>Gravity magic capable of holding back the stars >The souls of dragons made into devasting incantations >Weapons reforged from the souls of fallen boss For bitches. >A wood stick with some rocks. Now we're talkin'
I think that if the Stance break meter were visible like in Sekiro a lot more of people would've cared more for that rather than just raw damage or stacking bleeding
Yeah and also parrying. Most of the players don't even do it and just cheesing their way out. Nothing's wrong tho, it's just this game has so many hidden gems that it's great to complete it with various approach - appreciating the enemies patterns and the whole universe creation.
@@thepainphantom Parrying isnt particularly hidden, it's pretty much forced on you if you equip any early shield. As totally new to souls games I spent considerable time to trying to learn parry timing but it felt wasted effort compared to just blocking and guard countering or dodging.
@@zedarzy3547 The best reason to parry is the ridiculous critical damage (esp for some of the hardest enemies or the hyperarmor ones). Of course you need many hours to be consistently understand the timing and the pattern. I literally spent 1 gameplay of 200 hourish (exploring all content and spot) with most of it by parrying. Btw hidden as in the game tutorial didn't teach you how to do parry (in the cave). Only knowing and actually successful doing it are two different things.
@@zedarzy3547 i beat the game with brass shield since stormveil and i never parried, pure dodging and just l1 block hoping the combo will end as soon as my stamina drops to 0
@thepainphantom The problem with parrying is it's risky to do, and when mastered, it feels kind of lame in PvE. Having to parry some bosses many times for a reposite doesn't make the risk any better.
When Elden ring released, a lot of people brushed aside the stance mechanic since you can’t see the meter. Thank you for spreading the gospel of stancebreaking, and why it fucking rocks. Very good video overall 👍
The italians are pretty much the only ones who focused in on it due to sabaku's CNT footage where he tested it a lot, showcasing how easy it was to stagger trolls and dragons with the right weapons, i remember seeing lobos a few months after release fighting dragons on torrent, with me thinking "why doesn't he just bait the melee attacks so he can stagger the dragon in 4 attacks?"(you need only 4 JR2 headshots with a 2-handed greatsword, which can be made to be less by attacking with R1s or others after the first JR2)
My friend comes from DS3 and he ALWAYS uses the biggest weapon, 2 hands it, and fully charged heavy attacks. Staggering bosses has been a thing for a long time before ER.
@@blad... that’s true, the poise break mechanic was in DS3, but it was very strange and inconsistent. Some bosses, like Nameless King, seem to have the same type of Poise break animation as in Elden ring, where they take a Knee and can be reposted. Then some like Pontiff or Gael just get pushed back and staggered for a short time. And then some like Gundyr who takes a knee, but can’t be reposted and just takes more damage. Many bosses just can’t be poise broken, and most enemy’s can’t either. As for charged heavys, I’m not really sure if they do more poise damage or not. I tested the difference from Light attacks and heavy’s on the Demon Princes using the Fume Ultra Greatsword, and it always took five attacks to poise break. Regardless of whether they were heavy or light. Heavy attacks definitely do more poise damage against Pontiff and Gael, though. The mechanic was definitely in Dark Souls 3, but it was really inconsistent and wasn’t universal to all bosses.
Lets see, damage per hit for big bonk weapons is like 1.3k BUT, their dps is around the same, with more risks, same poise damage when it comes to hitting the enemy AND they take up carry weight.. nice one Myazaki. The only positive is the amount of buildup they could possibly do
@@abrahamrangel2326 thats how you know its a japanese game, the swords that are known to be made of the worst quality metal, and have the absolute frailest design capable only of cutting through soft flesh (hence why they were able to use wood "armor" like some tribe of apes.), are one of if not the best weapons in the game. they used to have low durability, but they removed durability so now their just japans attempt at flexing.
@@abrahamrangel2326 thats how you know its a japanese game, the swords that are known to be made of the worst quality metal, and have the absolute frailest design capable only of cutting through soft flesh (hence why they were able to use wood "armor" like some tribe.), are one of if not the best weapons in the game. they used to have low durability, but they removed durability so now their just japans attempt at flexing.
I love how stagger is a common rpg mechanic but fs doesn't even bother to put stagger bar on their mobs but still makes the mechanic important vs bosses. Everything but world exploration in er is 5/10
Thanks man! I was chuckling the whole way through editing the Sentinel segments. Great work on your latest videos btw, I was watching them during my break. The integration of AI voices for lore narration is a good touch!
Fun fact - square off (default AOW on most straight swords) + r2 has more poise damage than charged r2 colossal sword and stance breaks most bosses in 2-3 hits while being fast, cheap on fp, having a ducking animation and generous hitbox.
