@@executionersmough7842 I hate that fromsoft doesn't do quick fixes for extremely broken things and instead holds off for like a month or 2 before doing a big hotfix
It's so funny to me that since the DLC release, all the special runs and stuff for DLC have been like "yada yada base game, ANYWAYS HERES 3 HOURS OF SOTE WOOOOOOOO" And personally Im just excited to see the runs going through all of base game AND DLC, shits aboutta be 12 hour long videos every other month
i think its better at the moment for more dlc focused runs, runs like this highlight the best of the new items and shine light on things that you would have never thought to be pretty good
My favourite part about the DLC is FromSoft giving us some really sick new spells and then making bosses that don't give you a long enough window to cast any of the sick new spells
@@theeliteterrarian1888 Personally I like the base Lightning Spear better. I was able to use Scarlet Aeonia, which is slower, so it is possible to get off. Dont dream of charging it though, will never get it off unless you have infinite poise and hp.
2:21:00 Bayle's Tyranny is actually broken right now. The shockwave can ONLY hit one enemy in its radius. He didn't "miss" Rennala, he just nuked the shit out of the student right in front of him. Hope they fix it soon, no point in an AoE that doesn't have an E on the A.
Its apparently been fixed. Or maybe "fixed" in the way they broke it the other way. Almost just said "Its broken the other way now. Holy fuck it melts." Then noticed you said Tyranny and not Flame Lightning, which is the one I got.
Yeah, honestly thats why I think Bayle’s flame lightning is just a better version of it. It is slightly slower but deals about 80% more damage and has infinite hyperarmor. I think he is honestly underrating that one compared to Messmer’s flame orb.
@tinminator8905 Bayle's flame lightning doesn't even have infinite hyperarmor. It's like a worse version of dragonmaw's. You can even see Gino getting hit by Gaius while he's midair but then getting canceled out of it right before the slam actually happens
@@nem6191 It does. There are attacks that knock you down no matter your poise. Anyone who has used the ironjar aromatic, which also grants infinite poise knows what I am talking about. I assure you, I have tanked 5+ hits from bosses such as Rellana and never got cancelled out of it. I also assure you that dragonmaw is far worse, as it is slightly slower and deals way less damage.
@tinminator8905 Maybe because im not intentionally trying to get knocked out of attacks but I've never gotten dragonmaw canceled, while I've definitely had Flame Lightning get knocked by the same attacks. Dragonmaw is also not slower, yes it has higher windup but the recovery is lower. And the damage difference I find is a fair tradeoff because it's more consistent (ive had times where even though the visual hit by all means, only the lingering magma did damage for example), it still does absurd damage upwards of 4k if you hit with the actual jaw, it does far more poise damage, and I much prefer pure physical damage over a 3 way split between physical, lightning and fire
@@tinminator8905 Ironjar does not remotely grant infinite poise. Its only like a 70% or so increase. Also, some of those were bugged, like Bayles spells, and have been fixed now if it hasnt been mentioned (I just HAD to comment on the one VERY wrong comment).
fun fact: bayles tyrany is buffed by: 1. fire buffing effects 2. lighting buffing effects 3. magma buffing effects (talisman of the dread) 4. Roar medalion im not sure if bayles flame lightning gets buffed by talisman of the dread but its still really good
42:07 if you watch the horizon, where the painter is looking, it takes as long as it does cuz the weather clears and gives you a view out of the scadutree and surroundings; idk lorewise if there's a reason for it but it sure is pretty, and worth watching the distance for, rather than the painter
A tip for Midras Frenzied Flame: You can use Howl of Shabrir continuously to proc Madness on yourself, and equip the new Talisman that reduces buildup after proc. Then get Aged ones exultation + Maddening Hand + Frenzy Flame Seal offhand Proceed to obliterate Bosses with the slower madness buildup and insane damage. Not the best boss killer spell but one of the most fun imo
@@dbishim6409against any bosses that are large and weak to fire, the unending frenzy is just a really high DPS fire incant (Midra's Flame of Frenzy is kinda just a downgraded version unfortunately). obviously bosses can't be procced with madness itself, but the spells do really good damage aside from that.
I swear, Rain of Fire has to be bugged or not receive a whole slew of scaling or smth. It is comically underpowered for what looks like a multihit spell that doesn't have the fastest cast animation, doesn't really track so the STATIONARY effect actually lands.
Someone made a post about it but the tldr is that most of the incants and spells dont look like they were tested at all. Most dont work with the talismans they should, others are straight up unusable like rain of fire (which anyone would instantly see if they tested it). Bayle's dragon incant supposedly only hits a single target
That’s my favorite part. I wish it was longer. I don’t play the game a lot so I normally follow other builds and gino went from followable to I need to look up everything and mark it on the map.
The Bayle incantations are pretty cracked for everything EXCEPT Bosses. Endure + Bayles Tyranny oneshots easily in PvP with a pretty regular build without applying buffs and clears every Elite to Easy enemy for free because of the Hyperarmor and knockback. 26 Mind to cast it 3 Times. Probably an S Tier incantation for a regular playthrough Flame Lightning is a worse Dragonclaw, but its just fun to use and it does Physical, Flame and Lightning damage.
