Oh God, Now He's Ranking The Elden Ring Great Runes...
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The Emperor Edition you showed has (almost) exactly the same parts as my current PC. So I gotta say, that one is a good choice, people!
Only problem I've had with Apex is they take a long time, runs perfectly but went 10 weeks over expected
Rank every weapon
this is a short one because you have a sponsorship that has a deadline for you to put out a video with it. no need to lie about it
I actually have the opposite problem: I completely forget Great Runes even exist like 90% of the time. Then I'll randomly get stuck on a boss and pop it, crush the boss with the bonus, think "Wow these are strong, I should use them more often" and promptly forget about them again.
I live literally gotten through minimum 80% of the game and haven’t even ACTIVATED half of the freakin things. Or any of them barring rennala’s for that matter…
I think I only ever tried a Rune for Mohg and Malenia. And it was Godrick's Rune because it was the easiest one to find. I unlocked Morgott's Rune but I couldn't even find Rykard or Radhan's in the open world.
@@leithaziz2716 It a bitch, it's the tower in northern Caelid, you have to do this BS platforming on the outside of the the tower to get to inside. It's easily the strongest Rune, but the game makes you work for it.
Yeah the fact that they depend on a rare consumable just breaks the deal for me. I say this having like 180 rune arcs hoarded in NG+3 lol, and I STILL farm the rats whenever I test out new setups on the Omens in the Leyndell sewers. It's fun to pop the rune and slap on a talisman to test drive a few weapons and skills above your pay grade, but it's just that, a fun little feature. And I'm still reloading my save state to get my one arc back to add to the gigantic pile I'll never use.
I have 300+ hours and have never once used a great rune. nor have I needed to. probably didn’t even know HOW to use them let alone the fact they even did anything until after 100+ hours.
I hope, someday, Rusty will rank his ranking videos
I await the inevitable ranking of ranking of ranking videos.
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The dependency you might have of Godrick's Great Rune is pretty fitting thematically
If you depend too much on it, it'll start to feel like you're grasping for power much like Godrick was
But its usless once you get all stats above 95
If you manage to get all stats above 95 you shouldn't need great runes at all
@@galmart3111 but its fun
I didn’t even know u could use great runes, I thought they were like pokemon badges
@@jnmarshmello2728 how many hours did u spend to get there is the issue. After you did you're sitting there like... what now
I feel like i always just use Godrick's, because I'm a little damage goblin and seeing my weapom deal seven more damage makes a little person in my brain happy.
Anything that make the funny hurt number go up is good
Human like it when number go up.
The lobotomy was a success.
Same yeah but a lot of my strength builds damage relies on Lions claw and stance breaks so just being able to both use that more, AND wail on the boss for a longer period of time results in Radahn having way Higher damage than Godricks for me :>
This. 2 shotting cleanrot knights in the haligtree with the moonlight greatsword makes me happy
The final kick in the teeth for Malenia's rune is that... Well, you get it by defeating _Malenia,_ a boss that you will no doubt save for the very end of the game, long after you've done everything you need to, and just in time for it to _not_ carry over to NG+.
Don't tell me Great Runes don't carry over in NG+...
@@leithaziz2716 They don't
In actuality I am okay with her Great Rune being horrible, it would suck to have an amazing great rune only to have nobody to actually utilize it or at least not many enemies.
@@MrSlashblade hard disagree, a well-balanced version of this rune would've been very fun to mess around with. Had they given Malenia's rune a "cheesier" power (such as higher item discovery AND better rune drops alike), it would've still very much had a place in endgame areas. Players would've defeated the strongest boss in the entire game by that time, so not everybody would abuse it to overlevel their characters anyway
@@weebto I mean okay the discovery increases let’s just say immensely. What is the purpose after one run through? You’ll have an over abundance of weapons, over abundance of outfits, over abundance of rune arcs, that level of “cheese” will only be good for the first play through and nothing more. I don’t think the best option is to take away the identity of fromsoft gsmes by making your character OP. Even the rune drop increases will be obsolete since the meta is 120-150
Rusty won’t run out of ranking videos, he just doesn’t stop 💀
Let’s rank the throwing knives
You could say he'll never get...RuStY
I'll see myself out
He would just force Miyazaki to add another dlc
@@ThiccBoi888 for the best 😔
For the Malenia Great Rune, I have a good experience pairing it with the Ghiza's Wheel because:
1. It's considered a heavy weapon, thus more heal per hit from the rune
2. The multi hit R2 attacks are counted as multiple heavy attacks by the rune, so you can recover a good chunk of HP back with it
3. The R2 has colossal weapon superarmor so it excels in trading hits
Funny how the budget Bloodborne rally system works well with the budget Pizza Cutter
I wonder if it would work with the Godskin Swaddling Cloth then? That requires multiple attacks too.
