Oh God, Now He's Ranking The Elden Ring Great Runes...

[@Rusty._]

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[@LS-rp6yq]

What armour are you wearing in the beginning

[@Robocop2134]

The Emperor Edition you showed has (almost) exactly the same parts as my current PC. So I gotta say, that one is a good choice, people!

[@mrtrash4128]

Only problem I've had with Apex is they take a long time, runs perfectly but went 10 weeks over expected

[@brucejohns4932]

Rank every weapon

[@horizonbumpy2828]

this is a short one because you have a sponsorship that has a deadline for you to put out a video with it. no need to lie about it

[@dragoon3219]

I actually have the opposite problem: I completely forget Great Runes even exist like 90% of the time. Then I'll randomly get stuck on a boss and pop it, crush the boss with the bonus, think "Wow these are strong, I should use them more often" and promptly forget about them again.

[@Lh0000]

I live literally gotten through minimum 80% of the game and haven’t even ACTIVATED half of the freakin things. Or any of them barring rennala’s for that matter…

[@leithaziz2716]

I think I only ever tried a Rune for Mohg and Malenia. And it was Godrick's Rune because it was the easiest one to find. I unlocked Morgott's Rune but I couldn't even find Rykard or Radhan's in the open world.

[@dragoon3219]

@@leithaziz2716 It a bitch, it's the tower in northern Caelid, you have to do this BS platforming on the outside of the the tower to get to inside. It's easily the strongest Rune, but the game makes you work for it.

[@LAK_770]

Yeah the fact that they depend on a rare consumable just breaks the deal for me. I say this having like 180 rune arcs hoarded in NG+3 lol, and I STILL farm the rats whenever I test out new setups on the Omens in the Leyndell sewers. It's fun to pop the rune and slap on a talisman to test drive a few weapons and skills above your pay grade, but it's just that, a fun little feature. And I'm still reloading my save state to get my one arc back to add to the gigantic pile I'll never use.

[@STOPSYPHER]

I have 300+ hours and have never once used a great rune. nor have I needed to. probably didn’t even know HOW to use them let alone the fact they even did anything until after 100+ hours.

[@TheAnaz41745]

For the Malenia Great Rune, I have a good experience pairing it with the Ghiza's Wheel because: 1. It's considered a heavy weapon, thus more heal per hit from the rune 2. The multi hit R2 attacks are counted as multiple heavy attacks by the rune, so you can recover a good chunk of HP back with it 3. The R2 has colossal weapon superarmor so it excels in trading hits Funny how the budget Bloodborne rally system works well with the budget Pizza Cutter

[@TheRealzPope]

I wonder if it would work with the Godskin Swaddling Cloth then? That requires multiple attacks too.

[@DrAlchem01]

Its so dumb that they're considered multiple heavy attacks for this rune, but not for winged sword/rotten winged sword talisman. Needlessly inconsistent 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@FishmaniusQuimbelton]

​@@DrAlchem01 true imagine how immensely crazy Ghiza Wheel would get with basically 15% extra dmg evwey second

[@heygek2769]

@@FishmaniusQuimbelton It doesn't give 15% more per hit, it gives +6% attack power on initial activation, then 8% and maxes out at +13% TOTAL. The best thing about it is that it gives attack power increase, which affects all attacks, as opposed to for instance the new 2-handing talisman which just gives a flat +15% damage to light and heavy attacks (it doesn't affect backstabs or Aow), so for just light and heavy attacks with a 2handed weapon Rotten Winged is always worse no matter how fast the weapon is. This means that even if Rotten Winged worked well with the automatic pizzacutter, it still would be outperformed by Shard of Alexander (+15% dmg for AoW).

[@FishmaniusQuimbelton]

@@heygek2769 Okay!

[@gundyninor2450]

I hope, someday, Rusty will rank his ranking videos

[@DarkLordRevan38]

I await the inevitable ranking of ranking of ranking videos.

[@marshalcummings9900]

Rankseption

[@notopkp1297]

Great Idea

[@lquezada914]

We need to make this happen.

[@Cpt_Ace_Welt]

Rusty reading this comment: "Write that down, write that down!"

[@dorians4043]

I forgot Rennala’s counted, but since it does it is actually my favorite. I love re specing my character. I went up to max new game and was using every larval tear available on each play through just to see how many different builds I could achieve and had a lot of fun lol

[@Dragon-md4gr]

Rennala's is weird, though, because functionally it doesn't actually unlock Rebirth, in that there's no situation in which Rebirth is gated behind access to the Great Rune Of The Unborn. Rennala's rune basically gives you access to a service...that you can only access by talking to Rennala, which you can only do by defeating her, at which point you will also receive said rune. It'd be like if a boss dropped a key to a door you can only get to by defeating the boss. Gameplay wise, it's useless.

[@aidenbrennan1310]

⁠@@Dragon-md4grI think they made it a great rune mainly so it would count for entering Leyndell. That’s the only time it affects gameplay at all tho lol

[@bruheehhhh]

@@Dragon-md4gr Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the rune is required Lorewise. Anyone without it is reborn in a bad way right? Like the floating orbs or her little school children. Not 100% sure just had this in my head.

