Ranking All 31 Elden Ring Magic Types From Worst to Best...

[@Rusty._]

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[@あせお00]

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[@BiomageHun]

I really like you, but wtf you doing? its like you not know sorceries at all, 2 Staff of Loss? omg, 1 Staff of Loss and 1 Lusat, its like you try to troll sorceries gamers, that godskin apostle should die with 3 night comet

[@DarkVoid-gp6qq]

Did you know that Fire Damage resets Frostbite🤔

[@JoshuaB-wu8pk]

I love your ads they honestly are some of the best parts of the whole video.

[@VoidBringer_98]

Super random fun fact I found out about the Crystal torrent that I never got to test in game is that it can cancel out other spell based projectiles and mist attacks from in front of you. Never got to use it for that though

[@AncientSmithingStone]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="519">8:39</a> Claymen are men made of clay. They are important because unlike normal men, the claymen are made of clay.

[@LowIntSpecimen]

It's canon, it's in the lore.

[@Ilmi9n9me]

This is for you rusty The warped remains of priests who searched for revelation in service of the ancient dynasty, they employ two sorceries that produce smaller and larger bubbles.

[@sv98753]

that made my clay day even more all the way goin with the clay

[@WizelBalan]

Bungee gum has both the properties of rubber and gum.

[@VoidBringer_98]

No one really knows why they exist and a lot players never see them since lots of players don't know about underground (until they look for the mimic tear I guess). The Ocular bubble Spell is actually pretty good though albeit slow but like he said, if you can get them to walk into it XD To that affect, I've fully charged it and then thrown a dart and voila

[@nophion2-electricboogaloo647]

Lightning should reset sleep. Imagine being zapped. That shit hurts. Surely youre not tired anymore.

[@mide8845]

Flame should reset bleed 🤔

[@junktruck]

By that logic, all damage should reset sleep. Actually, buff the effect and that's not a terrible idea

[@ethanpadwick6943]

@@junktruck i mean it already does lmao, if you hit them while they are sleeping or even have the icon over their head it just wakes them up

[@puckfigs9902]

Depends, if the shock is big enough you'll sleep forever

[@MasterfulPeon]

@@puckfigs9902so you could say lightning damage inflicts eternal sleep.

[@8-bit781]

Can't wait for all the Wandering mausoleum ranking

[@donjandel]

Still waiting for the tree 🌲 🌴 ranking

[@NottSaying]

consecrated snowfield is last because it's the single reason why that deathbrid is dangerous

[@zsasz21]

​@NottSaying im gonna say the one in the snow area before the haligtree thats name i cant think of. Thats the only one that puts the most effort into killing you

[@NottSaying]

@@zsasz21 the one that lags the fuck out of the game and STILL hasn't been patched? That one?

[@whiskeyhound]

@@NottSaying I don't remember it lagging out my ps4 when I wandered near it a few months ago, I think it might've slowed the frames down slightly, but it wasn't anywhere close to the powerpoint slideshow of low-res blue balls that it was a year ago.

[@ShikiRen]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="666">11:06</a> The fact that the DLC did not give you the Death sorceries that the damn wizards in the catacombs use is still just absolutely BAFFLING to me...

[@JadedJasantha]

Saving it for the threequel; Eld3n Ring

[@darthplagueis13]

To be fair, those sorcerers are overpowered as all hell so if they gave us those spells, you can bet they'd be nerfed to disappointingly bad levels.

[@ShikiRen]

@@darthplagueis13 Possible. Though there are some incredible Aow's and spells in the DLC, so maybe not. Ah well; time to wait for the next iteration of spell-adding mods, they are sure to take those freebies.

[@MotivatedMunchkin-p9q]

Magic: I will send a shower of stars to mulch you! Frenzy flame: hehe hug

[@lookerlad]

Elden stars:👀

[@ar.71944]

​@@lookerlad elden stars: I will tickle you

[@dootpoot3648]

​@@ar.71944 Nice try diddy

[@ar.71944]

@@dootpoot3648 🧴🧴🧴

[@ryproar11]

Miquella uses Miquealla's light.: Nukes the area and massacres your health bar. I use Miquella's Light on a 99 Faith build: Minor inconvenience for everyone involved. It needs a serious buff. The cast time is too long to hit so... Weakly.

