00:00 Intro ➖ *Physical Build* ➖ 00:29 Golden Vow (AOE Buff) 00:42 Flame, Grant Me Strength 01:48 Golden Vow + Flame, Grant Me Strength (Buffing) ➖ *Where to Find* ➖ 02:15 Flame, Grant Me Strength 02:37 Golden Vow ➖ *PVP & PVE Incantation* ➖ 03:04 Lightning Strike 04:11 Lightning Strike > Where to Find 04:37 Pest Threads 05:43 Pest Threads > Where to Find ➖ *Bleed Incantation* ➖ 06:40 Swarm of Flies (PVE) 06:58 Swarm of Flies 07:04 Swarm of Flies (PVP) 07:24 Swarm of Flies > Where to Find ➖ *PVE* ➖ 07:58 Black Blade > Where to Find 08:05 Black Blade 08:44 Black Blade vs Grafted Scion 09:13 Black Blade vs Margit, the Fell Omen ➖ *PVP* ➖ 10:02 Bestial Sling 10:16 Bestial Sling + Clawmark Seal (Best use) 10:42 Bestial Sling (PVE) 11:00 Bestial Sling (PVP) 11:50 Bestial Sling > Where to Find 12:07 Deathroot > Where to Find 12:28 Deathroot > First Location 12:35 Deathroot > Second Location 12:52 Outro 13:05 Outro Rap
I hope Incantations get a bit more love in the upcoming patches. There are so many cool Incantations. But most of them suck. Like Fortissax Lightning or Elden Stars. They look amazing. But since they take roughly three weeks to cast they aren't all that great.
Yes. The cast time and FP cost seems high for most high end incants. Esp when comparing sorceries that can be channeled free of cost for 10 seconds which is enough to stagger and down many bosses.
@@Darkyan97 This is a great point. I agree! My next run I've planned on a faith lightning build just for the appeal of looking bad ass... but I am sure after using Sorcery and Rivers on play 1-2 its going to feel like a chore. Perhaps I'll leave my mimic as is and just cast some cool crap on bosses and trash mobs.
Elden stars is quite good in pvp, not for damage but to force rollcatches and stagger. Fortissax Lightning requires high poise or no aggro to land effectively. Try bull armor, iron jars, or perseverance ash of war
if anyone didnt know beforehand, lightning strike can have its startup for its cast skipped if you first cast a different faith spell beforehand, itll auto cast lightning strike like a combo if you then instantly switch to it and keep spamming cast. For example, Bestial Sling first, then up on the D-pad to switch to lightning strike, then cast lightning strike, do this instantly after the sling for an instant cast of the lightning strike. This should also work with catch flame, and other incantations that would normally have several chain attacks in what they'd be identified as a "spell combo"
please talk about the incantation. flame cleanse me. That incantation can cure poison and rot immediately. it uses very little FP and extremely useful in the areas full of rot and poison. you can cross river of rot and blood without a sweat by using this incantation. it saved my player countless times in the game. It works against Malenia rot as wll.
@@cenationofjnu just use consumables. Wasting time and fp casting this and a slot for other spells or less spells to rotate. You only need it in certain areas and then its obsolete, even there you can just backstep through the lakes and not worry.
@@couchcommandoiv5528 TRUE. Then that phase 2 divebomb comes out and she just sits there as she gets bled like 4 or more times. It's kind of beautiful.
I should of thought of that. I swapped from Blasphemous blade and rivers of blood katana to do knock downs and bleed procs. Took an hour with my mimic and when I did kill her it was a massacre.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already, but in order to get Pest Threads, you have to continue Millicent's questline beyond the point described in this video, because when he first becomes a merchant, he will only have the 3 sorceries available. To unlock the 1 incantation we're looking for, you must get to the point in Millicent's questline that you deliver the Valkyrie Prosthesis (found in the Shaded Castle) to her. Then return to Gowry and after some dialogue, Pest Threads will finally be available.
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. I went with a faith build for the first time in any souls game because I heard incantations are more interesting than spells this time around. But with so many incantations discovered, I never seem to wanna use any of them. Needed a list like this: Clear, concise, and you show where to get em. Perfect, thanks again dude.
ive absolutely been loving binge watching these elden ring videos. love how its like 3 uploads a day and its all unique videos and super helpful information. im 103 hours into my playthru and im still being taught new things with your guys videos from past areas. thanks for all the help and info you guys work so hard to get.
Yeah.. Im not sure i like that though, im sure ive spent more time searching on ecosia and generally researching than actually playing >.< a lot to learn. Great game though.
Other wonderful options include: Giantsflame Take Thee, Greyoll's Roar, and I'm partial to the Black Flame incantations. They've got a 2% HP DoT that stacks with Destined Death stuff like Tiche, Maliketh's boss items, or the Assassin's Black Dagger. They have okay range but primarily the DoT is good against enemies with big health pools that like to run away from time to time (cough, Elden Beast and Placidusax).
That 2% isnt not as good as it should be. Faith kind of got screwed over compared to bleed/frost. Flame of the Fell God should add a debuff similar to the full moon stuff. I really hope incantations get some love soon, lightning really has nothing going for it, at least my pyro build works.
@@apollo5756 I fully agree. Black Flame is super underpowered. The status guys over there have the same thing but better, more consistently. Why does BLEED work more often than this? Also, Flame of the Fell God should totally have a unique mechanic that way, because it really is like the Full Moon but for fire. Maybe just a short break for you to get a breather while the enemy pats out the flames or something, lol. But yeah, I love the lightning stuff and dragon lightning stuff, but it's so underpowered it's barely usable. Lansseax's Glaive has a 40 Faith requirement, and even on my 349 incant scaling weapon I get like 700-900 damage for landing it, which any bleed katana user will just laugh at. We really didn't get the love from the devs I hoped we would, and it seems like most of the community only ever makes videos on Sorcery and it's just kinda isolating to use Incantation guys. We're a small little group, struggling to lob flames at dragons while everyone else laughs in bleed and Azur's Comet.
