ELDEN RING: All 91 Ashes of War Showcase (Every Affinity Gameplay) - Movesets Comparison

This video showcases every Ash of War in the game, and they are the best in all of the Souls series.
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► Sections:
00:00 Introduction
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00:07 Standard Affinity
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00:11 Mighty Shot
00:15 Sky Shot
00:22 Enchanted Shot
00:27 Rain of Arrows
00:40 Through and Through
00:50 Parry
00:54 Storm Wall
00:57 Barricade Shield
01:02 Shield Crash
01:07 Shield Bash
01:12 Barrage
01:23 Keen
01:27 Spinning Slash
01:34 Impaling Thrust
01:44 Piercing Fang
01:50 Repeating Thrust
02:00 Double Slash
02:09 Sword Dance
02:19 Quick Step
02:27 Bloodhound's Step
02:38 Raptor of the Mists
02:50 Beast's Roar
03:05 Unsheathe
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03:10 Quality Affinity
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03:15 Charge Forth
03:23 Phantom Slash
03:36 Strom Assault
03:47 Spinning Strikes
04:00 Square off
04:06 Storm Blade
04:17 Storm Caller
04:34 Storm Stomp
04:44 Vacuum Slice
04:53 Determination
05:00 Royal Knight's Resolve
05:05 Giant Hunt
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05:10 Heavy
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05:15 Lions's Claw
05:23 Cragblade
05:40 Kick
05:46 Endure
05:52 Ground Slam
06:05 Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker
06:20 War Cry
06:24 Barbaric Roar
06:27 Braggart's Roar
06:30 Stamp (Upward Cut)
06:40 Stamp (Sweep)
06:45 Earthshaker
06:54 Troll's Roar
07:00 Wild Strikes
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07:10 Poison
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07:15 Poisonous Mist
07:19 Poison Moth Flight
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07:28 Blood
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07:32 Blood Tax
07:37 Seppuku
07:50 Blood Blade
08:00 Bloody Slash
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Ice Affinity
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08:10 Chilling Mist
08:18 Ice Spear
08:27 Hoarfrost Stomp
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08:35 Magic
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08:40 Glintstone Pebble
08:43 Glintblade Phalanx
08:50 Carian Greatsword
09:05 Carian Grandeur
09:20 Spinning Weapon
09:32 Gravitas
09:43 Waves of Darkness
09:54 Loretta's Slash
10:03 Thop's Barrier
10:08 Carian Retaliation
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10:12 Sacred
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10:16 Golden Land
10:26 Sacred Ring of Light
10:39 Prayerful Strike
10:49 Golden Parry
10:56 Vow of the Indomitable
11:02 Holy Ground
11:11 Sacred Blade
11:22 Sacred Order
11:31 Shared Order
11:38 Golden Slam
11:52 Golden Vow
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11:58 Occult
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12:06 White Shadow's Lure
12:12 Assassin's Gambit
12:23 Lifesteal Fist
12:31 Spectral Lance
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12:43 Fire/Flame
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12:49 Flaming Strike
12:56 Flame of the Redmanes
13:05 Eruption
13:18 Prelate's Charge
13:35 Black Flame Tornado
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13:46 Lightning
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13:58 Thunderbolt

[@GardenOfEyes]

Subscribe now for more upcoming Elden Ring content! Tell me which is your favorite Ash of War, and what other content you want to see!

[@hermitcard4494]

Im saving to fix my broken PS4 ;_;

[@emanuellinnear3209]

Where did you find spinning strikes?

[@watchmaenner]

whats your helmet?

[@TheMrMayo]

@@watchmaenner It's a modded head piece from Bloodborne's Garden of Eyes enemy. It's not obtainable (sadly)

[@quistador7]

Hey sorry to bug you but is there anyway you can record a quick video of you just scrolling through your ashes of war page? The wiki doesn't have them in the same order as the game and I wanna get all the ashes. It's going to be a massive headache to try and figure out which ones I'm missing. If I can just see the in game page in default order it would make it trivial. Thanks man

[@Verbose_Mode]

Small Note: the Ash version of Glintstone Pebble has very short range, but very high poise impact. Additionally, you can follow with a heavy attcack to do a very fast lunging thrust that has boosted Magic damage and very high poise and stance-break damage, and it can roll-catch. The short range is actually the range of the thrust: if the pebble hits, the thrust will too.

