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Skeleton Militia Ashes

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Skeletal+Militiaman+Ashes

They just keep reviving if bosses don't hit them on the ground. They don't really do squat for damage but constantly annoy bosses for aggro.



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I am a Samurai,I have a fully maxed Nagakiba and Uchi that have bleed,maybe I change the Naga from left to right hand now,I have Rivers of blood but I would need to respec,same with Moonveil...my problem is probably vigor,3 hits and I am dead...ill post my stats in a few but its mostly Dex/End/Vigor and the last 5 levels I pumped strenght.I am using spinning slash but I could retry the blood one its just the wind up is so much slower then spinning slash...

 

[DPB]

Did they nerf Rock Sling in the last patch? I'm fighting a dragon and it doesn't seem to doing any posture damage anymore, it used to be my go to spell as it would break them in 3 or 4 casts.

 

[Arctic Chris]

All I can say about that is that the boss as the end of Azula is much harder, won't spoil it other than it's pretty much the peak of bosses that don't give you a second to rest

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I found the Draconic Knight to be far more difficult. Very narrow area to fight in with few options for a breather. Constantly attempting to stay on the shield side of the knight was exhausting and simply not possible for me depending on where the knight and the horse was positioned. Move away for a potion and get hit with lightning. Staying in constant close combat was very doable with my Strength character with shield and heavy armour. Not so easy with my Astrologer.

I found the next boss quite easy in comparison, once as an Astrologer (with Tiche) and a second run through, as a Strength character, no summons (ash or otherwise). Those three "columns" in the battle area provide great cover for kiting, or simply breathing space to quaff a health potion.

 

[EatChildren]

I stuck with Skeleton Militia Ashes for like 90%+ of the game. Not because they're useful for damage, but because having two enemies that respawn continually unless they're given a deathblow when downed meant I had two additional sources of aggro at almost all times, allowing me to take opportune heavy attacks and poise break. They accompanied my greatsword + shield STR build beautifully.

Until the end game, where I swapped them out for Black Knife Tiche, who just fucking rips the shit out of everything.

 

[Kromeo]

I found the Draconic Knight to be far more difficult. Very narrow area to fight in with few options for a breather. Constantly attempting to stay on the shield side of the knight was exhausting and simply not possible for me depending on where the knight and the horse was positioned. Move away for a potion and get hit with lightning. Staying in constant close combat was very doable with my Strength character with shield and heavy armour. Not so easy with my Astrologer.

I found the next boss quite easy in comparison, once as an Astrologer (with Tiche) and a second run through, as a Strength character, no summons (ash or otherwise). Those three "columns" in the battle area provide great cover for kiting, or simply breathing space to quaff a health potion.

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My build was mostly based around blocking with greatshield which didn't really work against him, I think I found him the third hardest in the game behind Mohg at no. 1 then Malenia at 2

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Chaos2Frozen, we seem to be at the some point in the game. lol. Finally got to Malenia last night for the first time and yeah, she's some shit, in a good way though. I'm not hating battling her. I would say I'm enjoying battling her. Aside from Waterfowl, her first phase feels kinda like the fight against Lady Maria in Bloodborne. Only saw her 2nd phase a few times before hitting the bed and jeez initially that doesn't look like it's going be fun at all. Haha.

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lol, I was able to get her to 2nd phase on my own power as a proof of concept, but subsequently I tried summoning Tyche who does speed things up but doesn't necessarily bring me success. One bad decision during waterfowl is enough to ruin the run.

I'm thinking I'll just finish up the rest of the game and then really hunker down and grind her out, only left 2-3 more main story bosses.

 

[venom slime]

Started a fresh run today instead of going for NG+. Gonna preserve my other save for when there's DLC (fingers crossed!).

Went with bandit this time around. Want to make full use of item crafting, greases, bows and whatnot.

Thinking of experimenting a bit with daggers / whips. Want to fully avoid katanas (not really my cup of tea). Anyone got any tips for a dex/arcane build?

 

[Jamesways]

Started a fresh run today instead of going for NG+. Gonna preserve my other save for when there's DLC (fingers crossed!).

Went with bandit this time around. Want to make full use of item crafting, greases, bows and whatnot.

Thinking of experimenting a bit with daggers / whips. Want to fully avoid katanas (not really my cup of tea). Anyone got any tips for a dex/arcane build?

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Dual Twinblade frost bleed works well with dex/arc. But everyone does that aside from katanas.

