10 Crazy Useful Gameplay Secrets in Elden Ring! 

I thought it was a feature considering it seemed to follow some kind of rough convention around which type of spell could be chain casted with what (although some 'chains' were outright bugged to not have an animation and/or a tiny hitbox, likely never intended) I used to chain Catch Flame into Magma Breath in pvp, which would catch a panic roll but was never by any means a true combo if you timed the roll slightly later - same thing with Swift Glintstone Shard into Comet

It really is unfortunate. Still, there are some spells and incantations that can be performed immediately after performing an action. To add on to the crouch melee, crouching before using the aforementioned spells and incantations is a good way to get the faster spell animations very quickly. Black Flame Blade is great for this since it's a great buff with such a sadly short buff time. Only 9 seconds or so. It's meant to be cast quickly, so crouching before buffing takes almost no time.

Damn, would have been great for a battlemage playstyle too.

Its near impossible to cast and sword play now especially against bosses without getting ridiculously far back to do so

Meh, my mage build feels unaffected by this because I never knew this was a thing. But still, magic go pow enemy become dead

Exactly this! I took a break for about 2 weeks from it until yesterday. Not that I was taking it easy considering I was playing Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne instead, lol. Taking the break was good for me, because when I went back I cleared the Murkwater Catacombs (so easy), explored Siofra River, and defeated the Ancestor Spirit boss (such a cool, gorgeous boss).

@@SolaScientia I usually give it like an hour break lol

Solid advice my friend 👏🏼

So true I got hard stuck on Maliketh and then had to take a 2 week break for finals. Came back and beat him like 3rd try but much more enjoyable

I had that issue. I’m still on my first playthrough and even I got burnt out. I took a 2 week break and now I’m back and I feel good!

Oh shi--

Sekiro god is here.

@@panigai not only Sekiro anymore.

I love watching your vids King. You're the GOAT 🐐

Because this mfer isnt strong enough already. LOL

Huh. I’ve never seen anyone mention this before

Any magic that spreads a seal at your feet will do what the shackles do. 👍

The chariot thing hasnt worked even once in my 5 playthroughs

I’ve heard a bit about this but I wasn’t sure how it works, thank you sir

I did this by accident, I've been using the shackles to check for hidden walls in dungeons after Zullie pointed out this feature, and when I was in Azuria I threw it down only for the chariots to suddenly explode. It was very surprising lol. I didn't even realise there was a path underneath

Thanks mate, great advices ! This game allows so many things it's insane

​@@Dr.SnakeShark3007 Glad I could help? ER is really a sandbox of combat options. I still haven't tried an all-bow build, but I feel like it's more trouble than I'm willing to deal with.

Give this man a medal!

you rock. I'm sparkling hard!

Months later and I found these tips helpful, thank you!

Too bad he's not as smart as people think lol he should really get better info, didn't even say the crystal darts work on golems. we already know the imps watchdogs and golems are made from magic

Would be it a Vaati vidya if there wasn't lore?

@@andreafiora8136 boohoo, since you know so much maybe you should start a channel and make your own videos. Im sure you'd be as entertaining as Vaati

@@ewoknips5154 Tell that to Redgrave lol

He can't help himself you know how he is

@@akkystreams1103 I wish the blade swing had a active hit box

And he forgot to mention that you can lunge attack out of a feint

@@akkystreams1103 amazing looking weapon, but it seems so weak on PVE

I've been using a great epee my entire playthrough and did not know this thank you.

@Mustard that's why you pair it up with epee with seppuku: jump attack opening makes majority of enemies staggered and about to bleed.

It really annoys me how the enemy reactions in this are immediate button input reads. Makes it so hard to fight intuitively and promotes a sort of bait n cheese playstyle (not saying that's what you're doing) I love the game and everything but it just irks me.

