Elden Ring: Frozen Needle (Weapon Showcase Ep.27)

[@mr.m3728]

At this point i watch his channel for: 1-the good vibes 2-actual content He is a real bro, just chilling. Thanks for the bangers and i hope you have a nice day

[@battlericky17]

Huge, and i mean massive, SAME

[@xSilentRecon]

For real these videos are relaxing to watch/listen to cus of how chill Chase is

[@jakestocker4854]

I know exactly what you mean. Even if I didn't play the game or care about the weapon showcase I'd 100% still watch these lol

[@remotepinecone]

3-waiting for him to actually lose a duel lol, you rule bro

[@isharah101]

Wow, a non-int scaling frostbite weapon. That's pretty dope, and the r2 is cool too. Great work on the series

[@ricardodarcangelo2437]

The frostbite scales pretty well with the primary stat (str or dex), so it's not only viable, but very effective to use cold scaling with any build except pure faith (and possibly arc). Agreed that the series is dope af though, along with all of Chase's content!

[@xtxschmidt]

Dragon Halberd may be for you! Super underrated

[@juanjosevargasquiroga4237]

Anyway, just Putting 25 points in int, you can make a brutal frostbite build with any weapon, but frozen needle is still a very good option if you don't want to spend those levels

[@ryxtan]

@@ricardodarcangelo2437 The frost is completely unaffected by weapon level OR your stats, tho. IIRC frost status is only increased by INT scaling, so the lack of any such scaling means it's always locked at 60 frost. Also makes it one of the weakest frost tools.

[@ObiWanShinobi917]

@@ryxtan Innate frost, yes. If you apply a frost affinity to a weapon however, you can scale the buildup with the level of the weapon AND its primary stat.

[@rogue2shadow]

Brother Chase, I just wanna say these videos have helped reinvigorate the game for me. So many weapons to try. I hope for a DLC that will carry this game back to the moon.

[@awrebyawe]

I thought I was bored after my first playthrough... made 3 more characters since then 😂

[@rogue2shadow]

@@awrebyawe I'm on NG+3 but am making an actual PVP 125 char now. Barely any dueling above 200 unfortunately.

[@lrwkobra1]

@@rogue2shadow I'm still finding duels at 350 and 561

[@rogue2shadow]

@@lrwkobra1 then I need to git gud brother haha

[@damienlane33]

@@lrwkobra1 same at 495. Plenty still at academy gate

[@rlira0908]

Getting Chase down to half hp activates his second phase, the I'm actually going to take this seriously now phase

[@MrGamis]

while I do enjoy the Frozen Needle, it's such a fun and unique thrusting weapon, I feel like whenever the Goat set is involved the showcase is more of a poise showcase than a weapon showcase lol

[@Cringeboy69420]

I feel like he used the armor to demonstrate a unique aspect of the weapon which was how incredibly light they are

[@vasheroo]

And the value of the thrusting counterstrike+spear talisman+frostbite

[@Nightmare-pj4fg]

7:30 “Never use guard counters” - Sun Tzu, _The Art of War_ 8:00 “A player who uses one of the few telegraphed attacks available to them in the game, in pvp, is chad as fuck” - Sun Tzu, _The Art of War_

[@crispycake3562]

“I never said that!“ - Sun Tzu , The Art of War

[@qqqq986]

EASILY the most enjoyable Elden Ring content Thanks Bro

[@thendaggers7082]

I used this as my main weapon along with a brass shield on my first elden ring playthrough. The ranged option on the heavy attack, since it doesn't cost any fp, means you can use it in almost every circumstance, as well as allows the frozen needle to take engagements at a range you wouldn't be able to with almost any other weapon. In addition to its versatility, the frozen needle is a solid boss killer with its speedy moveset and frostbite buildup. My only complaint is that I wish it had a more unique ash of war. I think a modified version of ice spear would have fit it very well.

