Elden Ring: All Reapers, Ranked

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• Elden Ring’s Reapers have distinctive qualities, together with harm negation bypass and Bleed buildup.
• There are 5 Reapers within the recreation, with the Winged Scythe dealing essentially the most harm.
• Reapers’ Weapon Expertise provide varied advantages, reminiscent of stopping enemy HP and FP flask utilization.

Elden Ring’s Reapers, or what may extra generally be referred to as scythes, have plenty of distinctive qualities. Apart from wanting cool, additionally they ignore a major quantity of the harm negation from shields, which may be helpful in each PvE and PvP. Moreover, all of them include innate Bleed buildup, which is at all times a pleasant bonus, even for those who don’t make it the main focus of your construct.

Sadly, Reapers are an underutilized weapon class in Elden Ring. In whole, there are solely 5 within the recreation. However since they will all be obtained comparatively early within the recreation (except for the DLC choice), it’s straightforward to check them out and see which one is best for you.

In contrast to in earlier FromSoftware video games, Elden Ring’s Reapers have an actual backstab animation! Not will you simply shove your entire scythe blade into your enemy, blunt finish first.

Up to date on July 7, 2024 by Lucas Ellinas: With Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC comes one other Reaper. We have added it to this record to see which Reaper is the perfect to make use of.

5 Winged Scythe

That’s proper; there are simply 4 Reapers in Elden Ring’s base recreation, and half of them are Religion-based. Why From Software program made that call is hard to say, however don’t let their shared stats trick you into considering these two weapons are the identical.

For starters, the Winged Scythe beats the Halo Scythe when it comes to harm. In reality, it offers essentially the most harm of any Reaper, though a lot of that’s made up of Holy harm, which may fall off later within the recreation as many bosses are immune to the harm sort.

The Winged Scythe’s weapon Ability, Angel’s Wings, causes you to leap into the air and slash down for vital harm. And, not like the Halo Scythe, this Weapon Ability has the identical scaling because the common assaults, so that you don’t want to fret about splitting your ranges.

Angel’s Wings additionally has the distinctive property of stopping enemies from utilizing their HP and FP Flasks. This, mixed with its glorious harm, makes it maybe the perfect Reaper in PvP, since you possibly can cease your enemies from therapeutic and, extra importantly, maintain these pesky mages from getting extra FP.

You will discover the Winged Scythe in a chest beneath the Tombsward Ruins, situated on the Weeping Peninsula. There’s no boss right here, however there are some Rats and Pages, who can deal spectacular harm, particularly with their crossbows.

If you would like the Flask-negating impact however do not like this Reaper, the Albinauric Pots you possibly can craft have the identical impact.

4 Scythe

The common Scythe is a comparatively easy weapon, however there’s extra to it than initially meets the attention. It’s the longest Reaper, albeit by a slender margin, and has a novel moveset: It’s charged heavy assaults are quick double-strikes. Since you possibly can equip it with Ashes of War, you possibly can customise its moveset even additional.

Whereas the Scythe is crushed out when it comes to harm generally by different weapons in its class, it will get A scaling in Dexterity when given the Eager Affinity, making it your only option for a pure Dexterity construct.

The Scythe is situated within the Cliffbottom Catacombs, which, because the identify suggests, may be discovered on the backside of a cliff in Liurina of the Lakes, northeast of the Liurnia Freeway South Web site of Grace.

This space may be accessed at the beginning of the sport by taking the key path round Stormveil Fort. The Catacombs gained’t be straightforward to battle by way of, although, as you’ll face a number of Omens, an enemy sort you don’t encounter persistently till you attain the Altus Plateau.

3 Halo Scythe

The Halo Scythe is a Faith-based weapon that doesn’t at all times act like one. It offers some Holy harm, however largely Bodily, and scales considerably higher with Dexterity than with Religion. Usually, that may incline you to invest heavily into Dexterity, whereas solely assembly the minimal Religion necessities.

Nevertheless, the primary motive to make use of the Halo Scythe is for its Weapon Ability, Miquella’s Ring of Gentle, which scales solely with Religion. It launches a hoop of sunshine a major distance, and may be chain solid for a mere eleven FP.

Different weapons, together with a couple of Scythes, can use the same Weapon Ability: Sacred Rings of Gentle. However Miquella’s variant travels additional, has higher harm, and the rings it launches are bigger, at the price of simply two additional FP per solid. If that Weapon Ability appeals to you, put most of your ranges into Religion, and choose up the Halo Scythe.

Sadly, the Halo Scythe is likely one of the more durable Reapers to get, since you have to farm the Cleanrot Knights that carry it. You will discover them in lots of Elden Ring’s areas, however early farming location is within the Swamp of Aeonia, roaming the realm round the place you battle Commander O’Neil.

When you can entry this space from the beginning of the sport, Cleanrot Knights are powerful enemies to battle at low ranges.

2 Obsidian Lamina

The one Reaper within the DLC, the Obsidian Lamina is the signature weapon of Ansbach, an NPC you may encounter early on. Like the bottom recreation’s Reapers, it has innate Bleed buildup. However not like these, it comes with innate Arcane scaling, which suggests having extra Arcane will improve how briskly you possibly can set off Bleed.

The Obsidian Lamina has a comparatively low assault ranking in comparison with the opposite Scythes, but additionally has a very flashy Weapon Ability, Dynastic Sickleplay, that provides you lots of mobility. Sadly, you gained’t be capable of use the weapon for a lot of the DLC, since getting it requires beating the ultimate boss whereas siding with Ansbach throughout his questline. Watch out, although; Ansbach’s quest can finish in a number of methods, and for those who do not facet with him, the Obsidian Lamina will not be obtainable.

Every bit of Ansbach’s Set barely buffs the harm of Dynastic Sickleplay.

1 Grave Scythe

The opposite Reaper that may be geared up with distinctive Ashes of Battle, the Grave Scythe is well essentially the most versatile weapon within the class. It’s a bit shorter than the Scythe, and lacks its distinctive moveset, however will out-damage it on most Affinities. Because it doesn’t deal Holy harm, it is going to carry out higher than each the Halo and Winged Scythes towards many bosses, regardless of having decrease harm in a vacuum.

It doesn’t have the identical flashy skills as the opposite Reapers, however if you wish to use a construct that isn’t Religion, Dexterity, or Bleed-based (and that’s an extended record of potential choices), the Grave Scythe is the place it is at. The most suitable choice might be the Heavy Affinity, which beats out the Eager Scythe on the identical degree.

The Grave Scythe is one other weapon that must be farmed for, though the Skeletal Mages that drop it are a lot simpler to take care of than Cleanrot Knights who wield the Halo Scythe. You will discover all of them throughout the Lands Between, however there’s early farming spot within the graveyard close to the Lake-Going through Cliffs Web site of Grave, the primary Web site of Grace you could find in Liurnia of the Lakes.