[@boolaidman471]

Don’t know whats fromsofts obsession with making the hardest things to get in the game trash asf like the entire consort radahns rememberance

[@Halosishere]

As weak as Miquella's arms

[@austinmc12]

@@boolaidman471SHIT MAKES ME SO ANGRY😭 two re skin swords with doodoo aow a terrible scaling. wtf Miyazaki give me a cool ass holy straight sword from Miquella and an ACTUAL faith scaling CGS with a new design pls

[@boolaidman471]

@@austinmc12 exactly like who tf thought it was a good idea to make the holy scaling on the swords magic? Like wtf? All they have to do is make the skills stance base so it’s only one sword which is a indirect buff to the shitty weapons because the +45% damage and make the holy looking particles um actually holy so it’s faith based scaling bam fun and op weapon, it’s stupid asf the hardest boss they ever made gives you such dogshit

[@MythaServant]

Its only good against people that are buffing at the start of a duel, assuming you’re one of those crusty disrespectful people

[@Bleuf0963]

Ranking all 100 Rusty Elden Ring Ranking videos Do it.

[@the_living_lamp-post]

But then there's 101 so he has to re-rank them

[@earthnugget7881]

​@@the_living_lamp-post infinite content glitch

[@r.0.b.429]

It’s important to note that for dragon communion builds there’s a trick with the breaths. The second volley of breath attack only needs at least one fp for the full half. Meaning if you time you plan your fp out you can essentially have “spell slots”. Where you can say “oh I have two dragon claws and a dragon breath” and stuff like that. It can be pretty damn efficient! Still just a lot of damage though.

[@casketbase7750]

Obligatory "Black Flame got unfairly neglected by the dlc" comment.

[@fishgiovaana8441]

It's mainly due to lore reasons

[@debater452]

Fromsoftware already had it's handsfull with the DLC you can't expect Fromsoftware to do everything

[@kennyford3168]

They could have just given us black serpent from ds3...

[@EldenRingPlayer-q7c]

Shut up

[@Rusty_Spy]

Oh it wasn't neglected, it was actively spit on by nerfing it against every boss

[@grfrjiglstan]

I appreciate that later patches tried to give every spell a niche. I also love that this manifested in the bubble spells becoming a sniper rifle and a poise breaking shotgun.

[@chumkyborb]

The bubble spells deserve it, they are so silly

[@EnergyBurst2]

I still remember in my 1st ever playthrough comboing 2 giant bubbles with a full charged Loretta magic arrow to open fights with in PvE, did such good damage and set up into each other so well with the timing of the bubble's arrival.

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

Loretta's bow is kinda neat cause I like sniping some random guy off a ledge from half a map away

[@negithekitty]

28 seconds later I'm waiting for the 213 spell video

[@powerforcex6190]

Bear communion is a forgotten forced meme back in beta when the rune bears dropped dragon hearts

[@asherking159]

Yeah that’s what it felt like, also never knew the bears did that. Man I forgot this game had a weird, mostly cc only “beta” launch

[@kenterbee3191]

Placidusax’s Ruin being separate and ostracized from the other Dragon Communion spells kinda makes you think that the other dragons secretly hate Placidusax and are just associating with him for the clout.

[@le_ooer]

While I wish it was a Dragon Communion spell, it already deals insane damage, so a 15-30% boost would be too OP

[@vincentpey3929]

Its not considered Dragon Communion because its not gained through Dragon Communion, you never get to have his Heart and thus can not eat it to commune.

[@Rusty_Spy]

The Dragon Communion cult was establish on behalf of Placi for the purpose of hunting his drake rivals. And the Dragon cult and their spells were established by his descendants in collaboration with the Golden Order. Even though it's a relatively arbitrary distinction, it makes sense why Placidusax's Ruin would be categorized separately, neither cult actually developed this spell.

[@Punchbadguy]

@@Rusty_Spyyea exactly, tbh I just wish they made it dragon communion though so that you could run it with other dragon communion spells.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

​@@Rusty_Spy If Adula's can hang out in multiple schools, I see no reason why Placi can't be its own thing, but still piggyback off of other, already existing things. It's not like you can wear Bayle's Placidusax neck jacket to buff it, and what is the point of a spell school if not to give it a tag buffs look for

[@tymantrim]

All enemies+bosses ranked from least to most attractive when!?!

