Is Euporia Good? Breaking Down The Most Complex Elden Ring Weapon. Shadow of the Erdtree 

Local Aussie bullied into making video about Euporia

On Wedesdays the weapon deals magic damage, but only on the 3rd hit... unless it's a leap year then it gets bleed, but only while crouching... at night.

Considering that the fully charged skill is conditional and can't be used at any time, it should be as powerful as possible if not the highest damaging in the game.

all of the coolest weapons hit like pillows

It's popular because it's really well hidden and looks cool. People want it to be good.

Feels like 90% of the weapons in the DLC are vanity ones that do flashy yet impractical skills to pull off on bosses.

Short answer : no

It looks so cool, and the ash looks even cooler, it’s a shame this weapon is yet another in Froms catalogue of highly experimental feeling weapons

Can you make a video on the euporia?

They should remove the timer. Attacks raise the strenght of the weapon. After 10 light attacks, you get to level 2. Then level 3. If you want you can stay on level 3 forever or a very long time, or use the ash.

They should just remove the timer (and maybe buff the damage too), I don't know what they were thinking making a weapon that has a decaying timer in a game where you quite literally have to wait for openings long enough to use the attack properly.

Fromsoft makes a weapon class which relies on mutli hits to deal damage while offering no stance damage or proper poise, also fromsoft designs bosses with 5 hit combo chains where one hit will leave you stunlocked to death most of the time.

"I'm getting so many questions about this weapon, why is it so popular". Dude look at it. Holy shit it looks sick. That ash of war too. Edit; Isn't it also that one weapon that people were finding inside the files, but not the actual game?

This weapon would be awesome in a turn based RPG. The problem with all the cool shit you can do in any FROM game is that you have no window to use it unless you've completely mastered the fight, and even then it's just fluff. You're better off with power stanced straight swords L1 spamming, jump attacking/running attacking with dual curved swords, two-handed great to colossal tier weapons and so on. Too many weapon arts and incantations specifically feel useless as fuck, as though they were made for a different game where you can watch the spectacle and not get staggered out of your zero hyper armour attack that doesn't do nearly enough damage to justify using it over a regular attack.

What I like about Euporia is that it could signal a new apporach to unique weapons in the future

When I found it, after the journey I took to find it, I was expecting either a huge troll weapon (like a broken straight sword that couldn't be broken) or an iconic throwback weapon from previous games. Finding a "meh" weapon was a worse feeling than if it had been a completely useless troll weapon lol

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Damn, that's a convoluted ways to make a weapon

As a charge blade main I feel right at home with this weapon mechanic wise

The reason it’s so popular is likely twofold: First: It was cut content in the base game that a lot of players wanted to see added. Second: This shit is real hard to find, so it naturally piques the interest of people who discover it

I used it to beat the final boss, as a str Faith i had no dps "fast" weapon, it deals a good dps, have a nice light attack and just looks coolu fortunately, i couldn't charge it up mid fight cause the boss didn't let me attack him so often

Based on the general weapon/skill design they seem to be going with here, it seems likely that the backend of the code works a bit like this: Base Weapon starts with 0 stacks of 'hits', using the first of three movesets and damage tables. Each hit with the weapon using that table grants a certain number of 'hit' stacks, with the light attacks granting something like 1 stack per connection (since twinblade light attacks can hit 2x each, that averages to 2 stacks per light attack) tied to a boolean check ("Did weapon connect? If yes, +1") at certain frames of the animation. For charged attacks, there is likely a small table of stack values based on how much the attack was charged up which are used instead of the +1 for lights; jumping heavy and light probably both just have set values for each check based on the length of the animation required. These stacks are checked both every second or so and after each animation, decaying by one each check. Once some number of 'hit' stacks are acquired (based on the numbers here I'd hazard a guess at 10 stacks), the weapon switches moveset, animation, and damage tables to the first buffed form. Then, the weapon stays in that form until either the next buff threshold is met (If we're using these number again, likely 20) or the stacks fully decay to 0. The same is true of the second level buff, but until it drops to below the first threshold and then is moved down to the set of tables for the first buff. Using the AoW on the second level buff also automatically drains all stacks, seemingly regardless of whether you get the full animation off or not (although I'd have to review the footage more carefully or do the testing on my own to be sure). Since the stacks are tied to hit register checks, rather than damage numbers or kills, it sits in a weird place where maximizing scaling damage on it actually reduces the likelihood of getting and maintaining the buff during regular use, while doing a stamina build with minimal damage stats where you simply focus on maximizing hits is actually rewarded with more consistent flat damage buffs and access to the higher-tier AoW. This would actually make it uniquely suited for doing a build with max vigor, mind, endurance, etc and minimal damage stats, as you would be getting more out of this weapon by investing less in base damage. It's fascinating in how much more like a traditional "skill trade-off" video game weapon it becomes when compared to normal Fromsoft weapons when that is taken into mind, with trading out lower base damage and flexibility for more consistent access to the buffs and the stronger AoW. Really not something we see From experiment with very often, at least not to this degree. I can see why it was left out of the base game, it's a very odd weapon when compared to their normal roster, and doesn't really fit well in the sandbox as a result. Especially without any similarly-designed weapons in other categories, or a clear damage advantage offered by using it, it really is just an odd duck of a weapon despite how cool it is. Know a lot of this is just kinda rephrasing what was said here, but hopefully this makes sense as a coding/design theory. Appreciate the weapon showcase and breakdown! I've really been wondering about this thing, but haven't had the time to do proper testing or video study. Thanks for your work!

