Testing EVERY HAND-TO-HAND WEAPON for your enthusiasm (Elden Ring DLC)

[@Scoliosistic]

Everybody was KUNG FU FIGHTING

[@markgallagher1790]

Those moves were fast as lightning

[@Goblinboyo162]

In fact, it was a little bit frightening

[@ShadowmanJaxson]

But they had expert timing.

[@darknashgaming752]

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[@Ihatedrake-z7g]

Extremely missed opportunity to not have a somber version of these that gives you the Horaoh Loux style of fighting

[@monkwashere]

Would be amazing

[@littlesneets8026]

me thinks there is potential for a second DLC. someone made a case to say that there's two "ring" emotes that look as though they fit in the symbol of the elden ring rune. Shadow of the Erdtree introduced us new weapons, it's possible we may see either new weapon types in a second DLC, or a few additions to the new weapon types.

[@MinervaNeuhart]

​@@littlesneets8026Miyazaki already said in an interview that shadow of the erdtree will be the only DLC

[@DreyfusLagoon]

@@littlesneets8026I hope not. I hope they’re working on a new game with more expansive multiplayer system

[@LeFork756]

„True warriors arts“

[@alpha00zero]

Footwork has a slight edge over Dryleaf Arts because it benefits from Shattered Stone Talisman has most of its moveset is kicks, so if you want to squeeze out an extra 10% out of it.

[@rm2569]

Also the divine bird warrior greaves

[@alpha00zero]

@@rm2569 Oh really? I never had them drop for me but that's neat!

[@jettisonantics]

Also, it's bugged(?) and it's guard counter hits twice, compared to the dryleaf arts.

[@ShinnyMetal]

To note the buff only applies to attacks with the "bullets" (e.i. heavy attacks) so the light attacks do not get buffed

[@jettisonantics]

@@ShinnyMetal yes, they do.

[@Thekanaryhill]

such a shame that we didn't get a hand to hand weapon from the dancing lion remembrance, the perfect boss to give one

[@alfa9260]

Agreed

[@liorgoldshtein2373]

that is a VERY cool idea

[@mydrillasanjay5397]

The remembrance rewards for that boss were so underwhelming

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@mydrillasanjay5397 they were very important, though - expanding on stuff from base game that really needed it.

[@TFGRhinehart]

The drawback of Palm Blast is that it's very telegraphed, so most people aren't gonna run straight into it in a one-on-one setting. Great for PVE and chaotic invasions, though.

[@grabs_you5954]

the telegraph is obvious but as with any ash of war its on you to time it

[@Foxtail190]

You say that but then they spend their time trying to stun you out of it lmao

[@JudgeNicodemus]

You'd be surprised how stupid some people are.

[@TFGRhinehart]

@@JudgeNicodemus No, not really. I know some people do get hit with it, but again, there aren't THAT many in the arena who would. Not saying they don't exist, there just aren't enough to make it practical to rely on.

[@calebheisserer5391]

Not uncharged tho, it’s a great mix up. Use it to trade into someone. No one expects the surprise hyper armor

[@sleddeddson6643]

People have already mentioned the shattered discus talisman for extra damage for dane's footwork but I believe there's a leg piece from some of the horned warriors which also give you increase kick damage.

[@monkwashere]

@@sleddeddson6643 Divine warrior legs with claw feet i think lol

[@ZeNN.47]

@@monkwashere yeah the ones where you look like large chicken! :D

[@james737er]

fromsoft said the new weapons were a high point of the dlc i think. they’re cool weapons but damn they only added 2 of the most unique weapon class we’ve seen so far

[@spod5849]

The maddened and poisoned hand should 100% have been hand to hand arts, do people even like using the base game fists?

[@ZeNN.47]

@@spod5849 yeah, Poisoned Hand in left hand for the poison damage buff.

[@aidanhayes3571]

I think the martial arts are somewhat more understandable in regards to that issue because keep in mind that the only real way to differentiate them from each other is for each one to have an entirely or at least mostly unique moveset.

