I recommend adding Ice Spear to your list as one of the strongest. It is ranged, causes frost build up quickly, can poise break bosses, and has very solid damage. Very surprised it did not make your list.
The first segment with double slash uses the Nagakiba and godskin peeler. A katana and twin blade respectively. The godskin peeler is a fun weapon to use.
PHANTOM SLASH ash of war with Nightriders Glaive. Put bleed on the weapon. Two hand use. Successive attacks not only deal massive damage, they build up bleed insanely fast. Pure strength. Have 10 15 extra points on mind. No incantations BS! Melania one shot. It is an absolute cheat code. You just spam skill button. It is also pretty decent in PVP. Also with night rider armor you look sooooo good!!!
Solid list, hasn't changed much through all of the patches. I still love to use Flame of the Redmanes to stagger bosses, Flaming Strike to add damage to a strength build, and Hoarfrost Stomp for AOE mob clearing and frostbite procs.
@@pastorgainzgames Me too bro, me too. They didn't just nerf it, they nerfed it into the ground. I'm almost done with an all-bosses level 1 run, and FotR played a crucial role up until it got nerfed when I was about halfway thru the run. I've only got a few bosses left: Godfrey, Final boss, and Malenia, and I'm stuck on Godfrey, wishing I had the old FotR right about now.
Gotta show some love for Repeating Thrust, get it 10 minutes into the game from the Night's Cavalry next to Agheel North. Hit's 3 times in a row for pretty good damage, good animation speed but throwing it on a dex or bleed build it's OP. Throw on a little Bloodflame or Frozen Armament & it proc's super quick. Put it on a greatsword, longsword, katana or halberd & melt stuff without lugging a heavy, slow Big Bonk around (I like a cold Flamberge, Nagakiba or Cross-Naginata with it). Proc's Rotten Sword or Millicents as well
U did not miss it, Blackflame although good at doing damage gives u no hyper armor and you can get knocked out of it pretty easy which is why I didn't add it. I feel RNR is super good but a VERY boring way to play with the constant buffing :)
Bloodhound step is in my opinion without question one of the best ashes of war in the game. As soon as you try it, it's like turning down the game dificulty.
@@pastorgainzgames What do you mean? It's not a special weapon aow. You get it from a Night's Cav and can infuse it on any weapon at all. You probably have it confused with Bloodhounds Finesse.
@@pastorgainzgames I used it on my first ever playthrough. It's really very very good. It makes the game a lot easier. It's a faster, longer dodge with faster recovery and more I frames. It just makes the hardest part of the game almost half as hard. Whenever I recommend the game to a friend who hasn't ever played a souls game and they have trouble with the difficulty, I just tell them about this. It also feels really badass using it like you're nightcrawler.
repeating thrust is crazy i dont know how it isnt on the list, when its way better than earth shaker, also braggarts roar is equal if not better than cragblade
Respect for the top Sword Dance. That AoW has longer range than Piercing Fang, and it is a great roll-catch, while the multi-hit garuntees you good dmg. Definetely my favorite AoW in game.
I’ve been using it on my Nagakiba Dex playthrough. My thematic plan had been to use Piercing Thrust/Impaling Thrust, but since they were both basically just faster versions of the charged R2, I wanted something with a much better movement rating. Sword Dance has been working pretty well. It can handle groups decently, and does a reasonable amount of stagger on larger mobs 👍
An ash ive gotten some insane damage out of is Storm Blade. Just a basic projectile/ranged skill, but it can be chain cast pretty quickly. Plus it deals pure physical so it benefits from Bloodboil Aromatic. With bloodboil (body buff) + Commanders Standard skill (aura buff) + Shard of Alexander + Red feather branchsword buff + winged sword insig...im just saying. Try it for yourself and see what i mean. Not necessarily the best range on the projectile, certainly nothing like Bolt of Gransax, but ive found it to be good enough.
I would like to throw one in, stormblade. For me, a good ash of war needs the following: 1. Doesn’t cost a lot. 2. Good damage. 3. Fast. 4. Range. Stormblade despite being one of the first IMHO is the best because it can be used in regular enemies and very effective on bosses when you want to keep range. With proper talismans, it does 2.5x more damage than my single katana swipe. After Radahn, I never lost to any boss fights except for Malenia which took seven tries before I kept staggering her with stormblade. It may not be the absolute most powerful attack but it’s low cost, speed and the ability to spam it from a distance makes it difficult for any enemy to close the distance.
