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Magic in Elden Ring is separated largely by different schools of sorceries and incantations. Some schools can be divided into smaller subtypes, such as the Crystalian and Loretta sorceries falling under the Carian umbrella, or how the Clayman sorceries tend to be grouped with the Sellian school. Some spells may be placed into categories despite being standalone, but this is just to make the comparisons themselves easier and more convenient for the video.
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Glintstone ► 03:32
Carian ► 04:06
Crystalian ► 05:10
Cold ► 05:59
Night ► 06:41
Clayman ► 07:32
Gravity ► 08:20
Magma ► 09:29
Thorn ► 10:24
Prince of Death ► 11:23
Flame & Fire Monk ► 12:17
Giantsflame ► 13:19
Two Fingers ► 14:02
Assassin ► 14:47
Erdtree ► 15:47
Crucible ► 16:25
Fundamentalist ► 17:09
Bestial ► 18:09
Dragon Cult ► 19:00
Dragon Communion ► 19:57
Godslayer ► 20:50
Blood Oath ► 21:40
Servants of Rot ► 22:37
Frenzied Flame ► 23:27
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[@Rusty._]

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[@kerpjosales1615]

that was honestly awkwardly slick

[@josephmurphy417]

I don't like that your papa John's joke made me die

[@KaptainKommissar]

he really agreed to shill for the most miserable game ever made 💀

[@Wintorn]

No. :)

[@alexhan305]

Rusty sorry but literally no one give a Sh1t about this trash game with tanks

[@EliTheGleason]

I like how the most basic fire magic has no school, it gives it a vibe of intrinsic, natural magic that just exists among all creatures and creeds

[@kirowaterlaw9432]

Yeah, like it was with Pyromancy in Dark Souls

[@joejoe850]

Like the gentleman above said, pyromancy in DS came from being in tune with nature

[@MothmanOfficialWva]

Fire magic is the shit you get taught in preschool. I’m pretty sure my barber can spit some flames if he wanted.

[@katrinavining8672]

The Fell God still dwells within the Flame.

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

people will literally do mental gymnastics of this insane degree instead of saying “fromsoft didn’t want to put the effort in”

[@sunlightsage2982]

The Clayman sorceries actually share a symbol with the Night sorceries rather than the Carian sorceries. The symbol for Carian Magic is actually based on the symbol of the Eternal Cities.

[@Rusty._]

Yeah lol I realized watching it back that I didn't mention Clayman and Night both being part of Sellia. The way spells are organized, they were right next to each other so I guess I just got confused 🤷

[@Demokaze]

Yeah, their sigil depicts the chair-crypt that those giant skeletons sit on and Gowry tells you that those spells are "the lost sorceries of the Sellians, descendants of the Eternal" but their descriptions also make that connection. And if I'm not mistaken the only instance in the game that we see Nox above ground is in Sellia where an empty chair-crypt is.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@Demokaze You know your lore very well!

[@jackreacher7495]

@@xXLunatikxXlul Many of us get super sweaty about Elden Ring lore. It's amazing

[@pepsiman3832]

Clayman, like the in flames album?

[@badatgames3301]

That intro was honestly really well done. Bravo rusty.

[@zzedixx]

Do you know what the music's called?

[@badatgames3301]

@@zzedixx sound like something from the fallout special videos but I don’t know exactly

[@zzedixx]

@@badatgames3301 thanks, i'll check them out

[@tz-tok_sad2841]

Bioshock vibes

[@insomnicat.dragon]

It reminds me of bioshock

[@purplehaze2358]

The fact that there's a category of magic only occupied by two spells in this game, both of which are literally just throwing bubbles at people, is kind of hilarious to me.

[@possiblymaybe6711]

I need it buffed soooooo bad omg I love bubbles

[@toazzy9336]

its funny cuz theres at least 4 schools that feature only 2 spells full moon thorn bubbles digger

[@spin6872]

My special ability is bubbles

[@ArkbladeIX]

School of spongebob

[@pedromiret9195]

​@@spin6872isn't that enough?!

[@darkwolf9637]

I still think its really cool that the lighting spear type incantations come directly from your hand while the ancient dragon spears instead fly twords you and your character catches them out of the air

[@1brytastic]

It’s so cool bro it’s like calling upon a godly outer power before striking and destroying the enemies and battle field around you with it

[@possiblymaybe6711]

I never noticed that they fly in until this video

[@malum9478]

reminds me of volt from warframe. the basic warframe shoots lightning from his fingertips like a sith, but his prime version, which is an upgraded more powerful and ancient version of the warframe, actually calls down lightning from the sky like a god.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

Dragon lightning 💪💪💪

[@feddyb1YT]

Red lightning: you got nerfed

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

Is terrible, it needs its damage and AoE increased.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

@@feddyb1YT dude I’d cry

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

@@dylanschmeichel2008 no it doesn't...

