It feels good to land because the animation is cool and it overall feels skill-based. If it was over-buffed and was easy to land it would actually be *less* satisfying, imo.
If you end up making a guide for colossal swords I think that’d be great/very appreciated. I.e. when to use certain attacks (pokes, jump attacks, running attacks, etc).
great vid! the window to cast magic or use slower consumables after stamp is only 3 frames after when you can roll/backstep, in my experience this is another avenue of sweet mixup. i've been using stamp into carian slicer or swift shard on my wizard for a while now with great intermittent success, and i imagine a gravity fan, pivoted roped pot, catch flame, or placidusax nuke could easily be landed this way too.
The issue is the lack of absorption during the actual attack too. In darks souls 3 since r1s combo people were more likely to mash r1s after landing the first fit, stomp was more likely to work. In ER though that is simply not the case outside of some AoW like spin slash, which if they have status on it could easily nullify stomp because of the proc animation.
nice vid, one small thing you didn't mention though, when using a light attack input after the stomp, you use the second hit in the light attack chain of your weapon, which can be useful on some weapons like banished knights greatsword.
I VERY briefly go over it at 6:59 but don’t mention anything about it after (in hindsight i should have but the vid is already 11 minutes long) I’ve been using banished knight gs recently and can wholeheartedly agree that on banished knights or Knights greatsword, stamp can work really well with it.
I like the fantasy of using a blood ultra greatsword. feels like it really adds to the fantasy of chopping your enemies into meat plus the damage when it procs.
I love all aow that send people flying in the air. Would be cool if stamp uppercut had a second activation. So you could do a overhead to smack them out of the air or splat them when they land on the ground.
I really enjoy Stamp the defensive buff can't be understated during the Stamp move it's one of the best defense tanking actions you can do. Even if not in range to follow up tanking a big hit and keeping on the attack can take people off guard and is super fun. Anyone who likes Stamp should start experimenting just tanking big moves even ranged ones because knowing how well it lets you stamp out big attacks firsthand is very important to having fun with the stamp moves. I preferred Stamp Sweep purely because the colossal I use most (Troll's Golden Sword) has an uppercut second R2 so I essentially have both moves in my toolbox.
Stamp is godlike in pve. It seems like every attack that bosses have will cause hard knockdowns and do infinite poise damage. Doesn’t matter with stamp, if you have the health to trade that is. Sometimes a well placed stamp can shatter a bosses poise health in the middle of their flurry or long windup. I love doing this against radagons aerial hammer strike, I don’t even dodge, i just tank the attack and retaliate
@@CtrlAltRetreat I was referring to the second charged r2 for the normal heavy attack chain (r2 into r2) which is the uppercut move (not the l2 followup for the aow). On Trolls Golden Sword and possibly other colossal swords if you use a normal r2 and followup with a charged r2 you'll do the popup uppercut, so it seems redundant to me to put stamp uppercut on anything that can do this.
I've been considering picking Stamp as a main AoW for a character. It might not be the strongest but the mix-up potential looks really fun and you can use it with any other weapon or tool on the left hand. The throwing consumable and backstep parts really opened up a new world to me. Very nice video.
Its a pretty good tool for invasions. Especially when there are cliffs, I’ve recently been knocking people off into the abyss with sweep and its hilarious
I used this before I found out Warcry/Braggart's roar heavy does the same amount of damage, is faster, gives super armor, and also allows a follow-up attack. Plus I just feel like it fits the whole Berserker nature of guts better, though I'll fully admit that I enjoyed the stamp weapon arts and the damage reduction they offered a lot too. Biggest benefit to stamp is that it lands a lot more consistently, whereas the aimpunch often messes up the Warcry heavy like 50% of the time.
@@iliasalice6322 Yeah like I said the main trade off is the fact it misses half the time. :( But hey, Griffith won somehow didn't he? Maybe it's a feature instead of a bug! :D
Just found this channel, the content is really good! Really concise and to the point, but with fun editing and still keeps my interest throughout! Looking forward to watching more!