Yes! When I first began playing Elden Ring, I was a huge fan of colossal weapons.. because I had learned what a benefit stance breaks were quickly. What I have since learned is that colossal are actually some of the worst for stancebreaking enemies quickly. The lighter quicker weapons which also have good poise damage values can do it quicker in many situations while also not tying down your character movement with long attack animations. I was kinda shocked how well even greatswords can stancebreak with jump attacks. These days my fab stance breaking weapons aren't colossal weapons at all but things like brick hammer, great stars, or even a good ole greatsword. My fav build however must be the dual straight sword due to its fast attack combos pairing well with status ailments, tho the stance damage is not great. Btw, when you go for Radagon Scarseal next time take the beast repellent torch with you and the rats will leave you alone. Pro tip 😊
Dual straight swords or a single greatsword are my go-to builds as well! Extremely fun an versatile. Great Stars also has a special place in my heart, it doesn't look as fancy as most other weapons but it's reliable, and making it cold for frost/bleed at once feels almost mean... for the enemies :)
For the soarseal, that's a long way just to get an easier talisman, much easier to bait the rats to attack you from the other platform so they fall down in the main hallway, that way they will not attack you while you pick the talisman.
Wait, colossal swords suck for stance breaks? Whats the point of using them now? They don't out DPS other weapons, they don't knock down enemies like previous games, they aren't the best at stance breaking, they can't instantly poise break some harder enemies for a riposte like in ds2 sotfs, etc. Why does fromsoft keep downgrading ultra weapons? They lost so many abilities from ds2 sotfs its not even funny. And AoW's don't even make up for that. I mean they even lack the attack cancel, faster attacks after rolling/running and guard breaks that all weapons from ds2 sotfs had, very useful for UGS. Great hammers were even able to pancake those frigid outskirt horses, making them extremely useful.
@@siyzerix They don't suck for stance breaks, they just do it differently. There's a reason dual colossal jump heavy is a meme. But generally heavier weapons are inherently trading speed for poise, you need to trade to deal comparable stance damage without decaying. So getting good defensive stats goes along way to allow you to trade more efficiently.
@@theresnothinghere1745 This video just showed how easy its to stance break bosses with this weapon/build. It outright stance broke bosses almost even faster than colossal swords. Even if the dual colossal swords broke stance a bit faster, the stat investment and hit to speed just ain't worth it. Nah mate. Colossal's just stuck in ds3 and ER. In ds2 sotfs you traded speed for knockdowns, staggers and instant poise break + riposte combo. Along with deadlier jump attacks. Infact, in ds2 sotfs the UGS swung about as fast as ER if not faster, and thats in a game with slower paced combat than ER. UGS in ds2 sotfs still retained their high damage and high stagger. In ER the colossal swords just feel like glorified straight swords that swing way too slow. All round suck.
This video has enlightened me. The baseball bat is truly the greatest stance breaking weapon in all the lands between. I almost hate it because no matter what weapon I use, they always feel less efficient at stance breaking, and thus have ruined colossal weapons for me. No matter what gimmick I try to lean in on, all my builds eventually devolve back into hobo with a baseball bat.
I just used the large club and then later the colossal version (great club), since they usually only need 2 heavy attacks to stagger bosses. This was my way to start with depraved, just went to grind the heavy club from the starting zone from the goblins or whatever, and only vent for str/vigor since I can't dodge all the stuff like he does. :)
@@Kankipappa I feel that playstyle is the only way to make colossal weapons work. To use the hyperarmor and trade blows, going for staggers. That or make a jumping heavy spam or aow spam build. If you’re not planning on getting hit, just use any other weapon and use heavy attacks. They take MUCH less stamina, are twice as fast, and dont require you to lvl up endurance to use armor and the extra weight.
The star fists and the steel balls (when combined with the right tears and talismans) are some of if not the best poise munchers. They have incredibly fast charged heavies you can spam, if you can live with having poor range. Honestly surprised they weren't used in the video, give them a try.
Hey lupine! Nothing quite like alternating between MH sessions with the boys/girls and ER and confusing the controls between each game. Trying to superman dive Radahn's meteor did not work, oddly enough
There's a roar like ash of war (ASH OF WAR: BARBARIC ROAR) that changes your heavy attack, you can use it in a weapon, then change to the club and do the heavy attack, it can easily break poise, but there's a catch, you will lose all your Stamina when doing it, so equip the two turtle head talisman
Fun fact: Mogh was originally counting down from 6 in Latin, they toned it down to 3 to make him a little less punishing. But I like to think they did that because they didn't want a large demon screaming sex, lmao
I always felt that the simple club wasn't talked about enough. Honestly, it's my favorite weapon in the game. It's so satisfying to fight morgott hitless with a +0 club, chaining crits back to back.
Stance Breaking is so fun! The big baseball bat carried me through my low level/low weapon upgrades run and it’s probably worse than the small one for being slower and taking more Stamina. Right after I played Twinblades and before I got used to spamming the Poledance in the right moment it felt like hell.
Stance break is so strong, it really makes some Ashes of war and weapons shine (Square off R1 is such a good chunk of poise damage for such a safe move). And it feels great being able to use the longer ones to land some long moves or a bunch of heavy hits then riposte.
