Ranking EVERY Weapon in Tears Of The Kingdom from WORST to BEST 

This video was meant to come out a while ago but I got sidetracked... Sorry about that! Hope you guys enjoy the tier list and have a nice day😁

22:25 - "For that, the Fierce Deity Sword goes straight to the top of A-tier" *Proceeds to put it in the middle of A-tier*

Also soldier's spear is highly underrated. The quick charge lets you get an incredible amount of DPS when enemies only have a short time being vulnerable. I was basically one shotting entire boss phases with mid game fuses. Yeah it loses to the S tiers but with how common these are they're super solid.

Attaching lizal tails increases boomerang range to a silly degree, very fun weapon. Giant boomerang+ice lizal tail is my favourite army crusher.

Bruh the magic staff is s-tier in crowd control when you make it ice and comes in clutch in certain waves of the endboss fight. It belongs in s-tier.

You mentioned that you'd be better off using the forest dweller's shield than the spear, but the shield doesn't have the ability that the weapons do, shields don't have abilities

The sturdy sticks are actually really good for non-damaging utilities like gleeok horns or korok fronds because of their durability. B tier, not D tier.

Zora Claymore is super OP with a certain strategy. If you cover yourself with the bubble shield you can do a charged spin attack with the claymore and not trigger the bubble's attack animation. This not only gives you the wet buff but also let's you stay in bubble giving you protection while you spin.

Here’s a correction about the Master Sword’s stats: When you’re near gloom enemies, the base damage (not counting the fused item) does not double; it instead does 1.5x the damage (+15). However, the base damage does double when you’re fighting Ganondorf, along with having infinite durability. i just wish the master sword kept that massive durability bonus of 188 when glowing, just like BOTW, because in TOTK, the durability is stuck at 40 (again, unless if you fight any form of Ganondorf)

Honestly, the Royal Halberd (pristine version with +10 bonus attack) fused with a frost Gleeok horn is so OP, during a flurry rush the base power will be 116, however, the second attack will be 348 which can be done 5 times during a flurry rush. Consequently, you'll be able to take out most (if not all) freezeable enemies in a single flurry rush.

As the designated spear wielder (and certified Splash Fruit addict)-ouch, but fair. Durability is something of a problem with spears, though I think their speed and range make up for it. I also consider the Scimitar of the Seven to be as good as the Lightscale Trident, since Strong Fusion is my favorite weapon ability (which is why the Gerudo Spear is one of my favorite weapons). Spears are also great weapons for dealing with Like Likes, since I like to hoard arrows (for absolutely no reason) and don’t like wasting them on Like Likes. Barely related: the Boulder Breaker is probably best used to kill Talus and Frox, since it melts them like a Hylian in a Death Mountain cave. Also, as others have mentioned, the Zonaite weapons get a power bonus with Construct Horns. That’s why there’s usually a Captain IV Spear in my inventory.

You forgot the decayed master sword, but to save you time I just put it in SS tier because of how much damage it deals and its high durability stat👍

Knight Boardsword is really good in the depths. If you are only fighting gloom enemies and they hit you BUT YOU have empty black, but not gloomed hearts, those go first so u can actually use knight weapons to get thru lynel collusieium with ease and take several hits without dying

also, i think that sturdy stick deserves more. it offers higher durability, and can be good for early game. if i have something with okay fuse attack power, i just put it onto sturdy stick since it has good durability

You’re reaaaally underrating the Zora spear. 8 dmg is wank, but 40 durability and it doubling to 16 base + 2X a fused part cannot be understated. This is thing climbs to ridiculous numbers so easily and lasts for stupid long, I find myself throwing some of the A or even S tier weapons on the ground to get a zora spear if I can’t fit it in my inv

Sea breeze boomerang will still return after hitting an enemy if you fuse an ice keese eye to it, you have a homing ice tornado that will always come back

Other thing to account for is what weapons are usable during storms

10:14 construct horns also count's as zonai device so i should place it in high B tier/ low A tier

I specialized in spears because I really liked their high risk, high reward style of gameplay. You just have to get really good at dodges and you're golden.

