Best weapon for level 1 run?

[Mr Compassionate]

I've gotten into the capital using the pointed fork up until this point but is there a better way? I assume duel wielding bleed weapons is the pro strat but I have no idea what the RL1 meta is.

[Superboniato]

Serpent hunter would be my choice, although i prefer poison, rot, bleed...

[Sonnenbank]

Serpent Hunter is the best RL1 weapon.

Even on RL 1 it does so much damage you can kill most lategame bosses in 5-6 hits

[Tsukada]

Noble's Slender Sword

[twiggy]

Escrito originalmente por Doctor Teo:

Bleed for bosses, Golden Halberd for general use.

Golden Halb has weirdly strong base damage, and is one of the highest damage weapons that isn't reliant on high stats or status effects.

For bosses, of course weapons like frost and bleed that deal percent damage are going to be king.

If it's a status immune boss, the optimal in the mid-stages is either the Black Knife and spamming weapon skills, or else the Godskin Stitcher which naturally comes packed with Blackflame Tornado way before the Ash of War version becomes obtainable.

golden halberd cant be infused with ashe and its golden vow sucks compared to the spell version and its too heavy

[Doctor Teo]

Escrito originalmente por twiggy:

Escrito originalmente por Doctor Teo:

Bleed for bosses, Golden Halberd for general use.

Golden Halb has weirdly strong base damage, and is one of the highest damage weapons that isn't reliant on high stats or status effects.

For bosses, of course weapons like frost and bleed that deal percent damage are going to be king.

If it's a status immune boss, the optimal in the mid-stages is either the Black Knife and spamming weapon skills, or else the Godskin Stitcher which naturally comes packed with Blackflame Tornado way before the Ash of War version becomes obtainable.

golden halberd cant be infused with ashe and its golden vow sucks compared to the spell version and its too heavy

Golden Halb is literally one of the strongest weapons in terms of raw base damage. This is also a level 1 playthrough, which means the level you need to use something is relevant, but Golden Halb is doable with not too much effort (Godrick Great Rune and a STR tali or Rad Soreseal to 2-hand).

The only relevant infusions for a playthrough like this are usually bleed and frostbite, but percentage damage is relevant for bosses, whereas normal mobs tend to have wildly ranging health where percentage damage is rarely a pro. Infusing for heavy/keen is pointless, since you wouldn't have the stats to make them work -- you're after base damage, not scaling. This is specifically where the raw damage and good stagger of Golden Halb is strong.

You're not using Ashes of War on normal enemies with 10 Mind, you're saving that FP for bosses, which is when you swap out the Golden Halb for a bleed/frost weapon anyways (or a weapon with a Blackflame ability for status immune bosses).