Great video w/memes and editing!! Super effective w/labeling what you’re doing + making meme edits here and there. (The labeling helps me a lot if I ever wanted to try doing something similar :D)
Thanks a lot! I got some inspiration for this style from a great MH youtuber called Just Some Memes, I recommend checking him out if you want more ideas! Editing videos take a lot of work/time, but it's also very fun, so good luck if you want to try it out someday 👍
Yeah, basically... My first playthrough was wretch and I carrier that club to the end game as much as it carried me, the standard club is a historically underrated weapon making the wretch arguably the strongest starting class (it's me, I'm arguing it)
I ran a duel dagger build my first time through, stacking status effects on top of one another to do tons of chip damage while I was dodging. Second time through I did a strength and colossal weapon play through and just trashed bosses using this. I had such a hard time making it through the game the first time! Turns out I was just missing an extremely important mechanic
People def underestimate the club or hammer type weapons to be exact. It’s much faster than giant weapons and it’s stagger output is prob higher if you factor how fast it can land those charge attacks vs huge ones. Just 2 charge heavies, which fits easily in a medium opening of margit, then a trade ish jump r1 immediately after, you can immediately poise break him after his first swing and miss. Same for Radagon, guard counter him maybe twice, charge heavy when the opening comes… it’s so fast to poise break. Your first exchange, it can already happen.
Some things I should add: Heavy infusion > poison infusion since poison mist is a guaranteed poison. I pair this with great turtle shield with barricade ash of war since after poison mist I have a poison brush to paint other enemies with while the poison preps foes for death. Use poison mist after a combo allows you to bypass the recovery and start a new combo if you have stamina. I prefer the great club over great star because its lighter weight, longer reach, and has better heavy scaling.
The stagger mechanic alone is what makes Elden Ring the best Fromsoft title, aside from Sekiro. Anyone who doesn't effectively engage with it is missing a core mechanic of the combat system.
I’m not saying we need a stance meter visible I think we need an indication of some sort when the target is close to breaking stance. Like idk subtle particles maybe or like lies of p where health bar lights up when target could be stunned I mean sekiro had a stance meter so there is no shame in adding that
Good video man, just finished an int build and after seeing this im starting a whole ass new character, going to practically copy what you did befor margit then do my own thing after. Thinking of doing a primary strength build with a bit of arcane.
I ran int for my first playthrough. My 2nd one was strength/ faith. There's sooo many good weapons(blasphemous blade, the boss killer Envoys Longhorn, and a few others.) Plus you can get the buffs from Golden Vow and flame grant me strength. While taking advantage of strength weapons. You can make most weapons scale with faith by using the flame art affinity on your ash as well
When the video opens with Valstrax theme you know it’s on I’m surprised you didn’t use the dumbbells weapon (idk the name the one you get off the boiled crab merchant NPC); always thought that was the best weapon for this. I hope in the DLC bosses have higher poise like Mogh. Easily my favourite fight.
I literally just had a build exactly like this but it was with the greatmace instead of club. Used the spell version of golden voe and got flame grant me strength for more damage. Tailsmans were different from mine however. Still used axe tailsman apart from that i used claw, dagger and old lords for longer buffs. Stance break is honestly my favorite way to play the game and is the reason strength is my favorite build.
I beat more than half the bosses in the game first try, and I have to say that stance breaking carried me a lot. Using a heavy large mace that specifically describes its stance breaking power has made a lot of encounters trivial, knowing that most enemy I will face will have their stance broken within 2 to 4 hits. Coupled with the beast seal, I'm very happy with the build I made.
stance build: hey look everyone i can stun bosses!!!! pre-nerf blood build: that's a cute gimmick, I can kill Malenia in 5 secs Melina, Blade of Miquella: am I a joke to you? pre-nerf blood build: yes.
I tried this build and while the stance brakeing is great, I still think the only thing unbalanced is your skills. I struggled with every single boss. Fire giant almost mayde me give up, but eventually I won that battle. It was the Beast Clergyman that made me really give up, I got one or two hits through and then I was dead. I've won him three times in the past but always with the help of mimic tear. Now I'm just screwed without it.
When I first played elden ring, I had no idea that there even is such thing as stance breaks, because I played with katanas (no poise damage) and didn't use ashes of war, since the game didn't tell me that unsheathe requires a follow up input, so I never figured that mechanic out. I don't remember if the game teaches you about stance breaks in the Cave of Knowledge, but even if it did, I would have forgotten about it after hours of playing without seeing it in action.
As a funny AyyyEfff video: 12/8 As a clearly scientific educational strat video for Elden Ring: 1/10 -Reason for abysmal education score? Viewer cannot read and follow along with the tips and strats when the viewer is overwhelmed with laughter and tearing of the eyes. -Conclusion? LIKED, COMMENTED AND SUBSKRRRIB’d! 11/10 Would watch Elden’s Ring get Railed again.