@@GaiaGhost From a game design perspective, it's a really tricky situation. You want enemies to react to what the player is doing, in order to make combat feel appropriately varied and perhaps more realistic. An intelligent opponent, after all, will not just fire off random sequences of attacks hoping that you'll mess up and walk into one. I think a bit of input reading is justified, as long as it's done properly. However, when the effects of input reading occur too soon after the button press, or happen too consistently, it ceases to feel like an adversary noticing what you're doing during battle and responding to it. Instead, it looks and feels robotic and unintuitive. The most obvious input reading I've noticed in Elden Ring is how enemies dodge projectiles. This isn't a big deal by any means, as it's incredibly easy to mitigate by using spells that have a delayed effect, or by just going in with a melee weapon. I just don't like how obvious it is that I'm causing the monster I'm fighting to yeet itself to the right every single time I press a button. Personally, I think the developers wanted to nerf the effectiveness of ranged attacks against certain enemies, but didn't want to invest a lot of extra time into making a more advanced projectile avoidance AI. Which is understandable, but it does look goofy as fuck when it happens like five times in a row. Aside from that, the only other input reading I've seen is how some bosses instantly transition from a "walking" phase (during which they move slowly towards the player to close distance), to a "jogging" or "running" phase (where they move much faster and prime themselves to attack when within range), the moment I start trying to heal. It's something I'm aware of, but it doesn't feel awkward, at least to me. I'd be interested to hear the immediate button reads you noticed. It's probably something I just didn't pick up on for whatever reason.

@@curatedmemes9406 you want immediate button reads? Godskin Apostle's fireball and Malenia's thrust are literally bound to your heal button. Malenia's thrust is significantly rarer to be bound but when it happens it's really annoying. Obviously projectile dodges Whenever fighting a humanoid enemy with the capability to roll you aren't getting any hits, ever. They will roll everything if your attacks come out fast enough or too slow.

@@GaiaGhost the thing is, I don't do what I described in my post with the intention of dunking on the ai, but when the enemy dodges literally when I press L2 and i can still tilt the stick to hit them with the attack, I will do it. You could say that I'm taking advantage of the input reading yes, but I don't see what else to do lol

@@curatedmemes9406 If anything their projectile dodges feel like they *are* just reacting to the move, not button inputs. Key example is ancient lightning spear, or frenzied burst, you can charge it up and many enemies will not act until the projectile fires. However, you can go into most boss fights and after they do their opening combo, will often do nothing if you don't. (Some exceptions like serpent.) And as soon as you press an attack button they generally respond with the worst possible action for you, immediately. I've spent a lot of time playing solo, underlevelled, with a melee build. finishing my first rl1 run now. You really pick up on it when every move counts. I got margit to hold his club in upper attack position for like 15 seconds by simply not attacking. You can bait malenia by swinging a melee wpn from far away (even waterfowl ) similar thing with godskin duo and black flame (parry it back, easy cheesy win). The weapon is nowhere near them, they are not reacting to that. The game just reads attack and responds with what's most likely to hit you. And that can be turned against them. Just try periodically doing nothing after a fight starts, then try baiting them to you instead of you being the aggressor.

I could not figure out how to use that right it seemed useless

@@geordiejones5618 its viable in pvp u should give it a try

Margit's Shackle also destroys them

@@geordiejones5618 g

@@geordiejones5618 uuggu guguiu ghuyhiigig

Is there a difference?

Clarifying further, it has nothing to do with spells, it is all fire and lightning damage regardless of source, including ashes of war and elemental weapon infusions, thrown pots, perfumes and what have you. There are 2 separate and stackable ways to get the effect, standing in water and being wet. You are wet if it is raining, or if you use a dodge roll in water or some kind of attack or effect douses you in it. So, if it is raining OR you stand in water, fire damage goes down and lightning goes up. If you are both standing in water AND it is raining, you get even weaker fire/even stronger lightning. And if it is not raining, but you roll in water and then walk out of the water afterwards, you will still get the fire nerf and lightning buff for as long as you are wet, even after getting back onto dry land. Basically, if there's any water of any kind near you it is best to assume that the effect applies. You can also check your status screen to see how much these resitances change.