I forgot Rennala’s counted, but since it does it is actually my favorite. I love re specing my character. I went up to max new game and was using every larval tear available on each play through just to see how many different builds I could achieve and had a lot of fun lol
Rennala's is weird, though, because functionally it doesn't actually unlock Rebirth, in that there's no situation in which Rebirth is gated behind access to the Great Rune Of The Unborn. Rennala's rune basically gives you access to a service...that you can only access by defeating Rennala, at which point you will receive said rune. Gameplay wise, it's useless.
Me: collect and activate every great rune on every playthrough
Also me: has no idea what most of them do while hoarding 50+ rune arcs
You can actually farm any kind of rat for them, although it’s rare and tedious
same, hoarder mentality gets you like that
You didn't beat the boss if you used a great rune
@@xkidgey you didn’t beat the boss if you used a weapon, or leveled at all either. In fact, you didn’t beat the boss unless you’re only using your bare fists at level 1 with no flasks or dodging.
Same! 🤣
Morgott's at 50+ Vigor lets you live through anything, even Malenia's flower slam. It's amazing.
Kid named ng +7:
@@ulamogtheinfinitegyre2021 Theodorix one shot me at 55 vigor before in a normal non-NG+ game
@@ulamogtheinfinitegyre2021 with certain talismans, buffs, opaline hardtear and decent armor you can increase your physical def to 70% and elemental defs up to 80%.
However, real chads just respec their vigor to minimum and no hit every boss
@@Kaiji... you were probs not having good armor and no morgots GR at the time
@@Kaiji... strongest Soreseal user
Godrick's rune is also a pain if you frequently partake in jolly cooperation. For those who don't do co-op, you don't keep the effect of your tune when summoned by someone else. Those five points in endurance matter. Suddenly, I'm in someone else's world and going "Wait, why am I fat rolling?" It's even worse when you get summoned for a boss and you're left scrambling mid fight, trying to equip lighter armor.
lmao imagine equipping lighter armor in a hurrjust take off your pants like a chad and charge into battle
God that happened to me in PVP the other day when I tried it out for the first time. I was switching Tailsman's around tho and got one that got rid of some of my endurance, so then I started fat rolling in pvp and promptly died while probably looking like a fool lol
Sounds like a you problem
@@venerablewu8744 how is that?
I honestly pretty much agree with every single point you made.
I do love that Godrick's Great Rune is basically one of the best for a lot of the game especially the first half, placed in the perfect spot as generally your first great Rune to help you out.
And also the irony that the weakest Demi-God has one of the stronger Great Runes lol.
Thats it , theres no excuse left
This man did
-food ranking
-spell ranking
-miracle ranking
-CHESS BOSS RANKING
-underrated spirit ashes ranking
- 3 differnet weapon ranking
Run from it , dread it rusty , but it does not matter
The all weapon class tier list will come , and i await patiently for your suffering
I also need a plant ranking. There are so many good pieces of foliage that I MUST hear Rusty's opinion on.
@@TheAmyrlinSeat Instant F tier for the one that looks like the Rowa Fruit plant from a distance, but it's just another red flower plant
@@eebydeeby03 ikr
Did he rank the paintings from an aesthetic perspective?
@@dirt_dert_durt both aesthetic and reward
I find it so weird that even though the Great Rune system gives you a far more powerful boost than the Embers did in DS3, but I could count on one hand the amount of times I've used one. I always used embers for the difficult fights in DS3 but the only time I've ever used a Great Rune was twice during the Godfrey fight when I first discovered how Great Runes worked...
