Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit |
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Affinity | Occult |
Skill | Assassin's Gambit |
Effect | Grants affinities and skills to an armament |
Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit is an Ash of War and Upgrade Material in Elden Ring. Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit provides Occult affinity and the Assassin's Gambit Skill. Ashes of War can be equipped on Weapons and Shields to modify the Skill or an equipment, or to apply affinities that modify scaling values.
This Ash of War grants an armament the Occult affinity and the following skill:
"Assassin's Gambit: Skill that masks the user's presence at the cost of a self-inflicted wound. Grants near-invisibility and silences footsteps."
Usable on small and medium straight swords and thrusting swords.
Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit Location in Elden Ring
Where to find Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit:
- Sold by Knight Bernahl in Volcano Manor for 6500 . Note that you will need to fulfill the first contract at Volcano Manor to have access to Knight Bernahl's shop. Elden Ring Map Link.
Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit Elden Ring Guide
- Grants the skill Assassin's Gambit.
- Can be used with the following affinity Upgrades: Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Poison, Blood, Occult
- Can be applied to the following weapon categories, so long as the weapon allows skill replacement: Daggers, Straight Swords, Katanas, Twinblades, Thrusting Swords.
Elden Ring Ash of War: Assassin's Gambit Notes & Tips
- Unlike many weapon buffs, this buff stays active if you switch weapons.
- This allows you to use one weapon slot to cast this relatively-inexpensive skill, then immediately switch back to the weapon you actually intend to use.
- Notes and player tips go here.
For those wondering how to know when the buff wears off.
While active, you are very slightly translucent. There is also a pronounced audio cue when the buff drops, which is actually the better indicator (the translucent effect is barely noticeable).
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It’s good for denying gank with Bone bow they can’t lock on from a far idk how long it lasts though
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I wish there was a semi-invisibility visual effect. I feel like it would help with knowing exactly when it wears off.
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Bro this thing is crazy good. Doing a daggers run and rlly didn't want to do the haligtree to get to malenia. Slapped this on my great knife and went from ordina to the fog wall in less than 20 mins. Most enemies don't even see u until ur in their face lol
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Did a job for me in the hellhole known as the War Dead Catacombs.
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This stacks with the invisible body spell for near total invisibility and can run past most mobs.
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Volcano Manor tries to be the Dark Brotherhood from Skyrim except it's literally just "go here and fight a 1v1".
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This AOW is not working for me from what i have tested, wont make you invisible silent or reduce locking range, is anyone having the same results.
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Apparently, this AOW doesn't work with Crepus's Vial equipped. While it is true that this AOW silences movement, it only does so for a time, and I would like to have silent movement even after the effect wears off without having to micromanage my inventory.
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I don't even understand why does this ash of war have a self-harm cost attached to it. There's nothing tying these two things together and in fact defeats the purpose when used against players who can pay attention to your health bar from the self harm. It just doesn't make sense in any scenario as far as I'm concern. While small, it still costs FP to use. Just increase the FP cost and remove the self harm.
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This could have been the best tool in the game if it wasnt a fing AOW. Soft cotton is a thing but still not Gachin's spiritfall from Sekiro.
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Literally just make it so that in pvp people don't see your health go down from using it and this could be such a fun Ash of War. Maybe also make it so the host doesn't appear on the invaders compasses while it is active, or even have it linger for a while so they can't pinpoint you when you use it or when you activate it next.
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Purchased this but it does not show up in my inventory anywhere. Some kind of glitch?
Okay so idk if it is considered an exploit in the same way that Fire's Deadly Sin + Bloodflame is, but if you use this skill and then cast "Unseen Form", players cannot lock onto you for 30s (45s if you use Old Lord's Talisman). This is especially useful against ranged spammers, be it bows, sorceries, incantations. Without target lock, homing spells are useless (unless their homing is based on proximity, instead of lock-on), and for regular things like arrows or lightning, freeaiming can be very difficult. Now, keep in mind, this *WILL NOT* remove target lock if you use this skill & spell while someone is already locked onto you, so this is best used before a fight, or if you have ran away and are out of lock-on range/hidding behind a corner or something similar. Also, aside from the target locking, the silent footsteps from this skill combined with the visibility of Unseen Form can allow you to easily sneak up on unsuspecting hosts and cooperators in Invasions. However, be aware, for I have read a lot about Crepus' Vial & Black Knife Armour messing with the visual effects of Unseen Form, and while I haven't personally tested this myself, I would recommend testing with a friend beforehand, instead of running the risk of getting unintentionally caught while sneaking around.