I was chatting with a friend, going over the DLC spells, the ones I had, anyway. I think I started with the new lightning spear, and immediately realized it was a powerhouse. After realizing most of the spells were fairly solid, my friend mentioned rain of fire, and I was like, oh yeah, i should try that. I did, and said to my friend "it's like founding rain of stars, but an incant" and the immediate response was "oh, so it's useless, got it"
I wish someone told me that. But its apparently been buffed now. I prefer the base Lightning Spear honestly. Its much cheaper and faster, and still does about 75% of the damage, and Im a lightning magic abuser. I so want Founding Rain of Stars to be good, it looks so cool.
I honestly hate how the devs make this cool spells and make them take 3 in game years of casting and then IF you manage to not get hit while charging you have NO hyper armor, that sucks soooooo much and always dissuades me from magic builds
I'm mostly sad that I can't use the dragon communion spells in late game bosses unless they do very specific moves (like scarlet aeonia). They look so fun, but take ages
21:18 You’re using it in all of the wrong situations. It’s clearly intended for 1) very large enemies with a big top-down surface area (like Founding Rain of Stars), or 2) groups of fire weak enemies like the finger creepers in the Metyr quest areas of the dlc. Using it on a small knight, who is standing in water, in the rain, is not where you’re intended to use it. On the other hand, that is the PERFECT situation for knights lightning spear.
I think its mine too, but I honestly still prefer the base Lightning Spear. It still does about 75% of the damage, but costs much less and is much faster. My favorite spell of the dlc I think is Microcosm, it looks so cool. Just thought of this but was Ghostflame Breathe nerfed in the patch? It seemed soooo broken when I used it against Radahn.
To be fair, the enemy you used rain of fire and the lightning incantation on was in water, so the fire was debuffed, and the lightning damage was buffed so the rain of fire would've probably dealt like 20 more damage
@@Anarchie4335 I can't tell if I should ignore the "genuinely" and assume you are also being sarcastic, like the original comment CLEARLY is or if that was serious. No offense meant.
1:52:20 I’ve looked at the game files and I think I can explain it, when it clones the lightning spell for water it uses the ID of the spell I think not the bullet/projectile so it seems to be cloning the high damage center projectile for all of them instead of 1 high damage and the rest lower damage. That’s my best guess without access to the actual game code.
I prefer Gino for long-form content, but I think Rusty. might be better for how to use them. Like Gino F-ranked Electrocharge, but I was bullying invaders with it because of the initial damage burst. Also watched Distortion do a porcupine only run, and it was surprisingly good damage, despite the spell being a bit silly to use.
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Not fully charging pest thread spears may have prevented a lot of potential damage (?) idk, but when Gino first fully charged it was nuking, wonder why he didn't keep doing it.
I love Bayle’s tyranny. A staple of my dragon communion warrior. Talisman of the dread, flame tear and stone heart and against anything weak to fire, RIP
When I got the Minor Erdtree spell I was like "Oh, that's actually so cool! Glad that's finally a spell." I can't describe the disappointment I felt when I finally saw what it looks like.
I prefer the orbital strike honestly, because its a fucking magic orbital strike. I wish it was available earlier, but it makes sense its so late, its quite strong. It just took too damned many slots for me to use it much. So many cool spells.
Watchful spirit only locks on to the thing you're currently locked on to when you cast, so if you switch targets or cast it locked off, it won't track your current target I think the suggestion to use it on invisible enemies is interesting, like if you cast it while you see them, yeah it works and each projectilec will still track after losing lock on. But literally any other spell that just tracks the nearest enemy would work better, like glintblades.
The funniest thing? You used Rock Heart for most of the run, and if you used Priestess Heart, then KLS would've done 20% more damage. Edit: And you swap to it at 1:56:04, heh.
I wonder if the Knight's Lightning Spear effect in water is based on the fact it's a multi-hit. Using arbitrary numbers, if the original spear does 2000 damage, and the 6 extra spears do 300 each, they're getting a bonus 10(?)% in water. So instead of doing 2200 in water with the extra spears and bonus at 1980, it's instead using the original damage value an extra six times. 2000+200, 6*300(spear damage)+6*200(water damage) So rather than 2000+1800=3800 dry 2200+1980=4180 wet it's 2200+1800+1200=6200 wet
It doesnt, unless that was changed in the patch. Id still use base Lightning Spear personally. Unless that was fixed and theyre wet it still does about 75% of the damage, but is mich cheaper and faster. Still a cool spell and I AM a lightning magic Abuser
The use case for light of miquella imo is the fact that even if you're hit out of it, the second you press the button it will come out no matter what. So if you use it point blank then get smacked, it still hits them, and if they're in an animation, they just eat it
That must have been fixed in the patch, cause when I used it if I was knocked out, it never happened, like everything else. Thanks for the info, thats the coolest spell in the game.
So here's my theory of what happened to Rain of fire. Miyazaki played Gothic and for some reason decided to make its power literally opposite to what it was.
I was messing around with the Feathers spell, and it does do physical damage which means it's kinda annoying to buff, *but*, if you can get all the darts to hit it can do some solid damage. Granted, it's nowhere near the damage of a spell like Pest Threads or Lightning Spears, so I think it does belong in D tier, but there are some use-cases for it. But the fact that it's found in the same area where you find Spears and Spears is just kinda a better version of it, there's no question that it's pretty bad. Also Distortion2 I think did a run where he played through the entire game using *only* the porcupine spell, and he was able to do it, and some bosses take a ton of damage from it but yeah it's *very* situational.
honestly dude if it weren't for your videos, i would have never known how busted some weapons and these talis,spells and buffs like howl ,golden vow are and they stack together....i would have just kept suffering with my uchigatana. Thank you gino.
