1 QUICK TIP for EVERY Ash Of War in Elden Ring!

[@Rusty._]

Join my Discord, punks ► discord.gg/tsf-rusty For context regarding the outro, I already did the voiceover for both this video and the unique skills one, resulting in ~165 total audio clips, 1 per skill/ash. The follow-up unique skills video is pretty much already done, save a few edits and script revisions. So it should be going up (fairly) soon. EDIT: Oh, and here's that mod that makes me Sekiro dash like a chump: www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/1249

[@lincolnmyth1342]

do you have the facial sliders for you character in this video anywhere?

[@Rusty._]

@@lincolnmyth1342 I can probably post them at some point, was thinking about making a face tutorial

[@DabigCheese666]

@@Rusty._ what are the chances of being online banned for the mod?

[@augment96]

Have you thought about doing a video on Hades? It’s really good

[@bigmacgaming5019]

@@Rusty._ 6:08 It says golden vow but you use golden slam

[@Sheff_D_]

Another thing you can do is buff the prelates hammer with bleed and do the weapon art against malenia. It will then cause an infinate stunlock against her as long as you have stamina and because of the bleed you will get good damage.

[@The-Great-Penguin]

The exultation item for bleed will also proc after a wee bit, so more damage

[@The-Great-Penguin]

It might even boost the damage of subsequent bleed procs but I'm not 100% on that

[@marcalfarres]

Shhh dont tell them thats my pvp build

[@Sheff_D_]

@@marcalfarres ngl ive been thinking about taking it into PvP. How fun or effective is it?

[@Epicmonk117]

Ah, yes. The Pain Train.

[@GameWinner5]

Another tip for Raptor of the Mists: Dragonbolt Blessing makes it so enemies' attacks will bounce off of you. This works even with RotM active, so instead of them continuing their attack chain and potentially counter-hitting you out of a jump attack, you can almost always get a free hit in. Great synergy

[@selethag]

Raptor of the Mists also doesn't consume fp unless you actually get hit during the counter window, so it has great longevity during longer fights since the fp cost when you do get hit is miniscule.

[@Rusty._]

I think I actually said this in the incantations vid lol. Maybe I just didn't wanna repeat stuff.

[@theinfinitydie1582]

Something I know a lot of people don't know is that you can cancel the recovery frames, not just with an attack or roll, but also crouch. This can also be an "option select" to use a fighting game term since if you buffer a crouch everytime, it won't prevent you from performing any other action, meaning always buffering a crouch can only ever let you go net neutral or net positive.

[@kaidanbaker673]

Have 2 of these bad bitties with bleed on em and man do they go to TOWN especially with bloodhound step! Doing 128 bleed per hammer so basically 2 double big bonks and whatever your hitting is gunna bleed resistant or not

[@TheGrinningGamer]

As someone who just dedicated himself to finding every Ash that I'm not already locked of by progression, this vid will be SO NICE to come back to multiple times. Another well-made one, my dude!

[@on_the_inverse_5193]

me looking at all 3 of the fire-based ashes for my fire-based strength faith build

[@PhantomJavelin]

Also important to note that unlike Storm Wall or Golden Parry, Carian Retaliation only costs FP when you successfully parry a spell. Missing a parry or parrying a melee attack does not cost FP, but still gives small shield parry frames to medium shields.

[@CulcoyoteCosmico]

Bonus for Wild Strikes. Put it on Great Stars (as everyone does) go against Mogh. Shackle him. Go to town. Totally skip phase one. Put bubble. Go to town during Nihil, break posture immediately. Totally skip phase two I call it the Bloodbonk

[@DwarfDaddy]

I love the Bloodbonk

[@mycity7590]

I am not going to skip Mogh's fight, No thank you.

[@thepoofster2251]

That doesn't sound fun at all. Why play Elden ring to skip fights?

[@red_menace1829]

@@thepoofster2251 shuddup, after the 30th fucking time it gets old, God forbid people play how they wanna play.

[@red_menace1829]

@@thepoofster2251 you sound like one of those mfers "NoOOoOo YOU DDINT BEAT ELDEN RING BECAUSE YOU SUMMONED NOOOOooo" Kek.