[@pinoyslayer236]

I've tried using those, honestly I couldn't get a feel for em. Still hoping to see either urumi or guardian's spearsword

[@sylux3394]

I am also hoping for the guardian swordspear

[@karimhegazy3866]

Probably the low damage. It is ouclassed by all other rapiers i think and not being able to switch ashes hurts it even more

[@inambience]

@@karimhegazy3866 Exactly. I used it with rogiers in the off hand. I eventually just switched to the estoc because that damage was disappointing and infusions give you better frost buildup :( Still, the needle has a fun moveset.

[@sizzleotg9011]

Love the sword spear. Very fun weapon and very versatile.

[@danielz.3619]

Couldn't agree more, the urumi's moveset is so unique and its range is insane

[@GucciGamerTV]

Here I am the entire time thinking that "counter attacks" on the Spear Talisman meant counter attacking with a shield. So as long as the enemy is in an attacking animation, you get the bonus so long as you're using a thrusting weapon? Sounds like a really strong talisman for PvE then as well?

[@AllantheBob]

It's generally not as good in PvE since trading into enemies usually is not worth it.

[@AMVAnimaI]

Yeah it's great in PvE too if you can wail on an enemy/boss while they're doing a move

[@reactiondavant-garde590]

@@AllantheBob If you use shield it is pretty safe.

[@Loganaman]

As a summon, items VERY good, as long as the other players are decent at keeping agro and not dying while doing it, then yeah it’s good in PvE

[@jamesruth100]

@@AllantheBob There are a surprising number of moves in pve where you can abuse it, especially against bosses. You don't need to trade with enemies since the pierce vulnerability is both during attacks and during recovery frames after attacks. You can use this to heavily punish bosses that use a long recovery move or a move that you can easily avoid (for example, running up to a dragon as they breath gives you a LOT of time to just go ham on their head). Against vaguely human rank and file enemies it's not that useful since their recovery frames are mostly the same as a players, thus you'd need to trade to reliably hit them since your window to counter attack during recovery is small, but against any monstrous or gargantuan enemy that doesn't fly around like a crack fiend you can really fuck their day up.

[@Sirransborg]

Didn't use the Ash of War once because the needle toss IS the ash. Still its really strange what FS decides can and can't be infused. Great video man, can't wait to binge the whole series over!

[@pimpstaajack]

I would see this man in full goat armor and two pokey weapons and I’d jump right off the edge

[@mr.watson3237]

Loving the weapon choices. Would love to see dual Ghizas wheels next!

[@isaac_6530]

Wow! You did it! That was fast,👍 I just asked about this in the axe of Godfrey showcase from two days ago! you have yourself a new subscriber

[@-feonix48-47]

Huh, I literally just started Malazan book of the fallen YESTERDAY and here we run into Caladan Brood. Loved this showcase as the frozen needle is a staple weapon on my dex mage and it’s cool to see it used well! Keep it up!

[@alexg.2430]

I’m on the third book; it’s soooooo good. Although there’s basically no handholding so the first book can be confusing haha.

[@-feonix48-47]

@@alexg.2430 ohhhhhh yeah still getting through that part, but I am enjoying it! I’m coming off of a full reread of the stormlight archive so I’m really excited to have a new fantasy world to dig into

[@gatsu7742]

Malzan is amazing, Im on Deadhouse gates, sadly it's hard to find good 2-3 hours to read a good book and audiobook for Malazan is so confusing Wheel of Time and Malazan are pretty much the best followup for Stormlight fans.

[@-feonix48-47]

@@gatsu7742 nice! I tried to start wheel of time a few months back and I couldn’t keep up with it which is actually how I ended up rereading stormlight. Rn the setting of malazan is what’s keeping me on board all the places are just so neat I can deal with not understanding any of what’s actually happening yet

[@fccoop]

the screen shake and noise from the knives hitting you was INSANE 12:45

[@pukala721]

If im not mistaken you can follow up the feint with an L1 or R1 to go for some mixups. You lunge a little forward ending about a half step ahead from where you initially started. Using it with a heavy thrusting sword can break poise more often than not and in my opinion Be a cool tech option.

[@TrueComboKing]

yep, and if you unlock the camera, hold the heavy attack and twirl the left stick *slightly* and you can do a really super easy reverse feint backstep and it’s actually insane. It’s crazier on curved swords because the backflip makes it look trippy and hard to read but it’s cool on these too.

