Elden Ring: Estoc (Weapon Showcase Ep.37)

[@reicelestial2478]

The host doing a "Hey!" before immediately being assaulted by the bird is some of the best comedic timing i've seen.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

hahaha yeah this was amazing

[@AriShinato]

With all the fancy new weapons/ashes of war I’m glad classic weapons like the claymore and estoc still have a place in the game

[@Magus_Union]

Oh yeah. They really do feel like 'blank slates' that you can do anything with in terms of customization with the Ash of War's.

[@hardgay7537]

I love how the claymore and zweihander are good without being "the best" like they were in DS1. Powerstanced rapiers is pretty great in this game, though. Bloody Rogier's Rapier is my offhand. Bloody Antspur is the main hand. I hope antspur never gets patched :)

[@BlueMagicONISUPERNOVA]

I love the estoc because its range surprised the hell out of me the first time using it in ds3 for some reason. Always is just a fun weapon to use.

[@rhapsody5645]

Chase seems to have made a place for every weapon. Looking forward to the torches showcase,

[@potassium3948]

@@hardgay7537 the only glitch with antspur I know of is that it loses the rot if you use cold infuse it.

[@tatsunote]

The 28hp 'hey hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa there buddy' killed me! Closest to fear I've ever seen from Chase lmao.

[@hugostaks7489]

Walter almost had it but once again chase shows us how not panicking wins those close battles ! The estoc was the first weapon i used during my play through since i chose prisoner and i still have love for it putting an ash of war like flaming strike is smart since they won’t excpect it. Keep them coming chase !!! 💯

[@atMagnusKnight]

As a compliment to your PvP skills, I'd like to see a bow showcase. I'd prefer specifically the Black Bow, but any bow I think would be interesting to watch.

[@angry_zergling]

Yeah you don't really see bows, well, ever. At least I don't/haven't.

[@ruffmenace95gaming]

So nobody’s gonna mention that crazy throw at 17:52 ? “From way downtown!!” lol that was crazy as hell

[@InvntdXNEWROMAN]

It was pure gold. Had me dying laughing.

[@ruffmenace95gaming]

@@InvntdXNEWROMAN I went back at least three times. I couldn’t believe somebody was that accurate while not locked on

[@marcinlelen4664]

After years of watching this guy play dark souls 3 I was like, yeah that hits.

[@thepearled0120]

The estoc is one of my favourite "regular" weapons by far. There's always going to be a place in my heart for legendary weapons like the Dark Moon Greatsword, Sacred Relic Sword, or Ordovis' Greatsword, but I kind of like using "regular" weapons due to the thematic idea of giving that weapon a story. Something like Ordovis' Greatsword already has a story connected to the Crucible Knight Ordovis, making it feel very disconnected from your character; comparatively, if you use a regular weapon, you're giving that weapon the story of the Tarnished who became Elden Lord. Just for fun, imagine a character picking up the weapon that was once wielded by the Tarnished Elden Lord many hundreds of years after the events of the story, in the same way that you pick up weapons from heroes of the past. Of all regular weapons, the estoc is one of the most satisfying to use by far. It's fast, it's got good enough range, an excellent moveset with several types of damage, it can be buffed with magic or consumables (or just infused if those aren't your style), it has a wide range of available ashes of war, and it just looks very stylish and clean on the majority of loadouts and builds. I did a dual wield estoc + rapier build on my first playthrough of Elden Ring, and despite trying a huge variety of new builds for fun, I still feel the most "complete" when using the estoc in some form.

[@mishael8631]

Legendary piercing weapon imbued with frost. Used by Ivy on his journey of becoming the Elden Lord. Once a tarnished, Ivy arrived at the Lands Between and collected all seven Great Runes together by slaying each of the demigods who held them. With the shattered fragments of the Elden Ring united, he mended it and became Elden Lord, a feat not one of the demigods came close to.

[@ryanjones_rheios]

"Hey!" The phantom and host jeer. "HEY!" The bird retorts, to their faces.

[@user-uf7qf7mv6k]

4:09 That is the Avatar weapon, it's just the variant used by the Putrid Avatars. It's the only rotted version of an existing weapon that has a unique model, all of the other ones are just their base weapon model with the rot painted on.

