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@@sam-s6oApparently those are 72 different types of spells... But you know what, they really just need to add 8 or 18 more spirits in the DLCs for that.
I'm so happy to see the Earth Wolf so high on the list. I used him one time and saw his passive and took me until near the end of Ch 3 to switch off it when I went Spellbinder.
Azure Dust has a very fun perk: Erlong won't actually do anything but be vaguely entertained by you turning into a literal fucking rock, and will just stand there as you headbutt your transformation and his poise bar away. Due to Erlongs ability and likelyhood of knocking all other transformations, it makes it the best transformation bar absolutely fucking none for him, because he literally just stops the fight if you go neanderthal and lightly chuckles as you ram into him a dozen times. Every other transformation offends him to his core, but the stone monkey turning into a rock has him going "Understandable, have a nice day"
It’s weird every other transformation he insults it the dead or makes fun of you. But when you transform into azure dust he gets almost “petty” he basically starts saying “detransforms and fight me like man” as if he throwing a trantrum while’s playing smash against his brother. Azure won me that fight
Fun fact about the Stone Monkey, the life saving thread you get in NG+ DOES work while you are him. He'll get right back up with full focus and health. However, it doesn't refill the might bar.
I've gotten so burnt out on not just souls games but hard games as a whole. However I will still watch this because Rusty is entertaining to watch. I will have absolutely no idea what he's talking about but I need something to watch.
Wukong isn't that hard for the most part. I killed most bosses in 1-3 tries. But the harder bosses will still fuck you up, so you might want to stay away from that game until you want to play a hard game again. But it's really great, I can only reccommend it.
@@techdeth I never said I was bad at games I said I'm tired of playing hard ones. I beat almost every boss in SOTE on new game +7 which means a third more health and staggering just doesn't happen. I just want to take it easy for awhile.
@@zelatoth Damn bro no one said you were bad, you got defensive so quick... Maybe you do need to step back and play some easier games, Not EVERYONE is tryna challange you.
i haven't played the game and didn't even know what the spirits or transformations were before watching this video, but i'd play a whole game as Ebon Flow that design is sick as fuck.
It is amazing. And he can block which is awesome. I wanted to use only him but the Umbral Abyss monkey transformation worked way better for me. Hits much quicker and freezes the opponent
Of all the content I've consumed over the past couple weeks about Wukong, this is by far the best, most in-depth, and what i also think to be, accurate list that I've seen. Thank you for the time that you spent putting this together.
Putting Dark Thunder at #8 is so crazy, bro is literally a god at stun-locking enemies and I'm pretty sure you can focus transfer. He deserves to be at least the top 5 or top 3.
The crow diviner actually has extremely low Qi cost so if u use the gourd that gives u Qi on sips and make a frost build u can perma stun lock enemies I saw one guy beat Erlang by spamming Crowdiviner and cloud step or Crow diviner and immobilize.
If you are able to build up 3 focus points with Yellow Loong transformation, the fully unleashed heavy attack (which can keep going for three times) will deal INSANE damage, like it would wipe half of late game boss health bar. Surprised you didn't talk about this.
Earth Wolf is my favorite spirit, used it 90% of my 3 time runs because: 1- the damage is so good when upgraded. 2- has the best passive in the game IMO, literally never run out of focus points with this i highly recommend it
So many noobs just using Wandering Wight and missing the attack half the time lmao. Meanwhile, Earth Wolf is as fast, staggers into a full knockdown most of the time, and is very accurate.
I got the Earth Wolf and used it for literally the entire game. I tried out some of the other spirits, but every time I would just go back to the Wolf. That extra focus he gives you is a god send, especially if you like using Varied Combos (which I do).
@@bpomatto But the defense passive of Wandering Wight starts becoming somewhat inconsequential towards the second half of the game since it's a flat number. Even more so in NG+ and beyond since you have a lot more versatile options with better passives
Oh, and here's another tip: The needle vessel applies the eggs from Violet Hail, so you don't even need to actually be in damage-taking range. Just pop the vessel, pop the transformation, hold the eggstab button until your HP is low, and then pop it. Enjoy remote nuking bosses with poison mines and getting your entire second healthbar refilled at range.