[@YUNOBF3]

There were a few really good opponents in the duels. I'm excited to see how this series progresses if you start to encounter a higher proportion of skilled opposition.

[@solderingiron1008]

Very interesting that this weapon doesn't scale with int despite having frostbite and a ranged heavy attack

[@DragoonKain3]

"You are already dead" Didn't think Chase was trained in deadly arts of the Hokuto Shinken...

[@nralbers]

Souls NetCode certainly is. Causality is optional.

[@UniqueRican]

Honestly I haven't played this game in weeks I'm kinda worn on it but just watching this guy's videos are so relaxing and chill. Great content

[@EnCroissant]

I’d love to see a showcase of the blackbow. It’s a longbow that has the fast shots that the shortbows have

[@northernhand9781]

IT DOES?! I gotta find that

[@EnCroissant]

@@northernhand9781 somewhere in leyndell, but I forget where

[@Steezington]

these vids are so fun to watch. thanks for the content chase, we all aspire to be as skilled as you one day

[@polrock1747]

Hell yeah, I was waiting for this one. Very *cool* weapon, kinda wish the weapon art was an unique frost imbued thrust tho.

[@friedrichsanktgermain7632]

Considering how some ‘unique’ AoWs are really just a mashup of two different AoWs, it wouldn’t have been too crazy to have Frozen Needle have a combination of Impaling Thrust and Ice Spear for its AoW

[@battlecubes4762]

@@friedrichsanktgermain7632 for real, missed opportunity I think.

[@AbbottCostelloShow2]

Broooooo that was my suggestion like three videos ago. Thanks Chase!!

[@smujb5544]

Wing of Astel has the same concept as this weapon but better. You can basically play pretty much exclusively with the projectiles as they have better tracking, the charged r2 shoots two which makes it hard to dodge both, and the projectiles are generally wider. Additionally combined the uncharged r2 + projectile does 150 poise damage 1 handed and 160 2 handed, breaking even a full bullgoat in one hit. This means opponents who try and trade your r2 at close range will often lose, even when in hyper armour with a heavy weapon such as a colossal sword. You can also make the r2 projectile very hard to react to by firing it from behind the "Nebula" ash of war. Though it doesn't apply to your weapon showcases, the ash of war also true combos into a Moonveil swap for over 3k damage on most builds i.e. an instant one shot on even a rune arc'd host.

[@ScottNicholson86]

Yay new showcase! I would love to see some shields and whips. Keep it up!

[@joenu7s]

never even heard of this weapon so im excited to see what it does, just shows how many things are in this game

[@bobzthabarbarian]

You can find it in the ruins right before you come across iji. Right outside carian manor. Theres a fake floor covering the passage to the boss that guards it.

[@LieutenantAlaki]

Less "how many" and more "how out-of-the-way".

[@joenu7s]

@@bobzthabarbarian damn stuff must be real easy to miss in this game

[@bobzthabarbarian]

@@joenu7s it really can be. I've done a lot of research on here to help me find most weapons and armor that i missed on my first playthrough.

[@khimaros]

@@joenu7s this one in particular is really well hidden… I went through that area 3 times without ever noticing the damned fake floor…

[@lucipurrr8603]

Alva is pretty impressive. People like them and you are the reason I pvp in this game.

[@rats_3]

I love this weapon, pestering people with your little projectiles reminds me of the crow quills from ds3.

[@thefishgolder]

Yo would love to see sword of night and flame used to see it everywhere until it was nerfed but it’s still a great weapon and it’s a lot of fun

[@ripperman25]

"whenever i see that chest piece i think they're gonna use dragon attacks" -chase when looking at THE DRAGON SET

[@LastSliceOfPie77]

Can't believe I've been sleeping on this. A better wing of astel! Frost and a projectile from canceling the r2, able to get the second I start a new character. Time for some low level invasions

[@patrickstar6806]

This might be my favorite weapon showcase yet. The very nature of the build leads to some really close and entertaining fights to watch. Cheers!

