Ash of War: Waves of Darkness | Elden Ring Wiki

This Ash of War always confuses me. When I use it as invader (because its a great get-off-me tool), even if I hit with my weapon people are always able to roll out of it. But when I get with it as cooperator, I am stunlocked for the entire duration of the combo, including the follow up attack. Which of course despite having 2000hp and wearing very heavy armour, it almost one shots me still.
Might be just a git gut skill issue moment by me, but it bugs me a bit considering the hyper armour makes this Ash of War almost zero-risk.

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Best AoW for int user, if you make your build around gravity theme
Damage, fashion, range... everything is perfect

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as usual fextra is the worst wiki in existence and doesn't even have scaling or FP cost listed

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Why leave up the pre patch information ... No one is playing without the current patch.... Just list what it does with current game version...

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Can stop a bloodthirsty group of 3 in their tracks. S tier invasion ash.

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This on a cold-infused big weapon (Large Club in my case) really saved me on Malenia. Great poise damage, staggers her out of most things, usually allows you to do additional action (drink/buff/R2) along with the 3rd wave, pretty good damage. Also, using it right after a poise-broken crit feels almost cheap.

I imagine using it on a Bleed+Cold weapon (like cold Great Stars) would work even better.

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This AoW is pretty sick. You can put it on the celebrant skull great club and utilize it very effectively in a build that typically might wield the moonlight great sword. The damage is pretty good at high levels of int, it causes AoE stagger and you can even use it from around corners to cheese would-be ambushers. A great weapon for my spellcaster kit.

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This is a great skill in PVP with frost bite. Easily knocks down players trying to rush you, and the final swing procs frost. Love using it with the zweihander too.

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This thing is a stamina hog! But I LOVE IT! lol. Zweihander at +13 - it's not a boss melter but it clears a room nice.

The waves do not proc frostbite - but the weaponpart - if it's a direct connect - appears to insta proc. That is not something you can reliably hit consistently! But if knock the person down first .... :3 YESSSS

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I was having trouble with the follow up swing, the waves slamming down killed anything before I could land it. But I put it on a zweihander for Niall at castle sol and it worked very well.

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They fixed the description, it now states great spears as well. The patch notes said ''Fixed a bug that caused Weapon Arts to be incorrectly used with specific combinations of weapon and Weapon Arts.'' so I thought they removed my favorite combo but they also updated the description.

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No one expects the caster with the large curved club to invade they're world. Usually aren't ready for the caster to stand their ground and drop this ash as the host and his phantoms rush him either. 10/10 would magic bonk again

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waves of dankness

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They should have made it possible to put this on staves since it’s a good defensive option. Currently, sorcery is all about moonveil burst damage and Carian Slicer pressure. Imagine if after you put your Terra Magica down, you could defend that space. Just a thought.

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Cool gravity magic which scales off int that would've been a wonderful spacing tool for casters and something other than Rock Sling, yet isn't accessible to gravity casters without completing 70% of the game, carrying around a giant unwieldy slab of steel and putting X points in STR. Thanks so much.

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I have mine on a +25 cold crescent moon axe and it does pretty decent damage. But the follow up R2 seems redundant I haven't been able to land it one single time, the second or third shockwave kills anything I've been trying to test it out on. I'm going to give it one more try at mountaintop of the giants and if I can't land the follow up R2 on the trolls that I'm assuming have a decent health pool I'm changing it out for something I can get full value for the FP cost of casting it.

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Haha i just landed full force of it with followup against full bullgoat rune arced multibuffed guy and it killed him for 2,5k hp :D Priceless moment

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Is there any benefit for using it on int build compared to any other?

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putting this on brick hammer feels like cheating. gives the hammer more crowd-control utility obviously, but 1-on-1 hit them with the waves -> charge brick hammer while they're staggering -> break poise + crit -> waves again while they're recovering from crit

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The description isn't correct in-game. You can actually put this on great spears too like lance.