[@blunderbass851]

Dheo Ruins Giant Fingercreeper 🥵🥵

[@adilsagadiyev5090]

What’s the point when we know rykards gonna be number one

[@secretname2670]

I'm sorry but knowing where godrick is placed just makes the top 3 unexciting

[@Halosishere]

Feet 🤤

[@JadedJasantha]

Be the change You want to see in the world, start ranking!

[@warcoder]

I think the whole deal of Loretta's sorceries is to be magic snipers, and they do that pretty well. You can kill an entire camp of enemies from a safe spot very far away, if you use terra magica and the right talismans.

[@ivanvoloder8114]

I completly agree. Lorettas sorceries outrange any other spell in the game and I used it a lot in the game. Plus it's a great boss opener.

[@0mn1V4lkyrDrag0n]

The best use for the sorceries was shooting Astels, even then great sniping magic

[@Prime1116]

My Sorceress Frost Warrior agrees. My Faithful Birdman of the Year laughs and burns badtards across the map with my Frenzy Face Howitzer.

[@Astraeus..]

@@0mn1V4lkyrDrag0n I never had any luck at all with Astels using Loretta's magic pew pew. Seems like those fuckers have a GPS lock on me the second I'm anywhere close enough to actually hit them. I either get annoyed and just plink at them with a greatbow or dig out my Meteorite Staff and throw rocks at em till they croak.

[@lol_phillip6072]

I would love a magic type that gives a frost damage options and then a fire damage option to reset the frostbite

[@Illuyankas]

Dragon Incantations have entered the chat

[@leonardo9259]

Funniest ER commenter

[@touffedaviau8370]

Fire RESETS FROSTBITE???

[@Astraeus..]

The fuck you want to reset frostbite for? The damage increase from having it active makes resetting and reapplying it almost worthless if your DPS is high enough.

[@touffedaviau8370]

@@Astraeus.. Damn, *someone* doesn't know their Rusty lore 👀

[@sunlightsage2982]

Placidusax’s Ruin isn’t really dragon communion, since you don’t eat his actual heart, and it’s not really a Dragon Cult incant because it’s an innate trait of Placidusax- not everyone can access it. If anything, it’s more like remembrance communion, where you draw upon his power directly through the Erdtree and Runes, hence why it has purely a Faith requirement. Bayle’s Tyranny, on the other hand, is basically super-communion, since it requires pure Arcane. Basically the two opposite ends of the Dragon Magic spectrum.

[@deatherage9458]

I love dragon communion spells, they really nailed the power fantasy with them even if they delete an entire FP bar per full channel cast and take for ever at times to cast.

[@alexterieur8813]

in a solo run against bosses they arent very useful but it can be fun to delete annoying enemies with a fully charged cast

[@marc.vonwyl]

I might be wrong, but the winged serpent helmet only boost fireknights' skills, not incantation. Messmer's helm boosts both, and the fireknight armor boosts the incantations.

[@MothmanOfficialWva]

That’s what it says on the wiki, although fromsoft hasn’t had the best track record with wording. Get someone to datamine and that’ll settle it.

[@FurtiveCutless]

@@MothmanOfficialWva It has been datamined for a while and the original comment (and wiki) are correct.

[@PoyntFury]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="30">0:30</a> ... hey rusty... can you rank ALL of the spells in Elden Ring

[@shleem4894]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="173">2:53</a> and already fumbling how dare you insult my magic arrow build you unworthy charlatan

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

"i remember the beta where beast claw was one the best spells" Aight grandpa lets get you to bed.

[@theparadox112793]

I'm at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1007">16:47</a> so still have some ways to go but Bestial Vitality is a goat spell for low faith regen. And none of the heal over time regen spells scale with faith.

[@FurtiveCutless]

Correct, only the regular healing incants scale with spell buff (and only the faith portion if you're using a hybrid seal)

[@theparadox112793]

Also at 17:01 technically Lord's Divine Fortification is a Two Fingers Incantation, even says it was taught to Gideon by the two fingers 🤞🏿

[@theparadox112793]

AND at 23:32, the category he labels Fire Monk incantations are actually "prophet" incantations. They originate from the prophecy of the Erdtree being burned. The actual Fire Monk incantations (which do have the Fire Giant signia when cast) are Whirl, O Flam!, Surge, O Flame!, Flame Cleanse Me, and Flame, Protect Me.