[@-willowthewisp-]

@aidanhayes3571 the poison and madding hand could've both used the basic Dryleaf moveset with their unique AoWs and properties. I don't think qnyone would've complained.

[@GurenPlasma]

WTF, Monk using actual monk fighting?

[@Mikael_Ore]

I know right? I waited so long for this!

[@frozenyeet]

these hands were made for throwing, and that's just what i'll do. better watch out before these hands end up all over you

[@motivepigeon]

I really recommend if you use whirlwind to use a bleed build with it, and also use shard of Alex, Mels hand, exaltation, and shattered stone with the multi hit cracked tear. Shattered stone talisman only works on martial moves that use feet, and oddly enough the blooms twice ashe of war. I've gotten a lot of multi hits against aggressive duo/trio's because of its wide arcs and it really ramps up the damage in one cast, especially if bleed proc's which usually happens after a solid hit with the ashe of war. I'm posting a build on it this week for the footwraps :) also the hand wraps have less poise, and range compared to the footwraps but are quicker, but because of the shattered stone talisman, its really hard to debate using the handwraps vs the footwraps

[@Imkindagood75]

Can't wait to see the rest of the updated tests.

[@mushroomclouds9000]

Testing all both of them lets go! I like running fire or flame art palm blast for a falcon punch.

[@alfa9260]

For everyone interested in the pve potential of this weapons just know that dryleaf whirlwind can stun lock enemies like banished knights or basically any knight and also small bosses like malenia although she can dodge it

[@smokinggnu6584]

Honestly, these are so good. Using a new mage character, i used these to one-shot the malformed sentinal in farum azula without casting magic (cold affinity) and using the whirlwind. I was absolutely stunned that i'd managed that.

[@leonardoross3101]

Bro is a mixture of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, + an immaculate drip

[@ZeNN.47]

mostly Steven Seagal...

[@thatlittlemonstrosity]

ngl I wish madding hand and poison hand were hand to hand combat too. They added a weapon type that is basically fighting gloves and added two new gloves that are just a normal fist weapon. That really disappointed me

[@stuffilike6755]

So far I've had the most fun by running both arts, one with the whirlwind kick/cold and the other with poison/athletes foot bloom kick, and switch off between the two to keep them on their toes.

[@genghiskhan6809]

"Who wants to touch my feet?" -Monk

[@dompolcari5865]

A pretty strong way to build Danes Footwork is to use the Whirlwind AoW and bleed affinity. For talismans run Shard of Alexander, Lord of Bloods Exultation, Shattered Stone Talisman, and either Millicent's Prosthesis or Rotten Winged Sword Insignia. For your Physick use Thorny Cracked Tear and Bloodsucking Cracked Tear. Lastly use the Rakshasa's armor set except for the greaves, use the Divine Bird Warrior Greaves instead(yes I know they look hideous but they give a dmg boost to all kicking attacks). Have fun trying this out and let me know your thoughts on the build.

[@lHAZ4RD]

I'm guessing cold. Probably won't be a shocker

[@Ironfist_Alexander45]

Danes set kinda reminds me of the interior ninjas from sekiro if you remove the hat

[@zeterzero4356]

7:18 THAT'S JUST A RIDER KICK! They even exploded afterwards! AAAAAAH!

[@Jblank1016]

Kinda sad we didnt even get a somber one of these. My biggest fantasy would've been one that was just straight Boxing lol. Let me become Dudley from Street Fighter and just box a black knight lmao.

[@Pezantri]

Now that I've played a good way into the dlc myself, I gotta say that acquiring Dryleaf Arts was one of the coolest little sidebits in the dlc

[@pockystyx4087]

only missing thing is the hadouken that the bone fists had from DkS2, and the Shinryuken Alexander could do in his fights.

[@RayPoreon]

The one-handed heavys of these are pretty solid by the way. The 1h running heavy is a dropkick, while the dryleaf arts 1h heavy is a side kick that has decent range.

