@@Jordienit's probably because the counter shockwave that it does, does holy damage and the weapon originally scales with faith so it would make sense.
I think it's because of how damage types and scaling works in Elden Ring. If your weapon deals any holy damage, it'll scale with your faith stat by default. Since it doesn't have any faith scaling on its own, adding the scaling gives a huge boost to the holy damage
Yea infusing the blade with holy over heavy is a ton more damage . You could also buff it with holy grease for even more damage. Edit: the way i worded it originally made it look like i said to holy grease a sacred hammer but you cant do that you have to do it to heavy or normal as it already has double holy from the infusion. Just to clarify i do realize you cant do that lol
Actually heavy infused with sacred order blade incantion nets the highest ar, if I remember you need to use the gods layer seal. Basically the weapon buff scales heavily into your faith scaling, and you can keep the heavy scaling as well. By dipping into strength and faith you also buff the golden aoe of the guard counter. I remember the ar being close to 1400 outside the dlc Overall against most bosses I get 2.6k dmg on guard counters
i really like these elden ring videos, the setups and builds showcased are actually unique, creative and powerful, thank you for making them and for being a good youtuber
I did a similar thing but instead of mainly Str I used mainly Faith with a Sacred infusion. You've got 70 Str and 30 Faith, but that means when you two hand it you've got 885 Total damage, with 772 from Phys and 112 coming from Holy. But if you swap it and do a sacred infusion you can do 304 Phys and 541 from Holy, for a total of 845 damage, which outpaces the standard damage using the Scorpion Charm without even two-handing the weapon, meaning you can use an actual shield and both take less damage and use less stamina. Not to mention that you can just buff yourself with Sacred Blade and do even more damage on top of that.
When twohanding, you should really only go up to 54 Strength anyway, unless you're continuing to level over whatever RL completes your build. You hit the softcap for Strength at 54, so every point after that is severely diminishing returns. This only applies to twohanding, the softcap is still 80 otherwise.
a documentary of my playthrough. this hammer was so addicting. I wish there were more weapons with this gimmick, like the cleanrot spear doing the aow effect on guard counter, or just more black knight weapons in general. I literally deflected every single hit of consort its so funny 😩 and the little "dink!" noise from perfect blocking.
I honestly find this deflect tear play style makes the game harder or at least less intuitive as you just have to guess how much knock back certain attacks do and stamina becomes an actually serious concern. Not to mention it requires you to learn a different timing as it occurs on press. Still useful for some frame traps and really fast attacks though.
Idk, I found deflect much more manageable than dodging DLC bosses (I did use Golden Greatshield for the Sekiro 100% block tho). Yeah, some attacks have multiple speeds which fk up the guard counter. Although this made guard counter actually viable. Anyways, what I'm trying to say is, I'm watching people dodge DLC Radahn and constantly asking myself how tf they figured out which way to dodge and how can they do then so consistently? Meanwhile, I'm just waiting for the right time to press block. Second phase with holy bombs fk up the deflects tho (since you can't guess for sure if you're in radius or not).
You can block insta kill attacks and take less damage when you hadn't yet figured out how to dodge, that alone is enough to make it a super card comparable to rolling. Plus the boosted stunning counterattack, it becomes even better than rolling.
That ability must be defoult option on relize without any consumables. FS try to balance boss with status overdanage, but all what they need - working defence ability(
@@Jordien CURSE YOU, BAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I HEREBY WOW, YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY. BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR, AND I, IGONNNNNNN. YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH. SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE, FOUL DRAGONNNNN. BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE. WITH A HAIL OF HARPOOOOONS WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEEEING UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
just made a new wretch that i want to continue using bonk for the entirety (probably will use golden halberd to rush mohg and radahn before lvl 50). had trouble deciding what bonk to use for dlc and end game. now i am decided. having a great hammer this big but the speed in not being colossal is awesome. using the warcry charged r2 is also really fun, could be a great build to follow up counters with if use both axe and curved sword talisman
I just beat Consort Radahn with my own build. I beat him once before with the shield cheese, but this time I actually played the game. Yes I used the mimic tear, but it didn’t end up doing very much because it got grabbed 2 times in phase two which insta killed it. I used the Dark Moon Greatsword at +9 for my weapon. Lords divine protection was great for surviving and I used KLS for when he out of reach.