Also for any of the zora weapons, you can use sidon’s sage ability to get the extra attack damage, if you find that easier/more efficient than having to throw and use up a splash fruit.

Really enjoyed your analysis (learned a lot) and watching you fight in the background. Thanks for the video!

The sturdy stick weapons honestly should be higher on the list (especially the sturdy long stick.) They have absurdly good durability for how early you get them in the game clocking in at 24 for the one and two handed variants and a whopping 34 for the spear, for comparison, the non-pristine royal weapons have less durability than these literal sticks. For the early game, having a weapon that you can just guilt-free fuse your overpowered +20 damage monster part on is a pretty big boon warranting at least a C tier or maybe even a low B tier. While they're obviously not as good as the hero sword or the pristine korok weapons, they're still pretty good as an early game fuse dump.

Boomerang belongs in a for sure It's like a broadsword but with crowd control and high range

Short Correction: The Master Sword wont double up damage, its base damage only increases from 30 to 45 But Therefore it doesnt Lose any durrability when fighting against Phantom Ganon and Ganondorf himself. In one specific phase however its base damage increases in a specific phase of the Final Fight from 30 to 300 which is pretty neat

The Boulder Breaker has an attack of 150% against the Big Frogs, Talusses and other big and "hard" enemies (maybe the Molduga as well...)!

Overall good list! I do think you give spears a bit short shrift, they weren't really nerfed at all in TOTK and they don't "do reduced damage" they just played with the damage number showb to try and push people to use it more often (and use 2 handed a bit less often) to get a bit more diversity. The huge speed and ability to stay away more then compensates for that and I don't think it's unreasonable as for a casual player it makes it easier to compare and appreciate the differences.

The feather sword should be B tier, you can push boats and activate things with the wind it blows, which makes it very practical

I'd like to see a video each on bows and shields :)

Zonite horns count for zonite fusion weapons. Mighty zonite sword + zonite captain 4 horn comes out at 55-65 damage. I use it as my expendable main weapon.

Quick note about the charge attack mechanics. The one-handed charge attack is only good for knocking shields out of enemies hands, or if you're surrounded. You usually don't have enough time to charge more than one or two charge phases though. The two-handed charge attack is great against bosses, and that's about all I can say. You already know what two-handed weapons are good for. The spear charge attacks are great however, since you can jump cancel out of the last attack to get rid of all waiting frames, and also to do a side hop or backflip if you're currently locked on an enemy. I would say the spear charge is better than the two-handed charge, but that's just bias.

I feel like the high durability doesn't balance out a bad weapon. "this weapon sucks, but at least it'll take a long time to get rid of it."

For the magic staff, fusing a sapphire to it makes it a quick way to freeze a whole lot of enemies at once - seriesly, the area of effect is HUGE compared to a lot of other options, and the fact that it's a spear actually helps it out over the other options due to the quick attack speed. On top of that, the damage reduction for spears doesn't matter on a weapon solely meant to freeze the field (and any debuff it might have gets cancelled out by just how quick you can use it). You get plenty of time to shift to a powerful claymore and start spinning around. It's definitely something that should be used in conjunction with other weapons, but you have multiple weapon slots for a reason. It definitely deserves to be in A-tier, but I think the staff specifically should go in front of the other magic rods due to its quick attack speed. The only other weapon I can think of with a larger freezing AOE then the magic rods is a boomerang with a frost emitter on it.

I'm still waiting for Nintendo to bug-fix the master sword so that it gets the +25 durability of fuse. You only get it for the first time you have it, but once it loses energy the first time, it is locked at 40 durability every time thereafter; with no sparkle. :(

Great video!