I think it's dumb that some of the NPC quests require you to summon them INSIDE a boss fight now, when all the bosses are so aggressive the second you walk through the fog wall. The amount of summons in general that are placed inside the boss' arena is dumb.
You literally do not have to summon any NPCs to complete their quest. The only one that is affected by not summoning is Hornsent, but it’s just a different ending to his quest. You still get all of his gear regardless.
I never had that issue honestly, and the first npc I was able to summon inside the fog was Igon (never got any others summon sign, Igons RIGHT on the path). "CURSE YOU BAYYYYLE!!!"
Guessing you commented first. They made 3, Miquellas Light and the Multilayered Ring of Light as well. Circlet of Light coolest headgear in the game, so it sucks Miquellas Light takes so many slots.
Hey I needed help. I'm trying to learn to dodge waterfowl by circling around her. When I'm trying to circle around her, am I supposed to be sprinting, or just running without sprinting? Also, I've seen people dodge while being locked on, while just continuing to move. Can anyone tell me if this movement is just backward or any other way Also, some people dodge the last flurry by just moving back while locked on. When should I start moving back? Please help if anyone knows, thanks
To be honest, except fhe legendary and physical version I hated them, but Ghostflame Breath is so broken (unless the patch nerfed it), and it looks so cool. I might try a Dragon Communion run. Almost said legendary versions then remembered Placidusaaxs Rain isnt actually Dragon Communion. Probably still use it though.
the reason why bayles tyranny missed bosses a few times is because it's currently bugged and the initial explosion can only hit one target. So in the renalla fight one of the sweetings took the blast and that's why the first cast didn't hit her
Light of Miquella having insane range is nice. It's not winning any awards for DPS or efficiency given how slow and expensive it is, but the fact that it has insane range makes it have at least a use case in clearing areas, which is nice, because there's enough boss killers. I feel like Watchful Spirit would be fine at its current damage if it lasted like 30-60 seconds like a buff instead of for like 3 shots. Then it would provide some extra DPS and harry NPCs and occasionally stagger things without being broken and, tbh, it'd be neat to have proper auxiliary spells that aren't just the phalanax-type spells which fire for one shot. I'm convinced that Rain of Fire is meant to do 10x more damage. Like, if it did 10x more damage, it'd be right about what you'd expect from a midrange-to-decent incantation which is too slow and inconsistent to really use effectively but at least is, y'know, something. And it'd be so easy to just forget a 0. Surely that's it? Because like. It was doing 600 damage per cast to the avatar fully buffed when Catch Flame did 3500. So if it did 6000, that'd still be
Thankfully Rain of Fire was buffed, though as Ive beaten the dlc, have Hundred Heroes, and my Dragon's Dogma data seems to have disappeared, I havent gotten to play with it since the buff. I so wanted it to be good. Light of Miquella is the coolest looking spell in the game, but yeah, costs too much (for me in memory slots, and theres too many cool spells) for me to use too much. Especially since the Circlet of Light is the coolest headgear in the game.
I figured out the Midra tracking bug. The light of Miquella autoaims to the nearest enemy in your LoS even if its behind 4 dimensions and 50 walls. Wich means fromsoft stores the body of the big Midra behind the wall. In Enir Illim if you spawn at the pre final boss grace and free aim it down the stairs, the light goes down in the building trying to hit the closest enemy, the lion masked guy.
I hope Fromsoft get around to patching the game again some time this quarter. Half the spells that should be getting boosted by certain pieces of equipment aren't, Furious Blade of Ansbach still doesn't have its bleed buildup, making it effectively just a very sub-par fire spell with awkward stat requirements and the balancing is still all over the place. Rain of Fire deals almost no damage in spite of having a high faith requirement, Divine Bird Feathers is three times less FP efficient as it is probably supposed to be (in case you're wondering: If you channel it, it tics for damage every .3 seconds but uses FP every .1 seconds) and Impenetrable Thorns deals an absurd amount of damage and bleed buildup in spite of only costing 15 FP and having a very moderate faith requirement. Oh, also the new crossbows use a gross amount of bolts to deal a neglegible amount of damage whereas Ansbachs Bow uses the same amount of arrows to deal an absolutely gross amount of damage. Not that crossbows being bad is anything new, but still.
I’ve seen many people complain about miquellas light but in invasions it’s INSANELY good. It’s range is ridiculous and if you catch someone in like any animation it’s a guaranteed hit.
I think its the coolest looking spell in the game, but sucks it costs so many memory slots, since the Circlet of Light is the coolest headgear in the game. Theres just too many cool spells.
So what did we learn? One of the highest requirement incantations in the dlc, achieving by defeating a notably difficult enemy can if lucky, one shot the tutorial boss of the main game.
In case anyone sees this, and you want to use one of the dragon hearts, be sure you fundamentally learn the major difference between Dragon Cult Incantations and Dragon Communion Incantations ;) The Priestess one is for the CULT whereas the rock heart is for COMMUNION. They do not do both lol. Alternatively, learn the damage differences between a spell focus that has a 10 - 20% damage boost but low scaling vs no boost and high scaling. The Dryleaf and Spiral Seals are literally the worst focus items in the game due to having the worst scaling lol. Even if you dual wield them, the bonus to the specific incants they do still does less than just using a Golden Order Seal. Offhand it and stick with either Golden Order or Dragon Communion seals.