@elviraweekes3906 Ebon Flow, Golden Lining, and Azure Dome are so good that I've barely used anything else after obtaining them. Always looking for interesting hidden interactions like this one with the Needle and Violet Hail, though.
@@blackhat4206 The one thing I can think of is seeing whether anything has odd interactions with Pluck of Many or summon spirits. I don't think Violet Hail interacts the same way with anything other than the needle though... Which makes me suspect it's an easter egg-type thing that was specifically thrown in for lore reasons? I mean, you can't use Ring of Fire in water at all, and there are other little interactions like that based on "actually yeah that makes sense".
@@FelisImpurrator Some things I’ve noticed: Azure Dome absorbing fire and ice to change the attack buff also changes depending on whether immobilize or ring of fire is equipped. Windwalker from the Ebon Flow transformation seems slept on, as well. Gold Button is a snapshot you can unequip and retain the buff as long as you remain full health, and the potent Preservation Orb curio effect is triggered by the Incense Trail talisman. Another good combo less obvious than the Jade Moon Rabbit + Gold Sun Crow is the Deathstinger plus Rooster Blood soak dropped by Duskveil which instantly removes the poison and provides 2 buffs. Qing Tian gourd in Ng+ with the Boshan Censor curio is my new favorite combo.
The Crow diviner is actually one of the best in the game.. It carried all the way until chapter 5 (I have all kinds of chill resistance). The mist that he created are like the second inmmobilization, as long as the enemy stay in there the whole time, you can spam spin attack while gain the qi back in seconds cause they will get frosted. And then it is just infinite immobilization because it will at least frost them twice. All love and please try it urselves :)
Absolutely. Crow diviner is top 10 at minimum. Its biggest drawback (self frost) is countered by an easily craftable item with dirt cheap materials, or 100+ frost resistance through celestial pills. The only reason it isn't indisputably the best spirit in the game imo is that it doesn't physically hit anything, so it doesn't proc the golden set helm. Crow diviner is top 3 for me easily.
Yeah it's not bad It's definitely not as bad as he's saying but he's right there is better options that can charge up just as quick or maybe just a little bit longer if anything ... The falcon hermit, and the aparamana bat .. The bat is great, The only issue is there's no passive attached to it which kind of sucks ... But all three is like having a second immobilize
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Ashen Slumber is the best spirit in the game for exactly one thing... Grinding enough sparks to justify actually investing in any other transformation. Just running up to a bunch of spider sacks and exploding over and over pays for other, better transformations eventually.
Putting horse guy so low is criminal, he's basically the only one I used late game because using the flame ring was just so good with it, you could manage to pop 4! of his rings off and the lightning hits stagger enemies.
1:52 genuinely the most insane placement for the spirit I used for the whole playthru u can just spam it while getting ur relic back if u spin to win on the enemy also never had trouble getting a freeze it is rather annoying that it slows you down too
The Lantern Holder is for your farming set. Golden carp, treasure island mask, flora pin thing from the rock merchant and I forgot the other one. Basically gear up, use the ashun slumber transformation at the clusters of cocoon near the jade shattered pond shrine whenever you run into a boss that’s outright kicking your butt.
Mad Tiger got me through the game once i found him. The rest of my playthrough was me trying to find someone better like the Tiger Acolyte, and Gore Eye Doaist until i eventually went to Beetle Commander. But in the end Mad Tiger was ole reliable. Stone Vanguard was great but unlocking that frog made NG+ even easier but it was too easy to miss the rest of the attacks.
Transformation wise i didn’t even consider the other transformations when Yin Tiger and Stone Monkey got into the picture. Best looking and best powers. Yin Tiger helped me beat Yellow Loong Azure dust however was the only way i could beat the Yin Tiger in the first place.