Square-off against the tree sentinels. That's the only time I ever used the stance break mechanic to it's full extent and I honestly don't know why I stopped. Prolly cause I was distracted by flashy magics and bleed builds. We must remember our forebears and return to bonk.
Staggering bosses IS easy mode. This was me and guts sword with either lion’s claw or giant hunt, and also me with Craig blade heavy star fist. It was beautiful 😂
You made that goldfrey fight look extremely easy. I was stuck for so long even when I could dodge his attacks 😂 then I realised I needed to upgrade 😂😂😂
Str builds be like: "It's not about the damage, it's about how much you can slap bosses like two finger and three fingers came together for a full god hand slap and make them SIT DOWN!"
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![[MV] A leap of faith...ความเชื่อใจครั้งสุดท้าย (From "Petrichor the series")](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1piZH2CNXA/mqdefault.jpg)
>Gravity magic capable of holding back the stars
>The souls of dragons made into devasting incantations
>Weapons reforged from the souls of fallen boss
For bitches.
>A wood stick with some rocks.
Now we're talkin'
To quote Hubert Farnsworth: "behold my newest invention...a pointy rock on a stick"
I think that if the Stance break meter were visible like in Sekiro a lot more of people would've cared more for that rather than just raw damage or stacking bleeding
Yeah and also parrying. Most of the players don't even do it and just cheesing their way out. Nothing's wrong tho, it's just this game has so many hidden gems that it's great to complete it with various approach - appreciating the enemies patterns and the whole universe creation.
@@thepainphantom Parrying isnt particularly hidden, it's pretty much forced on you if you equip any early shield. As totally new to souls games I spent considerable time to trying to learn parry timing but it felt wasted effort compared to just blocking and guard countering or dodging.
@@zedarzy3547 The best reason to parry is the ridiculous critical damage (esp for some of the hardest enemies or the hyperarmor ones). Of course you need many hours to be consistently understand the timing and the pattern. I literally spent 1 gameplay of 200 hourish (exploring all content and spot) with most of it by parrying.
Btw hidden as in the game tutorial didn't teach you how to do parry (in the cave). Only knowing and actually successful doing it are two different things.
@@zedarzy3547 i beat the game with brass shield since stormveil and i never parried, pure dodging and just l1 block hoping the combo will end as soon as my stamina drops to 0
@thepainphantom The problem with parrying is it's risky to do, and when mastered, it feels kind of lame in PvE. Having to parry some bosses many times for a reposite doesn't make the risk any better.
"Thou art of passing skill" **croaks**
Well he was not wrong :)
He tells us "GG" even after he loses. A true sportsman, just like his dad.
This whole run is just: You are not immune to baseball bat.
Boink!
When Elden ring released, a lot of people brushed aside the stance mechanic since you can’t see the meter.
Thank you for spreading the gospel of stancebreaking, and why it fucking rocks.
Very good video overall 👍
Stance-breaking is such an underappreciated mechanic for how important it is, yes! And the sound of a stagger makes gamer brain happy
The italians are pretty much the only ones who focused in on it due to sabaku's CNT footage where he tested it a lot, showcasing how easy it was to stagger trolls and dragons with the right weapons, i remember seeing lobos a few months after release fighting dragons on torrent, with me thinking "why doesn't he just bait the melee attacks so he can stagger the dragon in 4 attacks?"(you need only 4 JR2 headshots with a 2-handed greatsword, which can be made to be less by attacking with R1s or others after the first JR2)
cus you need to watch a fuckin tutorial to even know how to attempt stance breaking
My friend comes from DS3 and he ALWAYS uses the biggest weapon, 2 hands it, and fully charged heavy attacks. Staggering bosses has been a thing for a long time before ER.
@@blad... that’s true, the poise break mechanic was in DS3, but it was very strange and inconsistent. Some bosses, like Nameless King, seem to have the same type of Poise break animation as in Elden ring, where they take a Knee and can be reposted. Then some like Pontiff or Gael just get pushed back and staggered for a short time. And then some like Gundyr who takes a knee, but can’t be reposted and just takes more damage. Many bosses just can’t be poise broken, and most enemy’s can’t either.
As for charged heavys, I’m not really sure if they do more poise damage or not. I tested the difference from Light attacks and heavy’s on the Demon Princes using the Fume Ultra Greatsword, and it always took five attacks to poise break. Regardless of whether they were heavy or light.
Heavy attacks definitely do more poise damage against Pontiff and Gael, though.
The mechanic was definitely in Dark Souls 3, but it was really inconsistent and wasn’t universal to all bosses.
