Nobody knows if it’s bugged or not. The people that have said its bugged used it, realized it didn’t work how they thought it would and just ran with it. There has been a bug hotfix and a patch that fixed various bugs since this video was dropped and it hasn’t been touched, so as far as anyone knows it’s intended to work how it does.

this is not bugged bruh, if not in the recent patch they would have been nerfed

😂 panic rolls man, it’s an epidemic.

That Ash of War isnt the best in 1v1 but man, its annoying in ganks. Lasts so long and has so many stuns while doing chip damage.

Clicked like just cuz you pointed that out. Childhood nostalgia triggered

Jesus Christ it can buff storm arrows?!? Forgive me for I must go and kill myself to divine beast at lvl 60 rq

I have made a drake knight, a true carian knight of rellana, and i had made a swordhand of night but damn, that drip is even better than the actual armor of night AND i didnt realize the new arrows reach talisman and the stormwing arrows were so good 😂

Can it buff golem arrows?

@@sirrealism7300 imma also testit but gorgonzola seems to think so and with that dmg, I have no reason to not believe him

@sirrealism7300 surprisingly it does not

I just had to show that clip of the Rolling Sparks guy 🤣

Holy moley it's evil talal, are you gonna be using the perfumer with the new perfume bottles inshallal?

@@Shmeky. Inshallah, it must be done. It would be as dishonorable as my alter ego to not do it lmao

@@Zola_The_GorgonI gotta ask, which bow did you put fan shot on?

@@honedWOLFman it’s not an AoW you can put on bows. It’s only on Ansbach’s Bow

Also you should really try the uncharted version of witching hour slash considering its faster with good combo potential with an r1 true combo.

@@m.s6832 ahhh I didn’t know it went into r1, thanks for the info! 😁

@@Zola_The_Gorgon Np lad

@@cerebrallag7672 Concealing Veil not Blue dancer. That’s weird, when I tested it, there definitely seemed to be a boost to damage. Maybe there was something else affecting my numbers, But I didn’t know the rest of that. Thanks for the info

@@Zola_The_Gorgon oh yeah concealing makes more sense. and yeah I tested it and when using the ash of war I did the same damage with and without it.

Dang dude, I’m sorry to hear that. Console has been feeling pretty good rn. Idk what they did with the patch but since then latency and lag haven’t been much of an issue, at least to my experience. Glad you enjoyed the video though! 😁

I'm on ps5 and some ppl are also crazy laggy and the PvP balance is still a joke But it's fun mostly ^^

@@Zola_The_Gorgon I might give it a shot but I can only handle so much latency between me and the person I am connected too. I love this game, but top that off with people running bleed builds constantly making it such a pain in the ass to even fight lol.

​@@llawlied6902I used to invade all the time in ds3. Elden ring pvp has almost never been fun for me. It's too unbalanced. Can't tell you how many people have killed me with all the new cheese. And if they can't they break out the serpent hunter wheel exploit. So I just started blocking anyone who does it.

I genuinely believe it is internet connection. I play on a 5 year old PC and have nearly no latency issues on my end. Same with playing on my roommates new Xbox, which I do a lot out of ease. I even still play on an old Xbox one that I have set up in my kitchen and don't have issues.

Lion bois head also boosts them. If you don't mind running around with a MASSIVE helmet on

@@SpacificNocean I do mind. Style over practicality

Preceptor’s gloves

@@Zola_The_Gorgon thanks!!

Hey me neither but here we are 😆

What backwards logic, if you're invading someone you literally deserve to get ganked, you invaded, they did not ask for PvP or to be invaded, don't wanna be ganked? Do PvP in the arena.

⁠@@Hahayouauckdude he’s saying it’s funny how after two years some people haven’t figured out invaders and phantoms spawn in with Invincibility. No need for a rant, invasions are a mechanic and we, the invader the obstacle. That’s how it’s always been and will be.

@@Zola_The_Gorgon Doesn't mean it's an enjoyable feature, some of ya'll invaders are mad annoying and live only to be that way. 🤔

​@nutsack918 Stop bitching. By playing the game online, and with summons, you're acknowledging that invaders can and likely will appear in your world. If that bothers you this much, I think you're playing the wrong game, or need to pull the plug entirely.

