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@@enj0ytheride I've looked and that build doesn't mach up, would have to do **rebirth** and reset stats, I'm also wanting to do this build from new play through
This build is really really fun. It is basically just a halberd build, but combining it with the ashes of war and the buff makes it genius. And it is surprisingly strong and viable. You fight most bosses with little effort, just "meet my little friend" and just duo chop chop them to pieces. Well done my friend, well done. A truly fun and OP build from what would normally look like mediocre components but bring them all together and they shine.
Your builds are amazing, i like how they´re always unique. You not just focusing the build around a weapon to buff its damage, you´re always creating characters . That´s something i really enjoy. I already tried the Frozen bleed/Artist build and it´s 🔥😉
Edit. This build is f*king insane. I've defeated Godskin Duo first try with this, I couldn't with the strength build I hab before. But with this they got absolutely annihilated and my weapon wasn't even fully upgraded. Just spamming the ash of war with the bloodflame blade is the dumbest thing I've ever seen and it works 😳
I did a run with this build a while ago, and can’t remember a sicker build I played. Ok double Great Stars with Bloodflame is also pretty OP, but still gets beaten by this, in my opinion. Just imagine also using the mimic tear and double the output on bosses. Did this on NG+7 scaling and it shredded them all.
From what I can tell, the phantom does not trigger the successive hits to proc the Rotten Wing talisman. Also the buffs applied to the glaive do not carry into the Phantom Slash. Both of these tested on the Caelid Dragons on NG+. Got 0 bleed procs with bloodflame, then tested with black flame phantom hits only, no flame application. The entire time fighting, not a single increase in my damage from the talisman. Edit: The Phantom Slash also does not seem to apply bleed procs from the weapon with the Grave Scythe as well. Tested by fighting a dragon with only the phantom slash. 0 bleed procs.
I can't seem to proc bleed as well. I rewatched the video to see If I did something wrong. Idk if they nerfed it or what since I'm watching it months after the video was posted
This is a strong build. I tried it with few changes: blood affinity with the ash of war and a great-shield on left hand (well, I like to tank damage without dodging much). I would say two advantages of the build are small FP cost and the phantom charging and doing damage even if you get interrupted by an attack.
Back in the day I thought the Spining Scythe with blood flame and all the succesive attack enhancers would destroy anything. Today I'm surprised. Congratulations, your build is AMAZING
Just tried this on an NG++ playthrough and it is stupidly strong. Sick looking skill and fun to play around with the target lock on generic enemies to hit multiple at once. Great build 🔥
Omg. I've been struggling with Milannia for three days straight. Was using your nightblade build which is also op but had difficulty beating melannia. I tried this build out and literally killed her the first try!! Killed her so fast she didn't even have a chance to use the waterfowl dance! Totally cheesed her! Thank you so much
For those wondering, this Ash of war was patched in 1.09 to no longer apply the effects of you right hand weapon. That means no blood-flame blade, black-flame blade, or innate bleed from the phantom part of the AOW.
Paired it with +10 mimic and shabriris woe and absalutkey dominated Malinia broooo. I been playing this game for 3 months and I’m only on my first playthtough and I beat her on my 6th attempt. You a top G fr. Keep making awesome videos and builds for us man🫶🏼💪. Update: after I beat melania I proceeded to beat the godskin duo, maliketh, the all knowing guy, and Godfrey in less than an hour. Thanks again brother your really putting out the best Elden ring content on UA-cam
Dude I just tried this build and cuz I had a bit of extra points I invested more in faith for extra versatility and buffs and I gotta tell you that even without incantations this build is SICK AF I just love using it and the dmg is insane, thank you brother I love your channel❤note, blood talisman doesn’t proc with bloodflame weapon
Phantom Slash doesn't apply the debuffs from bloodflame blade or black flame blade anymore as of patch 1.09. Unfortunate but this build still absolutely wrecks bosses. Probably going to change out lord of blood's talisman for something else since there are significantly fewer bleed procs.
What i did: Swapped to a cold Grave Scythe (bleed + cold) with Ironjar Aromatic and the Godskin Cloth Talisman (multihit life gain). Raw damage is a bit less (until the frost proc) but still shres. Ironjar ofc only vs more immobile bosses
@@jaratii5448 i think its the "Fixed a bug where status build-ups were unintentionally added to some Weapon Skills" Pretty much all Projectile attacks (and the phantom is a projectile) dont apply status anymore. Your own hit in the weapon art still applies Bloodflame blade or any other status as usual
Finally someone did a video on this impressive build. I made this build months ago in NG+7 and it still kicks ass! The only difference is I have no followers lol so I'm glad you shared this for everyone to try it's really good ladies and gents!!!
I’ll definitely have to give this build a try. I’m using phantom slash already with my reaper faith build, and it slaps opponents like no tomorrow. I feel like this will be great on my next character.
