Elden Ring’s Great Hammers have received several significant buffs since launch, including increased speed, range, and recovery time. The general consensus from the community is that these changes have made what was previously considered a relatively underwhelming weapon class much more satisfying to use. This is great. Because few things bring more joy than smashing the Lands Between with a particularly heavy stick. .
If you’ve avoided Great Hammers in the past, now is the perfect time to try out these powerful weapons. And this list is here to show you which one is the right choice.
Ten great club
The Great Crab is the longest of the Great Hammers that can inflict unique ashes. Using it will sacrifice a significant amount of damage compared to other options, but that extra range can come in handy.
This weapon also has the advantage of being available at the start of the game. You don’t even have to fight a single enemy to get it (assuming you skip the tutorial). The Great Club is located on a cliff south of Evergaol and is guarded by a handful of demi-humans.
9 great curved club
Curved Great Club is best in class for certain affinities (especially Magic, Flame and Sacred). As a result, if you need a Great Hammer for your Intelligence or Faith builds, it’s the best option. And who doesn’t want to piss people off with magic?
Many second-generation albinoryx carry this weapon around Liulnia on the lake, where it can be farmed relatively easily. These albinolics are very common, especially in the temple quarters.
8 rotten battle hammer
The Rotten Battle Hammer is on par with the shortest Great Hammer and does overwhelming damage, but it’s included on this list thanks to one specific trait. It’s one of a very limited number of weapons that can cause Scarlet Rot. Weapons that cause stats usually need to be fast, but they don’t have much to do with Scarlet Corruption.
Unfortunately, like most Scarlet Rot Weapons, you won’t be able to get the Rotten Battlehammer until you reach the late game. drop.
7 great mace
The Great Mace is a solid all-purpose weapon. Able to inflict a variety of War Ashes, the Great can compete in both damage and length among his hammers, which share the traits. Shorter than a Great Club and a brick He’s weaker than a Hammer, so it’s not the best in either category, but you might find the blend Great Mace offers to be superior to more extreme alternatives .
This weapon can be obtained mid-game in areas leading up to the Grand Rift of Dectus. It’s in a chest hiding inside a trebuchet that will try to shoot you down on your way to the lift.
6 brick hammer
If you were drawn to the Great Hammer out of a simple desire to inflict trauma with a blunt object, the Brick Hammer is the weapon for you. It has many different affinities, especially Heavy with best-in-class damage and gains S scaling. That said, this is one of his shortest Great Hammers and can pose a problem against highly mobile enemies.
However, even if you don’t want to use it throughout your playthrough, you’ll find the Brickhammer fairly early in the game in Stormvale Castle by traversing the rafters near where Gatekeeper Gostock traps and tries to kill you This makes it a solid option for early strength builds in Elden Ring.
Five cranial vascular candelabra
The Cranial Vessel Candlestand’s main feature is its weapon skill, Surge of Faith. When used, thrusts the weapon into the air and shoots fireballs in a wide area around it. This ability isn’t particularly effective against smaller enemies, as the location where the fireball lands is relatively random, but if your enemies are large (especially if you can get under them), Surge of Faith can be a big hit. Inflicts damage.
Also, unlike some weapons with impressive Weapon Skills, the Cranial Vessel Candlestand has great Strength and Faith scaling, so even just swinging it at an enemy can do enough damage. . However, you won’t be able to acquire this weapon until very late in the game. It’s locked behind the imp statue seal in the Tomb of the Hero Conquering the Giants at the Giant’s Peak.
Four pickaxe
Despite having the word “axe” literally in its name and using the Great Ax moveset, the pickaxe is actually a Great Hammer. It is also unique in another important way. It deals piercing damage unlike all other weapons in its class and most heavy weapons in general. It may sound like a small difference, but it’s actually pretty significant. Piercing weapons counter his damage when attacking while the opponent is attacking. Spear When he uses a talisman, its damage is increased by 15% and he can deal a devastating blow if he catches an enemy during his attack animation.
Giving this trait to a weapon that is already a heavy hitter makes the pickaxe a real threat in the right circumstances. It can be farmed from miners that can be found in many mines scattered across the Land-Between. The earliest of them is the Rimgrave Tunnel.
3 Beast Claw Great Hammer
Of all the weapons on this list, the Beastclaw Greathammer may be the weapon that benefited the most from the patch changes. Its Weapon Skill, Regal His Beast Claw has had its damage greatly increased, and Great His changes to the entire Hammer class have made Beast Claw His Great Hammer a true combo in his PvP (Charged One-handed Heavy Attack to Light Attack conversion).
However, obtaining this weapon requires considerable effort. Bestial He is the reward for giving Grarank his seven Deathroots in Sanctum. However, the changes made to Beastclaw Greathammer really mean it’s worth the trouble.
2 envoy’s longhorn
Given its… unusual appearance, you wouldn’t expect the Envoy’s Longhorn to be powerful, but it is. Like other instruments, it does a fair amount of damage when swung, but the Longhorn is at its best when played. Weapon skill Bubble Shower ranks among the best in the game for PvE. A sort of continuous shotgun effect that spreads small bubbles over a wide area. That makes it a little harder to use against smaller enemies, but shreds larger bosses. Especially if he wears the Envoy’s Crown, which increases his damage by 15%.
To provide some context on how powerful this is, Bubble Shower quickly reduces health to zero, even on Elden Beasts, and its bosses are 80% immune to holy damage. Large Oracle Envoys encountered in Leyndell, Royal Capital, and Miquella’s Haligtree will drop Envoy’s Longhorn if you want that kind of damage.
1 great stars
As the only Great Hammer with an innate bloodshed buildup, the Great Star was a shoo-in for making this list. It also heals every time it hits an enemy. The amount healed per hit isn’t that great, but it adds up quickly, especially with Ash of War, which allows you to attack faster than normal with your Great Hammer.
Additionally, previously you could only get 1 Great Star in a single run of the game, but in a later patch you can now get 2 before entering New Game Plus. The original is towed by a carriage near the Lord of Inikiti Site of Grace on the Altus Plateau, but the new one is located nearby and is a Beast encountered in the Lisblood Ruins during the White Masked Vale questline. Dropped after being defeated.