Dragon Halberd vs Nightrider Glaive

[TK (Shad)]

Personal opinions on which one is the better Halberd to use through the game? I just got the Dragon one... but my Nightrider is already at +5. I am wondering if its better to stick with Nightrider Glaive or go through the trouble of getting enough shards to upgrade the Dragon Halberd?

[Mandalorian Deathknight]

from looking at the wiki and if you are a strength build then
Nightrider Glaive might be you're choice

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Nightrider+Glaive
https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Dragon+Halberd

can compare the two

[Eternal Cowboy]

What are your stats?
Those ratings of A-E for strength/dex/faith etc.... make all the difference along with ashes of war can change those too...with keen,heavy,etc...

[Eternal Cowboy]

if you have a strength build you want a weapon with c or higher in strength. If you find a weapon with 3 stats like the Golden Halberd from the tree sentinel (guy on horse you fight and get stomped when you begin lol) it has faith, strength and dex scaling. I do like 450 plus damage and up per hit.

[TK (Shad)]

So I'm a strength build for sure. So I'm guessing simply because of the better scaling that the Glaive is better. Even though the Dragon Halberd has a better starting damage stat?

[SmallGespenst]

Originally posted by TK-14188:

So I'm a strength build for sure. So I'm guessing simply because of the better scaling that the Glaive is better. Even though the Dragon Halberd has a better starting damage stat?

scaling is important and I'm pretty sure that the Dragon Halberd can't have Ashes added, so no infusions and you're stuck with the base weapon art

[Kaiden Kumori]

You can get the bell bearing from the mines and buy the upgrade stones

[TK (Shad)]

Originally posted by Saucesori:

You can get the bell bearing from the mines and buy the upgrade stones

Wait whaaaa? Bell Bearing? I'll have to look this up.