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

@@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 yes it in fact does. Fortissax and Lannseax glaive are near useless.

[@puncherofbread]

The Raya Lucaria bit reminds me of how cool it would be if FromSoft made an animated series about Raya Lucaria. Like the basic premise would just have it start off as like a standard magic school with secrets plotline set in the Elden RIng universe but as each episode progresses the show becomes much darker as the protagonist uncovers more and more secrets. So it starts as a really lighthearted series and ends as complete nightmare fuel. Like what EdgeRunners did with most people knowing that everyone would have to die at some point and Invincible's kinda slow reveal style

[@shirouhayashi3319]

Or Higurashi no Koro Ni XD

[@llab3903]

Lmfao, then things just start deteriorating RAPIDLY

[@relax5367]

@@shirouhayashi3319 no. Please no. Too dark stawp

[@r12j78]

so like anime harry potter

[@slamjam7676]

Fr Harry Potter has been lacking yoink up that magical school market

[@darienb1127]

One thing I like about this game is how a lot of the sorceries are just fancy rocks. You got shiny rocks, cold rocks, melty hot rocks, rocks in the shape of a sword, space rocks, actually just rocks. Really cool how the managed to keep a theme with most of the sorceresses while making them feel unique.

[@Zyk0th]

They are called Glintstone sorceries after all.

[@dustygamer6304]

Magic Rock edition

[@_peepee_]

i also love that: sorceries = cool-toned incantations = warm-toned it makes the incantations feel more natural, primal, and spiritual, meanwhile the sorceries are playful, man-made, and intelligent

[@boochin]

Yall ever play Magic: the Rock

[@randalthediscountvandal1708]

As a black flame main. I am very proud of the spell placement

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

Black Flame Ritual for true gamers!

[@randalthediscountvandal1708]

@@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172 exactly!

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Hope we see more Black Flame incantations in the DLC.

[@randalthediscountvandal1708]

@@xXLunatikxXlul god skin dlc when

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@randalthediscountvandal1708 yess! Would love an entire DLC involving the Gloam-Eyed Queen and Godskins!

[@spce4967]

Timestamps 0:00 Amazing intro 1:07 Less amazing intro 2:40 Sponsor!! Sorceries: 3:31 Glintstone 4:06 Carian 5:10 Crystalian 6:00 Cold 6:41 Night 7:32 BUBBLES 8:20 Gravity 9:30 Magma 10:24 Thorns 11:23 Death Incantations: 12:17 Flame monk 13:19 Giant flame 14:02 Kids named finger 14:47 Assassin 15:48 Erdtree 16:25 Crucible 17:09 Golden Order 18:10 Bestial 18:59 Dragon cult 19:57 Dragon Communion 20:51 Godslayer 21:40 Blood oath 22:37 Servants of rot 23:27 Frenzied Flame

[@barto22]

Waltuh

[@SuperSylar]

Only missing the grades now

[@spce4967]

@@SuperSylar didn't want to spoil anything

[@Shiny_pebble_collector]

Thank you. Dude took an entire lifetime to get to the point lmao

[@monke980]

@@barto22 put your dick away waltuh

[@euanokeeffe9652]

This might actually be your best video yet, it’s simultaneously hilarious and informative while covering a variety of subjects, good job mate

[@STV013]

The sponsor transition genuinely made me laugh

[@MikeLeroi31]

"I swear to God if this is another f*cking spons-" "HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT WAR THUNDER????" 😂😂

[@xr9790]

I wish they made Madness effect just any enemy in the game, it’d be a decent alternative to bleed imo. Hopefully they either add that in later or just make some more frenzy spells when the DLC comes out, cause honestly Frenzied Flame is one of my favorite concepts in all the souls games and I’d love to see them touch on it more (especially because it has huge lore implications)

[@menialbee]

madness would be cool because its like bleed + sleep, but the problem is that they already made all the sleep animations for a ton of enemies and I guess couldn't be bothered making more for madness too. even though sleep is the most underutilised thing ever in a fromsoft game. one enemy inflicts it, and its just one of the 3 crab types

[@xr9790]