[@SmittyWerbenJag3rmanJenson]

​@@bruheehhhhIts not explicit but almost certainly why the player doesnt get reborn as a frail creature unlike all others reborn by Rennala

[@Weldedhodag]

its also great in case you bork your build somewhere along the way. wanted to use the moon and fire twinblades but started leveling arc after having dex and str at 60 instead of starting on int and faith. Respeced and had enough points to actually use the things

[@StrunDoNhor]

The final kick in the teeth for Malenia's rune is that... Well, you get it by defeating _Malenia,_ a boss that you will no doubt save for the very end of the game, long after you've done everything you need to, and just in time for it to _not_ carry over to NG+.

[@leithaziz2716]

Don't tell me Great Runes don't carry over in NG+...

[@light9446]

​@@leithaziz2716 They don't

[@MrSlashblade]

In actuality I am okay with her Great Rune being horrible, it would suck to have an amazing great rune only to have nobody to actually utilize it or at least not many enemies.

[@weebto]

@@MrSlashblade hard disagree, a well-balanced version of this rune would've been very fun to mess around with. Had they given Malenia's rune a "cheesier" power (such as higher item discovery AND better rune drops alike), it would've still very much had a place in endgame areas. Players would've defeated the strongest boss in the entire game by that time, so not everybody would abuse it to overlevel their characters anyway

[@MrSlashblade]

@@weebto I mean okay the discovery increases let’s just say immensely. What is the purpose after one run through? You’ll have an over abundance of weapons, over abundance of outfits, over abundance of rune arcs, that level of “cheese” will only be good for the first play through and nothing more. I don’t think the best option is to take away the identity of fromsoft gsmes by making your character OP. Even the rune drop increases will be obsolete since the meta is 120-150

[@Fella86000]

0:35 We’re just gonna ignore that background, m’kay?

[@FunnyistAltAccount]

Yo i need that background

[@DingleTingle911]

@@FunnyistAltAccountfax

[@TheStevenlhargrove]

@@FunnyistAltAccount lol me toooooo

[@notepad7871]

Oh GAWD! I didn't even notice that! WTF, Rusty?!

[@TheManDude]

Yeah, and not look up the name furiouzly.

[@Pinyaps]

The dependency you might have of Godrick's Great Rune is pretty fitting thematically If you depend too much on it, it'll start to feel like you're grasping for power much like Godrick was

[@jnmarshmello2728]

But its usless once you get all stats above 95

[@galmart3111]

If you manage to get all stats above 95 you shouldn't need great runes at all

[@jnmarshmello2728]

@@galmart3111 but its fun

[@darkhylia]

I didn’t even know u could use great runes, I thought they were like pokemon badges

[@duckyduckington9736]

@@jnmarshmello2728 how many hours did u spend to get there is the issue. After you did you're sitting there like... what now

[@erickchristensen746]

I honestly pretty much agree with every single point you made. I do love that Godrick's Great Rune is basically one of the best for a lot of the game especially the first half, placed in the perfect spot as generally your first great Rune to help you out. And also the irony that the weakest Demi-God has one of the stronger Great Runes lol.

[@jooot_6850]

Godrick's Rune was probably the only thing giving him any sort of demigod powers. Without that he really would be nothing but a guy

[@erickchristensen746]

@@jooot_6850 He(and his brother locked in that gaol) Are "descendants" of demi-gods so their is a little bit in there. Plus Demigod could be used as a title just as much as literal biology. Him having a Great Rune is enough but then he went into the horrid Grafting which made him stronger sure but in exchange for being a ugly as absolute hell beast of a person. Godrick himself despite being just a human man is referred to as a Demi-god due to him becoming Elden Lord so yeah xD lol

[@solitudeguard3138]

Rusty won’t run out of ranking videos, he just doesn’t stop 💀

[@lowlife1368]

Let’s rank the throwing knives

[@ThiccBoi888]

You could say he'll never get...RuStY I'll see myself out

[@dextrobes]

He would just force Miyazaki to add another dlc

[@Para_dox.]

@@ThiccBoi888 for the best 😔

[@blindarchers]

Godrick's rune is also a pain if you frequently partake in jolly cooperation. For those who don't do co-op, you don't keep the effect of your tune when summoned by someone else. Those five points in endurance matter. Suddenly, I'm in someone else's world and going "Wait, why am I fat rolling?" It's even worse when you get summoned for a boss and you're left scrambling mid fight, trying to equip lighter armor.

[@ShadeStormXD]

lmao imagine equipping lighter armor in a hurrjust take off your pants like a chad and charge into battle

[@michaelboyle7281]

God that happened to me in PVP the other day when I tried it out for the first time. I was switching Tailsman's around tho and got one that got rid of some of my endurance, so then I started fat rolling in pvp and promptly died while probably looking like a fool lol

[@venerablewu8744]

Sounds like a you problem

[@harrabi15]

@@venerablewu8744 how is that?

