Azur's Glintstone Staff | Elden Ring Wiki

If I equip this but don't take it out in either hand will the cast speed effect still apply?

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I love this as an offhand weapon on incantation builds especially, because you get the cast speed, but the increased FP cost does not apply to incantations. And I love that you look like a sorcery user with this glowy staff in your hand, but then cast incantations only :D

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I would hold this in my offhand but two staves always looks odd. I’m casting sorceries developed from the primeval current, not going skiing.

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Noticed that while casting carian piercer with this thing against blocking enemies, the piercer bounces off giving you the animation and an opening for your enemy.

When using carian royal staff the piercer just goes through the shield without the blocked attack animation, so there's no difference frame/animation wise if the enemy was blocking or not.

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Is the +9% spell casting speed made up? Or does it actually increase 40 virtual dex PLUS 9% more casting speed? It suspiciously sounds wrong. Assuming it's just 40 virtual dex, the "percent speed increase" would be different if you compared minimum dex to 30 dex to 70 dex, so if you say it's 9% more casting speed, it's a nothing-number because we don't know the dex you tested it at, and that's why it sounds like it's just 40 virtual dex, because you say 8 to 9 to 10% more speed. Also if it was just 40 virtual dex, you wouldn't have to mention an additional casting speed buff. And if the additional casting speed buff existed, you should've specified that it was on top of the 40 dex. 0/10 Azur would've expelled you for such a bad explanation.

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Its pissing me off that FromSoft is never clear about how much fun they wanna allow.
Why even implement a dex cap?
The staff should always fasten the casting animation for its maximum value.
No matter how much dex you have. And the real cap for it should be 80 or 99 even.

Where is my gatlin-gun mage build? :(

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favorite staff both aesthetically and functionally. stick in in the offhand as a fashionable pimp cane on my incantation build for the free cast speed

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Even though it's optimal, Faith builds wearing full golden armor casting divine blessings before smiting their opponents with holy light and thunder all while wearing a bright turquoise magic staff made of rocks on their belt will never not look silly

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I find it ironic that the (may Allah forgive me for uttering this word) nerd staff is better in the hands of Faithchads

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Only use this staff if you have 20 Dex, so you can reach 60 v-dex, the soft cap.

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"Location: so if you already found it, that where it's at lmao"

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This is probably the most useless staff passive in the game and is more of a detriment than anything. The cost of pebble goes from 7 to 9, even though 7x1.2=8.4 and that is 8 when rounded down and the speed increase in only about 0.1 second so virtually useless.

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This + Radagon Icon = 0 required Dexterity investment to cast spells quickly, as it should be.

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azurchads vs lusatcells

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you can throw off people's timing in pvp by equipping/unequipping this thing

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gotta cast fast

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Look up DS2's Olenford's Staff and come back.

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You can use this and swap out radagon icon for another talisman eg cerulean seed + get higher mind. 45 mind to profit off of cerulean seed talisman, should also help with increased spell cost. Or get extra damage. This staff looks cool and has a special effect, i dont like the regal scepter.

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Does this need to be in an off-hand slot, or actually wielded?

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Imagine using carian regal scepter when you can have this wonderful staff that has almost the same sorcery scaling and barely cost more FP + extra casting speed so you can save a talisman slot.

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Use this instead of radagon trashcon

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"Only those who have glimpsed what lies beyond the wisdom of stone may wield it"

Yeah say that to those who dual wield this with their beastclaw seal just to be able to throw two actual stones much faster. Doesn't even need 52 intelligence for the staffs' passive to work, wtf is that dumb design.

This staff shouldn't affect other spells without using the actual staff. But here we are, people running around with Lusat and Azur staff just to be able to use Lusat's staff faster.

I hope they fix this. Because this is not what they were intended for.

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Funny what must have been the thought process of the devs to give a staff more passive dex than a rare legendary talisman...

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It's emerald...a stick made of a giant emerald.

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"Gives 40 virtual dexterity towards sorceries and incantations, making it slightly more effective than the Radagon Icon. Casting speed is capped at 70 dexterity."
"Increases casting speed of sorceries and incantations by 10%. However, each spell and incantation is affected by casting-speed increases by a different amount due to differences in casting animations, so roughly 8-9% is a better estimate on average."

