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Also pro tip, if you press back + light and heavy attack, you CAN actually use guard counters on this weapon. I'm honestly not sure why it's this specific button combo, but it actually works!

@zedgrotex

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I really wanna like this weapon and this might be the thing I was missing.

@AlecFortescue

14 күн бұрын

back as in pull back on a stick?

@CuddleBuddee

14 күн бұрын

I always wondered what that animation was for! I just thought it was a step back or cancel! Thank you!!!

@Jaffy3

14 күн бұрын

@@zedgrotexhow do you do this?

@neptonic7590

14 күн бұрын

@@Jaffy3 After blocking press light+heavy attack at the same time, no need to press back no nothing. Just tested and is really cool to learn you can guard counter with this! It truly is a jack of all trades!

the fact that you can't put an ash of war on a specifically magical sword and all it does is stab forward with impaling thrust is a crime.

The weapon definitely shines more in spellsword build than a pure caster for sure. Still miffed we got a thrusting sword as a weapon catalyst instead of a carian sword variant.

@YggdrasilsBranches

6 күн бұрын

I agree. I don’t know why they just didn’t give us a regular straight sword. At first I tried to justify it with “it’s good for roll catching” but you can just do that with a Carian Slicer into Piercer combo. I wish they would have just given the straight sword with a Claymore move set.

You can powerstance this sword with another thrusting sword in the main hand, for example frozen needle and have some fun "pew pew pew" gameplay. Note that when you have it in your offhand, the spell cast become the ash of war button. You can then build mix Int/Dex.

@CuddleBuddee

14 күн бұрын

Ohh nice! Hadn't thought of that, nice idea thank ya! 😂

@soulectedgamer571

4 күн бұрын

Ouhh you're on to something here tarnished!

One of fun to play build. Thanks for sharing man.

Impaling Thrust is for those enemies that keep blocking your spell with their shield, also decent poise damage

I use this with carian sword spells and carian thrusting shield, pairs very well

Thanks for posting, i was wondering about this

@rpjames8

15 күн бұрын

We've got you covered fam!

I was racking my brain about this thx alot

I sent it to my new game character because of what you mentioned. Convenience. I loved the weapon, might be my favorite DLC weapon after perfumer bottles because they're weird and refreshing (as in new)

I’d prob throw parry on shield for fun

wonder if its better with all swords spells

It's your perfect battle mage weapon!

Edit: Not sure if youre familair with the souls KZreadr Youwy,. He does a lot of testing and tier list content for Elden Ring. He found that since the update and bufd to scaling on the sword, it has the best scaling of all sorcery catalysts until 40 int. After that the scaling moves closer the Carian and etc I have learned so much from reading the comments alone 😂 thank you for this video and a build infan play around with. Especially for something all casters wished was in the base game! Subbed 🤙🏾

@rpjames8

14 күн бұрын

@@CuddleBuddee I do, I love his content. And yes. Most of the sorcery scaling gets the higher return with the low scaling catalyst and then theres hugue difference at soft and hard caps. It still not as good as the other ones, pure magic catalyst users will still outclass it's damage but definetly not bad at all, especially with how much utility it has.

@CuddleBuddee

14 күн бұрын

@@rpjames8 ah I gotcha !

@CuddleBuddee

14 күн бұрын

@@rpjames8 and true. No arguments here

I had to get used to not using heavy attack. But one thing I found out I could do was infinity use Gavel Of Haima if you have a staff in your left hand similar to it you just had to staves. So you don’t have to worry about post delay of the second hit. Another thing I also love is that if you have a staff in your offhand, you can use a quick impaling thrust to get heavier opponents out of your face that the sword itself cannot do alone because you know.. thrusting swords = low poise. I loved being able to poise break a bigger enemy into a staff based Carian piercer. Then switch to Carian shield with Carian Retaliation and buff it. Now I can decide whether to parry or block with buffed up shield. I often go for Parries though since I’m a Parryin Knight lol. All in all. This sword opened up more options that I initially realized when I first got it. I as actually kinda disappointed when I saw I was unable to change the ash of war but that changed very quickly once I saw the value in the sword.

why me dont couter attack enemy ?

can we put an ash of war on the shield? will it override impaling thrust?

@rpjames8

15 күн бұрын

@@bilbli2 it will, and magic shield and barricade shield for example override each other!

Still not sure if the carian sword magic + the staff are better 😅

Would have rather had the endure ash on the weapon. Makes more sense. Endure into moon spell fixes the stagger issue that plagues this.

Buena Build, utilizas mucha magia de hielo, el sombrero de Ranni le iría bien a la Build Zacatecas. Zac.

@rpjames8

14 күн бұрын

@@elconxuro Qué casualidad. Yo también soy de Zacatecas. Tienes razón. No lo incluí porque personalmente no me gusta cómo se ve #fashionsouls.

damn i missed magic scorpion talisman... maybe in next playthrough

This has the highest crit damage in the game. So go for poise breaks with grav magic, glint and finger magic

Your English is great man

@rpjames8

15 күн бұрын

@@BidElden Thank you my dude! I'm not a native speaker, so thats a great compliment!

@cheeseblast

14 күн бұрын

​@@rpjames8no shot you're not native speaker really? English is incredible. Dumb American here.

it got sooooooo OP its still crap xD