 

[BrightLightLava]

Everyone talks about Malenia,Godskin Duo but what about this fucker in Azula and he is not optional...really From ?

Spoiler: late Boss

No Horse and no Summon for the Draconic Tree Sentinel...? jesus christ,I cant do this and im level 150.

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You can run past them straight to the fog gate. It's a bit stressful, but doable.

 

[platypotamus]

Did they nerf Rock Sling in the last patch? I'm fighting a dragon and it doesn't seem to doing any posture damage anymore, it used to be my go to spell as it would break them in 3 or 4 casts.

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Seemed fine to me against dragons last night. Make sure you are target locked to their head rather than another body part or it takes more hits to stagger I think

 

[tmdorsey]

lol, I was able to get her to 2nd phase on my own power as a proof of concept, but subsequently I tried summoning Tyche who does speed things up but doesn't necessarily bring me success. One bad decision during waterfowl is enough to ruin the run.

I'm thinking I'll just finish up the rest of the game and then really hunker down and grind her out, only left 2-3 more main story bosses.

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My most success has been with my +10 Mimic, of course your right though Waterfowl will ruin a run in a second. I think I've got a pretty good strategy for her so I'm gonna try to grind it out and beat her before getting to the rest of the story bosses.

General question, I really hate looking up stuff and following guides when gaming but man the NPC quests are sooo damn vague in this that I feel I have no choice. Is that what most people are doing? Following guides for the side quests in the game?

 

[venom slime]

Dual Twinblade frost bleed works well with dex/arc. But everyone does that aside from katanas.

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That seems nice! I used a twinblade for a bit on my first playthrough and it was a lot of fun. Only reason I shelved it was because I eventually got the dark moon gs.

I'll give it a go. Could be useful when I need a bit more reach - thanks!

 

[Ricker]

My most success has been with my +10 Mimic, of course your right though Waterfowl will ruin a run in a second. I think I've got a pretty good strategy for her so I'm gonna try to grind it out and beat her before getting to the rest of the story bosses.

General question, I really hate looking up stuff and following guides when gaming but man the NPC quests are sooo damn vague in this that I feel I have no choice. Is that what most people are doing? Following guides for the side quests in the game?

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Yep and even then I messed up a few...I lost track of Blaaid during the whole Ranni quest...I think,someone mentionned a thing I didnt think of doing,not spoiling,but I might go and try that...

Spoiler: Blaaid quest

I went to the Evergaol where you hear him howl but didnt think of using the snapping fingers emote again,not sure if that was before Ranni or going to Nokron

 

[Deleted member 91227]

My most success has been with my +10 Mimic, of course your right though Waterfowl will ruin a run in a second. I think I've got a pretty good strategy for her so I'm gonna try to grind it out and beat her before getting to the rest of the story bosses.

General question, I really hate looking up stuff and following guides when gaming but man the NPC quests are sooo damn vague in this that I feel I have no choice. Is that what most people are doing? Following guides for the side quests in the game?

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Definitely to both. My Mimic was more useful than Tiche for getting past that boss. Still took a lot of attempts and good RNG with getting waterfowl fewer times etc.

The sidequests I don't see how many players would finish many of them without looking things up as they can be very obtuse. These games were always built around wanting players to discover things and share things with each other. I wouldn't suggest playing the whole game with a guide, but definitely think it's wise to look up guides for sidequests, Google things as needed etc. Especially for people like me who'll only do one playthrough.

 

[Barrett2]

Finished the game last night at L175 (I REALLY took my time exploring). Started new game plus, and holy hell I think I can beat it again much quicker this second play through than I was anticipating. Defeated Maragit and Godrick pretty easily. I stuck with Moonveil for most of first playthrough, so for this second run i'm gonna try to mostly use magic. My main hesitation starting new game plus was I wanted to help others fight Malenia a few times, but after seeing how quickly i'm breezing through the early game, I think I can get back to her in a few days. This game rocks.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

General question, I really hate looking up stuff and following guides when gaming but man the NPC quests are sooo damn vague in this that I feel I have no choice. Is that what most people are doing? Following guides for the side quests in the game?

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Yeah pretty much.

Initially I try not to rely on it too much but after a few critical misses (I lost my chance to get the magic scorpion tailsman) I decided not to risk it especially now that I'm in endgame.