@@KaroxNightshade Its clear that sorceries at least were thought out to a degree, incantations dont provide enough features. Andula's is superior to Lansseax Glaive by miles and still overall better than Black Blade. Lightning should focus on more chain casts/extra poise damage if fully charged - red lightning should debuff lightning resist to give it something. Black flame needs a better DoT, possibly just lengthen the time. Holy skills in general just need to be looked at, Im having a real hard time with my Holy faith build. I'm even considering going faith/int but the Holy disc spells just seem lackluster too. I secretly wish Black flame spells was holy damage to work with black blade better.
pro tip: Swarm of flies does fire damage, i used it on miranda flowers and it sets them on fire. Also DO NOT sleep on the damage pest threads does! I'm on Ng+8 and beyond so i have enemies with the maximum possible health and damage, elden beast is an absolute damage sponge, this spell without exaggeration just consumes him.
@@parkerbertrand6005 my friend took 120 hours to get to his first new game. He then sped to new game 4 in 10 hours. It's really the first playthrough that soaks up your hours.
If you're a faith build, I'd highly recommend swapping to Ekzekye's Decay, does more damage, lasts longer, you can use it mid air (doesn't break fall damage I've tried) and its procs faster. Only downside is it can't be used on horse.
while not a damage incantation, I always have Flame, Cleanse Me in one of my slots! makes traversing poison and scarlet rot areas so much easier (and even if you're not a faith build, you can equip a low req seal just to use this one incantation) :)
Ancient dragon's lightning strike I would argue to be the strongest incantation ever in terms of damage. I've killed fire giant with six to seven casts because of this spell. Even if you don't put much thought into your incantation build I've seen it but for over 5k per burst, and if the enemy is big enough or if you angle yourself in just the right spot a lot of those bursts are going to land. It has a really slow wind up time to fully charge up but if you manage to do so I'd argue that you're going to be more dps than comet azure in some cases. Very underrated incantation. Same with Scarlet Aeonia, if you pop that off ONCE in a boss fight that boss WILL receive scarlet rot, the explosion range and lasting effect of scarlet build up is to high that it's hard not to affect bosses with Scarlet rot. Yes it's explosion damage isn't the best however the scarlet rot is where it's at for that one
Scarlet aeonia is another excellent one but sometimes the damage you take while casting and cast recovering just isn't worth eating your potions up to get your health back
The needle threads is perfect for bosses quick to use and barely any mp used it’s 100% worth it and shoot I didn’t know about that lighting move that looks very good
Just thought I'd throw this out there but to get Sage Gowry to sell the Pest Threads incantation, you have to progress the Millicent questline up to the point where you give her the Prosthesis. Hopefully, that clears up any confusion
One thing I want to note: I'm doing a "war cleric" type build and have used both golden vow as well as flame grant me strength. Flame Grant me strength seems to have a shorter duration than golden vow, meaning you'll need to reapply it more often. That said, if you're running physical and fire damage, it's a much more significant boost for a smaller fp cost
A lot of people are sleeping on Dragonmaw. It is the only dragon incant and maybe the only incant in game that has innate hyperarmor. You will take the incoming damage of course but in no way you will get interrupted and it deals a lot of damage which makes it very potent.
I haven’t got any of the endgame incantations yet but frenzied burst has been a great spell, has high damage and a better range than lightning spear, plus penetration when charged
The Swarm of Flies you can get very early (for how actually powerful it is vs anything that bleeds) by simply following Palemask quest (most difficult to figure out on your own is finding the Finger Maiden) - then use the item you get at the end of it, so you get early access to Swarm of Flies and Somber Smithing Stone 10 (if you can run fast).
Thanks for these tips. Lightning Strike is great when engaging multiple enemies in water. Using lightning in water not only increases the damage it does, but it turns it into a lightning AoE spell that will damage multiple enemies. Perfect spell for Silver Tears when they are in water (or grouped on land) and for using against Fia's Champions.
I'm doing a build based around Bestial incants atm, and while I'm still low level it is quite fun. Cinquedea and Clawmark help boost up the bestial sling, and Quickstep helps me move around well. Its a really fast playstyle, and while it doesn't do the world's most burst damage its rather effective at staggering. Its taking some getting used to tho, the speed of the playstyle lol
you should also mention that golden vow has a lot longer duration compared to flame grand me strength, like 2 or 3 times longer which makes it more reliable in fights.
Ancient dragons lightning strike is also insane for boss fights. You can stand underneath someone like Placidusax and spam it and kill them so quickly since it goes in multiple directions it’ll always hit and since you’re directly underneath, some of their abilities will miss just gotta know what to dodge
@@kinnymane8593 and Godskin duo and maliketh and radahn and elden beast and radagon and rennala and godrick and every dragon / litch dragon and margit and morgott and Melanie etc etc etc and the only boss I’ve found who it does not shred is ironically godfrey the yellow one.
@RageGamingVideos you mentioned bestial sling but didn't mention you can use it to animation cancel the windups of other incantations with lengthy windups (black blade, honed bolt, magma breath) by rapidly cycling to the next incantation while you're casting it. That, to me, is the most valuable part of bestial sling: You can get someone to run away with a quick toss of bestial sling, then drop a honed bolt/black blade on them as a ranged mix-up, keep casting it, or toss in like a magma breath if they really overcommit to melee. It doesn't work with every long animation (rotten breath, etc) but it's really good for the incantations it does work with.
Man; I wish we had more incantations like Black Blade. I wanna summon some fire swords lol Also; that single hit shield on perfume and wondrous physic is pretty good at eating invisible carian retaliation users.
black blade is actually fantastic in pvp. most incantations especially dragon ones can be interrupted easily though. if no poise casting happens then the perfumers usables will become necessary in pvp
My problem with the pest incantation is how damn slow it is. After seeing the pests shoot them in the blink of an eye, I thought the incantation would be just as amazing. Nope, instead I have a bunch of shots that move like they’re in slow motion. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Just a note for Deathroot. Deathtouched Catacombs has a Deathroot in a chest at the end in the boss room. so that would be the easiest second to pick up.