Guys, please don't put more than 54 points into stength on a lvl 125 build and instead get 60 Vigor. You are going to two-hand the weapon anyway, so at 54 strength you get an effective 81 strength (1.5 multiplier) and hardcap. The remaining 9 points you could spend on endurance and get better poise and resistances.
@@janebtar2167 I know, however you shoot far above the hardcap and would have to sacrifice a lot of other stats on a sl125 build. The returns are not worth it at this soul level.
Also no need to use bleed/flame incantation on weapon when greases exist which is more optimal as you can always pick the most damage increasing element + save fp for buffs and other things. Also he should have probably gone for the beast seal since it has B scaling with strength. I know i'm 1 year late, but just wanted to put this here incase anyone else sees this :)
Nizar's builds are so OP, Fromsoft is starting to nerf them before the videos can drop. This Ash of War still wrecks without the bonus status apply from the phantom. Another great build Nizar.
I have followed about half a dozen of your videos but this one pulled me out of retirement after not playing for a good 6 months. I started off mixing your OP Greatsword build with the Captain build and was able to make my way to getting the weapon and ash of war for this one in less than 15 hours even with a bunch of unrelated exploring. I think that's pretty impressive and speaks to how great your builds are. I want to be ready for that DLC! Thanks for pulling me back into the game!
The lore behind this is amazing, it’s like he hunts down and imprisons Nights Calvary riders to join his personal army of clones and they become part of him, like rykard but way cooler because he doesn’t eat just anybody, he only eats Nights Calvary
So it's 2024 and phantom slash is still op af. They patched that the phantom gets the weapon buff so from my testing just play it with a Strength/bleed setup and it still decimates your enemies.
Yo by any chance do you know how to apply the incantation like bloodflame and black flame? I have enough faith to have them but it just won’t let me put it on my weapon
@@Margamingseries9000 that's hard to say with how little information I have right now. I guess you know that you have to use a seal in your offhand to cast it so my guess would be that the infusion on your weapon doesn't allow further buffing. I don't know for sure which infusions don't work with buffs but it's probably all the Magical infusions (Fire, lightning, Ice etc.) and all the status infusions. So if you want to play bloodflame blade on a strength/bleed build you can only go with either heavy or Occult even though heavy would probably be much better.
@@Margamingseries9000 Hey, no need to use bleed/flame incantation on weapon when greases exist which is more optimal as you can always pick the most damage increasing element + save fp for buffs and other things. Also he should have probably gone for the beast seal since it has B scaling with strength and incase you didn't know 2handing weapons increases your strength by 1.5x, which means that the strength cap is 54 (54x1.5=81).
Guardian's swordspear would actually do more damage on the intent of the build because AoWs do NOT scale with two handed strength, just like riposte and backstab
Really good build as usual. This weapon + ash combination is pretty fun. I had another STR build I started but kind of abandoned at level40 because the build and the weapon did not feel all that fun. So, I used it to do some basic re-spec and went with this build. And it is fun. Fire giant was just a pushover with the bloodflame glaive and ash.
I don't know if it fits thematically but I am having great fun with this build and the GreatShield Soldier Ashes. The shieldguys go bully the enemy while I chop-chop chip away at them. Fun!
Never seen anyone talks about how distructive this build is or mentioned it before, tho they said the ash if war is great and all and can be put in many ideas of builds this is the first thorough build ive seen so far and i really like it, gonna try it out with all the insane dlc stuff and buffs and see what crazier numbers i can reach, thanks for this amazing video
From using Phantom Slash defensively to dodge, I also find it cool that I can cast Phantom Slash on one target, then switch targets so I hit another target while the phantom hits the original casted target
Best part about the build is the lack of buffing up you need to get that dmg cause i honestly hate having to use like 3-4 buffs before jumping into a battle
I’ve just got to say! I’ve played with the build late game, and though it’s not as great against bosses, if you dip it into arcane & strength it’s very very very good against both bosses & pvp. Just use a health boosting tear & the poise boosting & spam that bleed loss! The blade alone has higher bleed build up then most other weapons in the game meant to be bleed weapons!!! Plus you get the benefit of the DPS all the time! Give it a try! :)
I had a Lot of trouble with Maliketh, Tried out so many builds but I followed this ones and Killed him 2nd Try, You are a god, Definetly will be following ur guides and you got a new sub and like 💯
it's like you finally unleashed your Mangekyo Sharingan with this build 🙂 26/3/23, 7:56PM. my character is already level 188 and a strength build. tried this for size and it rocks 🙂
This build is mega powerful even after the phantom slash nerf. I was prepared to be fighting malenia for hours, but i first tried her in two minutes XD
Just finished the game with this build. Despite the fact that the ash of war doesn’t apply weapon buffs in recent patches, the build is SUPER OP. Malenia killed in the first try same as Godfrey, Maliketh, and Fire Giant. Radagon and Elden Beast took 2 tries only. Paired with +10 Mimic. Many thanks Nizar!
Was struggling when i got to the giant lands with my build. Especially the death bird. Swapped over to this, not even all the talisman etc but still managed to kill it first try and so far been very nice to play with, thanks a lot!
