Best Weapon For Ashlands Found In Valheim 

Frost Hammer has been my favorite. Ashlands is epic. A worthy foe for a Viking, and worthy of the drama.

Yeah...ok people. You DO NOT want to upgarde any ashlands base weapons that can become gem variants beyond level 1... It will cost alot of hard to come by resources. And when you switch to the gem variant (wich is what he should have been using in the test, because no one thinks its a good idea to run plain nidhogg, but it would of gone against his argument had he used a gem nidhogg as example because you have to take their effects into account, wich you should because mistwalker has effects ) Anyway the gem variant gos back to level 1 no matter what level the base weapon was... So dont waste resources

I would recommend the frostner over the mistwalker, because of the knockback

Staff of the Wild is king, not frost staff. I've taken out such large groups with that, just kite around your own vines and watch them wreck everything. It's also fun to throw a giant flaming skeleton troll in the mix to rampage.

Raising skill to 100 will be unreachable for most users, including me, I guess, without cheating. Dying, especially at higher skill levels, hurts and adds to partially lower damage when fighting multiple mobs at the same time which again increases the likelihood of you dying in that process.

Silver arrows work well especially when you sneak attack 'cause both the pierce AND spirit damage is increased by x3. With a decent bow skill and a level 3 or 4 spinesnap, you can one-shot tweakers and marksmen. You can get a warrior down to around half health from a single silver arrow sneak attack. Valkyries will take about 400 damage (a bit more than 25% of their health). Against morgen -- just use the best arrow you have because they're only weak to lightning. Also, spirit damage stacks so you don't have to worry about wasting ticks by hitting it with another arrow.

Reason that the Mistwalker (and Frostner and Frost Arrows) do not stagger as fast as a weapon doing equal total dmg, is that frost and spirit dmg do not contribute to fill the stagger bar. Only blunt, slash, pierce and lightning contribute to the stagger bar. That is why the Nidhögg of Thundering imo is the best of the one handed swords. Especially since the 20% chance chain lightning effect also contributes to the stagger bar of all enemies around. So your "but", arguing that frost dmg makes a weapon better, disregards the fact, that frost does not stagger. Frost is always a tradeoff for staggering capabilities. Thus is is a choice between two effects, that each have their benefits. Frost helps with crowd control, staggering helps with killing faster. So i find non frost weapons, work much better in duels, but frost weapons help more with crowds. Albeit, as soon as you get your hand on one iolite, the non frost weapons get overall more powerful (see below). Also there is no reason to not carry two weapons, but many for it. It is always good to have a backup, if durability runs out. And if one carries two weapons anyways, you can just have one frost and one stagger weapon, using frost, when a crowd gets too much and stagger, otherwise. And carrying a frost arrow loaded bow, to slow enemies combined with a stagger type melee weapon, worked also well for me. All that said, by far the most powerful weapon in the Ashlands (and the game so far) are imo the (Thundering) Berserkir axes. Their fast attack rate makes them already very powerful, without Thundering. But with it, the chain lightning effect procs so often, that it gets incredible powerful. And even if you accidentally (or intentionally) hit trees, the chain lightning can proc, hitting enemies in the vicinity. It is also noteworthy, that faster attacking weapons profit much more from upgrading, since all weapons get the equal 6 (or 5 for most axes) points of dmg per upgrade (I think knives are different, but I don't use them). For the faster weapons, that means a much higher percent increase of their initially lower dmg, and thus a better dps increase. Thus the berserkir axes profit a lot from upgrading and the +10 lightning dmg they get from an iolite gem. Also since the iolite upgrade already adds 10 dmg and a 20 to 25 chance to extra aoe chain lightning dmg, even tier 1 ones are better than a fully upgraded bare flame metal weapon. Btw: Frostner and generally one handed club type weapons do not have shorter range of their primary attack, than one handed swords. Both have exactly the same 90° arc of attack and reach of 2.4 meters. Although the knockback might make it feel that way, since you miss combos, because of it. But if you do not combo, they hit exactly the same. Another effect that might swords seem to have higher reach, is that their primary swing attack suffers no multi-target-dmg-penalty, which makes them much more powerful against groups. I think that was not always so, but came with some update, maybe with Mistlands introducing Krom. The secondary attack is indeed different, with swords having 2.7 m reach with just 10° arc, that makes it very easy to miss. x3 dmg (x3 stagger). The clubs offer 2.4 m reach, with a better 30° arc. x2 dmg and x5 stagger. So slightly lower range with three times the arc, means far better chances to hit, if your aim is not perfect. Also the finding, that Krom kills slower disregards, its higher reach and stagger capabilities, compared to other swords. In that case, the higher reach with its wide swinging arcs, that have no multi-target-dmg-penalty, actually help quite a lot, at keeping enemy groups away and/or staggered.

is this game worth the 10 bucks?