Bit of an old video but there are some things I disagree with after playing for over 400 hours. First off, I know as far as a video goes it’s not possible to make more than one tier list at a time, however in practice I’d say there could be an _”early game/new player”_ tier list, but also a _”late game/seasoned player”_ one. D and C tiers are mostly fine, but some of the reasonings you apply for putting weapons in S tier (mainly the Gloom ones) don’t add up when comparing it to why some others aren’t there, such as the Royal Spear and especially the Knight’s gear (the ones with Desperate Strength attribute). I think _all_ of the Gerudo, Royal and Knight’s weapons should go in S tier simply because the damage output you can attain with them is absolutely ridiculous. Using every possible damage buff/multiplier, all of them are able to defeath both Lynels _and_ Gleeoks, which are the two highest HP enemies in the game aside from bosses. The Knight’s weapons alone gave me a pretty good reason to lower my main save file health down to three hearts and to keep it that way in alternate playthroughs. All of this should be enough statement to how much they can trivialize other overworld enemies and bosses. Gloom weapons and probably the Zora Longsword should be A tier, although I haven’t tested that last one too much, but the Water Warrior buff is very strong all across. Also, the Eightfold Blade and Forest Dweller weapons should be S tier as some sorf of combo because they lead to very easy sneakstrikes no matter which point of the game you’re at, but you only get stronger and this combo more powerful as you progress. Not to mention with FD weapons you can even fuse normal and giant Brightbloom Seeds to them and use them over and over without spending much resources, which is of huge help when traversing the depths and otherwise very dark areas. None of these three weapons are made for head-on attacks, but they’re not meant for that. They can help your strategy in ways other weapons simply lack the ability to.

If the eightfold blade is A tier idk what S tier is

this guy is totally underrated, he took the time to rate all of these weapons. crazy

the royal broadsword is better than the gloom sword, yet it doesn't go on s tier? ok...

Gnarled Wooden Stick is my dark horse weapon. I mostly fuse it with giant spike balls to make a sick mace. But I usually use the untainted royal one handed swords and lynel parts.

You’re underselling the Mighty Zonaite Sword and Mighty Zonaite Longswords way, way too much. Their perk also works with Construct Horns and Flux Construct Cores. Should be A tier.

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The reason I wouldn’t use the boulder breaker to break boulders is because I’d just use Yonobo. You can’t get the boulder breaker until after you get him, so you are guaranteed to have him if you have the weapon.

For the Zora weapons, Sidon's ability can give them the wetness buff as well. That means that with the lightscale trident, my personal favorite weapon in the game, you can get and easy 100+ damage.

Royal Guard weapons on their very last hit it deals quadruple damage as well! I love my pristine RGC for Lynel slaying lol

Recently I've tried no shrine challenge (only the first 4 that are mandatory), which in consequence means only 1 stamina wheel and 4 hearts. Since most non-silver enemies don't realy one-shot you but instead leave you with a quarter of a heart, knight weapons seem like the best option in the game for me.

royal broadsword easy s tier. I love flurry rushing and so its my favorite weapon, plus it looks cool

Great content! But I wish the corresponding video showed the particular weapon in action, rather than generic fight scenes.

I have a Scimitar of the Seven with a silver lynel horn fused that I use as my "main" weapon, 138 attack, just need to be mindful of when its near breaking to find a rock octoroc, it's very fun.

feathered edge is easily B tier. It retains its gust effect even when fused, making it pair immensely well with ice lizal horns or other ice fusions. Spear variant also gains this advantage, arguably better for striking enemies and then blowing them away or off cliffs with the frozen status. Like an upgrade to mushroom fused weapons.

I think you take the reduced damage for the spears way too seriously. Especially for the Royal variants, even if they do less damage, their flurry rushes BY FAR are the best of all the weapons. Royal Spear with Molduga jaw 1 rounds each phase of Ganondorf in flurry rush. It is incredibly easy. Its damage may not appear as high as the other weapons, but its flurry DPS is better than just about every weapon in the game. I think you vastly underrate the spears

knight weapons are cracked in the depths empty heart containers can take gloom damage so with a bit of setup you can have double damage with basically no downside

I think a mistake was made with the Biggoron Sword (even though it would still be A- Tier), is that the Biggoron Sword DOES have a special ability. The Biggoron Sword will continue it's spin attack pretty much indefinitely, unlike other 2h weapons which will eventually end the spin with a ground slam. This means you don't have to worry about stopping your spin attack too soon to avoid the ground slam, doing unnecessary additional durability damage and just focus on your "Spin to Win".