The incantations actually buff spell dmg too so its all around amazing. 0 reasons why you wouldnt use it. Its scales ashes lf wars too so scaling weapon dmg scales spells, incantations, ashes of war etc.
I was looking up Elden Ring tips and bam i click on a RageGaming Video. Havent been on bros channel sense the minecraft lets play muesum build. RIP the good days of minecraft. I still remember watching 52 episodes then being extremely sad 10 year old when he said. RageGaming Out.
Rotten breath is sooo good for pve, just a free rot debuff on most bosses, can take up to a quarter of their health over time from you just running away or dodging
My entire first playthrough I killed many enemies and bosses with it. Second playthrough I'm strong enough to Melee and I enjoy the fights I feel like cheesing bosses really is a loss to me.
catch flame is not on this list but it has honestly carried me hardcore in my incantations only playthrough. not to mention you can get it as soon as you get to the roundtable hold
@@dumbsterdives good point! i totally forgot i started with it and heal haha. with pebble being so great for being a starter sorcery, it definitely makes sense that there's an incantation equivalent for a low cost and still strong option.
Before you use a mausoleum with a bell to duplicate a remembrance go over to the mausoleum compound in lernia and see if you can duplicate it there. Maliketh can be duplicated at a bell less mausoleum
Little tip for anyone struggling with the invader at corpse stench shack from someone under leveled who beat her. If you can wield reduvia , dodge her attacks by running away and when there's an opening, spam weapon art and try to roll catch her. Ofc this is mostly because I didnt want to deal with her bs so I could stop her from healing.
Just a reminder that the debuff which reduce max health actually wears off after a while, so if you don’t kill boss quick enough you might see the boss “heal” itself.
I love the Swarm of flies. I beat the Godskin duo using Bernahl as a distraction and spamming the swarm. I didn't have to swing my weapon once and I didn't even get hit once.
Shout out to the black knife. The weapon art is just a smaller, weaker (yet still strong) version of black blade. Poor little guy doesn't get enough love.
Mmm, if I’m feeling risky…ima use my jumping heavy if you’re in the air and I’m close enough. Only AoW that I’ve seen that I couldn’t knock them out of was the cloud from strike. I counter that with golden land.
This guide was very helpful when it came to finding the incantations, but i wish they said more about how they work with different builds and playstyles
I know this video is about incantations, but it's worth noting that the weapon skill of Commander Standard is an objectively better version of Golden Vow, giving you 20% attack and defense instead of 15%, and for less FP (also still affects allies as well)
My current run is incantations only build with jellyfish shield and clawmark seal using vow, sling, flame of frenzy, and black blade. I start bosses with the infinite fp physick, then use summon, shield buff, vow, and black blade. Physick really helps get summon and buffs off at the start of a boss and not have to worry about fp. Helps if you want to start off with something like elden stars, too. I mostly use flame of frenzy for groups or if I'm feeling a little bored of sling. I don't pvp, but the build has been great for pve.
for lower faith builds, you can still use the golden vow AoW and get the minimum faith required for flame grant me strength, this is a good option for min-maxing at lower levels or pvp
the single most powerful incantation is ancient lightning strike, it can deal up to 10k damage per cas depending on the size and resistances of the boss
I ran a black blade build in my 2nd NG run. I would go into boss fights with just erdtree heal and black blade, using blasphemous blade +10, erdtree seal +10, and mimic tear +10. With that setup I defeated Malenia without getting hit once, and my mimic was also full HP given he did get hit but used the erdtree heal at some point. You use black blade every time destined death debuff drops on the target, and you just spam takers flames. Not the most fun for veterans, but a must-try for anyone wanting to crush HER soul for once!
My favorite spells are Bestial Sling and Garranqs Stone. Honestly they stagger well, they cast very fast, and it's physical damage. You can also cast both repeatedly very quickly. Bestial sling is soooooo good in pvp. It stops casts and attacks even against people with the highest poise. It's listed as like C tier by so many but it's honestly fantastic. They also both have very low fp cost
Bestial Sling still does more damage with a faith or arcane build on many other seals. The specific damage boosts seals give to each school is 10%. The amount of incantation scaling the best faith or faith/arcane seals reach the Clawmark seal just can’t come close. So even with the added 10% bestial sling still does more damage if you’re a pure faith or faith/arcane build using one of those seals instead. Since incantation scaling is the only thing that matters for your spells damage. For example if you have claw mark seal at 300 scaling and Dragon seal at 360. Bestial Sling is gonna do more with the Dragon seal even with the added damage it gets from clawmark just because the infant scaling is so much higher. So beast incantations obviously are a great addition to Str builds but they are not the best there.
Memorize blood flies, pest threads, and bestial sling in that order. The blood flies is just a "make them roll" in that case, switch to pest threads to do the spam and immediately go to cast bestial sling and you will almost always roll catch regular players.
Other nice thing about Bestial Sling-it combo casts into Claw and Stone. (And possibly other incants, haven't tested.) If you want to deal a little more damage from range or make sling more useful in pve, using it to chip in and skip the startup on your other beast spells is a good way to do it.
Are you was making this video before last patch? Pest Threads now is not working as you shows it at all! Distance is VERY SHORT! I’m tried it in Stormveil Castle near Goodrick fog door. There is a giant nearby and spell only hits him (partially!) when I cast it standing at the beginning of stairs where he stands. At this distance I almost can hit him with greatsword. That IS NOT long distance.
Hey, a faster way to get 2 deathroot is by 1. killing the summonwater mariner, then 2. going to the deathtouched catacombs (you can also find the uchigatana there), pulling the lever, and killing the BK boss. He'll be at an immediate 60-55% upon entering, and they won't use any destined death attacks. the chest after killing it drops the second root.
Clawmark seal gets crazy high spell power at high STR and FTH... stone of gurranq has great range and insane stagger, with both faithful canvas talismans, godfrey icon, and maybe radagon icon or anything else you like, you can spam the charged claw spell (the one that does that weird sound, same as the vulgar militia one) you can really mow down hordes of enemies with it, catch people rolling with a super fast spell that's hard to dodge, use it to fake out opponents by charging it, and very spammable.
