Elden Ring: The Ruins Greatsword Is Hilariously Effective (Weapon Showcase Ep.16)

[@acx2035]

“I’m gonna aim it where he’s gonna go” *proceeds to one shot him from full*

[@Jpegdream]

Failed his vigor exam

[@acx2035]

@@Jpegdream not wrong but he did have atleast 1600hp. Not low by comparison to some of the builds goin around.

[@jarlbalgruuf2415]

@@acx2035 the attack did 1068 damage and killed him, his hp is incredibly low

[@acx2035]

@@jarlbalgruuf2415 you are correct. I read it wrong and got the 0 and 6 mixed up. I thought he did 1608 as opposed to the correct number of 1068. That is low. Phone viewer despair 😂

[@irithylloldman6526]

Man had 1000hp tho, no wonder he got one shot

[@PopFlip]

Don't forget the charged heavies leave a shockwave!

[@ChaseTheBro]

i completely forgot about that lmao

[@cloudman7474]

Lmao every time I see him fight this weapon he forgets about the attack

[@JohnDoe-ch6qy]

@@ChaseTheBro welp time to redo the video

[@The0nlyy]

At least this is the top comment so that people don’t have to leave a separate new one

[@ellisstein13]

Yes! This is something I have noticed with the weapon showcases, Chase never shows of the fully charged heavy attacks for the weapons. As evidenced by the previous showcase for Morgott's blade and now this video, it seems like even Chase isn't aware that many of these weapons have different attacks when the heavy is fully charged. Since these are weapon showcases, it seems only fitting to show off the whole move set!

[@karimhegazy3866]

This weapon's ash of war might as well be renamed to "vigor check"

[@captainwafflezs4799]

6:57 Cool strat I learned. Rot breath deals physical damage, so blocking it with a colossal weapon is really effective since they got their guard properties buffed in the last patch.

[@ChairmanMaoam]

Your unfailingly positive mentality in this game is just so enjoyable and refreshing, too much salt in many content creators, it's great to see you enjoying yourself and giving great info on these weapons. Keep up the great work

[@ViolenVaymire]

This behavior really shouldn't be a rare occurrence. Parents get no training, and schools do nothing but waste everyone's time. = (....)

[@kuru-yami9416]

@@ViolenVaymire i agree although i dont think this has anything to do with parenting or school, some people are just really chill and others get frustrated easier. what may be do to parenting is Chase's unwavering humbleness and kindness as a person but thats probably just who he is in general too.

[@dramalexi]

After Chase started to take it seriously against "Jane from Soft" seen here at 9:48, I have no doubts anymore. Chase must be a Mistborn, burning Atium, if necessary, to see countless glimpses of his immediate future. Truly horrifying.

[@augustus8879]

awesome brandon sanderson reader

[@dramalexi]

@@augustus8879 Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

[@laurelkeeper]

I found the cultured corner

[@euanlough8242]

Thanksss I forgot the name of this series I wanted to recommend it to my friend

[@jonathanstrange7798]

Always good to see a fellow Sanderson fan out in the wild

[@aperson9847]

"Medium fun fight" is maybe the closest I've ever heard Chase get to smack talk 😂

[@P3yt0n29]

cant wait for you to review the guardian swordspear it has such a great moveset and is in general a good weapon

[@maxwellchute6114]

Not gonna lie I get a little nervous when I see one. Has a tricky moveset

[@camoplant199]

I tried to get it early in my first playthrough because I loved the dragonslayer swordspear from ds3. Though I didn't really use it too much (cuz my build was kinda unoptimized) I still think it's a great weapon.

[@Girvo747]

Any benefit to running dual swordspears? Or just 2H one of them? What’s the best build for it?

[@P3yt0n29]

@@Girvo747 never tried power stancing them because my rng sucks and I don't feel like farming for it again but i would just use the flaming strike ash of war combo for the weapon like i do for most halbreds

[@awrebyawe]

@@Girvo747 I think it's better 2H or 1H rather than powerstancing. You want a full Dex build to get the best out of it. Sword dance, double slash, ice spear, lightning strike, good options for ash of war

[@snefansson]

I just love Chase's confused silence every time someone fails the vigor exam

[@CazadorSlayer]

The idea someone saw a giant hunk of stone and was like "YES, THIS WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT SWORD"... I think more than just the Ring got shattered when the man that came up with this thing walked into the smithy.