[@siubijeni206]

*Chase on that last fight:* Omae wa mou shindeiru. *Laggy opponent:* Nani?!

[@Brimatoni]

You should try pairing the needle with the real greatsword. It has very unexpected combos

[@scrobinja8566]

Just a small tip, but the best part of this moveset is something you missed. After the projectile backstep press 1H light attack to move forward and attack, it moves forward almost as much as the impaling thrust, closes the distance extremely well and quickly. Also, backstepping twice after the projectile allows more distance, obviously. But spacing for this weapon is more important than and weapon I have used. This is an in and out weapon that requires some skill, instead you just put on that atrocity, a little dissapointed in this one, but I enjoyed it, cheers. Also impaling thrust allows you to get out of dodge, more spacing. I think if you play it like that you will enjoy the weapon more.

[@spiraljumper74]

You don’t need to space as much when you can consistently win trades with high poise and damage, I take your point though.

[@scrobinja8566]

@@spiraljumper74 I know that, but this is a weapon showcase, not an armor showcase, emphasizing the importance of poise. And if he played in the way I described, he would be able to defeat high poise, which is something I would have liked to see. This was a bad weapon showcase and I hope he redoes it, cause this is a good weapon. Also, I really just do not like looking at that armor, I literally can only look at it for so long before I have to avert my eyes. I think its the most ugliest, grotesque looking thing in the game, and not in a good way.

[@spiraljumper74]

@@scrobinja8566 Oh it’s ugly as hell. I despise it on a visceral, deep level. They really need to rebalance poise, buff some of the mid-weight armors, and rethink poise breakpoints for some weapon classes.

[@scrobinja8566]

@@spiraljumper74 Yeah, they do. Pretty much every day I check their twitter for an update lol. Balance is pretty bad in this game, still the best game I have ever played. For me, moonveil, rivers need to be nerfed by like 30-40 percent, BHS, and like 90 percent damage reduction with scarlet aeonia, love that spell, but its like a kamikaze suiiiiicide mission in pvp lol. I think more health would solve alot of problems too, but then they would have to change pve to be more damaging. I also wanna see the ringed finger AOW make people go flying like 10 meters, would be hilarious, has great hyper armor though. Anyway, enjoy your day :).

[@kaibrown7511]

Caladan Brood is an S tier name. If only you could make you character more buff

[@christian8s]

… S tier name indeed! Also, he should wield a great hammer.

[@TheVerendus]

You forgot the backstep attack! Thrusting swords actually have a crazy good backstep attack that covers twice as much distance as normal. You can double backstep and the followup attack puts you right back where you started.

[@tylerbrubaker2331]

Caladan Brood is a fantasy themed black metal band for anyone interested, I love em

[@hansbruner6927]

When they guy attacked him as soon as he invaded was about the saltiest I’ve ever heard Chase get lol

[@KybonTheRenegade]

Great showcase! The bullgoat was a smart move. I would've figured you would use the rotten winged talisman and stuck with L1s but the poise trading really worked out! Hoping for Helphen's Steeple next. Keep up the great work

[@scurrathetrickster6879]

U can combo the backstep attack at your second attack it SUPER quick

[@yoursoulismine11]

Chase we need "omae wa mo shindeiru" before someone with very high lat explodes. Like the last fight

[@HadaHarabaz]

Next somber weapon you should try is the Celebrants Cleaver. It is the only weapon that isn't a Greatsword or Claymore that I regularly use, especially in pvp It's heavy attack is a running lunge that takes alot of people off guard in my experience. Usually I use the warped axe as a secondary because it does a bit more damage but doesn't mess with the attack patterns. Of course I love using Flaming Strike as my main art of war on it. Hope to see it sometime! Stay cool Chase!

[@spiraljumper74]

Not surprised it catches so many people off guard, I’ve done probably 2000 invasions in this game have only seen it a couple times.