So happy I went with faith for my first play through. Never made a faith build before, but the incantations are just so cool in this game I had to give them a go Pest Threads combos really well into the crucible shoulder charge. It’s probably work with a regular shield charge Also, bestial sling is one of the spells (like whatever combustion is called now) that can combo into other spells and attacks. You can even roll and back step attack with these spells. But cue your next casting while sling is being cast and you’ll actually cast the next casting faster. There’s also a glitch that works with this, but [expletive] you if you’re doing that to people
My personal and unique build at 80 faith, 135 soul level. Bestial sling, lightning strike, black blade, giants fireball, flame of fell god (tracking move that keeps people from pressuring), decay breath and flame grant me strength (for damage). Gameplan: essential use flame of fell god for pressure and free casting, then use Bestial sling cancel into either lightning or black blade (black blade has some hyper armor once casted)
@@joshuaphilbert7995 yeah, sorry it's for pvp. In pve at 80 faith, you don't even need spells, just spam blasphemous blade lol. Decay is insane for pve as well
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00:00 Intro
➖ *Physical Build* ➖
00:29 Golden Vow (AOE Buff)
00:42 Flame, Grant Me Strength
01:48 Golden Vow + Flame, Grant Me Strength (Buffing)
➖ *Where to Find* ➖
02:15 Flame, Grant Me Strength
02:37 Golden Vow
➖ *PVP & PVE Incantation* ➖
03:04 Lightning Strike
04:11 Lightning Strike > Where to Find
04:37 Pest Threads
05:43 Pest Threads > Where to Find
➖ *Bleed Incantation* ➖
06:40 Swarm of Flies (PVE)
06:58 Swarm of Flies
07:04 Swarm of Flies (PVP)
07:24 Swarm of Flies > Where to Find
➖ *PVE* ➖
07:58 Black Blade > Where to Find
08:05 Black Blade
08:44 Black Blade vs Grafted Scion
09:13 Black Blade vs Margit, the Fell Omen
➖ *PVP* ➖
10:02 Bestial Sling
10:16 Bestial Sling + Clawmark Seal (Best use)
10:42 Bestial Sling (PVE)
11:00 Bestial Sling (PVP)
11:50 Bestial Sling > Where to Find
12:07 Deathroot > Where to Find
12:28 Deathroot > First Location
12:35 Deathroot > Second Location
12:52 Outro
13:05 Outro Rap
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you da real mvp, why are these not added directly to the video is beyond me…
Very good, thank you for taking time to do this, especially the excellent time stamps.
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I hope Incantations get a bit more love in the upcoming patches. There are so many cool Incantations. But most of them suck.
Like Fortissax Lightning or Elden Stars. They look amazing. But since they take roughly three weeks to cast they aren't all that great.
Yes. The cast time and FP cost seems high for most high end incants. Esp when comparing sorceries that can be channeled free of cost for 10 seconds which is enough to stagger and down many bosses.
Fortissax Lightning Spear (and the Dragon Incants) could be easily fixed if you were given hypearmor while casting.
@@Darkyan97 This is a great point. I agree! My next run I've planned on a faith lightning build just for the appeal of looking bad ass... but I am sure after using Sorcery and Rivers on play 1-2 its going to feel like a chore. Perhaps I'll leave my mimic as is and just cast some cool crap on bosses and trash mobs.
Elden stars is quite good in pvp, not for damage but to force rollcatches and stagger. Fortissax Lightning requires high poise or no aggro to land effectively. Try bull armor, iron jars, or perseverance ash of war
Pvp fortis a dual spears are good combined with endure and you’ll nearly one shot people
if anyone didnt know beforehand, lightning strike can have its startup for its cast skipped if you first cast a different faith spell beforehand, itll auto cast lightning strike like a combo if you then instantly switch to it and keep spamming cast. For example, Bestial Sling first, then up on the D-pad to switch to lightning strike, then cast lightning strike, do this instantly after the sling for an instant cast of the lightning strike. This should also work with catch flame, and other incantations that would normally have several chain attacks in what they'd be identified as a "spell combo"
Wow! Thank you!!!!
Patched?
please talk about the incantation. flame cleanse me. That incantation can cure poison and rot immediately. it uses very little FP and extremely useful in the areas full of rot and poison. you can cross river of rot and blood without a sweat by using this incantation. it saved my player countless times in the game. It works against Malenia rot as wll.
There's and Incantation for Faith and Int that clear all status effects which is why that specific incsnt doesn't get mentioned much.
@@Avestani96 which one. May be i have that.
@@cenationofjnu Law of Regression, but it is much more expensive to cast.
@@Raclex13 yeah i checked it. it drains too much FP. not worth it.
@@cenationofjnu just use consumables. Wasting time and fp casting this and a slot for other spells or less spells to rotate. You only need it in certain areas and then its obsolete, even there you can just backstep through the lakes and not worry.
To be able to buy the Pest Threads you first need to give Millicent the Valkyrie's Prosthesis in her quest line.
Kill the guy, take his bell bearing 😂🖤
Ah. Thank you for this, I was wondering what was up
I was just given it after I killed her sisters, I didn't buy it.
swarm of flies has carried me through many bosses so far especially Maleina
Every time I see a host rocking flies before Malenia, I know we have a good shot
that was the only way i was able to do my low level run on her' its a god send.
@@couchcommandoiv5528 TRUE. Then that phase 2 divebomb comes out and she just sits there as she gets bled like 4 or more times. It's kind of beautiful.
I should of thought of that. I swapped from Blasphemous blade and rivers of blood katana to do knock downs and bleed procs. Took an hour with my mimic and when I did kill her it was a massacre.
