Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree - Did Best Intelligence Builds Change? Carian Sorcery Sword Buffs

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
00:00 Did Best Intelligence Builds Change?
01:10 How To Get Carian Sorcery Sword
02:04 Testing Carian Sorcery Sword
03:05 Maybe INT/FAI?
03:49 Pure INT
04:29 INT/ARC
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[@beastslayer8729]

I think it would be cool if the sword had some affinity with the sword sorceries. Maybe give the sword a hurtbox when it is used to cast a sword sorcery so you are essentially getting a with the blade and the sorcery if you are within range. I could see that being viable for some builds!

[@susanooalarichard]

That's actually worth pushing to change.

[@ms4110]

It will be even better if they can give the same property to similar swords such as carian knight sword, glinstone chris, and lazuni sword. But yeah, if sword sorceries can connect with the damage from the sword itself like how stormblade work, this sword will be really good even op edit: Glistone chris is a dagger but you know

[@porakiyadraekojin3390]

I was actually thinking something similar myself, but wanted to see if someone posted it before me. It would have been amazing if the sword wand weapon gave a huge boost to, or had great affinity with, sword sorceries

[@kupo3373]

​@@porakiyadraekojin3390 carian slicer would fix its thrust only r1

[@hufflefluffle]

It does do this actually! With carian slicer and piercer the blade hits too! (I noticed that with my own use of the sword at +25) I guess I should add that you’ve got to be hella close to things for it to actually do it though. It’s not at the range one would expect. A magic infused Milady with carian sovereignty will absolutely out damage that but it does work!

[@drako1521]

If you power stance it with another thrusting sword And use the carian sorcery sword in your off hand the ash of war button casts spells

[@richardmcilwain7125]

Putting it in your left hand casts with the AoW button in general.

[@Exisist5151]

Oh so you can dual wield with it and still use it as a staff, neat.

[@slumburger1145]

Honestly in NG+ I found it to be pretty good. I think it not boosting Carian Sword Srceries is lame, but I think people pitting it against other staves are kinda missing the appeal of it. It's insanely good for sword and board builds, same with dual weapon builds, because you don't have to juggle your weapon slots around to cast magic while also using a shield/another thrusting sword. Use a decent shield or a thrusting sword like Antspur/Frozen Needle and it's really great.

[@silverbolt6699]

For the sword and board strat people complain that you can't guard counter with it. But I read somewhere that (apparently) you CAN guard counter with either L1 into L2 or holding L1 into L2....? I need to do my own testing to confirm this though If that was the case, I would support that you it would indeed make a great sword and board (shield pokes) INT build

[@BruceAlmighty1]

Bingo. And good point, if it buffed carion sorc it would be that much nicer. I personally use it as a buff stick, low weight, great utility, and it can break through shields with aow. It's a Swiss army knife, it doesn't need to put out high dps that's not the point.

[@springsm5545]

Frozen Needle in the right hand + Carian Sorcery Sword with the spell Carian Piercer or Adula's Moonblade in the left makes for some interesting gameplay

[@neclordx8425]

I would have preferred if they have allowed us to change the ash of war. Even with worse scaling, now that would have made it actually cool.

[@TheShogun47]

I wish i could add the Carian Sovereignty ash of war on it.

[@tirionpendragon]

This weapon shouldn't be on pair with other staves in spellcasting power in my opinion, because staves are meant to be true casting tools while this is more of a combo weapon, you shouldn't think it as a way to cast spell but more as a weapon where you can personalize the moveset and kit, in fact it's especially recommended used with quick spells of the Carian Sword category in my opinion. The main uses of this weapon in my opinion are: 1) Main handed a) Paired with a shield and using the spell that buffs shields. b) Paired with the new off-hand dagger that allows you to get the powerstance moveset of dual rapiers + parry as ash of war in the dagger. 2) As an off-hand rapier a) You can pair it with any weapon and will still find it's utility since thrusting swords are one of the best off-hand weapons in the game. b) Pair it with a Thrusting sword in the main hand, to access the power stance moveset, heavy running attacks, heavy attacks and obviously all the spell combos you want. Basically you should consider this weapon if you really like sword and shield, the powerstance thrusting sword moveset or the off-hand thrusting sword in my opinion.