[@SubmitToTheBiomass]

@@harrabi15 It's a them problem because Great Runes should be considered a bonus and not something you need to have active 100% of the time for your build to function. It makes no sense to intentionally equip armor that's heavier than you can handle unless you have a conditional buff that isn't always available, and then complain when you lose that buff. You can just... not do that!

[@luvlols4462]

Me: collect and activate every great rune on every playthrough Also me: has no idea what most of them do while hoarding 50+ rune arcs

[@R1tualistic_]

You can actually farm any kind of rat for them, although it’s rare and tedious

[@nguyeninhtri1155]

same, hoarder mentality gets you like that

[@xkidgey]

You didn't beat the boss if you used a great rune

[@FlyingPenguin196]

@@xkidgey you didn’t beat the boss if you used a weapon, or leveled at all either. In fact, you didn’t beat the boss unless you’re only using your bare fists at level 1 with no flasks or dodging.

[@sarakollaritsch3695]

Same! 🤣

[@fabricioresmini1542]

the malenia rune was made to use whit the water flow in her katana, you can upgrade your poise and damage whit some charms and simply spam the waterflow while making huge dps and healing yourself like malenia do

[@Kaiji...]

Morgott's at 50+ Vigor lets you live through anything, even Malenia's flower slam. It's amazing.

[@ulamogtheinfinitegyre2021]

Kid named ng +7:

[@Kaiji...]

@@ulamogtheinfinitegyre2021 Theodorix one shot me at 55 vigor before in a normal non-NG+ game

[@multifleks]

@@ulamogtheinfinitegyre2021 with certain talismans, buffs, opaline hardtear and decent armor you can increase your physical def to 70% and elemental defs up to 80%. However, real chads just respec their vigor to minimum and no hit every boss

[@SmittyWerbenjagermandragon]

@@Kaiji... you were probs not having good armor and no morgots GR at the time

[@bofa722]

​@@Kaiji... strongest Soreseal user

[@lordmpfree4564]

Wait... you're supposed to have one active all the time?? I just stockpile them until "I really need them" and never use them

[@Vespyr_]

I always have them activated. I'm constantly putting down my summon signs to help other players and have hundreds of rune arcs on all my characters. Having it activated is just the benefit of being in my own world. You lose it when in finger form in other worlds. No need to be without it in your own.

[@domenichughes7792]

This is how soulsborne consumables work. Save em for a rainy day, then get soaking wet and remember afterward you had a fuckin umbrella

[@Vaed_]

That's how most people are I think. Especially if you don't play this game religiously like content creators. Not enough time in the day to farm Rune Arcs when you're dying to some boss over and over so using them in the open world is less appealing.

[@missmara4980]

"I'm going to keep these for an emergency." "But what if there's a bigger emergency!"

[@lordmpfree4564]

@@missmara4980 exactly, and when the bigger emergency comes the same happens

[@icetide9411]

I feel like i always just use Godrick's, because I'm a little damage goblin and seeing my weapom deal seven more damage makes a little person in my brain happy.

[@sunionbro1418]

Anything that make the funny hurt number go up is good

[@Zyk0th]

Human like it when number go up.

[@noggy3133]

The lobotomy was a success.

[@wetsocks4460]

Same yeah but a lot of my strength builds damage relies on Lions claw and stance breaks so just being able to both use that more, AND wail on the boss for a longer period of time results in Radahn having way Higher damage than Godricks for me :>

[@TheAdaoo7]

This. 2 shotting cleanrot knights in the haligtree with the moonlight greatsword makes me happy

[@waffelz_]

0:35 Nice wallpaper

[@Thereisampletime]

*Sauce?*

[@jooot_6850]

absolutely wild wallpaper

[@SM-zg8mi]

I find it so weird that even though the Great Rune system gives you a far more powerful boost than the Embers did in DS3, but I could count on one hand the amount of times I've used one. I always used embers for the difficult fights in DS3 but the only time I've ever used a Great Rune was twice during the Godfrey fight when I first discovered how Great Runes worked...

[@FormOfKorn]

My thing was that Embers at least felt easier to find than Rune Arcs, though admittedly that could just be me. I could find a couple extra Embers with a little grinding, but the drop rates on Rune Arcs from rats in this game are so abysmally low I'd rather fight without rune arcs than farm them (curious how rats always carry Humanity-type items and consumable currency in every game)

[@BlackDT]

For me a big one was just that you don’t get a rune arc activation after beating a boss like you do with embers

[@leithaziz2716]

I found Embers so usefull. They quickly became my favorite "Humanity" type resource (Humanity is more versatile since you can store several and they had an effect on weapons like Chaos Infusions, but I still prefer Embers cause of the extra health and automatic refill on boss defeat which made it more convinient). If you were unembered and beat a boss you'd be put in Ember mode, which was a nice reward. And just like with Humanity, if I ran out of estus they were a nice emergency refill.

[@aguile]

The thing is they are usually hard or totally out of the way to unlock and although the bonuses are nice, if you defeated a boss for example and used one, you probably didn't needed them

[@sarrach94]

@@BlackDT This is definitely the reason embers are more notable. The game forces you into embered state so that it'll be more noticable when you play without it. Activating a great rune feels like an optional buff, while being unembered feels like a penalty, kinda like demons' souls soul form.

