Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree adds so many new armaments to the base game that it is a little shocking FromSoftware didn’t save some of these weapon ideas for a brand-new title. Thanks to entirely new weapon types and never-before-seen Ashes of War, the entire pre-existing dynamic and preconceptions of what weapons are the best have been flipped on their heads. Even the mighty and somewhat infamous Rivers of Blood no longer holds the title of the most powerful Katana, although this is partly due to everyone knowing how to deal with it.