I’ve been using Stamp Sweep on my Iron Tarkus build recently, but I hadn’t considered the status buildup angle of it. This video helped revived my Arcane build. Now, I use a bleed or poison Zweihander in the right hand with Sweep, and a dagger (Reduvia for bleed, poison Misericord with wind slash for poison) in the left. It’s been quite a fun build, and it’s not the typical curved sword, katana, or dual spears you see from an arcane build.
Upward cut also suffers a lot from aim punch, way more often than the sweep because its a single hit, thats the main reason why i couldnt bring myself to try it after a few matchs
Yeah what the point of tanking attacks just to get flinched and miss the counter. Still raging the war cry combo r2 r1 that misses easily even when the opponent stands still or crounch.
@@iliasalice6322 just when you commented that i was trying that combo, is infuriating that is so hard to land those attacks and when you finally do it you dont get the satisfaction and damage you deserve for finally doing it, i could won many many many matches if that stupid aimpunch didnt exist
nice video, especially the backstep stamp stuff. that looks fun. backstemp. I will never understand why it's two separate ashes. square off got to stay the same, why not stamp? R2 for spin, L2 for upward, keep the R1 option and it's cool as hell.
I think of Stamp as a "skill gap" ash like Raptor of the Mists in that it excels at humiliating and demoralizing opponents that are outskilled with it as they find their attacks failing to make a dent and their momentum constantly being shut down by the knockup/knockaway CC putting them on the defensive.
Honestly if the two ashes were combined it would be kinda interesting, light for the sweep and heavy for upward cut, if they roll aggressively they risk the sweep, if they jump or try to back stab then the upward cut would catch them. (assuming they added a hitbox behind you)
Something I've come to also acknowledge is that some weapons actually can also benefit from having the chain starter it can act as for lights, especially with the buffs from twin blade talismans. Also additional thing, I wonder if we will get a innate bleed or poison infusable collosal weapon/sword, they are some of the only weapons without that option.
Lions claw is also a good pick. A little dangerous because it doesn’t have any damage reduction on it, but it hits like a truck and has super armor starting from frame 1 and throughout most of the animation
Really nice video! Especially the backstep thing I didn't know. I'm currently playing around with stamp sweep, as it seems the knockdown opens some possibilities for true combos. By the way, I just tested something: You can use Endure first, and then Stamp... they will stack, and if you hardswap fast enough, your attack will be covered by endure. :> Not sure if that's useful (haven't done pvp yet), but it might be against overzealous people.
It feels good to land, because sending your opponent soaring never gets old XD I once saw someone use the upper-cut in PvP back in Dark Souls 3 and they actually sent the host over a rail and falling to their death.
It feels good to land because it is a challenge. To struggle and prevail over an overconfident opponent. To lay out there dumfounded corpse staring skyward with lifeless eyes. At test of wills, a game of chicken, offering no mercy and receiving none.
Stamp is S tier in the current meta on KGS or BKGS for the instant access to the second r1 to 3rd r1 true combo with hyperarmor and damage absorption for fat trades in your favor
This video turned me into a SpaceX launch engineer. I continue to use uppercut and sweep to this day, it honestly feels weird to use anything other than a colossal gs. Amazing video and still refreshing to watch to this day. Also, what Berserk panel/chapter did you use for the thumbnail? Cheers.
So uh fun new discovery by yours truly the collosal sword poke pseudos to a stamp sweep so it can actualy rollcatch also it absolutely shits on people who tend to r1 out
Stamp should be should let u use all types as "stamp Stance" ,allowing u to use a light attack or strong attack,light attack could be sweep and strong attack could do a upward slice, and using the stance part a second time for a downward slam.