37:05 Dark Storm is goated with Jingubang/Golden Loong staff bc you can just build up the 4 focus points transform when ready and carry over the focus to immediately hit with the lightning circle and then detransform so you can do it multiple times a fight. (Sucks you get him so late game tho)
Hoarfrost meta is to build three focus points up first then transform. Immediately giving you the biggest possible snow field creation with the ability with a big burst of status then you can keep throwing smaller ones till fully frozen if not already, then heavy and repeat. And umbral abyss is still my favorite transformation for my frost build. I had almost zero problems with every fight my first blind playthrough. (Including all secret bosses)
Crow diviner is top 10 minimum, full stop. It stacks frost insanely quickly, has a low Qi cost when upgraded, and has ridiculous synergy with one of the best sets in the game. Its main drawback (you can frost yourself) is entirely countered by a medicine made from two of the most common materials in wukong. Crow diviner allows you to stunlock any boss in the game, even better than aparajma bat, with a ridiculously low chi cost to boot. Putting it mid I can understand if you haven't toyed around with it much, but putting it at 2nd worst in the game is down right ignorance. Love you and your content Rusty; I been subbed since the early days. However, you done messed up with crow diviner :(
Strand of life being on the transformation of stone monkey and when u of de-transformation u still keep strand of life active is another reason why its the best, especially on a transformation build.
Azure dust is s tier just cause it confuses a certain secret boss where he will stand still like a confused todler instead of instantly shooting his detransform beams😂
Wandering Wight makes me think of how often I ended up using Gaki in Nioh 2. My build was basically, "If I gain even 1 point of Amrita, your day is ruined". I used that little gremlin like pocket sand and enjoyed getting every Amrita-procable buff while also healing an absurd amount of health before popping an extraction talisman and busting out the dual-blades.
damn, that passive healing from the tree came actually in clutch for the second to last boss of the true ending O.o I came here to find something to hit hard and left with a health battery PS: I think you did the Crow Diviner a little dirty. His aoe effect is might suffer against mobile bosses, but the cost to effectiveness ratio is still insane. Onceyou get the combo going, his field will stack up quite quick and it at the same time a dodge from which you almost can't get staggered out of. Combined with the spin/arrow deflect, you will have an other charge + fully stacked focus before the enemy even gets free from the freeze, so you can break the ice with a 4 points heavy, throw a new ice field and while the enemy is staggered, the freeze will be almost ready to trigger again. The selffreeze is a little annoying, but I was able to handle it relatively well
The Dragonfly spirit actually has a quite useful passive if you are wearing the Qi set. Also, the earth Rakshasa is alwways a good option if doing high NG+.
Day 27 of asking Rusty to rank every enemy in Elden Ring. If you could rank all the weapons, the enemies should be no issue for you. You know you want to do it, I know you want to do it. Don't back away now.
Ashen Slumbers main use is with is self destruct, there's a specific spot in chapter 4 (forgot which shrine) where the self destruct makes an insanely fast exp farm
I did notice the spirits seem to get buffed by raw attack... Or at least, the Dark Iron Staff does it. Turning the giant ball into 6k+ free damage is a good time. Wonder if it can somehow salvage some of these garbage spirits.
Centipede Guai actually does have one use..the passive movement speed increase. You can make your character almost twice as fast when you pair the right spells, equipment and gourds. What good is this? Farming to collect all the seeds you need because ow its a painful thing to do and this just makes the pain go away faster. Also its just really fun to just drink a gourd and animation cancel with cloud steep with the result being you zooming off at a speed so dumb enemies literally can't hit you. You can almost running through the whole game drinking from checkpoint to check point!
A lot of people are spell binder builds. So they only care about the passive. Late game, the damage of the spirit just doesn't matter if a single light attack can crit 800.
I don't know if you're using the Mother of Flamlings wrong or something but in NG+ she fucks. Ranged attack from 4 flamlings and almost a guarantee burn effect every cast. Does way more damage than the Whight and if you are dealing damage while the spirit is getting hits it melts, one of your boss fights shows that (and it doesn't work on every boss because things made of rocks and metal aren't flammable). Also enemies will target the flamlings instead of you.
ive been using wandering wight the whole game. it's INFURIATING when you miss and you miss a lot. but when it lands it's worth it maybe i'm biased because i spent 5 hours today fighting erlang and 70% of times he dodged wandering wight.
Bosses/enemies in games like this have target lock/projectile lock like a MOFO, so it’s pretty sad when character projectiles can’t have that same target lock
I feel like some of these Spirits should’ve been full-on transformations, like the Tiger’s Acolyte, the Second Rat Prince, & non-White. You could take their weapons & add them to your Transformation arsenal. Isn’t that how Transformation works in the game?