[@cybunny25]

That's the kind of stuff you'd wanna see in a showcase Thanks for this info!

[@thomasbitmail7937]

Leonie Misbegotten tasted that Pebble at first hand. Basically i stun locket the boss with it by spamming.

[@sephatu6521]

If only we have list for poise damage. Flames of the Redmane is another one that hits hard and staggers bosses easily.

[@flillyou123]

That is so useful friend!

[@ixiahj]

Can you put it in an estoc or spear? I imagine the follow up strong attack after casting the pebble would be devastating on weapons like those.

[@orga8211]

Great video, but you forgot to show the following: - follow-ups to Spinning Strikes and Wild Strikes; - follow-up to Earthshaker, Golden Land and Waves of Darkness; - follow-up to Flaming Strike; - heavy attack changes for the roars, and follow-up to Troll's Roar

[@emanuellinnear3209]

Do you know where spinning strikes is?

[@orga8211]

@@emanuellinnear3209 You have to do Irina and Edgar's questline, which starts in Weeping Peninsula and ends in Revenger's Shack in Liurnia. Check fextralife for details

[@RedFlytrap]

I was thinking the same thing watching this

[@aintnoboof1832]

And corpse piler

[@heartsickokra9384]

there's also a heavy follow-up for glintstone pebble

[@harryguidotti3815]

I love using Ashes that leave a lingering affinity effect on a weapon, because I can still use... Let's say a Mace with Heavy affinity, but also put things like Poison, Frost, and Fire on to match the situation. Granted, items can do that too, but using Ashes that way gives me a feeling of versitility.

[@orga8211]

Yeah, they give you a lot of value for the FP. They also just look badass. Lightning slash is like the coolest ash in the game

[@Kirokill1]

These stack with their respective infusion. For example a sacred weapon with sacred blade is going to have around 300 holy damage after casting the ash of war.

[@MyUniqueHandle.]

Same! My ‘Ruinous Swordsman’ strength/faith (fire) build I use Craigblade to cover my flame art infused colossal great sword with Rock (Bonus damage). Using the fire scorpion charm talisman + fire grant me strength incantation I further boost the fire damage making my AP 1383 at lvl 150. Looks badass and hits like a truck.

[@darienb1127]

Note that Ashes of War like Sacred Blade and Chilling Mist enchant your weapon for a small bit afterwards. I know for Sacred Blade it's about 20 seconds. This is great as you get some flat bonus damage and can enchant a weapon without the spell. Also, Sacred Blade is fantastic for undead, even without a Faith build.

[@Curt_Johnston]

I used sacred blade for quite a while. Probably the best sacred ash of war. 85 additional holy damage is the buff. Quite useful, especially if you land the initial hit too

[@Cordajwsma7282]

@@Curt_Johnston plus sacred blade just loooks cool

[@TheMrMayo]

You not only gave me hope on special builds and exploration, but also killed me with the Lightning Ram ashes... XD I was Not prepared for that one!

[@darienb1127]

I really appreciate it when a game makes way to make melee combat more interesting. I mainky play spellcasters in games, but part of that is becuase I feel melee charatcers can feel a bit boring in comparison. But not only do a lot of the weapons feel different in this game, but thet also have very customizable special moves. Everyone gets a chance to be cool and flashy!

[@chaotickreg7024]

I started as Wretch (because I thought I got gud with DS 1-3) and I was a little frustrated with the lack of build variety in the first 5 hours, but then I noticed the weapon play got really interesting. The Ashes of War feel like spells. The turtle shell shield has a spell that will block one big hit. You can get the Blood Spray Ash from killing a knight which is sick. I beat Margit with a Morning Star with bleed resin by using Wild Swing to deal huge damage by tanking through his attacks. I'm sad I only found one sorcery I can use but the basic fighting is just so *good* that I'm hahing a blast anyway. Make sure you find the flail too.