[@jdim4628]

Bonus one for Loretta’s Slash: put in on the twinblade and it can hit the same target up to 4 times

[@Michael-rk9ru]

2:48 as much as I hate the dogs seeing that goat get wrecked was hilarious

[@RhizomeRoots]

I love how damn cool all 4 Occult AoW's are, probably the best but most underrated of the Arc-scaling ashes. Lifesteal for short range, Spectral Lance for long range, and AG + WsL for utility and stealth. Could carry you through the game if used right!

[@SonicHaXD]

10:32 amazing tip. It had me in tears XD

[@nentird2061]

*BONK*

[@Nikarus2370]

Note on Sacred Blade. Not only does it shoot the wave, and hard kills skeletons. It applies a 40 second (used to be 20 second) holy buff to your weapon making it hit a bit harder, continuing the "Kills skeletons dead" effect for a while longer making a lot of catacombs trivial. Of special not, is there's a necromancer around who's rezzing the skeletons, Sacred Blade/its buff will stop that form of resurrection as well.

[@Delmworks]

Also- changes deathbirds from the hardest open world bosses to the easiest

[@RashFever26]

5:18 Golden Land also has a sweeping follow up attack which is extremely useful but I only found out after hours of using this ash lol. Phantom Slash and Wild Strikes also have great follow up attacks.

[@ray9847]

Fun fact: royal knights resolve on claw/fist weapons applies to BOTH left and right hands, making for some crazy jump heavy attack dmg.

[@BladeZodiac]

Fun fact about shared order: It doesn't just increase one weapon's damage, it boosts ALL your weapons' damage. On top of that, if you use two weapons with the buff they stack.

[@zangatsubankai]

I've got a kinda neat Seppuku tip. it's super situational, but the self-bleed from Seppuku overrides any kind of enemy bleed. Since the self-bleed on the AoW is 10%, you can get out of some kinda nasty damage if you manage to kill the enemy that was building Bleed on you, but you know there are others around and you can't/don't want to wait around for the meter to fall.

[@pathfindersavant3988]

5:18 Another thing about Golden Land: Great Club comes with it for free AND the weapon is BUFFABLE. I don't know if the buff transfers to the weapon art, but it might be fun to test.

[@dominickalmeida5026]

It does. I tested

[@manze_]

AND you can chain a hard hitting spinning R2 attack out of "Golden Order" as this heavy attack comes along the ash of war.

[@lepurpleboi3266]

And the Great Club just got faith scaling with 1.9, so it’s even better with Golden Land

[@schnozgaming989]

My own tip for flame of the redmanes: aim it to the left side of malenia and she will not dodge it, two hit her and she will be stance broken

[@Thanatos2099]

Also of note with Cragblade, the animation of plunging your weapon into the ground and pulling it out covered in stone is a two part attack (the initial plunge, and then the pull) that does damage. It's super close range, but it does put the hurt on things that like to charge you while you use your ashes.

[@LegendofLink64]

Shared Order is actually distinct from Sacred Order in that it's a buff that augments all damage you do rather than just your weapon, similar to how seppuku augments other bleed damage you do. Use Shared Order and then toss holy water pots for absurd bonus damage against undead enemies like Deathbirds. At just ~10 FTH I was dealing 1400 damage to deathbirds per pot with this combo on headshots.

[@TheVastoLordes]

9:25 poison moth flight isn't just meant to build up poison. When an enemy is already poisoned, the attack will have a sort of bleed effect and they'll lose a substantial amount of hp. It goes through shields too. The enemy will no longer be poisoned after it. You can use it at the end of the poison time to squeeze extra damage out of it, or repeatedly poison and use it.

[@Aldaking444]

Given that the buff from kindred of rots exultation lasts 20 seconds, but most poison effects last longer than 20 seconds, this could be a good way of refreshing that buff early.

[@TheVastoLordes]

@@Aldaking444 yea, I haven't tried it yet cause I've been doing a Damage over Time build (rot + poison from poison spraymist aromatic + fires deadly sin + blade of death + black flame incantations + eventually fire prelates charge) but I'm assuming it works very well cause the mushroom crown also gives 10% for potentially full uptime of 30% boost

[@RuneKatashima]

I've tried Poison Moth flight. It sucks. The extra attack ends the poison effect and does slightly less damage than Blood slash. I tested it while I was trying to make a poison weapon. Sure, you can get a bit more damage out of poison you apply if you eat the end of it. Or you could just poison them normally and use an actually useful Ash of War.