My thing was that Embers at least felt easier to find than Rune Arcs, though admittedly that could just be me. I could find a couple extra Embers with a little grinding, but the drop rates on Rune Arcs from rats in this game are so abysmally low I'd rather fight without rune arcs than farm them (curious how rats always carry Humanity-type items and consumable currency in every game)
For me a big one was just that you don’t get a rune arc activation after beating a boss like you do with embers
I found Embers so usefull. They quickly became my favorite "Humanity" type resource (Humanity is more versatile since you can store several and they had an effect on weapons like Chaos Infusions, but I still prefer Embers cause of the extra health and automatic refill on boss defeat which made it more convinient). If you were unembered and beat a boss you'd be put in Ember mode, which was a nice reward. And just like with Humanity, if I ran out of estus they were a nice emergency refill.
The thing is they are usually hard or totally out of the way to unlock and although the bonuses are nice, if you defeated a boss for example and used one, you probably didn't needed them
@@BlackDT This is definitely the reason embers are more notable. The game forces you into embered state so that it'll be more noticable when you play without it. Activating a great rune feels like an optional buff, while being unembered feels like a penalty, kinda like demons' souls soul form.
Killing bosses should've activated your great rune, like whatever DS3 did. I'd prefer if all bosses did so, giving you an added reason to engage in side content, but idk how much that would make sense lore-wise.
Or at least also give you a rune arc. All the bosses in DS1 dropped humanities from what I understand.
@@Kizur13they do,like in DS3 you ether get a Ember or if you didn't had on you, you will get Embered
I think at least Shardbeareres activating the great rune would make sense. Not sure about the rest of the bosses.
I'm sorry is there anything that makes sense in this chaotic clusterf*ck that is called "Elden Ring Lore"?
@@backonlazer791 or like all rememberance bosses
Honestly, your explanation for over reliance on Godrick's great rune perfectly explained my experience and subsequent issue with it. So kudos.
Ive thought what Ranni's great rune would be if she hadn't cast hers aside. And I think her rune would've been a 25% increase to FP, similar to Morgotts 25% increase to HP
Or a 15% increase to FP and INT like Radahn’s great rune
Considering Miquella was cursed with eternal youth, it would be fitting for his rune to be a 25% increase to stamina too
@@Spencer-wc6ewI can guarantee you it would also be vigor(doesn’t grow old) and strength and dexterity basically just radagons scoreseal but better
@@nicmalugin9287 You just described a worse version of Godrick's Great Rune.
@@glorytoukraine5524if it used the percentile mechanic from Morgott's rune instead of the flat increase from godrick it'd be on par with Rykards in terms of power, but still niche like they want the runes to be it seems.
One thing I still find useful about Godricks is that it is rather handy for item farming. Stack it with the silver scarab, mimic tear mask, and Marikas sore seal, along with silver pickled fowl foot and you got lots of additional arcane and item discovery.
the malenia rune was made to use whit the water flow in her katana, you can upgrade your poise and damage whit some charms and simply spam the waterflow while making huge dps and healing yourself like malenia do
The cut at the end was exactly where I wanted it to be, so thank you for that.
The only two I ever use are Morgott's and Radahn's. Mostly just Morgott's because I can't be bothered to go over to the tower for Radahn's.
Radahn's tower was a pain to get to and into
Dunno if people already know this, but you can use the horse to double jump the tower.
the tower's easy, you can get up there in 2 minutes, it's working your way down the inside to fight goskin apostle that's a fuck on
@@NickHunter Sure, but it's pretty out of the way for something that isn't THAT impactful.
I really liked how the Convergence handles great runes, you get them immediately after defeating their respective bosses and it gives a proper, useful benefit. I wish the base game handled it like that as well.
Edit: What the hell is that wallpaper ???!
Ikr I want to know what the wall paper is as well.
I’m sure it’s completely appropriate art of Ranni getting a hug or something
I know right? I need to know the artist of that Wallpaper so I can give them a piece of my mind
I feel the opposite for a lot of them tbh, like Mogh's is borderline OP with how good it is but then you look at Morgott's and it's literally like +5 mind, same with Radahn's and End. The others I feel are pretty balanced but those two stick out like a sore thumb for me.
the desktop background is wild
0:35
We’re just gonna ignore that background, m’kay?
I also hate when Morgott's rune put my game in windowed mode and change my desktop wallpaper to some questionable Ranni art, this happens all the time !