[@justin7422]

I actually used them dual on my first play through to beat the final boss. Got a lucky double drop from the avatar on the bridge near the prayer room right before the melania fight. Fun dual wield for pve.

[@youtubewanderer3347]

@@justin7422 but they do holy damage right? How did you beat Radagon and Elden beast with that? Absolute respect

[@FurtiveCutless]

@@youtubewanderer3347 Only the regular Staff of the Avatar deals holy damage. The Rotted Staff is pure physical.

[@pelinial]

The R2 cancel also can’t be parried!! it’s the coolest attack

[@Chevalier_knight]

Estoc is great paired with slicer and pericer infused with int the attack is so fast that it sets you up for a slicer combo so well and the running r2 is good

[@blazedchiller8560]

you should do spell/incant showcases every now and then, I guess videos like -glintstone sorceries -carian sorceries -night sorceries -lightning incantations -dragon incantations blood incantations -crucible incantations -etc etc

[@thr0waway]

This. The sorcery invasion videos were awesome.

[@mikevanraven]

In this case can't wait for the Frenzied Flame incantations. MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD!!!!11

[@CrimsnJck]

I’d love to see you cover the Godslayer Greatsword, it swings a good bit faster than all the other colossal swords and pairs really well with an off hand seal, overall a very fun weapon

[@KybonTheRenegade]

Another great showcase! The way you took down Unga was really impressive and the invasions were awesome. I'd love to see a greatave or bow next

[@tajvir]

estoc bestoc

[@finduzzle2991]

I would love to see Eleonora's Poleblade some day. It is such a badass weapon but many say it is weak so I would love to see how you would play with it!

[@kylebusc3624]

I wish twinblades were useful. I just can't justify using them with how horribly low there damage/poise damage is. Eleonora's weapon art is the only thing going for it, it's good in pve, pvp it's basically useless

[@Saru-yr3qk]

As a cultured poleblade enjoyer, it's a fun weapon but all it takes to counter it's AoW is a well timed jump attack.

[@Coogi999]

First video I've seen of you, and this is the most entertaining PvP content I've ever seen. 👍

[@AdrianoSnorts]

3:53 loved this one. He fought his heart out

[@Krystalmyth]

Awesome fight.

[@TheAgavi]

Love the Estoc! I'm rocking 2 of them with spear talisman, rotten wing insignia, and godskin swaddling cloth. My character is called Hornet coz she just keeps stinging, and the more she stings the worse they get. The range on the Estoc is fucking awesome.

[@wanmuhamadazroywanmustapha476]

What ash of war did you use sir?

[@TheAgavi]

@@wanmuhamadazroywanmustapha476 Piercing Fang on the off hand to deal with shields, and Storm Stomp on the main hand. Both cold infused on a Dex build. I wouldn't recommend Storm Stomp though, it's not really useful such fast weapons. I really need something to hit at range, so I might go Glintstone Pebble or something.

[@rudalph529]

Hornet from hollow knight?

[@TheAgavi]

@@rudalph529 Nah, I've been meaning to play that forever though. I just meant like the bug :P

[@Big_Spine]

Flowing curved sword would make for a really interesting showcase, I think. The heavy attack is one of the coolest in the game.

[@yohsin123]

i appreciate the pk/tricking lingo when you said he chucked a gainer hahaha

[@Krystalmyth]

Estoc/Shield is my Dark Souls 1 setup on the PS3. My very first playthrough, up until I got lucky and got the Baldur Side Sword. Really takes me back.

[@ianwilliams2632]

Ahh, ol' reliable!

[@thaearthquake]

Salute to you for your commitment! 💯

[@thefishgolder]

Hey chase just got out of surgery today so this came at a perfect time just wanted to say I’ve always appreciated the content. I won’t be able to play anything for awhile until I recover so I’ll just watch you to get my pvp fix lol

[@angrywizard3199]

It's so cool how you use backsteps, I've always been very analogue in how i play pvp (WASD, roll, attack, etc.) but this is something I'd like to try out!

[@mikequezada6183]

Estoc is bestoc! Love the R2s. Can't wait for Family Heads :)

[@gnperdue]

One thing I love about Elden Ring is that while some weapons are better than others, it feels like you can pick up almost anything and have a go at it.