Lmao not even that. We get monk from the sea transformation and dude doesn't even wield weapon, we just absorb his green yaoguai power thingy. Speaking of full on transformation, non-able would have been a cool full transformation given his barehanded-ness and his air punches.
I gotta disagree with a few of them. Mainly umbral abyss, umbral abyss can pull out some insane dmg and insane frost buildup its actually really good and i think it should be a little bit higher. Azure dome and golden lining are my 2 favourite transformations and definately the 2 most overpowered. I think golden lining is slightly better than azure dome just because its see through is so good and once you do that 3 focus point heavy attack the boss is basically dead. It is so damn good and i think azure dome and golden lining should swap places.
You keep talking about Qi cost and I keep looking at the meters next to the pictures and see that they NEVER ACTUALLY GO DOWN, even when you use the spirit.
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missed opertunity to make 72 transformations (reference to sun wukong)
@@sam-s6oApparently those are 72 different types of spells... But you know what, they really just need to add 8 or 18 more spirits in the DLCs for that.
@@FelisImpurrator fair
I'm so happy to see the Earth Wolf so high on the list. I used him one time and saw his passive and took me until near the end of Ch 3 to switch off it when I went Spellbinder.
Azure Dust has a very fun perk:
Erlong won't actually do anything but be vaguely entertained by you turning into a literal fucking rock, and will just stand there as you headbutt your transformation and his poise bar away. Due to Erlongs ability and likelyhood of knocking all other transformations, it makes it the best transformation bar absolutely fucking none for him, because he literally just stops the fight if you go neanderthal and lightly chuckles as you ram into him a dozen times.
Every other transformation offends him to his core, but the stone monkey turning into a rock has him going "Understandable, have a nice day"
"Ah I see you've decided to turn back into your true form"
Reject monke return to rock
Without azure dust and plantain fan I would have never beaten erlang
Might be because rock man gains skill charge from being hit ig and he’s entertained enough not to detransform us immediately
It’s weird every other transformation he insults it the dead or makes fun of you. But when you transform into azure dust he gets almost “petty” he basically starts saying “detransforms and fight me like man” as if he throwing a trantrum while’s playing smash against his brother. Azure won me that fight
Intro: They all have a purpose.
First few spirits: Why would I ever use this when I get better stuff sooner?
God I love Rusty vids.
He missed out combos with relics and different wines.
sometimes your purpose is to be replaced
so you like incosistnat logic/math? your own words
@@simlife445i love ur mum
Fun fact about the Stone Monkey, the life saving thread you get in NG+ DOES work while you are him. He'll get right back up with full focus and health. However, it doesn't refill the might bar.
It actually does slightly refill Might, just not to full. Seemed to be about 1/5 of my bar.
@@MFGod_Hand Huh, interesting. When I died when using it I was already at about a fifth of the bar. So maybe it also fills up the might bar to there?
Stone Monkey you saying yes?
If you fully upgrade the life saving strand it refills it even if it’s above 1/5
At some point i actually forgot that the spirit transformations was a machanic and the big head dude was just part of the move set.
I've gotten so burnt out on not just souls games but hard games as a whole. However I will still watch this because Rusty is entertaining to watch. I will have absolutely no idea what he's talking about but I need something to watch.
Wukong isn't that hard for the most part. I killed most bosses in 1-3 tries. But the harder bosses will still fuck you up, so you might want to stay away from that game until you want to play a hard game again. But it's really great, I can only reccommend it.
Come try savage raiding in ffxiv .. at least all the mistakes wont be your fault 😂
@@techdeth I never said I was bad at games I said I'm tired of playing hard ones. I beat almost every boss in SOTE on new game +7 which means a third more health and staggering just doesn't happen. I just want to take it easy for awhile.
I was about to comment exactly the same so thank you for saving me the effort
@@zelatoth Damn bro no one said you were bad, you got defensive so quick... Maybe you do need to step back and play some easier games, Not EVERYONE is tryna challange you.
I always liked using the tiger acolyte because it felt so satisfying to kill a boss with it.
Literally never used anything but him
Him and Commander beetle don’t miss for me. Love em
Yeah the moment you back off, then charge in with a giga crit hit feel so good
Ye fr its satisfying like crazy. And also he wasnt even that bad
@@Ciegesmaaaaaaaaan, Commander beetle Is so cool that now even in Ng+ deals a lot of damage, easily One of my favourites.
i haven't played the game and didn't even know what the spirits or transformations were before watching this video, but i'd play a whole game as Ebon Flow that design is sick as fuck.