[@O-M-0]

I can't stop hearing "Dryly Farts"

[@sparklepawz1185]

These honestly work the best on bleed, poison, or cold infusion. Even with the best stat distribution they won’t deal a ton of damage but they attack quick enough to proc status effects in seconds. Bleed especially is pretty powerful.

[@sebleonard8273]

Bleed Dryleaf art goes crazy. Bleeds proc so fast, it's ridiculous. Haven't played around much with Dane's art

[@Pimpratt]

For my dryleaf arts I ran flame art with palm blast, I used it becuase the faith was nice for casting buffs, I was able to 1st try radagon and elden beast with it, and it is my favorite build I've done

[@darkenedhonor9446]

I made a Tifa Lockhart build with the Dryleaf fists. Palm blast works well for her "Final Heaven" limit.

[@lunalvarocha5183]

Also, you feeling for Dane's having slight extra range is true. It does on the startup hits of the light combo if I'm not mistaken.

[@rafalst]

You forgot that the danes footwork "jump" kicks also benefits from the shattered stone talisman and other jump buffs

[@erliqwen2306]

Dry leaf whirlwind can can boosted by the kicking and stomping talisman for some extra damage ( I think all of Dane’s footwork kick attacks are boosted but not entirely sure)

[@scoutszewc8989]

You can use the shattered stone talisman to boost dryleaf whirlwind so it gets just as good of a buff as palm blast

[@BarsusDraco]

I hope they'll add some realistic (kick)boxing hand-to-hand weapon weapons too. Kind of want just straight jabs and crosses with simple low-kicks. That would truly be the perfect quality build. No armor, only some pants and gauntlets.

[@mushroomy9899]

The Hands Between was never the same after the shattering of marikas entire rib cage

[@johnskelington]

I would've loved if they picked 2 moves from Dane's Footwork and put them into a stance Ash of War that worked on all weapons.

[@Luna_nyxborn]

If you put one in both hands and power stance them I believe you get a different attack strain that incorporates both

[@Mikael_Ore]

You missed some weapos that also count in the hand-to-hand category, also with hitboxes we confirmed that footwork has more range than normal dryleaf arts!

[@taco_bender]

Something I wish was a thing, would be a wing chun variant that if you spam light you would do the rolling punches

[@loothhussainfazeel855]

That as an ash would go hard

[@plaguegoose596]

Weird that no one has mentioned that dryleaf whirlwind gives a buff to kicking attacks, if you used Danes footwork it is a pretty helpful buff.

[@Coker1181]

Uploaded 48 seconds ago 😎 perfect time for lunch!! Thank you Mr monk for the content!! Love the videos

[@loothhussainfazeel855]

I wish we got the divine beast's elemental attacks in both incant and ash for form. Remembrance should've given a hand-to-hand art that was dancing lion moveset and a seal that boosted this theoretical incant type.

[@samfish2550]

I feel like the footwork should have had a small kick/stomp attack buff while the dry leaf arts got a similar buff to attacks that strike with your hands.

[@Braviski]

Dryleaf whirlwind is for status buildup, palm blast is for raw damage.

[@mattiasxxxx7096]

12:20 i fought that same Opponent yesterday

[@bepkororoti8019]

blood affinity is so nice on these

[@shinobiofashina2168]

I do think if we got a slower Moveset that focused on strong individual attacks that did have hyper armour and good poise damage they would be all you would see in duels and I wouldn't mind

[@degenerate3634]

I personally like to powerstance them so I can swap ashes mid fight for added flexibility since both dryleafs are similar

[@sharko6420]

babe wake up monk posted!

[@alfieswift2585]

fromsoft had a big miss not allowing storm blade on the dryleaf arts

[@eligreg99]

Yeah it needs more range attacks ngl

[@nova33345]

don't sleep on the cold affinity, the buildup is nuts

[@thomasmarston1078]

did you know you can sort of powerstance them? have one type in each hand and you get a duel wield kit of mixed kicks and punches!