This tear becomes so much harder to use on NG+7 due to the massive stamina damage, you aught to try it lmao. I gotta use brass shield or better with it to make it so I don’t get instantly guard broken on a deflect.
In my first run I went to Cerulean coast very early, but on my next time I just couldn't find the way there and jumped down there from charos hidden grave after killing bayle late into the run lol
I use The Giant Crusher with royal knight's resolve i have four one Fire crusher, Holy crusher, Ice Crusher and the last Heavy Crusher Talisman Curve Blade, Two Handschword, Greatschild Dragon, and Greatschild
Did something similar with heavy executioner axe with Cragblade except I doubled down on just smashing. With Deenh's War Cry you get even more stance damage. Some good ass damage all around with deflect as well. Settled on Surgeon talisman for a higher burst average 😂.
i beat pre nerf radahn with mkb and i can certify it is a good choice and as good as controller, its just that people dont give it a choice, heck even let me solo her is an mkb player
Wish they didnt feel the need to constrain such a fun tool to such an arbitrary timelimit, would've been much better as like a passive great rune effect. Not like a time limit does much since graces are so plentiful regardless and no boss fights gonna last longer than 4 minutes, and the fact that the only drawback is so easily subverted doesnt make it a good thing when the subversion isnt as fun as the alternative of just not having a time limit in the first place.
@@JoseViktor4099 To each there own, I'd rather give up the great rune slot than the talisman slot, since there isnt any great rune that synergizes with Deflection anyways, but there are PLENTY of talismans that compliment blocking, guard countering and critical hits
Someone who actually completed dlc with deflects, so I actually interested in your opinion. Do you think it would be better if they give you an ability to deflect with a talisman rathen then with a tear? And how overall convenient it was to use this mechanic as a tear effect?
Deflects are incredibly strong, since they neutralize enemy attacks while actively building up a devastating counter, compared to regular dodging which is only defensive. So as much as it would be awesome to have the effect permanently through a talisman, FromSoft would likely nerf its effect for balance, like reducing its damage absorption or the strength of the guard counter. I wouldn’t be surprised if they went too far and removed the fun or viability out of deflects. Right now the 5 mins tear effect is great for bossfights and miniboss fights, but areas wise you can only have a good uptime if you move in a straight path between graces. So good for NG+ or a second playthrough when you know where to go, less so for exploration
It's funny how you can deflect anything that isn't a grab. The boss throws a nuclear bomb at you, and you deflect it like it's nothing
Best part is reaching max deflect stacks and launching that nuke back at them
And then you get grabbed and everything goes wrong
I noticed in my run using endure prevents messmer from grabbing you during the grab. It's not a deflect but it's good to have options.
@@IamtheSubSandwich that's actually pretty useful for the endure users
@@F1shyBab1shy if the player is trash like you ig
9/10 times, the hammer is actually a lot better sacred infused than heavy. It makes the AoE stronger, and I believe makes it deal more stance damage.
That’s strange, I recall heavy with cragblade netting more AR overall - I didn’t know sacred had passive bonuses on the guard counter!
@@Jordienit's probably because the counter shockwave that it does, does holy damage and the weapon originally scales with faith so it would make sense.
I think it's because of how damage types and scaling works in Elden Ring. If your weapon deals any holy damage, it'll scale with your faith stat by default. Since it doesn't have any faith scaling on its own, adding the scaling gives a huge boost to the holy damage
Yea infusing the blade with holy over heavy is a ton more damage . You could also buff it with holy grease for even more damage.
Edit: the way i worded it originally made it look like i said to holy grease a sacred hammer but you cant do that you have to do it to heavy or normal as it already has double holy from the infusion. Just to clarify i do realize you cant do that lol
Actually heavy infused with sacred order blade incantion nets the highest ar, if I remember you need to use the gods layer seal. Basically the weapon buff scales heavily into your faith scaling, and you can keep the heavy scaling as well. By dipping into strength and faith you also buff the golden aoe of the guard counter.
I remember the ar being close to 1400 outside the dlc
Overall against most bosses I get 2.6k dmg on guard counters
This type of video has potential to be like French tomahawks fallout 4 runs or Slasher342 don’t starve op guides, the editing brings me back.
the jojo music during the lion intro was well appreciated
Bro think he Radagon😭
*Watches first 20 seconds
Yup, new favorite channel just dropped.
i really like these elden ring videos, the setups and builds showcased are actually unique, creative and powerful, thank you for making them and for being a good youtuber
Thank you very much!
bro thats like cheating, my favourite youtube yapper essayist said its all just about rolling 10 billion times
Who, youwy?