[@NoahCallenberg]

12:16 nah bro really just blue balled us and no one’s talking about this in the comments💀

[@itsssnek810]

Ive thought what Ranni's great rune would be if she hadn't cast hers aside. And I think her rune would've been a 25% increase to FP, similar to Morgotts 25% increase to HP

[@nirvaangupta1106]

Or a 15% increase to FP and INT like Radahn’s great rune

[@Spencer-wc6ew]

Considering Miquella was cursed with eternal youth, it would be fitting for his rune to be a 25% increase to stamina too

[@nicmalugin9287]

@@Spencer-wc6ewI can guarantee you it would also be vigor(doesn’t grow old) and strength and dexterity basically just radagons scoreseal but better

[@glorytoukraine5524]

@@nicmalugin9287 You just described a worse version of Godrick's Great Rune.

[@MrOctavian2012]

​@@glorytoukraine5524if it used the percentile mechanic from Morgott's rune instead of the flat increase from godrick it'd be on par with Rykards in terms of power, but still niche like they want the runes to be it seems.

[@RamadaArtist]

The cut at the end was exactly where I wanted it to be, so thank you for that.

[@moka8601]

Thats it , theres no excuse left This man did -food ranking -spell ranking -miracle ranking -CHESS BOSS RANKING -underrated spirit ashes ranking - 3 differnet weapon ranking Run from it , dread it rusty , but it does not matter The all weapon class tier list will come , and i await patiently for your suffering

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

I also need a plant ranking. There are so many good pieces of foliage that I MUST hear Rusty's opinion on.

[@eebydeeby03]

@@TheAmyrlinSeat Instant F tier for the one that looks like the Rowa Fruit plant from a distance, but it's just another red flower plant

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

@@eebydeeby03 ikr

[@dirt_dert_durt]

Did he rank the paintings from an aesthetic perspective?

[@moka8601]

@@dirt_dert_durt both aesthetic and reward

[@sammienope9272]

Hehe... Funny story: So this was my first Souls game and a seasoned friend decided to console multiplayer it together. Cue me going Ice rapier split mage build with a splash of whip for 'spice'. My stats were always confused... Anyway, I apparently impress him after 1 trying Agheel (bless that whip) and he says we should do the "secret stuff". We proceed to do ALL of Rhanni's questline up to re-fighting that damn dragon. He then asks me which rune I'm using because we just keep dying to it... "...Which what?" . I am then yelled at, educated, and praised all in the next hour~ by two grown men who have gone complete "Unga-bunga brain" at my willpower, persistence, and dumb luck. I thought runes arcs were a currency for a vender I hadn't found yet...

[@m.shields1270]

One thing I still find useful about Godricks is that it is rather handy for item farming. Stack it with the silver scarab, mimic tear mask, and Marikas sore seal, along with silver pickled fowl foot and you got lots of additional arcane and item discovery.

[@juddleho]

0:37 WHAT WAS THAT BACKGROUND, WHAT WAS THAT BACKGROUND!!!!

[@leo181s]

It’s the tower where you activate the great runes

[@juddleho]

DO NOT DECIVE ME YOU VILE LIBRAL

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

The only two I ever use are Morgott's and Radahn's. Mostly just Morgott's because I can't be bothered to go over to the tower for Radahn's.

[@ductful_traveler7469]

Radahn's tower was a pain to get to and into

[@ghoulbuster1]

Dunno if people already know this, but you can use the horse to double jump the tower.

[@NickHunter]

the tower's easy, you can get up there in 2 minutes, it's working your way down the inside to fight goskin apostle that's a fuck on

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

@@NickHunter Sure, but it's pretty out of the way for something that isn't THAT impactful.

[@redisaverycoolcolor6520]

the desktop background is wild

[@jooot_6850]

ranni is getting the Tarnished's great rune

[@snipercomrade3059]

I really liked how the Convergence handles great runes, you get them immediately after defeating their respective bosses and it gives a proper, useful benefit. I wish the base game handled it like that as well. Edit: What the hell is that wallpaper ???!

[@Jilted84]

Ikr I want to know what the wall paper is as well.

[@scuffed7648]

I’m sure it’s completely appropriate art of Ranni getting a hug or something

[@efu2046]

I know right? I need to know the artist of that Wallpaper so I can give them a piece of my mind

[@morokei9394]

I feel the opposite for a lot of them tbh, like Mogh's is borderline OP with how good it is but then you look at Morgott's and it's literally like +5 mind, same with Radahn's and End. The others I feel are pretty balanced but those two stick out like a sore thumb for me.

[@-Core-]

I never used them, and when I do, I immediately die in the most stupid way possible, like misjudging a height or deciding to challenge a crayfish

[@clementbeziat7198]

I also hate when Morgott's rune put my game in windowed mode and change my desktop wallpaper to some questionable Ranni art, this happens all the time !

[@Mr_Wulff]

You can also see Blaidd's gauntlet there, so technically questionable Ranni and Blaidd art.