Other thing ou have to consider is that if you are fightin in a real combat experience in Ashlands its really rare the time you can go hammer on an enemy for 4 seconds straight without needin to dodge or kite something around. This is where the DoT of Mistwalker comes in handy... when you are strikin once, kiting around, strikin again, dodgin and such everytime you are not hittin the enemy at least they are slowed down and receivin damage over time, thus making a faster and easier kill than with the flat Flametal Sword's damage.

No speed test with Frostnr? Charred are also a skeleton that are weak to blunt aren't they? Or is the overall damage too low on it to make up for that?

I find that despite the fire resistance, multiple enemies are STILL best handled using the fireball staff due to it's even split with blunt, causing you to do around 75% of base damage (Still strong). Also need to consider that after your first stronghold raid you can upgrade your Flametal weapons to the three varients. The Flametal Mace when upgraded to lightning is really nice too (As is the sword and dual axes) due to the chain lightning effect. Poison upgrades stop enemies turning when the immobilise procs allowing you to get behind them and relentlessly punish. The blood upgrade feels garbage tbh.

The whole reason you want the new weapons is not its base stats but the magic infused gems you give them. Do a video on gem infused weapons and you will see the utility can be greater than what the mistwalker and frostner can do. But dont get me wrong they are a must for entering ashlands.

I think the main difference between normal weapons and magic staves in Valheim is the resource they use. Since you need to use stamina for BOTH attacking and dodging (or running) that makes it a little more difficult, you got to take care not to end up exhausted (no stamina) and mobs ready to make your life bar disappear. Meanwhile staves use eitr/mana and that bar charges separately. Thus for mages you use stamina for positioning and eitr for combat, a more safe style. However mage armor is much weaker than warrior's heavy armor, so getting hit, well, hits differently, lol (pun intended).

Very nice vid i have to get back in the game and start collecting mats

Was searching for this video last night before going to sleep and finally found it this morning😂

Wasn’t a magic guy, but I will say magic the only thing keeping me alive in the Ashlands. Had to retire the combat weapons. lol but I also just got the resources to start crafting some of the newer weapons

I've been able to use the maxed silver sword to complete the Ashlands. It very effective when parrying. But not the best for crowd control

use the silver sword in test since it has the highest "holy" dmg on any weapon.

Naaah, Only Silver Sword! 93 slash 45 spirit and Only use 12 stamina! My favorite choice (except boss faights and asksvins)

Staff of the wild's vines get the shield from staff of protection, situational but incredibly useful if utilized properly

You forgot about Silver Sword from mountains. 93 slash and 45 spirit damage at level 4.

For me the key to not getting overrun in the Ashlands is to kill quickly and in a contained area. The longer the fight goes the bigger the area it covers and the more mobs join in. I've found Mistwalker is by far the best weapon. The new weapons seem a bit disappointing but perhaps they'll be great in the Northlands.

Jeez, I got some work cut out. Haven’t even taken on the Queen yet, and I just crafted the frost staff. I think my magic skill is about 8-10 lol. Gotta find another queen location, the one I had got messed up in the terrain reconfiguration, little too close to deep north I guess. Thankfully I’ve steered clear of the Ashlands, so that *should* generate in just fine… hopefully. Guess I’m upgrading that staff too, seems it’s coming with when I do finally enter Ashlands!

It really is a shame that the Himmin Afl isn't that good of a weapon even though its one of my personal favorites. They need to show more love to the Atgeirs.

The massive "but" most definitely applies to how damage is applied. If you play on very hard then you know trading and situational advantage when and how you apply combos to things, changes things drastically. Krom is still better with damage at spacing with its heavy attack and at the same time the slow from mistwalker helps applying damage without the possibility of trading. I play solo and on very hard so parrying without the bubble and being able to apply damage traditionally goes out the window lol. The demolisher with krom heavy attacks and crossbow/spear chucking is the warriors way to paradise.

Is there any point to the sneak skill in the Ashlands?

Silver sword is a nice backup to have in ashlands. (your weapon is gona break fast) Demolisher is a must have as you gona get overrun pretty fast. Oh and medium shield blocking then counter deals way more damage overall. You also get constantly hit by arrows from far away, so its nice to block them. And HP HP STAMINA FOOD... for melle (with a potion that gives you stamina over time) Must be mistland tier minimum as anything else and you will have a hard time blocking.