Bro I know you already had a "death knight" build before. But I gota say, from years of playing WoW This is much more like a Deathknight. Just Spam 2 buttons and Faceroll to victory hahah I love this also your Cinematography and storyboarding is superb as always man, you are a true Director spirit
I really wish they gave colossal great sword phantom slash, it’s funny cause I have a build like this with night rider glaive but usually opt for str/arc colossal bleed build
yeah it definitely does, 100%. I modeled the clones in the background story from the mimic tears, and you can see them use phantom slash in the video. If you want to make it even more OP and make the galaxy explode, definitely use it
This weapon and ash go perfectly with my main character “Sauron’s waifu” use to just be the big fire and magma spells and a couple of the dragon breath incantations but now she has a big sloppy weapon and summons the “dead” to do her bidding you helped me complete my character so huge thanks man sincerely
OUCH- You shittin me??? I mean, ah, get through it anyhow but… MAN sometimes these patches are just, like “WHY?” u know? Few I understand, sure. But…wow it’s *LATE* “in the game” to do yet another patch, & it messes w/this? …wow. Thanks for heads up (I’ve loved this for a min. It’s just the 1st YT vid I’ve seen someone actually talk about it) 👍✌️
@@RagnaRantz yeah for real 🫠 patches like this rob some creativity out of these builds -_- All in all- i still really enjoyed the vid and the build around the ash of war is still fun! Definitely wish i got to experience it with the incantations but still having fun regardless haha
The fact that this build allows one to tank through and cancel phase 2 waterfowl is my main reason for wanting this build. Can’t wait to also use mimic tear with this for double the damage
Did this yesterday and between me and my mimic, it was a scene out of Bleach, at one point it was up to 8 hits happening consecutively. Whoever it was I was fighting, their health bar just simply melted away as they were pretty much stun locked.
😂🤣 also a mimic tear I hear ya, but that’ll like… Forget Elden Lord, forget The Greater Will You’ll be…God. LOL (The mimic tear. Man when I was struggling a bit w/Malenia, finally “what the hell” & popped out the mimic? I didn’t like that she went from “ridiculous”…to “ridiculous” if you know what I mean. I didn’t want her to be a punching bag, right? Anyway) Yeah this, with the mimic? Lmao I’ve gotta try it too just to see! 👍✌️
Nope. Fromsoft got word from UA-cam that Nizar was about to drop another game breaking build and hit the nerf button before he could get his video uploaded.
This build + mimic tear = *chef's kiss* All the enemy hears is the sound of shadow clone jutsu activitating and the next thing they know they're standing at the gates of hell baby! **100% DLC ready guaranteed.
I've been playing your Dragon Communion incantations build completely slaying the game, killed Malenia on the first try, the whole game has been looking like a joke to me with that build. Now I really wanna try this one!
I’ve been running this build for the last couple of months. Ng+8 and I’m still shredding bosses. I use the mimic summon with this as well and it’s divine
Nizar, dude…awesome vid m8! Nice work, nice effort. Laughed hard (the “Warning” disclaimer at the beginning was such a nice touch😂) This Ash of War has def *needed* some “shine”-I’m glad to see this; the phantom slash has given me the win on many PvP battles too. And you’re absolutely right-RANGE. I also use the Night’s Glaive (boss ass weapon), & it’s funny, I just haven’t seen many use it. Awesome vid, love your style-subbed👍😂✌️
I got stepparents and i got to live in spain, they dont let me play any 18+ game even tho im 17 yrs old, when i go back to finland i havent played elden ring or any other game for almost half a year, if i get to know the best builds i can finally beat stuff without dying all the time and learn everything again
On the str vs dex comments, two handing weapons doesn't apply strength scaling for ashes of war(or crits), and also, it multiplies your effective strength, not your AR, so the effect is pretty low on a character with 80 strength. Still great for the extra phys defence(34.9 at 80str) as opposed to unused spell casting speed, horse-poise, and fall damage resistance, and to match the look of the clone.
That ash of war is my favorite. Once the clone is out nothing can stop him from swinging. Not even you being knocked around or dying. I swear that chad phantom has more kills than I do at this point
I've been using Phantom Slash since this game came out on nearly every build where I can use melee weapons and I had no idea weapon buffs were applied to the phantom as well. Gonna have to try this on my current STR character haha
Its OP, i saw birds and assumed it was moot but the phantom tracks your lockon and can sort of fly. With huge enemies it can be used as a dodge too, aim at the foot not about to stomp you and the lunge is darn near a bloodhound step
Dude I’ve been rocking this in pvp and it really is just so much fun, so we’ll balanced with options as well and the second part of the phantom slash definitely catches people off guard, even after 1.09 still an S tier build super super fun
Sadly, bloodflame blade's hemorrhage-over-time effect and blackflame blade's max-hp-based damage no longer apply to skills that use the bullet formula, and phantom slash is one of them. I just tested it to be sure. By the way, it seems that you have to be unlocked to dodge out of the attack so that only the phantom attacks. I think this change might have been a side effect when they got rid of a lot of interactions having to do with fire's deadly sin. I know it's a spell, not a skill, but the timing is right, and I have other reasons that I won't bore you with and honestly don't remember well at this point. You also used to be able to get four stacks of bloodflame blade's hemorrhage-over-time effect with the glintblade phalanx skill (not the spell), one per glintblade: ua-cam.com/video/z32SuiiogOg/v-deo.html The one interaction that still works with bullet skills is that with the buff from the Shared Order skill or the Golden Epitaph skill, bullet skills will true-kill skeletons.