[@cybunny25]

@@chaotickreg7024 I don't think Turtle Shell's Barricade skill only blocks one hit It's more like add 35 to the shield's base guard boost stat for 30(?) seconds Guard boost affects the amount of stamina drain when blocking. I think it's a percentage so 100% means no stamina drain If you put the Barricade ash of war on a greatshield, which usually have high guard boost already, then you're basically a wall when hit by a physical attack

[@AuralVirus]

@@chaotickreg7024 the triple flail dropped by a dark knight (en-route to castle morne [at night]. I had intended to use a completely different weapon until it dropped & now at lvl 11 it is beast but I wasn't a fan of its Left trigger attack - took too long to pull off, ashes changed that by using a "weird" ashes (for a flail) Sacred Blade. It obliterates dungeon bosses, puts skeletons down permanently, no need for that second on the ground kill and as the flail has a small arch it gives reach to take down flying / tall enemies 9dragons). I keep a back up weapon (nothing specific, which is the beauty of this game & ashes, trying and succeding with many weapons with different move sets, tailored for enemies by the ashes you pick. Best ARPG game ever - ALL developers now need to up their "game" so to speak - and as for Ubisoft, they can sure learn to stop copy pasteing the same 4 ideas across an open world pretending thats good enough when From can create 100's of variations.

[@user-pc3nc3hg6w]

You missed a lot of follow-up but thanks for showing all the weapon arts. Now I can look for those I don't have.

[@LoveMeBack]

You are the best! Exactly what I was looking for. Quality upload my man.

[@Bear_Duck]

When you used Golden Land 10:15 you forgot to show that it can be followed up with another input to immediately throw a swing a attack after the explosion. Allows to punish people who try to rush in after using the ash of war

[@Popie30K]

Same for waves of darkness

[@SNUSNU4U]

>when a caster showcases predominately melee things :p

[@DugEphresh]

Another quality informational video to make me EPIC! LMAO, thanks for your time my dude!

[@NoblesseOblige-17]

Awesome. Will you also make a video of all the unique weapon skills?

[@apophisstr6719]

Absolutely wonderful video, you're a saint!

[@deurikin2466]

Thank you very much for these two videos on Incantations and ashes of War. Ive been starting a Templar Run where i use holy spells and and abilities, and I’ve been feeling a lack of tools to use. So far i only thought there was sacred blade, and golden vow, but now i have a whole arsenal at my dispose. Again, i humbly thank you for this run shall be glorious in retaking the Holy Land of The Gold Order! All Hail The Erd Tree!

[@ctyoro5086]

Really appreciate the time and effort you put into these 👍👍

[@jaydanhadley]

he modded the game, some ash of wars no one has found.

[@dreamsleeper1568]

Can I note there is not one torch ash of war? 😭😭😭

[@olivegarden6899]

Would be interesting to see a video of you hitting things with these skills just to see how strong they truly are

[@hallacson8535]

1:45 Piercing Fang 3:37 Storm Assault 4:08 Storm Blade 4:36 Storm Stomp 4:45 Vacuum Slice 5:01 Royal Knight's Resolve 5:12 Lion's Claw 5:25 Cragblade 9:45 Waves of Darkness 10:15 Golden Land 11:56 Golden Vow 12:33 Spectral Lance 12:54 Flame of the Redmanes 13:20 Prelate's Charge 13:37 Black Flame Tornado 13:54 Thunderbolt 14:07 Lightning Slash

[@ceuser3555]

Thanks for another amazing content.

[@solomonkane9499]

loving the content, will you be doing a video on the unique ashes of war.

[@kalliomjay5198]

One of the biggest (and to be fair, only) disappointments in this game is that the dragon greatclaw doesn't have a big lightning smash like the draconic tree sentinel does Instead you have... endure You cant even use ashes of war on it either so you're stuck with that At least you can use vyke's dragonbolt

[@brod7173]

Yeah i was also disappointed

[@dirt_dert_durt]

For a unique weapon, it really ought to have something like Holy Strike but with lightning, with a small wave of lightning afterward. Or, something like endure, but with a red lightning storm.