You can also see Blaidd's gauntlet there, so technically questionable Ranni and Blaidd art.
Wait aren't theh siblings or something what the fuck@@Mr_Wulff
@@ClodsireBeans They were raised as siblings if I remember correctly. But even if they were actually siblings, that sadly doesn't matter to some folks out there.
It's a shame about Malenias rune. I don't know how they managed to screw it up.
The developers greatly favored lore over gameplay when designing Malenia's great rune to illustrate that she is not carried by it.
@@Rayendac seems like a common thing with elden ring
@@Rayendac But that doesnt make sense, she regens health on every hit with the player(s) and spirit ashes regardless of the time between she was hit and she hits back. The rune we are given doesnt even operate within her lore justification nor her mechanics we see in the battle.
Simple you are not Malenia. It works F-ing fantastic for her.
@@Rayendac Except that's a blood pissing lie because hers blatantly activates on any hit no matter how long from taking damage, gives more, and functions through blocks. It's weird. Half the great runes are roughly equal or superior to what the boss gets out of them and the other half are glorified pool toys.
Imma be real, the outro for this one is probably one of the best for the series since it’s both beautiful/aesthetically pleasing, but also really god damn funny
0:35 Nice wallpaper
Rusty ranking the most random shit is like Sherlock Holmes writing entire essays on the different colours of London mud, and of the ashes of more tobacco brands than I knew existed
Glad to see that Rykard's Great Rune getting the love that it deserves. You can get stupid amounts of health back from killing enemies.
Also is an Ash of War ranking video ever going to happen? Love to hear you tear into stuff like Sky Shot or post-nerf Flame of the Redmanes (RIP).
I'm sorry is nobody gonna mention the wallpaper
So is no one gonna question the wall paper
nah, seems pretty normal
Cute ranni
A real problem with great runes is that you get them from beating the boss they are assigned to. However they reset upon entering new game plus. So if you were say using Rykard's for whatever reason, and entered new game plus you lost the rune and likely have to do a bunch of tedious shit to get it back. This is why making Radahn's and Godrick's great runes the most useful is sort of a backhanded compliment. Because you can acquire them so early in your playthrough that you'll not even bother with the other 5 runes. Especially since most of them are just adjusting health.
perfect outro, enjoyed every secound of it ^_^
I love when Rusty ranks things, and talks about things. ^^
Fun fact: the Serpent God's curved sword stacks with Rycard's rune, Camieo, and Blasphemous Blade
I have some serious Indeimaus vibes from this video. I can't wait to see Light Source ranking in Elden Ring or the famous Rock and Stone ranking in Elden Ring.
I miss when indeimaus did that kind of stuff so much
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
@@glomorailey106 If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't coming home!
Good video! It really is so disappointing that great runes don’t carry over, but ig it’s a relief the only ones that are effected by this are garbo anyway (malenia and mohg kinda)
Also, I did find out that Malenia’s runes’ rally instantly fills up with ripostes and backstabs like the visceral attacks in bloodborne which is cool ig, tho as a strength build it fucking blows, and I’m surprised it seems to even suck for dex builds. Should not have a penalty at all imo.
My favs have always been Morgotts’ and Rykards’, usually swapping em out for boss encounters and field encounters. And I 100% agree about the becoming dependent on Godrick’s rune, that shit happened to me in DS3 with the rings and I’ve rejected stat boosting shit since, unless I’m doing something like a raw strength build or have nothing better.
Though knowing that Radahns’ gets better as your stats do makes me want to try it.
Imo I’d swap Morgotts’ for 2nd place and Godricks’ for 3rd if I made a list, I feel like the point you get Morgotts is just perfect; right at the mid game where you begin unlocking the harder shit, but not late enough that you’ve already explored the majority of the world and conquered most the bosses.
Love your tier lists, weapons tier list next?
I was finally here for the release of one of these! Truly a historic moment.
Aside from the rarity of Great Runes compared to Embers and Humanity from prior Souls games, I think needing to reach and then complete a specific tower in order to get the benefits of said Rune might not have been the best choice. And that's not factoring in the complications when it comes to simply finding the towers. I think unlocking the Runes when said boss is defeated would have been enough.
