Wondered why my GF was smirking when I fought him.
Gaming Elden Ring - Fromsoftware
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Wondered why my GF was smirking when I fought him.
I like the Welsh accents. Thankfully no gog ones either.
By magical buff, are you talking about the scholar's armament? Because if so you can still use it on a weapon with an ash of war, providing that the ash of war only provides standard damage (for example one that doesn't cause bleed or poison etc).
One interesting thing, is that you can use the glintblade phalanx ash of war, set it to standard/keen, and you can still buff it with scholar's. The spell isn't actually that useful, but the ash of war version causes way more stagger than the spell does. Lotta fun on PvP against certain types, and is useful in game too.
By magical buff, are you talking about the scholar's armament? Because if so you can still use it on a weapon with an ash of war, providing that the ash of war only provides standard damage (for example one that doesn't cause bleed or poison etc).
One interesting thing, is that you can use the glintblade phalanx ash of war, set it to standard/keen, and you can still buff it with scholar's. The spell isn't actually that useful, but the ash of war version causes way more stagger than the spell does. Lotta fun on PvP against certain types, and is useful in game too.
Go to Forlorn Hound Evergaol in South limrick, kill the boss there and you'll get the bloodhound fang. Equip it and thank me later. Ridiculous weapon, and the weapon art is probably the most fun one in the game for melee.
The halberd you looted is most likely the golden halberd. Its a fantastic weapon, but requires 30str and 14 faith I think. Still think the bloodhound's better though.
Luckily there's no harsh scouse accents in there (yet)
I want a good weapon but I'm not sure about flying to Ireland.
Got the bloodhound fang. Thanks! Would I use it two handed or one? Is it more powerful with two?
Also the lock on thing is terrible. When I was fighting Agheel the game kept switching me to a fecking dragonfly.
More powerful yeah but also a bit slower to attack. I generally use it with a shield for most enemies cause it's still so strong, but for bosses or strong enemies that can just obliterate my shield and I'm mostly rolling, I switch to 2 handed.
The key to the fang is getting lots of hits in in quick succession so that you give the blood loss which is crazy over powered.
Dual wield! You can 'powerstance' in this game. That means if you have two weapons of the same type (e.g. battle axe + battle axe, greatsword + greatsword etc), you unlock additional abilities, namely a powerful jump attack with both weapons (jump + L1) and your L1 button alone will slash with both weapons. It does crazy damage. In your case you're going to need another curved greatsword to pair the bloodhound with. An easy one to get is the Demounter sword which drops off those nordic looking guys that ride on horses. (If you dont have it, then just fast travel to agheel lake north, there's one riding about near the bonfire, just keep killing him, and resting near the bonfire to reset him, rinse and repeat until you get it).
Otherwise its up to you whether to 2h or 1h it. I'd always advise 2h since it does more damage and doesn't overload your equip load, but its perfectly fine with a shield too.
If you haven't already, try the L2 attack, followed by R2. Its the best thing in this game
Yeah noticed that with Margit!
Dual wield! You can 'powerstance' in this game. That means if you have two weapons of the same type (e.g. battle axe + battle axe, greatsword + greatsword etc), you unlock additional abilities, namely a powerful jump attack with both weapons (jump + L1) and your L1 button alone will slash with both weapons. It does crazy damage. In your case you're going to need another curved greatsword to pair the bloodhound with. An easy one to get is the Demounter sword which drops off those nordic looking guys that ride on horses. (If you dont have it, then just fast travel to agheel lake north, there's one riding about near the bonfire, just keep killing him, and resting near the bonfire to reset him, rinse and repeat until you get it).
Otherwise its up to you whether to 2h or 1h it. I'd always advise 2h since it does more damage and doesn't overload your equip load, but its perfectly fine with a shield too.
If you haven't already, try the L2 attack, followed by R2. Its the best thing in this game
Sounds good! I might already have another curved in my inventory so I’ll take a look. Thanks!
Make sure its a curved greatsword, otherwise the powerstancing wont work.
I think the blood loss proc is tied to arcane, so unless you've been pumping that it doesn't proc as much.
But.....if you dual wield the bloodhound with another curved sword, you could just use the bleeding slash ash (I forget what its called, the one that drops off the knight in Fort Haight), and just apply it to the other sword to turn it into a bloody curved sword. Now you've essentially doubled the passive bleed of your attacks
Thought the Rykard fight was fun. Nice to be the one with the 10 mile melee attack range for once.