I actually did pay attention when I got the Priestess Heart, but I was stoned so still tried to buff Ghostflame Breath with it🤣 Then I remembered, but since I was stoned went back and checked anyway, and sure enough I was being an idiot cause I knew that anyway. I also prefer the Golden Order Seal and I usually have equal intelligence and faith, and with an A scaling in both it has the highest incant scaling for me. It even outdamages things like the Gravel Stone Seal for Dragon Cult spells, the Communion Seal for Dragon Communion spells (stoned again, almost typed something else🤣), and the Godslayers Seal for Black Flame spells. I sold it cause I was gonna start a new game and just transfer the Godslayers Seal so I had 2, but decided to keep the character cause I ended up getting the money for the dlc day 1. With I knew I was gonna get that money from uber.
Would it be possible that the rain of fire incant scales with intelligence? Im not sure if anyone's tried it out yet, but the fire knight's helmet that uses it gives you extra int, right?
Bro that “what is up everybody” is so bland but the way he says it and keeps saying it everytime is so fucking funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣. It’s actually pretty unique now
Would be very down to see a DLC unique ash of war only run (Where you just spawn a crap ton of larval tears in to switch up ur stats to use the weapons)
Gino kidnapped Hunter and now forces him to live in his basement, never allowed to sleep, only edit videos. One day, perhaps, when there is no more Elden Ring content, Gino may finally let Hunter go home.
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It's on sight if I see you in nemz stream bud
Can you do axe only?
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>seal that buffs Miquella incantations
>look inside
>doesn't buff Light of Miquella
Neither does the Circlet you get from Miquella that says it buffs Miquella incantations
@@ShinxBOOM247 To add further salt to the wound, the circlet specifically phrases it as "boosting the power of Miquella's light"
I'm just hoping that it's a bug
@@미툰즈 yeah furious blade of ansbach does literally 0 bleed build up as well, most likely a bug
@@executionersmough7842 I hate that fromsoft doesn't do quick fixes for extremely broken things and instead holds off for like a month or 2 before doing a big hotfix
They finally made Lord Gwyn's attack in the DS1 intro cinematic an incantation in Elden Ring, and by the Sun does it live up to expectations.
Which spell?
Knight Lighting spears@@Thew-The_W
@@Thew-The_W The Knight Lightning spears!
@@Thew-The_W🤦♂️
really funny that he never uses any lightning in the actual fight
It's so funny to me that since the DLC release, all the special runs and stuff for DLC have been like "yada yada base game, ANYWAYS HERES 3 HOURS OF SOTE WOOOOOOOO" And personally Im just excited to see the runs going through all of base game AND DLC, shits aboutta be 12 hour long videos every other month
i think its better at the moment for more dlc focused runs, runs like this highlight the best of the new items and shine light on things that you would have never thought to be pretty good
I like that he did this, first one I found.
Everyone knows literally everything about the base game already, we want to see the new content to the extent we’ve seen the base game
I wish people would do more runs playing both.
Hunter, please reach out if you need help. The rate at which you’re churning out these videos is alarming.
Secretly edit in gino with ROB if you need help
I'm pretty sure that Gino's background is a green screen and he actually lives in a remote laboratory where he makes hunter clones to edit his videos.
@@sorensouthard927Actually he lives in a giant mushroom tower and has done so for 4,000 years, but the clones bit is accurate.
i thought his name was brandon
@@dragon_defeyes no, thats gino
My favourite part about the DLC is FromSoft giving us some really sick new spells and then making bosses that don't give you a long enough window to cast any of the sick new spells
so true. knights lightning spear is fantastic, except for radahn you just cant get one off for most of the punish windows. catch flame for the win.
Yeah for those crazy spells, you need a summon
@@theeliteterrarian1888 Personally I like the base Lightning Spear better. I was able to use Scarlet Aeonia, which is slower, so it is possible to get off. Dont dream of charging it though, will never get it off unless you have infinite poise and hp.
@@jaredcrabb new lighting spear has antistagger tech inbuilt, if you get staggered it doesnt matter because subspears will fire regardless.
@@exploertm8738 Only after about half the cast. Its a really cool spell but Lightning Spear is easier to fit in between tantrums.
2:21:00 Bayle's Tyranny is actually broken right now. The shockwave can ONLY hit one enemy in its radius. He didn't "miss" Rennala, he just nuked the shit out of the student right in front of him. Hope they fix it soon, no point in an AoE that doesn't have an E on the A.
Its apparently been fixed. Or maybe "fixed" in the way they broke it the other way. Almost just said "Its broken the other way now. Holy fuck it melts." Then noticed you said Tyranny and not Flame Lightning, which is the one I got.
Messmers orb for sure needs hyper armor on the dive. Maybe not the charge up, but for sure the dive
Yeah, honestly thats why I think Bayle’s flame lightning is just a better version of it. It is slightly slower but deals about 80% more damage and has infinite hyperarmor. I think he is honestly underrating that one compared to Messmer’s flame orb.
@tinminator8905 Bayle's flame lightning doesn't even have infinite hyperarmor. It's like a worse version of dragonmaw's. You can even see Gino getting hit by Gaius while he's midair but then getting canceled out of it right before the slam actually happens
@@nem6191 It does. There are attacks that knock you down no matter your poise. Anyone who has used the ironjar aromatic, which also grants infinite poise knows what I am talking about. I assure you, I have tanked 5+ hits from bosses such as Rellana and never got cancelled out of it. I also assure you that dragonmaw is far worse, as it is slightly slower and deals way less damage.
