Recording summary · July 2024
Elden Ring DLC -5 of the Best STRONGEST NEW BUILDS After Nerfs (Shadow of the Erdtree Patch 1.12.3)
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Overview
Daniel showcases Elden Ring builds for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC following patch updates, beginning with the Stormblade Ash of War as a strong ranged option and adjusting buffs toward magic over fire affinity.
Daniel tests Kow-Toa's Resentment on the Gazing Finger for high magic area-of-effect damage, and demonstrates the Claws of Night with Scattershot highlighting its rapid hits and shotgun-like spread.
Daniel tests the Ancient Meteoric Ore Sword with magic boosts, utilizing its charging skill and heavy stagger potential before confirming its innate Ash of War affinity cannot be modified, and concludes with the Madding Hand using fire buffs as an alternative to Dryleaf Arts.
Themes
Stormblade Ash of War setup, including comparisons of fire versus magic buffs and seeking high ranged damage.
Remembrance mechanics and missing the wind attack-boosting talisman.
Gazing Finger weapon and Kow-Toa's Resentment skill focusing on faith scaling and magic area-of-effect damage.
Claws of Night equipped with Scattershot, examining successive attack buffs, close-range spread mechanics, and health-drain risks from the Flask of Wondrous Physick.
Ancient Meteoric Ore Sword capabilities, talisman combinations, delayed skill explosion, stagger capabilities, and fixed weapon affinity.
Madding Hand unarmed combat performance, default fire damage scaling, rapid staggering, and comparison to Dryleaf Arts.
Developments
Daniel defeats enemies while testing the Stormblade Ash of War after applying Golden Vow and a flask buff.
Daniel mistakenly presses the wrong button before dealing roughly 4,000 area-of-effect damage using the Gazing Finger.
Daniel dies while fighting enemies due to the health-drain effect of the Physick flask.
Daniel uses the Ancient Meteoric Ore Sword's charge attack to knock an enemy off a ledge and subsequently retrieves dropped runes.
Daniel runs out of FP while fighting with the Ancient Meteoric Ore Sword and relies on standard attacks to stagger targets.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether the Stormblade setup actually dealt fire damage with fire affinity applied, leading to swapping to magic buffs.
The exact nature or source of the projectiles fired by the Scattershot skill on the Claws of Night.
Whether the Ancient Meteoric Ore Sword could be changed to a fire affinity, which was later determined to be impossible due to its fixed Ash of War.