Ash of War: Lion's Claw

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Affinity Heavy
Skill Lion's Claw
Effect Grants affinities and skills to an armament.

Ash of War: Lion's Claw is an Ash of War and Upgrade Material in Elden RingAsh of War: Lion's Claw provides Heavy affinity and the Lion's Claw 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 Heavy affinity and the following skill:

"Lion's Claw: Skill of the Redmanes, who fought alongside General Radahn. Somersault forwards, striking foes with armament."

Usable on swords, axes, and hammers (small armaments and thrusting swords not included). 

 

Ash of War: Lion's Claw Location in Elden Ring

Where to find Ash of War: Lion's Claw:

 

Ash of War: Lion's Claw Elden Ring Guide

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lion's Claw Ashes of Demonstration

 

 

 

 

Elden Ring Ash of War: Lion's Claw Notes & Tips

  • This skill costs 20 FP to use.
  • This skill is a callback to one of Artorias' iconic attacks - who is a character of note and a boss battle from Dark Souls 1.

 

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    • Anonymous

      The fact that the Claymore is the only weapon in the entire game to have this skill as its default is so out of left field it doesn't even fit the weapon

      • Anonymous

        Does anyone know if this acts like a jump? I like punishing hourah loux's double slam with flashy skills/spells and just thought about this one, but i don't wanna try it, then fall on my ass and look dumb.
        Thank you for anyone who wants to test it for me, or just already knows. <3

        • Anonymous

          doesn't always seem to work, I swing instead, maybe if the ground is uneven or there are obstacles it doesn't work?

          • Anonymous

            The way he leaps off and flips backwards to face the camera before falling into a head first dive is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a Tarnished knight.

            • Anonymous

              I’m well aware that is a shout out to Artorias/Guts, but it’s annoying the most acrobatic move in the game is strength scaled instead of quality

              • I almost wish that Lion's Claw was a Stance AoW that was a callback to the Wolf Knight's Greatsword WA (light attack did a double spin, heavy attack did the filp attack)

                But I am more than okay with just the flip because it's an absolute world beater. Big damage, high posture break potential, hyper armor that lasts forever, cool flip? i can live with that

                • Anonymous

                  I don't really see it anymore in PvP, and honestly I don't know why. On a heavy weapon, this directly counters almost all the broken ashes 1.10 brought in. Spinning slash, Black flame tornado, Hand of Malenia, Storm assault, Stormcaller and many more. Goes right through all of them, hyperarmor holds up even if you have a light armor.

                  • Anonymous

                    Gets hyper armor through the whole attack, does big damage and even bigger stance damage. Best ash of war in the game bar none for a melee strength build, pair with a big bonk weapon and bosses go down easy and often. So many bosses are hard because they do cheap attacks to knock you out of your big AoW moves, usually quick hitting combos to overcome your poise. This move does away with that nonsense. Pump up your vigor and wear heavy armor to trade hits and you'll win every time.

                    • Anonymous

                      Massive props to the redmane knights for doing a full in-air spin with their swords while carrying full armor. I guess Radahn’s army specialise in acrobatics as well as fire.

                      • Anonymous

                        If you use this while wearing briar armor the flip will count as a rolling hit which can be handy for staggering enemies if they're about to attack you during the flip. Not incredibly useful in a lot of scenarios but just a neat detail I realised

                        • Anonymous

                          You use lions claw because it has infinite hyperarmor on frame 1, good range, great damage, and amazing poise break.

                          I use it because it makes my character do a cool flip.

                          We are not the same.

                          • Anonymous

                            One of unique things about this AoW is that it's hyperarmor kicks in instantly, literally at frame 1. So you can pop this amidst getting smashed, and it will work, similar to Endure. Not to mention that hyperarmor itself is monstrous and i haven't seen a single case where someone got knocked out of it at all.

                            • Anonymous

                              Does more damage and poise damage that a fully charged R2. Also kinda chains into one another in PVE against enemies that get pancaked (anything the size of an Omen or smaller)
                              Reaching aroung 2500 damage on NG++ against the Troll outside of Godrick with 99 STR two handing heavy Greatsword with Shard of Alex as only boost. Giant Hunt does around 2200 damage. Both stagger the Troll on two hits. 3 shoting the Omens at the Capital sewers with the same setup. Charged R2 without any buff or talisman deals around 1600. R2 jump attack with RKR deals around 2200 damage with the same setup against the Troll

                              Pretty much this Ash deals huge physical damage,huge poise damage, comes relatively quick, with hyperarmor, fairly costed at 20 FP, and leaves room for 3 talismans as you only benefit from Alex Shard for damage unlike other ashes that might deal more damage but require other slots. Im currently using Dragoncrest,HP medalion and Spirit Horn to be as tanky as possible and still pack a serious punch

                              • Anonymous

                                When I got this ash of war and put it on my Greatsword (colossal) the game became from hard to super easy...