@@menialbee They don’t need to do the whole scream thing, they could just have a burst effect around the head or something, but I get what you mean

[@Kelpic]

@@xr9790 That + a quick stagger would be perfect

[@user-eb6gr1ux6w]

Glad you guys aren't game designers man rather have what we have now then a dumb burst effect an stagger lol weak

[@enoreed1439]

@@user-eb6gr1ux6w cuz u have something better? 😂

[@minerman60101]

You should rank all the NPC summons. There are enough of them for it to be interesting, and some of them will be very obscure to keep it interesting

[@itsm9818]

1. Mimic Tear 2. Black Knife

[@minerman60101]

@@itsm9818 those are spirit summons, not NPC summons. Specific bosses have NPCs that you can summon as if they were another player to help you with the fight

[@itsm9818]

@@minerman60101 1. Melina 2. Rogier

[@charles-edouardmorel3173]

@@itsm9818 In last position : Patches

[@Ender618m]

You know he'll have to hurt your feelings with Alexander

[@StormRulerKazunagi]

Dragon Communion and Blood spells just mesh up perfectly together on a faith/arc build. Made one centered around Dracula and it might be my favorite build tbh.

[@davidmichaeljennings]

I love faith/arcane builds you can basically use all the dragon/blood incants. DragonMaw, Dragon Rot, Blood flies are all great

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

Will smith build entirely based around the dragon claw incantation You’re welcome

[@thepodium6930]

Also, I think frenzied flame spells scale with faith/arc, or at least the madness build up scales with arc

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

@@thepodium6930 nope, the madness effect always Deals damage equal to 100+15% of the target's max HP, and causes FP loss of 30+10% of their max FP. Incantations only scale off arcane if you’re using the dragon seal

[@thepodium6930]

@@godricktheminecrafted3113 I was sure the build up was affected by the arc stat, I run the frenzy flames in my dragon build along with the blood flame incantations. I was under the impression they had good synergy

[@drakmendoa]

There is one great thing about the two finger incarntations: The AOE Healing Spells can kill Revenants like nothing. They just melt them away. Such a great feeling.

[@purplehaze2358]

"It's better damage, better stagger... Papa John's" *composure breaks like a vase hit by a sledgehammer* I should not have laughed at that as hard as I did.

[@Ronc137]

I was in the car hearing that line. The laughter was gutteral 🤣

[@OuterRimPride]

Try using unendurable frenzy while standing right under a dragon or troll. Try taking out a line of five enemies half a mile away with frenzied burst. The yellow chaos flame is A-tier in my experience. May chaos take the world. Edit: MAY CHAOS. TAKE. THE WORLD.

[@DaWizard11]

Unendurable frenzy spam is how I beat the elden beast, golden vow+ flame grant me strenght along with the two talismans that buff incantations and the fire scorpion talisman just melted it lmao

[@hunkofflesh6078]

MAY. 👏 CHAOS. 👏 TAKE. 👏 THE. 👏 WORLD‼️

[@Lunatic_Cultistkk]

I know its you Shabriri you piece of shit.

[@saphironkindris]

Adula's moonblade and rock sling carry their respective categories, two best spells in the game by far imo. I usually run adula's for up-close fighting, rock sling for mid-range battles, and loretta's greatbow for long range engagements.

[@dragonflight2468]

I honestly LOVE the different mage outfits throughout the schools, even within the same school. Magic has always been my favorite element of any fantasy series, and Elden Ring is up there.

[@BlackStar-hy1iy]

I agree

[@watchfulwanderer6443]

Shadow bait works on omens because omens quite literally are humans, just with the Crucible's blessing.

[@evan-moore22]

Congrats to ER for all the awards!

[@yeah2956]

Congrats to bill clinton too

[@Rusty._]

I'm glad Ragnarok still got best narrative tbh. It was kinda funny though, if either of those two games were in a category no one else even got looked at lmfao.

[@mr.watson3237]

@@Rusty._ lol agreed. Imagine the reaction if Stray had won tho

[@m.douglas8492]

@@mr.watson3237 Stray got best indie game, which was probably it's best case scenario. Good for the cat game imo.

[@mr.watson3237]

@@m.douglas8492 Yeah I saw that. Good for them. I was talking about the GOTY award before tho.

[@Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

Unironically, if you want a cool new Metroidvania to check out, "Ghost Song" has been pretty amazing for me so far. Kinda shooter like Metroid, but so much customization and even maybe classes?? Idk I'm not very far. But it reminds me of an alien Hollowknight that scratches yet another Silksong itch

[@Rusty._]

Actually played it a couple days after it came out. Level design was really cool. It was shorter than I expected but it was good for the money imo.