This should have been Miquella’s (Abundance) or Godwyn’s (Decay) remembrance. It’s been on such a weird journey through Elden Ring’s development process. Can’t say I’m happy with how it ended up.. hidden in Belurat, stripped of all lore, as complicated as it is awkward and inn effective. I HOPE they do massive buffs to fix so much about the DLC. Thank you so much for the testing I couldn’t figure the buff timers out, all I knew was “this feels bad”

i honestly expected rellana's weapons to be the most complicated due to the amount of movesets you get, two ashes of war, and quad scaling

Great video dude. Thanks for all the info

Was just thinking about making a Euporia build and then saw this uploaded 10 minutes ago, cheers.

It'll most likely get buffed along with a load of the other underperforming things when the first patch rolls around which will probably be quite soon given info on the steamdb depots. It being complicated and such is interesting though because a weapon being strong in a souls game doesn't matter as every single weapon is a viable way to beat the game so the only thing that matters if it changes your playstyle which this does so that's great.

The funny thing is that in the German translation it is actually called Euphorie what is euphoria. So it's possible that the translatiors did something wrong or the h is missing.

I'm starting to feel that you make the best overall build guides dude...top work and testing was good and presented perfectly. Keep it up and thanks mate

I appreciate you making this video

@youwy you might want to check out Cryptids accumuVal sheet. Has actual numbers on the successive attack values and decay. Euporia procs at 25 and 50 and we can assume it uses the same values as other twinblades.

it’s pretty good in my experience. I personally stuck with regular light attacks and running lights, with two handed sword talisman, holy scorpion charm, and both consecutive attack talismans. When using all 3 consecutive attack buffs (2 talisman and the cracked tear) the two handed r1 combo can do wonders. Gaining the special buff was pretty inconsistent though, I’ll either instantly reach max buff (especially fast buildup with the horseback charged heavy) or never even get the first. When optimally buffed with 18 scadutree fragments lv160, not counting the consecutive attack buffs I was getting around 2100 damage per light attack against the final DLC boss. Melts first phase, and the skill is primed and ready for the start of 2nd phase and deals 3-4k with the projectile alone. Overall a fun weapon, and imo blasphemous blade should have worked this way as well, since that’s how it works when rykard uses it in the bossfight. Where you need to build up a bar by attacking before you can use takers flames, so it rewards an engaging playstyle. (I have beef with blasphemous blade/no skill weapon skill spamming builds/jumping attack spam/status effects/any cheesy strat)

Finally someone who doesn’t say “euphoria”

yay youwy!! good video, very detailed, love to see it but also, get some sleep my guy

When you use the skill, if another Euporia is in your inventory, does its buff also get removed?

This weapon kinda makes me wonder if the person who designed it is playing the same game as the rest of us. It’s really cool thematically and it looks dope but the way the ash functions just doesn’t seem to fit a game where you spend 10% of your time attacking, 10% watching the boss fly around in the air, and 80% dodging.

You were very clear on how this all works. It's such a cool weapon, but your suggestions on how to change how it works would for sure make the weapon more viable and interesting. I want to love this weapon! But i just can't right now.

