5 Best Straight Swords In Elden Ring

Straight Swords are the most balanced weapons category in Elden Ring that is easy to use and inflicts significant damage to enemies. Moreover, they serve as the best starting weapons for newcomers, as Straight Swords can be paired with Shields, which allows players to block or parry incoming attacks. But with the availability of a variety of Straight Swords in the game, players can easily get overwhelmed. So, to ensure that doesn’t happen, we are here with the five best Straight Swords in Elden Ring.

5 Best Straight Swords In Elden Ring

Here are the five best Straight Swords in Elden Ring that can make you overpowered in no time. 

Sword of Knight and Flame

Sword of Knight and Flame is one of the Legendary Straight Swords in Elden Ring that requires 24 Faith and Intelligence and scales with the Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Faith stats. The weapon has two stances; Night Stance allows you to cast a stream of light magic, and the Flame Stance will enable you to inflict Fire damage. 

Moreover, you can acquire the sword right after beating the first Shardbearer, Godrick the Grafted. All these things make Sword of Knight and Flames the best Straight Sword in Elden Ring. 

Rotten Crystal Sword

The Rotten Crystal Sword is a Straight Sword in Elden Ring that scales with the Strength and Intelligence stats and somewhat with Dexterity. What makes this sword a great weapon is the Scarlet Rot build-up. Dual equip the Rotten Crystal Sword, and you can apply the status effect in no time. 

Ornamental Straight Sword

The only dual sword in Elden Ring that you can acquire by defeating the tutorial boss. It makes you overpowered from the get-go as it scales with Strenght and Dexterity and allows you to unleash dual-wield combos that can drain enemies’ HP meter in no time.

Sword of St. Trina

The Sword of St. Trina is the only Sleep status-inflicting weapon in Elden Ring that makes your foes Sleep and prone to stab attacks.

It scales with Intelligence, Strength, and Dexterity and offers a great skill called Mist of Slumber that adds 66 Sleep build-up with first use and then coats the weapon, increasing Sleep build-up to 136. Implying you can make most enemies Sleep by using the skill two times. 

Miquellan’s Knight Sword

The Miquellan’s Knight Sword is best for dealing damage up close and from a medium range as the weapon skill, Scared Blade, throws a slash of Holy Magic that deals Holy damage. The weapon scales with Strength, Faith, and Dexterity stats and is an excellent Physical damage dealer. 

That is it. That concludes our guide on the five best Straight Swords in Elden Ring. Here are some other guides that will come in handy:

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Elden Ring is a roleplaying game currently available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and PC platforms.