You have to play it the game is amazing. It might be hard but just like Sekiro once you learn the combat flow it becomes easy.
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And the boss to get the transformation is easily one of the best boss fight in games
It is amazing. And he can block which is awesome. I wanted to use only him but the Umbral Abyss monkey transformation worked way better for me. Hits much quicker and freezes the opponent
yeah goodluck tryna. beat him bro has some devious tricks and u can't immbolize him
Of all the content I've consumed over the past couple weeks about Wukong, this is by far the best, most in-depth, and what i also think to be, accurate list that I've seen. Thank you for the time that you spent putting this together.
Putting Dark Thunder at #8 is so crazy, bro is literally a god at stun-locking enemies and I'm pretty sure you can focus transfer. He deserves to be at least the top 5 or top 3.
The crow diviner actually has extremely low Qi cost so if u use the gourd that gives u Qi on sips and make a frost build u can perma stun lock enemies I saw one guy beat Erlang by spamming Crowdiviner and cloud step or Crow diviner and immobilize.
If you are able to build up 3 focus points with Yellow Loong transformation, the fully unleashed heavy attack (which can keep going for three times) will deal INSANE damage, like it would wipe half of late game boss health bar. Surprised you didn't talk about this.
yes its actually OP
" IF " lol
@@sdqsdq6274 it isn’t that hard to build up the points because the game is forgiving when it comes with that transformation.
@@sdqsdq6274 Get the Hidden Might skill, and its practically guaranteed.
@@elviraweekes3906 and also it staggers enemies out of their combo when you see through them
Earth Wolf is my favorite spirit, used it 90% of my 3 time runs because:
1- the damage is so good when upgraded.
2- has the best passive in the game IMO, literally never run out of focus points with this
i highly recommend it
So many noobs just using Wandering Wight and missing the attack half the time lmao. Meanwhile, Earth Wolf is as fast, staggers into a full knockdown most of the time, and is very accurate.
i use it for its defense benefit.
i like to be a tanky boy
I got the Earth Wolf and used it for literally the entire game. I tried out some of the other spirits, but every time I would just go back to the Wolf. That extra focus he gives you is a god send, especially if you like using Varied Combos (which I do).
Best spirit is easily the max upgraded frogs
@@bpomatto But the defense passive of Wandering Wight starts becoming somewhat inconsequential towards the second half of the game since it's a flat number.
Even more so in NG+ and beyond since you have a lot more versatile options with better passives
Oh, and here's another tip: The needle vessel applies the eggs from Violet Hail, so you don't even need to actually be in damage-taking range. Just pop the vessel, pop the transformation, hold the eggstab button until your HP is low, and then pop it. Enjoy remote nuking bosses with poison mines and getting your entire second healthbar refilled at range.
Interesting. Great info for a transformation I’ve only tried once so far.
@@blackhat4206 Same but I’ve been trying it more recently starting to like it. You really have to read to understand how to use that transformation.
@elviraweekes3906 Ebon Flow, Golden Lining, and Azure Dome are so good that I've barely used anything else after obtaining them. Always looking for interesting hidden interactions like this one with the Needle and Violet Hail, though.
@@blackhat4206 The one thing I can think of is seeing whether anything has odd interactions with Pluck of Many or summon spirits. I don't think Violet Hail interacts the same way with anything other than the needle though... Which makes me suspect it's an easter egg-type thing that was specifically thrown in for lore reasons? I mean, you can't use Ring of Fire in water at all, and there are other little interactions like that based on "actually yeah that makes sense".
@@FelisImpurrator Some things I’ve noticed: Azure Dome absorbing fire and ice to change the attack buff also changes depending on whether immobilize or ring of fire is equipped. Windwalker from the Ebon Flow transformation seems slept on, as well. Gold Button is a snapshot you can unequip and retain the buff as long as you remain full health, and the potent Preservation Orb curio effect is triggered by the Incense Trail talisman. Another good combo less obvious than the Jade Moon Rabbit + Gold Sun Crow is the Deathstinger plus Rooster Blood soak dropped by Duskveil which instantly removes the poison and provides 2 buffs. Qing Tian gourd in Ng+ with the Boshan Censor curio is my new favorite combo.