I will eventually beat her legit with either gransax or astel blades but bloodflies for now until i can dodge her water dance close and mid range
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already, but in order to get Pest Threads, you have to continue Millicent's questline beyond the point described in this video, because when he first becomes a merchant, he will only have the 3 sorceries available. To unlock the 1 incantation we're looking for, you must get to the point in Millicent's questline that you deliver the Valkyrie Prosthesis (found in the Shaded Castle) to her. Then return to Gowry and after some dialogue, Pest Threads will finally be available.
Thank you for that. I went back and forth a few times, so I'll just back again. She gave me a "Prostesis Talisman."
I just killed gowery and got it buy buying it from ball bearing twins
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. I went with a faith build for the first time in any souls game because I heard incantations are more interesting than spells this time around. But with so many incantations discovered, I never seem to wanna use any of them. Needed a list like this: Clear, concise, and you show where to get em. Perfect, thanks again dude.
Same here, I was completely lost because I usually stick to melee builds in soulsborne games. It's great to find videos like that
ive absolutely been loving binge watching these elden ring videos. love how its like 3 uploads a day and its all unique videos and super helpful information. im 103 hours into my playthru and im still being taught new things with your guys videos from past areas. thanks for all the help and info you guys work so hard to get.
This guy knows his shit, a newbie's paradise for information lol
Yeah.. Im not sure i like that though, im sure ive spent more time searching on ecosia and generally researching than actually playing >.< a lot to learn. Great game though.
When you test the actual damage on another pvp opponent, the buff percentages are different. It should be mentioned, same applies to talismans
So the talisman scaling effects buff percentages as well?
@@jeast9648 some talisman and incantation/spell buffs can stack to get higher buff %
Their armor makes some difference too
Who would of thought? No shiit.
Vow is hit really hard for no reason. has 50% of its normal effect.
Other wonderful options include: Giantsflame Take Thee, Greyoll's Roar, and I'm partial to the Black Flame incantations. They've got a 2% HP DoT that stacks with Destined Death stuff like Tiche, Maliketh's boss items, or the Assassin's Black Dagger. They have okay range but primarily the DoT is good against enemies with big health pools that like to run away from time to time (cough, Elden Beast and Placidusax).
That 2% isnt not as good as it should be. Faith kind of got screwed over compared to bleed/frost. Flame of the Fell God should add a debuff similar to the full moon stuff. I really hope incantations get some love soon, lightning really has nothing going for it, at least my pyro build works.
@@apollo5756 I fully agree. Black Flame is super underpowered. The status guys over there have the same thing but better, more consistently. Why does BLEED work more often than this? Also, Flame of the Fell God should totally have a unique mechanic that way, because it really is like the Full Moon but for fire. Maybe just a short break for you to get a breather while the enemy pats out the flames or something, lol. But yeah, I love the lightning stuff and dragon lightning stuff, but it's so underpowered it's barely usable. Lansseax's Glaive has a 40 Faith requirement, and even on my 349 incant scaling weapon I get like 700-900 damage for landing it, which any bleed katana user will just laugh at.
We really didn't get the love from the devs I hoped we would, and it seems like most of the community only ever makes videos on Sorcery and it's just kinda isolating to use Incantation guys. We're a small little group, struggling to lob flames at dragons while everyone else laughs in bleed and Azur's Comet.
@@KaroxNightshade Its clear that sorceries at least were thought out to a degree, incantations dont provide enough features. Andula's is superior to Lansseax Glaive by miles and still overall better than Black Blade. Lightning should focus on more chain casts/extra poise damage if fully charged - red lightning should debuff lightning resist to give it something. Black flame needs a better DoT, possibly just lengthen the time. Holy skills in general just need to be looked at, Im having a real hard time with my Holy faith build. I'm even considering going faith/int but the Holy disc spells just seem lackluster too. I secretly wish Black flame spells was holy damage to work with black blade better.
All trash lol basic lightning bolt deals more than all of these and can be spammed.
Giantsflame carried me through so many invasions on my faith build lol. It's really easy to get it to 1 shot or very close at least.
Really hope they add more spells with a similar design to Black Blade, that spell is just awesome and I use it constantly.
Dont fall for the bot scam lol
The Black Knife has a similar, projectile attack.
More scythes. There's like 3 effing scythes and none make you feel like a reaper. Not like DS3's Corvian Scythe. Let alone Friede's.
@@RuneKatashima I want the twinblades to be more interesting. They seem boring now
More death spells too. Such a cool look and yet there are only like 5 of them…
pro tip: Swarm of flies does fire damage, i used it on miranda flowers and it sets them on fire.
Also DO NOT sleep on the damage pest threads does! I'm on Ng+8 and beyond so i have enemies with the maximum possible health and damage, elden beast is an absolute damage sponge, this spell without exaggeration just consumes him.
Pest Threads absolutely melts Elden Beast like crazyyyyy
Jesus how many hours do u have that’s kinda a lot I would think
@@parkerbertrand6005 180+
@@parkerbertrand6005 my friend took 120 hours to get to his first new game. He then sped to new game 4 in 10 hours. It's really the first playthrough that soaks up your hours.
In NG plus.bd you face enemies in certain areas you never seen before?
12:37 you can get one faster if you go to Deathtouched catacombs in limgrave
I'm a big fan of Bloodboon, the spell from Mohg's remembrance. The fire pools it puts on the ground can stagger lock some enemies and apply bleed.
as an arcane/faith build, swarm of flies has been my best friend
is arcane scaling works on 1.02.3?
@@howunbear7860 DOES IT?!? Mannn, it’s all U see if not int builds
@@howunbear7860 rivers of blood users are half my matches in pvp
Very legit content unlike many “best build op build” bs, this is really good
2:35 “its very easy to get” *gets pummeled by two squilliam mcfancysons*
rotten breath is definitely my favorite, it does great damage, has long range, and almost always procs the rot in one cast
If you're a faith build, I'd highly recommend swapping to Ekzekye's Decay, does more damage, lasts longer, you can use it mid air (doesn't break fall damage I've tried) and its procs faster. Only downside is it can't be used on horse.
@@honkdonk8745 can you use it in midair?