I still use the fire staff a lot. does good damage its AoE & has a knockback on every hit, the staff of wild is kinda bananas too

Kinda disappinted at the new Fire sword in Ashlands. So much effort just to craft it and yet the damage isn't as good as i had hoped for. Mistwalker still good

People are sleeping on the nature axes

makes sense that the mistwalker doesnt stagger cuz the one disadvantage to frost is the fact it doesnt deal stagger, so mistalker has only 75 stagger while the nidhõgg has ~135

Im running the lightning berserker axes and while I haven't tested damage they are quite insane.

what about the slayer sword ? it can 2 shot most charred and hits multiple targets really good.

Excellent job brother, damage analysis is so tricky and so contextual, but you've done a great job of laying out the facts and your assumptions. My gear is maxed now, I've done 15-16 fortresses and I'm loving the lightening Flametal sword. - just need to be methodical when in close on 1 or 2star charred warriors. I'm going to level the Flametal mace next just to experience the knockback gameplay.

We found that dor single target chars, silver one handed hammer is still dope. We used it through mistlands and still use it for chars.

id like a comparrisson using the hidhögg with all the variants of magic included in this plz...

Using the basic combat mechanics you cannot stagger charred, trying out more advanced mechanics like the block combo/jump combo/ power combo ect. may induce a stagger. There are more videos out there that can explain this and with practice you can shred much faster even with basic iron gear.

Fantastic work on this video! For science!

??? but you can buff the Ashlands weapons with the crystals. Why is this not included in the calculus??? That's literally the ENTIRE point of these weapons...

The best option by far is the lightning nirohg

Bro nidhög the thundering is isane in groups of enemy's

should also done a test with an upgrade flamemetal sword with the differnt elements. ie lightning. Probbaly would have seen that the lightning flamemetal sword would have killed a lot faster

You should try silver sword

Demolisher can easy handle groups and they will never will touch u, and if they week to silver = silver sword must be op cause it make 91 slash + 67.5 (45*1.5) spirit = 158.5 damage , wich is bigger then ash sword and mistwalker ( ash sword with litghning stone is the best choose )

Depends on situation, if solo Frostner is best as you can juggle multiple enemies safely with minimal risk of death although Mistwalker is very good as well. I do wonder how all the other silver weapons would do like silver sword et cetera.

FireSpark always shiny since Conan Exiles 1.0

Is there a way to get a combat log from the game instead of watching on screen numbers or a dps meter like in online games.

With the leaks about the dual axes I was under the impression that they were going to implement dual-wielding and had pre-crafted a second Mistwalker. I was crestfallen. I was hoping to use a heavy offense as my defense...turns out I just used the shield.

Please look at the Charred Archers. Frost arrows fo massive damage to them. Far more bonus damage then other weapons

What about Nidhogg the primal with the root effect?

Not that it can REMOTELY come close to being the "best" weapon, but have you done damage tests on the "new Krom" with the Blood enchantment, assuming 2 HP foods? Any thoughts?

"dpsdebug" console command ;)

at 30 frames per second, 28 frames would be 0.933s

There is so much water spoiled, and u actually forgot about electric stone for ashlands sword...

''Nimbor'' is the spelling for the sword

What about Berserkir axes with lightning gem? They are the king of DPs.

Is frustrating get a New biome and The weapons of a previous biome are better.

Mistealker still best weapon range/stamina/damage Flame metal sword is suck

I think you should repeat the test without constructing any earth wall, especially for krom sword. No sure if it is a bug, the krom sword, although said to be have no penalty on multi target, when it hit earth wall or terrain, its dmg reduce significantly.

I feel like no one talks about how broken the staff of the wild is. No other weapon let me kill multiple 2 star morgens as fast or without getting hit

The sword is called NidHogg. You pronounce it the way you spell it.

You can make an argument that the spirit damage is useful in a real world situation due to the damage over time allows for damage to be done while you are out of range or dealing with alot of enemies. A war of attrition if you will. I'd also point out that time to kill isn't really all that useful of a test however besides spawning in an 'average amount and spread of mobs' on a beach multiple times and trying to take it with a variety of weapons and timing the time to pacify let's say with a damage taken and let's be balanced here. Pros and cons in difficulty or squeaky bum times I'm not sure how else a fair test could be made real world appropriate. My logic being ok charred are most common but is the addition of other mobs that realistically could be present going to alter the numbers and or ease significantly? I do realise that adding mobs that may not be weak to silver will decrease its value over all but this is counter balanced by the benefit of dealing damage over time on enemies not actively being attacked at that second, and the relative values of those competing factors I personally feel.would be interesting. I am however not capable of producing the tests

how do you get blue sky in ashlands?