[@onlyprizesgiveaway]

We are 100% Trust Worthy due to all our conversations here is been recorded and published out there to avoid any fraudulent activities….

[@nemesisprime8442]

3:33 Glintstone Sorceries 4:06 Carian Sorceries 5:14 Crystalian Sorceries 6:00 Cold Sorceries 6:43 Night Sorceries 7:33 Claymen Sorceries 8:22 Gravity Sorceries 9:30 Magma Sorceries 10:25 Thorn Sorceries 11:25 Prince of Death Sorceries 12:20 Flame & Fire Monk Incantations 13:20 Giantsflame Incantations 14:02 Two Fingers Incantations 14:48 Assassin Incantations 15:48 Erdtree Incantations 16:25 Aspect of the Crucible Incantations 17:10 Fundamentalist Incantations 18:11 Bestial Incantations 19:00 Dragon Cult Incantations 19:58 Dragon Communion Incantations 20:50 Godslayer Incantations 21:42 Blood Oath Incantations 22:38 Servants of Rot Incantations 23:28 Frenzied Flame Incantations 24:52 Final Ranking

[@xinderx1039]

If I recall Night Comet still has the highest base damage of any single shot sorcery in the game (with night staff + Lusats/scepter another night staff) and I think that should bump night sorceries up a letter grade.

[@Nasgatemk2]

At very high INT it's actually second iirc. And it requires two night staffs(so a trade or ng+ only). However, it can be argued it's better DPS since enemies don't dodge it.

[@vgman94]

@@Nasgatemk2 Which one’s first in dmg? And what’s the fp cost difference between them?

[@dukeoog5466]

I know it's an incantation, and in elden ring incantations really got the big slice of attention, but dragonmaw probably stands at the very top of 1 hit of damage. just a guess, since my non minmaxed character hits for 3300 in one hit

[@baileyp_]

@@dukeoog5466 The original comment says sorcery, so they would still be correct. Also, NC still hits harder than any other one-hit sorcery with only one staff of loss

[@spce4967]

If you're trying a crucible knight build, use the clawmark seal. Ordovis' greatsword and Siluria's tree both scale better off strength, so you'll get more value with a strength seal

[@CJWproductions]

I love the body language on the Frenzied Flame and Golden Order Fundamentalist spells. Makes me wanna play with them. I'm already theorizing about a new playthrough lol

[@tatri292]

Frenzy spells are great. The only downside is the somewhat long cast time on all of them, it made me pick up a flame art halberd for the later bosses. Still, once you successfully stagger a boss you can shotgun them for a few k damage at the least. And while inescapable frenzy is no good in pve, it's a decent mixup for any invaders. Plus hitting with it makes you feel like a god.

[@somethingaboutsomething1]

Word it’s so regal idk it’s dope

[@wind-flower]

Yeah, the Golden Order Fundamentalist spells have really a really cool "choreography" to them. As far as Flame of Frenzy goes, Frenzied Burst is my favourite - the anticipation before the burst is great, and the projectile flying mostly straight but still swiveling a little is so satisfying to watch

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

Same. Love how they can tell a bit of a story when using these spells. And wish more games implement this kind of body language into their magic. That little bit can go a long way.

[@FleshWizard69420]

Do you ever just defensively sneeze a rocket at your enemy?

[@arinloche858]

I wish bloodboon functioned like how it does when you fight mohg, where it either fires in a spread for wide area coverage or in a straight line directly at your enemy, would make it more versatile and stand out.

[@warcoder]

I would be happy if we get the blood shower.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@warcoder Yes!!! I agree! That spell is so cool-looking and would be amazing for area denial in PvP.

[@journeymanofhope9866]

Y'all need to use blood flame talons possibly most underrated roll catching tool ever considering u roll left or right u get hit instead of making them roll backwards

[@warcoder]

@@journeymanofhope9866 it would great if there was an ash of war version for claw weapons

[@KeDe1606]

@@warcoder iirc, „Claws“ is the only weapon type that doesn’t have any unique weapons/Ashes of War. So fromsoft could‘ve either given us a Mohg-themed claw weapon with the Bloodflame Talon AoW, or they could’ve given us a Bloodflame Talon AoW, akin to Astel with Waves of Darkness

[@psychopath682]

You could have split the schools like Haima, karolos and olivinus. Their spell types are very different and could stand their ground by their own. Some classes can even get individual boosts. Like the majority of karolos spells (comet etc.) are boosted by the azur helmet and the majority of olivinus (star shower etc.) by lusat's. Glint blades and carian swords are technically also two different categories, but I understand where you're coming from.

