Elden Ring - Heavy Thrusting Swords

Heavy thrusting swords put real weight behind the guard-and-poke trick of the lighter rapiers, and the Sword Lance among them carries the highest physical attack rating of any thrusting sword, light greatsword or broadsword.

Combat

Pros

• Sword Lance reaches 323 physical at max Standard, ahead of Broadsword's 286 and Milady's 284.
• The thrusting sword's ability to attack while guarding stays intact, with more damage to health and poise than the lighter class deals.
• Every heavy thrusting sword except the Sword Lance has a built-in feint.
• Guard boost runs from 31 to 42, the best of any thrusting class, with Sword Lance at 42 and Bloody Helice and Dragon King's Cragblade at 34.

Cons

• They are slower overall and cost more stamina than the lighter thrusting swords.
• They weigh from 6.5 (Great Épée) to 9 (Sword Lance), roughly three times a Rapier.
• Stat coverage has gaps. Queelign's Greatsword (12 Faith) is the only Faith option, Bloody Helice (17 Arcane) the only Arcane option, and no weapon scales with Intelligence.
• Dragon King's Cragblade demands 37 Dexterity, the steepest single requirement among the thrusting swords, for the lowest physical attack in its class at 92 at +0.

Builds

Strength or Quality is the mainline.

• The Sword Lance is the Strength pick: it needs 21 Strength and 11 Dexterity, has the only C Strength at +0 in the class and reaches A Strength on a Heavy infusion.
• It upgrades with regular Smithing Stones and accepts infusions even though it is a Remembrance weapon.
• Quality builds want the Godskin Stitcher (C Strength and C Dexterity at max Standard, 311 physical) or the Great Épée (B and B, 243).
• Arcane bleed goes to the Bloody Helice, with B Arcane at max Standard, 296 physical and 55 blood loss, though it takes Somber stones and cannot be infused.
• Faith goes to Queelign's Greatsword, which reaches A Faith on Flame Art for 212 physical and 266 fire.
• Since most of the class takes regular Smithing Stones, the next big damage gain comes from the infusion that matches the main stat, and Heavy with A Strength is the biggest single jump available.

Best Weapons

Weapon	Image	Attack	Weight	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc
Sword Lance		132	9	21	11	-	-	-
Godskin Stitcher		127	7	14	17	-	-	-
Great Épée		124	6.5	15	16	-	-	-
Bloody Helice		121	8	16	19	-	-	17
Queelign's Greatsword		117 + 35 fire	7.5	14	18	-	12	-

Notes

• Bloody Helice and Dragon King's Cragblade share a unique heavy attack, a heavy forward thrust, and therefore a unique feint animation.
• The two-handed moveset is essentially the one-handed one with more health and poise damage, so two-handing trades the guard-attack synergy for a flat damage bump.
• Dragon King's Cragblade, like the Bloody Helice, takes Somber stones and keeps its fixed affinity, while the other four accept every infusion.
• Queelign's Greatsword and the Sword Lance belong to the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.

All Heavy Thrusting Swords

The table below lists all Heavy Thrusting Swords in Elden Ring.

Name	Image	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Bloody Helice		121 57	0 40	0 40	0 40	0 40	100 34	8	E 16	D 19	0	0	D 17	200	Dynast's Finesse
Dragon King's Cragblade		92 46	0 32	0 32	59 46	0 32	100 34	8	E 18	D 37	0	0	0	100	Thundercloud Form
Godskin Stitcher		127 55	0 38	0 38	0 38	0 38	100 33	7	D 14	D 17	0	0	0	500	Impaling Thrust
Great Epee		124 52	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 31	6.5	D 15	D 16	0	0	0	100	Impaling Thrust
Great Épée		124 52	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 31	6.5	D 15	D 16	0	0	0	100	Impaling Thrust
Queelign's Greatsword		117 50.0	0 34.0	35 45.0	0 34.0	0 34.0	117 33	7.5	D 14	D 18	0	D 12	0	100	Impaling Thrust
Sword Lance		132 73.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	0 39.0	100 42	9.0	C 21	E 11	0	0	0	500	Spinning Gravity Thrust