[@Da_Sire]

Wait aren't theh siblings or something what the fuck​@@Mr_Wulff

[@Mr_Wulff]

@@Da_Sire They were raised as siblings if I remember correctly. But even if they were actually siblings, that sadly doesn't matter to some folks out there.

[@sasaki999pro]

​@@Mr_Wulff Especially not the actual characters IN Elden Ring now after beating the DLC 😂 I guess interspecies crossbreeding and incest doesnt matter when you're a GOD.

[@kugetsu]

I have actually never once used a Great Rune. I seemed fine without them and assumed they were short temporary buffs that I've never wanted to deal with, so I've just never touched them before.

[@jasperhood9330]

this.

[@ghoulbuster1]

Reading this is why I check the wiki lol

[@minerman60101]

Killing bosses should've activated your great rune, like whatever DS3 did. I'd prefer if all bosses did so, giving you an added reason to engage in side content, but idk how much that would make sense lore-wise.

[@Kizur13]

Or at least also give you a rune arc. All the bosses in DS1 dropped humanities from what I understand.

[@agent_phoenix_one1504]

@@Kizur13they do,like in DS3 you ether get a Ember or if you didn't had on you, you will get Embered

[@backonlazer791]

I think at least Shardbeareres activating the great rune would make sense. Not sure about the rest of the bosses.

[@sarimsakliyogurtlumantikli1212]

I'm sorry is there anything that makes sense in this chaotic clusterf*ck that is called "Elden Ring Lore"?

[@babyfaec]

@@backonlazer791 or like all rememberance bosses

[@Goofballsrule]

Imma be real, the outro for this one is probably one of the best for the series since it’s both beautiful/aesthetically pleasing, but also really god damn funny

[@dragonfire420blazin8]

A real problem with great runes is that you get them from beating the boss they are assigned to. However they reset upon entering new game plus. So if you were say using Rykard's for whatever reason, and entered new game plus you lost the rune and likely have to do a bunch of tedious shit to get it back. This is why making Radahn's and Godrick's great runes the most useful is sort of a backhanded compliment. Because you can acquire them so early in your playthrough that you'll not even bother with the other 5 runes. Especially since most of them are just adjusting health.

[@jooot_6850]

Godrick's is forever useful for that reason. Takes you like twenty minutes tops to get.

[@luke-il5nr]

0:18 it's not short it's average size

[@Carbon-cringe-human]

It's short by comparison

[@manoking9619]

Honestly, your explanation for over reliance on Godrick's great rune perfectly explained my experience and subsequent issue with it. So kudos.

[@SGT_Squid_Dog]

godrick's great rune, both sore seals, pearldrake +2, greatshield talisman, golden vow and protection of the erdtree. plus 5 stats in every category with minimal repercussions. I tested it and the defense debuffs from the seals get largely negated by sacrificing the other 2 slots for defense, as well as using faith buffs for extra defense. protection of the erdtree (I think that's what it's called) protects against everything but physical resistances so that's why golden vow is also important.

[@lilliesupreme9767]

It's a shame about Malenias rune. I don't know how they managed to screw it up.

[@Rayendac]

The developers greatly favored lore over gameplay when designing Malenia's great rune to illustrate that she is not carried by it.

[@lilliesupreme9767]

@@Rayendac seems like a common thing with elden ring

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

@@Rayendac But that doesnt make sense, she regens health on every hit with the player(s) and spirit ashes regardless of the time between she was hit and she hits back. The rune we are given doesnt even operate within her lore justification nor her mechanics we see in the battle.

[@FireFox64000000]

Simple you are not Malenia. It works F-ing fantastic for her.

[@hockeater]

@@Rayendac Except that's a blood pissing lie because hers blatantly activates on any hit no matter how long from taking damage, gives more, and functions through blocks. It's weird. Half the great runes are roughly equal or superior to what the boss gets out of them and the other half are glorified pool toys.

[@Xenoxion]

10:25 The opposite is true for me. I so extremely rarely use great runes that I keep forgetting them. So whenever I do pop Godrick's cherry, I feel like Superman.

[@Purplebass]

I have a huge collection of ruins because I think I’ve used like three and my main character is level 225 in the DLC

[@livesinbin5830]

Rusty ranking the most random shit is like Sherlock Holmes writing entire essays on the different colours of London mud, and of the ashes of more tobacco brands than I knew existed

[@Kagane1001]

I- i didnt know rune arcs where mandatory to activate the great runes. I just assumed there would be an weaker effect if not used. How was I this stupid?!😂 I even wondered why Rykard and Malenias runes didn't work...

[@Kychoucz]

I have some serious Indeimaus vibes from this video. I can't wait to see Light Source ranking in Elden Ring or the famous Rock and Stone ranking in Elden Ring.

[@michaelbarker6732]

I miss when indeimaus did that kind of stuff so much

[@glomorailey106]

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?

[@techpriestemily]

@@glomorailey106 If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't coming home!

[@CarlVercetti]

Totally agree with Godrick. I decided to not use that rune anymore because I always ended up being in heavy roll after death.