That is fair its a good one I just didn't do a ton of damage with it when I was using it (Could be my build) BUT def meets the criteria for a good ash :)
One of the best in the game. I'm playing my first play through and from the start, this is my crutch, insane range and way too much damage, on everything. Also blood blade man. If it bleeds it leads
Thanks for creating and posting this. I always had problems on my NPC invasions, such as the Volcano Manor assassination missions, until I used Wild Strikes. Wild Strikes works well on NPC invaders, as their aggression works against them when they walk into a WIld Strikes swinging Great Stars or Morning Star. It is also very effective on a strike damage weapon when engaging Crystalion enemies.
As an addendum, prayerful strike only considers the total AR of your weapon, meaning you can use it infused with heavy, lightning etc, so it’s not pointless vs endgame bosses
My Ten would probably be (not in any particular order) double slash, flaming strike, spinning slash/sword dance, stormcaller, cragblade, giant's hunt, lion's claw, unsheathe, phantom slash, carian retaliation.
I think storm blade is very S-tier, cause the distance it can give you decent damage on can help you get the opening to use your flasks in more hectic fights. Now i did switch my main weapon from it to lions claw but those two are my go-tos that i sometimes switch depending on how the enemy behaves
Square off is still my go to for a, medium sword, poise breaker build. Plus a good shield for quick guard counters and you've got an easy to use build to take you through most of the game.
@@pastorgainzgamesit's the best stagger tool of the game. Square off plus R2 attack is 50 stagner damage!!! It's huge!!! Combine it with a great shield and guard vounter and you have the most absurd stagner machine in the game. The bosses even the biggest one get on their knee all the time.
Did waves if darkness not make it in? Not the end of the video but i havent seen bloodhound step, waves of darkness, nor other good ones like black flame tornado
Lightening ram is kinda broken as in it can't be canceled when activated and can out run medium and heavy load builds and just barely keep up with light load
I think that dark waves are a little better then hoarah's earthshaker. And top 10 can be too little for this kind of video since there's so much very good ashes in the game.
Also I noticed you have found a few of my videos haha thanks for all the comments man :) Yeah a top 10 ashes is tough. it would be easier to do a top 20 but here we are :)
@@pastorgainzgames I've discovered Elden Ring for myself little more then a month ago, and I've completed the game 14 times with 14 different builds (and maybe tried 5 more in the process but didn't like it). My favorites are: dual helphen's steeples, dual poisoned katanas, that melee magic one and with bloody helice. Now I'm interested how others play this game)
Black flame tornado should be also considered because it has great potency for pvp/pvp. Uncharched will send enemy flying or will stagger atleast ( same charged) , also charged melts enemies hp like hell. Must have for endgame bosses
My top 10 Ashes of War: 1 Lion's Claw 2 Giant Hunt 3 Sword Dance 4 Vacuum Slice 5 Phantom Slash 6 Storm Blade 7 Carian Granduer 8 Waves of Darkness 9 Sacred Blade 10 Flaming Strike So many great Ashes of War, hard to narrow it down to 10.
Carian gtanduer is pretty fucking great. 3 separate charge options so you can just get it go if you feel like you're going to get hit And it hits like an absolute fucking truck
I've been using Horah Loux's Earthshaker on my latest NG + playthrough and I'm really enjoying it, totally agree it's great. That said, I couldn't find anything super solid, but in my attempts at research into it, I was lead to believe that it doesn't work with the Roar Medallion. Is that not actually the case?