Personally, the towers add a layer of anticipation and mysticism to it. A cool factor. Also, the towers are among the easiest things to find in the whole game. The only structure taller than the towers is the Erdtree and minor Erdtrees. My issue is that, apart from Godrick's rune for early game, all the Great Rune effects are underwhelming. This combined with the rarity of Rune Arcs in solo play, makes them not worth using.
@@krishnansubramoni7801 That only works on the 1st playthrough. It becomes tedious and annoying with subsequent NG+s. Currently on NG+3 and I've stopped using all but Godrick's and Rahdan's runes. Having to treat the Great Runes like I got them from a cell phone company lost its allure very quickly.
godrick's great rune, both sore seals, pearldrake +2, greatshield talisman, golden vow and protection of the erdtree. plus 5 stats in every category with minimal repercussions. I tested it and the defense debuffs from the seals get largely negated by sacrificing the other 2 slots for defense, as well as using faith buffs for extra defense. protection of the erdtree (I think that's what it's called) protects against everything but physical resistances so that's why golden vow is also important.
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I can eat your children
You should rank the Remembrance fights! I’d love to see your take on them.
I personally like using Malenia’s in combination with the godskin swaddling cloth.
Works for a Bloodborne build, not exactly optimal but it’s fun
rykards great rune, taker's cameo, taker's flames, serpten god's curved sword in left slot, and if you want you can use erdtree blessing and godskin swaddling cloth. For physick, you can use maximum hp and hp regen or use the whorl tear in place for one of those instead. for alternatives, there is the blessed dew talisman and that one shield I never remember the name of that regens hp when equipped.
I find Radahn's Great Rune to be the best option In general, a good boost to HP, SP and Stamina.
I have actually never once used a Great Rune. I seemed fine without them and assumed they were short temporary buffs that I've never wanted to deal with, so I've just never touched them before.
this.
Reading this is why I check the wiki lol
One thing Godrick's Great Rune has going for it in the endgame, is 10 Holy Defense if your Arcane is 15 or lower. Which doesn't seem like much, but it's actually competitive with what you can get out of armour.
Just finished my first playthrough. I literally had no Idea these existed and that they are very helpful
Totally agree with Godrick.
I decided to not use that rune anymore because I always ended up being in heavy roll after death.
As someone who has never used a great rune before (because limited resources are my bane) this was a very interesting video. If I ever work up the courage to use them I'm sure I'll keep this in mind.
Rune arcs are not a limited resource lmao, they are everywhere
I- i didnt know rune arcs where mandatory to activate the great runes. I just assumed there would be an weaker effect if not used. How was I this stupid?!😂 I even wondered why Rykard and Malenias runes didn't work...
I loved this video. I've been weighing radahns and morgotts great runes between each other in late game, and this video was a great resource to proofread my ideas.
Rykard's Great Rune has become my go-to Great Rune to use. Aside from using Taker's Cameo to up the healing from each kill, I've also got the +1 Dragoncrest Shield Talisman to reduce damage and the Crimson Seed Talisman to negate the flask debuff from using Black Flame's Protection. I plan to throw in the Godskin Swaddling Cloth so I can get some extra healing while wailing on enemies.
I like you ranking this useless shit, not only is it something to watch, but it's also useful for me, because I never read what the great runes did
200 hours in and still haven't used a rune arc yet.
aye you fighting enemies bare-fist too?
Summons are just better as a crutch and not consumable but great runes are fun ass buffs imo plus it's the closest weve got to ember/humanity
Now you are the only person that makes entertaining and informative elden ring videos at the same time
Cool video! Such a strangely implemented system. Some cool buffs but tying them to a rare consumable just made using them feel a little cheap and risky when I want these runes taken from the demigods to give me a real sense of power. I'm definitely just a little masochistic with these games and I enjoy first playthroughs where I use as few features that feel like crutches (to me) as possible, but being able to run out of rune arcs and have that crutch taken AWAY makes them even less appealing. A smaller permanent effect or some kind of renewal on death would have made them feel much less like an optional crutch and much more integral to the gameplay.
Rank the weapons, Rusty.
I have some... strong opinions on Malenia's greatrune.
