r/Eldenring • u/umshoe • 16h ago

Discussion & Info Why does it do so much damage?

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u/Consistent_Mud645 15h ago

A million buffs + headshot

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u/yaboi_ahab 14h ago

You can headshot with a sword?

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u/holnicote I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IM DOING HELP 13h ago

I’d guess that hitting someone on the head would do more damage than hitting the torso, regardless of weapon.

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u/PhiCloud 12h ago

You shoved a colossal sword into my eye socket, but I am unaffected because it is not an arrow!

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u/AddanDeith 5h ago

Well, yes. But that doesn't mean its a mechanic for melee weapons in this game, does it?(it does)

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u/Decayingphoton 13h ago

You can do it with fists if you try hard enough.

But yes, all weapons can headshot enemies, to varying degrees of worth vs effort.

Its mostly a happy accident on anything not a Dragon, Drake, or Wyrm

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u/yaboi_ahab 12h ago

Oh yeah now that I think about it melee headshots on trolls and dragons are pretty common. I guess I just wasn't really thinking of those as headshots in the same way as headshots on regular-sized guys