[@gubdub1428]

to be fair, that sounds like a pretty berserk thing to do

[@Ezzekiel73]

But it wasn't just a random hunk of stone, it was a magically imbued runic slab that they attached to a blade to make use of the relic's power. It'd be like if the Statue of Liberty's foot was enchanted and then ripped it off and stuck it to the end of a stick

[@CazadorSlayer]

@@Ezzekiel73 Now I can't help but imagine a giant bronze foot on a stick, it's toes sharpened to points so it can be used like some kind of twisted warpick...

[@anagoth9]

It's very reminiscent of the King's Ultra Greatsword from Dark Souls 2

[@zorro8027]

Isn’t that just the Fume Ultra Great Sword from Ds3? And if I recall, the meta build with it was enchanted with INT/Crystal. So ruins is basically just the Meta Fume build from Ds3

[@Bobby_Bricker]

A fun change of pace might be "ash of war showcase" where you use a single AoW on multiple different weapons to see which weapon they pair best with

[@joemency2242]

that would be really nice

[@CJ-of6wo]

Godfrey's axe is a particularly unique colossal weapon you should try out. The weapon art is a self buff with a follow up attack that deals a lot of damage and bypasses shields. Also makes it so that r2's have infinite hyper armor which is unique enough of an effect on its own.

[@joesheridan9451]

They need to buff the damage/scaling on that

[@CJ-of6wo]

@@joesheridan9451 They do, damage sucks in comparison to other colossal weapons, but it DOES have the warcry buff which boosts the damage by around 100~ or so, bringing it more up to par.

[@Filtiarin]

I dont think its a colossal weapon but it sure plays like one. Its the shitty hammer moveset on a damn axe for no reason. That weapon needs a huge buff

[@CJ-of6wo]

@@Filtiarin No you're thinking of Godrick's axe. Completely different weapon.

[@Choombruh]

Easy to dodge, pretty weak against jump attacks, requires too much trading, and ye pretty low damage (it’s attack base on scaling is the lowest of all colossal weapons I believe)

[@Coast2CoastFlyin]

The weapon art scales with strength as well, I tested it out. It's better to go min int requirements and dump the rest into strength

[@moonflowerpalace3872]

I just wish it didn't need INT to use.

[@Coast2CoastFlyin]

@@moonflowerpalace3872 yeah, but at least it's a low requirement. id prefer if it was 16 faith though, so you could use the beast incants and this sword together while keeping your levelling efficient

[@moonflowerpalace3872]

@@Coast2CoastFlyin Indeed, FTH just has so much more to offer for STR.

[@maxwellchute6114]

Ah yes, the "I'm not gonna trade with this with my Greatsword" weapon

[@0x6e95]

Dude, you are so wholesome. Even when your opponent does cheap shit you don't complain. Respect.

[@MammalianCreature]

@@hitbox_91 G9 acts like the average Elden Ring player, honestly. Only difference is that he wins matches. Raging and crying isn't an uncommon thing, it's why Fromsoft games have a thing called "salt mail". Usually sent by a player who's malding after losing. Chase is a different breed of player though, he's very polite. Almost to the point that it makes me think he's on uppers.

[@swag489]

@@MammalianCreature he’s too calm to be on uppers bro he just a good positive person

[@VeritasNous]

You did the one I asked for! And to hilarious effect! I had thought RGS was a bad PvP weapon, but you proved otherwise. Thanks, Chase, that was really funny!

[@kuru-yami9416]

i think its like Dragonslayer greataxe. not just in the sence of a similar attack, but that people who are not familiar with it dont know what to expect its about to do, and run right into the damage range. in like 2-3 years, everyone will know what it does and dodge it with fair ease in 1vs1 battles, and it will only be good to randomly swap into quickly in a invasion(again, just like dragonslayer greataxe.)

[@Badabing1]

You can charge the heavy attack and get a mini ash of war effect.