[@Drazatis]

Dude. I swear, sometimes the timing of your videos terrifies me; I’ve been toying around with an Estoc on my main playthrough trying to figure out what weapon to run my next playthrough on and BOOM here you are. You’re a beast.

[@charleshadley1468]

Looking forward to flail/dual flail sometime soon. Love the flail weapons. Another great vid, boss!

[@Dragonpreet]

Could you try the wing of astel? It had a really interesting held heavy and the ash of war is nice too

[@angry_zergling]

Ya I'd be interested in this as well. I've been using Moonveil and have been wanting to transition to something else while maintaining my overall int build. Been experimenting with Astel a bit and it seems like an interesting alternative to Moonveil.

[@flako9738]

please don't stop releasing videos at the time you do right now, it really suit my schedule and it's so relaxin

[@15OgLoc]

Brings back memories of the DS 1 Estoc, one of my favorite weapons for pvp.

[@ElDrHouse2010]

Shields are another OP thing on its own alone. Sometimes dual whielding is better but often shields just cover your ass when you mess up a roll which is amazing. Guarding as a mechanic is something you dont see players use a lot anymore. It was popular in the DS1 days, i dont get it because you can be extremely dangerous with a shield. Ever heard of the blue tearstone ring hotswap when ur 1 hit away & tanking everything away with the shield? No joke you can take like 10 extra hits through the sheild with the Blue talisman that raises your all your DEF by +50% from behind the shield. It's insanely overpowered.

[@klyback]

"very fun fight (insert name)" as ChaseTheBro bowing down to his enemy's corpse with full hp

[@Dave-qz4ov]

I miss offstock combos :(

[@matthewdannolfo2625]

15:18 I believe that actually has to do with latency. I remember fighting someone with the Baemore with storm stomp and he would occasionally bloodhound step out of the true combo. Initially, I thought I was delaying the heavy too much, but then I started to use a light attack out of it and it still missed. If anyone has any info on what might have actually happened in either of these instances please let me know.

[@arax20]

Might not be a true combo, might just be a really small window to roll out without being able to buffer the input so most of the time you'll miss the window if you just mash roll

[@sticky0159]

I don't think it has anything to do with latency, that's why BHS is a bs AoW in pvp, a lot of the times you can BHS out of a true combo.

[@TRIC4pitator]

Loved Unga with the fear tactics

[@sorato6804]

If I’m not mistaken the weapon being used around 4:40 (fight started earlier) is the rotten staff dropped by the erdtree avatar next to the prayer room in haligtree has a base rot buildup of 75 and appears to be a somber weapon like the other erdtree staff

[@sisyphusforklift3818]

When you went up against Walter, I said out loud, "Wait, he may actually die!"

[@jerrytheberry09]

Great showcase of fundamentals too

[@lolwtfover9k]

The second pebble hit because you were much closer. The travel time on the second allowed BHS to get into s just in time.

[@linuxblacksarena]

"step back you're dancing kinda close, I feel a little poke comin' through on you"

[@Trillmatics]

I have around 700 duels at main academy and I’ve never seen someone use a medium shield. Really bringin me back to the good ds days with this build.

[@kadekou1234]

You should do the lordsworn greatsword! It’s the first weapon most players pick up

[@sainthelmet]

Honestly can't wait till chase get to the marika's hammer and start knocking people up in the air

[@isssjacob7202]

Day 8 of asking for the reduvia showcase Weapon art is great for punishing spammers and daggers need a showcase, also fun with other daggers

[@caiaphaskain6441]

Chases aiming terrifying, as always)

[@pbjandahighfive]

> Be Chase > Is sitting in a room that is void and featureless > No one around to talk to, no games to play > No sounds can be heard. > There is nothing to do there but stare at the blank walls. "Very fun fight!"

[@cjichinose]

Hi Chase! I really like your content how you explain every single details.

[@enochid9874]

Opponent : attacks Chase : can I backstab that 🤔

[@mr.watson3237]

Btw the glintblade phalanx ash has a follow up attack if you press R2 right after the cast. Also loved the invasions

[@CazadorSlayer]

I see the Time-Travel Machine has finally worked! I suddenly feel like invading a swamp... Sadly Unga forgot his Bunga, or Chase wouldve been in real trouble!