[@CatsLeMatts]

A small add on for Stamp: Sweep & the Flaming Strike ashes of war: it allows you to add a very effective horizontal 'sweep' attacks to weapons whose move sets lack them. The Godskin Stitcher Heavy Thrusting Sword for instance loses the sweeping R2 of the Great Epee found earlier in the game, but with the flame strike ash of war you can keep the new R2 while still having a reliable sweep attack for crowd control & roll catches. At 0 FP, Sacred Blade also kinda works this way as the blade gains a hit box to compensate for the lack of sword beams.

[@KazumiKiguma]

Another tip for shield slam is that it actually counts for blocking, but unlike a normal block, if your stamina goes to/below 0, you dont get poise broken.

[@thezestfall1st107]

Poison moth flight also gets a big damage bonus on poisoned enemies clearing the effect.

[@CleopatraKing]

Yea I wanna see a bleed proc and the poison moth flight nuke someone's hp

[@nodripnightshade6531]

yeah its a wayyyyyy crappier bleed

[@smae6677]

Something you missed with spectral lance that i've noticed from using it in pvp for a while, it actually slightly auto tracks your enemy when its at the half way point of reaching its destination. The best part is that it almost always gets a headshot if theyre in a long combo or they just got out of a dodge roll and headshots do like 300 extra damage. It also stacks with one of the arrow talismans but i forgot which one

[@Clockenvar]

Don't forget you can use Raptor of the Mists do easily dodge through the chariots, skipping big chunks of dungeons. Also, you can use Quickstep to get through swampy areas where you can't sprint, it makes them trivial and you can even do it with no fp.

[@Gehab]

God damn I actually love these videos. You are god tier at making these informational, short and convince but somehow also sprinkling in your own personality and humor into them. I already know most of these but hearing what you have to say about each of them is like 90% of the fun.

[@CompletelyNewguy]

One thing about storm blade is that you can keep pressing R2 to launch more attacks and each successive swing cost less FP then the initial one.

[@protodot2051]

Little bonus for Carian Retaliation: it only consumes FP if it parries a projectile, unlike Golden Parry which always consumes FP. Get all the frame data benefits and none of the FP cost.

[@RuneKatashima]

I mean if you miss a Golden Parry... maybe parrying isn't for you... haha

[@muhammed_musamir]

Fun fact, all charged attacks affected by the roar ashes of war that are multihit are a true combo in pvp

[@BeaDSM]

Wait, really?? I'd assumed they were worthless!

[@warriordinag3921]

From what I hear, barbaric roars 3 hit R2’s only true combo when used on specific weapon types (fists, flails, and I think hammers?). I believe it only hits twice on other weapons.

[@LuBaLu]

Extra Tips I've found on my own: 1-The spinning of the Ice Spear can also block the Breath Weapon attack from the fat Omens, not sure what else it can block. 2-You can ignore a Reflection attack on you with a Parry. 3-Phantom Spear can land Head Shots.

[@youtubesucks3490]

I appreciate how much people respect Wild Swings and Rusted Anchor, experiment early on when i started playing and ive never been disapointed with it since

[@toomanylies7716]

Started my second playthru recently and after not even getting half way thru this video, I'm even more excited about the replayability of this game. Thank you!

[@Doleoh]

Hilarious commentary. Although the "bonk" for Royal knight determination had me laughing in public.

[@bubsyfinnigan4462]

Another thing about Hoarfrost Stomp, you can use it to check invisible bridges!

[@Enyo03]

Weapon art glintstone phalanx will apply your armament effect ie casting blackflame blade will make the swords deal black flame damage as well

[@morzorkatvfm]

Tip for the torch attack. In early game, the torch in your left hand will likely kill Miners better than the weapon in your right hand. It helps with the early mines where you need light anyway.