So, I don't know how much this actually means, but I was curious, so I went and fought the same individual enemy (The Leyndell knight near the artists shack, if it matters) several times. First I wore nothing except my weapon with Horah Loux's Earthshaker and killed him using only that. 819 damage, consistently, every time. Then I tried with Shard of Alexander, several times, 942 damage, consistently, every time. Then I removed shard of Alexander and tried using only the Roar Medallion and, unfortunately, it was 819 damage, again, every time, the same as with nothing on. So I don't know how much that actually proves, but it doesn't look like it works, after all. Which is kinda crap because there's a roar with that stomp. You're basically throwing a tantrum at your enemies until they die.
hmmmm I don't like this. I thought something got buffed to where it worked with the roar medallion and it also says it buffs, roars shrieks and screams....sooooo I dunno then thats odd @@Wobblejunk
I use sword dance on a cold Nagakiba and a blood Nagakiba as for a playthrough and I was getting frost bite and bleed so quickly on bosses they just melted.
3 really good pvp ashes that work on most meta weapons. IN MY OPINION!!! 1: spinning slash, easy and fast to land, true combo on most small weapons and even halberds and very low fp cost. 2: Double slash, modt people jump in not expecting the follow upp attack when you use it, amazing for poise breaks on bosses and good for status buildup. Number 3 has Braggarts+barbaric roar and both are good for different weapons. A: Barbaric roar procs the consecutive hits talismen and stuff like that and true combo on most small weapons like hammers and light axes. B: Braggarts roar gives amazing buffs and gives colossal swords a light r2 into neutral r1 true combo that can insta proc bleed and other status effects. It also increases poise damage by ungodly amounts. Both are great for different things and they are arguably better in pve if you want to use them there.
I thought Double slash was Unique to the serpent bone blade and rivers of blood…I feel like an idiot for not knowing this existed as its my favorite moveset, Now I can use it on my greatswords in a stregth build
Pretty good list. Lion’s Claw, Cragblade, Unsheathe, Prayerful Strike - those are all amazing. Sure, if I was making the list, I would have dumped one or two of these. Like Sword Dance. It feels a little redundant when Double Slash already exists, and then I would have slotted in something like Glintblade Phalanx for the stagger potential, Flaming Strike for raw power, or Ice Spear/Spectral Lance for giving the player what is essentially a rifle in a game full of swords.
@@pastorgainzgames That third strike on Sword Dance has too much windup for my tastes. It's great when you can get it off in time, but I find that I almost always use the two-hit version of Sword Dance and Double Slash. Besides, when the window of opportunity does arrive and the enemy is open for a long time, those seven slashes from a full Double Slash combo tend to put in more work than the Sword Dance's three-hit combo. At least, that's been my experience. Sword Dance is still pretty good. It's just not in my top ten.
Certainly, of the hundred-ish Ashes of War, (91, I think is the exact number) some are objectively better than others. The value of any ash depends on build and playstyle. Bloodhound’s Step is objectively better than Quickstep by every measure, except if you factor in FP cost. Some Ashes of War are restricted to very specific weapon types, while others are extremely versatile. Some do massive damage, but are really tricky to connect with; while others can almost always hit, but do average/mediocre damage. I’ve learned the hard way that you need to be very comfortable and consistent with your AoW. For instance, I’ve been running a Dex build with Hookclaws and Bloodhound Step; then when I picked up the Black Knife, I swapped it in, but sometimes I would go to dodge, and realize that I just activated the Black Blade attack which left me exposed without enough health to trade hits, so I died 🙄
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I recommend adding Ice Spear to your list as one of the strongest. It is ranged, causes frost build up quickly, can poise break bosses, and has very solid damage. Very surprised it did not make your list.
I almost added it. I was close. but EVERYONE else had it on there and I felt like it would be a copy paste ya know?
@@KingGreen78 maybe😎
I agree that it is solid, does more damage than one might expect, and with a relatively fast cast time. I just wish the range were a bit better
What is the first spear you were using here with double slash?
The first segment with double slash uses the Nagakiba and godskin peeler. A katana and twin blade respectively. The godskin peeler is a fun weapon to use.
PHANTOM SLASH ash of war with Nightriders Glaive. Put bleed on the weapon. Two hand use. Successive attacks not only deal massive damage, they build up bleed insanely fast. Pure strength. Have 10 15 extra points on mind. No incantations BS! Melania one shot. It is an absolute cheat code. You just spam skill button. It is also pretty decent in PVP. Also with night rider armor you look sooooo good!!!
SOLID combo right there man
@@pastorgainzgames spread the good word. Cheers! Awesome content.
