bruh ive seen so many comments saying its bad because: "its bad that you have to time it" "it consumes stamina" "it shouldve been a talisman" and people who dont know what guard counter is
It should have definitely been a talisman, tho, I would love to play the whole game like this without worrying about it wearing off every 5 minutes and then having to rest at a bonfire to restart it.
That's great hammers and great axes efficiently deal the most stance damage compared to all other weapons. Black Steel Great hammer is especially great with Deflecting Hardtear, since not only do Great Hammers deal the most stance damage with a guard counter, it has an extra AoE to add to the guard counter.
I mean you can also deflect his double sweep and if you're close enough you can counter-attack the final sweep, also you can deflect his ground stomp, the initiation of the gravity stomp and you can deflect Miquella's light magic too it's pretty goofy like "Let me deflect the wind lol"
You can deflect almost everything except grabs, includig magic. Yeah, i twsted. The problem is: it still consumes HP and stamina and it only takes one mistake to be severe punished. Fun fact, my first radahn kill was with deflect tears
When you combine the deflecting hard tear with a max level black steel great shield (100 phy damage reduction and 80 holy damage reduction), and a high stagger weapon of your choice, this fight becomes a joke. Because even if you mistime the deflect you take no damage on blocking, except in the 2nd phase where you take minimal holy damage on block as the shield covers 80 percent of it. You can go the whole fight without dodging once and just blocking everything, although it’s more efficient to roll through the double handed slashes he does as they usually knock you back despite doing zero damage to you
Can you try deflecting the Radahn meteor and see how much it damages you? My experience was around 60% of my health. But then again, I wasn't sure if I did it right.
I couldn’t beat radahn until I put on the deflecting hard tear. I thought oh I’m going to suck I’m not good at timing attacks and man either I’m a god or they were generous with the timing to deflect which is the likely scenario.
@@Bunkle_Gael I'm fascinated with how the scaling/SF fragments work because I'm lvl125 (by design- I've limited my level to that so i can do more co-op/pvp) and am doing roughly the same damage as you despite having vastly inferior stats using my Sacred Greatsword (45str/25fth)... I've been struggling with radahn though so I think I might try this weapon/strat because I don't want to use summons or resort to respec into a shield/antspur cheese build which is wasteful and a little bit boring in my opinion. No shade to people using other strats - this boss is a real bitch haha
Most of the so called OP builds shown by youtubers , have overlevel and buffed up and in New game , which is like not quite right, because many have played SOTE in in NG+ like me who is in NG+15 , I dare to try their so called OP builds in NG+7 Consort Radahn.
I think it's still pretty OP. I did the rest of the dlc with it once I found it. I still don't know how I could beat consort Radahn without it, considering all those particles and clone attacks. Even regular attacks have fk ton of combos to dodge. Even if I could, I bet the journey would have been much more frustrating.
do you even play elden ring? the counters deal so much poise damage thats why it consistently staggers. also on second phase, radahn's poise doesnt reset when he transitions thats why he double staggered after the guy jump attacked. boi commenting "your build and weapon is OP" like you can do this without the tear and make it look like a cake walk.
How is it OP? Lmao You are already running an OP build buffing the anchor with craigblade probably with over a dozen scadutree fragments. Such a dishonest video. You can achieve the same by spamming jump attacks with the tear that stance breaks faster and the jump attack talisman.
You can achieve the same thing with a regular sword with the tear though lmao. Guard counters do insane amounts of stance damage with good damage period. Not to mention you're ignoring damage because you blocked at the right time with a weapon no less. Plus it lasts long enough for a long ass boss (unless you suck or something idk) it's definitely good.
@@gugg2216 That's besides the point. This guy in the video tried to portray it like as if it's broken which it isn't? It should be removed from shields then that alone would fix it entirely. It's only slightly overunted on shields otherwise If you are two-handing a weapon and deflecting it requires a fair amount of skill to pull off consecutively. If you miss it once then you are guard broken and dead for the most part. You don't seem to be very bright since you lack the critical thinking skills. People like you make needless outrage about anything you don't like. There are things that are actually broken like the finger greatshield backhand blades and dozens of other stuff that i can't be arsed to cite.