[@benhil2590]

The glintblade phalanx having the same follow up R2 as the pebble is very cool and effective

[@jeremyfox4186]

Your free-aim with pots is incredible! I'll never be that good!

[@albjovy8934]

Estoc is my favorite weapon in the entire series. I started with the shield poking in DS1 and even after I stopped doing that I’ve just always enjoyed the move set.

[@zsDUGGZ]

And then there's weirdos like me who like to 2h the estoc because of the beautiful R2s (they're also strangely fast).

[@bingusthegreat9733]

This and the Longsword are always my go to picks in any souls game

[@Meatman-1527]

The phalanx has a follow up just like the glintstone pebble. And there is the flick/jump back that you can do with thrusting swords.

[@isaac_6530]

That guy with the Morgotts sword and the knife throwing was sooo close to getting you… I wonder who will be first to finally take you down one time ?

[@thedrunkensunbro]

Holy crap, those captions. XD El Dinnering.

[@rathfoks5051]

2nd fight was the corrupted staff of the avatar, the scarlet rot version of its holy damage cousin. Fairly standard colossal hammer

[@grumd0]

"Hello, Sadness!" - such a missed opportunity to say "Hello, sadness, my old friend" haha

[@isharah101]

Heartwarming to see estoc in the main hand for once

[@markov1300]

Estoc also gets crazy good faith scaling with the sacred/flame art infusions iirc. Pretty good for pure castors as it requires low base stats.

[@Zeredek]

Bestoc! Been loving this one ever since Dark Souls 1. The swing R2 is very nice.

[@cercruder]

I've enjoyed Estoc as an off hand weapon to mix up quick damage/status application. Bleed or Poison are probably my favorite affinities to give it

[@dylanvanrompaey4503]

Would love to see a serpentbone blade showcase with the unique R2. Love the content bro :)

[@Krugnuggets]

Definitely a Dark Souls PvP throwback. Simpler times. Why, back in DS1 I simply ran around where a mere bonk stick. My, how far we've come. Elden Ring still one of my favorites of all-time though

[@metalurgent]

I remember I fought someone who was using a grave scythe with spinning slash, and it was the only attack they pressed the whole fight

[@Space_Australian]

I think that colossal weapon was the weapon of the Erdtree Avatar in the Elphael/Haligtree area

[@lillemy5062]

lmao the maidenless hosts have found out alt f4 is a true combo

[@gigachadtjk1956]

Maybe I just missed one but I don’t think Chase has lost a duel yet while doing the Elden Ring weapon showcase. Very impressive.

[@JohnDoe-pb9vl]

I had been waiting for the Estoc showcase, but you should have done it with 2 Estocs and Quickstep where it gets a unique moveset. They were very clearly designed around it with Patches and a merchant selling Estocs.

[@thepengolem7850]

One of the only times I'll say the 2 minute DC issue was probably a blessing. Chase is an astonishingly capable human being, don't get me wrong, but I'd pity *anyone* and I mean _anyone_ who has to fight not one, but TWO BHS bleed builds at the same time.

[@aridavids4335]

Would love to see a misericorde showcase with the buckler. Never seen you parry yet

[@mirgjankupi128]

Using the estoc on my first DS2 playthrough so this is nice

[@roboticmoustache2012]

I really like using the glint blade weapon art for its follow up, it’s the same as pebble.

[@dinoking189]

You can blood hound step out of the storm stop claymore combo too. I was pretty surprised, I think it’s because they are no longer stunned but only for a few frames not giving enough time for a normal roll, but I guess it’s enough time to input a bloodhounds step

[@lolwtfover9k]

BHS has barely any startup frames, that's the difference

[@Majere613]

It seems quite tricky to deal with shields in ER. You no longer have kicks, except the Ash of War version that seems very weak, and outside of the few Ashes that specifically counter them it seems tough to break through.

[@MinKingpin]

I’ve been waiting for the estoc 🙌🙌

[@buddykohl4988]

i prefer rapier but estoc range kinda op ngl btw love the content chase keep it up

[@user-iz2ik3gh2n]

Longhaft axe/Executioner's axe next? I saw you use Godfrey's axe, and these are similar (longhaft is lighter for 5 less AR), but you can put ashes on them! I usually run the longhaft with enough faith (with faith helm) to get Golden Vow. It also unlocks the barrier incantations, which can be handy as otherwise the big slow weapons have issues with spell spam.