Appreciate it man!@@goktugblack
Nerfed to the ground. The ghost doesn't apply bleed or any other status effects anymore
@@audeamus7388 well of course they nerfed it... Because they are experts to suck any joy out of games. Well I dont play elden ring anymore anyway.
Solid list, hasn't changed much through all of the patches. I still love to use Flame of the Redmanes to stagger bosses, Flaming Strike to add damage to a strength build, and Hoarfrost Stomp for AOE mob clearing and frostbite procs.
Dude I wish Flame of the redmanes didn't get nerfed so bad hah
@@pastorgainzgames Me too bro, me too. They didn't just nerf it, they nerfed it into the ground. I'm almost done with an all-bosses level 1 run, and FotR played a crucial role up until it got nerfed when I was about halfway thru the run. I've only got a few bosses left: Godfrey, Final boss, and Malenia, and I'm stuck on Godfrey, wishing I had the old FotR right about now.
Dude Go with god friend lol. The OLD Flame of the redmanes was insane @@Mr._Lister_The_Sister_Phister
Black flame tornado has been hard carrying me lately.
It is good but it doesn't give u much poise or hyper armor which is Why I didn't put it in there
It’s not “ good” but I’m having fun using golden slam with tree sentinel armor lol 😂
Gotta show some love for Repeating Thrust, get it 10 minutes into the game from the Night's Cavalry next to Agheel North. Hit's 3 times in a row for pretty good damage, good animation speed but throwing it on a dex or bleed build it's OP. Throw on a little Bloodflame or Frozen Armament & it proc's super quick. Put it on a greatsword, longsword, katana or halberd & melt stuff without lugging a heavy, slow Big Bonk around (I like a cold Flamberge, Nagakiba or Cross-Naginata with it). Proc's Rotten Sword or Millicents as well
yes repeating thrust is dope as well
I would add royal knights resolve, unless I missed it on your list. Black flame tornado.
U did not miss it, Blackflame although good at doing damage gives u no hyper armor and you can get knocked out of it pretty easy which is why I didn't add it. I feel RNR is super good but a VERY boring way to play with the constant buffing :)
Flaming Strike is my favorite. It seems to flinch most enemies in PvE. It is a must have for any dagger users.
Dude def a good one for sure
Bloodhound step is in my opinion without question one of the best ashes of war in the game. As soon as you try it, it's like turning down the game dificulty.
It is very good but there were not special weapon, ashes of war
@@pastorgainzgames What do you mean? It's not a special weapon aow. You get it from a Night's Cav and can infuse it on any weapon at all. You probably have it confused with Bloodhounds Finesse.
@@mekmekoo1269 oh ur right im sorry haha thats my fault. Yea thats a super good ash but i only really have seen it used a ton in pvp yeah?
@@pastorgainzgames I used it on my first ever playthrough. It's really very very good. It makes the game a lot easier. It's a faster, longer dodge with faster recovery and more I frames. It just makes the hardest part of the game almost half as hard. Whenever I recommend the game to a friend who hasn't ever played a souls game and they have trouble with the difficulty, I just tell them about this. It also feels really badass using it like you're nightcrawler.
I like the sound of that. maybe I will tool around with it and see whats up dude! Thanks for the good convo@@mekmekoo1269
Storm blade is still the best ash
Eeehhhhhhhhh I dunno about that
@@pastorgainzgames it's incredibly amazing. Beat my first playthrough with it with EASE
Nice man thats dope. I would have to spend some more time with it to see for myself :)@@Syhyronica
I had discovered the combo of Great Stars w/ Prayerful Strike fairly early in the game. It works wonderfully!
It really is so nice haha
repeating thrust is crazy i dont know how it isnt on the list, when its way better than earth shaker, also braggarts roar is equal if not better than cragblade
Just wasn’t in my personal top 10😎
Yeag there was some on here that shouldnt have been top 10
@@SlickDangler10 But this is my list. and my top 10
Respect for the top Sword Dance. That AoW has longer range than Piercing Fang, and it is a great roll-catch, while the multi-hit garuntees you good dmg. Definetely my favorite AoW in game.
Yeah dude I enjoy it a lot!