[@TheWallaB]

WOW that intro skit was shot and edited super well! I'm new to the channel, but I think I'm sticking around after this one.

[@darkmatter69420]

Gravity is my personal favorite right now when you include weapon magic. Waves of darkness helps out a ton for rot dogs and other enemies. You'll take a hit or two in the initial slam. But the third stagger takes out small enemies and will leave harder ones wide open for a double slam. I use it on great stars.

[@Sparking_Ram]

My first playthrough was a dual blood dagger thief but I brought gravity spells in simply because they're really cool. Being a blender that everyone is afraid to approach is really fun but it's more fun being a blender that you can't escape from.

[@estonia4202]

man just puts TOO much effort into his videos like god damn why are they this good

[@SuitorASMR]

with Crystal Torrent i killed my first Elden Beast so it kinda has a special place in my heart

[@patrickkilduff5272]

'my first Elden Beast' makes is sounds like there is a bunch of them running around in the woods or something...haha. 'Its coming right for us!'

[@JkittycatTheDork]

A friend and I ran over half of our first playthrough as Ordovis and Siluria for funsies (I as our tanky frontliner and him as a caster with a spear) and those Crucible spells work extremely well as utility for a melee build. Bonus points to the horn for being the best anti-invader tool I had, because nobody expected the boring sword & board guy to suddenly charge them at the speed of sound.

[@Sebax9000]

I love how you found your niche in "Elden Ring Advanced classes" type videos and created who you are from there. I hope you catch your sense of humor, timing, editing style, and take it beyond just Elden Ring. You will eventually go dry on this, but that's okay! You have the personality and potential to go nuts in a different direction. Go with what you can do well, with what you love to work with. Don't limit yourself! You got this! Best of luck, Rusty

[@cigeater5740]

He was doing Hollow Knight before this, he'll most likely cover Silksong when it releases. I think he'll be alright.

[@robertpaulson5095]

I love the intro, it’s hilarious

[@UltimateZephead]

It’s funny you should say that you can make a build based on the cold sorceries because that’s just what I did (and it’s not a snow witch). I made a Santa build using cold and night sorceries, and also used St. Trina’s sword for the sleep effect. It’s a lot of fun

[@JkittycatTheDork]

A note on the frenzy spells: the basic-seeming Flame of Frenzy spell only gains some range and AOE from charging. If you insta-cast it repeatedly for as long as you can without going insane it does amazing poise damage. If you can get close enough to Malenia without dying to fire it off 2 or 3 times in a row she WILL stagger.

[@JkittycatTheDork]

Also, Frenzied Burst doesn’t trigger auto-dodges, so you can smack Malenia in the face from range. I actually didn’t realize she dodged spells until I was helping a friend kill her.

[@ghostl3]

I actually really like how you do sponsors. I can't tell you why, but most of the time they don't feel intrusive like others. Y'know, despite the whole bit

[@ghostl3]

@@Rusty3 BOT BOT BOT

[@sclafantasy]

Oracular bubble (big bubble spell) can be spam casted right before several main bosses spawn and then will insta delete the boss when they appear in the bubble explosion. Pretty underrated spell in pve tbh

[@f8ze304]

Hey Rusty just wanted to say your a really underrated KZbinr and editing is getting better. Keep up the good work!

[@meh7348]

I love the crystal shotgun barrage for a spellblade kinda build, incredible for staggering and does brilliant damage close up.

[@shinyguiltforest3281]

Giantsflame take thee is hilarious in PvE. If you can knock an enemy down with it, you can stun lock them into a loop of repeated explosions, tossing them like a ragdoll across the room.

[@whoisj]

:+1: for that intro alone man, good stuff!

[@nophion2-electricboogaloo647]

And now you can finally rank every enemy in the game. That wont be miserable, not at all. :) No, but for real, your videos have been very entertaining lately. I like the combination of dry humor and genuine guide you are going for.

[@EvilExcalibur]

Prepare for crab

[@austini.5262]

@@EvilExcalibur be wary of crab but also Death.

