Elden Ring - Curved Greatswords

Built around Slash damage and jump attacks, curved greatswords swing quickly for their size, with the best jumping motion values in the game on Bloodhound's Fang and colossal-tier Strength scaling on Beastman's Cleaver, though the roster is small, every hit is Slash and a Faith or holy build finds nothing here.

Combat

Pros

• Bloodhound's Fang's jump attacks beat the rest of the class outright, with motion values of 118, 142, 128 and 151 for the one-handed jumping light, one-handed jumping heavy, two-handed jumping light and two-handed jumping heavy attacks, against 107, 127, 112 and 132 for the others. A two-handed jumping heavy attack deals 151% of the weapon's attack value.
• Strength scaling is the best short of the Colossal Swords, with Beastman's Cleaver and Freyja's Greatsword both reaching A Strength on a Heavy infusion.
• This is the one big-sword class whose top-tier weapon is available in Limgrave. Bloodhound's Fang drops from Bloodhound Knight Darriwil in the Forlorn Hound Evergaol, and as a Somber weapon it needs no regular Smithing Stones.
• Blood, frost and a strong fire hybrid all fit in one small class, with 55 bleed on Bloodhound's Fang, 36 bleed on Morgott's Cursed Sword, 65 frostbite on Zamor Curved Sword and 74 fire on Magma Wyrm's Scalesword at +0.

Cons

• The roster is the smallest of the big-sword classes, and only Dismounter, Omen Cleaver, Monk's Flameblade, Beastman's Cleaver and Freyja's Greatsword accept Ashes of War and affinities.
• Every weapon in the class deals Slash damage, with no Pierce or Standard option, so a Slash-resistant enemy has no in-class answer.
• Neither Faith scaling nor holy damage appears anywhere in the class. Magma Wyrm's Scalesword and Horned Warrior's Greatsword are the only weapons that ask for Faith, and they deal fire or physical damage.
• The moveset is largely uniform. All Curved Greatswords share the same light attacks except Zamor Curved Sword, and the same heavy attack except Omen Cleaver and the two-handed Magma Wyrm's Scalesword, so a second one rarely brings a new way to fight.

Builds

Strength and Dexterity quality is the class default, because Bloodhound's Fang, the most-used weapon here, is Somber with C Dexterity scaling and needs 18 Strength and 17 Dexterity.

• For a Heavy build, Beastman's Cleaver or Freyja's Greatsword at A Strength is where the class competes with colossal weapons.
• The class rewards jump-attack investment more than raw stat scaling: the two-handed jumping heavy attack at 151% motion value on Bloodhound's Fang multiplies whatever attack rating the weapon has, so jump-attack talismans and enough poise to land the jump beat raw levels for a stretch.
• After that, levels go into Strength up to the soft cap on a Heavy weapon, or into Dexterity on Bloodhound's Fang.

Best Weapons

Weapon	Image	Attack	Weight	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc
Freyja's Greatsword		146	14	25	14	-	-	-
Beastman's Cleaver		143	16.5	25	14	-	-	-
Bloodhound's Fang		141	11.5	18	17	-	-	-
Zamor Curved Sword		130	9	16	18	-	-	-
Morgott's Cursed Sword		120	7.5	14	35	-	-	17

Notes

• Motion value is the percentage of the weapon's attack value that a given attack deals before enemy defense, which is why the jump-attack gap on Bloodhound's Fang matters more than its listed attack.
• Bloodhound's Fang looks identical to the rest of the class in motion and differs only in its jump-attack numbers.
• Beastman's Cleaver tops the class at 164 stance damage at max upgrade, and a Heavy infusion pushes it to 180, matching Colossal Sword poise-breaking on that one weapon. Enemies carry a separate stance bar that opens a critical attack when broken, and it resets after 8 to 20 seconds unless the stance damage keeps coming.
• Morgott's Cursed Sword's bleed rises from 36 to 60 at max upgrade, while an infusable member at max upgrade gets 100 bleed on Blood, 115 poison on Poison or 127 frost on Cold.
• Horned Warrior's Greatsword and Freyja's Greatsword belong to the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. The Hefty Scimitar is a Tarnished Edition weapon, with 135 physical at +0 and 330 at max upgrade.

All Curved Greatswords

The table below lists all Curved Greatswords in Elden Ring.

Name	Image	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Beastman's Cleaver		143 81	0 43	0 43	0 43	0 43	100 52	16.5	C 25	-14	0	0	0	100	Spinning Slash
Bloodhound's Fang		141 68	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 44	11.5	D 18	C 17	0	0	0	500	Bloodhound's Finesse
Dismounter		138 65	0 35	0 35	0 35	0 35	100 42	10	D 19	D 16	0	0	0	100	Spinning Slash
Freyja's Greatsword		146 75.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	100 48	14.0	C 25	E 14	0	0	0	100	Spinning Slash
Hefty Scimitar		135 62.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	100 46	9.5	D 13	D 11	0	0	0	0	Spinning Slash
Horned Warrior's Greatsword		130 73.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	100 47	13.0	D 19	D 16	0	D 13	0	0	Horn Calling: Storm
Magma Wyrm's Scalesword		114 66	0 33	74 48	0 33	0 33	100 50	15	C 24	D 15	0	D 18	0	500	Magma Guillotine
Monk's Flameblade		134 61	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 39	9	D 18	D 18	0	0	0	200	Spinning Slash
Morgott's Cursed Sword		120 55	0 29	0 29	0 29	0 29	110 35	7.5	E 14	C 35	0	0	D 17	100	Cursed-Blood Slice
Omen Cleaver		142 68	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 44	11.5	D 19	D 16	0	0	0	200	Spinning Slash
Onyx Lord's Greatsword		118 57	76 42	0 29	0 29	0 29	100 44	11.5	D 20	E 16	D 16	0	0	500	Onyx Lord's Repulsion
Zamor Curved Sword		130 61	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 39	9.0	D 16	D 18	0	0	0	500	Zamor Ice Storm