I love your channel and all the builds you showcase. Why can’t everyone subscribe as you deserve a min of a million subs. Thank you for quality content that restored my hope playing elden ring. This build gives the bosses a 4 piece combo 🚑🏥🪦
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Can you make a get op early with that build because i wanna start a new play through
Or maybe just say the best statt for lvl 36
He says in the video to use his get op early strength build
Was this build made pre 1.09 patch?
@@enj0ytheride I've looked and that build doesn't mach up, would have to do **rebirth** and reset stats, I'm also wanting to do this build from new play through
wake up babe need to make a new elden ring character for my new build
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I call cap, i mean, we all single
This build is really really fun.
It is basically just a halberd build, but combining it with the ashes of war and the buff makes it
genius. And it is surprisingly strong and viable. You fight most bosses with little effort, just "meet my little friend" and just duo chop chop them to pieces.
Well done my friend, well done. A truly fun and OP build from what would normally look like mediocre components but bring them all together and they shine.
Yep great build 👍
I paired it with a +10 Mimic, and we absolutely destroyed.
So the Mimic will spam the AoW as well or just do enough to shred enemies?
@@Safetyman99 do enough, but not AOW very often, yet it still does it sometimes
This sounds fun
Give a stick to a 10+ mimic and it solos the game
@@medi6892 Yes, yet this was on a hole other level. I saw the damage tick up to 50000 on NG+7 Fire Giant.
Your builds are amazing, i like how they´re always unique. You not just focusing the build around a weapon to buff its damage, you´re always creating characters . That´s something i really enjoy.
I already tried the Frozen bleed/Artist build and it´s 🔥😉
That one's my favorite, unfortunately I never made the transition to the artist cuz I was having to much fun with the twin blades
I tried the "hump Aaron's mom build"
It's ok... needs work
@@Goggz101 The good thing about it is that there is still plenty of time to get back around to making it once a build gets a little stale
Agree. Everyone else always focuses on damage output instead of the actual roleplay & they all only use bleed focused builds
Edit. This build is f*king insane. I've defeated Godskin Duo first try with this, I couldn't with the strength build I hab before. But with this they got absolutely annihilated and my weapon wasn't even fully upgraded. Just spamming the ash of war with the bloodflame blade is the dumbest thing I've ever seen and it works 😳
The backstories on his characters are always so thought out and extremely detailed i love it
This is the best build you have done so far. I am shocked at how it melts enemies and how versatile it is. Well done!
I did a run with this build a while ago, and can’t remember a sicker build I played. Ok double Great Stars with Bloodflame is also pretty OP, but still gets beaten by this, in my opinion. Just imagine also using the mimic tear and double the output on bosses. Did this on NG+7 scaling and it shredded them all.
From what I can tell, the phantom does not trigger the successive hits to proc the Rotten Wing talisman. Also the buffs applied to the glaive do not carry into the Phantom Slash. Both of these tested on the Caelid Dragons on NG+. Got 0 bleed procs with bloodflame, then tested with black flame phantom hits only, no flame application. The entire time fighting, not a single increase in my damage from the talisman.
Edit: The Phantom Slash also does not seem to apply bleed procs from the weapon with the Grave Scythe as well. Tested by fighting a dragon with only the phantom slash. 0 bleed procs.
I can't seem to proc bleed as well. I rewatched the video to see If I did something wrong. Idk if they nerfed it or what since I'm watching it months after the video was posted
@@Flexer0017 They nerfed it in 1.08. The phantom counts as a projectile and was not supposed to apply these kinds of effects.
This is a strong build. I tried it with few changes: blood affinity with the ash of war and a great-shield on left hand (well, I like to tank damage without dodging much). I would say two advantages of the build are small FP cost and the phantom charging and doing damage even if you get interrupted by an attack.
Back in the day I thought the Spining Scythe with blood flame and all the succesive attack enhancers would destroy anything. Today I'm surprised.
Congratulations, your build is AMAZING
Just tried this on an NG++ playthrough and it is stupidly strong. Sick looking skill and fun to play around with the target lock on generic enemies to hit multiple at once. Great build 🔥
I’m on NG++++++ what do I do😭
@@idrinknitrous accept your fate
What do you do to get the black flame incantation to work on the blood nightrider glaive it’s not working for me
@@patrickbrisson1 don’t use blood affinity
I’m on ng 10 no build is good anymore😥 if it doesn’t get up to 10k fast it’s not worth it
Omg. I've been struggling with Milannia for three days straight. Was using your nightblade build which is also op but had difficulty beating melannia. I tried this build out and literally killed her the first try!! Killed her so fast she didn't even have a chance to use the waterfowl dance! Totally cheesed her!