@@biterness2323 gonna personally attack me because I disagree about the use of the tear? Chill out my guy. Fingerprint is dead as hell from a pvp standpoint, but for over a very annoying thing to see against radahn constantly. Backhand blades have absurd poise values now and just pack too hard. Literally zero need to get heated over a disagreement. Also a single video of a guy having fun with a crystal tear isn't "outrage". Get real.
@@biterness2323 “it’s not op” yes it fucking is. The deflecting hard tear gets boosted each time you deflect, this can lead to a LOT and I mean A LOT of damage and posture damage.
1:38 YOURE TELLING ME ALL I HAVE TO DO IS WALK TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THAT
Never works when I try it, don’t know what I’m doing wrong
@@SpremeCalami we need to git gud
I did it with running before. Didn't know walking is good enough.
Prob walk perpendicular to him@@SpremeCalami
if walking doesn't work, you just have to dodge the first and the last attack to the right and you'll be good
The stance break right at the beginning of phase 2 was clean
Hell yes it was! Outright CRISP.
Right?
bruh ive seen so many comments saying its bad because: "its bad that you have to time it" "it consumes stamina" "it shouldve been a talisman" and people who dont know what guard counter is
I'm agreeing more on the it should have been a talisman because you can't use it in coliseum
It should have definitely been a talisman, tho, I would love to play the whole game like this without worrying about it wearing off every 5 minutes and then having to rest at a bonfire to restart it.
So it’s like deflect in sekiro ?
who tf says it's bad it's like universally the best tear
@@legallearnedgoron probably those who can't use it in coliseum
Using deflecting hardtear on a pierce weapon is genius, as you can land counter hits between deflects with the right weapon!
2 stance breaks is crazy
That's great hammers and great axes efficiently deal the most stance damage compared to all other weapons. Black Steel Great hammer is especially great with Deflecting Hardtear, since not only do Great Hammers deal the most stance damage with a guard counter, it has an extra AoE to add to the guard counter.
Giant Crusher got me three stance breaks in this fight…Hits like a truck
@@GawainWthat’s how I beat him. Greathammer with lion’s claw does 42 stance damage, three is enough to strike him down below ng+2.
That move when Radahn is trying to pick you is funny he looks like " hey let me give you a hug" xD🤣
To quote the great Keanu Reeves "No. You're amazing.".
Thanks for showing me what it's actually for. This is wildly impressive.
You go Chad!
1000 years of compassion my ass.
I mean you can also deflect his double sweep and if you're close enough you can counter-attack the final sweep, also you can deflect his ground stomp, the initiation of the gravity stomp and you can deflect Miquella's light magic too it's pretty goofy like "Let me deflect the wind lol"
Can deflect dragon breath scarlet rot etc probs perfumes etc.
You can deflect almost everything except grabs, includig magic. Yeah, i twsted. The problem is: it still consumes HP and stamina and it only takes one mistake to be severe punished.
Fun fact, my first radahn kill was with deflect tears
"I will deflect the wind" sounds like a line out of some ancient folk story, and it has the potential to go obscenely hard.
@@cza6254 yes you get damage from elemental perfect guards but so little it not matters even the miquella nuke barely tickles you.
0:25 The tarnish gave Radahn a concussion with that ending the fight immediately.
Extremely impressive! Cathartic af to see
bro just slammed radahn
When you combine the deflecting hard tear with a max level black steel great shield (100 phy damage reduction and 80 holy damage reduction), and a high stagger weapon of your choice, this fight becomes a joke. Because even if you mistime the deflect you take no damage on blocking, except in the 2nd phase where you take minimal holy damage on block as the shield covers 80 percent of it. You can go the whole fight without dodging once and just blocking everything, although it’s more efficient to roll through the double handed slashes he does as they usually knock you back despite doing zero damage to you
DUDE that's crazy...could we get a full breakdown of the build or someone nice enough in the comments please?
Radahn may have the power of a god and anime on his side, but you have blunt force and tetanus
damn this is the quickest ive seen someone kill him, good stuff man i love seeing builds like this
My brudda that was almost hitles
I somehow read the title as rusted anchor is op, I really need some sleep
Level 344 please
Here from the tawk tuah pod
@@hyperrealhank What does this mean?
Bro wth this is mighty impressive
Can you try deflecting the Radahn meteor and see how much it damages you?
My experience was around 60% of my health. But then again, I wasn't sure if I did it right.