@@YoAkiWylin yea you can and if you equip the seal to your right hand you can hold it in mid air too
You have to give Millicent the prosthetic from shaded castle for gowrey to sell pest threads
Thanks, I was wondering why they didn't clarify that.
Dude ty I was so confused why he didn't sell it for me
while not a damage incantation, I always have Flame, Cleanse Me in one of my slots! makes traversing poison and scarlet rot areas so much easier (and even if you're not a faith build, you can equip a low req seal just to use this one incantation) :)
Amen. That incantation is a life saver in certain areas.
Frostbite too since it does fire damage
Ancient dragon's lightning strike I would argue to be the strongest incantation ever in terms of damage. I've killed fire giant with six to seven casts because of this spell. Even if you don't put much thought into your incantation build I've seen it but for over 5k per burst, and if the enemy is big enough or if you angle yourself in just the right spot a lot of those bursts are going to land. It has a really slow wind up time to fully charge up but if you manage to do so I'd argue that you're going to be more dps than comet azure in some cases. Very underrated incantation. Same with Scarlet Aeonia, if you pop that off ONCE in a boss fight that boss WILL receive scarlet rot, the explosion range and lasting effect of scarlet build up is to high that it's hard not to affect bosses with Scarlet rot. Yes it's explosion damage isn't the best however the scarlet rot is where it's at for that one
Buffed up this one is no joke for my 2nd placidusax kill in ng+3 I dropped the f'er in one cast
Scarlet aeonia is another excellent one but sometimes the damage you take while casting and cast recovering just isn't worth eating your potions up to get your health back
The needle threads is perfect for bosses quick to use and barely any mp used it’s 100% worth it and shoot I didn’t know about that lighting move that looks very good
Absolutely love the versatility of the incantations in this game even the low level ones can really help.
Great video! Running a strength faith build currently so this is helpful
I just learned that 3 people run this channel and that’s really cool
Just thought I'd throw this out there but to get Sage Gowry to sell the Pest Threads incantation, you have to progress the Millicent questline up to the point where you give her the Prosthesis. Hopefully, that clears up any confusion
Bro I just checked the quest line and it’s longgg asffff
One thing I want to note: I'm doing a "war cleric" type build and have used both golden vow as well as flame grant me strength. Flame Grant me strength seems to have a shorter duration than golden vow, meaning you'll need to reapply it more often.
That said, if you're running physical and fire damage, it's a much more significant boost for a smaller fp cost
flame grant me strenght is 30 seconds golden vow is 3 times that
Forget the name but there is a talisman that increases spell duration by a good bit, 30% i believe
They stack though. Golden vow is an aura and FGMS is a personal buff.
@@trevor8726 golden vow is 45 seconds. Idk how you count time but thats not 3x that would be 0.5x more
@@contaim7227 last i checked it was a minute 30 seconds
Everyone sleeping on the Howl of Shabriri buff.
A lot of people are sleeping on Dragonmaw. It is the only dragon incant and maybe the only incant in game that has innate hyperarmor. You will take the incoming damage of course but in no way you will get interrupted and it deals a lot of damage which makes it very potent.
i think black flame protection should also be mentioned here, due to how good it is
Super short duration though isn't it? I remember trying it and was like nah
Mmm doesn't it conflict with some other buffs
@@Avestani96 negates flame grant me strength.
@@orphanjohn it stack with golden vow and a few other buffs ' can deff be better when you're tryna to tank.
@@doakesanddrax Black Flame Protection last over twice as long as FGMS' lol.
I haven’t got any of the endgame incantations yet but frenzied burst has been a great spell, has high damage and a better range than lightning spear, plus penetration when charged
The Swarm of Flies you can get very early (for how actually powerful it is vs anything that bleeds) by simply following Palemask quest (most difficult to figure out on your own is finding the Finger Maiden) - then use the item you get at the end of it, so you get early access to Swarm of Flies and Somber Smithing Stone 10 (if you can run fast).
Super vid brother. Gave me great happiness to follow and got me some missed incantations
I’ve been loving pest threads. You can use it mounted to hit someone behind you the tracking is crazy
i got pest threads and it barely does any damage. how do you get it to do more damage?
@@robertmiller8517 scales with faith. It is a bit more situational then I first thought but still useful especially against the dodgey fast types
@@js5869 my faith level is like 40 something and it only does like 150 dmg
@@robertmiller8517 what seal are you using and what level is it? I think you need 50+ fiat to start getting decent scaling.
@@js5869 i have a +10 lion seal thing. cant remember the exact name but i know it’s the best faith seal. and it’s +10
Thanks for these tips. Lightning Strike is great when engaging multiple enemies in water. Using lightning in water not only increases the damage it does, but it turns it into a lightning AoE spell that will damage multiple enemies. Perfect spell for Silver Tears when they are in water (or grouped on land) and for using against Fia's Champions.
I'm doing a build based around Bestial incants atm, and while I'm still low level it is quite fun. Cinquedea and Clawmark help boost up the bestial sling, and Quickstep helps me move around well. Its a really fast playstyle, and while it doesn't do the world's most burst damage its rather effective at staggering. Its taking some getting used to tho, the speed of the playstyle lol
If low level I think dex is better than going strength even for beast incants. Max cast speed bestial sling is insane
does bestial claw mark seal increase the damage of the pests incantation ?
Tbats a fun build the beastclaw greathammer is rather under rated imo.
@@Lancer1369 personally I find just 18-20 dex with the radagon's icon talisman works wonders if you're looking for the bare minimum
ive been likign beast incantations as well. the stone throw and the beast claw are fun to use
you should also mention that golden vow has a lot longer duration compared to flame grand me strength, like 2 or 3 times longer which makes it more reliable in fights.
Ancient dragons lightning strike is also insane for boss fights. You can stand underneath someone like Placidusax and spam it and kill them so quickly since it goes in multiple directions it’ll always hit and since you’re directly underneath, some of their abilities will miss just gotta know what to dodge
It’s really only good for placidusax
@@kinnymane8593 what about fire giant/fortissax and other dragons
@@joshaqy other dragons and the fire giant are all ridiculously easy fights. it’s not even necessary to worry about needing a specific spell
@@kinnymane8593 Ah but that means the spell still works on them and just makes the fight faster
@@kinnymane8593 and Godskin duo and maliketh and radahn and elden beast and radagon and rennala and godrick and every dragon / litch dragon and margit and morgott and Melanie etc etc etc and the only boss I’ve found who it does not shred is ironically godfrey the yellow one.