@@Hahayouauck It's a highly enjoyable feature for many. Why do you think From Software is consistent I'm putting it in their games. Go play Monster Hunter if all you want is Co Op. Maybe you should just try to invade. You never know. You may find it enjoyable. Invasions can give you some of the most chaotic but highly dynamic gameplay that you can't get from just the pve. Learning how to use your environment, learning counters to other players' play styles? It's just fun, my guy. Making a mean build and getting into a villain mindset is fun. It's also a way to reveal just how far you can test the game's combat in a lot of different ways. People tend to settle in their comfortable way of fighting the enemy AI, but fighting a human player who is good at the game forces you to adapt and get better as well.

Pretty sure it’s a mod

@@Lilacropolis nope, i already research it, if you mod itu you wont be able to play online, ITS confesor helmet and ainsbach armor

@@yenilim2770 damn the color look different I don’t think texture mods get flagged by anti cheat I’ve seen plenty of people do it in ds2 and 3

I’m on Ps5, it’s because as an invader with the trick mirror on you get a slight red tint. It’s very noticeable in some areas and on darker armors Also sorry for not answering, I never seen your comment.

@@Zola_The_Gorgon ahh it looks dope!

That game was my childhood

My pleasure!

Honestly I don’t think one is better than the other. At 138 you can connect to people at 125 (which is the meta level I.e. dueling, tournaments etc.) and 150 (which is where a decent amount of players sit. And personally I’ve never noticed a difference besides the 50 or so extra levels of versatility. It’s just a pretty fun and active level bracket to invade in and I’ve noticed quite a few streamers trying it out so I’m feeling like I’m on to something lol. Also no, not that I’m aware of at least on your side. I believe when you invade you’re affected by the hosts blessing level

@Thee_Gorgonzola OK I'll level myself up to 200 to try it out

@@royalgreed4499 if you’re ever unsure you can always backup your save with the cloud on ps5 or even just a usb on pc. That way if you don’t like it you can revert no hassle. I do this a lot, it helps with the limited larval tears. 😁

The evil grin I made when I saw I was doing around 700-1,000 dmg… you would’ve thought I was the grinch lol

@@wubwubdododo5656 do tell, I’m all for improvements 😁

@@Zola_The_Gorgon Well mainly I'd only level dex to 80,since past the hardcap you don't get much more damage. Same with endurance to 50. The I'd reinvest those points into mind and int to 26 to be able to cast Miriam's vanishing, amazing spell that's still withing theme. I'd also exchange the storm tailsman for Alexander's shard, more damage for all ash of wars instead of only the bows. And then the veil for great jar for light roll, but that's a personal preference

I can respect it, it’s hard out there for the bad red man

@Thee_Gorgonzola I can see that😭 That's why I vow to never partake in ganking activities (specifically, the taunter's tongue activated ones), unless the situation calls for it. I'd just be a hypocrite b*tching about how bad the ganks are only to start doing the same shit myself lmao

I didn’t know at the time it was a grab lol

@@Zola_The_Gorgon It goes through I frames as well with a phantom hit

@@m.s6832yeah it’s buggy but the worst part abt it is the insane damage💀

@@m.s6832 In short, sword is buggy. Stay far away when you see it go out.

I was honestly surprised when I tested it, but this was the highest pure physical damage I could get out of the e bows AoW. It’s still does insane damage w/o the storm arrows, and I didn’t think to try status arrows till just now 😅

@@Scott.E.H Well first of all I’m always gonna have on Furled Finger Trick-Mirror and Concealing veil equipped, they are pretty much required or at least imho. A majority of the time it’s a patience game, waiting for the perfect time to get a cheeky kill or separation. Defenses can be an issue since you usually want a fashion that blends in well with surroundings. There’s also not very many armor setups that have a decent poise amount while also looking stealthy. Also there’s like a 50/50 chance that spawns will just ruin what you’re trying to do so it’s good to have something that can deal with that (This video in particular kinda shows what I mean). I’m not gonna lie by saying that it isn’t difficult, it can be but the fun of it overshadows all of that at least for me. TLDR: stalk from a distance, and wait for what you think will be an opportune time to strike. Patience is your best friend. I hope that is helpful 😁

That’s a cool idea lol. Make sure to say “SLOPPY!” After every win

Heat of the moment, I definitely cut it close.

Understandable.