Jordien is a actually the name of the creator, not the video. You’re actually watching jordiens monster.
okay, guy 😂
shut up
Ehhh we got the same name
Well just shows my @ on here but yeah
I loved when they nerfed the poise damage of weapons meant to poise break
And kept the poise damage of aow making swords and katanas do better poise damage with their exclusive aow, good balance fromsoftware
Lets see, damage per hit for big bonk weapons is like 1.3k
BUT, their dps is around the same, with more risks, same poise damage when it comes to hitting the enemy AND they take up carry weight.. nice one Myazaki. The only positive is the amount of buildup they could possibly do
@@abrahamrangel2326 thats how you know its a japanese game, the swords that are known to be made of the worst quality metal, and have the absolute frailest design capable only of cutting through soft flesh (hence why they were able to use wood "armor" like some tribe of apes.), are one of if not the best weapons in the game. they used to have low durability, but they removed durability so now their just japans attempt at flexing.
@@abrahamrangel2326 thats how you know its a japanese game, the swords that are known to be made of the worst quality metal, and have the absolute frailest design capable only of cutting through soft flesh (hence why they were able to use wood "armor" like some tribe.), are one of if not the best weapons in the game. they used to have low durability, but they removed durability so now their just japans attempt at flexing.
I love how stagger is a common rpg mechanic but fs doesn't even bother to put stagger bar on their mobs but still makes the mechanic important vs bosses. Everything but world exploration in er is 5/10
17:47 Oh boy, THAT certainly aged well.
About as good as spoiled milk.
I might owe Mohg an apology
When you realize that you’re the vigor check for the bosses
Vigor Check? More like Poise Check! Vigor would be second priority for them.
Fantastic video dude! Loved the Draconic Tree Sentinel fight. The oblivion guard dialogue was perfect! Very entertaining!
Thanks man! I was chuckling the whole way through editing the Sentinel segments. Great work on your latest videos btw, I was watching them during my break. The integration of AI voices for lore narration is a good touch!
@@JordienBy who? For months the whole meta of pve was flame of the redmanes for stancebreak...
Fun fact - square off (default AOW on most straight swords) + r2 has more poise damage than charged r2 colossal sword and stance breaks most bosses in 2-3 hits while being fast, cheap on fp, having a ducking animation and generous hitbox.
Fromsoftware Gameplay is no good in elden ring.
Games like stellar blade blows it out of water in terms of combat
@@RB26NDude, how was that relevant to anything he said? 😂
@@RB26N that's simply not true. Stellar balde has one of the worst combat among slashers
@@RB26NTrue... for people who play with one hand LMAO
@@cuongdo3352I had to get the neural implant to play. 😅
Yes! When I first began playing Elden Ring, I was a huge fan of colossal weapons.. because I had learned what a benefit stance breaks were quickly. What I have since learned is that colossal are actually some of the worst for stancebreaking enemies quickly. The lighter quicker weapons which also have good poise damage values can do it quicker in many situations while also not tying down your character movement with long attack animations. I was kinda shocked how well even greatswords can stancebreak with jump attacks. These days my fab stance breaking weapons aren't colossal weapons at all but things like brick hammer, great stars, or even a good ole greatsword. My fav build however must be the dual straight sword due to its fast attack combos pairing well with status ailments, tho the stance damage is not great.
Btw, when you go for Radagon Scarseal next time take the beast repellent torch with you and the rats will leave you alone. Pro tip 😊
Dual straight swords or a single greatsword are my go-to builds as well! Extremely fun an versatile. Great Stars also has a special place in my heart, it doesn't look as fancy as most other weapons but it's reliable, and making it cold for frost/bleed at once feels almost mean... for the enemies :)
For the soarseal, that's a long way just to get an easier talisman, much easier to bait the rats to attack you from the other platform so they fall down in the main hallway, that way they will not attack you while you pick the talisman.
Wait, colossal swords suck for stance breaks? Whats the point of using them now? They don't out DPS other weapons, they don't knock down enemies like previous games, they aren't the best at stance breaking, they can't instantly poise break some harder enemies for a riposte like in ds2 sotfs, etc.
Why does fromsoft keep downgrading ultra weapons? They lost so many abilities from ds2 sotfs its not even funny. And AoW's don't even make up for that. I mean they even lack the attack cancel, faster attacks after rolling/running and guard breaks that all weapons from ds2 sotfs had, very useful for UGS. Great hammers were even able to pancake those frigid outskirt horses, making them extremely useful.
@@siyzerix They don't suck for stance breaks, they just do it differently.
There's a reason dual colossal jump heavy is a meme.
But generally heavier weapons are inherently trading speed for poise, you need to trade to deal comparable stance damage without decaying.
So getting good defensive stats goes along way to allow you to trade more efficiently.
@@theresnothinghere1745 This video just showed how easy its to stance break bosses with this weapon/build. It outright stance broke bosses almost even faster than colossal swords. Even if the dual colossal swords broke stance a bit faster, the stat investment and hit to speed just ain't worth it. Nah mate. Colossal's just stuck in ds3 and ER.
In ds2 sotfs you traded speed for knockdowns, staggers and instant poise break + riposte combo. Along with deadlier jump attacks. Infact, in ds2 sotfs the UGS swung about as fast as ER if not faster, and thats in a game with slower paced combat than ER. UGS in ds2 sotfs still retained their high damage and high stagger.