[@theautisticbeaver4885]

That’s far from the only disappointment in this game

[@JaiTheSon]

This must have taken hours! Thanks for the video!

[@finfunnel1597]

For flaming strike, use hold attack (R2) right after the skill for additional animation and damage, it's also make your blade turn into fire coated blade

[@impracticality2312]

Ok raptor of the mists is basically mist raven from Sekiro..... I LOVE IT!!!

[@davidtsmith33]

Nice compilation man.

[@soulghoul3234]

I'm kinda sad that almost all of the cool looking attacks don't apply to whips. They are seriously feel left out. What a shame.

[@silkysnow6793]

Ikr?? And they are my favorite weapon! Hopefully a DLC addresses this in the future... God, the Urumi is so cool, they can't just leave it at that..!

[@sekiro7645]

Atleast they're strong on this game

[@DUES_EX]

No cool weapon arts but fromsoft made powerstance which is dope

[@upperdecker9992]

DLC hopefully

[@souprememc]

I'm about 60% thru using Wild Strikes on a heavy claymore as my primary strength weapon...add the winged sword talisman, and it just DESTROYS. Also fast enough to dominate in PVP invasions...at least early to mid RL

[@adamxue6096]

14:14 The Sheep sound caught me very offguard and I am laughing to death

[@Pansizzle]

If you could make a video with all the unique Skills, like Moonveil Katana/Ordovis greatsword, that would be super helpful

[@phoenix-qr3ln]

watching this for inspiration on next themed playthrough, hopefully I find it

[@CorpseReaperNY]

Awesome video bud! but where do you get that helmet!!! so cool

[@zgmf-x19ainfinitejustice28]

I feel like Ice Spear is not mentioned often enough lol. Even though the range is somewhat short, the damage and poise damage are insane. It demolishes most enemies and bosses I've faced.

[@lepindre9193]

because It's not on all type of weapon we tend to forget about it

[@MusicForMyDemons]

thank you, very helpfull video

[@kaijuslayer3334]

Ok hear me out. 12:55 “I’m not done Sekiro!” *flute earrapes as flames burst out*

[@russianzeus7944]

You should do a location guide for every ash of war nobody else has one and it would really help the community that has some difficulty finding the exact locations for them like me 😅

[@jeffcapes]

I feel like it would be easier to look up the location for the ash of war you want on the wiki than trying to find it in some probably hour long video showcasing every location

[@dynamo7685]

You're a god qt these videos Do you plan on doing a video of skills that come with the weapons? Not boss or legendary. I'm talking enemy weapons or ones similar to those.

[@Wutwut1n1]

This is the 3rd full length showcase I’ve watched and the first time I’ve seen him actually show a counter ability was with Raptors of the Mist lmao

[@macblink]

Thanks!

[@juliusmarinas9760]

Great reference video! What's the name of your helmet and armor?

[@zackjames2381]

LMAO the ram sound on lightning ram, didnt expect that haha

[@gaganpreetxp]

Hoarfrost is the my personal favourite. Quick execution and covers wide area

[@rhoxnrollz6435]

i hope what ever dlcs we get introduce a lot more heavy ashes of war

[@Kronos0999]

*If* we get DLCs. Sekiro never got any, but that was the most unique Fromsoftware game they'd made and it's not like it didn't sell. Elden Ring sold well *and* is a typical Dark Souls experience, so probably we will.

[@williamwallace090]

@@Kronos0999 sekiro didn't get any because they were developing Elden Ring in tandem and after finished Sekiro they focused entirely on Elden Ring. Meaning we could see them return to a DLC for Sekiro now that Elden ring is out. It's also very likely we get Elden Ring DLC

[@kevinaosei]

More thunder, poison, ice ones too

[@grantgarbour]

Even Sekiro got some FreeLC after launch though that added some a lil bit to it

[@Kronos0999]

@@williamwallace090 No, Sekiro is way too old now to allow investment into it now. Elden Ring prolly will.

