What is the best PvE weapon

[Scy]

... and why is it BKH ?

Please tell me if there's something that's actually better, I want to play NG+ with a different weapon.

[Zangato]

Black Knight Halberd.

[Adachi Ame]

Silver Knight Weapons are pretty alright overall though anything can be a decent PvE weapon. That is one of the lovely things about the Original Dark Souls, is that no matter what you choose, you can nigh make almost ANYTHING playable in PvE. This is something that DkS2 did get right to a lesser degree. But what DkS3 failed at.(Where the only option is to roll and take groups one at a time.)

[alrik1119]

Yes, Silver Knight weapons are good!

[Shalashaska]

Any strength weapon works good.

[Scy]

Originally posted by Shalashaska:

Any strength weapon works good.

Are you saying that for example reinforced club is as good as BKH ? (I actually played through the whole game with a reinforced club during my first time and it was kinda harsh).

[DarkFenix]

BKGA is better, so is the great scythe.

[Mad Marduk]

I loved quelaag’s chaos sword my last play through. The balder side sword was great until then, but I got lucky and had one drop off the second balder knight I killed. I never really played with strength weapons though. I preferred leaving weight for my shield so I could keep my fast roll.

[bkenny583]

BKH is beacuse it's easy to upgrade, has good damage and reach, decent stamina consumpution, and stat req. are easily met if you don't mind 2 handing.

The higher str weapons are becuase they pancake things and do great damage.

[Shalashaska]

Originally posted by Scylla:

Originally posted by Shalashaska:

Any strength weapon works good.

Are you saying that for example reinforced club is as good as BKH ? (I actually played through the whole game with a reinforced club during my first time and it was kinda harsh).

I meant the bigger strength weapons, never tried the smaller ones.

[ℝℯ⊻ℯℵℊ∄❤]

Hey guise, this is Dark Souls.
It has 2 things, a Zweihander and poise.

[HypetheKomodo]

For PvE I'm fond of the Demon's Greataxe, because it's a damage dealing machine that can also be buffed

It's difficult to use in PvP due to how slow it is and it's massive weight, but it can crush anything very quickly

[Taco Cat]

A weapon you enjoy using

[Novi]

As someone who tested almost every weapon on the highest NG cycle on a high level character (about 50 in every damage increasing stat):

1) Most importantly, if you want to do decent damage, go with weapons that only do 1 type of damage (basically, go pure physical)

2a) If you want to use faster hitting/dex weapons:
Use weapons that are buffable - sunlight/moonlight blade, crystal magic weapon are your best choices. Even a simple dagger is viable, but if you want to kill bosses in a reasonable amount of time, this is necessary. To kill normal enemies without using buffs, go for criticals/bleed.

2b) If you want to use slower, heavier hitting weapons:
Scaling will eventually outshine weapons that are OP at first. Claymore will do more damage than BKS (not to mention it has much better moveset), Zweihander will do more damage than BKGS, etc. On TOP of that, those weapons are also buffable, making them far more viable for end-game.

All that said, this game is easy. IMO, the most garbage weapon in NG+6 on a high level character you can use is the Astora straight sword. It simply deals pitiful damage, having about 100 less AR than a divine longsword and being an unbuffable split-damage weapon. Only way I beat 4 kings (dps race boss) with that was using power within. But even then, I managed to beat them. And rest of the game is fine, if you have a bit of patience.

[SnakeDoctor]

Great Scythe to Dex Build.

[SnakeDoctor]

Gravelord Sword is overpowered. Very strong weapon. Even no bonus status.