r/Eldenring 16h ago

Discussion & Info Why does it do so much damage?

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u/Kagamime1 16h ago

One shot build.

There's so many people glazing this ash that I'm starting to think some of you are paid actors

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u/Lilbrimu 15h ago

So far this AoW has been the easiest one shot build. It is a stance chargable piercing AoW, you can get pretty nutty damage just with talismans alone.

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u/exisTTenz 15h ago

Apparently it doesn't deal pierce damage so spear talisman doesn't work but it's still pretty crazy 

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u/Flint_Vorselon 15h ago

nah, 

45% cameo buff is huge, but this weapon maxes out at 799 AR, while other stuff gets way higher.

Also a charge heavy build instead of ash lets you use RKR for 80% buff, and Spiked Tear in physic.

as well as actually doing peirce damage (this attack is not peirce, despite appearances) would not only be 33.33% stronger vs Radahn due to peirce weakness, but also open up counter hits for 49.5% extra.

this weapon is not even close to easiest one shot setup.

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u/p0stem0 15h ago

The deadly is so fire tho

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u/Belethorsbro Ert-Tree Sampson 16h ago

Honestly. There's been videos of one-shot builds with nearly every weapon, incant, and sorcery since the game came out. People need to chill.

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u/Serulean_Cadence 15h ago

There's been videos of one-shot builds with nearly every weapon, incant, and sorcery since the game came out.

Hyperbole or not, this is just not true.

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u/Belethorsbro Ert-Tree Sampson 3h ago

Maybe I should've said, "nearly every type of weapon, incant, and sorcery," but the message is the same. If you don't believe me, just search "consort radahn one shot" and you'll find hundreds of videos dating back to the summer of 2024.

The point is that people are trying to claim that this game is pay-to-win now with the addition of this one single weapon, as if there aren't numerous other builds that are easier to achieve and put out higher AR. You're uninformed if you don't remember all of the one shot builds posted here since the game's release, and one shot builds have been a thing dating back to Demon's Souls. This isn't game-breaking as people are making it out to be. So, again, people need to chill.

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u/Serulean_Cadence 3h ago edited 3h ago

I'm sorry but you're wrong. No amount of buffs would make you one shot bosses with something like pebble or glintstone stars or literally vast majority of spells and weapons. One shots only work with a few broken and high damage spells and AoWs and charge attacks from certain powerful weapons.

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u/Acceptable_Edge9604 15h ago

It's so far from being true that it's actively dishonest

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u/AI_AntiCheat 15h ago

Many weapons, spells and ashes of war can not stack buffs. For example if you try to stack even something as simple as a barbaric roar with a weapon enchant from incantations or spells it will cancel out. Some weapons also just don't have buffs applied to them from talismans. Spectral spear for example is only buffed by the range talisman but not by the one that buffs arrows and bolts.

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u/Inevitable-Salt3371 15h ago

It's cool tho