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

I absolutely love Poison Flower Blooms Twice. The benefit of Poison is that it does a lot of damage over a long period of time. However, the major drawback of Poison is that it does a lot of damage over a long period of time, but PFBT turns it into burst damage like Bleed. Also, unlike Bleed, the Poison status sticks around after it's triggered, which means talismans like Rot Exultation can't proc often, but since PFBT clears the status, they can proc repeatedly. Poison Flower Blooms Twice basically turns Poison into Bleed 2, it's fantastic.

[@Yela_indi]

How can this be for my enthusiasm if I HATED the video? Liked and subscribed.

[@bobajeens6029]

I’m surprised that dry leaf whirlwind isn’t called Footwork Whirlwind since you kick

[@RDbKT]

It would be so sick if the crouch/roll attack was an uppercut bro

[@eligreg99]

I hope they drop a free mini weapon DLC and bring us more hands. 🙌🏾

[@MageWarren]

Dry Lee Farts are dope

[@derenkorchinski4866]

Nice work with the videos

[@rm2569]

Also, dane's footwork guard counter hits twice for a lot of damage.

[@RubbishGamePlay]

These things work with any build as a great way to catch people off guard or stack status quick. That being said do you intend on doing a video with all the new pots eventually?

[@HonorKnights-hq1xq]

I'm surprised it took you so long. Your name is Monk.

[@NeedsContent]

3:30 is that dude using the Fire Knight's Greatsword?

[@vein.fm_hxcfemboy]

why not use shattered stone talisman on danes footwork?

[@monkwashere]

Lowkey forgot about it during recording, also does the talisman affect the normal attacks? Or would it only affect Dryleaf Whirlwind in this case?

[@vein.fm_hxcfemboy]

@@monkwashere yeah it buffs the r1/r2 attacks

[@wanderer202]

@@monkwashere Any kicks, including the light and heavy ones. Jump attacks are also kicks on both sets, so can be used well with curved sword and raptor's feathers for big damage jump attacks. And the one hand guard counter on both is also a kick if you're running a guard counter build but want a unique weapon for it. Last one is pretty niche, though. They also are very very light weapons and could do well on a Blue Dancer build.

[@hesselbroekman434]

I think monk should do a greatsword remake.

[@KashimoJoestar]

what if monk was called monkey and flung poop everywhere instead of testing weapons for me? Ever considered that? huh?

[@H4v0c_13]

but can you power stance with each one? would be sick to be able to use both

[@dustdevilgaming7998]

9:07 I do I do! 🤤

[@anuragaggarwal9668]

WoooHooOo! You uploaded

[@stupidstone3049]

drop the drip bro

[@EveezomberYoutuber]

I should use seamless coop pvp trust me it’s a healthy experience

[@cannedtunareal]

we got sanji in elden ring YIPPIE

[@marceresrellios1600]

I swear you could use both of these weapons and get a unique moveset?? Am I wrong?

[@Pillowcasethegreat]

The poise damage of these weapons are broken in PVP they should be doing about double the poise damage they are doing now

[@gabeperras3711]

I wouldn't say palm blast is broken since it's so slow it's kinda your fault for letting yourself get hit by it

[@Sir-Vesh]

The uncharged is good as well tho Since it also has hyperarmour

[@thedragoninside0921]

How do you have infinity Bobules?

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

WHY IS THERE ONLY 2 FROMSOFT?!?!?!?!?

[@Data_Redacted_T.S]

Day 7 of asking for a Messmer cosplay video.

[@CrossShot225]

I hated using these from start to finish on the base game, they are a lot slower than I thought they going to be. It is nearly impossible to kill Rykard with these without heavy overleveling

[@Sir-Vesh]

You aren't supposed to use these for Rykard There is something called "serpent hunter"

[@munkeybrainz9049]

Buddy you are not fighting Rykard correctly

[@CrossShot225]

@@munkeybrainz9049 by not playing in bitch mode? You want me to use the serpent hunter or bloodhound’s fang in a hand to hand ONLY run?