The Sprite shown for the Giant Boomerang is wrong... it also should be S Tier. It gets a 50% attack bonus just from throwing it at enemies & can hit them twice in a single throw. You missed this fact. Its fantastic, specially w Elemental fusions.

Despite the lower damage, no other weapon type is better against normal enemies than Spears. Enemies can usually be stun locked by simply hitting them with it over & over. It's their battle utility that makes them so useful, not their damage. The Royal Halberd should still be S Tier for its Durability & respectable power. Its one of the very best Spears. Also, putting the Zora Spear in B Tier is straight up criminal. It is absolutely S Tier, easily! It's double damage bonus & high Durability easily make it one of the very best Spears in the game.

Knight broadsword is one of my favourite weapons

My first time doing the army i used the magic staff and just held the stamina move, froze everything in an instant, and blew them away with my trusty hudson guster. Needless to say, I didnt have a single problem getting to Ganondorf.

Putting the Zora Spear in B Tier is straight up criminal. It is absolutely S Tier, easily! It's double damage bonus & high Durability easily make it one of the very best Spears in the game. Again, Spears are great in this game not due to their max damage but their battle utility. They are just so much more effective in practice during combat than other weapon types due to their speed & ability to stun lock regular enemies. This is coming from someone who is an actual expert of the game & not someone who merely thinks they are but clearly isn't.

When fighting Phantom Ganons and final boss the Master Sword also gains the ability to never break while fighting them even going as far to fully recharge itself for the whole fight. So not only does it get stronger but it doesn't break either while fighting those 2 enemies. However this won't matter much to those who got the unbreakable master sword from a glitch and did the fusion glitch with it before it was patched. As you can have a master sword that never breaks all the time instead of having a master sword that never breaks when fighting only both types of ganon in the game.

Excellent grading there! The gnarled stick is rightly placed, but in my heart it's ranked higher because it saved my butt in Lurelin Village. Imagine! For some reason I decided to go there at the start of my game. Lo and behold, the poor fellows were being invaded by pirates! So I had to fight them with whatever I could use. When I got onto the ship, boom! Huge Boko Boss! And to deliver the last blow, my trusty gnarled stick witj some horn attached. Huzzah, it fell!

Why not present the weapons by tiers instead? Or have time stamps? And if would be good to have a conclusion screen showing the tier rankings so someone can see where their Favorite weapons opened up

My favourites: Pristine royal broadsword + silver lynel horn + fierce diety. Also pristine zora sword (or spear) + molduga jaw + radiant armour + wet.

That dodge attack at 22:40 was Top Notch gaming

Bring your health down to 1 before you go to the depths, since if a gloom monster attacks you, it lowers your total hearts. Although with gleeoks, keese, chu chus, and lynels, you still need to worry because of elemental damage.

giant boomerang + gleeok horn = extreme AoE weapon with like 50+ damage

9:15 FOR REAL LIKE THE DURABILITY AND THE DAMAGE ARE SO PERFECT (With a +10 damage enchantment it's almost as powerful as the mastersword ) his effect is just soo good when you are about to die W LIST W RU-vidR

Is the list posted anywhere?