I’ve been using it on my Nagakiba Dex playthrough. My thematic plan had been to use Piercing Thrust/Impaling Thrust, but since they were both basically just faster versions of the charged R2, I wanted something with a much better movement rating. Sword Dance has been working pretty well. It can handle groups decently, and does a reasonable amount of stagger on larger mobs 👍
Came to see the godskin ash of war, my disapointment is imesurable.
Blackflame Tornado? NO hyper armor, which is a bummer
An ash ive gotten some insane damage out of is Storm Blade. Just a basic projectile/ranged skill, but it can be chain cast pretty quickly. Plus it deals pure physical so it benefits from Bloodboil Aromatic. With bloodboil (body buff) + Commanders Standard skill (aura buff) + Shard of Alexander + Red feather branchsword buff + winged sword insig...im just saying. Try it for yourself and see what i mean. Not necessarily the best range on the projectile, certainly nothing like Bolt of Gransax, but ive found it to be good enough.
You know whats funny, I have heard stormblade is pretty good but I have never ONCE used it ever. I should give it a try
I would like to throw one in, stormblade. For me, a good ash of war needs the following:
1. Doesn’t cost a lot.
2. Good damage.
3. Fast.
4. Range.
Stormblade despite being one of the first IMHO is the best because it can be used in regular enemies and very effective on bosses when you want to keep range. With proper talismans, it does 2.5x more damage than my single katana swipe. After Radahn, I never lost to any boss fights except for Malenia which took seven tries before I kept staggering her with stormblade. It may not be the absolute most powerful attack but it’s low cost, speed and the ability to spam it from a distance makes it difficult for any enemy to close the distance.
That is fair its a good one I just didn't do a ton of damage with it when I was using it (Could be my build) BUT def meets the criteria for a good ash :)
Storm Blade works well on every boss, melts Fire Giant, Placidusax, and Elden Beast
One of the best in the game. I'm playing my first play through and from the start, this is my crutch, insane range and way too much damage, on everything. Also blood blade man. If it bleeds it leads
Thanks for creating and posting this. I always had problems on my NPC invasions, such as the Volcano Manor assassination missions, until I used Wild Strikes. Wild Strikes works well on NPC invaders, as their aggression works against them when they walk into a WIld Strikes swinging Great Stars or Morning Star. It is also very effective on a strike damage weapon when engaging Crystalion enemies.
Yessir! Ur most welcome I’m glad you enjoyed the video friend
I feel like square off is very underrated i was slamming in ng+5 witha crit build around it
Yes u are correct! It’s super solid
As an addendum, prayerful strike only considers the total AR of your weapon, meaning you can use it infused with heavy, lightning etc, so it’s not pointless vs endgame bosses
I did not know that I thought it was only a holy damage Ash, very cool thank u
This video deserves a like 👍🏼
Double slash vs Sword Dance....GO!!!
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o I like swords dance more I think. it staggers more than doubleslash
but double slash look so much cooler haha
My Ten would probably be (not in any particular order)
double slash, flaming strike, spinning slash/sword dance, stormcaller, cragblade, giant's hunt, lion's claw, unsheathe, phantom slash, carian retaliation.
Dude there are some really good ones in there and I will probably do an Underrated Ash video for ones I missed :)
Love flat backing tough enemies with giants hunt 🤌🏽
What you recommend I use flaming strike on?
How to make body shining like in the video?
I think it might have been iron jar aromatic?
The lions claw is so good. Embrace the guts build!!
Yeah man its killer for sure
*Artorias's build
I think storm blade is very S-tier, cause the distance it can give you decent damage on can help you get the opening to use your flasks in more hectic fights.
Now i did switch my main weapon from it to lions claw but those two are my go-tos that i sometimes switch depending on how the enemy behaves
Having that prosthesis means you betrayed Millicent that kills trust🙄🥲
HA! I am sorry, I needed it. She had it. Here we are.
It’s almost as bad as killing Alexander.😢
I was wondering why I completed her quest line and didn’t know what that talisman was
I like the ash that came with nagakiba, it's insane
what is it unsheathe? or double slash, either way they are great
@@pastorgainzgames piercing fang is nagakiba default actually. poise breaking machine, like unsheathe is.