Nice video as always, cheers
Fun fact: I’m 99% certain “blood loss in vicinity” buffs activate upon blood loss, and after that it just has a set cooldown time before it wears off. Like you could leave the area and still have the buff for a little bit. It doesn’t only stay activated if there’s a bleeding enemy in your general vicinity. Try equipping the LOB exultation, and watch when the buff activates. Then leave the area and see how long it lasts before disappearing.
It only makes sense that after ranking the great runes dropped from bosses, he would rank the rememberances.
Quick reminder that Apex will ripoff your money.
0:35 man put the link in the description cause he knew what we'd all want lol
That cut at the end was perfect
Oh cool. 10% off an overpriced PC and it still costs more than building one yourself. Neat.
Alone for the fact that you cut out the hit on your charcter in the end brings you a dislike! It was so close!!!
The getting too used to it part is true for Marika scarseal and radagons scar/soreseal
You can get them at the start of the game, and personally, I've never taken it off, cause I rely on the +3 faith for spell requirements and I need the soreseal to light roll while power stancing.
Basically used this combo plus arsenal charm for 95% of the game.
I am going to wait for the ranking of every weapon. I know you will do it
:)
You should do a ranking video for the normal consumable runes you find throughout the game.
While I get the runes all have abilities that benefit gameplay and are somewhat reminiscent of their origin bosses it would be cool if they all offered a little more flavour to them.
Godrick's whole thing is grafting himself with fallen warriors to increase his strength, his rune reflects that to an extent by boosting our stats, I feel it could be better if it based it's buff on the amount of kills you make between site of grace visits or the total amount of runes you hold up to a point so there is risk/reward that would be steadily more beneficial the later into the game you go.
Mohg is all about the blood magic and that formless mother being his rune is basically great at showing all this but to make it a little better, inflicting blood loss should heal you by a big chunk, and inflicting it 3 times to one enemy should greatly buff your resistances and damage output for a short while, stacking with the usual existing bonuses.
Malenia in addition to being very scarlet rotty has her whole thing centered around willpower to push through and heal from her attacks when she lands attacks, her rune could be wildly improved by simply making it a buffed version of the pontiff ring from dark souls where consecutive attacks heal, and then for that extra flavour, when you are inflicted with Scarlet rot, lower your defensive stats by a chunk but cause the rot effect to heal you instead of hurt you and add a rot effect to your charged heavy attacks
Rennala doesn't really offer anything beyond the rebirth effect, as useful as reallocation of stats can be when you spot a new build online and try it out for 3 seconds, I feel her rune would be better if in addition to the respec option you could just give her larval tears, every larval tear you give her would grant 2 stat points you could allocate anywhere that would be granted whenever you activate her rune, there are 18 larval tears in one playthrough so thats 36 stat points on demand, with more each ng+ run, making this a rune that becomes more and more valuable as you are "reborn" into ng+ runs
Radahns great rune, much like Godrick and Morgotts is basically just a stat booster, his rune ideally should play into his gravity magic and overall power more, having the rune active should greatly increase equip stat, increase resistances to scarlet rot and resistances to all non magic damage types, boost gravity magic damage and damage with collosal swords in addition to the basic increases it offers, your poise should be increased alongside immunity from certain grab attacks, enemies around you would be unable to heal themselves.
This rune basically should be the ultimate rune to use against malenia with good benefits to specific builds and playstyles
Morgotts rune currently just gives you more health, I feel it should buff any omen related spells or weapons, increase damage to omen type enemies and grant more damage resistance when your health falls below a certain margin, reflecting Morgott being slightly tankier when his second phase hits, basically making you resilient whilst also more powerful vs any other omen cursed enemies like Mohg.
Rykards rune is honestly pretty great as is, it's effect plays nicely with everything else related to him, the blade, the talisman etc all are about the recovery of health through "devouring" your enemies in battle, only thing i'd add would be resistance to fire, lava immunity and perhaps having multikills or repeated damage on a single target spawn a rykards rancor skull that would hit your target or the nearest target, just for that extra bonus and relation to the boss, think of them as the enraged captured souls of things you've beaten to death being hurled at your next target.
with all that being said, obviously none of the runes are ever likely to be reworked as most of them are fine as is, just wanted to share my ideas on ways they might be improved in such a way that would make using them more rewarding and that would warrant more consideration for each build rather than just slapping on Morgott, Godrick or Radahn and calling it a day.