Theo?
Who lmao
11
And windows goes like "beep beep dodo liep"
This run is a masterpiece. I just bought the dlc and will be doing this soon
Good luck and have fun!
Idk if it’s still bugged in Xbox. But the knight that drops this doesn’t….
I enjoyed watching this. Great video!
Thank you!
if u had infused this hammer with sacred, your guard counter dmg would be way higher
Super job sur ta vidéo, excellent !!!! Continues comme ça ✌️
amazing editing and music selection, really reminds me of ymfah
I did a similar thing but instead of mainly Str I used mainly Faith with a Sacred infusion. You've got 70 Str and 30 Faith, but that means when you two hand it you've got 885 Total damage, with 772 from Phys and 112 coming from Holy. But if you swap it and do a sacred infusion you can do 304 Phys and 541 from Holy, for a total of 845 damage, which outpaces the standard damage using the Scorpion Charm without even two-handing the weapon, meaning you can use an actual shield and both take less damage and use less stamina. Not to mention that you can just buff yourself with Sacred Blade and do even more damage on top of that.
When twohanding, you should really only go up to 54 Strength anyway, unless you're continuing to level over whatever RL completes your build. You hit the softcap for Strength at 54, so every point after that is severely diminishing returns. This only applies to twohanding, the softcap is still 80 otherwise.
@@Kanaleah COunterpoint: 80 in Faith AND Strength
Wow, Monster Dance fits Shadow Keep to a T. Impressive editing, thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
a documentary of my playthrough. this hammer was so addicting. I wish there were more weapons with this gimmick, like the cleanrot spear doing the aow effect on guard counter, or just more black knight weapons in general. I literally deflected every single hit of consort its so funny 😩 and the little "dink!" noise from perfect blocking.
8:40 "You can't parry a nuke"
"Watch this"
First video I've seen from you. Good editing.
I started a Black Knight Cosplay Run and this thing is great.
Lots of fun using this weapon
Good call going w/ Deenh - best summon in the game especially for this build because he boosts ur poise damage.
the first song and editing style feels like im back in 2016 well done
It is nostalgic for sure ikr
Killer editing on this~
wow this guy uploaded KEKEW
I honestly find this deflect tear play style makes the game harder or at least less intuitive as you just have to guess how much knock back certain attacks do and stamina becomes an actually serious concern. Not to mention it requires you to learn a different timing as it occurs on press. Still useful for some frame traps and really fast attacks though.
I like how this is essentially a whole new combat mechanic, it's going to be awesome seeing what's possible to do vs main game bosses now
It's definitely worth it
Idk, I found deflect much more manageable than dodging DLC bosses (I did use Golden Greatshield for the Sekiro 100% block tho). Yeah, some attacks have multiple speeds which fk up the guard counter. Although this made guard counter actually viable.
Anyways, what I'm trying to say is, I'm watching people dodge DLC Radahn and constantly asking myself how tf they figured out which way to dodge and how can they do then so consistently? Meanwhile, I'm just waiting for the right time to press block. Second phase with holy bombs fk up the deflects tho (since you can't guess for sure if you're in radius or not).
You can block insta kill attacks and take less damage when you hadn't yet figured out how to dodge, that alone is enough to make it a super card comparable to rolling. Plus the boosted stunning counterattack, it becomes even better than rolling.
interesting, so what you’re telling us is that learning a new way of playing is harder than continuing with a way of playing you’re already skilled at
Jesus! These edit is immaculate 🫡
I was just thinking, wow we need another perfectly balanced Jordien experience!
Happy to deliver!
That's actually pretty cool , i got the item mid dlc but i didn't read it well so i thought it's just a boost to guarding
If anyone is wondering, the song they used at 2:42 is Can You Feel My Heart by Bring Me The Horizon
My left index finger kept twitching when the sekiro deflect sound played
Good video, Jordien!
Bro got really good editing skills, just like those big UA-camrs, I believe u will get famous soon🎉
Thanks!