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Minor int scalling, so the best infusion is magic.

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80 int build here, been using this in PvP for a while.

Update fixing it feels nice but does anyone else feel like the wave damage was nerfed?

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I typically come to these comments for ideas, thought I'd a combo I found on my own. Waves of Darkness can be put on Heavy Butchering Blade, which has "Hitting an enemy restores 1% HP per hit", the blade can then be used with Bloodflame Blade incantation, which can then trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation. You will gain the life even without using a normal attack, just spam WoD.

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anyone know if this is considered gravity damage? like does it do extra damage to falling star enemies?

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Does this apply the status effect of the weapon, such as bleed or frost?

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Patch 1.05: fixes the hitbox on this thing!

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Glad to see that this has finally been fixed.

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Heyyy, final sweep attack Has been fix

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1.05 up they fixed it

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praise be! it's no longer bugged

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WOOO! The R2 follow up is fixed and actually works now. But I want to know something that doesn't seem to be anywhere... How does this skill scale in damage? does it scale with INT or something else like just upgrade level or total AR? I'm planning to use this on a strength heavy gravity themed build and I wanna choose the right weapons to put this sick WA on.

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This still applies status effects, right?

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Can this be used on curved greatswords? I suspect not, but there's always hope

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Been invading with this outside Melania's door. It's real nice there. Nice and tight space where nobody can run away. Muahahaha...

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Rather than nerfing or buffing things they NEED to fix obviously broken things like this. Like cool you nerfed moonveil but this ash STILL doesn't work properly

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This can be used on Greatspears (Lance) too, no?

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Rarely seen in PVP, which is actually a good thing since that means most people don’t know how it works.

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This helped me handle Commander Nialls summoners very quickly right at the start.
Bugged is annoying but still useful.

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Most enemies that can be staggered are stunlocked and hit with the three waves easily, even Malenia (though she may dodge the third strike). I wish they fixed this ash already so we could use it to its full potential

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Really wish this could be used on greatswords :/

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No one seems to understand how this ash works in PVP. My win rate has gone up considerably.

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As of patch 1.04 the follow up r2 still does not register.

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Great Stars is one of the best weapons for this, because you get healed every time you hit something with Great Stars. While normally you only get healed very slightly, Waves of Darkness attacks 3 times and every attack can hit multiple enemies, so you can get many slight heals at once, which can result in decent healing

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even without the followup its absurdly strong. playing RL65, ive been hit for over 1k per wave, with the initial hit also doing around 1k. Rather fight moonveil lol

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If I could put this on a staff I'd happily class have rock sling and Waves of Darkness as my only two purple spells for a gravity mage build.

Thanks for the dopamine high with rocks long but the one sniff of purple then nothing for most of the game is mean

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YOu have to do R2 for the follow up guys xD

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I am definitely getting hits with the follow up R2, but the AOE just pushes enemies out of range. When used without FP the follow up connects.

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I can confirm the follow up attack still does nothing. Just tested it by changing weapons, leveling up, and activating godrick's rune. It never did anything after each of these steps.

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Bugged or not, Waves of Darkness is amazing on Great Stars. At level 130 I have 30str and 50int, the AR is above 700 when set to Magic. Without other buffs I was able to rain down on Tiche before she could get a melee slash in. With mimic tears I was able to consecutively stun Malenia into a fast defeat.

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What's up with all this misinformation?, Is it still bugged or not? I can't test it myself since I've gotta do NG+ to get the remberence again (all mausoleums used up).

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I really wish they would fix the bug on this weapon art. It's definitely my favorite one in the game, the bugged follow-up just really bothers me so I don't use it near as much as I would if it worked properly. I know it's really powerful without it and the follow-up would only be marginally helpful anyways, it just really rubs me the wrong way that I don't have the option to use it even if I wanted to lol.

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Just tested: follow-up attack is still missing a hitbox as of today in patch 1.04. Will the Giant Dads of the world ever be able to fully power up their bass cannons? The world may never know...