Ice Spear Ash of War is a Absolute Must is Amazing 😎
Yeah dude I shoulda added it haha
Not naming the titles was lame
Nah it was to get you to watch the video :) got em dude.
What about impaling thrust ?? I Cheese a lot of boss with it .
Yeah it can be good I think giant hunt is better though
surprised flaming strike isnt here
Yeah a few people mentioned that but remember this is MY list :) So if your differs thats dope. I will probably make an underrated list soon too :)
Lions claw has been my favorite since day 1. And giant hunt jus feels awkward to me, it's great but i personally dont like how it feels
Thats fair Lions claw is amazing but it can get a little boring IMO
Bloody slash.
Solid ash of war
Good list but i think double slash and hora loux shaker leave you way too vulnerable. I would replace those 2 with ice spear and impaling thrust.
See I would agree with you except that earthshaker gives u crazy hyper armor so it doesn't matter ur left open
Damn I just seen unsheathe and realize like yup gotta like the video now good stuff
Thank u brotha appreciate it!
Really was hoping I was the only one with the SIR ZOROooo build 😂😂💯 fuck we’ll see yall in the land between
Square off is still my go to for a, medium sword, poise breaker build. Plus a good shield for quick guard counters and you've got an easy to use build to take you through most of the game.
Seems solid dude
Spinning Slash
I like that ash
I do love me some square off as straight swords have such a great move set and guard counter.
It’s a solid one I’ll agree with u
@@pastorgainzgamesit's the best stagger tool of the game. Square off plus R2 attack is 50 stagner damage!!! It's huge!!! Combine it with a great shield and guard vounter and you have the most absurd stagner machine in the game. The bosses even the biggest one get on their knee all the time.
Is there a way to look at the Ash of wars to see which has hyper armor and how much hyper armor?
another one is royal knight resolve with giant crusher is my fav for strenght build.. hit like a truck
Yessir it does!
I’ve heard that cragblade was heavily nerfed and in my practice recently, it’s garbage.
It’s not garbage, u have to pair it with tiers and talismans to make it dooe
Did waves if darkness not make it in? Not the end of the video but i havent seen bloodhound step, waves of darkness, nor other good ones like black flame tornado
None of these were somber weapon skills. Blackflame tornado doesn't give hyper armor so you can get knoicked out pretty easy
Umm laundry can wait ✋️ 😂 New Elden Ring videos come first 😅
LOL thanks man appreciate it!
can you make a video list top 10 most poise/posture damage ash of wars? and spells too
I could look into it!
Guys , it´s almost time for the DLC, just be patient a little bit more we almost got it
Almost time!!
Lightening ram is kinda broken as in it can't be canceled when activated and can out run medium and heavy load builds and just barely keep up with light load
Dude someone did that to me in pvp.... I WAS MAD lol
Great stars + lions claw + frostbite build up 👌😏
Ooooooo yeyeyeye
Any recommendations for the Nightrider Glaive?
Stormcaller looks like it could work be a contender.
Flaming strike on that weapon is insane
Phantom slash
I think that dark waves are a little better then hoarah's earthshaker. And top 10 can be too little for this kind of video since there's so much very good ashes in the game.
Also I noticed you have found a few of my videos haha thanks for all the comments man :) Yeah a top 10 ashes is tough. it would be easier to do a top 20 but here we are :)
@@pastorgainzgames I've discovered Elden Ring for myself little more then a month ago, and I've completed the game 14 times with 14 different builds (and maybe tried 5 more in the process but didn't like it). My favorites are: dual helphen's steeples, dual poisoned katanas, that melee magic one and with bloody helice. Now I'm interested how others play this game)
Black flame tornado should be also considered because it has great potency for pvp/pvp. Uncharched will send enemy flying or will stagger atleast ( same charged) , also charged melts enemies hp like hell. Must have for endgame bosses
Doesn’t it not have any hyper armor so u can get knocked out of it pretty easily
@@pastorgainzgames if someone is skilled enough even hyper armor wont help. Hyper armor is good feature but its not necessary
Tbh i would add waterfowl dance.
Piercing fang and impaling thrust are also great. I also love using flaming strike.