In ER the colossal swords just feel like glorified straight swords that swing way too slow. All round suck.
This video has enlightened me. The baseball bat is truly the greatest stance breaking weapon in all the lands between. I almost hate it because no matter what weapon I use, they always feel less efficient at stance breaking, and thus have ruined colossal weapons for me. No matter what gimmick I try to lean in on, all my builds eventually devolve back into hobo with a baseball bat.
I just used the large club and then later the colossal version (great club), since they usually only need 2 heavy attacks to stagger bosses. This was my way to start with depraved, just went to grind the heavy club from the starting zone from the goblins or whatever, and only vent for str/vigor since I can't dodge all the stuff like he does. :)
@@Kankipappa I feel that playstyle is the only way to make colossal weapons work. To use the hyperarmor and trade blows, going for staggers. That or make a jumping heavy spam or aow spam build.
If you’re not planning on getting hit, just use any other weapon and use heavy attacks. They take MUCH less stamina, are twice as fast, and dont require you to lvl up endurance to use armor and the extra weight.
The star fists and the steel balls (when combined with the right tears and talismans) are some of if not the best poise munchers. They have incredibly fast charged heavies you can spam, if you can live with having poor range. Honestly surprised they weren't used in the video, give them a try.
It's worth grinding out the stone club for if you wanna do this. it's nearly 200 more ar at 60 str
Crimson Glow Valstrax track got me like 😩😩👌😤👌😤👌
Hey lupine! Nothing quite like alternating between MH sessions with the boys/girls and ER and confusing the controls between each game. Trying to superman dive Radahn's meteor did not work, oddly enough
@@JordienI had finished Rise shortly before Elden Ring came out. Seeing the meteor fall brought back some PTSD moments from CG Valstrax.
"clicks on video
Sees Siluria spear in Radhan's face
Grins for the whole day"
I love how the intro is just you stunning the equivalent of crashing meteorite, like "No I don't think you will."
There's a roar like ash of war (ASH OF WAR: BARBARIC ROAR) that changes your heavy attack, you can use it in a weapon, then change to the club and do the heavy attack, it can easily break poise, but there's a catch, you will lose all your Stamina when doing it, so equip the two turtle head talisman
Very good job, it's lot of effort, it's nice to see you unga bunga-ed everything until the end!
Fun fact: Mogh was originally counting down from 6 in Latin, they toned it down to 3 to make him a little less punishing.
But I like to think they did that because they didn't want a large demon screaming sex, lmao
Which is understandable, his backstory is convoluted enough as is... lol
Mohg screaming sex while thrusting his spear into the air is the most Mohg accurate bs I’ve ever heard of
Punishing? He would be even weaker, with an immense window to keep attacking him with statuses😂
Yeah he would be easier if he had 6
Well well, my boy Mogh finally beat the allegations 😄
The Nergigante dive bomb cut made me lose my shit lol
But it was Valstraxx, no?
@@Josqui-zv8gm yeah, it's Valstrax. OP needs his eyes checked.
I always felt that the simple club wasn't talked about enough. Honestly, it's my favorite weapon in the game. It's so satisfying to fight morgott hitless with a +0 club, chaining crits back to back.
The 200 word speech by the tree sentinel right before you clapped him was brilliant! Subscribed
Stance Breaking is so fun! The big baseball bat carried me through my low level/low weapon upgrades run and it’s probably worse than the small one for being slower and taking more Stamina.
Right after I played Twinblades and before I got used to spamming the Poledance in the right moment it felt like hell.
Stance break is so strong, it really makes some Ashes of war and weapons shine (Square off R1 is such a good chunk of poise damage for such a safe move). And it feels great being able to use the longer ones to land some long moves or a bunch of heavy hits then riposte.
This is a work of art, man! I applaud!👏
Thank you very much!
1:38 the art is cute
Made by my friend liked in description, she's very talented!
Great video w/memes and editing!! Super effective w/labeling what you’re doing + making meme edits here and there. (The labeling helps me a lot if I ever wanted to try doing something similar :D)
Thanks a lot! I got some inspiration for this style from a great MH youtuber called Just Some Memes, I recommend checking him out if you want more ideas! Editing videos take a lot of work/time, but it's also very fun, so good luck if you want to try it out someday 👍
Yeah, basically... My first playthrough was wretch and I carrier that club to the end game as much as it carried me, the standard club is a historically underrated weapon making the wretch arguably the strongest starting class (it's me, I'm arguing it)
I not only found this super informative, but it also gave me a good laugh! Thank you so much!
Thanks!