The Crow diviner is actually one of the best in the game.. It carried all the way until chapter 5 (I have all kinds of chill resistance). The mist that he created are like the second inmmobilization, as long as the enemy stay in there the whole time, you can spam spin attack while gain the qi back in seconds cause they will get frosted. And then it is just infinite immobilization because it will at least frost them twice. All love and please try it urselves :)
Absolutely. Crow diviner is top 10 at minimum. Its biggest drawback (self frost) is countered by an easily craftable item with dirt cheap materials, or 100+ frost resistance through celestial pills. The only reason it isn't indisputably the best spirit in the game imo is that it doesn't physically hit anything, so it doesn't proc the golden set helm. Crow diviner is top 3 for me easily.
Yeah it's not bad It's definitely not as bad as he's saying but he's right there is better options that can charge up just as quick or maybe just a little bit longer if anything ... The falcon hermit, and the aparamana bat .. The bat is great, The only issue is there's no passive attached to it which kind of sucks ... But all three is like having a second immobilize
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Ashen Slumber is the best spirit in the game for exactly one thing...
Grinding enough sparks to justify actually investing in any other transformation. Just running up to a bunch of spider sacks and exploding over and over pays for other, better transformations eventually.
It's also cathartic. I've blown up enough of those sacks to warrant a visit from PETA and I'm still not sick of it
rusty i was looking for this video, i think i love you
I’ve been waiting for you to make this 🙏🏼
Putting horse guy so low is criminal, he's basically the only one I used late game because using the flame ring was just so good with it, you could manage to pop 4! of his rings off and the lightning hits stagger enemies.
Yeh i noticed this guy missed alot of usefull tips and tricks how to play them properly. If properly played this list would change drastically
Holy shit he posted this at the most perfect time in the history of perfect times I was just looking for a list of all the spirits
1:52 genuinely the most insane placement for the spirit I used for the whole playthru u can just spam it while getting ur relic back if u spin to win on the enemy also never had trouble getting a freeze it is rather annoying that it slows you down too
finaly a new video and like always its good
Ayy, my fifth most favorite youtuber talking about my fourth favorite game!🎉
The Lantern Holder is for your farming set. Golden carp, treasure island mask, flora pin thing from the rock merchant and I forgot the other one. Basically gear up, use the ashun slumber transformation at the clusters of cocoon near the jade shattered pond shrine whenever you run into a boss that’s outright kicking your butt.
Man this game look so fantastic , the enemy design and combat looks so good
Literally this man assesses the subject of the video so perfectly
Mad Tiger got me through the game once i found him. The rest of my playthrough was me trying to find someone better like the Tiger Acolyte, and Gore Eye Doaist until i eventually went to Beetle Commander. But in the end Mad Tiger was ole reliable. Stone Vanguard was great but unlocking that frog made NG+ even easier but it was too easy to miss the rest of the attacks.
Transformation wise i didn’t even consider the other transformations when Yin Tiger and Stone Monkey got into the picture. Best looking and best powers. Yin Tiger helped me beat Yellow Loong
Azure dust however was the only way i could beat the Yin Tiger in the first place.
Mad respect for putting it all into one video and not making the transformations a separate one
This is the first time watching one of your videos and I laugh all the way through great video.
I like the scorpion one. The extra movement speed is good and it staggers enemies well
Been waiting on this one
37:05 Dark Storm is goated with Jingubang/Golden Loong staff bc you can just build up the 4 focus points transform when ready and carry over the focus to immediately hit with the lightning circle and then detransform so you can do it multiple times a fight. (Sucks you get him so late game tho)
I really need to get this damn game.. and a driver’s licence… and a job.. and a boyfriend.. and a life…
Start with the game, and the rest will fall into place. (This is a lie)
Hoarfrost meta is to build three focus points up first then transform. Immediately giving you the biggest possible snow field creation with the ability with a big burst of status then you can keep throwing smaller ones till fully frozen if not already, then heavy and repeat. And umbral abyss is still my favorite transformation for my frost build. I had almost zero problems with every fight my first blind playthrough. (Including all secret bosses)
Crow diviner is top 10 minimum, full stop. It stacks frost insanely quickly, has a low Qi cost when upgraded, and has ridiculous synergy with one of the best sets in the game. Its main drawback (you can frost yourself) is entirely countered by a medicine made from two of the most common materials in wukong. Crow diviner allows you to stunlock any boss in the game, even better than aparajma bat, with a ridiculously low chi cost to boot. Putting it mid I can understand if you haven't toyed around with it much, but putting it at 2nd worst in the game is down right ignorance.
