PvP weapon tier list by Japanese forums:
https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4jcrhe/pvp_weapon_tier_list_by_japanese_forums/
Weapon tier list (ver 1.04 reg 1.06)
Assumes SL100-120. Basically lists weapon categories, but some specific weapons are named because they’re stronger/weaker than others in the same category.
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[] S+: Piercing Swords(rapiers), Red Halberd, Black Knight Glaive, Carthus Curved Sword, Great shields
[] S-: Darksword, Homosword(a.k.a twinprinces’ greatsword), Washing Pole, Halberds, Small shields(for parrying purposes)
[] A+: Straight swords, Curved swords, Black Knight Greataxe, Black Knight Sword, Spears, Small shields, Black Knight Shield, Fists/claws(parrying), Gotthard Twinswords, Exile Greatsword
[] A-: Hollowslayer Greatsword, Dragon Tooth, Curved Greeatswords, Silver Knight shield, Shield of Want, Lothric Knight shield, Long spears, Greataxes, Lothric Knight Greatsword, Profaned Greatsword, Dancer’s
[] B+: Ultra Greatswords, Greatswords, Spiked mace, Katanas, Twinswords, Hammers, Shields, Dragonslayer’s axe, Thrall axe(as sub-weapon), Smough’s Hammer, Yhorm’s Machete
[] B-: Old Wolf Curved Sword, Farron Greatsword, Whips(sub), Axes, Shortswords(sub), Fists/clawas(sub), Great Hammers, Flameberge
[] C+: Whips(as main-weapon), Shortsword(main), Fists(main), Reapers, Onigiri(without Ubadachi)
[] C-: Onigiri(with Ubadachi), Claws(main), Greatlance
[*] D : Darkhand, Broken Straight Sword
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S: Even inexperienced players can beat experienced players by doing the right moves
A: Experienced players can easily win with this, but when facing the same skill level S-tier weapons might be better
B: Strong if played appropriately, but there is a gap between S-tier weapons
C: You might be able to use it if you have deep knowledge of the weapon/matchups
D : Meh
So I tried the Homosword (aka Twin Princes’ Greatsword) in PvP today. I didn’t really experiment with the one handed version, the two handed version is an absolute beast. I’m only running 40 str/20 dex so my AR is only at 500 (as opposed to the 625 from my BKGA), but damn does this weapon have a really good move set. The R1s are relatively fast and have decent reach, so hyper armoring through attacks is relatively simple. The R2 has a wide attack arc and is very active, so you can catch people trying to roll around you if you bait a whiffed R1. The stance R1 is fucking GODLIKE. While it doesn’t do huge amounts of damage, the damage is very respectable and the speed of which the attack comes out is very decent as well. It is VERY easy to punish slower weapon whiffed attacks with the stance R1. On top of that, the weapon is great at catching people rolling away from you if you can predict the timing correctly. Normally after hitting someone with an R1 R1 combo, they will want to roll away from you to reset momentum, but with a stance R1, you can catch them during their recovery frames of their roll and dish out respectable damage. It took a bit to learn how to play the weapon, but I’m liking it a lot for PvP.
The only thing I don’t know how to deal with are people using Great Shields with good one handed weapons. Breaking their guard seems very difficult, and kicking them if they’re fairly laggy never works either. Hrmmm…