[@EvilExcalibur]

@@austini.5262 Crab therefore despair

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Honestly this just made me think we should have a category of spells that I'm going to refer to as primer spells. You prep the spell beforehand and then you can cast it instantly within a given time (10 seconds or so to encourage you to use it but punish you for waiting

[@SkulkingFox]

It makes me mad that some people rank the gravel stone seal so low in incantation seal lists, because it buffs one of the best schools of magic in the game. Getting up to 8k damage with a single ancient dragon lightning strike is like dps heroin

[@Lowlightt]

The problem with the gravel stone seal is that even with the buff it gives its still weaker than some other seals depending on your stats.

[@Just_B0red]

@@Lowlightt I mean majority of the people run 1 unleveled and 1 leveled seal, depending of your faith you either run 2x seal for type you want to buff, or 1x buff seal and 1x erdtree seal

[@Autismo_the_Impaler]

@@Just_B0red pretty much true.though I have a +25 gravel stone seal the incantation scaling started to fall off drastically compared to the erdtree seal at 90 faith because i always run a mixture of dragon cult/communion the gravel stone seal just didn't cut it anymore but it is very very good when using it on the offhand with the erdtree seal

[@Naruto735]

LOVE the bioshock-esque intro. Awesome!

[@ForeverLaxx]

The Crucible Tail is a great setup tool for Dragon Maw and somewhat fits the aesthetic to boot.

[@jonathan-tomathanhouser6866]

Have you seen the combo for pvp with the bubble. You cast the multiple bubbles then use the tree sentinel shield to put out many high damage projectiles from deflecting your own spells

[@thomasroman7011]

I've found frost witch, flame monk, carian knight, frenzied flame and dragon incanter to be the most fun magic/faith builds for me. It's so easy to tweek these builds into hybrids for more variety as well to deal with a wider variety of situations, but I'm also only a couple lvls away from max so stats aren't really a concern for me like they were at the start.

[@thehighwayman3122]

Something even more infuriating about the Aberrant Sorceries(the two Briar spells) is that, in addition to scaling purely off Faith, they also have the most support equipment in game, with the Staff of the Guilty providing a 20% boost and the Alberich's set giving 5% per piece sans boots, resulting in a 35% total boost when equipped with everything, which is irritating to say the least. However, in terms of sheer WTF levels of boost, then it doesn't get better than Night and Gravity Sorceries. Each of their respective staffs(Staff of Loss and Meteorite Staff) provide a 30% boost, meaning that, if you can get a second copy of each staff(attained via either NG+ or someone dropping them for you) you can have a whopping 60% boost.

[@athmil8302]

Tibia summons has been buffed so many time now and still somehow remains absolutely terrible. That’s actually pretty impressive

[@zenmode3125]

This was the best bit/intro/ad mix I've seen in a while

[@kamionero]

The Raya Lucaria PSA was brilliant. I need more like that

[@nicko0904]

I've found a way to make Explosive Ghostflame work really well in PVP and PVE which is just casting Black Flame Ritual beforehand. BFR can obscure me while casting EGF which can catch people off guard in PVP and in PVE BFR can keep enemies staggered so I won't be interrupted while casting EGF.

[@Jopeymessmusic]

Oh, that is a good mix up! Definitely yoinking it to try!

[@nicko0904]

@@Jopeymessmusic BFR is also a good way to cast Radagon's Ring of Light without interruptions. Caught a few people with it in PVP too, not a guarantee hit but it helps getting the cast out.

[@nathreetimesnineequalstwen7172]

Black Flame Ritual is my favorite spell due to the play patterns it offers. Thank you for another!

[@Jopeymessmusic]

@@nicko0904 I've been trying a few AOE spells in PvP the last few months but was using the leaden hardtear to tank the interrupt potential. Using other spells to mask them is something I genuinely hadn't considered, lol.

[@canadiangopnik7007]

frenzied burst also has what is maybe the best range in the game (for a spell), travels crazy fast, and has some pretty decent damage, those annoying ass birds in that one part of Farum Azula? there's no better choice than sniping them from a safe distance with frenzied burst, it hasn't left my loadout even once since I got it

[@parleyeon7951]

This might be one of the very few videos where I didn't skip the sponsor. That segue was just beautiful

[@_sandy_]

18:54 that sound effect/rating timing with the spell was great i was yawning through most of this video, but it was a good video nonetheless keep up the great content!