I disagree with about the magic rods and the royal claymore. Magic rods with an ice or lightning attachment are very good for crowd control so they should be at least a-tier. Royal claymores suck: when you flurry rush with them, you only get 4 hits and then the flurry rush ends. Both the royal halbert and the royal sword are better, being able to take out silver moblins in one flurry rush

Am I the only one that misses the Lynel melee weapons?? Sucks that Nintendont removed them

one thing you ofc failed to mention is that you can go 1 heart all the time if you use that armor set you get from kilton's brother since it reduces rubies instead hearts whenever worn

Gloom weapon are completely not worth the stats I’d much rather use a weapon with slightly lower stats than having my health bar constantly draining

Mighty Zonaite sword is an easy S for me. With a captain IV horn, that's an easy 50+ damage that you can get for free because of the weapons that spawn on the Zonaite Forge island.

I'd argue sturdy stick for c. Its durability is pretty good and makes it very good as a early-mid game fusion host due to having more durability than decayed weapons which you can only get non decayed ones by the depths. No higher because an overall weak weapon. Scratch that it has utility as a pickaxe instant s tier.

6:40 - 6:42 mans got launched by a big froggo

The Royal Spear does have the benefit of having more hits in a flurry rush, BUT I’m not sure what the math comes to, more hits might not matter with its lower attack compared to the sword The Giant Boomerang is PROBABLY my favorite weapon….if it wasn’t for the bad throwing mechanic in this game, I’d place it in the bottom of S tier. Fusing an Ice Lizalfos Tail to one = insanity lol…or of course a Savage Lynel Horn for raw damage. When thrown it always does an additional +50% damage per hit, and hits on multiple enemies isn’t hard when using an elemental Lizalfos Tail. The Giant Boomerang fused to the Colgera Jaw is just TOO COOL. The bad boomerang throw mechanic is all that holds this weapon back from S tier…. For those NOT cheating using duplication methods on items, the Forest Dweller Spear could move up at least one tier, being able to create infinite smoke screens with a single mushroom is pretty damn busted imo….it’s not a good weapon, but it’s a GREAT tool in combat in tandem with the 1H Eightfold Blade….the sword is good too, but the spear is always gonna be the best option with its better durability and reach…..I’ve never tested the shield, but if the Forest Dweller Shield has the same effect as the melee weapons, I’d just go with the shield, since that’ll free up a weapon slot You COULD argue the torch still has utility over other stuff since you can fuse a pine cone to one, thus creating a fire that’ll stay lit even in the rain….but that’s still pretty niche now….I always kept a torch in BotW, but they seem less useful in this game for sure The 1H Magic Rod is really busted with ice magic specifically, it’ll freeze everything around you more easily than a normal weapon fused to a sapphire. The 1H rod is quick and has a much wider area of effect. The Ice Rod specifically is an S tier weapon and should ALWAYS be in your inventory. It’s still just as busted in this game as it was in BotW….I suppose the Staff and 2/H version of the Ice Rod are fine, but the 1/H version is the one you want. Lastly, the Mighty Zonai weapons can be pretty decent when you have plenty Captain Construct IV Horns or are fighting Flux Construct III for their Cores….I could see placing maybe the 2H weapon up a tier just because those weapons are plentiful…maybe….otherwise, that whole weapon set is disappointing compared to the Ancient and Guardian set from BotW….oh well

Honestly my favorite weapon in the entire game is the knights claymore

I would personally say the movesets make this list feel kinda... Not entirely accurate. Spears may have less damage but they're more reliable and have the combo, flurry rush and generally more than making up for their reduced damage due to the combination of range and combo potential. Hell I would not be surprised if the reduced damage thing gets patched out like the bug it is by the time DLC comes along. Two handed swords and clubs all belong a full tier lower than where you put them because of how bad the category's moveset is, since charge attacks and throwing the weapon are the only good moves the weapon category has in the entire game. It's combos are slow and only hit twice, its flurry rushes only hit four times and in both cases the swing is so slow that one can down a few drinks in the time it takes Link to swing it twice. To put it simply, two handed swords and clubs do NOT live up to the stats, let alone the hype. One handed is clearly the best though, letting you have a shield without fusing it to the weapon, has the most reliable moveset in the game, being fairly quick, having a decent combo, the statistically best flurry rushes in the game and fairly decent damage across the board, not counting sticks and torches. Add in the boomerangs mostly being one handers, and you have easily the best category just from the moveset alone.

