Elden Ring: Best Faith Weapons Tier List (2024)

Faith is the primary attribute needed to cast Incantations and use Sacred Seals in Elden Ring. In addition, the attribute is essential for players who use builds that incorporate Faith-scaling weapons. Many of these weapons come equipped with unique skills that deal Fire and/or Holy damage, a potent combination if you’re going up against unarmored and undead enemies.

Thanks to the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, players have more options than ever at their disposal when it comes to Faith-scaling weapons. In fact, the number of options can be downright overwhelming for some, which is why we put together a handy tier list that ranks every Faith weapon in the game, including those added in the DLC.

About Our Ranking Criteria

We took into consideration every factor we could think of when putting together this tier list. That includes not just raw stats, but also weight, length, speed, versatility, moveset, and unique skills. Weapon requirements were deemed less important, and we didn’t factor in at all the difficulty of obtaining these weapons. We’re not dismissing the satisfaction of using a hard-earned weapon, but those armaments don’t necessarily perform better than those found randomly during exploration.

It’s also worth noting that we ranked all these weapons based on their max level stats. There’s a major difference between a base level weapon and a fully upgraded weapon. Needless to say, we also assumed that players wielding these weapons would have high enough Faith to get the most out of them. The Faith soft cap is 60 for skills and 80 for weapon scaling. As long as you’re within that range, you’ll be able to use these weapons to their full potential.

It goes without saying that Faith is the most important attribute for every weapon on this list. Depending on the weapon, this means that investing points into Faith provides the biggest damage boost, skill boost, or Incantation scaling. We excluded most split-scaling weapons, but there are a couple we just had to add to our list since they’re so iconic to Faith builds.

As you might expect, we didn’t skip Sacred Seals when compiling this list. Although they can be used as weapons, we ranked these based on how effective they are as catalysts, for obvious reasons.

S Tier

If you’re looking for the best Faith weapons in Elden Ring, you’ve got them right here. Each of these weapons is an absolute powerhouse that will demolish anything that gets in its way. Since a lot of Faith builds focus on Incantations, we went ahead and also added the best catalysts to this tier.

A Tier

A-Tier weapons are a bit weaker than their S-Tier counterparts in most situations, but they’re still a force to be reckoned with. Generally speaking, these armaments tend to excel in one or two areas, however, they’re not quite as well-rounded as the weapons found in the previous tier.

B Tier

Here’s where you’ll find a lot of good, reliable weapons that can carry you through most of the game if you’re the type of person who wants a balanced playthrough. You probably won’t be able to dominate enemies with any of these weapons, but they won’t let you down either. At least, for the most part.

C Tier

A lot of these weapons and Sacred Seals need a serious rework before they’ll be able to hold a candle to the armaments covered earlier. While not necessarily terrible, most of these weapons simply feel underwhelming and there’s little point in hanging onto them for too long.

D Tier

If you’re using any of these weapons, I’m sorry to say that you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. The armaments are objectively bad and you should do your best to stay away from them.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and only DLC expansion for FromSoftware's groundbreaking Elden Ring. It takes players to a whole new region, the Land of Shadow, where a new story awaits the Tarnished.

Base Game

Elden Ring

Platform(s)

PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S

Released

June 21, 2024

Developer(s)

FromSoftware

Publisher(s)

Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware

Genre

Soulslike, RPG

Multiplayer

Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer

Engine

Proprietary

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

File Size PlayStation

16.502 GB