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Unseen Form and the best friend of this Ash War: USE BOTH TOGETHER IN PVP!!!
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Addendum to previous comment: you need to combine this with Unseen Form, and you can no longer be locked on to
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Does this keep you from locking onto an opponent in PVP now?? I just faced someone using it and I wasn't able to anymore. Had to free aim the whole match. Really cool build!
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Ah yes, the "I don't have time for this bullshit section" ash of war.
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Since this damages you, does that mean people in PVP can see where your position is because of this Skill?
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It saved me on the way to the halightree. That big white bubble thrower could not see me
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It saved me on the way to the halightree. That big white bubble thrower could not see me
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In pvp it doesn't seem to be working? I might just be stupid but people seem to know exactly where i am despite the distance
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In PvP, would the health loss show your healthbar to hosts, and reveal your location?
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Comments are saying this makes you invisible in PvP once you're ~10 meters away, but from my experience invading it's clear the host can still see me from miles away. I'm not sure what's going on.
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Backstabbing with this on a weapon yields +20% more runes. Not sure about other crits. Tested on albinaurics at the start of mogwyn's they went from dropping 2k to 2.4k runes
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If you haven't tried using this in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds, you should. Thank me later.
For some strange reason the 1.03 patch on the visual effect of unseen form spell doesn't apply for this one, which makes the spell version appears to be more transparent. And I didn't know if it is introduced by the 1.03 patch but Crepus's Vial cancels the invisible effect of both this AOW and the spell.
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Loving this WA, just put it on a light dagger or something that you have in one of your right hand slots and you can get a lot out of fun from this when clearing areas that are above your power level. You can also use this to get past the ballistas in stormveil castle (they will shoot you at some point, but you can rush through). It's not Sekiro but I love how they added stealth to the formula of this game.
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So twin blades are considered "medium" swords and can use this but greatswords/great curved swords and anything bigger can't.
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Been using this for quite sometime. It works against many weaker enemies, which allows you to walk pass them as long as you're not too close. However, the more I used it the more I realized how broken the stealth mechanic is. There are way too much scripted aggros through out the game, which completely ignores how well hidden you are. And No, I'm not talking about field bosses. I am talking about some well-placed regular enemies with bad eye-sight who can somehow sense you under this effect. Don't even get me started with the ghostly duel-wielding knight in Castle Sol.
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tested this with a few friends, this is basically the way to make it so you have the effects from ds3’s fog ring, makes it great for stealthing in invasions, and for setting up grace mimic ambushes from far away before a host comes in and presents their back for a backstab.
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I put this on my miscericorde, heavy 50 str and can sneak up in ganks. I get caught sometimes so it’s not true invisibility but it’s close. Can one shot hosts if they’re standing still for a backstab
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I see many idiotic people who mistaken hiding ones presence with "invisibility"
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Does this make it harder for players to lock-on to you in pvp? If so, it could be a decent counter against mages.
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Many bosses will ignore you if used before entering their fog gate. They'll still see you if you get to close or attack, but it can give you a few seconds to use spirit summons or make other preparations. Also despite the description, it can be used on daggers.
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Probably one of the best weapon arts in the game. Works in pvp and pve.
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So this can't be used on daggers or claws, weapons generally associated with assassins.
And yet bloodhounds step, a unique assassin like ninja dash can be used on any weapon?
Daggers and claws kinda got shafted in this game when it comes to skills/ashes of war.
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any video on how it works in pve/pvp? couldnt find one so far
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Works very well against AI. Can run past them at a good distance without drawing argo.
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So this combines Hush and Hidden Body from DS3, has no stat requirement, costs very little FP and HP and lasts more
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doesn't really seem to do much can't even tell if its working
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For those of you that may have killed the boss of the area before acquiring the ashes of war that Bernahl sells, once you complete the dialogue with tanith, leave, and come back, a sword will be where Bernahl was sitting. You can interact with this sword to purchase the ashes of war
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when using it, it barely does anything but mask movement sounds. said it'd mask visibility, any changes i'm not seeing from another player's perspective?
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Ahh, why do we have like seven items that mask footsteps yet have none that make the backstabs silent...
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Purchased from Recusant Bernahl in Volcano Manor after killing the first target in the Volcano Manor quest line.
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Volcano Manor vendor sells it after you complete a task for them
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An NPC sells it once you've joined the covenant at Volcano Manor
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Perfect for my Shinobi build! :D
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