[@QqqqXbox]

It should be better than most staffs at mid game but not better than the best staffs in the game. Which would still make staffs better but give the weapon usefulness and not feel like absolute rubbish compared to anything else.

[@zedgrotex]

Something I still find so unbelievable about the sword is that it doesn’t scale gravity or fire damage spells.

[@gunm808]

so tldr this sword wand (wand sword?) still sucks. :(

[@mateocolon6863]

Ive been using this sword with the carian sword sorcerys and they seem to combo pretty well, and woth the shield problem i just cast scholars shield to allow me to counter with stamina in my pool

[@andreamassari7954]

I made a build with that sword and the carian duel shield and only using weapon based spells. Having a spellsword that can hit hard with both shield and staff is such a fun gimmick build

[@Captnjared]

The fact that the weapons weapon art can't be changed sucks because that could really make it good

[@jakl]

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[@mickchan6584]

I think the weapon will benefit if you want to cast buff spell/magic and also maintain light weight . Caz you don’t need to bring a staff. The damage is not good for spell compare with int80 staff, but it’s a good weapon to lower your weight and casting some affinity spell , like ice and bleed during a battle . You cant buff the sword magic scaling anymore or no one will use a staff in the game . So I think the magic scaling is fine and balance It’s look super when awesome to use it with the magic sword and magic sword thrust

[@ixiahj]

In DS3, they Heysel pick was awesome because you can combo an R1 into a spell like Soul Greatsword. But in Elden Ring, there's no such combo. Not sure why you'd ever want a two in one weapon catalyst when you can carry a specialized weapon and one specialized catalyst. To save weight maybe?

[@DimiDeca91]

I am going to stay true to my warrior mage for exploring the open world, but this weapon might be my go too for bosses. I was very intrigued by fextralife's video about it.

[@lucamorello_guardiansoul]

I think the idea behind this sword was to give us another Haysel pick...has anyone tried to see if the R1 or the Ash of war true combo with any of the sword or melee sorceries against a player model?

[@faaarp56]

Maybe they could’ve made like the demon scar where the ash is actually unique or cool and have it do a little less damage than the 1st or the 2nd best staff

[@epiccthulu]

staffs in general need a rebalancing. For example, make speciality staffs like Carian Glintstone staff all have the same sorcery scaling. That way the boosts really matter and you can have more staff diversity in builds

[@hufflefluffle]

I’m gonna quickly explain my use of the sword here and why I found it amazing: My way of using magic in the dlc is to mainly utilize ashes of war, oddly enough. I have the staff that boosts magic sword skills in my offhand for example, and my main weapon is the Milady light greatsword rather than another staff. Why? Because Carian sovereignty is an absolutely broken ash of war on its own, but it seems to end up being buffed by the staff further, and while for the most part I wear heavy armor, I also use the spell blade hat just for fashion fun (the tiny baby buff of 2% is just a mini bonus hahah). If you get over 50 poise you’ll pull off the sovereignty ash of war without being knocked out of it even by horned warriors. Now, the Carian sorcery sword, why does that fit in? Because if the sword staff is my offhand, wouldn’t that do more damage due to scaling? Well, that might be true for main sorceries like ranged spells and such, however, I’ve discovered that when used to cast Carian sword spells specifically, the carian sword can in fact become broken, and that is because when used to cast things like carian piercer or any of the other sword spells, not only is that spell hitting things, but the blade of the sword ALSO proceeds to smack things, which if you use slicer-it can and will shred. You can go from smashing through enemies with the carian sovereignty ash of war, to the off-weapon carian sorcery sword and start smacking things apart up close if you don’t have the time to charge the ash of war instead (example, bosses). This also allows you to have utility in emergency situations - keep a shield as your offhand for left to quickly swap to defense in the case where enemies are far more aggro than the base game (dlc). Overall, it ends up being incredible utility. But it is entirely dependent on whether or not you’re using the Carian sword sorceries like I said. Anything else and this sword will not be worth using for you. In short? It’s a spell blade sword, specifically for spell blade. ☺️ (Sorry for the edit, typing on my phone led to a ton of spelling errors cuz spellcheck doesn’t understand game titles and language lol)

[@advan0s]

I'm probably doing the unpopular thing and spawned it on a new character as my starting weapon until I finish Ranni's quest and get the Moon great sword and it works pretty well so far this way. It's just not that great when you're that deep in the game and have way better options

[@dennisl9176]

i feel like the idea is to use it for combo casting so you can do like a r1 thrust into some kind of close range cast. but yea it just seems like a gimmick unfortunately

[@lapushka9388]

Imagine if you can put Carian Sovereignty on that.