@RageGamingVideos you mentioned bestial sling but didn't mention you can use it to animation cancel the windups of other incantations with lengthy windups (black blade, honed bolt, magma breath) by rapidly cycling to the next incantation while you're casting it. That, to me, is the most valuable part of bestial sling: You can get someone to run away with a quick toss of bestial sling, then drop a honed bolt/black blade on them as a ranged mix-up, keep casting it, or toss in like a magma breath if they really overcommit to melee. It doesn't work with every long animation (rotten breath, etc) but it's really good for the incantations it does work with.
Glad you mentioned the invader. Went there after watching another video and got a big surprise.
a much quicker alternative to the Tiba Mariner in Liurnia is the deathroot that dwells within Limgrave's Deathtouched Catacombs
Man; I wish we had more incantations like Black Blade. I wanna summon some fire swords lol
Also; that single hit shield on perfume and wondrous physic is pretty good at eating invisible carian retaliation users.
Rotten breath is pretty sick. Best one I've come across so far.
11:03 which weapon/ash of war did the player use?
Should be phantom slash
I love frenzied burst. The range is great.
One of my fav! Makes me feel like a sniper sometimes 😂
Bloodflame blade is also really good for weapons that can be buffed by it. Mixed with flame grant me strength it's a pretty good combo.
Awesome video thank you!
black blade is actually fantastic in pvp. most incantations especially dragon ones can be interrupted easily though. if no poise casting happens then the perfumers usables will become necessary in pvp
I was stuck on Elden beast for some time. Finally decided to get the Black blade.
Defeated him in the first try with it.
My problem with the pest incantation is how damn slow it is. After seeing the pests shoot them in the blink of an eye, I thought the incantation would be just as amazing. Nope, instead I have a bunch of shots that move like they’re in slow motion.
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Just a note for Deathroot. Deathtouched Catacombs has a Deathroot in a chest at the end in the boss room. so that would be the easiest second to pick up.
Where is frenzy sniper? :)
The incantations actually buff spell dmg too so its all around amazing. 0 reasons why you wouldnt use it. Its scales ashes lf wars too so scaling weapon dmg scales spells, incantations, ashes of war etc.
I was looking up Elden Ring tips and bam i click on a RageGaming Video. Havent been on bros channel sense the minecraft lets play muesum build. RIP the good days of minecraft. I still remember watching 52 episodes then being extremely sad 10 year old when he said. RageGaming Out.
Rotten breath is sooo good for pve, just a free rot debuff on most bosses, can take up to a quarter of their health over time from you just running away or dodging
My entire first playthrough I killed many enemies and bosses with it. Second playthrough I'm strong enough to Melee and I enjoy the fights I feel like cheesing bosses really is a loss to me.
I'd have never stacked Flame Grant me Strength and Golden Vow if you hadn't mentioned I could. Thanks!
catch flame is not on this list but it has honestly carried me hardcore in my incantations only playthrough. not to mention you can get it as soon as you get to the roundtable hold
and if you start as prophet you have it immediately so it has that going for it too
@@dumbsterdives good point! i totally forgot i started with it and heal haha. with pebble being so great for being a starter sorcery, it definitely makes sense that there's an incantation equivalent for a low cost and still strong option.
Before you use a mausoleum with a bell to duplicate a remembrance go over to the mausoleum compound in lernia and see if you can duplicate it there. Maliketh can be duplicated at a bell less mausoleum
I'm surprised that Flame, Cleanse Me didn't get an honorable mention, it cleanses the build up and the status for scarlet rot and poison.
Great video!!!
Little tip for anyone struggling with the invader at corpse stench shack from someone under leveled who beat her. If you can wield reduvia , dodge her attacks by running away and when there's an opening, spam weapon art and try to roll catch her. Ofc this is mostly because I didnt want to deal with her bs so I could stop her from healing.
No mention of Vyke’s Dragonbolt? I’ve really like it only issue it is a weapon buff so it only goes on raw standard type weapons.
I feel like From Software should just partner with you guys because you make the best content on this game
thank you for having me
Great vid
Just a reminder that the debuff which reduce max health actually wears off after a while, so if you don’t kill boss quick enough you might see the boss “heal” itself.
I love the Swarm of flies. I beat the Godskin duo using Bernahl as a distraction and spamming the swarm. I didn't have to swing my weapon once and I didn't even get hit once.
What's the armor set you're wearing while showcasing swarm of flies? Love the vids!
What is that armor at 10:20
Shout out to the black knife. The weapon art is just a smaller, weaker (yet still strong) version of black blade. Poor little guy doesn't get enough love.
Worth mentioning that Black Blade is one of the few incants with super armor
Mmm, if I’m feeling risky…ima use my jumping heavy if you’re in the air and I’m close enough. Only AoW that I’ve seen that I couldn’t knock them out of was the cloud from strike. I counter that with golden land.
00:06:33 where do you get this armor? It looks like the Abyss Watchers armor. I'm trying to make a Vampire Hunter D styled character.
This guide was very helpful when it came to finding the incantations, but i wish they said more about how they work with different builds and playstyles
Thank you so much. I didn't know how to use them and therefore didn't use the 40% dmg buff I could have used so many times.
When I use pest threads, at 50 faith, it barely does 10 damage per hit and never staggers.
I guess it's been nerfed.
I know this video is about incantations, but it's worth noting that the weapon skill of Commander Standard is an objectively better version of Golden Vow, giving you 20% attack and defense instead of 15%, and for less FP (also still affects allies as well)
Hmmm...