Love you and your content Rusty; I been subbed since the early days. However, you done messed up with crow diviner :(
Not having 72 transformations in the game hurts me
DLC
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Common consensus seems to be that more will in fact come in the dlc
Fun tip about fungiman, it also clear fire, poison, lightning and freeze and applying them on the enemy that it hits.
I like how the first spirit and transformation are actually good. Even if you don't explore you are still set.
dude I've been dying for this list
Love from a Tulock&Mango and Vaush fan!
Strand of life being on the transformation of stone monkey and when u of de-transformation u still keep strand of life active is another reason why its the best, especially on a transformation build.
Azure dust is s tier just cause it confuses a certain secret boss where he will stand still like a confused todler instead of instantly shooting his detransform beams😂
Wandering Wight makes me think of how often I ended up using Gaki in Nioh 2.
My build was basically, "If I gain even 1 point of Amrita, your day is ruined". I used that little gremlin like pocket sand and enjoyed getting every Amrita-procable buff while also healing an absurd amount of health before popping an extraction talisman and busting out the dual-blades.
damn, that passive healing from the tree came actually in clutch for the second to last boss of the true ending O.o I came here to find something to hit hard and left with a health battery
PS: I think you did the Crow Diviner a little dirty. His aoe effect is might suffer against mobile bosses, but the cost to effectiveness ratio is still insane. Onceyou get the combo going, his field will stack up quite quick and it at the same time a dodge from which you almost can't get staggered out of. Combined with the spin/arrow deflect, you will have an other charge + fully stacked focus before the enemy even gets free from the freeze, so you can break the ice with a 4 points heavy, throw a new ice field and while the enemy is staggered, the freeze will be almost ready to trigger again. The selffreeze is a little annoying, but I was able to handle it relatively well
I live the rankings but I’d love to see rusty do another randomized run! I was tickled by the Elden ring run! :)
Umbral Abyss was my most useful transformation by a large margin. He gets hits in so quick and can freeze the enemy
I watched ur the ghost of dj atomikah 10 years ago and was scared as a kid I'm now 21 watching ur vids vibin
The Dragonfly spirit actually has a quite useful passive if you are wearing the Qi set. Also, the earth Rakshasa is alwways a good option if doing high NG+.
Nice one Rusty , watched your ER vids forgot to sub , don’t it now!
The "being hit" in the passive for the earth rakshasa is also rock solid
Day 27 of asking Rusty to rank every enemy in Elden Ring. If you could rank all the weapons, the enemies should be no issue for you. You know you want to do it, I know you want to do it. Don't back away now.
Ashen Slumbers main use is with is self destruct, there's a specific spot in chapter 4 (forgot which shrine) where the self destruct makes an insanely fast exp farm
this is the first video I remember where I've actually laughed multiple times and it not being a meme video 😭
Non-Able is my go to spirit. I love the stats don’t care about the mana reduction. And bro hasn’t let me down in fights
Will watch this after completing the game for myself
Oh god he’s back🎉🎉🎉
I did notice the spirits seem to get buffed by raw attack... Or at least, the Dark Iron Staff does it. Turning the giant ball into 6k+ free damage is a good time.
Wonder if it can somehow salvage some of these garbage spirits.
Wait, the Lingzhi double dips? Holy crap. I didn't know that.
I will NOT be taking Mushroom dog slander
26:43 Syrobe is currently crying at this statement
It's funny how the spirits will deal so much damage to YOU but are completely buns when you obtain them
Centipede Guai actually does have one use..the passive movement speed increase. You can make your character almost twice as fast when you pair the right spells, equipment and gourds. What good is this? Farming to collect all the seeds you need because ow its a painful thing to do and this just makes the pain go away faster.