[@mikequezada6183]

The first kill was like that scene from Crocodile Dundee.. "That's not a knife... THIS is a knife." but with lightning lmao. Also, Family Heads :)

[@rainbowkrampus]

"Ah, I see you've played lightningy, shockwavy before."

[@ashenwan]

The Mohgwyn corridors were calling for that Ash of War LMAO Thanks for the great content. Just discovered you a few weeks ago, and I am having a blast watching you invade. Interesting weapon showcase series as well, very instructive and entertaining. ER is not my first fromsoft game, but played DS3 and BB on PS4... offline, and man... multiplayer is so much fun! And you actually pushed me to invade, so thanks!

[@cainhurst7546]

Are we the same person? This is how I was as well and I too stumbled upon this channel! Good stuff

[@specter8522]

You guys are in for a not good but great blast!

[@ashenwan]

haha nice! Dude is super chill and good sport as well! It is a real pleasure, anyway hope you have a blast @Cainhurst

[@cainhurst7546]

@@ashenwan you too man 👍👍

[@caydensmith3291]

Godslayers greatsword would be pretty fun to see. I've always loved how over the top it's ash of war looks

[@meme__salad]

The good old Estoc has been a favorite of mine for PvP recently, due to the lack of guaranteed combos I started using the heavy attacks more often and found out it has really good mix ups and roll-catch potential because nobody expects the heavy attacks to be wide slashes

[@zsDUGGZ]

Not only are they wide, they are also really fast as far as heavy attacks go

[@swag489]

the cleanrot knight sword has beautiful r2 for mix up as well

[@JordanWelch]

Back step running attack so clean

[@Hobocufflinks_art]

Would love to see any of the "Flowing Form" weapons. The Nox Hammer and Sword as well as the Urumi. Been loving the weapon showcase variety. A lot of unloved weapons getting some much deserved praise

[@CazadorSlayer]

Oooh, that'd be a great idea to cover! I don't think i've ever even seen anyone using the Nox weapons at all, honestly.

[@MammalianCreature]

@@CazadorSlayer G9 has been using the hammer, he calls it the "Ballsack hammer" though. The weapon is way better than I thought it was

[@ncrnmcn]

A lot of weapons in elden ring hides unique movesets in their charged heavy attacks, especially with the unique weapons evident with the Meteoric ore blade showcase you did recently. Hopefully this will be a note for futher showcases

[@vernaltear]

The guy with the flies, Morgott’s sword, rock sling and however more spells he had hidden away was one of the coolest variety builds I’ve seen.

[@Uhthis]

The saddest moment of Chase's videos is always when I hear, "Those are all the battles I have for you today". I did enjoy, and look forward to next upload!

[@YUNOBF3]

11:45 really appreciate you got a solid backstep running attack to finish. It's so cool to see a demonstration of the full effective move set. Great work!

[@-feonix48-47]

I’ve seen so many people do it just to do it that seeing such a clean kill with it almost caught me off guard

[@chasepoore1752]

Hilarious video Brother Chase, Thank you for the content!

[@johnapple6646]

That dual Ultras guy must be proud to actually manage to kill Chase

[@carlosflorentino8874]

First time I've seen Chase die in a duel and it's still a draw lol

[@MerkinMuffly]

Can't believe Chase's pokes weren't hitting though, seemed to have the range

[@jamesmcv]

Having watched dozens of your videos now...... The humility in presentation is refreshing. You're the best PVP player I've seen in Elden Ring, but you would never know it via your commentary. Love the channel and look forward to more content.

[@kaveman800]

You being so respectful to your opponents really is a whole ass vibe I didn't know I needed.

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

That 1 draw was the closest to getting truly interesting in what feels like years here. Someone almost challenged him.

[@nathanielsearle9822]

Ruin greatsword is such a cool weapon, can’t wait to do a strength build to try it out. I know it’s probably not a very highly requested weapon, but any chance we might see the ornamental straight sword any time soon? It’s an incredibly interesting weapon. Two handed it has both the dual rapier jump attack and the normal dual straight sword jump attack, and the ash of war is pretty interesting since heavy and charged attack boosters would be better for it I believe instead of things like the Alexander shard. Things like the thorny cracked tear are really good too if you wish to be aggressive. If you do catch someone in the charged heavy, there’s a decent chance multiple strikes will land before they can roll, so you can aggress them after with increased damage. I had the urge to try it today randomly and had fun. Anyways, love your videos man, they’re what got me into PvP back in DS3 and have had a blast in the PvP scene since.