Thank you so much
You’re like the Guga of Elden Ring videos I love it.
Guga? The steak/ chef guy? 😂 never thought I’d see a reference to him in an elden ring comment section lol
very nice comparison
There are certain overlaps between all cultured men and Guga/Elden Ring is one of them
Bro’s about to dry age his build
@@keatoncompton5753 bro 😂 that’s funny af
Dude, your builds are always so unique. No jumping bleed builds. They are just different but still OP AF
For those wondering, this Ash of war was patched in 1.09 to no longer apply the effects of you right hand weapon. That means no blood-flame blade, black-flame blade, or innate bleed from the phantom part of the AOW.
Help me
Shitty
Noooo 😢
Fromsoft is so fucking pathetic man.
I feel like the devil are kust sitting there like "THEIR MAKING THE GAME POSSIBLE FOR CASUALS NOT ON MY WATCH"
Paired it with +10 mimic and shabriris woe and absalutkey dominated Malinia broooo. I been playing this game for 3 months and I’m only on my first playthtough and I beat her on my 6th attempt. You a top G fr. Keep making awesome videos and builds for us man🫶🏼💪. Update: after I beat melania I proceeded to beat the godskin duo, maliketh, the all knowing guy, and Godfrey in less than an hour. Thanks again brother your really putting out the best Elden ring content on UA-cam
Never thought your builds could Peak further BUT THEY DID!
Bravo
Nice emojis
Bro how you get those emojis
@@debatender while typing comment search for an emoji sign below the writing tab
@@raghavannaidu6931 bro can you send the red eating hand teeth emoji
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Dude I just tried this build and cuz I had a bit of extra points I invested more in faith for extra versatility and buffs and I gotta tell you that even without incantations this build is SICK AF I just love using it and the dmg is insane, thank you brother I love your channel❤note, blood talisman doesn’t proc with bloodflame weapon
What talisman should one replace it with ?
@@cryptichamster3471 old lord talisman to extend weapon buff length
blood talisman does work with bloodflame blade
Phantom Slash doesn't apply the debuffs from bloodflame blade or black flame blade anymore as of patch 1.09. Unfortunate but this build still absolutely wrecks bosses. Probably going to change out lord of blood's talisman for something else since there are significantly fewer bleed procs.
What i did: Swapped to a cold Grave Scythe (bleed + cold) with Ironjar Aromatic and the Godskin Cloth Talisman (multihit life gain). Raw damage is a bit less (until the frost proc) but still shres. Ironjar ofc only vs more immobile bosses
Aw damn I was wondering about that,
@@DasTarnschnitzelthe aromatics real take any build up to 11
I don't see that anywhere in the patch notes
@@jaratii5448 i think its the "Fixed a bug where status build-ups were unintentionally added to some Weapon Skills" Pretty much all Projectile attacks (and the phantom is a projectile) dont apply status anymore. Your own hit in the weapon art still applies Bloodflame blade or any other status as usual
Finally someone did a video on this impressive build. I made this build months ago in NG+7 and it still kicks ass! The only difference is I have no followers lol so I'm glad you shared this for everyone to try it's really good ladies and gents!!!
I’ll definitely have to give this build a try. I’m using phantom slash already with my reaper faith build, and it slaps opponents like no tomorrow. I feel like this will be great on my next character.
Question, what affinity are you using on your weapon?
Guys, please don't put more than 54 points into stength on a lvl 125 build and instead get 60 Vigor. You are going to two-hand the weapon anyway, so at 54 strength you get an effective 81 strength (1.5 multiplier) and hardcap. The remaining 9 points you could spend on endurance and get better poise and resistances.
You can put 99 points into strength and it will still scale 1.5x when you're twohanding
@@janebtar2167 I know, however you shoot far above the hardcap and would have to sacrifice a lot of other stats on a sl125 build. The returns are not worth it at this soul level.
*softcap
Also no need to use bleed/flame incantation on weapon when greases exist which is more optimal as you can always pick the most damage increasing element + save fp for buffs and other things.
Also he should have probably gone for the beast seal since it has B scaling with strength.
I know i'm 1 year late, but just wanted to put this here incase anyone else sees this :)
Nizar's builds are so OP, Fromsoft is starting to nerf them before the videos can drop. This Ash of War still wrecks without the bonus status apply from the phantom. Another great build Nizar.
1.09 patch did this or?