Dude for sure really good options
Lions Claw with Rusted Anchor = Game Over
I’m gonna try it
My top 10 Ashes of War:
1 Lion's Claw
2 Giant Hunt
3 Sword Dance
4 Vacuum Slice
5 Phantom Slash
6 Storm Blade
7 Carian Granduer
8 Waves of Darkness
9 Sacred Blade
10 Flaming Strike
So many great Ashes of War, hard to narrow it down to 10.
Dude it really was lol but those are all great too
Carian gtanduer is pretty fucking great.
3 separate charge options so you can just get it go if you feel like you're going to get hit
And it hits like an absolute fucking truck
@@enterusernameherepls yup it's stupid strong, was shocked at the damage it put out
No idea why no one puts the most op ash blood hound and quickstep
quickstep is so annoying to play against haha. Bloodhound step is good but if you can only get the first part off it just takes you out of the fight
I've been using Horah Loux's Earthshaker on my latest NG + playthrough and I'm really enjoying it, totally agree it's great. That said, I couldn't find anything super solid, but in my attempts at research into it, I was lead to believe that it doesn't work with the Roar Medallion. Is that not actually the case?
So I believe after the 1.09 Patch it does. BUT someone correct me if I am wrong.
So, I don't know how much this actually means, but I was curious, so I went and fought the same individual enemy (The Leyndell knight near the artists shack, if it matters) several times. First I wore nothing except my weapon with Horah Loux's Earthshaker and killed him using only that. 819 damage, consistently, every time. Then I tried with Shard of Alexander, several times, 942 damage, consistently, every time. Then I removed shard of Alexander and tried using only the Roar Medallion and, unfortunately, it was 819 damage, again, every time, the same as with nothing on.
So I don't know how much that actually proves, but it doesn't look like it works, after all. Which is kinda crap because there's a roar with that stomp. You're basically throwing a tantrum at your enemies until they die.
hmmmm I don't like this. I thought something got buffed to where it worked with the roar medallion and it also says it buffs, roars shrieks and screams....sooooo I dunno then thats odd @@Wobblejunk
Love Sword Dance, but no Phantom Slash?!!
No phantom slash!! Sorry haha it’s one of my favorites
Double slash saved me some time till i got RoB😂
Dude it’s so fun
I didn't see the sacred blade
Hoarah loux’s thugshaker do be fire tho
It really do be man
I’m getting Unohana bankai vibes from that thumbnail.
Haha for sure dude glad u like it
@pastorgainzgames Was that intentional with that thumbnail pose? Just curious. Unohana had the exact same posture after releasing her bankai.
@@derekmorris89 nah it wasn’t lol
Y no Blood Tax tho?
Pastro me and it's ame Mario are using the same builds with dual nagakibas with bloody double slash which is better than ROB lol
Solid build for sure
@@pastorgainzgames yeah it is if u want we could pvp really quick if u want?
What about bloodhounds step ?
It’s good for pvp
We're doing mimic tear build lol
lol get it
did you already do best unique AOWS?
In terms of weapon arts? Like the legendary weapons “ashes” and what not?
@@pastorgainzgames yes
That Asher of war best of dagger?
Depends on what build you are going for to be honest. I like blood blade or sacred blade
No love for intelligence builds
none dude. NONE
Thoughts on Waves Of Darkness?
I dunno what that is? Is it convergence mod?
@@pastorgainzgames the ash of war you get for Astel’s remembrance. Base game.
lol well that proves your point. I have no idea I dunno if I have ever used it before@@dceasedbrickfan74
@@pastorgainzgames have to give it a go & let us know what you think before the DLC drops…someday.🤣
lol for sure man I gotta get on it because who knows when thats gonna be out @@dceasedbrickfan74
i feel like impaling thrust is a better ash of war against bosses than giant hunt
Square off is insane too
Dude it really is
Seppuku + nagakiba 🔥🔥
Hot fire
Stormcaller…..do it…..do it
It so good dude lol
Sword dance is one of the most break the game ash of war in my opinion, with the low FP consume, just spam it in every fight😂
It’s so wonderful bro
I use sword dance on a cold Nagakiba and a blood Nagakiba as for a playthrough and I was getting frost bite and bleed so quickly on bosses they just melted.