[@Sir-Vesh]

If you are doing a challenge run with this Then don't complain about the one boss who is designed to be fought a certain way. And why even bring BF when none of us even talked about it. You say you hated the weapon from start to end of the base game but then you talk about the one boss which is hard for any challenge build which doesn't use serpent hunter and isn't playing range.

[@CrossShot225]

@@Sir-Vesh rykards boss fight is mediocre and I have killed him with daggers and fists. The problem is the lava is constantly staggering and can’t even get a full combo and even if I try to do a jumping heavy somehow the lava hits me and interrupts the second kick thus cutting the damage output by half. NO WEAPON had that issue as bad as the hand to hands. And I play Elden ring for the sake of the challenge so I’m never going use that cheat weapon against an easy boss

[@jordancameron7579]

These do need a buff

[@wanderer202]

They really don't. They apply conditions very fast, they do decent enough damage for a fast attack weapon, and they can be buffed to apply conditions even faster, do a fairly good jump attack build, or do 8k palm strikes that give you extremely high hyper armor with 25% damage reduction with 20-36 stance damage as well. They are very light weight and synergize well with Blue Dancer talisman as a result, their jump attacks are dual kicks so can benefit from not only curved sword talisman and raptor's feathers on jump attacks, they also benefit from divine bird legs and shattered stone talisman. And they do decent poise damage on top.

[@jordancameron7579]

@@wanderer202 they just got buffed today on the poise damage so I’ll have to test. But these as a main weapon before we’re very underpowered when compared to most weapons in PvP. Because of the low poise damage/ damage on the normal attacks there was no trade potential. A close range weapon like this has to be able pressure to be respected but if someone has on heavy armor they can basically walk through 2 heavy strings and 4 light strings. The start-up on the weapon is slower than most even though the attack quickly so close range you’ll get staggered before you can attack in neutral. I’m not saying they’re bad just they need a buff to really be competitive. I think the poise damage buffs on 1.13 will help a lot. But, it comes down to the amount of pressure you can put on an enemy with such a short range weapon

[@jordancameron7579]

@@wanderer202 and where can you buff these? I’m pretty sure grease don’t work on them

[@wanderer202]

@@jordancameron7579 flame grant me strength and golden vow still work fine, especially if you run flame affinity. They don't take weapon buffs but do plenty of damage without them. They're far from the only weapons that don't take weapon buffs and lots of those are considered strong enough also.

[@wanderer202]

@@jordancameron7579 in pvp I've found that jump attacks are the most effective strategy with them overall. Plenty of people get caught by the second hit even if they don't get caught by the first. If you have decent timing with your perfect guards using the new deflecting hard tear, they do pretty good damage with the guard counter as well. Otherwise, I have not had much issue with them on a strength dex split build up to NG +5 as a main weapon, though I did respec into a frost build on +4. I've also run them with whirlwind on bleed but I feel like beast claws are better for that setup.

[@Freakimaru]

🤜

[@user-li3gc1vm9z]

I cant Put fire or Something Like cold on them idk why

[@jofuadveturer1885]

What chestpeice is he wearing

[@Ironfist_Alexander45]

The ronin chest piece

[@lorie-135]

u can actually powerstance these

[@lorie-135]

oh nvm

[@Merciful_Widow]

I really hope theres another dlc around the corner Even if its only a quarter of the size of sote for about 15-20 id be happy because we need more of each new weapon class, and also to clarify some story stuff man

[@Maiq484]

New video ❤

[@majorkhajiit]

Dryly farts

[@ProtoPerson]

I was so incredibly disappointed that we didn't get more hand-to-hand content. 2 "weapons" with the exact same stats and slightly different stats, amazing.

[@qeter129]

Nope go back and do it again. Get patched on.

[@Bug-Intercourser]

so miffed that these are clearly PVP oriented weapons, they're kinda dookie dogwater in PVE

[@Ironfist_Alexander45]

I dunno if you devote to them they are pretty powerful they got me through the base game and dlc

[@ZeNN.47]

They're fun and effective but I like to see the blade(s)....

[@loganthorne9849]

Dryly farts