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

In your thumbnail you’re missing two 1. The death sorceries symbol of Godwyn 2. The symbol of storm-veil castle magic (yes there is a symbol for it in the files)

[@stormdragon2529]

the dragon lightning incantations are my favourite type of magic in the game. visually the most impressive but its a bit lame that a lot of them do similar things. summon lightning bolts individually or multiple around you or in front of you. i'd love to have an incantation that lets me chain lightning multiple oponnents or shoot lightning from my hands like surge o flame

[@AzathothLives]

That intro was freaking amazing, though. I love the old timey infomercial style of it.

[@futuristicbus61]

The editing on these videos never fails to amuse me, like the bits that are fast forwarded

[@user-jw3us7dy6f]

rusty getting that war thunder bag, respect.

[@kylegivens3120]

This was actually very informative. I just stabbed everything with pointy sticks and called it a day. I didn't dip into magic at all lol.

[@jonboeck4467]

Something to be reminded though is darkness also makes enemies able to be backstabbed as they lose track and awareness of you, if you're running a critical build or any kind of like backstab potential, this becomes a very fun spell making multiple enemies lose track of you while being able to chain backstab through them

[@jenaesingh7598]

This was great thank you, currently going thru the game as a mage so seeing all of my options laid out like this will def help me with my build

[@Jago-pl7op]

I'm loving the colloseums. I use incantations and powerstance two cross naginatas. I don't know why but I'm getting a lot of matches at level 286. I thought the meta level was 150 to 200.

[@holyspear26]

Meta is 125-150 or, more specifically, those are the first two meta ranges. But there are large groups of people come back to the game for the coliseum and those people don’t care about meta levels. In a week or so, it will slow down for you. If you decide you really like pvp, go past 300 since after 300 you can match with anybody up to max level. Or start a new character and take him to level 137, so you can fight both 125s and 150s where everyone is

[@grey-1206]

One thing about the darkness spell is it allows you to backstab enemies for free because they completely lose track of you.

[@alexandersen1372]

One thing i will say with bigger bubble is that because it stops and hangs in the air you can send a couple down range to stop in front of the target enemy then hit them with another bubble/lorettas and watch then turn and move into the bigger bubble. its a fucking trap setting magic and i love it. When i finish my incantation run (Run 2, run 1 was general mage build [Minimal melee]) i might do challenge runs of sorc, though i would probably try and put 2-3 schools together unless they are large.

[@just_bladeok2041]

i love the magic in this game all the variety and animations for the spells look amazing

[@entombedentity7059]

I'm still pissed that we don't have an ancient dragons honed bolt (and more pissed the dragon sentinel and beastmen have it) or the banished knights fire breath. These should've been no brainers.

[@Tsukuyomi500]

Just in time for my lunch break bayBEEEE

[@Cosmic-Sorceress-17]

Pretty accurate summary of the game's spells I think: a lot of the more specialized ones like frost, Death, Magma, and Madness just need more spells to work with. What we have is great, but as someone who tends to pick a magic type and glue myself to using that subtype, the lack of variety cripples the gameplay of builds I love in concept. I could never land the meteor spells for the life of me, but I still love them if I think they could use some better tracking, range so they don't just fly into the ground in front of me, or a spell that works like how the Onyx Lords use meteorite. Crystal sorceries are some of my favorites, blending nicely with Academy and Carian to keep aggressive enemies and players off of me: Crystal Torrent needs improvement, though. All in all, any new spell in any school would be an improvement: I will say with lightning that especially due to the lightning scaling difference... Lightning is great, but is just missing something I can't quite place. I wish we had more enemy magic attacks we could use ourselves, as this could expand a lot of schools in many ways. Also, the voice in the intro is about how I picture my sorceress character sounding. Perfectly in character, too.

[@RommelStorm]

That intro was so beautifully done that it almost made me do a sorcery build.

[@POKEMONMASTER939]

An actual proper intro gasp

[@whale605]

So excited to see more of this game. Looking forward especially on the Orthodox Rabbi Bill Clinton DLC. Can't wait!

[@picklerobertson5807]

16:54 The tail excels at pushing things off cliffs. Spamming the charged tail to push the npc adversaries makes getting the Great-Jar Arsenal a cinch.

[@Phlutdroid8]

Absolutely got me hooked attention after that intro that was reminiscent of Bioshock! Very nice.

[@cerealstudios]

HI RUSTYYY

[@Sir_Danks-A-Lot]

Helloo Rusty!

[@spce4967]

Holy shit, it actually worked

[@Rusty._]

Would you believe me if I told you this vid had already been in my pipeline for a solid week?

[@spce4967]

@@Rusty._ Something something "great minds think alike" Great vid! Love your content!!