@@Mythodyn Yeah there is. Reducing resistance by 10% results in more damage taken, compared to if you were to buff the damage dealt by 10%. As an example: 600 damage + 10% for a total of 660 damage - 50% resistance means a total of 330 damage dealt. 600 damage against 40% resistance however ends up with a total of 360 damage dealt. It's a very minor difference, but still, a difference it is.

@@MrKhorogh I'm not sure I understand. So + 10% resistance does not equal a + 10% buff?

@@JustinL614 It does not, no. In general reducing resistances by an equal amount will lead to more damage in most cases, but some enemies with absurdly high resistances in the first place will barely give a damage increase.

Vaati is the only true channel for FromSoft games. ;) He notices what others just don't.

Agreed

@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly lmfao, he just feeds you all, worthless bullshit. Ex: "Notice the dimple on the statues face, it is said that dimples were..." blah blah blah. And he's going into "deep information" on shitty weapons...WOW!!!!

I literally use his Bloodborne lore vid as like a bedtime story. Or any lore videos but that one I find to be the most calming.

It probably wasn't included in the video since it's a developer oversight and might get patched out at some point.

@@gogokowai I think it was discovered some time before the patch. So either they didn't have time or don't care because the chariots are that annoying.

@@gogokowai What's not a glitch, though, is a well-aimed firebomb can trigger the pillar if you throw it where the statue comes up.

@@gogokowai it's not a glitch bc margit's shackle can trigger those pillars from miles away, i did some testing, as long as you is in the same general area, they will trigger

@@marcelovinicius3386 it’s called Margit’s shackle, it’s meant to shackle Margit, not do anything else

Thats awesome actually. The way the game has so many optional things and secrets, and the way you can discover them including from the community while in-game.

Same goes for magic glintblade. They dodge when you cast, but the sword comes out after a delay and they don't dodge that.

I'm pretty sure enemies won't dodge uncharged lightning bolts, but WILL dodge charged ones.

I've been using Night Comet for a while because I felt like it was more effective than other medium projectiles, now I know why!

The full moon sorceries as well. Enemies dodge when it first releases but before it really even starts to move, do unless they're super close already, they're getting hit with it.

Yeah this one is a great trick! I do it too.

And if you're on foot, you can roll over them to break them and get the rune.

It's helped me tremendously.

another one that wasnt mentioned in the video is the set that enhances thorn sorceries. taking the cloak off of the torso removes its buff, which is sorta neat i guess

@@mitch1gmr Albreich's set

Yeah it adds +0.1, it’s either a mistake or deepest lore

@@stevebuhrt3504 I like to think it's for lore purposes because the thing that changes when you alter Mohg's robe is that it removes the big pauldron which, according to the Sanguine Set, is a symbol of a person's station in his new dynasty. Which means it's kind of an inherently unholy object, hence removing it = higher Holy Resistance.

@@stevebuhrt3504 i just assume that the boost comes from the shawl thing, since the coat itself is much less visually excessive. no clue for certain though lol

Stone of Gurranq can be done before honed bolt too, doing lighting after stone also works

The crystal darts work on the giant golems as well

I swear it feels like carian slicer > carian piercer is also one of them

Glintstone Shard > Adula's Moonblade is a pretty useful one in pvp

You know they're definitely patching it because they seem to be patching anything fun and unintentional

I used thunder traps to my advantage to take out a really powerful knight once when I noticed this in some wide water area with a bunch of slimes and claymen, super fun

this was also true in bloodborne, notably during orphan of kos

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And twin Iron Maiden boss. In a pond that is.

Stuttering usually isn't a big deal. I turned down shadow, water reflections and such to low and it's all good. Do have a 3070ti though.