                                • Anonymous

                                  For me this doesn't poise break any bosses, even when I use it twice or 3 times in rapid succession. Does anybody know my issue? Are there specific talismans or gear i need?

                                  • Anonymous

                                    If I have this on my left handed Greatsword and I'm dual wielding colassol swords, will this Ash make both hit or just the weapon with the Ash?

                                    • Anonymous

                                      I think this actually gives infinite poise during the animation, have tested everything from the giant crows to godfrey big eruption and nothing knocks you out of it, except for grabs and of course dying.

                                      • Anonymous

                                        Too expensive FP cost.

                                        Maybe just for me but square off and unsheathe can do a better job with more versatility.

                                        • Anonymous

                                          Is it possible to be staggered out of the artorias flip? bc I’ve used it against countless of bosses and none have staggered me out of it

                                          • Anonymous

                                            Man, this **** wrecks.on a great stars with alex shard i can one shot alot of invaders. Totally catches aggressive people off guard. Even if they see it coming the raw power of it will just make them assume room temp.and if you manage to proc bleed or frost with it forget about it. Testing with my friends at 99 vigor, all buffs and talismans applied, hits for 1900 on a a single hit. And thats at lvl 300+ with 40% resistance from beast champ armor amd dragoncrest.This thing erases people with the right setup. If youre a str build, hell any build, this is a staple AoW

                                            • Anonymous

                                              You can hyperarmor through moonveil with this. It’s also really fun to make rot breath spammers part of the landscape.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                Good luck in the next duel if you get hit by this. Lost almost 2k HP with 28% absorption today, almost broke my neck irl

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  Rotten greataxe, this ash of war and frost damage are great together. Takes some time to get used to it, but atleast Mohg goes down fairly quickly

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    This Ash of War will not benefit from Claw Talisman, but will benefit from Alexander's talismans (10-15% versions)

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      This is a literal win button on colossal swords like Greatsword. It pairs perfectly with the unbreakable hyperarmor, staggers more than most of your attacks, does a decent chunk no matter what enemy you attack and it's almost as fast as the other Ashes like Impaling Thrust or Unsheathe. One of the best strength ashes in the game and you can slap it on any weapon and it would still be effective.

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        The stance Motion value of of this is stupid high, it is 600, basically it multiply your normal light attack stance damage by 6, so a giant-crusher that does 16.8 will end up doing 100 stance damage, this will pretty much break the stance of any ennemies in the game in one hit, and bosses/giant type ennemies in two, add in the amazing damage, hyperarmor, and little recovery frames, and you have one of the best pve ashe of war in the game, its also really effective in pvp since it pretty much can't be punished easily thanks to patch 1.04 buff.

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          Halfway through the game on my Str/melee character I realized I had stopped actually trying to learn patterns and started just kind of lazily trading hyper armor Lion flips with my CGS until I won every fight.

                                                          Great PvE skill, turned me into a filthy casual, 10/10 would flip again.

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            Does anyone know what this skill actually does to your damage? like is the damage here similar to a fully charged heavy attack or is it more then that? is there a specific calculation for how it increases your damage? Also does this ability scale in damage directly with your AR like eochaids or is it more like normal ashes and only based the stuff listed in the wiki?

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              Quick question
                                                              I've used it on my current moon axe, such a quality of life
                                                              What will be your recommended weapon to use it if want to have a decent reach?
                                                              What is your go to when rocking this for ur fun time?

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                This thing is a PVP trading nightmare. If somebody does literally anything that relies on breaking your poise and staggering you, do this first and it is a hard punish

                                                                • It should be noted that this weapon Art retains it's some of it's poise damage and HA even when used with no FP, all it seems to lose is the high motion value on the attack.

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    This AoW is perfect at what it does now (a close range punish). Amen. The ONE suggestion I'd make is to give it those jumping i-frames when you flip so you can use this, when timed correctly, to punish thrusting weapon running attacks or some such. Partly because it'd make sense, and partly because that'd be some of the damn coolest outplay potential.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Fun fact: this still works when out of FP. It deals reduced damage, but said damage is still roughly equal to a heavy attack. It also benefits from Alexander’s shards even when out of FP. I was testing with the Golem’s Halberd and it’s genuinely phenomenal, I don’t even invest in mind anymore

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Is the poise damage the same regardless of the weapon? I wanna know if I can break poise of bosses faster with a colossal weapon or if a katanna gives the same effect (when using the skill ofc)

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          Does it have the same posture damage with different weapon type? Like, Claymore and Greatsword will perform the same amount of guard break with the AoW?

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            This or Stamp (Upward Swing) for a PvE Zweihander character? I feel like I'm getting the same utility out of either (hyper armor and then a big chunk of staggering damage).

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              Post update april 19 :
                                                                              This ash of war is even more amazing, idk if it was intended or not but its so so damn fast now , i used it couple of times to insta kill rivers spam from a distance since now the attack speed of it and recovery is so fast

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                Usable on "Swords" includes the Twinblade by the way. Fun way to give that weapon a single strong attack to break poise with.

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