[@Mo_3n1]

13:35 anyone know how he was doing that quickstep? He has a different ash of war equipped so I don’t get how he’s quickstepping

[@spunk3787]

i think thats the bloodborne dodge, he probably installed a mod

[@Rusty._]

It's the sekiro dash, I have the mod link in the pinned comment.

[@thegreenmage6956]

@@Rusty._ got us excited there pal, I was hoping it was a medallion which changes the dodge, like the Old Hunter’s Bone. I’m not sure you should use mods in a ‘guide’ video.

[@stoops3561]

@@thegreenmage6956 I'm pretty sure he can if it doesn't affect what he is showcasing

[@User-rp9gq]

A nice tip for braggarts roar, the follow up charged attacks get buffed from roar medallion, axe talisman, spiked tear and highland axe if you have it on your off hand. I managed to get 2200+ damage on a single charged swing with a colossal weapon.

[@caitnostamas2040]

Waves of darkness: the followup hitbox is broken and from what I can tell nobody has any intention of fixing it FromSoftware: And I took that personally

[@ghotiphoti]

10:04 the reduced range on this from 1.06 ended up being a buff because you can now VERY CONSISTENTLY quickstep straight around an enemy for a free backstab after they throw out an attack

[@undeadsliver]

Poison mist on great star is a great heal as each dot of poison is considered a hit. Useful on big or slow target thst stay in the mist.

[@miestaslahundokajhundohava4392]

Can I also say that Hoara Loux’s earthshaker is also very good in invasion. Most people don’t realise the range of it, and the poise damage it does. Also, the litteral damage it does is enough to two hit someone. Also, to help it even more, if you are close to the ennemie, the roar will stagger them (making them vulnerable even with the long build up) and I’ve been never thrown out of the animation. So yeah, it’s realy good. Especially those who don’t understand and try to kill you before. Cute.

[@dominickalmeida5026]

Another great tip about War Cry is that when used by your main weapon while holding 2 weapons, it’ll buff both, which means not only can you get damage buffs for both weapons in powerstancing, but you can buff unbuffable weapons with it(Like most somber weapons). Even weapons that don’t have a warcry moveset(Which is kinda funny)

[@dominickalmeida5026]

Update about the weapons without a war cry moveset that you can buff with it through this: Do it. Really, do it. Get either a Dagger, Whip or Thrusting Sword(Be it big or small) on you left hand, buff with a war cry weapon on your right hand, then 2 hand your left weapon and try using the R2 on any enemy and please tell me your reaction

[@chasegreaser1166]

Thanks alot of fun trying this

[@YipeekayHarasho]

Square off's deals great poise damage, u could slap it with Lord-Sworn Straight Sword or Noble Slender Sword for poise+crit playstyle

[@merf5549]

Could it be that he didnt put Square in the list ?

[@darkdiamondninja7804]

one of THE BEST elden ring videos ive seen, period. super informative especially if you’re unsure about what ashes you wanna use for a run. keep it up homie

[@stan2139]

I love that YT shows you the most watched part so we can see that a lot of people went back to make sure the "bonk" was actually RKR

[@SorowFame]

3:29 I paired it (double slash) up with Blackflame Blade, looks pretty neat if you use it before the buff wears off

[@RosieAnims]

Fun fact about Lifesteal Fist, it bullies Crucible Knights. Why patiently for them to open themselves up when you can just run in and suck them off without risk?

[@Daniel-fv7rv]

12:05 partisan, I think black knight halberd, spiked mace, and the wooden meme hammer had the spining attack back in dark souls 3

[@dantucho203]

He sure hates crystalians huh

[@lotus8905]

As we all should

[@thatcreativepotato]

Hoarfrost on a quick weapon like a curved sword or katana can give you a great damage boost in the early game

[@kaynhuros2050]

rusty though i am not currently playing Elden ring because I don't have it yet, your tips and knowledge would now help me in times of need and I thank you for that

[@rileymiller3154]

reduvia has a unique version of the blood blade skill allowing you to use it without the self damage just incase anyone was wondering and yes I've used it before so I know what I'm talking about here

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

Bloodhound’s Step: Press L2 to win

[@CQchaos7474]

It's more like "press L2 not to die" you still have to be competent enough to deal damage and I've found most BHS spammers aren't.