[@MeanAndPristine]

Looks like a fantastic counter against Rivers, the powerstance goes nuts on their bodies and the unique heavy attacks can safely reach them during their relatively stationary L1 spam. Might give it a try

[@balduringi1338]

love the grind! would like to see the crescent moon axe next

[@neo_cavalier]

It may not be as good as the op-stick-of-doom that was the ice rapier from DS2 but it does look way cooler

[@nathanadams3280]

I’d love to see the Dragon Halberd- I love the variety of attacks you get from powerstancing the poke halberds and changing between the L1 and R1 and the ash of war is aesthetically cool if nothing else (that being said if you wait a second before doing the follow up people do get caught out by it.)

[@smolboyi]

I loved the jolly *"hello Virgil!"*

[@mikequezada6183]

Cool showcase! I love that more weapons get unique R2s in Elden Ring. Waiting for Family Heads

[@lVlalicious]

That last battle lmfao someone in another dimension catchin those non registered hits

[@cheddarwizard9316]

I enjoy the charge cancel fade back, followed by LB to rush back in.

[@ilikespagett1514]

If you do the dodge heavy attack, it counts as a backstep so if you chained that with a light attack you get a really far travelling attack

[@zetasgrr]

guardian swordspear, it is a halberd with ar on the higher side , a really quick alternative r1 moveset and the regular running r1 poke while also taking multiple ash of wars.

[@obamagaming3245]

My fellow Americans, I have a question. How, Chase, do you attain the Somber and Normal ancient dragon smithing stones used in these videos? Michelle and I want to spice up our Elden Ring PvP.

[@spiraljumper74]

Well Mr. President, cloud-saves are your friend. Chase has a character with every weapon and bell-bearing and obtainable ancient stone, at around lvl 50 I think. And he just levels up that character and upgrades whatever weapons he’s going to need for the build.

[@marsiscool]

I love the Caladan Brood character. Malazan Book of the Fallen is a phenomenal series.

[@markete7429]

Poiselord build with an infinite no fp cost long range atack, nice.

[@u.r.t.v.unit6672]

That combo at 9:45 was nice.

[@TrueComboKing]

This weapon is one of my favorites. I use the feint attack a lot with curved swords and rapiers and have gotten really good with it but it’s very strong on these since it still launches a projectile if you feint unlike astel’s wing.

[@olive7155]

That last invasion though. Moonveiler got a fitting anime death

[@henriktucker63]

"You don't have to be nice to me"- ChasetheBro 11:50

[@ricardodarcangelo2437]

Hey Chase, I hope you've safely arrived at your vacation destination, and you enjoy it! Thanks for the great content dude! Hopefully, we get a new invasion stream after you get back?

[@ChaseTheBro]

Of course! I will be back to my regular streams once i return the final week of June.

[@Archimedes.5000]

The reason why you can't poise through attacks is because during SuperArmor frames your Poise depends on weapon/attack type, so your poise might actually decrease during attacks instead of increasing

[@zztraderzz]

Unless I've forgotten that you already did it, I'd love to see Wing of Astel.

[@serv3384]

I'd love to see the Warhawk Talon featured. Catching people off guard with the r2s has worked well for me!

[@TrueComboKing]

gravitas is gnarly on it

[@alexisprice1848]

seeing chase in full bull-goats frightens me. i know you did a colossal weapon recently, but i'd be very interested in the golem's halberd. it has the faster heavy attacks of a halberd, but the hyper armor of a colossal weapon, which could be really good for mixups. also its default skill (charge forth) normally cant be applied to colossals so it might be interesting to try out, but you wouldn't be able to use affinities.

[@Loganaman]

Lol I thought I had found every weapon in the game and then chase comes out with this I’ve never heard of it before, I MUST FIND IT

[@kobay5]

May I suggest the dual wielding the beastman cleaver? I am curious what you could make of it. I Really Hope From will open all those coliseum, PVP has so Much potential if it could be a bit more structured and less obscure to welcome more players. Rankings, 1v1, 2v2, or whatever. Even including bosses, fighting multiple at once in crazy Battle.. They could do so much fun things. And for PVP, I don't know any equivalent with such nice moveset, weapons designs, builds setups.. I don't know maybe it has already be expected for long by the community but never really happened for some reasons, I just hope, would be great. By the way, great video as usual.

