Elden Ring: 10 Best Unique Weapon Skills, Ranked

Highlights

• Elden Ring offers a wide variety of unique weapon skills for players, each with devastating attacks suited to different playstyles.
• Some weapon skills, like Reduvia Blood Blade or Wave Of Destruction, can outperform even the strongest spells in the game, making them essential for combat.
• Acquiring these powerful weapons and skills requires strategy, as players must defeat challenging enemies or bosses to unlock them and master their usage.

Of all FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed Souls games, Elden Ring offers the most attack methods in the series, from various weapons such as swords, axes, hammers, or knives, to a wide array of sorceries, incantations, and throwable items. In addition, each weapon or shield comes with a powerful skill, which offers a useful attack or ability for that armament. While many of these abilities can be used on multiple weapons, some of the strongest are unique to one weapon.

Much like the many character builds in the game, the weapons of Elden Ring are varied to suit different playstyles. The unique weapon skills offer devastating attacks. Some of these can even outperform the strongest spells in the game. These abilities are central to the combat in Elden Ring and can mean the difference between victory and death.

10 Reduvia Blood Blade

A Powerful Early Game Skill

• Weapon: Reduvia
• Requires: Str 5, Dex 13, Arc 13
• FP Cost: 6

For players looking for an effective blood-build weapon, the Reduvia is the first port of call. Players can acquire this powerful dagger very early by defeating Bloody Finger Nerijus close to the starting area.

The Reduvia’s unique weapon skill fires small waves of blood that can be fired off quickly and accurately. This greatly increases blood loss buildup on enemies, causing massive damage. While the attack does not have the range of other skills, Reduvia Blood Blade will quickly kill many early-game enemies, making it one of the best Limgrave weapons to collect.

9 Ordovis’s Vortex

A Stylish & Powerful Attack

• Weapon: Ordovis’s Greatsword
• Requires: Str 25, Dex 13, Fai 15
• FP Cost: 15

In the lore of Elden Ring, the Crucible is the ancient primordial power that birthed the Erdtree that towers above the Lands Between. The last remnants of this power can be seen through the Aspects of the Crucible Incantations and the various Crucible Knights’ weapons.

Ordovis’s Vortex is a unique skill that summons this ancient power of the Crucible. Using this effective skill causes the weapon to spin multiple times, building up strength to unleash a devastating attack. Charging Ordovis’s Vortex will increase the length and power, but will open up players to attack. To acquire Ordovis’s Greatsword, players must complete Auriza Hero’s Grave and defeat Crucible Knight Ordovis.

8 Wave Of Destruction

Send Forth A Wave Of Gravitational Power

• Weapon: Ruins Greatsword
• Requires: Str 50, Int 16
• FP Cost: 25

Wave of Destruction is a powerful weapon skill unique to the Ruins Greatsword. Players may miss this Colossal weapon, as it is only accessible before the Radahn Festival or after defeating Starscourge Radahn. This huge weapon is one of the strongest in the game and requires significant leveling in strength. However, the unique skill can decimate enemies and bosses alike.

Players raise the weapon high, summoning gravitational magic. After slamming down the sword, a wave of power destroys everything in its path. This attack is great for crowd control and has excellent range. It can be a powerful attack against many of the game’s bosses but requires good timing and distance to be most effective.

7 Night-And-Flame Stance

A Powerful Weapon For Magic Users

• Weapon: Sword Of Night and Flame
• Requires: Str 12, Dex 12, Int 24, Fai 24
• FP Cost: (26 – 32)

The Sword Of Night and Flame is one of the most unique weapons in Elden Ring. It offers players two special skills, using both intelligence and faith. The first skill fires one of the most powerful sorceries in the game, Comet Azur, while the second is an effective flame attack.

While many players may miss the sword due to its steep requirements, it is an ideal choice for all-round magic users. Comet Azur can decimate enemies from range, while the flame attack can be an excellent weapon for crowd control. Players will find the sword in Caria Manor in a locked room accessible only from the rooftops section of the castle.

6 Bloodboon Ritual

Summon The Power Of An Outer God

• Weapon: Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear
• Requires: Str 24, Dex 14, Arc 27
• FP Cost: 20

Players will first encounter this skill by fighting Mohg, Lord of Blood. Halfway through the battle, the boss will summon the power of his Outer God, the Formless Mother, and bathe the arena in a red glow, causing massive damage and blood loss. For players, this weapon skill can be one of the most powerful in the game.

