Ash of War: Shield Strike |
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| Affinity | Standard |
| Skill | Shield Strike |
Ash of War: Shield Strike is an Ash of War and Upgrade Material in Elden Ring. It is a brand-new Ash of War in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Ash of War: Shield Strike provides Standard affinity and the Shield Strike 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 no affinity to an armament, but imparts the following skill:
"Shield Strike: A skill that uses the shield to attack. Repeated inputs allow for up to three follow-up attacks."
Usable on all shields.
Ash of War: Shield Strike Location in Elden Ring
Where to find Ash of War: Shield Strike:
- Found on Dueling Shield and Carian Thrusting Shield.
Ash of War: Shield Strike Elden Ring Guide
- Grants the skill Shield Strike
- Grants no affinity.
- Usable on all Shields.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Ash of War: Shield Strike Videos
Elden Ring Ash of War: Shield Strike Notes & Tips
- Notes and player tips go here
AnonymousThis Ash of War is not affected by the Shard of Alexander or Warrior Jar Shard talismans.
- Anonymous
I was pretty disappointed with this one to be honest. At least on a medium shield, the amount of poise damage/hit stun it does is fairly minuscule. You’re better off just using shield bash IMO.
- Anonymous
I'm going to put this on rickety shield and no one will stop me.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Per the Shield Strike page, this Ash is found attached to the Dueling Shield, in the Storehouse of Shadow Keep.
And for anyone wondering, you can attach this to all sizes of shield, and all it does is let you perform normal R1 attacks with your offhand shield. ...Except, oddly, the combo (as far as how soon you can start the next attack in the chain) is visibly slower. That's kind of annoying. I wonder if it's slower because they just copy-pasted over all the same Cancel Windows without considering how the Weapon Art cancel window is much slower than the Light Attack cancel window, so canceling it into itself is sluggish. But on the bright side, if that's what they did, then this should at least cancel into your mainhand Light Attack pretty quickly. My eyeballs think that it does. As for whether being able to do offhand shield R1s is useful: Dunno.
- Anonymous
Kinda sad its just the shields light attack combo as an ash, but it is still fun, especially since the Dueling Shields light attack chain has guard points in between swings.
I haven't gotten this yet, but it says it's usable on all shields; if this is a ash of war that can be picked up and infused into other shields, can anyone say if there is different attack speeds for a small shield or Great shields?
- Anonymous
God I hope this is an Ash that can be transferred. I've been wanting an offensive SnS build that uses the shield for more than just blocking. Something about ringing someone's bell with a rude shield to the face is just so satisfying. Not particularly interested in thrusting swords tho I gotta admit.
- Anonymous
God I hope this is an Ash that can be transferred. I've been wanting an offensive SnS build that uses the shield for more than just blocking. Something about ringing someone's bell with a rude shield to the face is just so satisfying. Not particularly interested in thrusting swords tho I gotta admit.
Extremely useless. It's just normal r1s. No dmg, no hyper armor or block frames, and slow on greatshields (faster on smaller shields but even less dmg and no stagger).
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