@Rens Groenendijk yeah apparently it was a bug
@@Fargoth8624 nice then the build will be viable again with 1.09.1
@@Apexapee no the bloodflame application was a bug, not the removal
@@romanicusmaximus249 Ah that sucks
I have followed about half a dozen of your videos but this one pulled me out of retirement after not playing for a good 6 months. I started off mixing your OP Greatsword build with the Captain build and was able to make my way to getting the weapon and ash of war for this one in less than 15 hours even with a bunch of unrelated exploring. I think that's pretty impressive and speaks to how great your builds are. I want to be ready for that DLC! Thanks for pulling me back into the game!
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The lore behind this is amazing, it’s like he hunts down and imprisons Nights Calvary riders to join his personal army of clones and they become part of him, like rykard but way cooler because he doesn’t eat just anybody, he only eats Nights Calvary
So it's 2024 and phantom slash is still op af. They patched that the phantom gets the weapon buff so from my testing just play it with a Strength/bleed setup and it still decimates your enemies.
Yo by any chance do you know how to apply the incantation like bloodflame and black flame? I have enough faith to have them but it just won’t let me put it on my weapon
@@Margamingseries9000 that's hard to say with how little information I have right now. I guess you know that you have to use a seal in your offhand to cast it so my guess would be that the infusion on your weapon doesn't allow further buffing. I don't know for sure which infusions don't work with buffs but it's probably all the Magical infusions (Fire, lightning, Ice etc.) and all the status infusions. So if you want to play bloodflame blade on a strength/bleed build you can only go with either heavy or Occult even though heavy would probably be much better.
@@oOoSHEPARDoOo got it, went to heavy and immediately was able to use it. Thanks a bunch man I really appreciate ut
@@Margamingseries9000 Hey, no need to use bleed/flame incantation on weapon when greases exist which is more optimal as you can always pick the most damage increasing element + save fp for buffs and other things.
Also he should have probably gone for the beast seal since it has B scaling with strength and incase you didn't know 2handing weapons increases your strength by 1.5x, which means that the strength cap is 54 (54x1.5=81).
Any idea if electrify armament works on it?
Guardian's swordspear would actually do more damage on the intent of the build because AoWs do NOT scale with two handed strength, just like riposte and backstab
Really good build as usual. This weapon + ash combination is pretty fun. I had another STR build I started but kind of abandoned at level40 because the build and the weapon did not feel all that fun.
So, I used it to do some basic re-spec and went with this build. And it is fun.
Fire giant was just a pushover with the bloodflame glaive and ash.
I don't know if it fits thematically but I am having great fun with this build and the GreatShield Soldier Ashes. The shieldguys go bully the enemy while I chop-chop chip away at them. Fun!
Never seen anyone talks about how distructive this build is or mentioned it before, tho they said the ash if war is great and all and can be put in many ideas of builds this is the first thorough build ive seen so far and i really like it, gonna try it out with all the insane dlc stuff and buffs and see what crazier numbers i can reach, thanks for this amazing video
This build not only again showed me something that I didn’t know about the game, the ash of war lol, but gained you a sub sick build man thank you
From using Phantom Slash defensively to dodge, I also find it cool that I can cast Phantom Slash on one target, then switch targets so I hit another target while the phantom hits the original casted target
As of 1.09 the Phantom does not carry Bloodflame or Blackflame blade. Only the character attack will trigger these.
Best part about the build is the lack of buffing up you need to get that dmg cause i honestly hate having to use like 3-4 buffs before jumping into a battle
i love how cinmetic you make these as well as making lore for each build its so cool and fun to watch
I’ve just got to say! I’ve played with the build late game, and though it’s not as great against bosses, if you dip it into arcane & strength it’s very very very good against both bosses & pvp. Just use a health boosting tear & the poise boosting & spam that bleed loss! The blade alone has higher bleed build up then most other weapons in the game meant to be bleed weapons!!! Plus you get the benefit of the DPS all the time! Give it a try! :)
Been using Phantom Slash for a cool min already with black flame. Loving that it’s finally getting the respect it deserves 🔥
How I’m having trouble putting the black flame on it with the ash of war??
What affinity should I use? Should I set it to Heavy?
This ash of war literally just makes you Lord Marshal from Riddick.. I love it
With Mimic Tear you could have 3 clones attacking at the same time. 🤯
Wouldn't it be 4 because the mimic would use the ash too
@Add _ No it's 3 clones. One from you, one from the mimic and the mimic is the third one.
@@mellindrums Elden Math agreed.. in theory four potential strikes, from four prospective individuals, made up of three clones + yourself
@@coreyjameshaims449 Exactly.
@@mellindrums ya I realize he was right, I was thinking attackers not clones my bad
I had a Lot of trouble with Maliketh, Tried out so many builds but I followed this ones and Killed him 2nd Try, You are a god, Definetly will be following ur guides and you got a new sub and like 💯
it's like you finally unleashed your Mangekyo Sharingan with this build 🙂
26/3/23, 7:56PM. my character is already level 188 and a strength build. tried this for size and it rocks 🙂
What time zone are you on?