How do you count stance dmg? Does it say somewhere how much stance dmg a weapon does? thanks!

Beautiful explanation! well done foo

You need to scramble so much to get this weapon fully buffed, meanwhile the bloodfiend arm you just go "hehe I bonk with turkey leg" and it deals truckloads more damage

I think each hit adds duration and the charge increases the duration, so if you do all the attacks quickly you have accumulated the timer fully at once so it will appear to last longer. I'd recommend starting a timer at the time of the first hit to test this.

Hey can you make a video on that Euporia weapon? Seems good and im curious what you think about it

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thank you for the help. i didnt know if i wanted to use this

I like using Euporia while mounted, since the charge attack has you twirl the twinblade while you're fully charging it, hitting several times per attack. You can get the first buff in one full hit charged heavy, and the second buff the next one. Obviously this doesn't work for most bosses where you can't ride Torrent, but this is how I optimize the mechanic of Euporia

Any chance for a video about the rashaka katana? I thought its a troll weapon but its surprisingly strong. Would love to see your opinion about it.

Can you talk about Devonia's hammer next?

using the uncharged ash of war should give the weapon a charge atleast, but this weapon design in a dlc with bosses like radahn and rellana seems like they didnt even think this thru, not to mention you are stuck in an animation for like 4 - 5 seconds IF you get it fully charged

Just want to say I absolutely love the effort you put in to making this weapon work and really examining everything about it. So often build/weapon guides just don't really talk about how realistically bad a weapon can be and then you expend a ton of effort for a mediocre impact. Hoping they change this weapon to live up to how awesome it looks.

Can we use the buff talisman to extend the time

What’s the best scaling for this weapon

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I did several Twinblade runs, infusing it with Bleed or Frostbite is always the optimal use for these weapons. One of my favorite weapon types in the game by style points alone, that being said, Euporia need some tweaks.

I am just curious here,... has Anyone actually read the weapons Lore ? I am Curious if it transforms after time.. it says that it can be brought back to the light by dealing damage but only to those that do Not dwell in death.

one time, I'd love to be surprised by adding a second identical weapon and getting a second beam lol

i still want to use this weapon, how should i build around it talismans stats, tears etc

Imo, if you're going to make the second tier so hard to get, the skill should be a fight ender. This is a secret weapon, dealing the worst damage type, with a convoluted skill and an average moveset. The tier 2 skill should deal a ridiculous amount of damage or they need to overhaul the whole activation mechanic and make it way easier to achieve

I had no idea this weapon existed but it’s sick af, hopefully the kamehameha wave/buffs get fixed

i use it in the left hand stanced with the black steel. so i have a more practical ash for most of the time and a cool off hand, then 2h the euporia in ideal situations and on torrent for the multi hit R2

i honestly wish more weapons had unique mechanics like this one, its rly cool, and even tho its not the strongest ill definitely be taking it into new game plus

bro your channel is blowing up recently, you'll hit that 100k subs before the end of the week!

So for anyone wanting something similar but way more viable (not to mention fun) - grab the grave scythe, stick the ash of war for flails on it, then bloodflame blade & press L2 = scythe go brrrrr lol. Shard of Alexander, RWSI, Fire Scorpion or Millicent's Prosthesis & LoBE = big numbers.

Feels like a lot of the unique weapon skills in the DLC are just not made with the DLC bosses in mind? Like all of them just take to long to do?

3:34 was marika's body always there in the fight?

I was able to find this weapon thanks to some great summon signs and it felt so rewarding to get it at the end. Such a shame it isn’t very good, I really hope they buff it.

Can anyone help me find out what armour he’s wearing in the vid?

Maybe I missed it in the viedo does the buff affect the attacks at all?

Youwy, I want to know, how does eternal sleep works?? is it like, different from normal sleep?

I would use it more but being staggered out the ash of war and attempting to activate the beam really sucks. I feel like it should have had a more unique ash of war instead of a spinning weapon reskin + beam when luster is generated. Maybe if during it's spin, would be cool if it acted as a shield during that duration. I feel luster build up should be kept till being activated since it can decay when held overtime and as a bonus if the luster is just kept, could give it bonus damage.