Is it 40 virtual dexterity in addition to a 10% cast speed buff? Or is it just that 40 virtual dex happens to be a 10% buff? Additional clarification would be nice.

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"The increased casting speed does not work for Dragon Communion Incantations" this is very wrong

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Dumb question but does the increased FP cost apply to when you cast with this staff or just if you have it equipped?

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It should not buff incantations... Radagon Icon + This = Ugh. Have you seen Rock Sling with super speed? Near instant Wrath of Gold? It just breaks many things...

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best looking staff

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using this and the radagon icon, your sophisticated caveman str/int build can finally shine. moonveil? grug only know club and magic rock stick.

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Does this exist in the unpatched game if so where is it

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i don't know if it's just my pc, but the game always crash when i get close to the room even tho no enemies around (already killed the guard with fire bolts)

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does the location of this staff imply someone who wasn't powerful enough tried to wield this staff and got turned into a school of graven mages? if so [spoiler!] that would also probably explain why sellen got turned into one while working on Azur's and Lusat's remains, her body or mind couldn't handle whatever she discovered there and she mutated into this form

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So if I have 70 DEX already then this staff doesn't help at all right?

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To make it clear for those who don't know:

-This staff reduces the "preparation" time of a spell's total cast time. Not the speed of the spell itself (same thing applies to Radagon Icon, which stacks with this staff).
-This staff affects all types of spells, both Sorceries and Incantations.
-This staff only increases the cost of Sorceries.
-You only need to have it out on one of your hands in order to gain these effects, and you don't need to meet the requirements of the staff for them to take place (ex.: Lusat's on right hand, this staff in the left hand. In this scenario, casting with Lusat's will still benefit from the cast speed increase and additional spell cost).

In PvP, being able to attack before your opponent does is a big advantage. This staff helps caster builds be faster and compete with very fast melee weapons.
In PvE, having that shorter cast time will make you able to take on faster, deadlier enemies who might've interrupted your big damage spellcast before (although in the long run it might make your spells less FP efficent).

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best pvp staff, even pve as off hand to help getting to max casting speed.

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Does having this in an offhand still increase casting cost

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Anyone have any idea why this staff was decided to not be compatible with ashes of war? I feel like the 2 accessibly best staffs in the game so far (this and meteorite) both are locked out of ashes of war seemingly for no reason at all. Its a good thing i dont want an ash of war on my meteorite staff, but i want the spinning weapon ash of war on the azurs :(

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i made some test and confirmed that the off-hand azur staff buff stack with the radagon icon one (if you are wondering i proved it with a character with 12 DEX and both buffs equipped and using night shard the spell is so fast the it doesn't actually make the first sound that every spell make when the simbol from the staff is created, this does not happen if you remove one of the two item so they must work in combo)

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you can get azur helper and then use both lusat and azur staves with the potion that reduces all fp costs to 0 for the ultimate comet azur dmg (there are other talismans that further make it insane)
can do 20k dmg before the buff runs out most of the time if the enemy doesnt rush you

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Does this increase Azur Comet DPS by lowering the time between hits?

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If you want to dual wield this with another staff for the cast speed, note that it's better to cast with azur and off hand a buffing staff (for example carian glintstone staff to buff sword sorceries) than casting with lusat's staff and off handing azur's for the cast speed increase. The damage should be basically the same by my calculations but the latter option will obviously drain your FP way faster.

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If you want to dual wield this with another staff for the cast speed, note that it's better to cast with azur and off hand a buffing staff (for example carian glintstone staff to buff sword sorceries) than casting with lusat's staff and off handing azur's for the cast speed increase. The damage should be basically the same by my calculations but the latter option will obviously drain your FP way faster.

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why the hell does this scale with str and not dex?

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This DOES increase FP cost slightly from main hand compared to if you had nothing/different staff (tested with by comparing screenshots). And it seems to take around 20% extra FP (which has already been noted)

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This staff also works well with pure Faith users if you're not using dual seals. You don't need to meet the requirements for the spellcasting speed benefits. Radagon's icon and this staff make things like bestial sling an instant cast. Dragon spells also don't have that annoying millisecond delay before they roar. Wrath of gold and black flame ritual cast much faster with both equipped. More useful in PvP than PvE but still very good in both scenarios

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Hands down the best staff to carry around in your off hand and never cast a single spell with it.