[@godsstepson1495]

Happy to see you here Rusty, loved your overwatch videos back when I played overwatch and was comforting finding your videos for my new interest in a game

[@matthewhughes1950]

Shield crash is also really good at proccing status too. I did the briar greatshield with cold. Hits 5 or 6 times in the animation. Dump trucks worth of dmg.

[@sempersugere]

Probably most players already know this, but you can put Shield Crash on the fingerprint shield and bleed infuse it, anything that's not immune/resistant to bleed and madness gets completely steam rolled, especially if you upgrade the shield Very fun in PvE, total cancer in PvP

[@mutilator97]

9:25 Don't forget that poison moth flight makes poison status into a bleed proc if the enemy is already poisoned.

[@yournotjimmy]

Prelates Charge can be used to run though Deep Lava and Rot great for Gelmir Hero's Grave to get the Ringed Finger Weapon and out running the chariots inside and ALL of Volcano Manor

[@SkyeBerryJam]

Barbaric roar changes the charged heavy of EVERY weapon it can go on, to a three hit combo that does about 2x regular damage if you can land all 3 hits

[@lepurpleboi3266]

I found torch attack to actually be pretty useful against large Miranda blooms because the fire completely stops them for a bit at no FP cost

[@Rhodann]

Roar Medallion also buffs the heavy attacks changed by Barbaric Roar/Warcry. Stacks with Axe Talisman AND the crystal tear.

[@arferbargel]

Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker is a handy delete button if you are farming the clifftop Albinaurics at Mogh's palace. The roar will stop that maddening rolling-ball-of-spikes thing they do and stun lock them within the range of the follow-up. Mimic Tear with this in the lower lake level clears everyone out quick (it will catch the submerged ones and stun them, too, so they can't sneak up on you). With Golden Scarab, go to town for late game levelling.

[@ultimagus8086]

holy crap, bloodhound step on malenia may be just the thing i need. thanks for the tip!

[@lostcosmonaut6680]

Sword dance has literally carried me through Ringleader with some good timing and bleed. Such a good and fun ash!!

[@lepurpleboi3266]

If you want Alecto to be even less threatening, I recommend bringing at least one part of the Briar set. The roll can even stagger her out of Helm Breaker

[@wassim6351]

Shared Order is an aura type buff( takes up same slot as golden vow) so you can use it even if you have an uninfusable weapon by putting it on a dagger or other lightweight weapon

[@wassim6351]

Also you can stack it with sacred order

[@BeaDSM]

​@@wassim6351 came here to say the same thing!

[@icyphoenix2401]

one thing i wanna add onto barricade shield as a shield boy for most of my run is that when you press the button it is blocking, so you can use it as a parry :)

[@Zanuth-001]

Dude, storm blade has a surprisingly long shelf life - I was able to essentially keep it as a ranged option on my dex character for most of the game

[@gabrielbjornursidae]

Update for anybody viewing nowadays. Cragblade actually deals 15% more damage and has an additional 10% poise damage

[@taz2an]

I feel like I'm the only person who uses Troll's Roar because it always catches everyone I PvP off guard that their poise is just g o n e

[@RC-bv1rv]

Another tip for Raptors is the mist: it can be used to deal with the chariots. One use it and they'll pass right by you since they're going so fast trivilizing the threat they pose.

[@efikampi8929]

amazing :) never watch this type of video more than half, watched it till the end, and saved it, thank you, well done

[@taurusfire2083]

Anyone who blocks Malenisa's waterfowl dance is a madman! Also Shard of Alexander affects Lightning Rams damage as well since it's a Weapon Art and Lightning-Shrouded Cracked tear!

[@30thCenturyFish]

fun fact: Raptor of the mist kicks ass in both PVP and PVE. it is the only way to dodge crouch pokes with ulgs or running r1 heavy thrusting sword

[@katanajim1454]

The real tip for Waves of Darkness is if you want to land a hit with the followup R2, just cast it when you're out of FP! It'll land and even do damage! The rest of the ash doesn't work, though. Oh well.