unrelated, but I'd totally watch if you did a guide on how to pvp with the GUGS in general. Trying to get into it but it feels tough with how sluggish the moveset is in comparison to the faster weapons
Finished berserk and guts never crouched to the ground pushing his ass out and his knees into his chest and then thrusted his sword all the way forward like a spear over and over again until he won. Not even once
I feel like Stamp was very specifically meant to be used to trade with high commitment, high hyper-armour AoW, because it does that fantastically. It's highly situational and very good in that situation, but pretty garbage otherwise. Honestly I'm not sure it really needs any changes, besides maybe giving the first hit of Sweep more poise damage. Like at least 100
You forgot to mention that stamp causes you to do the second hit in an r1 combo if you r1 directly out of the actual stamp. This has benefits on things like 1 handed hammers which have a much faster second r1 than their first... Or the Knights/Banished Knights greatsword, which have very fast secondary r1s
The true gratification of using stamp is when the opponent flies into space
Half the videos on my channel are that exact thing
Sending them straight towards the pearly gates, facing the light. You'd think it was the rapture. Truly moving :,)
Exactly. Been that way since the profaned gs.
It is my favorite thing in elden ring
I remember when guts defeated zod in the manga by doing crouch pokes repetitively
Sounds like berserk 2016. They could only use one attack animation for guts because of budget limitations. Couldn’t even animate him walking properly
As someone who never saw berserk, this sentence makes me want to see it.
@@ninguemimportante1782 this comment format needs to curl up and die
Only thing missing from Perfection is the hitbox behind stomp uppercut to preventing backstab as in DS 3.
U mean ds2
@@zolo-p3p ds2 has stamp uppercut?
It feels good to land because the animation is cool and it overall feels skill-based.
If it was over-buffed and was easy to land it would actually be *less* satisfying, imo.
I'd agree, I only wish that the recovery was improved
@@johnerous1943 if not the recovery, increase the damage so it actually is balanced. Has too many drawbacks for only a small benefit as it is now.
the way the stamp animation blends from the backstep is amazing this is the first time ive ever seen this
Liking the colossal sword focus with your videos. Not many youtube channels focus on pvp with colossals.
Interesting, now that you mention it, I haven’t seen quite a lot myself. You’ve just given me an idea for my next video, thank you
If you end up making a guide for colossal swords I think that’d be great/very appreciated. I.e. when to use certain attacks (pokes, jump attacks, running attacks, etc).
great vid!
the window to cast magic or use slower consumables after stamp is only 3 frames after when you can roll/backstep, in my experience this is another avenue of sweet mixup. i've been using stamp into carian slicer or swift shard on my wizard for a while now with great intermittent success, and i imagine a gravity fan, pivoted roped pot, catch flame, or placidusax nuke could easily be landed this way too.
The issue is the lack of absorption during the actual attack too. In darks souls 3 since r1s combo people were more likely to mash r1s after landing the first fit, stomp was more likely to work. In ER though that is simply not the case outside of some AoW like spin slash, which if they have status on it could easily nullify stomp because of the proc animation.
Thank you fellow guts fan to struggle this far even after the nerf to UGS , a true struggler.
They buffed ugs again this patch. It’s pretty solid, crouch poke is a threat again but can be strafed pretty easily. Its quite fast now
@@StrugglerVA for real ?
Me and my big ass sword together again. Thank you , I didn't know that.
@@iliasalice6322 try using the neutral light attack. They made it a surprisingly fast attack for a colossal sword
@@StrugglerVA Only the first light right ? Because other follow up kinda the same to me.
Really appreciate it.
@@StrugglerVA they buffed it again?
Not only informative but engaging too, great video. Will definitely try the backstep mixup bit.
nice vid, one small thing you didn't mention though, when using a light attack input after the stomp, you use the second hit in the light attack chain of your weapon, which can be useful on some weapons like banished knights greatsword.
I VERY briefly go over it at 6:59 but don’t mention anything about it after (in hindsight i should have but the vid is already 11 minutes long) I’ve been using banished knight gs recently and can wholeheartedly agree that on banished knights or Knights greatsword, stamp can work really well with it.
I like the fantasy of using a blood ultra greatsword. feels like it really adds to the fantasy of chopping your enemies into meat plus the damage when it procs.
I love all aow that send people flying in the air. Would be cool if stamp uppercut had a second activation. So you could do a overhead to smack them out of the air or splat them when they land on the ground.
I really enjoy Stamp the defensive buff can't be understated during the Stamp move it's one of the best defense tanking actions you can do. Even if not in range to follow up tanking a big hit and keeping on the attack can take people off guard and is super fun.
