Top 5 Best Confessor Weapons for Domination
As a Confessor class veteran with over 800 hours in Elden Ring, I‘ve sliced and incanted my way through every weapon available. When it comes to top tier boss-shredding tools specific for the Confessor, these 5 holy damage dealers stand tall above the rest:
1. Winged Scythe – Holy Hypercarry
The Winged Scythe‘s combination of devastating holy damage, passive bleed buildup, and seriously powerful skills cement it as the #1 Confessor weapon. Period. This badboy carried me through Journey 2 and beyond.
Let‘s analyze why it dominates:
Faith Scaling Nukes Enemies
At +10 upgrade, the S-rank Faith scaling pumps out 219 bonus holy damage already with a modest 30 Faith investment. But push your Faith into the 60-80 range and we‘re hitting 400+ attack rating.
That translates to enemies and bosses getting utterly deleted. I used the Winged Scythe to shred the Fire Giant into oblivion in mere minutes!
| Upgrade | Faith | Holy Damage |
|---|---|---|
| +10 | 30 | 219 |
| +25 | 60 | 363 |
| +25 | 80 | 421 |
See why I praise that Faith scaling??
Built-In Bleed Cripples Bosses
The hidden secret of the Winged Scythe lies in the passive bleed buildup affliction on every swing. Against susceptible bosses like Mohg, Lord of Blood, stacking that bleed eruption with 400 holy damage = sweet instant kills.
I‘ve burst down end game bosses from 100% to 0% thanks to bleeding explosions. ThatProcTM saves the day!
Sacred Blade Carries Teamfights
The default Sacred Blade skill opens up even nastier teamfight-demolishing potential. Activating it grants a stacking holy damage buff per hit along with reduced FP consumption.
After 6 hits, you‘re dishing out nearly 600 damage per swing!! Pop that right before invading a fight club and watch the points rack up quickly. So nasty for a starting weapon!
2. Coded Sword – The Anti-Gank Shield Slicer
While the Coded Sword lacks visual flash, it makes up for it with a scarily effective shield-piercing weapon skill that catches hosts and phantoms completely off guard in PvP.
300+ Holy Damage Dismantles Groups
Similar to the Winged Scythe, the Coded Sword‘s S-rank Faith scaling bolsters its holy damage to extreme levels. At +10 upgrade and 50 Faith, it cracks 301 attack rating.
Against ganks, having raw damage to quickly dispatch phantoms helps turn the tides fast. The Coded Sword brings the pain!
| Upgrade | Faith | Holy Damage |
|---|---|---|
| +10 | 30 | 150 |
| +25 | 60 | 301 |
See why Crusader builds love stacking Faith?? This weapon is a primary reason why.
Sword Dance Says Nah to Greatshield Turtlers
This weapon‘s coded unique skill hard-counters annoying teamfight greatshield tanks. Activating Sword Dance allows the Coded Sword to pierce through blocks completely and chunk enemy health bars.
Greatshield users hate this one simple trick!
Pop Sword Dance and go to town on those overconfident Fingerprint Shield abusers. No more turtling away for 30 minutes!
Critical Hits Melt Invaders
Interestingly enough, the Coded Sword also comes prepackaged with an innate critical damage boost of 30%. This translates to heavy punishes on parries and guard counters against overeager opponents.
Bait them into an attack, parry + riposte, and watch half their health evaporate! Works flawlessly to shift momentum when being ganked. Coded Sword always comes in clutch!
3. Uchigatana – The Dexterous Samurai Slasher
While the Uchigatana lacks direct holy damage, its S-rank Dexterity scaling enables it to reach some of the highest attack ratings when fully optimized. The innate bleed helps counter tanks and chunk health too.
God-Tier Dexterity Scaling
The Uchigatana‘s damage predominantly comes from scaling Dexterity – and it does that extremely well. With heavy stat investment and smithing stone upgrades, this katana hits frightening numbers:
| Upgrade | Dexterity | Physical Damage | Bleed |
|---|---|---|---|
| +10 | 50 | 401 | 47 |
| +25 | 80 | 577 | 61 |
Reaching 80 Dexterity took grinding but the output speaks for itself. 577 pure physical damage blended with strong bleed cripples both PvE and PvP targets.
Watch out Malenia!
Unsheathe Combo Wrecks Mobs
The default Ash of War, Unsheathe, empowers the wielder to perform a series of lightning quick unsheathe attacks culminating in a final devastating iaijutsu slash.
Even early on, chaining the full Unsheathe skill combo tears through tough dungeon mobs and shorter bosses like Leonine Misbegotten. Fully unlocked at +25 Smithing and high Dexterity this katana puts in serious work!
Plus, it just looks incredibly badass. Live out that inner weeb warrior!
Surprise Bleed Buildup Stymies Ganks
Having innate bleed accompany the Uchigatana‘s already chunky physical damage is wonderfully effective against both bosses and groups.
Against bleed vulnerable enemies like Mohg in my NG+7 playthrough, getting that bleed explosion unexpectedly in a fight club distributes insane damage.