@tinminator8905 Maybe because im not intentionally trying to get knocked out of attacks but I've never gotten dragonmaw canceled, while I've definitely had Flame Lightning get knocked by the same attacks. Dragonmaw is also not slower, yes it has higher windup but the recovery is lower. And the damage difference I find is a fair tradeoff because it's more consistent (ive had times where even though the visual hit by all means, only the lingering magma did damage for example), it still does absurd damage upwards of 4k if you hit with the actual jaw, it does far more poise damage, and I much prefer pure physical damage over a 3 way split between physical, lightning and fire
@@tinminator8905 Ironjar does not remotely grant infinite poise. Its only like a 70% or so increase.
Also, some of those were bugged, like Bayles spells, and have been fixed now if it hasnt been mentioned (I just HAD to comment on the one VERY wrong comment).
fun fact: bayles tyrany is buffed by:
1. fire buffing effects
2. lighting buffing effects
3. magma buffing effects (talisman of the dread)
4. Roar medalion
im not sure if bayles flame lightning gets buffed by talisman of the dread but its still really good
The flame lightning one no, it leaves no magma. Use with care *falls off cliff*
42:07 if you watch the horizon, where the painter is looking, it takes as long as it does cuz the weather clears and gives you a view out of the scadutree and surroundings; idk lorewise if there's a reason for it but it sure is pretty, and worth watching the distance for, rather than the painter
A tip for Midras Frenzied Flame:
You can use Howl of Shabrir continuously to proc Madness on yourself, and equip the new Talisman that reduces buildup after proc.
Then get Aged ones exultation + Maddening Hand + Frenzy Flame Seal offhand
Proceed to obliterate Bosses with the slower madness buildup and insane damage.
Not the best boss killer spell but one of the most fun imo
It might just me doing the builds wrong but madness builds never do that good against bosses but are always fun.
@@dbishim6409against any bosses that are large and weak to fire, the unending frenzy is just a really high DPS fire incant (Midra's Flame of Frenzy is kinda just a downgraded version unfortunately). obviously bosses can't be procced with madness itself, but the spells do really good damage aside from that.
You forgot the tear for status resistance
I swear, Rain of Fire has to be bugged or not receive a whole slew of scaling or smth. It is comically underpowered for what looks like a multihit spell that doesn't have the fastest cast animation, doesn't really track so the STATIONARY effect actually lands.
I agree I think it's not working correctly. It doesn't seem to do any different no matter how buffed you are.
Someone made a post about it but the tldr is that most of the incants and spells dont look like they were tested at all. Most dont work with the talismans they should, others are straight up unusable like rain of fire (which anyone would instantly see if they tested it). Bayle's dragon incant supposedly only hits a single target
@phenix2403 Most spells were absolute garbage in the base game as well when it came out.
They usually do that and then buff them in future patches.
They buffed it apparently
Well, you were correct, it was bugged lol, but I'm sure you probably realised that by now 😂
5Head idea by Hunter to incentivise Gino to make the setup shorter by having him narrate it.
That’s my favorite part. I wish it was longer. I don’t play the game a lot so I normally follow other builds and gino went from followable to I need to look up everything and mark it on the map.
Hunter -> Hunted -> Captured -> Living In The Basement Of GinoMachino.
Haha
More of a dungeon really
“WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS” gets me every time
"DAMN YOU BAYLE..."
The Bayle incantations are pretty cracked for everything EXCEPT Bosses.
Endure + Bayles Tyranny oneshots easily in PvP with a pretty regular build without applying buffs and clears every Elite to Easy enemy for free because of the Hyperarmor and knockback. 26 Mind to cast it 3 Times. Probably an S Tier incantation for a regular playthrough
Flame Lightning is a worse Dragonclaw, but its just fun to use and it does Physical, Flame and Lightning damage.
I was chatting with a friend, going over the DLC spells, the ones I had, anyway. I think I started with the new lightning spear, and immediately realized it was a powerhouse. After realizing most of the spells were fairly solid, my friend mentioned rain of fire, and I was like, oh yeah, i should try that.
I did, and said to my friend "it's like founding rain of stars, but an incant" and the immediate response was "oh, so it's useless, got it"
I wish someone told me that. But its apparently been buffed now. I prefer the base Lightning Spear honestly. Its much cheaper and faster, and still does about 75% of the damage, and Im a lightning magic abuser.
I so want Founding Rain of Stars to be good, it looks so cool.
2:16:15 this section is subtitled minor erdtwig I lost my shit lmaoooo
it looks like one of the last christmas trees left at the lot on december 31st. just a truly sad display.
I honestly hate how the devs make this cool spells and make them take 3 in game years of casting and then IF you manage to not get hit while charging you have NO hyper armor, that sucks soooooo much and always dissuades me from magic builds
I'm mostly sad that I can't use the dragon communion spells in late game bosses unless they do very specific moves (like scarlet aeonia). They look so fun, but take ages
21:18 You’re using it in all of the wrong situations. It’s clearly intended for 1) very large enemies with a big top-down surface area (like Founding Rain of Stars), or 2) groups of fire weak enemies like the finger creepers in the Metyr quest areas of the dlc. Using it on a small knight, who is standing in water, in the rain, is not where you’re intended to use it. On the other hand, that is the PERFECT situation for knights lightning spear.