I ran a duel dagger build my first time through, stacking status effects on top of one another to do tons of chip damage while I was dodging. Second time through I did a strength and colossal weapon play through and just trashed bosses using this. I had such a hard time making it through the game the first time! Turns out I was just missing an extremely important mechanic
This editing is really funny for the quality, you get a lot of humor out of relatively little flashiness
as i played I wondered "is anything better than this club?" and the answer is "No, not really brah"
People def underestimate the club or hammer type weapons to be exact. It’s much faster than giant weapons and it’s stagger output is prob higher if you factor how fast it can land those charge attacks vs huge ones. Just 2 charge heavies, which fits easily in a medium opening of margit, then a trade ish jump r1 immediately after, you can immediately poise break him after his first swing and miss. Same for Radagon, guard counter him maybe twice, charge heavy when the opening comes… it’s so fast to poise break. Your first exchange, it can already happen.
This weapon class is a monster for pve yep! Always been pretty good but in Elden Ring it's even next level
Poison mist + great club.
The mist swipe doesn't break foes out of broken poise so now they take poison tick damage while you crit hit them.
That's a cool idea
Some things I should add:
Heavy infusion > poison infusion since poison mist is a guaranteed poison.
I pair this with great turtle shield with barricade ash of war since after poison mist I have a poison brush to paint other enemies with while the poison preps foes for death.
Use poison mist after a combo allows you to bypass the recovery and start a new combo if you have stamina.
I prefer the great club over great star because its lighter weight, longer reach, and has better heavy scaling.
Valfalk theme used at the beginning is too good.
The stagger mechanic alone is what makes Elden Ring the best Fromsoft title, aside from Sekiro. Anyone who doesn't effectively engage with it is missing a core mechanic of the combat system.
Soul Caliber esque outro. Brings back memories. Savage play.
The pan noise cutting off the bear witness lmao
Also the joy I felt watching draconic spam sentinel get bullied so hard
I’m not saying we need a stance meter visible I think we need an indication of some sort when the target is close to breaking stance. Like idk subtle particles maybe or like lies of p where health bar lights up when target could be stunned
I mean sekiro had a stance meter so there is no shame in adding that
Good video man, just finished an int build and after seeing this im starting a whole ass new character, going to practically copy what you did befor margit then do my own thing after. Thinking of doing a primary strength build with a bit of arcane.
I ran int for my first playthrough. My 2nd one was strength/ faith. There's sooo many good weapons(blasphemous blade, the boss killer Envoys Longhorn, and a few others.) Plus you can get the buffs from Golden Vow and flame grant me strength. While taking advantage of strength weapons. You can make most weapons scale with faith by using the flame art affinity on your ash as well
When the video opens with Valstrax theme you know it’s on
I’m surprised you didn’t use the dumbbells weapon (idk the name the one you get off the boiled crab merchant NPC); always thought that was the best weapon for this.
I hope in the DLC bosses have higher poise like Mogh. Easily my favourite fight.
First video I’ve seen of yours and I’m only 6 mins in and I’m absolutely loving it, funny ass edits 😂 keep it up man
Thanks a lot!
I literally just had a build exactly like this but it was with the greatmace instead of club. Used the spell version of golden voe and got flame grant me strength for more damage. Tailsmans were different from mine however. Still used axe tailsman apart from that i used claw, dagger and old lords for longer buffs. Stance break is honestly my favorite way to play the game and is the reason strength is my favorite build.
😮The Monster Hunter music is very fitting. An epic journey, for certain. Super build! Stagger city, baby!
Let's all love Lain. ❤️✨
Bonk Stick, Impaling Thrust, or Square Off is the real question.
I beat more than half the bosses in the game first try, and I have to say that stance breaking carried me a lot. Using a heavy large mace that specifically describes its stance breaking power has made a lot of encounters trivial, knowing that most enemy I will face will have their stance broken within 2 to 4 hits. Coupled with the beast seal, I'm very happy with the build I made.
What's the weapon you speaking of?
stance build: hey look everyone i can stun bosses!!!!
pre-nerf blood build: that's a cute gimmick, I can kill Malenia in 5 secs
Melina, Blade of Miquella: am I a joke to you?
pre-nerf blood build: yes.
@@melted_maniac297 oh I'm sorry. I'm just using the great mace.
I tried this build and while the stance brakeing is great, I still think the only thing unbalanced is your skills. I struggled with every single boss. Fire giant almost mayde me give up, but eventually I won that battle. It was the Beast Clergyman that made me really give up, I got one or two hits through and then I was dead. I've won him three times in the past but always with the help of mimic tear. Now I'm just screwed without it.
1. Get a bonky
That's it. You fine now.
Bonky never disappoints
This is my exact speedrun setup but with greataxe. Great video and editing is fantastic! 😘👌
Thank you very much!
Nice and girthy club! Great editing too :)
When I first played elden ring, I had no idea that there even is such thing as stance breaks, because I played with katanas (no poise damage) and didn't use ashes of war, since the game didn't tell me that unsheathe requires a follow up input, so I never figured that mechanic out. I don't remember if the game teaches you about stance breaks in the Cave of Knowledge, but even if it did, I would have forgotten about it after hours of playing without seeing it in action.