Combined with Frost or Flame weapon buffs too really throws people off. The Uchigatana keeps opponents scared and guessing!
4. Envoy‘s Long Horn – The Mad Bubble Blower
Alright I couldn‘t keep this crazy bubble-blowing beast off the list anymore. Wielding a funky tuba as a weapon, the Envoy‘s Long Horn erupts deadly bubbles from its horn that completely stunlock enemies.
Let‘s learn why this weapon causes so much chaos:
Unique Moveset Catches Enemies Offguard
Instead of traditional attack strings, each hit of the Envoy Horn extrudes magical bubbles that hover forward and pop, dealing heavy magic damage. Spam these enough and enemies essentially perma-stunned by the barrage of bubbles!
It keeps PvE mobs locked down helplessly – and in PvP catches even seasoned duelists completely unaware! People never expect the bubbles!!
Weapon Skill Vomits Bubble Madness
Executing the Horn‘s specialized skill, Bubble Shower, kicks the bubble-blowing madness into overdrive. Your character violently heaves and unleashes a full swift barrage of bubbles that utterly destroys groups and break poise bars.
I once stumbled upon a fight club and popped Bubble Shower…needless to say it collapsed the whole club into pure chaos! Bubbles flinging everywhere – 10/10 would do again. Amazing times!
FP Investment Rewarded by High Damage
The main tradeoff with the Envoy Long Horn lies in its hefty FP consumption. You won‘t be blowing infinite bubbles – but each one packs a heavy magic punch, easily hitting 300+ per bubble late game.
Investing into larger Mind and FP boosting talismans prevents the Horn from tiring out too quickly. Let those bubbles rip!!
5. Golden Epitaph – Shield-Poking Punisher
Rounding out our Top 5 Confessor armory lies the Golden Epitaph dagger. Don‘t let its tiny size fool you – the critical damage and shield-poke R2 attack completely dominate ganks.
140 Critical Damage Shreds Invaders
Boosted even further by my character‘s Misericorde dagger in the left hand, the Golden Epitaph cracks the physical world‘s limits upon successful parries and guard counters.
Ripostes drag the critique health bars screaming from 100% to 0% in one visceral hit. That‘ll teach Pointiff-invading twinks to rush me down with straight swords! Fear the dagger parry.
Shield Poke Roll Catches Panic-Rollers
The Golden Epitaph‘s quick rolling R1s chain neatly into the vastly delayed shield-poke R2 attack. This catches sloppy, panic-rolling phantoms off guard for guaranteed pain.
Chaining poke chains repeatedly baits overzealous chuggers and spell spammers right into blowouts. It footsies like a champion!
Arcane Scaling Amps Bleed Buildup
Lastly, sporting Arcane scaling, the Golden Epitaph passively increases my blood loss build-up with points invested.
Around 20 Arcane combined with my robust 50 Strength pokes causes bleed regularly. More health chunks fly off after succesful pokes – adding up quickly!
And there you have it – my personal top 5 Confessor weapons through hundreds of hours first-hand experience triumphing over the hardest bosses and gank squads! Let me know which weapon resonates most with your playstyle!
Gearing up with the best Confessor holy damage dealers means embarking on certain quests. Let me guide you to grabbing these elite weapons early:
Winged Scythe
Location: Tombsward Catacombs, Weeping Peninsula
Fight your way through the maze of skeletons until reaching an Erdtree Avatar miniboss. Defeating him allows looting the holy Winged Scythe from a corpse.
Time to shred Margit!
Coded Sword
Location: Leyndell Royal Capital
This one is tucked away in a well hidden treasure room in the Royal Capital. Follow these steps:
- Enter Leyndell, ride southeast to a crumbled building
- Drop inside, go left to see a fog wall
- Open with Stonesword Key, looting the chest inside for Coded Sword
Uchigatana
Location: Deathtouched Catacombs, Stormhill
Reach the Deathtouched Catacombs Site of Grace, venture downstairs to find hallway with a corpse hanging off a cliff. Loot it for the Uchigatana katana.
Envoy‘s Long Horn
Location: Drop from Envoy enemies
Farm the Envoy enemies wielding bubble horns in various camps around Liurnia Lake. Eventually one will drop their horn!
Golden Epitaph
Location: Chest inside highway lookout tower, Altus Plateau
Snag at the isolated lookout tower along the highways in northwest Altus Plateau. Site of Grace is Lookout Tower. The Golden Epitaph chest awaits downstairs!
There we go – detailed walkthroughs to claim the best Confessor weapons ASAP! Now go wreak havoc upon The Lands Between!
Hopefully you now grasp why the Winged Scythe, Coded Sword, and Uchigatana trio make the Confessor class so potent for PvE and PvP. They enable flexibly levelling multiple damage stats while dishing insane holy, physical, and bleed output.
Back those up proper support incantations like Golden Vow or Flame Grant Me Strength and no boss or invasion stands a chance! Try them all yourself and discover which Confessor weapon resonates most with your inner crusader. See you around the Erdtree, brave Tarnished!