I love that arguably one of the best new builds is accessible from the very start of the DLC
That ability must be defoult option on relize without any consumables. FS try to balance boss with status overdanage, but all what they need - working defence ability(
Got that digital devil saga soundtrack/ Persona 💯
Peak fashion, peak music, 10/10
10/10. Quality bonk material.
This is peak gaming
BAYLE
@@Jordien CURSE YOU, BAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I HEREBY WOW, YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY.
BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR, AND I, IGONNNNNNN.
YOUR FEARS MADE FLESH.
SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE, FOUL DRAGONNNNN.
BUT I WILL RIDDLE WITH HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE.
WITH A HAIL OF HARPOOOOONS
WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEEEING
UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Well edited. I should bonk more
Thanks!
only 607 views??? The editing is so good (the pacing too), and little details like the parry sounds are everywhere!
Glad you appreciate it! I stayed up way too late at night editing in all those sekiro deflect sounds haha
@@Jordien 100% worth it!
@@Jordienah, but the message edit was worth it for sure
@@Jordien well I even thought that it was a mod at one point!
i had a feeling they were going to make holy damage viable, and they did. Praise the fingers
The fact most DLC enemies/bosses are weak to holy in this occult Land of Shadows helps a lot!
I'm 99% certain they sometimes intentionally have the bosses whiff to throw you off and leave you wide open.
just made a new wretch that i want to continue using bonk for the entirety (probably will use golden halberd to rush mohg and radahn before lvl 50).
had trouble deciding what bonk to use for dlc and end game. now i am decided. having a great hammer this big but the speed in not being colossal is awesome. using the warcry charged r2 is also really fun, could be a great build to follow up counters with if use both axe and curved sword talisman
I just beat Consort Radahn with my own build. I beat him once before with the shield cheese, but this time I actually played the game.
Yes I used the mimic tear, but it didn’t end up doing very much because it got grabbed 2 times in phase two which insta killed it.
I used the Dark Moon Greatsword at +9 for my weapon. Lords divine protection was great for surviving and I used KLS for when he out of reach.
Well I wasn't planning on a 6th playthrough, but I guess I am now because I've got a new build to try.
That tear should've been a default mechaninc in the game change my mind.
Clicked on for the JSRF soundtrack
FYI - Stormhawk Deenh’s buff doesn’t stack with Golden Vow.
That's true! I decided to summon him last second for Golden Hippo, after applying my regular buffs
Does with Cragblade and it's beautiful
ANNIHILATION at 9:50 Perfect
I guess I owe you a subscribe since I just switched to this build
Damn, sick video. Now I'm excited to make a Sekiro build.
Im doing almost the same thing you are, but with greatshield counters, but this looks more fun.
Love your video... can i know what's Ash of War did u use on that hammer?
Cragblade! Adds more physical damage and stance damage to the weapon
Imagine if there was a Havel set, it would’ve been perfect. like an ancient dragon stone armor or sumthin’
As a Sekiro player, i go haha at funny video, new sub 👍
This tear becomes so much harder to use on NG+7 due to the massive stamina damage, you aught to try it lmao. I gotta use brass shield or better with it to make it so I don’t get instantly guard broken on a deflect.
🎉🎉🎉 great video
super underrated
YOU CAN DEFLECT ALL OF THAT STUFF? oh boy... im turning new game+ into sekiro 2
I know right!
lmao this was hilarious, great vid (pls send me all the music you used)
I put the music in description my friend
00:34 - took damage. I thought you were a skilled player 😂
Obvious sarcasm to anyone who couldn't tell...
I call this the 2 braincells build - one to deflect and the other to counter. Dodging/hp management doesn’t compute
Not only an amazing video, but a great build idea. I've never shown this hammer some love. Just another excuse to play the game again.
But remember: dex is easy mode.
i used to believe that dex and int are just the easy mode until i beat the game in 4 hours using iron balls with nothing but vigor.
Sneakman is PEAK
Wow that was cool!
In my first run I went to Cerulean coast very early, but on my next time I just couldn't find the way there and jumped down there from charos hidden grave after killing bayle late into the run lol
I use The Giant Crusher with
royal knight's resolve i have four one Fire crusher, Holy crusher, Ice Crusher and the last Heavy Crusher Talisman Curve Blade, Two Handschword, Greatschild Dragon, and Greatschild
Whatta badass build and great fashion
Ending made me LOL
7:39
hahaha galaxy brain move!!