[@infernotitan1158]

So Felis actually had a really well thought out bleed build. The Flies was his ranged bleed, and the Ash of War, Bloodboon, and Bestial Sling were meant to keep the opponent at an arms reach so that the flies could be at their most effective. I give them props for that

[@javygld592]

He was just spamming bro, no thought out into it at all

[@awrebyawe]

That's true, there was actually some thought behind that build and strategy. Got wiped out by the ruins ash of war though

[@infernotitan1158]

@@awrebyawe Ruins Ash don't give a damn what you're doing 😂

[@SpiderGeometry]

Bleed apologist. Tbf I used the flies to deck Malenia, they are super effective in PvE and super frustrating in PvP.

[@ShadowAraun]

@@SpiderGeometry oh are we finally done pretending they are shit now? those things still chain bleed pve like nothing.

[@nicholasstarks4671]

Wearing full tree sentinel armor, golden greatshield +25, ruins greatsword +25, and a clawmark seal +25 Absolute destruction.

[@Painsjustice]

Hello Chase! I am watching you since a long time and never wrote something till now, but i have to say that i love your calm and polite behavior! The insane Skill is just the cherry on the top :D Keep doing this great content! You are definitly my favorite Dark Souls / Eldenring content creator

[@Kasunex]

When you rage too much, the flame eventually fades and you achieve completion. Death no longer pulls you down :)

[@deanthelis5578]

This thing is nasty in invasions. I used it at 60 in the Academy. The tight hallways make it almost impossible to dodge without a perfectly-timed roll.

[@LfasZeta]

This is the first time since I signed up that I've seen Chase die during a duel. And the guy just tied. In fact Canadians have some kind of natural ability that makes them superhuman.

[@noahjohnson6246]

love the weapon showcases, been a fan since the ds3 days. sticking with the theme of magic colossal swords i would love to see you do the royal greatsword. heavy stat requirement but highest raw AR of all the weapons ive seen so far. weapon art is situational but really satisfying to trade with. cheers mate

[@aaronslack7292]

The charge attack follow up has a gravity mini explosion too While your spec’d for the ruins sword you should showcase the royal great sword🔥🔥

[@commit2gr8ness]

My man had his flask ready lol

[@killer114188t]

03:02 I was in tears after I went _"oh..."_ at the exact same time you did

[@-feonix48-47]

Probably my favorite episode of this yet, the big gravity slam is so deceptively good and all the hits from the sword are so satisfying. Great stuff as always

[@horrorgamingentertainment7897]

I think a unique weapon to try would be the frozen needle, I believe it is the only purely physical weapok with frostbite build up and no fp cost, plus it has a free projectile.

[@robm9231]

Man I have been waiting for you to use this weapon!! It is actually my favorite strength weapon by far. The weapon skill is insane in PVE and PVP because no one expects the shockwave to go so fast and so far plus it can knock enemies down so you can hit them with it again. I feel like more people are gonna use it now that you have made this video lol

[@userjb1yb5yq3t]

3:05 love the body flop after getting immediately decimated

[@getfragged7051]

Those Wave of Destruction ambushes are hilarious. If that happened to me I’d be a little triggered 😂

[@Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

Cant wait for the day the weapon showcase is on a gravelstone seal. Lets make it happen, Chase!

[@Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

Unironically, keep in mind dual weilding seals with incant bonuses (+ to dragonslayer or + to beastial or so on) WILL stack the bonuses they provide. It doesnt stack incantation scaling, but it will double the damage effect.

[@TheZoobZoobs]

Ah love you Chase, showcasing the precious sword that carried me to the end.

[@henriktucker63]

I have a 100+ hours with the ruin greatsword and I'm pretty sure I have like a 70% hit rate with the ash war in PVP. I think the damage window is really long so it can roll catch.

[@specter8522]

Been waiting for this showcase and glad it's finally here! Loving the content keep it up.

[@grogueQ]

Love your chill friendly attitude. Love these weapon showcases.