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You don't have to use this staff, just keep it in your offhand, you get the cast time buff (and the increased FP consumption) while casting with another staff.

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For those who havent unlocked the shortcut start at the debate parlor site of grace and go north through the gate and then head up the destroyed stairs to the northwest. Then up the stairs to the two sorcerers and hop the railing to the left. Go around the corner and hop the railing over the corpse to a lower roof. Follow the roof southwest past two marionette soldiers and up a ladder. Follow the walkway west past a sorcerer and three flying davinci midgets. Go around the towers right side and jump to another lower roof. Then north down 2 more levels and west down two levels to a marionette on your right. Drop East next to that marionette. Then head north til you see a curving roof with patrolling marionettes and jump down to it. Drop down the wooden platforms to the east. Go southwest around the platforms and admire the shiny crab. Once youre done head north and through a doorway to the west immediately going north once inside til you see another doorway east. Go down the walkway, fight the page, walk forward and claim your reward.

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Did anyone tested if the passive abilities of this staff on offhand increase the FP cost and casting speed of incantions on main hand?

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Quick tip don't assume shortcuts are unlocked when making a guide

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When maxed, has 362 spell scaling at 80 int.

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Not that it’s terribly worth it but I just tested and it you have one of these in each hand the passive DOES noticeably stack. That said even with fast casting the double FP cost increase makes it not really worth it.

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scaling at +5 is only 222 not 233

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I was doing some testing earlier on how this works when chaining multiple casts of a spell, and with 20 Dex if you're using Azur's Glintstone Staff and casting Adula's Moonblade you can attack fast enough for the damage to chain (it'll add each hit's damage total to the previous).

HOWEVER, if you're using the Talisman to give yourself +5 Dex AND the Radagon Icon with another staff — it's still slower and the damage values will all show individually and clear away before the next hit.

It's a TINY window of difference, but in Crumbling Farum Azula it's enough for Azur's Staff to be able to get swings in with Adula's Moonblade to interrupt attacks from the Beastmen & Banished Knights that would hit you otherwise and trade damage with the other combination.

Currently I'm using the Primal Glintblade Talisman, because it actually offsets the increased FP cost of Azur's Staff so that your spells still have a reduction in base their cost. The 15% reduction to HP from that Talisman is offset by the fact that this allows you to be more aggressive and use FP fast enough to avoid getting hit in a lot of scenarios.

I'm curious if anyone knows what the Dex value is where that speed finally gets evened out. Because you can tell by the damage chaining with Adula's Moonblade, it SHOULD be pretty easy to test for. Since this is my main build at the moment, I'll try and post an update if I ever hit a Dex score where those values even out and make Radagon's Icon equivalent to this, since that would mean the ability to swap to a staff that can do a little bit more damage.

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So, all staffs with a PASSIVE ability cause that ability to be active if they're in your offhand. Ex: anything that Boosts a certain type of sorcery will provide that boost regardless of whether or not that staff is the one used to cast it. Just so long as it is currently being held.

This also causes the extra cost from Azur's & Lusat's staff to boost the cost of spells even if they're just being held… BUT — there is a key difference.

Azur's boost to cast times will apply to any other staff you have along with the FP cost if it is in your offhand. That's because cast times being impacted by Dex likely means that this calculation is applied like a direct stat to the character. In contrast, Lusat's staff will COST extra — but it will do NO EXTRA DAMAGE unless it is the one used to cast the spell. This is probably because the Sorcery scaling and attack stats being weapon-specific for the damage calculation will vary from staff to staff, rather than being a character-specific buff.

This means that if you only need a boost to casting speed at certain times, you can just pop Azur's staff into your offhand, and ONLY incur it's extra cost to FP, while also getting the better damage from something like the Regal or Lusat's staff.

I've been using this with Azur's in my main hand, and then having something like the Glintblade Staff in my offhand, since it'll give it's passive damage boost when I don't need to use the Jellyfish Shield for a bigger temp boost that has an FP cost.

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does anyone know if you need the requirements for Azur's staff to get the cast speed?

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Is it possible to use this in offhand and lusat in mainhand?

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Its a shame such a cool looking staff is seemingly not that good compared to the others. I really liked the idea of having both the primeval staves in hand but the fp consumption doesnt seem worth it. If you want a buff to your casting speed just use Radagons Icon.