Some reasons why Euphoria is so popular are because; It is super well hidden, requires effort to acquire - think about how strong and prepared one needs to be just to get to the DLC, let alone how late into it one gets it twin blades are cool - the overall design is dope typing is interesting and rare AoW seems interesting at first glance - and it looks awesome Hopefully it gets buffed

I wish they made it so the flourish attack with crucible wings on twin blades charged Euporia weapon skill

I LOVE how the weapon looks. I just wished that there would be a group of weapons with this automated buff system. The same way there's multiple smithscript weapons for example. I would've wished for a greatsword or ultra greatsword like that. Or maybe even a shield? Build up multiple blocks for an energy wave or something!

Tbh i like this monster hunter ass weapon lol because if this was how a monster hunter weapon/armor skill worked (with improved timers) it'd be pretty cool; they have a good concept down but just need to improve the timer a tad

Twinblades in general needed a buff, I find them really cool and would love to build around them but if it's not the infamous eleonara's poleblade and godskin peeler power stance, it has no reason to choose them over other weapons

Could you do a build for radahns greatswords?

I just picked it up with my fourth character, that has bare minimum dexterity. The other three all got killed after pikcing up the scadutree fragment leading up to it by that lion-headed freak and I could not be bothered to go back there with all that fromsoft platforming(tm) leading up to it. Seems like an interesting weapon though. Also, a lot of good weapons in concept in the dlc needs some buffs. Another that comes to mind is the Poleblade of the Bud, it's a neat concept but really falls short imo, an ash of war that gets cancelled with a gust of wind, other rot weapons proc it more consistently and faster, and the other weapons with similar movesets have either better ash of war or are infuseable and do more damage by default.

The weapon art only works on the second Thursday of march at 1:38 pm

I've found that using this weapon on the furnace enemies in the dlc works pretty well so that may be one viable use out of it I guess?

Can you fully charge it, put it in inventory then pull it out when you fight a boss and put it away?

Really wanted a lot of the new weapons to be viable. Especially the Moon Auntie's twinblades

What helm is that? I want it

i found the weapon to be doing amazing damage when i used it. play the game the way you should and not how you think you should IE use summons, spells, etc. (basically not a "ethical" playthrough) i found i get the full charge quite often due to a boss being distracted and as a dex holy build (because this weapon scales Faith/dex more than Faith/str) if i get the ash of war off, im practically guaranteed the boss dying. i did it to mohg and watched his entire health bar vanish like it was comet pre nerf. idk why people are saying the damage sucks. i havent found anything that matches it, and this is coming from someone who loves his ancient dragon lightning strikes and dual gravel stones.

is the black steel twin blade the best in the game or nah?

you should make another boss tier list but include the new dlc bosses

I think it’s constantly asked for because it’s the same weapon design as the “cut content” twinblade of miquella or whatever from the base game.

Hope it gets buffed to 60s to get two tiers of its buff so you can actually use the full ash of war, or dont let it decay to begin with

I feel like it should get faster to get to the second level the longer you attack, like the multi hit talismans

Honestly, I think beam should hit hard as comet azur, given the length you have to go through to get it fully buffed.

I wanted this weapon ever since i found out it was cut content

Attacks and abilities that take more than 1 second to utilize are NEVER going to be good when Fromsoft is increasingly making every single important boss hyper-aggressive with 17-hit combos and functionally infinite poise.

Why is it so popular? Your title answers that question pretty well dude.

This weapon looks so epic all they need to do is change is the description that luster doesn't empty till you die would be perfect. I want to use it on my main faith char when they do.

The Sacred Relic Sword carried me trough the base game new game+ , new game++ and the DLC that and the blood Swarm incantation 😂

I just picked it up earlier, and I was wondering

Than you! been curious about this weapon since it was cut from main game

it should shoot back or dispell sorcery’s and incantations

So euporia buffs are like mosnter hunter longsword but overall instead of building up meter to use a combo that buffs you for a longer period of time, it is the damage buff

I feel like this weapon represents how From just doesn't understand weapon balance or design very well sometimes; convoluted and underwhelming, though probably seemed cool on paper. it's why people end up using little toothpicks instead of these really cool weapons if they chase the optimal damage outputs, and honestly I feel like it's gotten worse over time. Going off topic there though; it's a nice looking weapon at least.

since i found this weapon it has become one of my fauvorites

Obsidian Lamina review please.