[@josephcola9662]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="604">10:04</a> You can also facetank Consort Radahn's meteors with the full moon spells. Even if you're still casting the spell, since the meteors count as a sorcery, they disintegrate on impact witj either Renalla or Ranni's spells.

[@KodFrostwrath]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1984">33:04</a> Did they fix it? Last I tested, Electrocharge DOES NOT prevent stance regeneration and does 0 stance damage.

[@Homeboyflamefr]

Rusty is John elden ranking

[@Myron90]

The tornado incantation is extremely good in many situations. Its totally been a mainstay and will remain

[@micahbannister1287]

Separating Loretta sorcery but not Crucible incantations is certainly a choice that was made in this video

[@jonathancastillo6433]

Magma sorceries needed a little more love. Maybe larger lava pools or they stick around longer

[@PapaBearr]

They should simply stay around longer, they’re very helpful for ground control allowing you to go better set ups as a mage, but they dissipate so quickly it’s not quite threatening enough to people in pvp

[@Ghost_gc]

Or give them some physical damage and more poise damage, you're casting molten rock and it should feel like it.

[@Breiart]

Nice video Rusty! How about an arrow tier list where you rank all the arrows in the game?

[@user43597]

Waiting for a ranking of all scadutree fragments next.

[@Magnus71]

Very good start-up video for the "All 213 spells in Elden Ring ranked" video

[@IUsedToMakeMusics]

YeEeEeEes!!! Keep immutable shield a secret!! I be blocking the scarlet rot dragon breath, bleed builds and frost builds with no build up lol. Because the point of the spell isn’t to raise shield blocking… it BLOCKS STATUS!!!! So all u need is a fingerprint shield and boom… ur invincible

[@Ironwolf-pm7zs]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="655">10:55</a> I love how he put such effort into a gag that lasts like 3 seconds

[@benbenbenben-qw6tx]

THE ALL WEAPONS TIER LIST WHEN

[@xeeroe9972]

He already did!!

[@xeeroe9972]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4nMqYGKetaBqKcsi=d7AKzhClkWhvCbEQ

[@SmilTEA.]

But we need an updated one

[@Technodreamer]

I'm still mad that there are no death-themed weapons that scale on Intelligence & Faith despite the Death Sorceries requiring those stats

[@sebastianp4023]

I'm still looking for new kitchen chairs (really). Could you rate all chairs in Elden Ring?

[@scottstaker6818]

Two fingers is about the worst take. b Basic low requirement damage negation buffs that give you a free 30% reduced damage for the type. These are busted due to the low requirements so if you just speck into 10 FAITH!!! which half the classes should have you get 30% reduced damage for every run

[@HUNT736]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="655">10:55</a> for people who didn't pause there is actually something to read here

[@Halosishere]

Rusty says all that text anyway, it's just his script.

[@DemonKingHiei]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1991">33:11</a> that combo between the death knight lightning, Ledas weapon Art and death knight lightning was just badass

[@sandisliker]

is mayonnaise a magic type?

[@johannesdatblue4164]

No but a mental state

[@LeggoMyGekko]

Putrescence is the mayonnaise magic type

[@BorkingBanana]

A clayman is a man made of clay.

[@PoyoDesuka]

I wanted a Miquellan Bewitching Incant so *so* badly... At least the game is still a 10.

[@jerromynolting1139]

hay rusty if you want a easy video to make you can make a teir list of the non hostile creatures. such as the deer, boar, sheep. goats, ectra there's more but i can't think of them for the life of me since i think there's only 10 total an some subtypes of them. so yea but the non-hostile creature tier list be just a fun easy video you can make in a single sitting an call it done.

[@OFather_of_Giants]

Hell yeah! Rusty ranks ranked videos!

[@TheGoldstriker]

I really enjoy your editing and script work. It's usually very concise and you don't fuck about for too long on one thing or another. Perfect vidya game content. 😊

[@Antierro]

In Dark Souls incantations work by literally reciting the tale of the original occurrence/power of an incantation, and believing it happened. I’d assume Elden Ring incantations work the same. You reciting a dragons actions. Incoming headcannon: Placidusax’s Ruin isn’t a dragon communion incantation because he was reciting an incantation himself, one belonging to his slain god. Who wasn’t a dragon

[@lmfaosama]

RUSTY WE CAN'T KEEP GOING ON LIKE THIS YOU'RE BEING MEAN BRO'S MAKING EVERY VIDEO EXCEPT THE ONE WE WANT RANK YOUR TOES(best to worst)

[@Joseph-j6f6r]

Wrong video rusty we want all toes in elden ring ranked NOW!