The audio editing is S tier, but all around a great watch!
Remember when flames of the redmain or moonveil could brake stance in just two hits always, good times
Probably why they don't make baseball bats out of cinder blocks.
Jordien holy shit brother, your video editing is great, dude keep it up, you are getting better and better. sky’s the limit!!
Thanks dude, working my way and learning things with each video haha!
As a funny AyyyEfff video: 12/8
As a clearly scientific educational strat video for Elden Ring: 1/10
-Reason for abysmal education score? Viewer cannot read and follow along with the tips and strats when the viewer is overwhelmed with laughter and tearing of the eyes.
-Conclusion?
LIKED, COMMENTED AND SUBSKRRRIB’d! 11/10 Would watch Elden’s Ring get Railed again.
Currently doing "monke(demi-human run" if not for Stance breaks I dont think I would've been able to get this far.
Sounds like a fun run!
@@Jordien Malenia heals too much off of them. Back to the drawing board!
i heard the bagel theme and shat myself for a second before realizing its just this video
Bagel goose wants to know your location
Square-off against the tree sentinels. That's the only time I ever used the stance break mechanic to it's full extent and I honestly don't know why I stopped. Prolly cause I was distracted by flashy magics and bleed builds.
We must remember our forebears and return to bonk.
As a hammer person myself, the club is a fine, wonderful weapon I'd happily use from start to finish of the game... However...
I love your editing in this video, its pretty hilarious and tight.
Thanks!
I love the mordhau no voice lines at the Gideon fight and good video
Very nice! Great skill and great editing!
Thank you very much!
You’re like an underrated ymfah tbh, hope your channel gets popular soon :3
Staggering bosses IS easy mode. This was me and guts sword with either lion’s claw or giant hunt, and also me with Craig blade heavy star fist. It was beautiful 😂
And soon we'll put DLC bosses through this too!
@@Jordien Definitely
"child protection service" hits different after the dlc came out xD
More like protection from child services ammirite heheehhehh.... *cough**cough*
You immediately hooked me with the music choice.
Liked, subbed, bla bla you get it LMAO
It's the Bazelgeuse music that makes you stronger tbh
That switch to monster hunter was actually so clean wtf 😭
Thanks!
Seeing the damage folks deal in pre NG+ runs... I can't help but chuckle.
That build will still destroy bosses in NG+7!
Malenia: Why do I hear boss music?
fun fact, the charged heavies and jump attacks of Hammers does the same Stance damage as a the heavies of a Colossal Sword.
amazing audio work.
Toujours super intéressant et agréable à regarder. C'est beau bordel 💪
Merci hidden, c'est toi qui est beau d'abord
I love the MH music, awesome vid man
Officially dubbing this the rock candy build 😂
Hahaha honestly that's a pretty good name!
You made that goldfrey fight look extremely easy. I was stuck for so long even when I could dodge his attacks 😂 then I realised I needed to upgrade 😂😂😂
"many don't know about it"
My brother in christ is the only thing keeping STR builds alive
"The Elden Ring Stance Breaks Experience is Perfectly Balanced or How To Oonga Boonga Your Way Through The Game"
Unga bunga will guide us
You forgot getting the great rune after godrick extra 5 everything
Good point, I just didn't want to bother walking there on foot. I had bosses that needed killing!
I think there is the most funny way to play
Lmao the monster hunter during the radahn fight 😂 I completely forgot about that dragon's phase change in monster Hunter lmao
This is why I'm yet to make a dex build after 10+ playthroughs. Big stick is just too good.
*cough* twinblades *cough*
Don't even need bleed for it to be good.
Doing my first playthrough on pc and the morningstar carried me all the way to the end lol. Staggering is so fun
Geez, that takes "pounding Malenia" to a whole different level...
This video is amazing. I'm subbing man
These kind of videos are so entertaining. Next ymfah confirmed.
The eagle spirit grants you bonus stance dmg as well as attack power and would be a good one for a build like this.
lol club is my favorite weapon in the game as usual. It’s lowkey op as hell for the dlc it staggered enemies and bosses like crazy
“You dare oppose the might of … UURGH!” 🤣🤣🤣
The Bonk sound at the Boring Duo caught me off guard so bad, I really laughed so hard at that moment JAJAJAJA XD
"the bear tarnished"
this single video could have saved this game for so many players who just gave up because they couldn’t play ER like they did ds3
amazing music picks
The fact that you didn't say a word makes this so awesome. I love this. laughed and all
I love that in the Club description it reads: Wielding this striking weapon requires no skill.
Indeed.
Cuando vienes de Sekiro: "le rompi la postura"
Bro discovered every RL1 Run strat 😂
Str builds be like:
"It's not about the damage, it's about how much you can slap bosses like two finger and three fingers came together for a full god hand slap and make them SIT DOWN!"
Sounds like a God-Level Knuckle Sandwich to me! 😂