Also its just really fun to just drink a gourd and animation cancel with cloud steep with the result being you zooming off at a speed so dumb enemies literally can't hit you. You can almost running through the whole game drinking from checkpoint to check point!
I actually like the centipede one mainly just for the running speed buff. The actual spirit is mainly good on bigger ones.
For the point of Non-Able letting you continue your combo after use, Earth Wolf does that too.
Man. It almost offends me that the Lantern spirit eluded me until goddamn NG+.
Rat Governor is the premier spirit for Loong Scale (Thunder) build.
I’m here to humbly beg for more armored core content
Wandering wight for the whole game.. best spirit ever you just headbutt the shit out of everyone
Mother of Flamlings is my favorite spirit. I finished the game with that one from chapter 5 onwards.
Rusty needs a twitch I’d watch it
A lot of people are spell binder builds. So they only care about the passive. Late game, the damage of the spirit just doesn't matter if a single light attack can crit 800.
I'm still rocking with the first 2 transformation of chapter 1, the fire one and the big head😆😆. Just got to chapter 5
Bruh the 10% dmg reduction+regen gourd+3 dmg reduction soaks and the Loong balm is key to getting the dmg reduction you need in high ng+ runs
Rock solid it's the best and nobody can tell me otherwise
I don't know if you're using the Mother of Flamlings wrong or something but in NG+ she fucks. Ranged attack from 4 flamlings and almost a guarantee burn effect every cast. Does way more damage than the Whight and if you are dealing damage while the spirit is getting hits it melts, one of your boss fights shows that (and it doesn't work on every boss because things made of rocks and metal aren't flammable). Also enemies will target the flamlings instead of you.
This game is so successful it's hilarious
I dropped after seeing crow diviner as 2nd worst. It is the most effective freeze spirit and helped me defeat yellow loong.
Looking forward to playing this as soon as denuvo is removed
ive been using wandering wight the whole game. it's INFURIATING when you miss and you miss a lot. but when it lands it's worth it
maybe i'm biased because i spent 5 hours today fighting erlang and 70% of times he dodged wandering wight.
Ashen slumber is S+ tier just for the cocoons beside crystal jade location for will and xp farming to max lmao
im using earth wolf for the passive only, staff spin with earth wolf give you focus point so fucking fast, you get 4 focus point in 3 second
Azure Dust #1 Spirit Against Erlang
Like to hear Qi be pronounced as "key" for the next 3 Wukong videos
Never played this game, probably never will, great video tho!
Hey it's the list guy again
Lets. Fucking. Go.
Wow I was not expecting the fucking bull governor lol
Bosses/enemies in games like this have target lock/projectile lock like a MOFO, so it’s pretty sad when character projectiles can’t have that same target lock
YES
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I feel like some of these Spirits should’ve been full-on transformations, like the Tiger’s Acolyte, the Second Rat Prince, & non-White. You could take their weapons & add them to your Transformation arsenal. Isn’t that how Transformation works in the game?
Lmao not even that. We get monk from the sea transformation and dude doesn't even wield weapon, we just absorb his green yaoguai power thingy. Speaking of full on transformation, non-able would have been a cool full transformation given his barehanded-ness and his air punches.
@@mystomachhurt9312That’s what I’ve been saying! 😓
I used Wolf Assassin for a good chunk of the game solely for the crit rate
9:44 it can be used if a boss does a annoying combo or to hide
Played the entire game with the headbut
Anyone here that 5 at the start of the number he says in the intro and then side eye the video title.
I see all these black myth wukong vids and just sigh sadly because I don't have it. And it's not on xbox
As a centipede quai user I can attest to the fact that the reason it suck is the main reason I use it. It makes me laugh.
I gotta disagree with a few of them. Mainly umbral abyss, umbral abyss can pull out some insane dmg and insane frost buildup its actually really good and i think it should be a little bit higher. Azure dome and golden lining are my 2 favourite transformations and definately the 2 most overpowered. I think golden lining is slightly better than azure dome just because its see through is so good and once you do that 3 focus point heavy attack the boss is basically dead. It is so damn good and i think azure dome and golden lining should swap places.
You keep talking about Qi cost and I keep looking at the meters next to the pictures and see that they NEVER ACTUALLY GO DOWN, even when you use the spirit.
he probably used a mod too have infinite QI so he can test the spritis
9:10 that leg