@@Dingatronus UK time
This build is mega powerful even after the phantom slash nerf. I was prepared to be fighting malenia for hours, but i first tried her in two minutes XD
Just finished the game with this build. Despite the fact that the ash of war doesn’t apply weapon buffs in recent patches, the build is SUPER OP. Malenia killed in the first try same as Godfrey, Maliketh, and Fire Giant. Radagon and Elden Beast took 2 tries only. Paired with +10 Mimic. Many thanks Nizar!
This with mimic tear also fits lore wise because it’s like 2 more shadow clones with your tear using the ash of war
Was struggling when i got to the giant lands with my build. Especially the death bird. Swapped over to this, not even all the talisman etc but still managed to kill it first try and so far been very nice to play with, thanks a lot!
I was doing katana for most of the game, switched to this for last part of Farum Azula and all become so much easier (no rebirth needed).
Thanks alot!
So we're definitely using this with the mimic tear right?
wow an youtuber that actually shows a build instead of a lvl 600 character. Gj man!
Truly remarkable build and video..... again. Amazing content.... again.
Bro I know you already had a "death knight" build before. But I gota say, from years of playing WoW This is much more like a Deathknight. Just Spam 2 buttons and Faceroll to victory hahah
I love this
also your Cinematography and storyboarding is superb as always man, you are a true Director spirit
I really wish they gave colossal great sword phantom slash, it’s funny cause I have a build like this with night rider glaive but usually opt for str/arc colossal bleed build
complete ng+ on this. absolutely broken build. so fun to play. Nizar is a genius.
not sure what build i want to try next
Your lore behind your builds is always top notch! Love it!
7:00 Not to mention the fact that you can just level STR to 66 and then two hand for 99 virtual STR... absolutely no need to level strength to 80 ever
Question: if you use the Mimic tear, will it also cast the phantom? There would then be 4 of you... which would be cool.
It should, still using weapon skills just like any other weapon
yeah it definitely does, 100%. I modeled the clones in the background story from the mimic tears, and you can see them use phantom slash in the video. If you want to make it even more OP and make the galaxy explode, definitely use it
This is probably the best transition into a sponsor I have seen on yt so far
Nerfed, phantom dosnt apply ur weapon effects anymore, go home guys.
Yea back to cragblade guts sword :( I didn't even want to spam this ash of war just thought it would be cool
This weapon and ash go perfectly with my main character “Sauron’s waifu” use to just be the big fire and magma spells and a couple of the dragon breath incantations but now she has a big sloppy weapon and summons the “dead” to do her bidding you helped me complete my character so huge thanks man sincerely
There are many crazy strong builds out there, but this one actually looks COOL. Extra points for that.
I love how this is basically ,,Noob Saibot" from the Mortal Kombat games! With the skill, armor and everything!
Heads up, patch 1.09 - you can no longer apply the incantation buffs to the phantoms
OUCH-
You shittin me???
I mean, ah, get through it anyhow but…
MAN sometimes these patches are just, like “WHY?” u know?
Few I understand, sure. But…wow it’s *LATE* “in the game” to do yet another patch, & it messes w/this?
…wow.
Thanks for heads up (I’ve loved this for a min. It’s just the 1st YT vid I’ve seen someone actually talk about it)
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@@RagnaRantz yeah for real 🫠 patches like this rob some creativity out of these builds -_-
All in all- i still really enjoyed the vid and the build around the ash of war is still fun! Definitely wish i got to experience it with the incantations but still having fun regardless haha
It is so satisfying to see Malenia *absolutely thrashed*, and I haven't even actually played Elden Ring myself
if you are planing on using this build 2h 54 str is the same as 80 in 1h (soft cap for pure strength)
The fact that this build allows one to tank through and cancel phase 2 waterfowl is my main reason for wanting this build. Can’t wait to also use mimic tear with this for double the damage
Did this yesterday and between me and my mimic, it was a scene out of Bleach, at one point it was up to 8 hits happening consecutively. Whoever it was I was fighting, their health bar just simply melted away as they were pretty much stun locked.
😂🤣 also a mimic tear
I hear ya, but that’ll like…
Forget Elden Lord, forget The Greater Will
You’ll be…God. LOL
(The mimic tear. Man when I was struggling a bit w/Malenia, finally “what the hell” & popped out the mimic?
I didn’t like that she went from “ridiculous”…to “ridiculous” if you know what I mean. I didn’t want her to be a punching bag, right? Anyway)
Yeah this, with the mimic? Lmao I’ve gotta try it too just to see!
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Another great build thank you for taking the time to give us good content
im playing this build for my first elden ring ever since i got the item and i feel AWESOME , i tank the dlc with this , thank you
Does phantom slash still apply blood and black flame blade from the weapon in 1.09?
Nope. Fromsoft got word from UA-cam that Nizar was about to drop another game breaking build and hit the nerf button before he could get his video uploaded.
@@blindmanai6957 bummer (
I've augmented this for a dex focused Spectre Knight cosplay build using the Grave Scythe and it shreds. It's such a versatile build.