Anyone who likes Stamp should start experimenting just tanking big moves even ranged ones because knowing how well it lets you stamp out big attacks firsthand is very important to having fun with the stamp moves.
I preferred Stamp Sweep purely because the colossal I use most (Troll's Golden Sword) has an uppercut second R2 so I essentially have both moves in my toolbox.
Wait, r2 triggers the aow, how are you getting the second r2 to go?
Stamp is godlike in pve. It seems like every attack that bosses have will cause hard knockdowns and do infinite poise damage. Doesn’t matter with stamp, if you have the health to trade that is. Sometimes a well placed stamp can shatter a bosses poise health in the middle of their flurry or long windup. I love doing this against radagons aerial hammer strike, I don’t even dodge, i just tank the attack and retaliate
@@CtrlAltRetreat I was referring to the second charged r2 for the normal heavy attack chain (r2 into r2) which is the uppercut move (not the l2 followup for the aow). On Trolls Golden Sword and possibly other colossal swords if you use a normal r2 and followup with a charged r2 you'll do the popup uppercut, so it seems redundant to me to put stamp uppercut on anything that can do this.
Stamp should work like square off or unsheathe where the R1 does the sweep and the R2 does the uppercut
I've been considering picking Stamp as a main AoW for a character.
It might not be the strongest but the mix-up potential looks really fun and you can use it with any other weapon or tool on the left hand.
The throwing consumable and backstep parts really opened up a new world to me.
Very nice video.
Its a pretty good tool for invasions. Especially when there are cliffs, I’ve recently been knocking people off into the abyss with sweep and its hilarious
I used this before I found out Warcry/Braggart's roar heavy does the same amount of damage, is faster, gives super armor, and also allows a follow-up attack. Plus I just feel like it fits the whole Berserker nature of guts better, though I'll fully admit that I enjoyed the stamp weapon arts and the damage reduction they offered a lot too. Biggest benefit to stamp is that it lands a lot more consistently, whereas the aimpunch often messes up the Warcry heavy like 50% of the time.
The aim punch though ...
Really hate it when a dagger deflect my r2 just like Griffith did.
@@iliasalice6322 Yeah like I said the main trade off is the fact it misses half the time. :( But hey, Griffith won somehow didn't he? Maybe it's a feature instead of a bug! :D
Just found this channel, the content is really good! Really concise and to the point, but with fun editing and still keeps my interest throughout! Looking forward to watching more!
I appreciate your kind words, thank you for watching! :)
I’ve been using Stamp Sweep on my Iron Tarkus build recently, but I hadn’t considered the status buildup angle of it. This video helped revived my Arcane build. Now, I use a bleed or poison Zweihander in the right hand with Sweep, and a dagger (Reduvia for bleed, poison Misericord with wind slash for poison) in the left. It’s been quite a fun build, and it’s not the typical curved sword, katana, or dual spears you see from an arcane build.
Thank you Struggler!
Upward cut also suffers a lot from aim punch, way more often than the sweep because its a single hit, thats the main reason why i couldnt bring myself to try it after a few matchs
Aimpunch is a blight
Yeah what the point of tanking attacks just to get flinched and miss the counter.
Still raging the war cry combo r2 r1 that misses easily even when the opponent stands still or crounch.
@@iliasalice6322 just when you commented that i was trying that combo, is infuriating that is so hard to land those attacks and when you finally do it you dont get the satisfaction and damage you deserve for finally doing it, i could won many many many matches if that stupid aimpunch didnt exist
@@abrahamrangel2326 all Souls series don't have this ,I don't know why they put it in ER.
@@iliasalice6322 is more likely a glitch, a very bad one and im surprised isnt patchet yet like the bleed aura
I don't know why they made it two ashes. They simply could have made it one with both versions using r1 or r2
Would have made it more worth using, too
nice video, especially the backstep stamp stuff. that looks fun. backstemp.
I will never understand why it's two separate ashes. square off got to stay the same, why not stamp? R2 for spin, L2 for upward, keep the R1 option and it's cool as hell.