[@crowstepxanth2413]

Fun fact: the Serpent God's curved sword stacks with Rycard's rune, Camieo, and Blasphemous Blade

[@mylatahiri2572]

I spent a solid 80 hours thinking my great rune was active by default and rune arcs (which I never used) merely increased the effect

[@pizzaziuminfinionite134]

Literally

[@thetealman]

So is no one gonna question the wall paper

[@theshadowneke7933]

nah, seems pretty normal

[@wiswc]

Cute ranni

[@TheManDude]

If you have questions, I suggest you take it up with furiouzly.

[@bkdarkness]

200 hours in and still haven't used a rune arc yet.

[@NickHunter]

aye you fighting enemies bare-fist too?

[@dirtyramenwater]

Summons are just better as a crutch and not consumable but great runes are fun ass buffs imo plus it's the closest weve got to ember/humanity

[@leithaziz2716]

Aside from the rarity of Great Runes compared to Embers and Humanity from prior Souls games, I think needing to reach and then complete a specific tower in order to get the benefits of said Rune might not have been the best choice. And that's not factoring in the complications when it comes to simply finding the towers. I think unlocking the Runes when said boss is defeated would have been enough.

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

Personally, the towers add a layer of anticipation and mysticism to it. A cool factor. Also, the towers are among the easiest things to find in the whole game. The only structure taller than the towers is the Erdtree and minor Erdtrees. My issue is that, apart from Godrick's rune for early game, all the Great Rune effects are underwhelming. This combined with the rarity of Rune Arcs in solo play, makes them not worth using.

[@DTfan43]

​@@krishnansubramoni7801 That only works on the 1st playthrough. It becomes tedious and annoying with subsequent NG+s. Currently on NG+3 and I've stopped using all but Godrick's and Rahdan's runes. Having to treat the Great Runes like I got them from a cell phone company lost its allure very quickly.

[@barackobama5607]

For anyone wondering at 0:35 the ranni background is "Ranni the Witch" by Furiouzly. You're welcome.

[@lucas_e_jones]

I was finally here for the release of one of these! Truly a historic moment.

[@SGT_Squid_Dog]

rykards great rune, taker's cameo, taker's flames, serpten god's curved sword in left slot, and if you want you can use erdtree blessing and godskin swaddling cloth. For physick, you can use maximum hp and hp regen or use the whorl tear in place for one of those instead. for alternatives, there is the blessed dew talisman and that one shield I never remember the name of that regens hp when equipped.

[@JayTheMushyLover]

Good video! It really is so disappointing that great runes don’t carry over, but ig it’s a relief the only ones that are effected by this are garbo anyway (malenia and mohg kinda) Also, I did find out that Malenia’s runes’ rally instantly fills up with ripostes and backstabs like the visceral attacks in bloodborne which is cool ig, tho as a strength build it fucking blows, and I’m surprised it seems to even suck for dex builds. Should not have a penalty at all imo. My favs have always been Morgotts’ and Rykards’, usually swapping em out for boss encounters and field encounters. And I 100% agree about the becoming dependent on Godrick’s rune, that shit happened to me in DS3 with the rings and I’ve rejected stat boosting shit since, unless I’m doing something like a raw strength build or have nothing better. Though knowing that Radahns’ gets better as your stats do makes me want to try it. Imo I’d swap Morgotts’ for 2nd place and Godricks’ for 3rd if I made a list, I feel like the point you get Morgotts is just perfect; right at the mid game where you begin unlocking the harder shit, but not late enough that you’ve already explored the majority of the world and conquered most the bosses.

[@Eden_Fayiar]

I find Radahn's Great Rune to be the best option In general, a good boost to HP, SP and Stamina.

[@icyweiss4717]

You should rank the Remembrance fights! I’d love to see your take on them.

[@DaHoonter]

I'm sorry is nobody gonna mention the wallpaper

[@AceAviations2]

Glad to see that Rykard's Great Rune getting the love that it deserves. You can get stupid amounts of health back from killing enemies. Also is an Ash of War ranking video ever going to happen? Love to hear you tear into stuff like Sky Shot or post-nerf Flame of the Redmanes (RIP).

[@saevvyth]

Here's the thing... Godrick's Great Rune is strictly superior to Radahn's until Mind and Vigor are above 37. And it takes a good 8 levels for the differences to become noticable. Which already means it will be the better Rune for 70% of the game. But more importantly, nearly every playstyle has at least two stats of damage they invest into, which cap out at level 60 or 80 depending on the one we are talking about. Even if you are at Vigor 45 and Mind 45, you'll be dealing less damage with Radahn's than with Godrick's, until you reach 60 + 60 (or 80) in two other stats as well. So unless you would argue slightly more health and FP is better than more damage, Godrick's can arguably be the best Rune in the game all the way until you stop playing, or have a level 200+ character that is maxed out in 4 stats. It all matters on what you prioritize, defense or damage. There's valid arguments for both, but stating Radahn's isn't strictly better in the late game.

[@zacharymathey3901]

I love when Rusty ranks things, and talks about things. ^^

[@NorthernDruid]

One thing Godrick's Great Rune has going for it in the endgame, is 10 Holy Defense if your Arcane is 15 or lower. Which doesn't seem like much, but it's actually competitive with what you can get out of armour.

