incredible damage after being hit by all the bubbles from this skill.
10Golden Halberd
Faster High Physical and Holy Damage
Halberds in Soulsborne games have always been a step above the rest. They are perfect for many situations with good reach, strong base damage, and creatively quick attacks. TheGolden Halberdnever gets an incredible Faith scale but maintains a “D” through all upgrades.
Its higher strength modifier makes it a strong option for Strength/Faith builds. Its Ash of War is Golden Vow, a great incantation that boosts your attack and defense. This Ash also affects allies around you, making it a great bonus to an already great weapon.
9Sword of Night and Flame
Physical, Magic and Fire Damage.
TheSword of Night and Flameuses physical, magic, and fire damage in its basic attacks. A high Faith stat will focus on the fire damage of this weapon by significantly increasing it. While your magic damage may not be as significant, the additional elemental damage will help with fire-resistant bosses.
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This weapon has a unique skill Night-and-Flame Stance. Switching between these stances allows you to use a direct magic beam or a sweeping flame attack. This weapon also incentives a possible Faith and Intelligence build, but even focusing on just one stat makes this weapon incredible.
8Erdtree Bow
Low Physical With More Holy Damage
While some bows rely on special arrows to add an elemental affinity to each shot, theErdtree Bowtakes care of that for every shot. Having a bow that adds Holy affinity to every arrow can make even weak arrows suddenly become much more helpful.
Bow builds can usually be expensive as you spend your runes on different arrows, but this bow allows you to buy general arrows and use them as if they are unique. Like many bows, Erdtree’s special ability is Mighty Shot. While this skill is general, it can do massive damage when utilized correctly and is a great way to start an encounter.
7Halo Scythe
Physical And Holy Damage With Bleed.
Hemorrhage in Elden Ring is an incredible buildup effect, no matter how many times they patch it.Halo Scythedoes Holy damage that scales from Faith and adds a Hemorrhage buildup with each hit from the weapon.
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The Miquella’s Ring of Light ability makes this weapon unique. This ability casts a ring of Holy damage that fires at the enemy’s current location. While your weapon does no damage while casting, the rings deal pure Holy damage based on your Faith skill.
6Maliketh’s Black Blade
High Physical With Very Good Holy Damage.
Starting at a scaling of “D,“Maliketh’s Black Bladecan be upgraded to scale off Strength and Faith with a ‘B.” Its already high base damages can lead to incredible combined damage when this weapon is obtainable later in the game.
This weapon’s unique skill, Destined Death, is likean attack from its former owner. The blade swings with Holy damage around the player, eventually stabbing the group for an AOE of a black vortex. This skill not only briefly lowers your enemy’s Max HP but also drains their health for a short time.