[@kuru-yami9416]

i think its like Dragonslayer greataxe. not just in the sence of a similar attack, but that people who are not familiar with it dont know what to expect its about to do, and run right into the damage range. in like 2-3 years, everyone will know what it does and dodge it with fair ease in 1vs1 battles, and it will only be good to randomly swap into quickly in a invasion(again, just like dragonslayer greataxe.)

[@BigBoss69420]

So happy you did the Ruins GS. Easily my favorite weapon in the game!

[@GhizTheKobold]

Ah, the stone slapper :)

[@rolf565]

Lol the first Guy was hilarious. Spam Spam Spam onehit. Classic

[@lastbreathexe]

I'd love to see you showcase the Fallingstar Beast Jaw. It's got a pretty unique moveset. One of the combos I like using is a jumping heavy into light attack. The delay on the light catches rolls really well. And the Ash of war is pretty good imo, I like it

[@Lfkxl]

Because any kind of sorcery stuff TRACKS really well, and gravity magic has a much larger hit box. And your opponents was weirdly running right into it, while trying to dodge. Wrong judgements

[@ThisIsOurParadise]

Hey that was me at 8:18 :) big shame about the lat but was still a very fun fight regardless seeing your perspective that backstab really should’ve got me lol but on my screen it looked more similar to my attempts on you

[@camoplant199]

Finally my FAVOURITE SWORD (for farming Runes) Jokes aside I really love the versatility of it's moveset. Especially with the charged r2 (if you can hit it) and it's weaponart for ranged enemies or rollcatching. I'd like to see some love for the greataxes too since they were essential for my playthroughs. So I'd suggest executioners greataxe or butchering knife for the next video. Keep up the great content Chase

[@Vorael]

Is it even better than the golden sword you get from Nessie?

[@zsDUGGZ]

@@Vorael nah, sacred relic sword is still the king of farming swords

[@skeletalspiders6697]

Hey chase, idk the poise required to do this, but if you have enough poise you can run straight through the blood flies. The flies burst and you go through fast enough that you don't even get bleed built up on you.

[@NVikTuh]

13:00 homie experienced 10 different emotions in one invasion lol

[@abakedtater8553]

I think Chase might have missed a move. If you do the fully charged heavy attack, it produces an aoe gravity effect in a small zone in front of you that kind of reminds me of the one crucible knight move where they slam their sword down and crack the ground. I only found out about it by accident, but this weapon is a lot of fun.

[@jigdakm]

Man I love this weapon and it’s so incredibly useful in invasions. The L2 is surprisingly easy to hit when free aimed, that nice fat lingering hitbox is a blessing

[@darkofdespair]

Nice was waiting for this showcase. Loved this wep even when I don’t use colossals that often.

[@ten7554]

Been really loving these showcases. Super entertaining.

[@jojogobbo8795]

Chase: *medium fun fight* Me: BURN 🔥

[@kryeyingface5365]

You're the best. Super humble and funny. Elden ring pvp can use work but I'm always happy to watch you. I usually troll in comments but I can't tell if others/you understand my irony. I have been watching you every night since elden came out; watched a ton of ds3 stuff too. Makes my night. Thank you!

[@here2there880]

Lol that first fight. I love that first time feeling when you realize how good a wespon is..lol.

[@Aidian1]

Hell yeah! The one I requested 😀 I knew you'd be good with aiming that thing! I was shocked how consistently I could hit and even one shot people.

[@RegalCoconut]

Chase! Could you showcase the Sword of Milos? The ash of war is very interesting and I’d like to see how it is used as a main weapon instead as the typical buff weapon

[@LJAndrews1986]

Pretty fun paired with the Flamberge

[@alpaca2148]

Seeing the Ruins Greatsword go toe to toe with the Blasphemous Blade was a sight to see

[@obipage6553]

That first kill was pretty huge, good video gamer

[@ajmckay2]

Wow I've had these videos on autoplay for a while now in the background and 5:13 the fight with Yo is the closest to a loss I've seen where it's a tie.

[@eggnogsaber]

I subbed because you're so non-toxic (shouldn't be as much of compliment as it is, but there you go), and this video just confirmed this so much for me. Very enjoyable to watch, both for me, and no doubt for those who discover you fought them here, too. Keep it up!