 

[Deleted member 36054]

Lake of Rot is more like mid-game imo, unless you're doing it after you've completed the capital. You shouldn't really be getting one shot against any enemies there at 40 vigour, coz I had a similar amount of vigour while doing it and never got one-shot by anything. Are you using that trash soreseal? If yes, then flush it down the toilet, especially if you're wearing lighter armour.

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Just Juno Hoslow as an example. The fact that NPC invaders get unlimited stamina, unlimited FP, can teleport and break any poise is crazy. I feel like FS saw someone beating DS3 without getting hit and said that's not acceptable

 

[jblanco]

I would suggest doing it the opposite way. I only marked stuff I did not complete/explore/simply got stuck on. That made it very easy for me to find what I had not completed. If something was not even on my map, I knew I had to find the location and complete it. Kept my map clean and easy to find stuff.

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This is smart but also.... too late for me lol

 

[Spehornoob]

Man you can feel that speed difference with a Colossal Greatsword. Love it.

 

[Jamesways]

That seems nice! I used a twinblade for a bit on my first playthrough and it was a lot of fun. Only reason I shelved it was because I eventually got the dark moon gs.

I'll give it a go. Could be useful when I need a bit more reach - thanks!

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Godskin Peeler with Eleonora's Poleblade are just monsters with a full Dex/Arc setup. Jumping R1 while duel wielding is really OP. Add in the talismans, gear, and buffs, and you can shred bosses really fast.

 

[xChildofhatex]

Just Juno Hoslow as an example. The fact that NPC invaders get unlimited stamina, unlimited FP, can teleport and break any poise is crazy. I feel like FS saw someone beating DS3 without getting hit and said that's not acceptable

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Oh yeah, that asshole... I think I just scraped through in that fight mostly coz he ran out of heals before I did. If you have some fast, delayed tracking spells he's easier than if you take him on using melee weapons.
Bleed weapons make quick work of most humanoid enemies but he's really, really annoying so I had issues with him even with my fully upgraded Bloody Helice and blood godskin stitcher. However, at that point of the game (mountaintop of giants) I had 50 vigour so he wasn't one-shotting me.

 

[Nintenleo]

Platinumed the game last night, took me 109 hours to go through the game twice (on the second journey I used the trick to activate two endings in a single playthrough).

It's been such a great experience. Ended NG+ at level 205. It's been so weird spending 105 hours in the first playthrough while finishing the game the second time in less than 5 hours.

 

[Marengo]

So, how much 'bullshit' is in Elden Ring? By 'bullshit' I mean things in Dark Souls like the curse status effect, Lautrec killing the Ash Maiden, or Orstein & Smough. I'm not sure I can take the grief...

 

[mbpm]

Man I'm still pumped about beating M solo. Kinda want to do it again. What a sick fight to grind

 

[tjlee2]

So, how much 'bullshit' is in Elden Ring? By 'bullshit' I mean things in Dark Souls like the curse status effect, Lautrec killing the Ash Maiden, or Orstein & Smough. I'm not sure I can take the grief...

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-Curse isn't common. Only a few enemies have it and most instances can be easily nullified.

-No NPC killing npc this time around.

-Plethora of duo bosses, only one is mandatory.

 

[BloodHound]

My most success has been with my +10 Mimic, of course your right though Waterfowl will ruin a run in a second. I think I've got a pretty good strategy for her so I'm gonna try to grind it out and beat her before getting to the rest of the story bosses.

General question, I really hate looking up stuff and following guides when gaming but man the NPC quests are sooo damn vague in this that I feel I have no choice. Is that what most people are doing? Following guides for the side quests in the game?

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I'd like to meet the people who completed Ranni's entire questline without looking at a guide.

 

[DaniThePinguim]

I think Maliketh stresses me out way more than Malenia even if I just defeated him after a couple tries lol First phase is really annoying he moved away too much and it can be hard to hit him even i if you ar close

My most success has been with my +10 Mimic, of course your right though Waterfowl will ruin a run in a second. I think I've got a pretty good strategy for her so I'm gonna try to grind it out and beat her before getting to the rest of the story bosses.

General question, I really hate looking up stuff and following guides when gaming but man the NPC quests are sooo damn vague in this that I feel I have no choice. Is that what most people are doing? Following guides for the side quests in the game?

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I didn't find them that bad the main problem is that the game clearly expects a certain progression path for the player but the game being so open just means a lot of people won't do it like that lol Overall is just talking to them until they move then finding them again

 

[Kornflayx]

I'd like to meet the people who completed Ranni's entire questline without looking at a guide.