[@althea2114]

feels like antspur but cooler, hey since you did a frostbite weapon would you try Helphen's Steeple? its a uncommon greatsword that has the standart moveset of a greatsword but its ash of war does frostbite buildup

[@sirgideonofnirtheall-knowi1881]

Haha Cooler

[@althea2114]

@L_O_W_K_E_Y-G you are probably right my dude but there is no harm in writing it i believe ^^

[@nickspencer9018]

Chase, duel wielding any thrust sword is the way to go! Especially with rotten winged and millicent prosthesis

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

hey man, thanks for all the consistent content for so many years. Normally I just lurk, but I wanted to say thanks once :3

[@BiggusThiccus]

7:46 I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROOOOACHING!

[@shreyas_surve]

when you watch the video before the notification arrives 😜

[@A-pizz-a]

Chase is the ONLY channel that i subscribe with notification on xD, CANT MISS THIS SHIT

[@oprichniki1341]

Just as I was wanting to go with a rapier/sorcery pve build and had this weapon in mind; happy to see it in action! Thinking it's mid range projectile attack would couple well with longer range glintstones and glintblade phalanx to create nice little zones of control from long/medium/stabbing for a spellblade kinda deal

[@beanman__3244]

Have u done any knives

[@Drewskii59]

Chase can you please use serpentbone blade for a showcase, the successive attacks talismans are good for the heavy and ash of war

[@tajvir]

dope vid chase

[@AriShinato]

It feels like the frost projectile should be the ash of war instead of the thrust

[@pibbles_]

It being the r2 makes it more versatile though, also doesn't cost fp

[@kriss450]

I'm really excited to see powerstanced Great Knives

[@wolfgamiing89]

Chase can you do a weapon showcase on the flamberge? It’s a great sword with bleed, kinda rare and I never see anyone use it! I think it’s got some potential

[@arczer2519]

it a good weapon, only shame is that it no longer have sweeping two handed R1 like in DS3 (the same R1's as Elden Ring Knight/Banished Knight GS, and Inseparable Sword)

[@napstack9038]

3:11 her name was naive, meaning fool or vagabond, nieve is slightly different

[@dracofire8106]

Ill be honest, did not even know this was a real weapon until you brought it into light lmao

[@tiaanmoller1508]

Never discovered this weapon on either on of my playthroughs. Definitely gonna try it out once I get it, very similar to its DS2 counterpart!

[@CazadorSlayer]

The Needler so cold it even froze the latency across a dozen matches.

[@monkeymike4269]

The episode iv been waiting for !!!

[@hidden1319]

12:45 that really was crazy lol

[@rocketdurham4926]

A cool weapon with a lot of potential is ornamental straight swords. Not the most damage but a great moveset

[@fruitsalad2035]

that knights greatsword or whatever it's called that 'greatsword fan' was using has a really cool moveset that i always forget about! sadly no thrusts that i know of but still unique, would love to see a showcase on those (or the reduvia c: )

[@ShiranuiLoki]

The last invasion be like: Omaewa mou Shinderu! Opponent sipping: NANI! Health exploded and dies.

[@frankie310]

I wear the dragon chest, but I'm int weapons and rarely use sorceries / no incants. Still definitely fair to assume the dragon-looking guy uses dragon shit.

[@remotepinecone]

Hay Bro have you played with the nox flowing hammer yet?

[@MicroMidas]

As always, really enjoyable! This series is *cracked!*

[@yooooooooooooo5283]

Bro you deserve a million subscribers.

[@ryanjones_rheios]

That last guy, lol. Chase legit hit him with the "Omae wa mou shinderu"

[@brendoYZL]

Been waiting for this! Such a special weapon and pretty easy to get

[@twiztidclwn335]

Yay i was waiting for this weapon to make it too the showcase.

[@bkm8556]

Would love to see the Great Stars mace with the bloodflame blade (the spell applies the same stats for all levels of faith/arcane)

[@S4B3R117]

I'm gonna keep asking for a Bastard's Stars showcase, that nebula thing can catch people off guard and can do a lot of damage. One for the Family Heads dex/int mace would be really cool too