[@zzzz0zzzz]

3:25 in memory of Pantiff solovan

[@AtheosAthanatos]

Pontiff Sulyvahn*

[@BarbarosGatti]

@@AtheosAthanatos *ptsd

[@ardavila_]

Him putting bow ashes at the start makes me wanna hug.

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

This will give people some good pvp or montage ideas.

[@Kirokill1]

Appreciate the showcase but is there a reason you don’t feature the folllowups?

[@rom7809]

3:24 this would be great for a pontiff Sulyvahn build (if this ash of war works with straightswords)

[@LordYeager_55]

Right as the ground slam one began, an ad started playing. 😂

[@Freaky.Franky]

Supper outfit, Btw your missing "Lighting Ram" for the ashes of war

[@jacobwilkins727]

With wild strikes you can press light or heavy and do a finisher. I’ve found light finisher let’s you start a light chain and heavy finisher has great damage and poise damage. I love using this ash of war on the mace with cold affinity for bleed and frostbite.

[@SamuraiGhost63]

Headset straight from “Garden of Eyes” enemies in Bloodborne I see

[@user-wy4uy5xr9c]

Thaaanks

[@Xararion]

Bow ashes are a fundamental level of disappointment. They don't let you alter the bows affinity, and multiple are locked in a way where they don't really serve a purpose. Barrage is locked to light bows, most of which already have barrage on them or are unique and unalterable. Through and through is locked to greatbows /all of which/ have that skill except Radahn's and that one cannot be altered due to being boss weapon, rendering the ash completely useless.

[@adamsimpson2720]

Why would you be able to alter a bows affinity when theres arrows to alter that?

[@Xararion]

@@adamsimpson2720 Arrows don't alter the affinity, merely the base damage of the projectile, magic arrows don't give the bow int scaling.

[@battlecubes4762]

You can equip the Radahn ash of war for the bow onto the regular greatbow, dropped by knights that use them. Tho that's about it

[@Xararion]

@@battlecubes4762 correct, which only makes one wonder why through and through ash even exist.

[@dirt_dert_durt]

Imagine most of the light bow ashes on a greatbow. Barrage, enchanted shot, etc.

[@brycekruljac845]

You can follow spinning strikes up with a normal or heavy attack

[@Vovi-Knight]

wild strikes has an ending hit if you press heavy attack you do spinning attack to end it

[@morgantuckerjr.9605]

Please tell me how to get your helm is it looks dope.

[@markvenediktov6930]

here we go lets see what is missed

[@music79075]

Where do you get your helmet and piercing fang ash of war and the ash of war where you teleport forward and up in the air? Also the phantom slash ash of war?

[@AloxDelgoodon94]

I wanna know where he got that helmet. I've never seen that until this video.

[@ivorymantis1026]

I still stick with my guns that once you get better at the game Raptor of the Mists is one of the best ashes to have on hand. Raptor puts you to a low stance and only consumes FP if you're hit with a weapon. Due to FROM's hitbox porn, some attacks just outright miss you. From my experience, you also have hyper armor in the air. You then have a few follow-up options: Crouch > Hit > Air R1 or Plunging Attack or Air L1 (possibly even Air Dragon) Crouch > Miss > Rising R1 or Rising L1 It's basically a soft stance bar that guarantees a nice amount of I-Frames and extends your own potentials quite a bit.

[@mamoonthegreat3887]

I have noticed that your Ash of war spinning weapon is like mine, but I've seen many have it with magical (blue) damage, why is that? Is there something I'm missing or misusing, like do I have low INT to use this extra feature?

[@GothmogSan]

Golden Land and Flame strike have a follow attack if you make a heavy attack while using, Flame strike gives after that a Fire damage buff for the weapon ^^

[@michaelmckee5328]

I like to use the sacred ones, because I'm going for a confessor paladin build

[@tengdayz2]

As close as I have seen to comprehensive of all ash of wars and follow ups. If you updated with the missed ones. I bet it would be very much worth it for your views.