[@Johtho]

your fight with jane is exactly like every fight ive ever had..now im questioning my connection

[@ckf36]

The fourth wall breaks that you do sometimes, like at 3:00 are so fucking funny to me

[@wbhandy]

Biggest insult you will ever get in ER is Chase telling you “medium fun fight”

[@levyck]

It would be interesting to see some whips, in particular, Urumi and its charged R2

[@swag489]

try urumi off hand rapier, super fun set up

[@ShinMalphur]

You also get a degree of hyper armor when using the ash of war so I love trading with it because I know I'll get a KO

[@Phoenix_9902]

the second attack in the combo of a fully charged heavy curved greatsword has a 2 part attack i really like. (maybe specific to bloodhounds fang. i havent tested) super fun weapon beside that. fp attack is great and has a followup with a bloodhound step attack

[@Vordak01]

That's not a heavy attack, that's just the second part of the bh fang's ash of war

[@Danorok]

@2:54 I literally spit my drink out of my mouth onto my Razer Black Widow... You sir, now owe me a keyboard, as there was no trigger warning...

[@TheVerendus]

fyi but *every* weapon class has a unique backstep attack. some are particularly effective like thrusting swords which cover a crazy amount of distance. a good mixup is to double backstep to get you out of harms way and then the followup attack comes out quick and can catch people in recovery.

[@swag489]

you can also go for crazy mix ups by charging the r2 and doing that feint, but turning 180 to do it towards ur opponent and hitting with the backstep attack, it covers and insane amount of distance curved swords, rapiers, and heavy thrusting swords all have the r2 feint

[@offworlder461]

Ruins Greatsword - The Co-op destroyer.

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

when you DO the claymore please make sure you try out double slash on it and when you do try to have enough poise to break 75 so you can not only facetank a heavy weapon, but get the full 5 hit true combo off double slash

[@dr.stronk9857]

I love how this weapon is literally just a sharpened pillar

[@adibcruz2983]

I just learned how to do reverse backstep but I find it a lot harder to actually pull off in pvp because you have to do an attack, lock off from the player, do the reverse backstep find some time to lock back on into the follow up attack

[@HeyMaruniko]

i think its a good roll catcher because people dont expect the wave comes much slower.

[@semihamf1385]

The Canadian way of saying "you deserve to be dung-pied and pointed down" is "medium-fun fight" apperently lmao

[@The0nlyy]

“Medium-fun fight” that was hilarious 🤣

[@kaiknight9761]

I could not forgive a fly spammer that quickly, Chase is pure Holy irl

[@sketch-5183]

just putting it in here for info although it IS widely known, this sword has a unique charged heavy, if you fully charge it, it gets a bit of extra damage cause of a burst of gravity rocks bursting up from the ground at impact.

[@coda-shut-up4477]

A dragon halberd showcase would be a fun one

[@jkomodo]

The first death I've seen of Chase in a while! Would love to see more and how much effort it'd take to ko the bro.

[@rmontufar7189]

lol a combo i like to do in pvp is ruins ash of war and then followup with starscourge's ash of war. The grav lord build (you can also reverse the order of the combo)

[@Cr4ptakular]

i'd like to see Black Bow, quick swapping arrows, tons of health and stam, jumping around like a ninja splashing stat procs all over the place.

[@HelplessTeno]

Every Souls KZbinr should aspire to be like Chase. Even if you hate it, there is no reason to hate on and belittle players who use annoying things like ROB or Bloodhound Step. Complain to FromSoft to remove or fix those OP things. They spent their money on the game just like you did, so you have no right to declare what other people are "allowed" to use. I say this as someone who despises Bloodhound Step, ROB spam, Fingerprint Turtles, and Stars of Ruin spam, to name a few. Things like Bloodhound Step have no place in PvP, while things like Moonveil and ROB need balancing.

[@jordantswanson]

just stumbled on this channel. what a wholesome dude

[@AllNamesAreTakenO]

What tears do you put in your flask? There’s always a discussion about whether you remembered to update your flask, but what are you updating? :o

[@andrewkolbe3707]

Chase's first death in an ER weapon showcase :0