“Oh my god dude thats so shyt, that is SO shyt, that is such a garbage”
Knights lightning spear is so crazy, and even more insane in area/arenas with water in them. Easily my favorite incantation from the DLC.
I think its mine too, but I honestly still prefer the base Lightning Spear. It still does about 75% of the damage, but costs much less and is much faster. My favorite spell of the dlc I think is Microcosm, it looks so cool.
Just thought of this but was Ghostflame Breathe nerfed in the patch? It seemed soooo broken when I used it against Radahn.
Love the narration over the setup phase! Very nice touch
Appreciate the detailed explanation for the setup to getting all the gear and reaching the dlc asap
To be fair, the enemy you used rain of fire and the lightning incantation on was in water, so the fire was debuffed, and the lightning damage was buffed so the rain of fire would've probably dealt like 20 more damage
Are you genuinely trying to make a case for the spell that almost gets 200 damage with the right equipment
Fair enough
@@Anarchie4335 I can't tell if I should ignore the "genuinely" and assume you are also being sarcastic, like the original comment CLEARLY is or if that was serious. No offense meant.
20% more trash damage is still trash damage
Yeah messing up the crazy fire rain dps
"We dont mess around on this guy. Ill try electrocharge here." 😂
1:52:20 I’ve looked at the game files and I think I can explain it, when it clones the lightning spell for water it uses the ID of the spell I think not the bullet/projectile so it seems to be cloning the high damage center projectile for all of them instead of 1 high damage and the rest lower damage. That’s my best guess without access to the actual game code.
I'm glad multilayered ring of light is getting some love. It is really overlooked next to pest and lightning spears.
Props for using all the base game incantations that the DLC incantations are just straight upgrades to during the setup.
Gino: are these quality or quantity?
Hunter: Both. Both is good.
1:56:03 Love when Gino said "Noo stop summoning this fatty", and the boss immediately summons an extra fatty lol
you're the channel i always go to to learn the uses of weapons and incantations/sorceries
I prefer Gino for long-form content, but I think Rusty. might be better for how to use them. Like Gino F-ranked Electrocharge, but I was bullying invaders with it because of the initial damage burst.
Also watched Distortion do a porcupine only run, and it was surprisingly good damage, despite the spell being a bit silly to use.
@GinoMachino I love the fact that this music is also from the Ridge Racer Game game from the PsP
I searched for this comment, PSP Ridge Racer was my childhood, incredible soundtrack and it works so well for these videos, glad someone noticed - Editor Guy
you make me love elden ring more and more every vid when im not playing, for my first souls game i truly believe its one of the best games ever keep up the great content pls!!!
the speed run on the base game parts were really cool, because we dont want to see all of it, but dont want to skip either, nice one Gino.
Not fully charging pest thread spears may have prevented a lot of potential damage (?) idk, but when Gino first fully charged it was nuking, wonder why he didn't keep doing it.
I love that the set up is ecplained and not just shown as before. Really helps if your shit at the game like me lol
I love Bayle’s tyranny. A staple of my dragon communion warrior. Talisman of the dread, flame tear and stone heart and against anything weak to fire, RIP
Im here gino dont worry
good
Thank god
Phew good think
Bro used the wrong offhand seal for like 80% of the run and still did good damage. Insane
Still watching, what spell did he use and what offhand?
When I got the Minor Erdtree spell I was like "Oh, that's actually so cool! Glad that's finally a spell."
I can't describe the disappointment I felt when I finally saw what it looks like.
With time stamps and all? We eating good, thank you giga editor and gino makima‼️ 🗣🙏🔥🔥
Miquella's orbital strike is so fun to use although the Multilayered Ring of Light is probably my favorite as in most useful
I prefer the orbital strike honestly, because its a fucking magic orbital strike. I wish it was available earlier, but it makes sense its so late, its quite strong. It just took too damned many slots for me to use it much. So many cool spells.
Watchful spirit only locks on to the thing you're currently locked on to when you cast, so if you switch targets or cast it locked off, it won't track your current target
I think the suggestion to use it on invisible enemies is interesting, like if you cast it while you see them, yeah it works and each projectilec will still track after losing lock on.
But literally any other spell that just tracks the nearest enemy would work better, like glintblades.
Finally, a relaxing way to spend my evening
My go to napping content
The funniest thing? You used Rock Heart for most of the run, and if you used Priestess Heart, then KLS would've done 20% more damage. Edit: And you swap to it at 1:56:04, heh.
I wonder if the Knight's Lightning Spear effect in water is based on the fact it's a multi-hit.
Using arbitrary numbers, if the original spear does 2000 damage, and the 6 extra spears do 300 each, they're getting a bonus 10(?)% in water. So instead of doing 2200 in water with the extra spears and bonus at 1980, it's instead using the original damage value an extra six times. 2000+200, 6*300(spear damage)+6*200(water damage)
So rather than 2000+1800=3800 dry
2200+1980=4180 wet
it's 2200+1800+1200=6200 wet
It doesnt, unless that was changed in the patch. Id still use base Lightning Spear personally. Unless that was fixed and theyre wet it still does about 75% of the damage, but is mich cheaper and faster. Still a cool spell and I AM a lightning magic Abuser
The use case for light of miquella imo is the fact that even if you're hit out of it, the second you press the button it will come out no matter what.