It would make perfect sense
Would love to see you continue with more UGS related PvP content. It's easily the most fun weapon class
I think of Stamp as a "skill gap" ash like Raptor of the Mists in that it excels at humiliating and demoralizing opponents that are outskilled with it as they find their attacks failing to make a dent and their momentum constantly being shut down by the knockup/knockaway CC putting them on the defensive.
that backstep blending is gorgeous. great video
Bro you need more content. I love ur personality laid back.
This will help me on my journey to master the great sword, I thank you
Severely underrated ash of war. You can easily give a huge pressure on other players, or be a countermachine
Which one of the two?
@@tiwaz4598 both
always loved the stamp, especially in dark souls 3, it was a move that just exuded "BET!"
I saw your usage in the intro segment, and you just gave me flashbacks to when I was in ds3 good stuff over all
The boondocks stomp em in the nuts was an immediate like from me 😂
Really great information. Thank you
What a nice video! You convinced me, I'll go back to using stamp.
Godspeed. May your opponents be sent flying into the stratosphere
Lol subscribed. Loved the song in the beginning.
Stamp into Fan Daggers is so creative and reminds me of Guts in the manga.
Everyone does a Guts cosplay, but no one does an Ike cosplay. I think the super smash bros slugger needs some love.
Gelmir knight armor is the closest fashion i can think of. Which greatsword do you think would fit best?
@@StrugglerVA Banished kinght great sword perhaps. Blasphemous blade without the funny red hands (just the gold great sword) would fit perfectly.
Honestly if the two ashes were combined it would be kinda interesting, light for the sweep and heavy for upward cut, if they roll aggressively they risk the sweep, if they jump or try to back stab then the upward cut would catch them. (assuming they added a hitbox behind you)
It would make sense for them to do so. Not sure why they chose not to
I have been wishing this is the way it was since I found these skills.
Something I've come to also acknowledge is that some weapons actually can also benefit from having the chain starter it can act as for lights, especially with the buffs from twin blade talismans.
Also additional thing, I wonder if we will get a innate bleed or poison infusable collosal weapon/sword, they are some of the only weapons without that option.
First video I've seen of yours, very well presented, clear, concise and entertaining to watch. Oh and Guts! Subscribed.
saw guts and left a like instantly
Relatable
I like sweep reminds me of ds2 golf swings on the Iron bridge.
I miss the dash attack and heavy attack from ds2 ugs.
thank u for this insight, thinking of using this on my current build
This video is a masterpiece
My thanks!
Damn new person to sub to, amazing work at going into deep detail about a ash of war
Been using giant hunt to ace bosses whole time, will have to try this out
Lions claw is also a good pick. A little dangerous because it doesn’t have any damage reduction on it, but it hits like a truck and has super armor starting from frame 1 and throughout most of the animation
Really nice video! Especially the backstep thing I didn't know. I'm currently playing around with stamp sweep, as it seems the knockdown opens some possibilities for true combos.
By the way, I just tested something:
You can use Endure first, and then Stamp... they will stack, and if you hardswap fast enough, your attack will be covered by endure. :> Not sure if that's useful (haven't done pvp yet), but it might be against overzealous people.
It feels good to land, because sending your opponent soaring never gets old XD I once saw someone use the upper-cut in PvP back in Dark Souls 3 and they actually sent the host over a rail and falling to their death.
Great video, very informative
Easy sub. Nice video, keep up the good work!
Very nice use of the UGS my dude. Very cool to watch!
Immediate subbed because of this video
You should do a str build with grafted greatsword for its poise and boost and then the claw mark seal with the frenzy grab, would be beastly
I still believe Stamp should have been just one ash of war where you can choose the followup with alternate buttons. Like Square Off
Congrats on 6k! Sweet vid, will try out the stamps on my zweihander.
oh, I didn't know you could fan-dagger out of a stamp, very nice.
Actually great and informative video, thank you!
10:38 when i heard this part... i'll support u king
Instant sub, best intro ever made 10/10!👏
also, it's simply just a great video
It feels good to land because it is a challenge. To struggle and prevail over an overconfident opponent. To lay out there dumfounded corpse staring skyward with lifeless eyes. At test of wills, a game of chicken, offering no mercy and receiving none.