Nice bonk my dude
Thank you kindly
Should’ve used royal knight resolve for juicy numbers on the counters.
That’s a good option true, but my heart lies with Cragblade and its stance damage bonus
Did something similar with heavy executioner axe with Cragblade except I doubled down on just smashing.
With Deenh's War Cry you get even more stance damage. Some good ass damage all around with deflect as well. Settled on Surgeon talisman for a higher burst average 😂.
Yep! I did the exact same build in a previous run, it’s dope
Good video ❤❤❤
Welcome to Hammer Indusries...
That was fun to watch
Should have edited the parts where radahn is swinging from normal speed to super slow motion. 🐌
Mouse and keyboard is crazy
That's how I play all Souls games!
i beat pre nerf radahn with mkb and i can certify it is a good choice and as good as controller, its just that people dont give it a choice, heck even let me solo her is an mkb player
@@creeperYT9824when I beat pre-nerf PCR with mkb my left hand sore for 2 days...
@@creeperYT9824 Just proved my point youre all crazy 😭 I dont think Let me solo her has a shred of sanity left in his body
@@Jordien Respect though I would get parkingsons and break my left hand if I played Elden Ring with m&k 😂
Music at 1:20?
The Pillarman theme from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2 Battle Tendencies. Samuel Kim's remix sounds cooler tho in my opinion. But both are amazing.
Someone's about to discover JoJo.
I think it's that Turn Down For What song mixed in too lol
Where did you go, man? One of my favorite ER UA-camrs just disappeared😢
2:16 PERSONA 4 MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️
I could never get the deflect to work. Just couldn’t figure out the timing
You can probably add the wolf crest shield to this build since that mf has like 73 guard boost for no reason
Sacred blade is way too good on this weapon.
clicked for the elden bling, stayed for the elden bling... I'm sorry i'm just a simple man
A simple man of taste
Wish they didnt feel the need to constrain such a fun tool to such an arbitrary timelimit, would've been much better as like a passive great rune effect. Not like a time limit does much since graces are so plentiful regardless and no boss fights gonna last longer than 4 minutes, and the fact that the only drawback is so easily subverted doesnt make it a good thing when the subversion isnt as fun as the alternative of just not having a time limit in the first place.
I would bet for a Talisman instead of a great rune, farming runes are boring Imo. And for such fun thing, better to always have It.
@@JoseViktor4099 To each there own, I'd rather give up the great rune slot than the talisman slot, since there isnt any great rune that synergizes with Deflection anyways, but there are PLENTY of talismans that compliment blocking, guard countering and critical hits
I knew from the start this video was secretly a JoJo reference
Its been about a month and i still cant find out how to get to midra
Sacred BONK
Yeah Persona OST 🎉
Relatable experience
Waving it around like a piece of paper - here's my hall pass!
THERES A COOL ANIMATION FOR COUNTERS?
JET SET RADIOOOOOO!
You know it!
FUNNY FRENCH MAN UPLOADED
4:26 satisfying.
They had it coming
Someone who actually completed dlc with deflects, so I actually interested in your opinion. Do you think it would be better if they give you an ability to deflect with a talisman rathen then with a tear? And how overall convenient it was to use this mechanic as a tear effect?
Deflects are incredibly strong, since they neutralize enemy attacks while actively building up a devastating counter, compared to regular dodging which is only defensive. So as much as it would be awesome to have the effect permanently through a talisman, FromSoft would likely nerf its effect for balance, like reducing its damage absorption or the strength of the guard counter. I wouldn’t be surprised if they went too far and removed the fun or viability out of deflects. Right now the 5 mins tear effect is great for bossfights and miniboss fights, but areas wise you can only have a good uptime if you move in a straight path between graces. So good for NG+ or a second playthrough when you know where to go, less so for exploration
Lies of the Elden Tree or Shadows of P?
Nice.
Bro you should make a video on devonia's hammer the ash of war is so fun it's insane and I hit like 10k on a ghost flame dragon with a normal build
Interesting 👀
What am I missing with this? I have this exact build, i can occasionally guard counter him, but I still take damage blocking Radahn's attacks
Simultaneous worst and best thing about this dlc is i dont think ill ever be able to play this game again without a deflect build
It’s just so fun!
What was the talismans you used for this weapon ?
They’re shown in the intro sequence + in description