[@northnova1358]

The biggest effect this game had on me has to do with watching videos with no commentary. I usually bail on no commentary. Now I prefer no commentary you don’t have to listen to the opinion that might influence what I’m using!! This is awesome straight facts!!🇨🇦

[@TehSymbiote]

Whatever happened to the one ash of war we used to see the bloody wolf build use in the trailers and early videos? The one where he spins the sword behind him then slams it down w flames?

[@stunkata8]

thanks bro

[@jacksonfriese5936]

I got the turtle shell shield with barricade skill. What do I use it for?

[@grannygreens3773]

5:53 they finally let us use smoughs characteristic attack but no smough armor 😢

[@Kirokill1]

Also 13:21

[@217adaptiveperspective]

I liked it more when Ornstein sat on me

[@OdysseyHome-Gaming]

Never seen the lightning ram before. That was funny.

[@daviddiaz8339]

Now I have to use the lightening ram with the gold mask armor set in pvp

[@RedLightz_TV]

I can’t wait to play this game!!

[@Dan-vv5kl]

just play it what are you waiting for

[@lucasmartinslira9891]

@@Dan-vv5kl maybe money

[@franciscodetonne4797]

@@lucasmartinslira9891 me too

[@Skumtomten1]

30 hours in currently, one of the best games I have ever played tbh.

[@0_willy_070]

Thanks

[@bread1958]

Thank you SO much. I'm translating all of the ashes of war for a table top rpg campaign and this is incredibly useful.

[@Connor_Cildaig]

Could you share here the file with the rules? I would love to try something like that

[@bread1958]

@@Connor_Cildaig maybe when it's done. We're baseing it on the Reclaim the Wild ttrpg rules, which are free online if you're interested.

[@AkiraSenjuTG]

@@bread1958 sounds lit bro

[@psychoamnesia1]

@@bread1958 have u a link or smth?

[@paulwhailhaila7552]

3:47 Instant and visceral fight or flight response.

[@ac7gabrielemartini804]

I'm sure you missed a lightning ash of war, the one that is already implanted in the dragon scale katana

[@aliuosfi7748]

5:12 ohhhh thats some artorias move set

[@metainstincts85]

Finally a video where u actually killed those dam birds

[@Lunchas]

I wish they didn't divide stamp into two separate ashes. I loved using it in DS3 for the light or heavy mix up.

[@rileyplayz1224]

What spear where you using in Loretta’s slash

[@god-rw2ct]

Parry is basically the most satisfying of all.

[@giantmoist8620]

Let's appreciate that he had to run back to the site of grace to change the ash of war each time

[@miguelnascimento2847]

Lots of the ashes of war had follow up attacks that were not showcased

[@SteezyMcCheezie]

Where did you get that hat? 🎩

[@yomomsmoneymakerr451]

I came to see what ash of war to use and leaving wondering where what and how did he get that head armor piece

[@Phoenix-oy3pn]

Can someone explain what white shadows lure and Assassin's gambit do? I haven't even found those two

[@endfastpls712]

What was that helm u were wearing ?

[@brycekruljac845]

And regarding most of the roars you have a unique charged moveset

[@ExoLeo]

Wish you had them in order but good vid

[@azuredancer6422]

are all of these obtainable? or are they weapon locked

[@host_0163]

How did you get the piercing fang ash of war?

[@dirt_dert_durt]

Whips should have an ash of war or two unique to them. Maybe something that turns smallest enemies around? Or an ultra charged headshot type thing that stancebreaks?

[@infinitesnek-worldserpent8229]

Damn I might try to make a Lady Maria build with some of these lol

[@AkiraSenjuTG]

I have a friend who would literally kiss you if you did,he loves lady maria

[@fernandohg225]

The Golden Slam was classic

[@maxhall5260]

What helmet is that? I'm dying to know!

[@picies2020]

Were did you get that helmet????🤔🤔🤔

[@charlyking4866]

Please, could u tell me where get that helm or how its names?

[@AdamMerlin]

Hot damn. Didnt know there were 91

[@nucyberte18]

Does using the ash of war blood slash also cost us our character's own health when we use it's skill?

[@shaquillelove3865]

Where can I find that helmet tho