Dude that’s a solid set up for real
3 really good pvp ashes that work on most meta weapons. IN MY OPINION!!!
1: spinning slash, easy and fast to land, true combo on most small weapons and even halberds and very low fp cost.
2: Double slash, modt people jump in not expecting the follow upp attack when you use it, amazing for poise breaks on bosses and good for status buildup.
Number 3 has Braggarts+barbaric roar and both are good for different weapons.
A: Barbaric roar procs the consecutive hits talismen and stuff like that and true combo on most small weapons like hammers and light axes.
B: Braggarts roar gives amazing buffs and gives colossal swords a light r2 into neutral r1 true combo that can insta proc bleed and other status effects. It also increases poise damage by ungodly amounts. Both are great for different things and they are arguably better in pve if you want to use them there.
All super solid ashes dude!
@@pastorgainzgames Hey man just wana say i appreciate ur content a lot ❤️
storm blade is a really good medium to long range AoW and storm stomp si really good for trades in a strengh build in pvp
Dude yes indeed
I thought Double slash was Unique to the serpent bone blade and rivers of blood…I feel like an idiot for not knowing this existed as its my favorite moveset, Now I can use it on my greatswords in a stregth build
lol all good man this game is vast
@@pastorgainzgames thanks for being the one to inform me, great video. Two handing flamberge it is amazing
Pretty good list. Lion’s Claw, Cragblade, Unsheathe, Prayerful Strike - those are all amazing.
Sure, if I was making the list, I would have dumped one or two of these. Like Sword Dance. It feels a little redundant when Double Slash already exists, and then I would have slotted in something like Glintblade Phalanx for the stagger potential, Flaming Strike for raw power, or Ice Spear/Spectral Lance for giving the player what is essentially a rifle in a game full of swords.
hmm I see I see, Sword dance only hits 3 times and can be pretty powerful as opposed to double slash were the combo is like....7 strikes?
@@pastorgainzgames That third strike on Sword Dance has too much windup for my tastes. It's great when you can get it off in time, but I find that I almost always use the two-hit version of Sword Dance and Double Slash. Besides, when the window of opportunity does arrive and the enemy is open for a long time, those seven slashes from a full Double Slash combo tend to put in more work than the Sword Dance's three-hit combo.
At least, that's been my experience. Sword Dance is still pretty good. It's just not in my top ten.
Never used stormcaller! Looks quite nice and thinking of adding this to a scythe! Hopefully it works well!
Nice list!
Thank u so much friend! Give it a try!
The first two are the wildest takes I've ever heard
GOOD DUDE WE KEEP IT WILD HERE
How is blood tax?
Blood tax is great when you want to apply status, it also stacks with takers cameo for more health back
@@pastorgainzgames I run it on my nagakiba with Bloodflame. it feels kinda evil.
@@caboose2569 lol that would do it
6:06 please what weapon is that?
Haha horizontal slash down😂 love the vids!
lol ur welcome my friend
S tier video man, really helpful💯
Glad you like it man I’m stoked it could be of help to u!
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U must.
@@pastorgainzgames i shalnt
boring list
Boring comment :)
You must be a very boring person…
Love the list!!!! Do a top 10 bleed weapons of elden ring!!
Edit: i subscribe too!
Love it I also already have dude!
Certainly, of the hundred-ish Ashes of War, (91, I think is the exact number) some are objectively better than others.
The value of any ash depends on build and playstyle.
Bloodhound’s Step is objectively better than Quickstep by every measure, except if you factor in FP cost. Some Ashes of War are restricted to very specific weapon types, while others are extremely versatile.
Some do massive damage, but are really tricky to connect with; while others can almost always hit, but do average/mediocre damage.
I’ve learned the hard way that you need to be very comfortable and consistent with your AoW. For instance, I’ve been running a Dex build with Hookclaws and Bloodhound Step; then when I picked up the Black Knife, I swapped it in, but sometimes I would go to dodge, and realize that I just activated the Black Blade attack which left me exposed without enough health to trade hits, so I died 🙄
Bro, I just played with bloodhound step and it shoulda been on here its insane. Changes the whole game
Bloodhound step is inane though. You're practically invincible if you use it right.
Those Frames be wild