Honestly I'm running an ATI 570RX and just a measly Ryzen 3 1200 and I haven't had any issues with performance

I’ve been running it on PS4 since launch and will say that console is really solid, have had very few issues so it could be worth checking out

Performance on PS4 has been pretty good so far. I’ve put about 250 hours into the game and I’ve experienced stuttering maybe 5 or 6 times. Only once in a situation that affected combat. Invading has been a nightmare though. It just never works for me. Most I can do is appear in their world. Then I immediately get kicked out and told there’s a network error.

I got it on the PC first but I had to buy the PS4 version cause the shuttering was so annoying its only a bit better after the updates, but on the PS4 its super smooth 95% of the time!

I love the black flame attacks and have several twinblades with the BF tornado. I love it

Black Knife % damage on the WA is holy and so can be used against Mohg instead

did malenia on my first try due to that bolt of gransax never been as happy in my life

Gravity rock throw stuff has tracking that input reading cant dodge

I think when you finish the game you can walk in the puddles but I am not sure about that either

Its not obscure, whats actually happening is that both shackles in the game when used reveal hidden walls nearby and activates the stone pillars in the catacombs (thats spew fire or such affects) this is a rather large range

It still works as of May 9

@@soulcrusher25 its an intended feature, its not a bug

@@TheCHiiN As far as I know, it's not actually currently known if it's intentional or not. It seems to be more of a quirk with how the shackles work. All we know for sure is they've never patched it.

ok

the eccentric hood is so far the only piece of armor that has almost no Stat change

Altering also shows his head was replaced by red glintstone like Lusat and Azure. You actually can’t see the missing red glintstone eye with the hat on either.

Gotta appreciate the attention to detail in this game. So cool and good for world building

@D_ans I’d say the world is exceptionally detailed but it’s very very subtle and done super well. Game is a masterpiece of world building. I can see why people would think it’s not detailed but… there’s many examples of stuff in the lore being shown through the landscape. Like when you go to catacombs and get to the boss, there’s always tons of dead bodies. They’re people becoming one with the roots of the erdtree. It’s super cool

That was in previous Souls games, Elden Ring is like Bloodborne now, the r1 attack after backstepping is different to the one after running, you can also perform a different attack if you press r2, in DS2, the player, after pressing r2 while running, will just the same heavy attack, in DS3, the player performa a jump attack, in Bloodborne & now ER, the player does a different attack.

@@haruka42069 Are you sure? The same animation?

@@haruka42069 Dude, i played these games for goddamn 3 years in a row! I know the animations of DS3 & Bloodborne weapons by heart, as i said before, r1 after backstepping having the same animation as r1 while running was in the previous Souls games, Bloodborne was the only game where it was different, and now Elden Ring is the second. Do you have ER now? See it yourself, before i typed this reply i had tested it with three weapons, they are really different.

@@haruka42069 Nah, call me sensitive i don't care, at least did you try to see yourself? I think i am just wasting my time.

@@haruka42069 lol pathetic XD

You can also have staff of loss on your off hand and receive the bonus while using your other staff in the other hand, right?

@@mosskey yep! All casting implements with that kind of bonus work like that

@@Call_Upon_YAH What about 3 fingers? You seem to know a lot about gods residing outside of lands between

@@Call_Upon_YAH , love fairy tales much?

@@Call_Upon_YAH There is no god, enjoy your fiction.

yep I try to use 4 or so in a row then when they dodge the last time get hit by em all

You can also charge this spell. This is incredibly useful, as it makes you able to chain this spell with itself. The charged version does more damage, has a faster projectile speed, and takes a lot longer to fire. You can cast 3 charged ones 3 uncharged ones, and they will unleash a barrage of spells hitting close together. Works well for smaller enemies in pve that take 2 hits, as you can chain a charged then noncharged and have them hit at the exact same time, not gaining aggro while casting. You can also use this chaining in pvp, if you get the timing right, you can make them fire at such timing as to hit right after an enemy dodge. Try it, it's one of the main reasons it's one of my favorite spells.

Death ranker has the same effect

Darn my spellthief character just got much spicier. I only knew about Slicer into Greatsword

That shit's a bug and I'm surprised he mentioned it. If you don't believe it, try two spells into a spell that has only one follow up attack, like black blade, theodorix's magma, shatter earth, gavel of haima.