Royal weapons are some of the best weapons in the game for skilled players, and their Durability is some of the very best. They should all be S Tier easily.

I really don't understand the criticism of great swords, yeah you dont have your shield out like you do with a one handed sword but you can always just sheath the sword and then you do have a shield again, I like to flurry rush a lot so I do this constantly so that way using a claymore is just as safe as using a broadsword

Fun thing I like to do with soldiers spears is fuse a frost gleeok horn so it keeps refreezing the enemies lol

I always end up fusing zonai devices to my zonai weapons...well either that or Flux Construct 3 cores.

Still watching, a couple of points. Gloom sword (and the other gloom weapons) have a drawback of gloom damaging you while you use them. My son discovered that this will not kill you. At the last heart it will stop penalizing you and let you just go. So...they put you to one heart...and then leave you alone. See where I'm going with this? Knight weapons. It's combinations that get the job done in this game. If you have fairies as a safety net then just try it as a strat. Very, very good. The forest dwellers weapons also get a bonus good use from dazzlefruits. Stal enemies popping up are annoying. But you did go over the best use, so that's ok. They would be easy S tier if it worked with bomb flowers. I'd have to watch more to add more.

Why isn't bigoron's sword s tier? That thing has the highest total numbers in the game and can deal the most amount of damage throughout it's full life span

18:27 unfortunately that isn’t the case, it does 30 damage to normal enemies, 45 to regular gloom enemies and 60 to Ganons

I had my fun with the game. Then did the unbreakable master sword glitch. Couldn't break my addiction after that.

I don't understand what is meant by "you have to hit multiple times to actually deal dmg with a spear." Mine usually one-taps most enemies 😭

Do it again but rank every weapon with every different possible fuse

gloom weapons are best in early game cuz everything oneshots you already if you adventure into a dangerous area, is there any difference between having 6 hearts and 7 protection agains a lynel vs having just one heart? Fusing gloom weapons to other ones is a waste of materials because of how weapon-to-weapon fusions work, just stick some big materials to your gloom sword and enjoy having near end game damage right at the start of the game, unfortunely gloom weapons are a bit fragile compared to others

All Zonai weapons should be in A tier and up. They can be used in lightning storms they get a bonus attack with other zonai devices and horns and they are usable throughout the game it doesn't matter what "rank" it is. They all are good. The soldier gear is by far under rated. Once you break the weapon and show up in the depths it becomes a go to weapon till half way through the game. The Master Sword should be B tier at max. Too many hold backs for it to be good. One is you cannot detach any items you fused it with at terry town so you need to be careful what you attach to it. It's still good by itself but eventually the enemies health just becomes too much. Two is (I wish it could happen) when an item is attached and the master sword loses energy, the item doesn't return back to your inventory and I feel like this would have made the master sword a bit better. The last thing is (personal reasons) they should've made the master sword show people how strong it is. Kinda dumb that it's the only weapon that doesn't do that.

Spears do indeed get a hidden nerf of 35 to 40% lower damage than shown... Could have been explained better.

the royal guards sword can get the modifier durability up+

Literally how is the knight's Halbert higher than the zora spear

ok can't take serious zora weapons are all S Tier same as with Korok if you don't know why you probably didn't play the game much, from durability point and attack point with easily getting wet with Sidon plus the korok weapons using pushroom like as many times till they break to do easily 8* damage with sneaking attack im the only one that uses his strategy?

zora weapons are A tier because you stay wet for longer than it takes sidon to recharge so it is basically infinite double damage.

I think you enjoy the expression "in the entire game".

The Master Sword actually had its damage reduced to 20 in TotK, in order to compensate for fuse

bro has the best aim 1:03.7

Lightscale tridant IS 22 attack RIGHT ??

Gerudo weapons my beloved

The master sword actually only goes up to 45 when you’re fighting gloom enemies

you should do shields and bows fs