The OG Chrono trigger music 👌🏾
Stamp is S tier in the current meta on KGS or BKGS for the instant access to the second r1 to 3rd r1 true combo with hyperarmor and damage absorption for fat trades in your favor
This video turned me into a SpaceX launch engineer. I continue to use uppercut and sweep to this day, it honestly feels weird to use anything other than a colossal gs. Amazing video and still refreshing to watch to this day.
Also, what Berserk panel/chapter did you use for the thumbnail?
Cheers.
So uh fun new discovery by yours truly the collosal sword poke pseudos to a stamp sweep so it can actualy rollcatch also it absolutely shits on people who tend to r1 out
A lot of people don't know this.
But stamp overhead is just another way of saying trolls roar.
Stamp is a staple of the brand.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of BKGS when I see these AoW.
I love meme launching people with giants hunt and upward stamp
holy shit this dude was cookin
Stamp should be should let u use all types as "stamp Stance" ,allowing u to use a light attack or strong attack,light attack could be sweep and strong attack could do a upward slice, and using the stance part a second time for a downward slam.
Subscribed, I expect more bangers like this
"When using smaller to medium sized weapons such as great swords." Ah, the average colossal weapon enjoyer.
This was great, thanks!
Great video , cool channel thanks for showing us stamp backstep looks really fun. Subbed
It feels good because of the hilarious tossing.
Fantastic video
LUL I love that boondocks episode, just stomp em in the nuts
The backstep to Stamp combo is sickening
shoutouts to this menace for using killer7 and no more heroes sfx/music constantly
Should i use Killer7 “rave on” in my next vid?
I will be entering the colosseum with Stamp - Sweep on my Mace very soon. Wish me luck.
Based channel. Recognized the fire emblem music. Also a gugs main. Subbed!
that backstep tech kinda crazy
unrelated, but I'd totally watch if you did a guide on how to pvp with the GUGS in general. Trying to get into it but it feels tough with how sluggish the moveset is in comparison to the faster weapons
good video thank you mr anime protagonist
HOLY SHIT THEY PATCHED OUT THAT BACKSTAB AFTER BEING A SPINNY BOI OMFG
Gonna experiment with stamp into Wrath of Gold or Erdtree heal
Great video! :) Maybe the should have made Stamp a stance with both options on the same AOW
Now this looks like fun
I just watched this video and met you, or at least someone by your name 😂 it was gg!
Knights set and flamberge with blood incants? What a coincidence, this is the first time ive played elden ring in months haha ggs!
Quality video 💪🏼
Finished berserk and guts never crouched to the ground pushing his ass out and his knees into his chest and then thrusted his sword all the way forward like a spear over and over again until he won. Not even once
Appreciate the video! Also dont pretend i didnt catch that Killer7 Guitar for that transition xD
I feel like Stamp was very specifically meant to be used to trade with high commitment, high hyper-armour AoW, because it does that fantastically.
It's highly situational and very good in that situation, but pretty garbage otherwise.
Honestly I'm not sure it really needs any changes, besides maybe giving the first hit of Sweep more poise damage. Like at least 100
You forgot to mention that stamp causes you to do the second hit in an r1 combo if you r1 directly out of the actual stamp. This has benefits on things like 1 handed hammers which have a much faster second r1 than their first... Or the Knights/Banished Knights greatsword, which have very fast secondary r1s
this rules im gonna try out stamp today
Amazing video
ohhh mannn
imagine this ash of war on a reaper
would have been so cool
Insta like and sub for the guitar twangs from killer 7. So good. Good vid too btw
Yoo nice vid im a collosal sword main myself since ds3 2017 if you want some fun combos and tech for collosal swords i got em all
I got a personal discord to
My boy legit wrote a love letter to an ash of war 🤣
I'm surprised you didn't mention how vulnerable upward cut is to flinching when you tank attacks, I have missed so many damn times because of it
If they would just take aimpunch out of the game
@@StrugglerVA even basic attacks are way too affected by it 😭