I got my ass kicked a couple of times in PvP by that combo, don't know how or why but it was a lot of damage!

@KivaNChips My guess is they never expected one spell to combo into another spell. If I had to guess, they'll make some concession in that one "school" of magic can combo into another spell of the same kind. For example, bestial fling into stone of gurranq or pebble into comet. Even bestial fling into honed bolt feels ridiculous

@KivaNChips I feel like it adds no depth, just leads to people abusing it for the easiest ways out. Bestial fling into honed bolt is extremely oppressive and you're basically forced to double roll every bestial fling because of it. You'll see a lot of casters that never actually learned how to play caster because this is so strong by itself that you don't need anything else

enemy: *dodges left* haha! your spell missed me! now I have that upper han--*gets hit by the slow moving rocks*

same experience with all spell that mooves slowly , the AI dodge the spell end , so ennemies can't do shit against gravitationnal spells that throws rocks.

@@BasalteJ the rock throw sorcery is one of my staple spells for exactly that reason.

So even enemies get tripped up by delayed attacks, not just players.

Imo one of the best spells in the game. Strong, versatile and does a ton of poise dmg.

my boi lionel

Really one of the greatest games of all time. No contest.

@@adeptusmechanicus1029 It's in my top 10 for sure. And I have played way too many video games in my life starting with Pong. It's one of those games I wish I could erase my memory of it and play it new again.

The stuff I'm learning about the shackle is making me even more glad I shelled out the 5000 runes to Patches for it for Margit. I'd been determined not to use it but then finally caved since I was having major issues at level 18 when I finally killed him (and I was at like level 13 or something when I first found him). I immediately checked after that fight to see if it had further uses and I saw that I can use it on Morgott as well, and know seeing it has even more uses makes it well worth the runes.

It will also destroy the chariots in auriza hero dungeon for the same reason

Common knowledge for some but I see tons of RU-vidrs and people still swinging at walls. SMH the sheer reach in a cave it has a well is great lol why would I ever go around and swing or roll at Al walls ever again

@@SolaScientia thats's because they are the same Omen.

Why are you all have a smooth and crafty mindset

The Uplifting Aromatic is a superstar here. Relatively rare item that gives your mimic *and* you a one-hit shield and attack buff. Warming stones are also an excellent choice.

DaneJR's mom never called me back

@@bobobsen why don’t you cry about it

This is all really cool, especially mixed with the shabiri talisman. But.. that mimick is already too strong for my personal taste. As a lvl 150 quality build using +10 bloodhound fang, even after the mimick nerf, it's close to that "too good that it starts to be less fun" kinda territory. Again, for me personally. As a single player game, you can decide to play however you want. I like to try to find this super delicate balance between feeling strong but still being challenged. Which, I'm sure some gatekeepers would already deny me entry just for the bloodhound 10 alone. Good tip tho.

I just found a secret cave and boss in under Nokstella. Now I gotta sniff every corner

@@cappytan2626 under nokstella? Do you have a name for the cave?

@@myles5276 can only be ainsel and the Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella

@@aetherpie3294 fair point I should have thought of that

@@myles5276 no name. It's right behind wear your get Marika's Scarseal

His voice is one of the best voices I’ve ever heard on RU-vid. Guy should be a voice actor.

This is high praise from the loveliest voice of another community. I love it when creators from different communities pop up like this, i love your work for many of the same reasons i love vaati's.

yeah, I def agree.. mine game experience does also benefit from these vids here, as well... so a big THANKYOU, from me also (^~^#) (y)

How? Lol you ain't playing if your here.

You can also kill commander O’Neil with a bow outside the boss arena,

I doubt cause they already have sekiro

I hope not

@@Homanjer why tho

@@on_the_inverse_5193 because I don't like those Asian settings.