[@BigBonkStick]

The Wallpaper of your computer 💀 0:35

[@eagleithrustx777]

As someone who is too lazy (or forgetful) to even see how many points godrick’s rune gives you and almost never remembers to use any of them, this helped more than you can possibly know. Thank you.

[@KayrBayr13]

As someone who has never used a great rune before (because limited resources are my bane) this was a very interesting video. If I ever work up the courage to use them I'm sure I'll keep this in mind.

[@MisanthropicOcellus]

Rune arcs are not a limited resource lmao, they are everywhere

[@admostes2856]

Quick reminder that Apex will ripoff your money.

[@badgerbait3581]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT. like dude 2.5k bucks for 16 gigs of ram and a 512 gb ssd? On a ddr4 platform with 0 upgrade path too.

[@artoriapendragon3234]

Renalla's rune is boring yes. But I would argue it was never meant to be fun. It was meant as a simple game mechanic which EVERYONE wants in a game like this, which is even more forgiving than the tongue system for Dark Souls 3 (i forget who that slug lady is) I would rate it higher cause it does what its meant to and does it perfectly.. allowing us to try different builds when we want to switch, and giving a ton of viability to starting out as a Wretch for the best stat reallocation, while also allowing new players who are new to building characters to rectify mistakes according to guides. In fact being just able to respec a few points here and there has been the key to me enjoying DLC weapons.

[@spongebobswindow7472]

I'd argue that it can't even be considered boring if the rune serves a very different purpose

[@Galba89]

perfect outro, enjoyed every secound of it ^_^

[@Guys._.]

I like you ranking this useless shit, not only is it something to watch, but it's also useful for me, because I never read what the great runes did

[@joshbourne9679]

I’m embarrassed but I didn’t use any rune arcs until late game. Idk why I didn’t I think I just forgot they existed

[@pikmonwolf]

I have some... strong opinions on Malenia's greatrune.

[@cheesi]

Cool video! Such a strangely implemented system. Some cool buffs but tying them to a rare consumable just made using them feel a little cheap and risky when I want these runes taken from the demigods to give me a real sense of power. I'm definitely just a little masochistic with these games and I enjoy first playthroughs where I use as few features that feel like crutches (to me) as possible, but being able to run out of rune arcs and have that crutch taken AWAY makes them even less appealing. A smaller permanent effect or some kind of renewal on death would have made them feel much less like an optional crutch and much more integral to the gameplay.

[@eminkilicaslan8945]

Ayo where you got that wallpaper, asking for a friend.

[@TheManDude]

Source: furiouzly

[@blackheartgaming6121]

Melainias rune plus katana plus bloodhound step equals perfection lol even though I still never got hers yet

[@ronnical2489]

Wait what are Great Runes?

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

Ik I’m several days late, but they give you a demigod/legend’s power. These Great Runes are segments of the Elden Ring which were initially broken after the Shattering.

[@ronnical2489]

@@AlastorAltruistGaming That was a joke about how irrelevant they are, sorry.

[@Contasecundariadias]

Evil ​@@ronnical2489

[@justevanok9005]

Morgott's rune quickly becomes the only viable great rune as you climb further up the ng+ ladder

[@delight7304]

Alone for the fact that you cut out the hit on your charcter in the end brings you a dislike! It was so close!!!

[@AaronWOfficial]

reliance on godrick great rune for +5 stats is a good argument however, I would counter-argue that you can quite easily farm rune arcs using golden effigy. I just always have my golden effigy enabled even when im not farming for rune arcs specifically and just playing the game. that way ill get randomly summoned into someone elses world while im playing the game myself, and might get a rune arc out of it. By the time I am nearing my intended level cap I got bunches of them. I literally just did a pure int rush character to level 150, and never ran out of rune arcs the entire playthrough

[@rydeck239]

why would you not explain what each rune does? you spend half the video groaning and groveling, embarrassing

[@horu7383]

He does briefly explain what the runes do. The game has also been out for 2 years; He probably would assume most people know what the majority of them do. This is a tier list video, so most of it will be groaning and groveling. Your comment is embarrassing.

[@cmoney163]

That’s what kind of puts me off about his vids. Especially his weapon tier list video lol still watch his stuff though.

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

All you do is complain complain complain. Sit down & stop complaining, you big fuckin’ baby.

[@WUZLE]

I've only ever activated a great rune once and I've never consumed a rune arc. They just sit there in my character inventories forever.

[@slaytora5235]

Stop yammering and play the game with no great rune.

[@splinter360]

Putting Rennala's great that low is criminal. Its literally the ability to respec. That's invaluable.

[@niteshanthony2324]

Good day, we do not know each other but I would like to tell u that despite all the bad that you have done in your life, GOD still loves you and wants you to be with him (GOD), all yoi must do is to trust in Jesus like how he would trust in parachute when jumping out of a plane and you must be willing to turn from your wrong doings and do what is right.❤😊❤😊❤ 0:08

[@BeeHatGuy]

25 of the same comment? stop spamming

[@HongKongFooeyGC]

God ain't real.