[@Marb315]

for a fun time use crag blade on caestuses with the raptor armor and claw talisman, you'll be destroying posture with jump attacks, I managed to stagger the fire giant like 4 times in a single fight with this combo

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

Sacred Blade is great if you don't want to put the 13 int/fai into Sacred Order blade and you're just passing through an area, although if you're in a heavy undead area and are clearing it/farming for stuff I'd pick the spell. The spell lasts much longer for the cost of FP to use it and there's no temptation to try and launch a magic projectile that you can get stunned out of by enemy hitspam. Really wish holy damage was more viable in PVP, covenants associated with Those-who-live-in-death could help fix that. Edit - Also, good news. Waves of Darkness has been fixed. The broken R2 works as intended.

[@OGSaltBreaker]

Torch Attack: the fire damage make miners go kaboom Wild Strikes: you can immediately go into the follow up attacks from the start for mix ups and the light attack will duck under some swings.

[@klekman6474]

Stormcaller is an absolute DAMAGE DEALING BEAST when dealing with slower targets.

[@TheErdnuss007]

Blood blade only takes HP if you dont use it on the exact weapon you showed in the vid. If you use it with reduvia it has no cost.

[@colonelradec5956]

prayerful strike makes your mimic nigh immortal. the healing is % based and mimic is a truck 😂 also redmanes flame is so op that it alone can make the game trivial 🤣 them are my fave 2.

[@Baldyjock4846]

Ice spear is my choice. Excellent for dismounting also. Theres so many i want to try though. Love how creative we can be.

[@catharticreverie]

that golden order + discus of light combo is so cool

[@TheValiantBob]

Spectral lance, for whatever reason, was coded like an arrow. The reason its damage is so poor, is because it has super short range for damage fall off. Equipping the arrow's reach talisman can help mitigate this downside. Note: the arrow's sting talisman does NOT work with this ash of war, just arrow's reach.

[@eternallk1ngs_57]

The first time I tried killing the giant disabled dragon I died due to bloody slash💀😂

[@danielscheumack772]

Give the rusted anchor bleed with wild strikes and not only do you destroy poise, but also the enemies will to live.

[@thepantherpissog]

Great video dude. All the info with no stupid intros or face streaming

[@peterheck2429]

These videos are insanely useful, thanks a lot man

[@gu3z185]

Barbaric roar doesn't only change Axe R2's, it works for a whole bunch of ones, even Collossal Swords.

[@CrusaderTheFirst]

It's worth noting that on shared order, both for the caster and anybody around, the buff technically isn't a weapon buff, it's a player buff. Meaning you can pair it with a spell or grease to get even higher damage. In certain cases with the right stuff, you could achieve 1k or more damage with a single colossal sword hit, even if the enemy isn't undead.

[@TrueComboKing]

roiling magma works extremely well with radahns weapons. Since his ash of war pulls enemies all the way to you, even if they get caught at the edge. What’s cool is a roiling magma IMMEDIATELY followed by starcaller cry allows you to pull the enemy to you, and as you finish off your weapon art, you’re gonna see a badass purple explosion as the same exact time the magma explodes.

[@SuzukaYuka]

Spectral Lance: you can hit a Dragon in the mouth while they are flying and using breath attacks. Doing so will stagger the Dragon and cancel their most annoying attacks.

[@gingdom1014]

Phlanx skills also can target invisible targets

[@Fedico7000]

5:35 what the shit indeed 😂 A third of the way through and this video has already given me like five ideas for stuff to do on my everything character doin ng+ runs.

[@joshuabailey7423]

Played my entire first play through with “square off” on a broad sword. Timing can get a little difficult but typically 2, max 3 hits with this with stagger anything in the game for a critical.

[@Nen_niN]

Charged attacks after warcry also deals poise damage as you run forwards right before attacking. Really cool ash of war.

[@danielhall6354]

i pretty much survived most of the game using barricade shield on the carian knights shield as a mage - only replaced it with the mirror shield in the very late game

[@ShadowBorneAssassin]

The stomp sweep does some damage against soldiers hitting them in the legs not a lot but they don't expect you to go low.

[@legallytargeted5688]

This is some quality content, no bullshit, straight to the point, well done!

[@anstorner]

Giant Hunt on an heavy weapon basically stunlocks Malenia, first u land the ash of war, then do an fully charged attack, and there it can stance break and you ripost her and boom like half of her health gone specially on an bleed infused one