I must admit, I'm having withdrawals now that I'm done with the game, and looking for the next game to scratch the itch.
I am over 50 hours in and have only beaten the first 4 story bosses.
I have been enjoying a bit of winged scythe pvp action on the side.
I have been enjoying a bit of winged scythe pvp action on the side.
Finally beat the Tree Sentinel last night. Feel like the game is just starting. We move.
Is this game too hard to play casually??
Hmmm yes and no. There's enough tips and videos online if you want to level up quickly early doors and get a decent weapon to make the game easier.
Backstabbing seems much easier in this game for one. Was never able to consistently pull it off in the other games.
Enjoying this game a lot after what I found to be a very steep learning curve. I actually looked online to see if I could get a refund at one point but I'm glad I didn't and stuck with it.
Those giant hand things can feck off. Fighting one is fine, but there's always 3 more you didn't see that also get aggro'd when you attack the first one.
Also, still can't beat the double lion creatures in the courtyard of Redmane? Castle. Killed one with magic from inside a room which took all my fp and fp flasks. Fought the second one out in the open, got him to a slither then he just went berserk and spammed attacks at me until I was dead. No respite
Also, still can't beat the double lion creatures in the courtyard of Redmane? Castle. Killed one with magic from inside a room which took all my fp and fp flasks. Fought the second one out in the open, got him to a slither then he just went berserk and spammed attacks at me until I was dead. No respite
Invalid playthrough.
That powerlevelling place Palace Approach Ledge-Road is absolutely insane currently sitting at lvl 116, just working my way through getting all the items so i can buy all the somber/smithing stones and the spirit ashes upgrades from the store at base.
Then i'll max my weapons and go about finishing every boss in the game.
Then i'll max my weapons and go about finishing every boss in the game.
Valid point.
Irrelevant also as I am an already confessed souls softie. I happily summon two human players for every boss and then stand back and hit them with ranged magic until the boss is super low health, then I go in and finish them off with my OP Moonveil katana.
I'm 45 hours in and I don't think I've cast a single magic spell yet, feel like I must be missing out, but maybe I'll go full on magic build in the next playthrough.
This is what I plan to do. There's so much magic it seems like they wanted everyone to try it out but for my first playthrough I've gone for a pure dex build with the twin blade.
I literally came here to post this, 2+ million an hour.
Edit - I also low-key find it hilarious every time it just sprints off the edge.
Caelid as a whole can go feck itself, those T-rex dogs and birds are a nightmare. Half tempted to respec to a broken moonveil/glinstone/sword of night and flame build just so I can annihiliate every breathing fecker in this hellhole, Radahn included, and spec back once I'm done with this place. Its not a fun place for melee.
It's hilarious how OP that area is. I've killed m*therf*cking dragons, a belligerent demi-god but throw a decent size crow at me and I'm weeping on the ground.
Anything in the air fecks my shit up.
I got rid of my +13 dual scimitars and replaced it with Bloodhounds fang the Ashes of War on that weapon is insane and just too good to get in and out of a fight.
Yeah its basically the OP build for melee - especially if you pair it with a curved greatsword that also has bleed. Pretty much every melee user in PVP uses it too which is annoying, but not surprising.
Have you got any auto-locks on? They are stupid, turn all of those off and it should be fine.
Which one i'm currently rocking a shield, but i hate the shield mechanic much rather have a second weapon again depends on the weight i suppose, i'm currently medium load and i can't afford to go any higher.
I'm currently using the dismounter on my left hand (it drops off the nordic horse blokes in limgrave). Just stick the bloody slash ash of war on it and boom, you know have two curved greatswords with a bleed passive, while keeping the bloodhound finesse weapon art.
I've seen some players also pair it with Morgott's cursed sword too, but you need a fair bit of arcane for that, and I think arcane bleed scaling is bugged anyway. So just pair it with any other curved greatsword and put the bloody slash ash of war on it.
Btw if you're having issues with equipment load you can use the Erdtree's favour talisman. It boosts your HP, endurance and equip load. I'm currently using almost full heavy armor (banished knight set) but with the gauntlets swapped out to lighter ones, bloodhound and dismounter, and still medium roll (I have 25 endurance).
I'll get that when i get home tonight, i'm using one talisman already for equip load but it doesn't have the other stats, cheers.