So if you use it point blank then get smacked, it still hits them, and if they're in an animation, they just eat it
That must have been fixed in the patch, cause when I used it if I was knocked out, it never happened, like everything else. Thanks for the info, thats the coolest spell in the game.
So here's my theory of what happened to Rain of fire. Miyazaki played Gothic and for some reason decided to make its power literally opposite to what it was.
Nah, I think he said "its a fire Founding Rain of Stars, lets make it weaker."
I was messing around with the Feathers spell, and it does do physical damage which means it's kinda annoying to buff, *but*, if you can get all the darts to hit it can do some solid damage. Granted, it's nowhere near the damage of a spell like Pest Threads or Lightning Spears, so I think it does belong in D tier, but there are some use-cases for it. But the fact that it's found in the same area where you find Spears and Spears is just kinda a better version of it, there's no question that it's pretty bad.
Also Distortion2 I think did a run where he played through the entire game using *only* the porcupine spell, and he was able to do it, and some bosses take a ton of damage from it but yeah it's *very* situational.
honestly dude if it weren't for your videos, i would have never known how busted some weapons and these talis,spells and buffs like howl ,golden vow are and they stack together....i would have just kept suffering with my uchigatana. Thank you gino.
I was looking forward to watching this in like a week, maybe. Holy shit Hunter, you're a machine.
I really enjoyed the new format in the intro. Keep it going Gino!
Im so glad they buffed rain of fire.
Me too, but as I beat the dlc Im on Hundred Heroes for a while, so I wont get to play with it yet.
I'm looking forward to Gino's DLC -only runs.
I think it's dumb that some of the NPC quests require you to summon them INSIDE a boss fight now, when all the bosses are so aggressive the second you walk through the fog wall. The amount of summons in general that are placed inside the boss' arena is dumb.
Maybe its so you dont give the boss more health? Probably wouldnt be that bad if it just defaulted to yes instead of no
You literally do not have to summon any NPCs to complete their quest. The only one that is affected by not summoning is Hornsent, but it’s just a different ending to his quest. You still get all of his gear regardless.
I never had that issue honestly, and the first npc I was able to summon inside the fog was Igon (never got any others summon sign, Igons RIGHT on the path).
"CURSE YOU BAYYYYLE!!!"
Alternative title :beating Elden ring dlc with knights lightning spear because fromsoft made 1 good incantation for the dlc
Guessing you commented first. They made 3, Miquellas Light and the Multilayered Ring of Light as well. Circlet of Light coolest headgear in the game, so it sucks Miquellas Light takes so many slots.
Please let Hunter have a bathroom break 🙏
Hey I needed help. I'm trying to learn to dodge waterfowl by circling around her.
When I'm trying to circle around her, am I supposed to be sprinting, or just running without sprinting?
Also, I've seen people dodge while being locked on, while just continuing to move. Can anyone tell me if this movement is just backward or any other way
Also, some people dodge the last flurry by just moving back while locked on. When should I start moving back?
Please help if anyone knows, thanks
As someone who played strictly dragon incants on a character, it made me feel better watching you use them.
To be honest, except fhe legendary and physical version I hated them, but Ghostflame Breath is so broken (unless the patch nerfed it), and it looks so cool. I might try a Dragon Communion run. Almost said legendary versions then remembered Placidusaaxs Rain isnt actually Dragon Communion. Probably still use it though.
the reason why bayles tyranny missed bosses a few times is because it's currently bugged and the initial explosion can only hit one target. So in the renalla fight one of the sweetings took the blast and that's why the first cast didn't hit her
I’ve been waiting for more machino content 🙌
Finally a new ginomakima video
Gino: yeah this is a legit run guys, so this is a build you could have on your first playthru
**has both of Bayles incantations**
I wish that could be duped, I wanted to try Tyranny too.
i like this new commentary thingie thats goin on
Light of Miquella having insane range is nice. It's not winning any awards for DPS or efficiency given how slow and expensive it is, but the fact that it has insane range makes it have at least a use case in clearing areas, which is nice, because there's enough boss killers.
I feel like Watchful Spirit would be fine at its current damage if it lasted like 30-60 seconds like a buff instead of for like 3 shots. Then it would provide some extra DPS and harry NPCs and occasionally stagger things without being broken and, tbh, it'd be neat to have proper auxiliary spells that aren't just the phalanax-type spells which fire for one shot.
I'm convinced that Rain of Fire is meant to do 10x more damage. Like, if it did 10x more damage, it'd be right about what you'd expect from a midrange-to-decent incantation which is too slow and inconsistent to really use effectively but at least is, y'know, something. And it'd be so easy to just forget a 0. Surely that's it? Because like. It was doing 600 damage per cast to the avatar fully buffed when Catch Flame did 3500. So if it did 6000, that'd still be
Thankfully Rain of Fire was buffed, though as Ive beaten the dlc, have Hundred Heroes, and my Dragon's Dogma data seems to have disappeared, I havent gotten to play with it since the buff. I so wanted it to be good. Light of Miquella is the coolest looking spell in the game, but yeah, costs too much (for me in memory slots, and theres too many cool spells) for me to use too much. Especially since the Circlet of Light is the coolest headgear in the game.
I figured out the Midra tracking bug. The light of Miquella autoaims to the nearest enemy in your LoS even if its behind 4 dimensions and 50 walls. Wich means fromsoft stores the body of the big Midra behind the wall.
In Enir Illim if you spawn at the pre final boss grace and free aim it down the stairs, the light goes down in the building trying to hit the closest enemy, the lion masked guy.