I loved the dlc. I like how even though it’s very open a lot of the areas are interconnected. I’ve played through it on three different characters now and each one has found a spot that connects to an area that I didn’t know it would. And it’s so scenic (I like the ruins area the most). As for the final boss… I don’t know how many times he handed my cheeks back to me on a silver platter. I won’t lie, the first playthrough I fought him took a couple days 😅 Also I agree, the throwing daggers are nice but the rapier dagger was very underwhelming

@@Zola_The_Gorgon while i really liked and appreciate the finger ruins, i really expected something to do in there, feels like a bit of a waste to go to such a cool place and leave after 2 minutes lol, prolly my fav zone was the madness swamp, really cool to see fs doing new things, actually felt a bit scared and midra is such a cool boss

Silver scarab, farm the three hawks in stormveil

@@Zola_The_Gorgon ok i tried this build and oh my god, im doing like 2/3 of peoples health in 1 ash of war shot, also i found a really good stormhawk feather farm in farum azula, like 8 per minute.

Not really, I’ve used this character to make quite a lot of builds, but I have always found Hero a pretty versatile class to make builds on so long as you don’t need Int

@@TryAgain9999 lol I’m a bit excessive. It’s at lvl 200 so you could honestly throw those levels anywhere. But I giggle a little every time I see that 99 on the stat screen.

*viable because of a ridiculous bug that it's almost hard to believe it could have been missed prior to launch until you remember this is from software we're talking about. prepare to be nerfed

@@ToxicallyMasculinelolI mean maybe it should be? Then again I’m not the arbiter on such information but most of the people it does a lot of damage on don’t have high defenses (based off their armor). Against a setup you see most high lvl players using it only does about 400 dmg, which is a lot don’t get me wrong but I wouldn’t call that broken

@@ToxicallyMasculinelol yes storm buffing talisman buffing storm arrows is a bug yes yes

@@xsaytinx4495 just the arrows

@@Zola_The_Gorgon okay man thanks now I know I got to farm the arrows

It’s from the dlc, you have to complete an npcs quest line for them 😁

@@Zola_The_Gorgon thanks boss, I think I might know who, is it from a certain monk?

@@gluwmy2260 more like masked old bearded man

@@Zola_The_Gorgon Ohhhh thanks boss

I gotchu 🤫🤐

No I’ve been getting them near instantly. I’m on PlayStation so that could be a factor.

I’ve done that too but with the greatbow instead. If you use the great golden arrows you can shoot them at your feet for a golden vow buff and it can help a bit. :)

@Thee_Gorgonzola the sword of epitaph is actually a great buff for bow builds since each arrow shot gets 25 faith damage so on arrows specially it's basically a 25% buff

It’s because of the Rya walk. It’s a tech where you crouch and swap weapons at the same time. It lets you sprint at full speed while crouched. Nice lil tech

@@DeividSantos12 I can start doing that. I’ll list them off in the description next time too.

Honestly, I don’t know if it’s the best option but it has pretty consistent results from my experience. And idk how well it would work against more than one player using it, that might be game over 😢

you can use backstep talisman to dodge it pretty reliably. look I understand peoples desire to nerf it, I do, but are we not allowed to have fun anime shit that actually functions? I genuinely hope if it gets nerfed its a pvp only nerf.

This is very useful information, thank you! And I half agree with you. Granted I haven’t even thought about using it yet it seems…overtuned. But it’s early and I’m certain people will find more and more consistent counters to it.

