What's everyone's favorite weapon/build so far in DLC?

[Rudy Ray Moore]

Just beat the DLC and finishing up side stuff now, but just curious if anyone found any great/fun builds with new content weapons? I started with Blasphemous Blade but switched over to Bloodfiend's Blood Arm bleed build for late game DLC. I have a lot of weapons collected that I'm eager to try out but interested in hearing the communities take on some they've been using.

[Weaver_Of_Dreams]

messmers impaler and star lined sword for sure

[Malaise Forever]

So far...Backhand Blades with bleed affinity and the stock Blindside AOW. Awesomely fun moveset and Blindside made me drop Bloodhound Step until I got to Messmer.

[Rudy Ray Moore]

Originally posted by Weaver_Of_Dreams:

messmers impaler and star lined sword for sure

I haven't come across that sword yet but I'll definitely check it out when I get it, thanks.

[Rudy Ray Moore]

Originally posted by Malaise Forever:

So far...Backhand Blades with bleed affinity and the stock Blindside AOW. Awesomely fun moveset and Blindside made me drop Bloodhound Step until I got to Messmer.

Nice, I haven't tried a fast build in a while, I'll have to see what those are all about.

[Rudy Ray Moore]

Originally posted by 4rapidfire:

just longsword

Haha, well the basics have always treated me well in the past mayhap I should try them again. I've actually been wanting to get back to my OG zweihander build from time to time.

[Caveman Smash]

great katana is growing on me pretty fast

[Rudy Ray Moore]

Originally posted by Caveman Smash:

great katana is growing on me pretty fast

Oh that's another one I really wanna try, I took a few swipes with it when it first dropped and I really enjoyed the moveset.

[paincanbefun]

blood fork with blood tax, milady with blood tax. i like the poison fists + rot exultation + mushroom crown but that's just for goofing around

[LuckyCheshire]

Freja's Greatsword is fantastic. Pretty basic, but it buffs Redmane AoWs, which include, yes, Lion's Claw.

[Climhazzard]

I'm still using my intelligence build with mainstays like Moonveil and Darkmoon greatsword. If I had to say what my favorite new weapons are, then I'd cast my votes for Milady and Dryleaf arts. Milady is my new favorite sidearm, though I still swap to Moonveil of Darkmoon for bosses if necessary. Dryleaf arts are very fun, though not something I'm optimized for.

[Rando the Crit Clown]

Light greatsword, great katana, perfume bottles

[nekaz2010]

rivers of blood (for bleed damage), moon veil (cuz why not), uchikatna with frost stomp ash of war (for frost build up) and that one large katana from yura the hunter guy (for parrying)

[Last Jackdaw]

I am trying to decide which Smith Script weapons I should focus on for a NG Play thorugh.
All of them (but the daggers) are so good.

[DarkHorsePrime]

Black knight twinblade hits like a truck and stunlocks rude invaders. Te perfumers bottles, I only have the rot and lightning ones atm, are crazy good fun.

[Chris1]

Perfume bottles are a ton of fun to play with. The hand to hand arts are fun. I love the light greatsword dual wield moveset. There are some wild ashes of war too, like Dryleaf's Whirlwind is wild. Poison flower blooms twice is a really interesting ash as well which can proc scarlet rot. Overall I'm liking the boost to arcane throughout and will try respeccing an arcane focused character to try out all the new arcane goodies.