@@Homanjer yeah but the armor doe, some historical chinese, japanese, mongolian, etc. armor would be sick

How do you guys even find this stuff out? I'm impressed

Wtf, that's hilarious! Thanks for the tip, but how do you die from deathblight at will?

Is there a way to self inflict death blight? If so maybe you could kill the one in the Gelmir grave even though it seems you aren't meant to kill it?

@@ezu5131 pure coincidence, just happened to die to a basilisk right as one passed.

@@tommasomarconi9053 I think there are lizards there which causing the deathblight. Just make them chase you till you reach the chariots

Some sort of caster stance where the weapon crossbar gets replaced with 4 selected spells (like the pouch menu) would be great

@@j0hnnyblade Ugh that would be amazing. When it was announced Elden Ring would have a hotbar/pouch menu for frequently used items, I was convinced they were going to go the Fable 1 route and have the system you describe.

@@j0hnnyblade I don’t get why they don’t have something like this already lol. You could even have it so holding L2 makes it so the triggers, face buttons and dpad directions all map to a different spell, thereby giving you access to any of your 12 spells with the same number of button presses

A combination of Steam controller remapping and an AutoHotKey script could probably accomplish this.

Thank you lol

Nobody else like this, it has tk remain under the radar

Oh THATS why it happens then. The shackle causes the 3rd chariot to spawn which destroys them all. Thank you for this comment. It makes much more sense now as to why this happens.

I was gonna comment the same thing, tho for pretty much any dungeon that has a pillar that breathes fire or ice, you can just use Margitt's or Mohg's shackle and it'll go down or up giving you one less trap to worry about

@@smileyyami9086 Yeah been there done that, not worth carrying it around for that, but it can be helpful sometimes.

@Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. Jesus doesn't exist.

I was actually amazed when I survived then on my second play through

Yep. Better armor helps too, but the vigor is more important I think

@D_ans but what if my fashion is horned goat armor

@@andrearossi6564 whatever looks cool dude. I found the Night's cavalry set and have been rocking that with the confessor hood ever since. afaik the armor isn't even that good lmao. if tragoth's set looks good to you, use it. it's got great stats so there's no reason not to do so if you like it I'll see if I can put another comment with a link, idk if vati blocks links in comments or not

They also nerfed them recently so they do half the damage they used to do.

i haven't seen anyone else anywhere talk about this, i've pulled off the slap only a couple times in pvp just trying to chain cast. i always feel like a jerk lmao, but i've had no idea how or why it was happening. you're saying if i cast catch flame twice and then dragonclaw it will do the slap?

@@gelocide4924 Yes, and its a little weirder than I first thought. I started writing a reply to this and then I remembered that a few more spells with limited casting exist: Briars of Sin and Blade of Death. I decided to test them both and found some weird things. For Briars of Sin, I tested how it interacted with Pebble, Carian Slicer, and Gavel of Haima. Casting Briars works mostly as expected actually. If casted 2nd in a chain of quick spells, it will go into the 2nd and 3rd cast of Briars. If casted 3rd, it will only use the final 3rd cast. If casted 4th, it will go back to the 2nd and 3rd casting sequence. I still cant figure out how the game is tracking how many spells in a sequence you've casted, but obviously its not tracking it correctly or applying this information to other spells correctly if it leads to inconsistent or broken interactions like these. Gavel interacts with Briars similarly to other spells. It functions properly if casted 2nd, breaks if casted 3rd, and cant be casted 4th because Briar can only be casted 3 times. Blade of Death, or specifically how it interacts with Honed Bolt/Lightning Strike, is where things got weirder. I tested it with Catch Flame, Honed Bolt/Lightning Strike, and Bloodflame Talons. Blade of Death casted in the 3rd sequence after Catch Flame and Bloodflame Talons for some reason doesn't cost any FP, but it has the same property as the other broken spells of applying if your hand hits the enemy. If used 3rd after Honed Bolt, it actually activates ANOTHER bug where the top half of your body's animations desync from your bottom's half. This seems to be a problem with Honed Bolt/Lightning Strike, though. In this case, you actually do the full follow-up animation, swing the sword around, and fire the beam, but you're on the ground the entire time and you break your spine. Dragonclaw functions the same way. This is... almost how it should interact, minus the broken animations. Since it is broken like this though, the only different property I could think of is that you *are* on the ground the entire time, so maybe getting hit out of it early wouldn't result in you being knocked prone. I also dont know how this affects hyper armor startup. Its hard to time an enemy's attack to be after I've hit it twice with Honed Bolt or Lightning Strike but before I would normally get hyper armor during Blade of Death or Dragonclaw. Magma Breath also functions the same as the other spells when used with Honed Bolt/Lightning Strike, but its less noticable because you are already grounded while using that spell. Your legs dont move like how they should, but you look mostly the same. I'm starting to question whether or not we'd ever get a sorcery and incantation hybrid casting tool, because I do not think the animations would actually be able to function properly in such a case.