[@JadedJasantha]

And don't just be ranking the foot as a whole, EACH TOE

[@11wuzzup]

213 spells, you say? So we can expect a 213-minute video when Rusty?

[@nolongeraperson]

That was more than 70 seconds, but I'll forgive you.

[@wolfsraynefan]

Honestly the only thing that shocked me on this list was you not separating the Stonedigger spells from the Glintstone group, would've thought you would do the semantic of splitting them just for the fact that the staff for Stonedigger singles them out specifically from the others. Same technically for Glintblade from Carian with their own separate staves, too.

[@spilleraaron4748]

During my magical knight play through I gained an appreciation for sorcery!

[@kthyress1861]

I am of the opinion that incantations of 'Erdtree Worship' (Erdtree ver. NEW) and 'Ancient Erdtree' incantations (Erdtree ver. OLD) Should be considered separate categories. As they have different sigils, are referenced differently in their descriptions (of 'erdtree worship' vs 'ancient erdtree'). Erdtree Worship incantations include: Golden Vow Barrier of Gold Golden Lightning Fortification Protection of the Erdtree Wrath of Gold All of the above are associated with everything during & after Golden's Order's quest of conquest. Ancient Erdtree incantations include: Wrath from Afar Heal from Afar Erdtree Heal Blessing's Boon Blessing of the Erdtree Minor Erdtree Aspect of the Crucible: Breath Aspects of the Crucible: Tail Aspects of the Crucible: Horns Aspects of the Crucible: Thorns Aspects of the Crucible: Bloom Elden Stars *Black Blade All of the above are associated with everything during & after the Erdtree's fleeting bountiful bloom & harvest (and the 2 'afar' incants I suppose; guess Messmer's purge must've happened before the 'Erdtree Worship' age?) There are also several Holy ashes of war that spawn either sigil. If Loretta incants are separated despite having the same sigil then might as well separate these too.

[@lefteron6804]

I will never not be upset we didn't get a single sleep spell.

[@JadedJasantha]

The problem with sleep spells is they were SO effective, when the scholars tried to write them down, they all fell asleep!

[@lefteron6804]

@@JadedJasantha i know it's a joke, but we literally met St T in the dlc, have her teach them.

[@ghotiphoti]

im so glad that elden ring item descriptions are infecting our minds, ive never felt so validated hearing someone say "fly in the ointment" before in my life

[@Mok3yMokEy]

I love the Two Fingers spells from a lore standpoint. Those and the cipher weapons are Definitive proof that the path set for the tarnished by the two fingers is impossible to tread. I consider that set of spells/equipment to be the “meager blessings” and “miserly scraps” the Tarnished fight over that Tanaith refers to in one of her dialogues.

[@Rottingwood]

Very interesting Rusty, very cool, now rank all of the Convergence mod magic classes.

[@JadedJasantha]

He's got at least 37 more Vanilla ranking videos before mods (that aren't from his mod jam) get in on the lists

[@skvaderarts7009]

You said it yourself: Someone was gonna ask. You've got to rank all the spells and incantations individually now.

[@thewizardbrand]

Finally a Tierlist on spells, I been struggling to find which is the best

[@Borando96]

So IMO one of the few bigger flaws in ER was giving all those spells and miracles stupid subtypes with like 1000 staffs and seals, where most of their only main difference being which subtype they buff. Those were boring as hell to find and loot. I'd rather have ¼ of staffs and seals, but each having at least some sense of uniqueness to them that how it is now.

[@floateddata6939]

My friend uses placi-breath for everything and he uses it anywhere with a glass cannon build and it just magically works out. He kills invaders 9/10 times, he always flings small bosses, and has not had any issues with any bosses except fire giant. Him using that spell is the only reason i got through my co-op tibia summons playthrough

[@TheAugustas1244]

Just want to say watching your videos has made me fall in love with elden ring all over again in it's own little funny way. Been trying out incantations for the first time now and holy lord it's so much more fun then like a non magic based build. Anyway keep up the videos I love your content!!!