I didnt actually notice that, but since it costs so many memory slots I didnt use it much. Was that fixed in the recent patch?
Dude your videos are so fun . Keep it up
CONGRATS ON #11 ON TRENDING FOR GAMING LET'S GOOOO
Your video quality is really good
Now you don't see everyday Soldier of God, Rick getting one shot, that spell is truly a monster.
Realy good quality video, good job!
@29:00 this reminds me of Tien holding off Cell for a while 😂
Had to go back 2.5 minutes, and holy shit thats so true.
Does anyone else think 2nd phase Messmer looked like a demonic version of Earthworm Jim?
Don't be a coward, Gino, do a Rain of Fire only run 🔥🔥🔥
Perfect was thinking of this exact style of run for ng+ dlc
ahh darn it he missed the balancing patch
I hope Fromsoft get around to patching the game again some time this quarter.
Half the spells that should be getting boosted by certain pieces of equipment aren't, Furious Blade of Ansbach still doesn't have its bleed buildup, making it effectively just a very sub-par fire spell with awkward stat requirements and the balancing is still all over the place. Rain of Fire deals almost no damage in spite of having a high faith requirement, Divine Bird Feathers is three times less FP efficient as it is probably supposed to be (in case you're wondering: If you channel it, it tics for damage every .3 seconds but uses FP every .1 seconds) and Impenetrable Thorns deals an absurd amount of damage and bleed buildup in spite of only costing 15 FP and having a very moderate faith requirement.
Oh, also the new crossbows use a gross amount of bolts to deal a neglegible amount of damage whereas Ansbachs Bow uses the same amount of arrows to deal an absolutely gross amount of damage. Not that crossbows being bad is anything new, but still.
Yk i have watched you for a long time when i can prefire when you laugh😂
It makes me feel a little better when I see Gino struggle with bosses. 😂
Finally this video came out. I don't have much time to watch the stream vod unfortunately.
Can't wait for the sorceries
Wish more people did this. Its either dlc only or vanilla only.
really like the setup
commentary
I’ve seen many people complain about miquellas light but in invasions it’s INSANELY good. It’s range is ridiculous and if you catch someone in like any animation it’s a guaranteed hit.
I think its the coolest looking spell in the game, but sucks it costs so many memory slots, since the Circlet of Light is the coolest headgear in the game. Theres just too many cool spells.
So what did we learn?
One of the highest requirement incantations in the dlc, achieving by defeating a notably difficult enemy can if lucky, one shot the tutorial boss of the main game.
In case anyone sees this, and you want to use one of the dragon hearts, be sure you fundamentally learn the major difference between Dragon Cult Incantations and Dragon Communion Incantations ;) The Priestess one is for the CULT whereas the rock heart is for COMMUNION. They do not do both lol. Alternatively, learn the damage differences between a spell focus that has a 10 - 20% damage boost but low scaling vs no boost and high scaling. The Dryleaf and Spiral Seals are literally the worst focus items in the game due to having the worst scaling lol. Even if you dual wield them, the bonus to the specific incants they do still does less than just using a Golden Order Seal. Offhand it and stick with either Golden Order or Dragon Communion seals.
I actually did pay attention when I got the Priestess Heart, but I was stoned so still tried to buff Ghostflame Breath with it🤣 Then I remembered, but since I was stoned went back and checked anyway, and sure enough I was being an idiot cause I knew that anyway.
I also prefer the Golden Order Seal and I usually have equal intelligence and faith, and with an A scaling in both it has the highest incant scaling for me. It even outdamages things like the Gravel Stone Seal for Dragon Cult spells, the Communion Seal for Dragon Communion spells (stoned again, almost typed something else🤣), and the Godslayers Seal for Black Flame spells. I sold it cause I was gonna start a new game and just transfer the Godslayers Seal so I had 2, but decided to keep the character cause I ended up getting the money for the dlc day 1. With I knew I was gonna get that money from uber.
The beatbox rabbit hole runs deep and its so fucking good
Love the new style in the beginning!
Would it be possible that the rain of fire incant scales with intelligence? Im not sure if anyone's tried it out yet, but the fire knight's helmet that uses it gives you extra int, right?
Nope, was just trash cause its been buffed. And the one that buffs it doesnt give intelligence.
I would like to see a Minor Erdtree and Rain of Fire only run 😂
Ngl…seeing how the dlc is… I am not ready for the amount of anger, pain, and FUCKING CONSEQUENCES OF MY OWN ACTIONS 😂
Such a pleasure watching this live
Bro that “what is up everybody” is so bland but the way he says it and keeps saying it everytime is so fucking funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣. It’s actually pretty unique now
Would be very down to see a DLC unique ash of war only run (Where you just spawn a crap ton of larval tears in to switch up ur stats to use the weapons)
"I'M ONLY USING DLC INCANTATIONS!"
>immediately proceeds to use Flame, Grant Me Strength and Catch Flame
Pretty sure youre joking, and if you are, 🤣😂😆😁😄. If not, he means for damage.
love your videos bro!
whats the song that plays during the setup montage at 4:38 ?
Idk
Gino kidnapped Hunter and now forces him to live in his basement, never allowed to sleep, only edit videos. One day, perhaps, when there is no more Elden Ring content, Gino may finally let Hunter go home.
Can’t wait for the Sorceries Only cut!!! ❤
Thank you for this godlike video
alyaws love ur content gno, keep it up!!