[@mariaandreou5521]

​@@HongKongFooeyGCnot true

[@ZitëGheiste]

Enter The Ban Lord

[@SkippytWalrus]

Ironically, shooting summer into the sun only makes it sound hotter.

[@micahclawrence]

Early to mid level-Godrick Late mid to late game-Radahn

[@eysoffaith]

Appreciated the Spyro OST in the background 👍

[@hearthearter]

Ngl I was fighting Elden Beast when I realized I hadn’t popped a great rune all game

[@jahaankhan9401]

I’m on journey 5 now and I am just now discovering how to use great runes lol. I didn’t even know you get abilities or had to activate them…. Thatsssss crazy. Lol

[@Hi-Im-Shade]

With my experience with Mohg's Great rune, its op, i used it with my mimic to see how efficient it was against Melania, mainly due to me hearing it was good, so i tested it out. And guess what, with the great rune the mimic solo'd her first phase. Basically with the rune, from what ive seen, if a summon already has bleed, its bleed damage is multiplied. Making the rune very useful in certain situations.

[@andruw_pete]

Just finished my first playthrough. I literally had no Idea these existed and that they are very helpful

[@Kafkatrap]

What happened to all the cool shields? The dual wield shields? the crossbow shield? the fucking THE SANCTUM SHIELD!!? Shield-only runs used to be fun because DS2 had build variety. The reason i stopped playing Elden Ring is because it completely shits on off-meta builds. Pyromancies aren't even its own class of spells anymore, any faith user can use them effectively since it's all just thrown in the faith pot. Death Sorceries, Magma sorceries and Aberrant Sorceries all have shit scaling and literally NO weapons or ashes of war that scales with int/fth. (yeah the SONAF doesn't even count if you really think about it) Pyromancies should scale with INT/FTH like it used to. If it did, Magma sorceries might make sense. Especially since there would probably exist a few thematically fitting INT/FTH weapons/ashes of war... What do we have now? The fucking SONAF and it's weapon art... You have to chose to do either magic damage or fire damage with the special attack. You can't even combine the damage sources on the only weapon. FTH/ARC works though... We have the Dragon and Blood incantations. Why does it work? Because there's gear for it, there's weapons, there's armor, there's ashes of war. The builds have an identity, however weak it might be (Because there's no dragon form charm) . There isn't even a unique build for INT/ARC, if you go arcane sorcerer you just end up using the same spells as an int build. How "fun". If they made Death Magic AND Aberrant Sorceries INT/ARC and added INT/ARC scaling to weapons like Family Heads and Rosus's Axe and fixed the scaling on the Prince of Death and that other silly Aberrant Sorcery staff, we would basically have Hexes from DS2 back. It would be its own Build. That would be cool. Whoever signed off on whatever intern who adjusted the scaling for builds in Elden Ring should be fired. I hope FromSoft takes time out of their day to go through old content when they launch the DLC. You say FromSoft listens to you, Rusty.? Stuff you bring up gets patched? Make a video on how Elden Ring hates build variety. Force them to add FTH/INT scaling to some of those shit-tier weapons that nobody uses so we can have builds again.

[@nodnal1357]

I literally have a stroke every time Rusty posts another video. These videos give me LIFE

[@squishybrick]

"It's 90 degrees outside" That's cute.

[@protagonistical]

Idk, but Morgott's is my favorite. Something about seeing that giant-ass health bar on the top of my screen just makes my little lizard brain happy. Maybe it's just because I spent the first few months in Elden Ring getting killed by anything and everything that was bigger than me, and my hindbrain likes the feeling of safety the extra health cushion gives me.

[@snipinglegend8165]

I originally thought godrick's great rune gave you the defense of being 40 levels higher but it doesn't they are like phantom levels

[@Little_pug]

Love your wall paper 10/10

[@ultra824]

so, personally i could never bring myself to use great runes out of fear of running out of rune arcs, even when i had 80+ of them. it was only when i was desperate for any advantage i could get against Malenia that i finally started using them

[@Bluu_Bunni]

I agree with the point made about Godrick's rune because I suffered from that exact problem with it. I became too dependent on the stat buff it gave me. I instead have moved to Rykard's because of the healing it gives me, I feel it makes for a more interesting playstyle in the game outside of boss battles

[@NighthunterNyx]

Mohg's rune rules. It works fantastic in big boss fights like Malenia. Essentially, your summon can pump a hefty bonus to damage and save few deaths.

[@SSB_Master_Hand]

Rykard's Great Rune has become my go-to Great Rune to use. Aside from using Taker's Cameo to up the healing from each kill, I've also got the +1 Dragoncrest Shield Talisman to reduce damage and the Crimson Seed Talisman to negate the flask debuff from using Black Flame's Protection. I plan to throw in the Godskin Swaddling Cloth so I can get some extra healing while wailing on enemies.

[@butter3413]

Im gonna be honest i have a smooth 120 hours in the game and didnt know you could use Great Runes for something

[@Armagilord123]

I have 350 hours on my main character, and I do not think I've used a great rune aside from maybe once when I first learned they existed, then immediately forgot about them and never used them again.

[@candygarden5029]

Ranking Godricks rune higher than morgotts rune is an absolute crime