Did this build get nerfed? I feel like it's not doing anywhere near the damage it was pre expansion.
It got nerfed, AOW no longer applies the effect
Is it still a good build tho?
This build + mimic tear = *chef's kiss*
All the enemy hears is the sound of shadow clone jutsu activitating and the next thing they know they're standing at the gates of hell baby!
**100% DLC ready guaranteed.
Sadly this build got nerfed into the ground in 1.09. Phantom Slash doesn't proc weapon buffs anymore.
Thanks this build is so OP no one stood a chance. Using it to go into DLC
my level 713 100% save file: eh why not
Can you drop me runes ?
I've been playing your Dragon Communion incantations build completely slaying the game, killed Malenia on the first try, the whole game has been looking like a joke to me with that build. Now I really wanna try this one!
I’ve been running this build for the last couple of months. Ng+8 and I’m still shredding bosses. I use the mimic summon with this as well and it’s divine
Nizar, dude…awesome vid m8! Nice work, nice effort. Laughed hard (the “Warning” disclaimer at the beginning was such a nice touch😂)
This Ash of War has def *needed* some “shine”-I’m glad to see this; the phantom slash has given me the win on many PvP battles too. And you’re absolutely right-RANGE.
I also use the Night’s Glaive (boss ass weapon), & it’s funny, I just haven’t seen many use it.
Awesome vid, love your style-subbed👍😂✌️
Hi @NizarGG, could you please update this build with DLC content? This would be awesome. This build rocks!
I got stepparents and i got to live in spain, they dont let me play any 18+ game even tho im 17 yrs old, when i go back to finland i havent played elden ring or any other game for almost half a year, if i get to know the best builds i can finally beat stuff without dying all the time and learn everything again
On the str vs dex comments, two handing weapons doesn't apply strength scaling for ashes of war(or crits), and also, it multiplies your effective strength, not your AR, so the effect is pretty low on a character with 80 strength. Still great for the extra phys defence(34.9 at 80str) as opposed to unused spell casting speed, horse-poise, and fall damage resistance, and to match the look of the clone.
That ash of war is my favorite. Once the clone is out nothing can stop him from swinging. Not even you being knocked around or dying. I swear that chad phantom has more kills than I do at this point
I am so glad he made this build, I started using it and I love it because like he said you melt bosses and now I feel super powerful
This is most different and unique build from all i wach to today and.... is FANTASTIC!
I will try it for sure. Great job!
Nazir GG has the best builds on the internet. Not only strong but fun. I built three of them and loved them all.
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everybody talking about the backstories but no one appreciates the top notch editing👌
I'm saying this a year later and this is still my fav and possibly still the best build
I'm invested with the lore in The shadowhunter
Wow 😳 who woulda thought someone already made a Solo Leveling build
I've been using Phantom Slash since this game came out on nearly every build where I can use melee weapons and I had no idea weapon buffs were applied to the phantom as well. Gonna have to try this on my current STR character haha
I have been wanting a 'summoner' build for so long man omg thanks!
Its OP, i saw birds and assumed it was moot but the phantom tracks your lockon and can sort of fly. With huge enemies it can be used as a dodge too, aim at the foot not about to stomp you and the lunge is darn near a bloodhound step
Probably the best build video I've seen
Im playing elden ring right know for the first time. And your videos are helpful, informartial and entertaining ! really good !
If i remember right, ash of war dont get benefit from 2h, so you can use 10 point from str to another stat, like endurance to be tankier
I just bloody love the shadow copy climbing up on the bosses 😂 that’s hilarious
Dude I’ve been rocking this in pvp and it really is just so much fun, so we’ll balanced with options as well and the second part of the phantom slash definitely catches people off guard, even after 1.09 still an S tier build super super fun
Sadly, bloodflame blade's hemorrhage-over-time effect and blackflame blade's max-hp-based damage no longer apply to skills that use the bullet formula, and phantom slash is one of them. I just tested it to be sure. By the way, it seems that you have to be unlocked to dodge out of the attack so that only the phantom attacks. I think this change might have been a side effect when they got rid of a lot of interactions having to do with fire's deadly sin. I know it's a spell, not a skill, but the timing is right, and I have other reasons that I won't bore you with and honestly don't remember well at this point. You also used to be able to get four stacks of bloodflame blade's hemorrhage-over-time effect with the glintblade phalanx skill (not the spell), one per glintblade: ua-cam.com/video/z32SuiiogOg/v-deo.html The one interaction that still works with bullet skills is that with the buff from the Shared Order skill or the Golden Epitaph skill, bullet skills will true-kill skeletons.
I love your channel and all the builds you showcase.
Why can’t everyone subscribe as you deserve a min of a million subs.
Thank you for quality content that restored my hope playing elden ring.
This build gives the bosses a 4 piece combo 🚑🏥🪦
A FANTASTIC build. What spirit ashes are you using to have a small army of night’s Calvary? Mimic tear only gives one copy??
Yes I too am searching for this answer. Please