@@EldestOrion damn thank u for the in depth response lol, i've done some similar testing but not nearly as much, i will have to look at those spells tomorrow. do u think the weird slap animation is by any chance an intended feature? seems hard to believe but my friend that i play with is convinced it's just a secret mechanic lol

@@gelocide4924 I dont think its intended. The slap can still combo into the second cast of the spell. So instead of skipping the first cast to go into the second faster cast like is probably intended, its attempting to use some faster animation for the first spell cast that doesnt exist, breaking the animation. And these casting phases ARE distinct, as shown by Blade of Death having 2 totally separate animations for its combo. In the best case scenario, they fix the issue but also properly allow you to do the full 2-3 spell casts of a spell while using the faster second-cast variant for the first cast as well. But it would probably end up being that you just skip the first casting animation for spells like that. Also, I forgot to mention but Honed Bolt/Lightning Strike is also itself bugged. Casting Catch Flame twice into Honed Bolt will cause you to slap the air and then lightning strikes. So something else weird is going on with the animations for spells that dont even have limitations to their number if casts. I also didnt test Bestial Sling, so I may do that later as well.

Final addendum: I tested Beast Sling and Stone of Gurranq. They have the same interactive properties as Catch Flame, meaning they are capable of leading into the hand slap. I also briefly tested a combo of Stone of Gurranq and Theodrix's Magma, where you cast Stone twice, then Magma, and then alternate between Stone and Magma after that. Fun, especially with a Cerulean Hidden Tear, but probably impractical to spend 15 seconds throwing rocks and giant magma balls, especially with the relatively short range of Magma Breath. You are almost like a living volcano though.

You are a hero

If it ain't drip, it's a skip. Thank you for the tip.

Not really useful outside of fashion == very useful and extremely relevant!

You are a legend, pair this with the black knife armor and maybe the Night Calvary boots and gauntlets to make up for the low armor on the hood? That sounds like an assassin to me

This is the most important information.

WHAAAAT REALLY? Wtf dude

Well I saw it in many videos, so people talk about it, but neat anyways

@@krusher181 Ya it has a "hitbox" technically so it effects lots of things within range

probably a bug

Yeah, I should probably use them instead of wasting an arrow every time one of the imp statues is in my way.

I think that was the idea they were going for, good thing it doesn’t work like that in PvP though, right? …It doesn’t work like that in PvP though, right?

@@jonathanwinkler9659 Anakin smirk 😏

@@jonathanwinkler9659 Wait, are those night spells actually viable in PvP?

@@GrimmerPl They look exactly the same to both players in PvP. I think they might be ok, but there's probably better options; I fought a friend of mine who was using the one that attacks from behind and out of about 20 uses of the spell he only hit me with it once. At the time, I was 30 hours into this game, and this was my first Souls game. So... It's highly likely that you can only get use out of these as long as the opponent is dealing with something else you've already cast.

How about those little lightning orbs in Siofra River? Those little shitfuckers taught me the lightning AOE in water. Player casted lightning still has that extra hitbox.