​@@ShadowAraun it needs a cooldown, at least for the aftershock

could always just wait for a nerf before pvping. I'm not even doing invasions till there's a patch, considering there's lots of pve content to get through, and considering the generally broken state of pvp balance with lots of objectively broken stuff that everyone is using, across the spectrum from casual to tryhard. main issues for me are the presence of several bugs (or really just misconfigured animations) that allow weapons to do many times the damage of a normal weapon or even kill you with minimal counterplay at low latency, _without_ any of the difficulty/complexity of existing balance-shattering bugs like 9822 or chainsaw, which served as a "barrier to entry" to ensure that the vast majority of players you encountered did not use such bugs, so when you did encounter it, you could take it in stride, knowing the next match would be different. and the broken items are _everywhere_ right now, everyone is using them without even necessarily trying to exploit the glitches because it just so happens that many of the coolest looking weapons/abilities are also the most broken lol. even if there _was_ a counter for all of it, I'd still rather play after most of it is patched, before I get burned out on elden ring again. and there isn't _really_ a counter for all of it, besides "heavily restrict your build choices" and "git gud." personally, I had already maxed out the fire knight's greatsword before I noticed that it had a true combo that one-shot most players at 125 without 60 vigor + morgott's rune. it just looked cool, I didn't even bother to look it up since I could tell from the moveset it was going to be garbage in pvp just like all the other post-nerf colossal swords. turns out I overestimated from soft's QA team and unwittingly killed a bunch of players with an inescapable one-shot combo. I played a lot of dark souls, so I still have a bad habit of instinctively R1ing twice after the first hit. I especially facepalm when I do it with slow weapons. so for week 1 of SOTE, I had been wondering why nobody seemed to be dodging my 2nd swing. find out later, from a youtube video, the weapon was bugged and I must have been ruining the experience for a bunch of casual players and making them rage quit for a week straight. in other words, it'd be one thing if you had to go out of your way and perform some precise timing to break the game, since that has already been the status quo for a long time, with obscenely powerful exploits that anyone can technically use, provided they know what to do, invest the time to master it, and are degenerate enough to actually grief another player with it. but at the moment, there are thousands of players like me just wandering around unknowingly performing a glitch that does the same damage as the chainsaw glitch (your full healthbar) in most cases, albeit with more counterplay (easier to dodge). or trapping you in swift slash hell, or one-shotting you with lightning perfume, bleeding you in one R2 with a giant chicken wing, or one of a dozen other things. anyway, wishing that a completely broken weapon is not nerfed because it's fun anime shit is just... 🤦‍♀ there is no pvp-only fix for this. the problem with swift slash is not how much damage or poise damage it does to players, it's not some simple numeric value that can be adjusted for players only, it's the fundamentals of the attack animation. it's just a badly designed ability. there's no telegraph on the dash, the player completely disappears for a moment, the hitbox is ridiculously long and wide, the slash flurry that follows is even _less_ telegraphed (you know it comes some short period after the dash, but how long after? there's no buildup to it, the slash just appears suddenly and is already doing damage), the damage is very high for such a low-commitment, low-risk attack, the slash flurry applies status effects from the weapon, the slash flurry bypasses shields because its hitbox is ALL AROUND YOU, and just to make everything 10 times worse, there's almost no time between recovering from the first swift slash to doing it a 2nd time, making it perhaps the most spammable ash of war that does damage. so, how do you address any of that for pvp only? I agree with you that, all things being equal, if possible, within reason, nerfs done for the sake of pvp balance should only impact pvp. but the important keywords there are "all things being equal," "if possible," and "within reason." in this case it's just not possible. and really, that same logic could be applied to the chainsaw glitch. is the chainsaw glitch okay for PVE? is it okay that you can kill any boss in milliseconds because of the developer's mistake? of course not. they clearly didn't intend the chainsaw glitch, they've tried to fix it many times and have just failed to close all avenues. swift slash isn't as obviously unintentional, but I do think we'll see a nerf, and it's very likely it will be nerfed in PVE too, because this game doesn't have pvp-only animations, and it's the animations that are broken. and from soft won't lose any sleep over nerfing it in pve, for the same reason they nerfed the terra magicka cerulean hidden tear laser spam builds in the leadup to the DLC. and it's not because they don't want us to have nice things - they clearly spent quite a lot of effort creating these highly autistic light greatsword animations because they want us to enjoy fun anime shit. PVE balance is just as important as PVP balance, arguably even more important because there are a lot more players playing PVE. from one perspective, it is disappointing for it to be nerfed in PVE, because it isn't really that good in PVE. what's powerful about it is specifically powerful against small enemies that can be stun locked, especially humans who are susceptible to psychological warfare (which this AoW constitutes IMO). so would you even really use it in PVE? there are many more damaging moves you could be using that would be more effective against bosses. so what I'm getting at is, if you enjoy this particular ash so much that you even use it in PVE, then maybe you'll still enjoy it after it's been nerfed?

This bow eats arrows like a minigun too lol. I ate up all my arrows in like 4 invasions and had to backsave. Buying them would be a blessing

@@Zola_The_Gorgon Isnt it wild we still didn't get a reagents vendor?

@VulkanHunter at least we can buy string now lol

It’s Concealing Veil not blue dancers

@@Zola_The_Gorgon ahh sorry thanks for clarifying, dope build been looking for some motivation to try a bow build again.