My current run is incantations only build with jellyfish shield and clawmark seal using vow, sling, flame of frenzy, and black blade. I start bosses with the infinite fp physick, then use summon, shield buff, vow, and black blade. Physick really helps get summon and buffs off at the start of a boss and not have to worry about fp. Helps if you want to start off with something like elden stars, too. I mostly use flame of frenzy for groups or if I'm feeling a little bored of sling. I don't pvp, but the build has been great for pve.
Important to note the npc won’t sell pest threads till you progress further in the quest line and get her the prosthesis on the plateau.
for lower faith builds, you can still use the golden vow AoW and get the minimum faith required for flame grant me strength, this is a good option for min-maxing at lower levels or pvp
the single most powerful incantation is ancient lightning strike, it can deal up to 10k damage per cas depending on the size and resistances of the boss
And extremely slow and inconsistent
I ran a black blade build in my 2nd NG run. I would go into boss fights with just erdtree heal and black blade, using blasphemous blade +10, erdtree seal +10, and mimic tear +10. With that setup I defeated Malenia without getting hit once, and my mimic was also full HP given he did get hit but used the erdtree heal at some point. You use black blade every time destined death debuff drops on the target, and you just spam takers flames. Not the most fun for veterans, but a must-try for anyone wanting to crush HER soul for once!
My favorite spells are Bestial Sling and Garranqs Stone. Honestly they stagger well, they cast very fast, and it's physical damage. You can also cast both repeatedly very quickly. Bestial sling is soooooo good in pvp. It stops casts and attacks even against people with the highest poise. It's listed as like C tier by so many but it's honestly fantastic. They also both have very low fp cost
thanks very helpful video
Bestial Sling still does more damage with a faith or arcane build on many other seals. The specific damage boosts seals give to each school is 10%. The amount of incantation scaling the best faith or faith/arcane seals reach the Clawmark seal just can’t come close. So even with the added 10% bestial sling still does more damage if you’re a pure faith or faith/arcane build using one of those seals instead. Since incantation scaling is the only thing that matters for your spells damage. For example if you have claw mark seal at 300 scaling and Dragon seal at 360. Bestial Sling is gonna do more with the Dragon seal even with the added damage it gets from clawmark just because the infant scaling is so much higher. So beast incantations obviously are a great addition to Str builds but they are not the best there.
True, for best results, he could have his best seal on one hand, and the claw mark seal on the other, so they get the best damage possible.
RADAGON'S RINGS OF LIGHT is really good too. Charged the range is impressive. Though it requires 31 int and faith
Just in time, i was about to start my NG+ faith run and needed tested ideas on which incantation to use
If you have the faith, howl of shabiri stacks with golden vow aswell but not flame grant me strength have fun trying it out
Howl is a aoe madness roar. What do you mean it stacks? Ones an attack the others are buffs
@@contaim7227 howl is a madness roar with a hidden attack buff test it
@@venumkush2395 i checked it out. +25% increase in damage but a +30% dmg recieved for 20seconds. Downsides are steep.
Memorize blood flies, pest threads, and bestial sling in that order. The blood flies is just a "make them roll" in that case, switch to pest threads to do the spam and immediately go to cast bestial sling and you will almost always roll catch regular players.
For people that don't know, you can chain beastial sling into the second hit of Black Blade.
ooh how do u mean?
Other nice thing about Bestial Sling-it combo casts into Claw and Stone. (And possibly other incants, haven't tested.) If you want to deal a little more damage from range or make sling more useful in pve, using it to chip in and skip the startup on your other beast spells is a good way to do it.
Are you was making this video before last patch? Pest Threads now is not working as you shows it at all! Distance is VERY SHORT! I’m tried it in Stormveil Castle near Goodrick fog door. There is a giant nearby and spell only hits him (partially!) when I cast it standing at the beginning of stairs where he stands. At this distance I almost can hit him with greatsword. That IS NOT long distance.
Hey, a faster way to get 2 deathroot is by 1. killing the summonwater mariner, then 2. going to the deathtouched catacombs (you can also find the uchigatana there), pulling the lever, and killing the BK boss. He'll be at an immediate 60-55% upon entering, and they won't use any destined death attacks. the chest after killing it drops the second root.
you guys are the Best!!
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There's a dagger that also boosts beast incantations. Location below.
Behind the beastial cleric sanctum off the cliff.
Is that what that thing does? I totally forgot about it lol thanks👍
On the map at 2:48 how do I GDFR to that green area??? Anyone? What is it called how do I get there? I’ve been trying and cannot!
Clawmark seal gets crazy high spell power at high STR and FTH... stone of gurranq has great range and insane stagger, with both faithful canvas talismans, godfrey icon, and maybe radagon icon or anything else you like, you can spam the charged claw spell (the one that does that weird sound, same as the vulgar militia one) you can really mow down hordes of enemies with it, catch people rolling with a super fast spell that's hard to dodge, use it to fake out opponents by charging it, and very spammable.
So happy I went with faith for my first play through. Never made a faith build before, but the incantations are just so cool in this game I had to give them a go
Pest Threads combos really well into the crucible shoulder charge. It’s probably work with a regular shield charge
Also, bestial sling is one of the spells (like whatever combustion is called now) that can combo into other spells and attacks. You can even roll and back step attack with these spells. But cue your next casting while sling is being cast and you’ll actually cast the next casting faster. There’s also a glitch that works with this, but [expletive] you if you’re doing that to people
My personal and unique build at 80 faith, 135 soul level.
Bestial sling, lightning strike, black blade, giants fireball, flame of fell god (tracking move that keeps people from pressuring), decay breath and flame grant me strength (for damage).
Gameplan: essential use flame of fell god for pressure and free casting, then use Bestial sling cancel into either lightning or black blade (black blade has some hyper armor once casted)
Is this a pvp game plan? I feel flame of the fell god is borderline useless in PvE even though it looks badass.
@@joshuaphilbert7995 yeah, sorry it's for pvp. In pve at 80 faith, you don't even need spells, just spam blasphemous blade lol. Decay is insane for pve as well
what's the armor you are wearing
PLZ, do tell, armor @ the very beginning 🤔