I couldn’t beat radahn until I put on the deflecting hard tear. I thought oh I’m going to suck I’m not good at timing attacks and man either I’m a god or they were generous with the timing to deflect which is the likely scenario.
Clean
Correction, Deflecting Hard Tear is op with heavy weapons
Do you have to time each block like a sekiro parry or you can just hold the block button?
@@YungTigris It's like sekiro
What NG is this on?
@@AxeBearingVoyager Journey 13
@@Bunkle_Gael I'm fascinated with how the scaling/SF fragments work because I'm lvl125 (by design- I've limited my level to that so i can do more co-op/pvp) and am doing roughly the same damage as you despite having vastly inferior stats using my Sacred Greatsword (45str/25fth)... I've been struggling with radahn though so I think I might try this weapon/strat because I don't want to use summons or resort to respec into a shield/antspur cheese build which is wasteful and a little bit boring in my opinion. No shade to people using other strats - this boss is a real bitch haha
combine this with a stancebreak in the physick and it's easy mode
What other psychic are you putting with the Deflecting hard tear
@@Qufoo_Gaming Green burst crystal tear.
holy fuck
Yes, that's Miquella
Damn I am bad at this game
OP is way over leveled - level 344!
What NG run is this? Level is very high
@@jimmyrace1258 Journey 13
Good fight GG
Isshin would be proud
me wondering how that armor is so good, lvl 344. nvm.
@@Randy133 Ask any souls fan. Levels don't matter too much. This is also journey 13.
Most of the so called OP builds shown by youtubers , have overlevel and buffed up and in New game , which is like not quite right, because many have played SOTE in in NG+ like me who is in NG+15 , I dare to try their so called OP builds in NG+7 Consort Radahn.
@@asahel980 This is Journey 13
honestly someone needs to make a mod where radahn is even harder
Holy fuck what level are you? 500? Hahahaha
@@Agk3los Journey 13
Deflecting Hardtear aint OP, your build and weapon is OP. I have seen many fights but never seen two staggers.
I think it's still pretty OP. I did the rest of the dlc with it once I found it.
I still don't know how I could beat consort Radahn without it, considering all those particles and clone attacks. Even regular attacks have fk ton of combos to dodge.
Even if I could, I bet the journey would have been much more frustrating.
I staggered him 3 times in my fight. I have a video of it on my channel. Deflecting Hardtear buffs guard counters from any weapon to insane levels.
@@frigidkitsune Crazy
It's both. The tear enhances the power of the build by allowing for more guard counters.
do you even play elden ring? the counters deal so much poise damage thats why it consistently staggers. also on second phase, radahn's poise doesnt reset when he transitions thats why he double staggered after the guy jump attacked. boi commenting "your build and weapon is OP" like you can do this without the tear and make it look like a cake walk.
How is it OP? Lmao You are already running an OP build buffing the anchor with craigblade probably with over a dozen scadutree fragments. Such a dishonest video. You can achieve the same by spamming jump attacks with the tear that stance breaks faster and the jump attack talisman.
You can achieve the same thing with a regular sword with the tear though lmao. Guard counters do insane amounts of stance damage with good damage period. Not to mention you're ignoring damage because you blocked at the right time with a weapon no less. Plus it lasts long enough for a long ass boss (unless you suck or something idk) it's definitely good.
@@gugg2216 That's besides the point. This guy in the video tried to portray it like as if it's broken which it isn't? It should be removed from shields then that alone would fix it entirely. It's only slightly overunted on shields otherwise If you are two-handing a weapon and deflecting it requires a fair amount of skill to pull off consecutively. If you miss it once then you are guard broken and dead for the most part. You don't seem to be very bright since you lack the critical thinking skills. People like you make needless outrage about anything you don't like. There are things that are actually broken like the finger greatshield backhand blades and dozens of other stuff that i can't be arsed to cite.
@@biterness2323 gonna personally attack me because I disagree about the use of the tear? Chill out my guy. Fingerprint is dead as hell from a pvp standpoint, but for over a very annoying thing to see against radahn constantly. Backhand blades have absurd poise values now and just pack too hard. Literally zero need to get heated over a disagreement. Also a single video of a guy having fun with a crystal tear isn't "outrage". Get real.
@@biterness2323 “it’s not op” yes it fucking is. The deflecting hard tear gets boosted each time you deflect, this can lead to a LOT and I mean A LOT of damage and posture damage.