@@cambion_entertainment when i tested it (summoned friend as red to help) lightning arrows and pots worked but lightning spear and honed bolt wouldnt. i'll have to look into that a bit more

To add to that, Morgott's second phase, where he covers the arena with his "curse", makes lightning attack more powerful too! I figured this out by using the Lightning ash of war you get in Leyndell, it made the second phase way easier, especially as you can use it two to three times during his attack that cuts the arena in quarters with golden swords

Oh! My favorite spell.. Started as prisoner with the spell.. Near end game and still using it.. I can just cast-spam and run around.. Ennemis will still get the damage

I actually do need this

Damn, didn't know that

That's nice! I do hope we'll get more helmets that get the duelist cloak hood to pop up as well

The unaltered banished knight helm with the red hood also pairs well with several sets that bring out the shawl covering the left shoulder.

I think that is case here 🤣

Sekiro takes place in a fictional part of Sengoku era Japan.

Ashi is reed in Japanese so it kinda makes sense if that’s the case

I would love if we got some connection where all of these worlds we played through in previous games are just parts of the Lands Between.

The game already has some vague connections to Dark Souls (there's a rare shield that can drop from one of the skeletons near the merchant outside the capital, that depicts a "legendary city of the sun" aka Anor Londo) so this makes sense. It's a From Software Greatest Hits game after all

Came to say this, this is the easy way to do this and much better option if you can get it right, I hate that dungeon. I did it the proper way on ng but not any subsequent play through

Iirc the shackles also destroy illusory walls. My theory is they send out a “pulse” that interacts with objects, hence the imp tower and walls

Was going to suggest shackles... But you did already. Incredibly useful item. I love that they find secret walls in range of your character not just one wall at a time.

Will it work on the single chariots in the Stranded Graveyard?

Easy way indeed!

Ahhh yes rock sling the best spell (not even a joke), you can also use rock sling to get easy critical attacks on some enemies.

Exactly, I just chucked lightning spears at her freely

@@draketurtle4169 worked great for dragons on my Dex/Int run

@@GratefulDave93 I’m on my first game as a DEX INT build, any weapons or ashes of war you recommend?

@@GratefulDave93 oh yeah, against large enemies who you can target certain body parts it’s especially good. Just keep bonking them on the head with rock sling and they die.

Shooting didn’t work for me but it did work throwing a firebomb

Im gonna try them next then, they seem very cool.

@@TheSUGA1202 they’re very very good on rapiers and heavy thrusting swords (mostly on human enemies and players) the feint guarantees a follow up attack and it’s really good for applying status effects, on top of doing solid flat damage and poise damage. The feints on curved swords however are pretty bad, have no range and don’t seem to guarantee the follow up attack but they look cooler.

@@thebigenchilada678 Bloody Helice has as insane feint with its ash of war. Give you a shit load of s plus a 3 hit follow up.

Yup, rapier combos that required loads of tech in the last games are now easy to pull off and still super effective

@@acinixys that’s just it’s ash of war, similar to bloodhound’s fang. The actual feints don’t give you any Ifranes as far as i know.

hehehe

They will also use Uplifting Aromatic for free which would normally cost an Arteria Leaf and those don't respawn.

@@fatesvagrant768 Arteria Leafs can be farmed by killing the giants near the Giants Gravepost site of grace.

Sadly those stones can also heal enemies though :/

@@skipper7371 Wow didn't know that! Thanks for the info!

Is this JoJo reference?

@@rafsandomierz5313 👍😭

JoJo' bizarre adventures.. Love that show

Found another JoBro

Fight someone with a katana and see how well that rapier trick works Bonus points if you fight the same guy twice and win the first time with the trick

@@porkwhisperer3050 TIL. This is my first soulsborne where I'm actually using spells and incantations so that might be why it's new to me. Still dope though!

I was like: Bullshit, this is not invisible at all. But now I understand xD

get the staff of loss and put it in your off hand. Gives you a 30% damage boost