[@Nirob615]

I wanna say the gravity school should be third instead of the finger school because like you said the gravity school just doesn't miss. It's only suffering for a lack of support spells, and honestly I feel like if Cragblade or either version of gravity well (pull or repulsion) were gravity sorceries instead of ashes of war you would've probably given it third place since imo at least Cragblade is the best weapon buff in the game. Like you also said though the worst aspect of the gravity school is that we don't have the more reasonable spells Radahn and Gaius have. Mainly Radahn's gravity version of Glintblade phalanx imo. The only thing that could even be considered a miss for the gravity school is the meteorite staff, but that thing is more like a double edged sword than a miss. It permanently being stuck at like +21 or +22 for upgrade level is amazing in the early game and still good in the mid game. However it also basically makes it one of the worst staves by end game due to other staffs being able to hit +25 or +10 for somber staffs. Also it's kind of an obvious fact, but Rock Sling and Blades of Stone do 100% standard physical damage, but what's not obvious is that the two meteorite spells do a mix of standard physical damage and magic damage. Meanwhile Collapsing Stars, Gravity Well, and Gravitational Missile do all magic damage due to lack of rocks in them.

[@courier6448]

When are we getting the feet ranking? We both know Miyazaki would appreciate it

[@tmfchickadee7785]

Oh that’s neat to know about the black flames for DLC My first playthrough for the DLC was my black flames build 💀 Still did exceptional considering it had a nerf technically lmao

[@jyanbei]

Im so glad it's said. The most frustrating thing about ER cast playing is that damn near everything is so bottlenecked you need 20 buffs to get any near a decent amount of damage. Shits so ass

[@Ssosmooth69]

I know Roar of Rugalea is ranked lower, but it has become one of my favorite incantations in the game just because of 1.13. The amount of power I feel by turning into a grizzly and killing enemies by screaming at them will always be satisfying.

[@jojo-ln7zd]

Rusty I just learned that fire damage resets frostbite. My utmost condolences for the family😢.

[@DarthVella]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="529">8:49</a> The reason Placidusax's Ruin isn't a Dragon Communion incantation despite being so similar to them, is because you don't get it from devouring his heart - it's a Remembrance item. I get the feeling that Bale's items being available from Communion is FromSoft realizing their design mistake and fixing it for the next superboss.

[@SuperSlice333]

Rusty, crafting cookbooks ranked, NOW

[@con-trollerl5751]

Honestly this is one area where literally any other fantasy game beats Fromsoft titles, they almost go out of their way to make magic completely useless save 4 spells that actually do anything

[@AtomicZamurai]

Magic and incantations are not two different things in other games. Fromsoft has the best variety of spells and magic of any game except maybe mmorpgs or heavy rpgs like baldurs gate and divinity

[@VVVVIVIVI]

I really think this issue comes down to them not knowing how to balance magic vs. melee very well. Why bother using these cool tiered spells when I can just grab a big stick and beat whatever is in front of me into submission and do more damage for no cost? I don't think they want to make every spell super powerful, and that's how we end up with all of these spells that aren't really worth using and then these select few that feel like using miniature nukes. This problem has unfortunately always been present. I know it's not too bad in DS1 and idk about DS2 because I haven't tried magic in that game yet, but I know in DS3 at least most of the magic kinda sucks. Even when I try to build into it as much as possible it feels like too much of a hassle compared to R1'ing everything to death. The more build variety that gets added, the harder it is to balance everything to the point where it feels worthwhile to use it, I guess. Sorry for the long comment. Just wanted to put my thoughts about this into words.

[@undvined]

@@VVVVIVIVI I'm nto disagreeing with anything you said, but I think they think magic has to be generally weaker than melee because you can cast it from afar and therefore often out of harm's reach. And even when they are strong, you are a bit of a glass cannon due to the stat requirements for good damage. I could understand that being the case, except A) there are spells that still suck at doing their job in that case and you are instead a glass blowgun and B) there are still spells that absolutely shred at range where you will have no chance of being punished for it, so you are a cannon minus the glass.

[@VVVVIVIVI]

@@undvined Ah, I didn't even think about casting range. I was too focused on the cost via FP. It's probably a weird combination of factors, in all honesty. Maybe it's just too much to consider sometimes and stuff just turns out however it happens to.