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I don't really remember but I think the part where you have to talk to miniature Ranni three times at a site of grace was the point I never would have gotten without a guide

 

[Huntersknoll]

I'd like to meet the people who completed Ranni's entire questline without looking at a guide.

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I would have got no where in that questline without a guide. The people who figure out these questlines are heroes

 

[Indy in the Fridge]

Finally got access to Mimic Tear Ashes after 90 fucking hours.

Now if I can find where the fuck Blaidd is down here in Nokron.

 

[tmdorsey]

I didn't find them that bad the main problem is that the game clearly expects a certain progression path for the player but the game being so open just means a lot of people won't do it like that lol Overall is just talking to them until they move then finding them again

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Problem for me is finding them once they move though.

 

[Deleted member 36054]

Oh yeah, that asshole... I think I just scraped through in that fight mostly coz he ran out of heals before I did. If you have some fast, delayed tracking spells he's easier than if you take him on using melee weapons.
Bleed weapons make quick work of most humanoid enemies but he's really, really annoying so I had issues with him even with my fully upgraded Bloody Helice and blood godskin stitcher. However, at that point of the game (mountaintop of giants) I had 50 vigour so he wasn't one-shotting me.

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Yeah, it's just to the point where I'm strafing for a minute for that 5 second window to attack.

 

[AtmaPhoenix]

I'd like to meet the people who completed Ranni's entire questline without looking at a guide.

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The sad thing is, I feel like Ranni's quest is actually the most straightforward. For a lot of the quest legs, you're explicitly told who you need to find/the region they'll be in and where to go. Finding the people in said region is the hard part.

The worst ambiguous part is when you find the doll and have to keep talking to it at one specific bonfire with no prompting, though.

 

[Motorcycle Dork]

It has been slain!!

Putrid Tree Spirit in War-Dead Catacombs can go fuck itself!

 

[chachee]

I need some sorcery help. I'm about lvl 95, messing around in Leyndall. Up till now, I've mostly been sticking with the pebble for common mobs, rock sling for minibosses and bosses, Loretta's Great Bow when I want to snipe and whatever iteration of Glintblade Phalanx I'm currently rolling with. My functional, post talisman Int is 52 so Comet Azur is out for now. I don't really mess around with the sword spells because the Moonveil is pretttttty good. I'm not even occupying all my Memory Stone slots cause I rather scroll through faster than have more spells.

So, what other spells are part of your must haves repertoire?

 

[Draper]

I can't decide whether to do NG or do a new run.

Any suggestion?

 

[Marengo]

-Curse isn't common. Only a few enemies have it and most instances can be easily nullified.

-No NPC killing npc this time around.

-Plethora of duo bosses, only one is mandatory.

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Thanks friend. Hopefully there's not too much other bullshit lol

 

[Guppeth]

I can't decide whether to do NG or do a new run.

Any suggestion?

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Go into NG+ with all your loot, and try stuff out. You're so overpowered you can have a lot of crazy fun. And you can ignore all the catacombs and focus on smashing through the big bosses.

When that gets old, start a new run. I took my first character to level 300, and now they're retired. My new character will not go into NG+, so i can use them in the DLC.

 

[Avik-G]

I need some sorcery help. I'm about lvl 95, messing around in Leyndall. Up till now, I've mostly been sticking with the pebble for common mobs, rock sling for minibosses and bosses, Loretta's Great Bow when I want to snipe and whatever iteration of Glintblade Phalanx I'm currently rolling with. My functional, post talisman Int is 52 so Comet Azur is out for now. I don't really mess around with the sword spells because the Moonveil is pretttttty good. I'm not even occupying all my Memory Stone slots cause I rather scroll through faster than have more spells.

So, what other spells are part of your must haves repertoire?

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Shard Spiral is an absolute beast. Unlocked it a few hours ago and I am just ripping through everything with it. Has the same sort of range as Pebble but can absolutely melt large bosses and creatures and it stun locks them so they stand still nicely for you as well. Its like a giant win button. Need to finish Selena's quest to get it though.

Selena's questline is worth doing though. You get Shard Spiral and two of the coolest looking armors in the game.

Other than that, my set up is exactly same as yours. I did try Comet Azur but I dont have the infinite FP tear yet and it burned too much FP to be effective. Plus it needs the target enemy to be pretty much standing still.