[@AlExAnDeR30285]

The Blue Flame Sword from DS2 is back.

[@mR_pARADOXX]

Blue flame was actually pretty good but this is not, even after the buff..

[@icebox1954]

That moment when Elden Ring once again implements something from DS2 but makes it much worse.

[@mR_pARADOXX]

@@icebox1954 I hope they will buff it a bit again.. Or at least give it a decent, unique ash of war that actually represents the name "sorcery sword"

[@catalyst7189]

It's a convenience gimmick weapon, and now with people rediscovering guarding, thrusting weapons are all the rage.

[@hyper_divergent7794]

Blue flame returns!

[@XonixDerps]

...um that Rancor dmg wasnt bad at all? Not to mention on a low scale spellblade its probably perfect since it functions like a lower scale staff (Aka under 60)

[@Exisist5151]

I mean you said it yourself it’s meant for versatility. You can run moonveil + Staff but you don’t have a shield in the offhand.

[@MikeFromOz]

It should have maxed out Int scaling at 21, and instead have a S in Dex, making it a good choice for a low int Spellblade. As it is at the moment, going full Int and using this robs you of better sorcery scaling you could have had with a different staff, and as a weapon for a Dex/Int Spellblade, Rogiers Rapier is a much better choice.

[@Agent_Rouge_Justice]

I think they should have it it a straight sword instead and boosted all stats to B keeping the ability to cast, then it would be perfect

[@ZenRus]

It’s awesome for horse fights.

[@Caedynna]

I was so excited when I found it, too :/

[@zachmiller4575]

Needs more higher spell scaling

[@ProbyWaN1337]

Moonveil with carian regal swap is better in every way

[@travisporter357]

what's that amour

[@dmytroboholiubov7068]

It's useless. Staves with sorcerers buff deals much more damage. Also, on the keyboard, it's tricky to use it. It's not like just 1 button. For most situations Lusat’s Glintstone Staff is number one. For Night comet - x2 of Staff Of Loss.

[@turtlenbl032]

Can someone let me know what a good staff for scaling would be I am running a gravity build and want high scaling I also am a high level so 70or80 intelligence is where I would be at depending on answer I will respect

[@Jaevwyn]

Dual world regal scepter and meteorite staff, using regal to cast whilst simply holding meteorite for the damage bonus

[@turtlenbl032]

@@Jaevwynokay thank you but I’m not tryna be a full mage the rest of weapons are gravity weapons ruins swords starcouge radhan etc would regal septor be still valid? Since there only 7 gravity speals and im only using 5 I have 3 slots let I have acients rancord skulls and impenetrable thorns cause they a good spells so that staff would also be need to high scale with other spells as well

[@imajoker6859]

I do think you should be able to switch the ash of war that would make it better

[@BruceAlmighty1]

I will tell you exactly how this sword is used. You get 16 int, use this weapon to buff your shield with sorc, and get the odd poke or two off if you need to without wasting fp, then switch to whatever other weapon you've got. I think it's a great weapon, I love using it, but it's mainly for buffing, and little else. Also, it comes with ash of war for if you need to break through a shield. Haven't had it myself yet but I absolutely love the design and utility with low requirements. 8/10 weapon imo

[@icebox1954]

If you're a newer fan you might not know this but DS2 had a much better version that actually worked like a casting catalyst. This one doesn't and it's sad that once again Elden Ring implements something from DS2 while butchering it.

[@nicholasdumoulin7319]

….dude…..just show us how to get the medallions. That’s it.

[@rickoven]

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