Players thrust the spear into the air three times, summoning the same red power as Mohg. Entire groups of enemies can be quickly taken out by the attack, and it is also effective against single enemies. The range of the AOE is considerable and is an effective tool for finishing off bosses who are low on health. To get Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear, players must exchange the Remembrance of the Blood Lord with Enia at Roundtable Hold after defeating Mohg.

5 Gold Breaker

Smash Enemies With The Power Of Marika

• Weapon: Marika’s Hammer
• Requires: Str 20, Dex 12, Fai 19
• FP Cost: 26

Gold Breaker is one of the strongest weapon skills in Elden Ring. Players raise Marika’s Hammer into the air and smash it down onto enemies, dealing both physical and holy damage. Players will first encounter the weapon being wielded by Radagon during the first phase of the final boss fight.

While the attack has a small AOE, it is most effective against single enemies throughout NG+. However, the length of the attack does open players up to damage, so the skill does require good timing. Defeating the final boss rewards players with the Elden Remembrance, which can be exchanged in Roundtable Hold for Marika’s Hammer.

4 Transient Moonlight

Slice Enemies With Magic Projectiles

• Weapon: Moonveil
• Requires: Str 12, Dex 18, Int 23
• FP Cost: (15 – 20)

Moonveil is one of the most powerful swords for intelligence-based characters. In addition to its magic and physical damage, it also inflicts blood loss buildup on enemies. However, its best feature is the unique weapon skill, Transient Moonlight, which turns the Katana into an effective ranged weapon.

Players can slash the air with Moonveil, firing waves of magic at enemies. The light attack of this skill shoots horizontally, while the heavy attack shoots vertically. This attack is fast and powerful and works extremely well against large bosses and crowds of enemies. This weapon can be acquired early in the game by defeating the Magma Wyrm found in the Gael Tunnel in Caelid. However, this fight can be challenging for low-level players.

3 Taker’s Flames

Destroy Enemies With Life-Stealing Flames

• Weapon: Blasphemous Blade
• Requires: Str 22, Dex 15, Fai 21
• FP Cost: 30

The Blasphemous Blade is one of the creepiest weapons in Elden Ring. This powerful sword is covered with the still writhing mangled bodies of its many victims. However, the unique weapon skill, Taker’s Flames, is one of the most effective in the game.

Players raise the weapon above their heads, summoning flames to the sword’s blade. Players will then unleash devastating flames that steal HP from anything caught in the attack. Taker’s Flames is extremely effective against large bosses and groups of enemies. However, the attack requires space and good timing. Players must exchange the Remembrance of the Blasphemous in Roundtable Hold to acquire the sword and weapon skill.

2 Corpse Piler

Inflict Massive Blood Loss On Foes

• Weapon: Rivers of Blood
• Requires: Str 12, Dex 18, Arc 20
• FP Cost: 17

On release, Rivers of Blood became one of the most renowned weapons in the game. It is one of the many items in Elden Ring that could be considered its easy mode. Blood Loss is extremely effective in the game and deals huge amounts of damage to enemies. The unique weapon skill for this devastating Katana is the aptly named Corpse Piler.

Players split the air with two slashes of blood, dealing damage and increasing blood loss buildup. Few enemies can avoid the attack and its speed means it is effective against many of the game’s fastest bosses. Corpse Piler is a useful skill in both PvE and PvP. To get the weapon, players will need to make their way to the Mountaintop of the Giants region and defeat Bloody Finger Okina in the Church of Repose.

1 Wave Of Gold

A Powerful Wave That Destroys Enemies

• Weapon: Sacred Relic Sword
• Requires: Str 14, Dex 24, Fai 22
• FP Cost: 42

Wave of Gold is the unique ability of the Sacred Relic Sword. The weapon and its devastating skill are mainly used only in NG+, which makes sense considering how powerful the attack is. Players unleash a large golden wave that spreads out in front of the player, dealing damage to anything in its way.

This unique attack requires considerable points in Mind, for its high FP cost. However, the attack has a wide arc and considerable range, meaning few can escape. Entire groups of enemies can be taken out instantly with just one use of Wave of Gold, making it one of the most powerful attacks in the game. Players must first defeat the final boss, Elden Beast, to get the Sacred Relic Sword and Wave of Gold. After this, they can exchange the Elden Remembrance for the sword in Roundtable Hold.