Is it just me or does Irongate hate bows? I've been a big sneak archer since Skyrim and it seems that my preferred method of play is massively punished in this game.

try demolisher

This video is quite misleading. You spent bigger portion of the video checking if Spirit damage type is worth it, but I don't see the Silver Sword anywhere. You use it just like you used Frostner, and let the DoTs tick. Mistwalker is 90% non-Spirit damage, and wailing at the enemy until it dies is not how you would use the Spirit damage type either. If you wanna compare kill times + 1 second difference matters + you include the new Ashlands content (you used a Flametal weapon), then I'm pretty sure the best weapon by far is Nidhögg the Thundering. Both in your test chamber, and in a real melee situation. The scene where you kite multiple warriors is silly. In a real scenario, you would jump up on the raised ground that's right next to you all the time, and kill them from the safe position. And you would use Staff of Embers because of its AoE damage.

You snoozed on the best weapon against charred warriors - the demolisher. Aoe damage + knockback and possibly stun is hard to beat. Mistwalker is great all around, and especially vs askvin and morgen. But imo there is no single "best" Ashlands weapon. Different weapons shine vs different enemies, as always.

First time entering the Ashland’s on easy… I’m struggling to settle a foothold because the spawn rate of mobs is unrealistic

Ai thumb?

Gonna have to hard disagree with frost staff being king. lightning axes can absolutely destroy a group of charred as long as your parrying/rolling skills are up to par.

So here it's the opposite of Pokemon. Ice is super effective against fire.

You pronounce Nidhogg like "Need-hogg" or maybe like mead-hog but with an N instead of M

Magic rules, melee drools! Thanks for the vid.

I'm playing the ashlands right now and i gotta say i find all of this quite useless. Why? No one in their right mind should be using upgraded flametal sword (nidhogg) without the gem upgrades. Just use the mistwalker. so comparing the two is meaningless and pointless. ice staff is fine but its tiny dmg is kinda annoying and tedious plus you are slowed down too when shooting so... kiting for a long period of time is not an option. You need to nuke and get out. It's quite good vs vultures and valkyries. My advise is, test things for yourself and see what is best for your playstyle. When it comes to resources dont upgrade any regular flametal weapon. Wait till you get a gem and do it then. I suggest lighting sword. It obliterates things and mistwalker cant compete with the dmg output. get a shield upgrade b4 any armor. If you're a mage wand of the wild is absolutely broken and OP and i love it. Roots ftw.

Forget all that mechanics garbage. Will stick with my archer build with two handed hammer or equivalent to AOE grouped mobs/adds. Hasn’t failed me on any boss. Just need the right type of arrows for their weakness DOT (frost here). Frost seems to way for Ashlands, and this strategy works for all other biomes, just know the weakness and shape the environment to your advantage. Always remember, the key to this game has always been to control/shape the environment to your advantage. If the environment isn’t amenable to change, pull the mobs/bosses into another that is (where possible). Good luck.

I think its pronounced need hog

As a solo player, I completely disagree with mistwalker being better than frostnir. The knockback is more important than anything to me. Day one of sailing into ashlands with my fully upgraded mistwalker and I died 10-15 times (only died like twice in all of mistlands). Switched to frostnir on day 2 of ashlands and I can finally breathe and make progress. Mistwalker doesn’t do enough when there’s 10+ creatures on you and you’re a solo player with no knockback. Also really like the demolisher for groups of asksvin. Just my two cents!

misleading IMO. 'not even a challenge', ur using a lingering mana potion and your still fighting OOM most of the fight, kiting in Ashlands for that long will get you killed. its just too easy to die in Ashlands if you are solo using Magic, I use it to clear fortresses, the rest of the time, I need armor/health/mobility. Also fighting the normal mobs are not that difficult for ANY build, magic or melee, the problem always lies with the starred enemies that hit like a truck. They almost one-shot me in ask armor, guess what that translates into using mage armor? Yes, I'm as good at dodging as anyone, but eventually, you will get hit no matter how good you are.

Show your stats

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Why not convert 3 seconds 28 frames at 30fps to 3.93 seconds instead of referencing multiple units??? It's like middle school level math and communicates the information much better to the viewer...

I can't tell if your testing is biased, or just poor.

This video was just so pointless. Started about the spear, next swords, after that frostner...in the end frost staff.

Fla-Metal....it aint that hard =)

Yea no use the storm star and a shield .. you can tell you don't play vanilla. A morgan will one shot you in magic gear with 1 food health item . The staffs are supporters so solo magic is a bad idea ..and in a groupe the best way is 1 guy runs klossen the rest run storm star or axes klossen knockback is king and with the vine lock its a easy target for axes and chain lightning is awesome with large groups. . Maybe use less cheats and play the game . Also the colour of the damaged is a indicator to what they are weak or resistant to its not that hard to work out dude .

I use krom in Ashlands and have no problem 🫶