I’ve been getting nonstop invasions ever since the dlc came out. Before that there would be some times where I’d have to wait but it wasn’t ever long. Personally I don’t notice much of a difference between the two brackets but 200 is very fun

You sure? Here’s the setup I have: Ansbach’s Longbow +10, 18 str 99 dex, and the two talismans that buff it Arrows soaring sting talisman and Enraged Beast Talisman (can me subbed for Shard of Alexander if you don’t have storm arrows) and that’s it no other buffs. Some of the hits are headshots so that could be a factor plus the varying defenses of people. If you’re talking about the damage numbers at the end stat screen you can pretty much ignore that (those are because of the scaduetree fragments)

@@Zola_The_Gorgon haa i see ty alot! yea i was wondering about the dmg numbers at the end stats screen haha, ty alot ^^

10% that and 8% with the arrow talisman. The thing is I think it could go even further but I love my two other talismans to give them up… oddly enough the Beast talisman doesn’t stack with Alexander’s, I find that really weird

@@Zola_The_Gorgon That is weird. I've also done testing with the 2 handed Talisman a couple days ago, and it also doesn't buff bow damage. I suppose it makes sense, considering it would literally be better than the Arrows sting, but still stinks it doesn't work on bows.

my understanding is that it's only doing that damage because of a bug that causes that particular animation to apply the full damage of ALL the spread arrows to any individual arrow. so whether you're hit at point blank by all the arrows or hit from like 30 meters by just 1 of the arrows, you still take the full damage. though obviously there are other boosts going on here, it's clear that if this bug were fixed, in most of the cases in this video the damage would vastly reduced, from e.g. 500 to more like 50.

Stormwing Bone Arrows

Crafting and lots of farming

Confessor Hood, Ansbach’s Robes(DLC), Preceptor’s gloves, and Thiollier’s Boots(DLC)

Hmmm, you’re cutting it close but yeah you should be fine! Seven levels wouldn’t change the bracket you’re in.

For like all the bows? Besides Radahn’s Greatbow and Serpent Bow I think the dlc bows outclass all of the base game ones. Igon’s can one shot people with the ash but so can Radahn’s most of the time. I’d probably say Ansbach’s is the best default bow for damage if you have 43 dex. But if you’re wanting to apply status you can’t go wrong with the serpent bow. And personally I really like the horn bow, it just looks cool.

@@Zola_The_Gorgon I like Radahn's greatbow too. For dlc, I used Bone bow, cause its tracking is really nice just like the new cannon. It is hard to compare Ansbach's bow with the new aow fan arrows, since I can put that aow on any bow I like. Oh, I also forget the machine gun pulley bow, that can proc status quite fast in PVE.

@@ConsciousQ2 with just the bow? personally no, I mean you might get a few cheap wins but it’s pretty easy to dodge. Against someone that knows what to do it would be difficult.

Confessor Hood, Ansbach’s Robes(DLC), Preceptor’s gloves, and Thiollier’s Boots(DLC)

@@Zola_The_Gorgon is there a reason it all looks reddish brown instead of deep black? or is that just the invader effect

@@Saint-Soren invader effect. I believe it’s because of the trick mirror. Though Sometimes it looks more red that other times which is odd.

Ansbach’s Longbow

@@Zola_The_Gorgon ahh yeh that one is nice. You use the Talisman for stealth while crouching aswell?

@@atalasstefano62 yessir. It’s probably my favorite talisman, and really good against far away mages.

@@Zola_The_Gorgon Aye, i use it for invasions myself. Btw, the bow is scaling the same with str and dex? i think you get more dmg out of it if u go 50 str/50 dex. after u hit 60 dex (softcap) u get less dmg out of each point, while u get more from the other =)

True. The only reason I have 99 dex is for the claws and katana since they have no str scaling and high dex. But if you wanted to focus the bow definitely do a split.

Ansbach’s armor

Ansbach with confessor hood

It definitely would do more with a better split. Originally this build was more focused on the katana and claws… but then I got the bow lol

@@Zola_The_Gorgon maybe adding the spear talisman on top and using a trusting weapon with quality infusion could maximize how many equipment benefits from the talismans

REAL

I farmed the three storm hawks near the grace in stormveil. It took some time so after I was done I backed up my save for when I ran out.

I want to go home… and edgelord

Ansbach’s

The sword was the sword of night. The bow was ansbachs bow. I think hes also using the claws of night as well. Armor is confessors hood and ansbachs set

Ansbach’s with confessor hood