I hear ya man, can't wait for your next one.
That’s an interesting a background you got there.
The Wallpaper of your computer 💀 0:35
I literally have a stroke every time Rusty posts another video. These videos give me LIFE
I must say I really enjoy the title of your videos
Coming from other Souls games, especially Dark Souls 1, I was used to not relying on stat buffs from equipment or Great Runes, so Godrick's great rune wasn't as much of a crutch for me--I focused a lot more on meeting stat requirements through leveling up. Radahn's great rune is still the one I use most often.
You should do an ash of war, or weapon or unique weapon tierlist
Once I got to ng+6 I started using morgotts just because I had already leveled my other stats up to what I wanted and figured it was time to get that hp ridiculously high
I've gotten to the point in ER I don't actually use great runes, or even equip them. I don't bother restoring them either unless I had some ulterior motive, like getting a certain greatsword.
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Where my stats are at currently Radahn's Rune is very useful. I was happy to see its placement lol
Malenias great rune and the original rune arc description both make me wonder if we were originally going to get great runes which encouraged different playsryles through passive buffs by default and offered more significant gameplay changes when rune arced.
For example:
malenias greatrune could have the passive effect of rally, and the arced effect of increased attack speed and stamina regen.
Radahns could have the passive effect of the sekiro deflect, and posture damage when blocking when arced
Passive fp regen for rennala, with melee hits restoring fp when arced
Not sure what the rest could be, but some undeveloped ideas in my head are:
aerial combat (air dodge, air attack combos) for rykard,
Sekiro Ninjutsu for mogh? (Honestly this could have been a unique dagger imho)
Some kind of splinter twin like the one in pontiff Sullivan's boss fight for morgotts.
And godricks rune can idk, like add crossbow parrying or some shit
With my experience with Mohg's Great rune, its op, i used it with my mimic to see how efficient it was against Melania, mainly due to me hearing it was good, so i tested it out. And guess what, with the great rune the mimic solo'd her first phase. Basically with the rune, from what ive seen, if a summon already has bleed, its bleed damage is multiplied. Making the rune very useful in certain situations.
Tha rune arc dependancy you were talking about, i've experienced.
It's why I don't use rune arcs that much at all, most of the time just when I get stuck on a boss.
I didn't know how much I don't know about elden ring. Not only i just found out how to activate the great runes (holy towers) and to equip them now i know rune arcs also play a part, i swear my main strategy is "hit it until it dies"
Having to activate them using a consumables means that I just forgot about them. Even when I remembered, I didn’t want to activate them while learning a boss (only while doing the real attempt) and most of the time I just ended up beating the boss while I was figuring it out.
There's a niche use for malenias specifically for people that like collosal weapons which is just making regen builds with those weapons better
Basically you just guard counter with the collosal weapon.
I use talismans and crits to proc healing effects with the collosals and its a pretty fun way to play, malenias just gives you an extra bit of leeway with the style as guarding reduces damage and counters deal heavy damage back right after the hit so you can use it to recover the damage you take.
Works well with ritual shield because that further reduces the damage taken on the first guard and the healing you get following that will reactivate ritual.
Good or great? Probably not. Very fun though. I just wish the game made the runes more accessible in general
I'm hoping for an all Smithing Stone Weapons Ranking Someday that's all
I spent a solid 80 hours thinking my great rune was active by default and rune arcs (which I never used) merely increased the effect
I have used rune twice. I have been saving them for a rainy day which surely comes at any point now.
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I barely used great runes because of the limited number of rune arcs. I spent my entire first playthrough using it only twice. Now I have well over 40 rune arcs. But I'm also running through just about everything pretty easily with both my strength at 90 and dex at 85 and using the bloodhound fang, which scales pretty well with both.
Ill still wait here for the ranking of all remembrance rewards
honesty i think this video is pretty spot on, theres sou d reasoni g for every opinion, i enjoy it when the person guves reasoning rather than juat their opinion
Pretty much entirely agree with this list. My only change is Unborn rune automatically gets #1 for me because I just have to try every build in these game at least once, and they've never made it easier to do that than in Elden Ring. Yeah it's more a key item than anything but it lets me live my dreams so that counts for something lol.