[@T4RN15H3D]

I actually recently just switched to a Snow Witch build. And I have never looked back since.

[@asgarzigel]

Another point in favor of the frenzied flame incantations is that the eye beam has a fairly high range, especially for an incantation. You can pretty easily snipe enemies from afar with this.

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

The most disappointing spells for me are certainly the aberrant (self explanatory) and death sorceries as well as red lighting incantations. The first two just do no damage despite insane stat requirements for them to even work (explosive ghost flame is horrendous, no hyper armor and minimal damage). The dragon spells seem like just worse versions of previous games lightning spells. Lightning stake and sunlight spear where great where Lannseax glaive and fortissax lightning spears AoEs hit like water, are super slow and even if they do land, still underwhelming and easily dodgeable. If they where faster then maybe they’d work but until then…

[@onlyprizesgiveaway]

We are 100% Trust Worthy due to all our conversations here is been recorded and published out there to avoid any fraudulent activities….

[@dawnweaver2529]

do you like planes

[@HunterShad]

I like trains.

[@davidbilgic4553]

This videos gives me motivation to play a magic build after my current ng+

[@isuccnewton2654]

the fundamentalist incantations are actually quite nice to use with the sword of night and flame.a faith and intelligence split is actually quite fun

[@klavendal]

Sometimes I just put on these videos on in the background because I like listening to this man talk about things I don’t understand

[@eggmug562]

22:13 oh with blood boon it takes your angle into account. If you aim it high you can actually get it to splash up a bit and if you move or angle while casting it can hit a wider area. It's really versatile and the blood flame pools stay for a decent amount of time. Reaaally good against the giant sea creatures in the consecrated snow field

[@ExitusPax]

Love the video! The only thing I'd like to add is that the Darkness incantation has a bit more potential than you may think. In addition to blinding enemies, it opens them up to sneak attacks as if they were unaware of your presence, increasing your damage. This lets you land some free backstabs. I tend to use it less as an escape tool and more of a Crowd Control Tool. If you are good at positioning, you can easily score a backstab on two targets caught in it. Combining it with the Assassin's Cerulean Dagger Talisman causes it to restore slightly more FP than you spent on it as long as you backstab two targets, enabling you to do a vicious cycle of Darkness > Backstab > Backstab > Repeat if you are good, with virtually no FP cost due to the Talisman. I do this frequently on tightly packed rooms where I know enemies will corner me. I know it's a niche spell that does niche things, but I thought it was pretty cool.

[@ghostboy463]

Thank you for also appreciating the power that is Dragon Communion Incantations My strongest build, and first build I ever made, was a Strength build that I later added the incantations to and it shred through all of the bosses in NG+1 and 2. Even Melania couldn't handle it because frost damage breaks her hyper armor invincibility.

[@lol_histicall4289]

For me dragon cult takes the cake here not only does it have incantations but many insane ash of wars that give lightning damage aswell and you can easily do a lightning nagakiba build or use spear of granseax + placidusax thrusting sword since both of those ash of wars are also incredibly useful there’s just so much you can do and since lightning synergies with dexterity you can also smack in a hand of malenia in there if you want to make fighting multiple enemies easier than fighting one

[@eggmug562]

13:57 you forgot to mention how flame of the fell god is a great counter to fast moving low poise enemies like black knife assassins. Heck it can knock over just about anything that isn't a troll

[@eclipsedsanity9390]

Honestly major kudos to the effort you put in to make that awesome advertisement for Raya Lucaria at the beginning of this vid. 👏

[@Falx415]

Neat thing about the Poison Mist Incantation, and perhaps all Mist Spells and Incantations, you can use it/them while crouched and without alerting enemies. So if you don't mind waiting for poison to kill a foe, you can just poison them and hide and wait, go get a sandwich or something. Pretty neat if you've been through the ringer, out of flasks and have a chunky boy in your way and you've made too much progress to turn back.

[@akagurob1ack160]

The intro just gave me the bioshock and bioshock 2 days from my childhood I love 50s inspired intros 💜

[@sarunokoguard211]

Crucible Horns is one of my favorite incantations as a caster. It's a perfect ragdoll and getaway and it deals a lot of damage.

[@leonardomcbride1051]

Honestly this whole opening was a vibe thank you!!!

[@ThreeGoddesses]

Darkness works AMAZINGLY well with the black bow and any high damage bow ash of war. Set up the smog, and they literally cant see you shoot your bow if your positioned right. Makes for some surprisingly easy free hits.