[@clintonrodriguez8739]

YES that guy was using the rotten staff like I suggested the other day!! I’ve been using that almost exclusively on my strength build and it’s been awesomely fun

[@Strange9952]

It's an incredible weapon for landing hits

[@turkleton9113]

THAT LIGHTNING URN THO

[@shleem4894]

I love this weapon rapiers are so fun

[@yiannipapaeracleous9396]

I watched a video once where the guy said that you shouldn't level Vigor above 40 because of the diminishing returns after the soft cap. I find it interesting that Chase levels up his Vigor fairly high and keeps his Endurance low. I guess he values the Vigor to be able to tank bigger hits since it probably makes the difference in many matches, especially against heavy hitting builds.

[@Justkidding277]

I forgot this wasn't invasions and when I saw UNGA I kept waiting for BUNGA

[@ffej4202]

very nice to see a shield and a non somber weapon. lets go uchigatana next!

[@zztraderzz]

I just started using Axe of Godrick and it's pretty great imo. Unique R2 and good Ash of War. Would be fun to see Chase use it.

[@anitaremenarova6662]

Sadly the ash can be easily punished since just like with Godrick you can jump over it as the hitbox is ground only.

[@eb_bjj]

Can you do a tutorial on the movement mechanics in this game? Such as the reverse backstop into running attack 1:20 .

[@gaemer3967]

Feels like they're fairy intuitive if you're playing with controller. Look the opposite way, back step, then run attack in direction of opponent.

[@kylebusc3624]

If your doing reverse backstep you can't just move the stick top to bottom it will pivot your character instead. You gatta make your character do a full 180° turn with the left stick before you backstep. Like running in a mini circle

[@TrueComboKing]

There’s a fairly easy way to do this even if you can’t get the regular reverse backstep working. This only works with three weapon types though, Heavy Lances, Curved Swords and Rapiers. It only works with their R2 though. Anywho, since they all have feint attacks you can use those to do a easy bigger reverse backstep that follows through with an attack/roll. Just hold R2, Unlock from the target, turn the left stick 180 degrees from up to down, press circle and immediately follow with R1 (standard attack). It looks really weird when you do it correctly and since it works with the charged attack you can queue up the inputs, so to speak, so you have more time. It catches people off guard a lot, the curved swords really do well. I haven’t seen a lot of people do this, I’m halfway through the video and haven’t seen Chase do it either. Hella scary with a shield and rapier combo especially when you have shield bash as your ash of war. Charge R2 feint reverse backstep attack into the enemy followed by the shield bash ash of war is aggressive af.

[@choleloose641]

Can we get a painbow build at some point with weapons optimized to inflict several status effects at once.

[@choleloose641]

I specifically want to see Scarlett Rot, Poison, and bleed stacks together if possible.

[@choleloose641]

The Antspur rapier may be able to do that.

[@Cymricus]

i switched to blood estoc and ice needle and it’s so fun. the power stance combo with spear talisman is nutty never have seen your videos but you sound kinda like lilaggy

[@Besticles5796]

Yo what’s good Chase! Any chance we could see the Prelate’s Inferno Crosier soon? I’ve heard it flings people into the air and I think the weapon would make for an interesting showcase. Either way I enjoy the consistent content, cheers man.

[@lllXanderlll]

It took me for freaking ever to learn that you can do an R2 after casting the glintblade phalanx, I don't think it's anywhere near as useful as the glintstone pebble but at least it's there as an option.

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Lolz...first weapon I used in both DS3 as the Assassin and Elden Ring. Turned me into a dex/int combo in both games. Still trying to do every thing I can in Elden Ring before I actually beat it.

[@LiquidNarayan]

My first playtrough was with double estoc, bleed and Frozen, shreds evrything.

[@cc3loki]

Hey Chase, thanks for all the videos! Did you know about the R2 follow up on the Glintblade Phalanx? It's just like Glintstone Pebble follow up, but without the true combo ofc.

[@cristiancojocaru9821]

Doesn't glintblade phalanx have the follow-up trust like the glintsone ash of war? Might be useful as a mix-up if people don't expect it.

[@oshenone6947]

Hope you do the Dark Moon greatsword soon!