 

[platypotamus]

I need some sorcery help. I'm about lvl 95, messing around in Leyndall. Up till now, I've mostly been sticking with the pebble for common mobs, rock sling for minibosses and bosses, Loretta's Great Bow when I want to snipe and whatever iteration of Glintblade Phalanx I'm currently rolling with. My functional, post talisman Int is 52 so Comet Azur is out for now. I don't really mess around with the sword spells because the Moonveil is pretttttty good. I'm not even occupying all my Memory Stone slots cause I rather scroll through faster than have more spells.

So, what other spells are part of your must haves repertoire?

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I'm about 10 levels higher than you and currently have equipped:

Glintstone Pebble still. I MAY finally give it up soonish... it's just so efficient FP-wise for weak enemies... but FP hasn't REALLY been a concern for me for awhile, the vast majority of the time.
Glintstone Arc still <-- probably the next one to go away
Comet - new, don't use often yet because I use my sword version instead usually but keeping it around for shenanigans with...
Terra Mystica - I don't have the last piece or two to meme combo with comet yet, but they still pair pretty well, and I use this other times sometimes, but mostly I just let my mimic cast it and then take advantage :)
Rock Sling - I will never stop using this, probably, it is too good. Staggers foes often, great damage, great range
Glintstone Blade - The delay on this and fact that you can queue up a bunch makes it super good for a quick gank, and also it can work as an "ambush shot" due to the delay, if you launch some and back up while a big shield jerk is coming at you, he will often pass them up and get shot in the squish back
Oracular Bubble - new, slow, but good damage and minor aoe. May keep around, may replace, not sure.

I also use a fair amount of FP on my Sword of Night and Flame's two sword arts, its version of Comet is currently more powerful than my spell version, and its Fire Slash thing is better than any of my fire sorceries.

 

[Radec]

Did they tweak Radahn again?
Im on ng+2 and the npc summons almost took his health to 50% while I was casting my self buffs lol

 

[Nacho Papi]

Alright Era...let's speculate, TOGETHAAA!

DLC 1: October 2022
DLC 2: March 2023

You think that'll happen?

Will there be a DLC 3 or more?

 

[zoodoo]

I agree with Dunkey. End game feels like you're back at level 1. The enemies just do way too much damage

 

[Draper]

Go into NG+ with all your loot, and try stuff out. You're so overpowered you can have a lot of crazy fun. And you can ignore all the catacombs and focus on smashing through the big bosses.

When that gets old, start a new run. I took my first character to level 300, and now they're retired. My new character will not go into NG+, so i can use them in the DLC.

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Thanks!

 

[DaniThePinguim]

I honestly dropped glintstone pebble super early, there are much cooler spells and it's no THAT good like some people said

Alright Era...let's speculate, TOGETHAAA!

DLC 1: October 2022
DLC 2: March 2023

You think that'll happen?

Will there be a DLC 3 or more?

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Two is already optimistic I think lol I can see a single big one or two medium sized... No more than that

 

[super-famicom]

I'd like to meet the people who completed Ranni's entire questline without looking at a guide.

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Hi, you called for me? I looked up nothing and managed to make it through it all. I did take a while finding out where to go after the Radahn fight, but didn't look that up either.

 

[Guppeth]

Hi, you called for me? I looked up nothing and managed to make it through it all. I did take a while finding out where to go after the Radahn fight, but didn't look that up either.

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I don't doubt you, but I'm impressed you worked out the Miniature Ranni talk x3 bit. I did everything else without looking stuff up, but I would never have figured that part out.

 

[super-famicom]

I don't doubt you, but I'm impressed you worked out the Miniature Ranni talk x3 bit. I did everything else without looking stuff up, but I would never have figured that part out.

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For that part, I just tried it every time I rested (which was a lot because I kept dying, since that was at the Lake of Rot IIRC.

 

[Guppeth]

For that part, I just tried it every time I rested (which was a lot because I kept dying, since that was at the Lake of Rot IIRC.

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I never notice additions to the Grace menu. Missed a lot of Melina chat too. I feel like it should be highlighted, or at the top of the list.

 

[Astro Cat]

I'm at the very end of the game now, just have Maliketh, Melania, and the Dragonlord. I've been messing around in there areas and I just can't manage to find any of that. I need to rewatch the FightinCowboy walkthrough videos again, I haven't played it for like 2 weeks.