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So the follow-up swipe is bugged to not have a hit box, but if it did, wouldn't it end up knocking enemies out of the AoE for the last damage pulse?

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Still seems bugged as of the latest patch

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Why last R2 hit with no damage wtf? On greatsword...

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Why last R2 hit with no damage wtf? On greatsword...

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Follow up sweep is still bugged as of the 1.04 patch

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Still bugged in 1.04 it would seem :’)))))

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This seems to be still bugged as of patch 1.04.

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Was fixed with patch 1.04

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Still bugged. Spin attack follow up does nothing, and even the waves let people stand in it and they just don't get hit.

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Would have liked this on a staff so gravity casters had something other than rock sling for 80% of the game.

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This does seem to bring flying enemies out of the air.

Tested on Banished Knights, so eh.

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Bugged as of yet.

How do we know it's a bug? If you run out of FP on the first part, the follow-up actually DOES have a hitbox.

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Is this better than lion claw on a cold golem halberd?

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Will the WA itself cause affinity buildup like frost, or is it only the weapon itself that will cause it?

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The initial smash and follow-up sweep are based on your weapon's AR, but the waves scale with Affinity Scaling + Int. For efficient damage output, use with 50 Int and a fully upgraded Magic weapon.

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Can I put this on greatsword, great spear

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I don't think this skill is bugged. I use this all the time in PvP.

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Alright, so even though it looks like this is a gravity specific WA, it does not force your damage to a specific element, nor does it require intellect to scale. Much like any basic attacking WA, this skill scales primarily off your AR and will deal any physical and/or elemental damage that your weapon may have. Additionally, it will apply ailments like bleed, and it seems to work with weapon buffs like Bloodflame and Blackflame blade. Weapons with on-hit effects also apply.

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On my side, it seems not buggy anymore.

Question: on what attribute does this AW scale?

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One of the very few decent WA for these weapon classes and it's bugged....

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Magic golem halberd+25,60vgr, 80 poise = slaying katana spammers like theres no tommorow

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this is buggd as hell, using this with scholars armament, i get substantialy higher damage with lower ar, i suspect the weapon buff is counted twice for some reason.

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Work with Colossal Swords, or just Colossal "Weapons" (Hammers/Axes)?

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This skill does insane damage. I've hit 10k+ with a single cast on a giant, I killed NG+ Morgott with it in 4 casts and an R2. Brick Hammer Magic Enchanted +25, 40 str 40 int. Buff yourself with Golden Vow, Magic Damage physic. Regularly hits most enemies for 1000+ per wave. I got my 10k hit with those buffs as well as 30% from poisoning myself, the 30% magic damage circle buff, skill damage / magic damage talisman, and the perfumers enrage.

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As of patch 1.03, this ash of war is still currently bugged, where the final sweep still does not register. A shame too, because this is definitely one of the stronger ashes in the 'Gravitas' type family.

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Latest patch (1.03) did not fix the heavy follow-up whiffing even on large, high poise enemies that wouldn't stagger and iframe like another commenter pointing out might be the cause. Ash of War: Golden lands has the weapon animation and heavy follow-up and the heavy follow-up works on that.

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So, while the followup R2 doesn't seem to work, you can cancel the followup input window by crouching. This lets you charge an R2 or poke with a crouch R1 while the shockwaves are still going out.

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make gankers repent with this one simple trick

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Pretty sure the issue with the follow up is caused by the hit animation of the shockwave. It appears the shockwave hot grants a sort of immunity like one stagger animations and what not. I base this assumption purely on my incredibly limited testing and just some guess work to try and explain the unfortunate truth that part of this skill doesn't seem to work. Otherwise the shockwaves are still strong as ****

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For me waves register BUT the whirling attack after waves does not! Does anyone know when they will fix it?

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Please fix this ashes, it is currently bugged and either the first waves wont register as hits on real players or the final sweep attack wont register as a hit on normal enemies, tested many times and they do nothing

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