[@friendlygamers1743]

Rusty's videos keep getting more chaotic and I'm all for it

[@mark0183]

Loreta's mastery is meant to be used on horseback btw

[@skyblizzard6564]

I love black flame magic, its my top pick and now I know why there was no new black flame magic in the dlc, I went through the whole dlc using black flames

[@ssss-cf6vg]

I will never get tired of these

[@nolongeraperson]

One thing I still love about the Loretta sorceries though is their sheer range.

[@86fifty]

I'm not gonna ask for the all-spells ranking, I don't want it, honestly. But i DO want to call out the editing at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="655">10:55</a>, that one actually stun-locked me for a second.

[@OfficialChrissums]

Triple rings fucks in PVP. You can throw it at your feet and if an enemy isnt careful they can accidentally one shot themselves by touching all three rings multiple times.

[@oliverp3545]

In defence of the 2F incantations as someone who only plays melee having an early game low requirement boost to my defences is really helpful even into Altus.

[@Fr33mx]

"Cosmic turbo syphilis" Man I can't this one is just too good

[@backyarddad4198]

Hearing the dlc called “postgame” is weird to me because on my current run i’m doing lands of shadow as i do mountaintops of the giants content and it feels like equivalent content, where the scadu levels dont ruin your progress through the base game’s endgame, since you need to get your vit to 60 for either area. Malenia and Radahn difficultywise are actually pretty even if you factor in the nerf and dont factor in 2 years of muscle memory for those of us that were waiting for the dlc before we did our ten replaythroughs.

[@acrab6527]

Loretta's spells were there because their range is more than double the lock on range. So you can use it to shoot guys really far away if you can aim it like crossbows in Dark Souls 1

[@iMightBeCrazy]

Discus of light is the best thing against the golems in the forges

[@ghotiphoti]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1470">24:30</a> i like to think that the Frenzied Flame incantations having mega poise damage is to help emphasize the unendurable nature of Madness without going through all the effort of making madness proc animations for every enemy in the entire game(or creating a status effect that's basically just a Better Poise Break). To me it's less "both halves of its usefulness get split down the PvE/PvP line" and moreso different executions of the same fundamental properties and outcome: me cry on enemies with yellow fire tears, me knock them down hard n good, may chaos take the world and all that

[@phiphi2209]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a> i thought of a whole different scenario before he said he was flipping off his mic and i think i need some of those church spells used on me

[@thomasmasson7905]

Everyday we come closer to rusty's "every ranged damage sources ranked"

[@SolaScientia]

I tried an int build once. I made it to the first map piece up by the gates, didn't even grab the grace that's right there before going back to the church, and then quitting and never opening that save again. My faith-based character, however, is solidly in Liurnia now, but I haven't touched that save since starting the DLC. This faith-based character is one I'm fully running mostly fire incantations with as my default unless I'm up against something where lightning is needed. I'm particularly fond of the Frenzied Flame and the Godslayer incantations for my fire damage needs. I will, however, make sure to swap out my Godslayer incantations for other stuff in the DLC. That said, when I get this character to Rennala and can respec (I never respec my builds, but goddamn, that faith build is a mess right now), I think I'm going to dump some levels in arcane to make proper use of the Dragon Cult incantations. All that and I just think it looks cooler when using incantations versus how it looks when casting sorceries.

[@HoodilyDoodily]

Your reasoning for Loretta's spells being least makes sense, but i also used it throughout an entire str/int playthrough and enjoyed having it

[@starflight]

Oh boy, my favorite flavor of video: Numbered list of Things! Yay!

[@Silverstar114]

My favorite part of Flame Grant Me Strength is getting to use it on 3 attacks before it runs out.

[@guythasawesome]

I really wish they'd have you know expanded upon the schools of magic and incantations instead of just introducing like 30 new schools with 1 or 2 spells each

[@justinroser6833]

god dammit that Sea Shanty joke had no reason to make me laugh the way it did

[@paracame8162]

I honestly didn't even notice that black flame got weaker in the DLC. I was too busy steamrolling with the Godslayer Greatsword and my boy Amon

[@AcridSoul]

I found the magic bows useful once. When the rocks with frickin laser beams attached to their frickin heads started shooting at me. Good range, bad everything else...

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

I actually very much love Loretta spells, especially from the sheer ability to aggro larger enemies.

[@AntiHeroJohn]

Cant wait for the new Map Ranking later

[@JerichoDeath]

In another world, Watchful Spirit would be a passive auto-attack that functions when the right talisman is equipped.