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Fails to mention its guarded by an enemy wielding a fully automatic explosive bolt crossbow that reloads in about 2 frames.

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do you guys recommend this staff?

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Azur comet:
This staff: 2.5s till the laser light show vs 2.9 with the digger staff. So about 15% speed boost?

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I tested this with incantations mainly lansseax's glaive
I equipped this on my off hand and used a seal on my main hand

And yes it does increase the cast speed of incantations without increasing the fp cost

And it does stack with radagon icon talisman

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Im at 279 sorcery scaling +10 Glintstone staff with 60 sorcery.

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Can confirm that using the staff in offhand gives increased casting speed and higher FP cost even though you cast with main hand.

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Azur x Lusat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hHt3ZN-MQ8

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Do I have to beat the red wolf in order to get this item?

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Grants effective 40 Dex for casting speed calculation.
Stacks with Icon but isnt efficient even if you started as hero yet wanted to be a caster because 70 dex is the cast speed boost hardcap for all current spells in game.

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the location described is completely wrong, worst wiki ever.

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So this staff increases fp cost by over 20% with a little over 10% cast time decrease and no specific spell buffs. Looks like Carian Regal is for sure the way to go.

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so i just got this staff, the staff baseline only has 60 sorc scaling. is that bugged or was this staff nerfed?

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I swear, this thing also speeds up incantation cast time WITHOUT raising FP cost. Try it with Wrath of Gold, it's very noticeable

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values are not correct. my azur glintstone staff +10 has a sorcery scaling of 376 without wearing any armor or talismans or having any buff active

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Just did some quick speedtests. Nothing too special but there is a difference.

10x Glintstone Pebble with:
Meteorite ~ 8,92s
Meteorite + Icon ~ 8,07s
Azure ~ 7,80s
Azure + Icon ~ 7,68s

With the azure + icon thing... i kinda redid it like 5 times for each... so if there actually is a difference, it is too small to waste a talisman slot. Maybe i will do some more tests in the future, cause the small difference with the talisman kinda got me hooked. Or maybe im too tired right now and my timing sucks that bad. who knows.

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Does this stack with Radagon's Icon?

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I wonder how the cast speed compares when Dex is at the cast speed cap. In DS3 speed boosting catalysts had no effect if Dex was already at the cap.

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If you wield this in the opposite hand as another staff you will still gain the casting speed effect while using the other. This applies to all staves like Lusats and the various school specific ones. So if you want to maximize damage of a particular spell, cast with the highest sorcery scaling staff you have and offhand the buff you want. This also means you can make spells cost an absurd amount of FP by using this and Lusat's staff together.

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If you can spare a talisman slot, Radagon Icon effect is the same as this staff but doesnt increase FP cost and lets you use a stronger staff.

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This staff doesn't go up to +25? But +10 yes? I'm thinking since it uses Somber Smithing Stones instead of regular Smithing Stones.

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if anybody wants an idea of general cast times with this staff, the azur's glinstone staff will fire a rock sling in about 1.80 seconds, a meteorite staff will cast rock sling in about 2.18 seconds

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Casting sorceries faster is always meta

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Casting sorceries faster is always meta

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Doing some quick tests, the FP cost increase is like 22% rounded up

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Not a great one. The sorc scaling is lower than other Staves and it requires somber stones as a unique wep. This is going to make it cap out at +10 instead of +20. I'm betting Academy glintsone is way better, especially with the 168 sorc scaling and ability to +20 with Ashes

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I think the carian regal scepter is better. The cast speed difference isn’t noticeable with this staff and it has the FP penalty. Carian also has better spell damage (tested at 60 INT). So basically with this staff you are spending more fp, doing less damage for maybe a few less milliseconds of cast time

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Comment below saying it outscales meteorite at +5 with 52 int is incorrect. It equals the scaling of the meteorite staff at +7, and therefore will exceed it at +8. Tested at 60 int.

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At rank 5 with 52 INT it already outscales the Meteor Staff

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This weapon now has super low Sorcery scaling (starts at 60) and reduces cast time at the cost of FP consumption. I doubt this is one of the best staff's now. Also requires Somber Smithing Stones to upgrade.

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At rank 5 this staff has S rank scaling with INT

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the sorc scaling is different on the detail page and the list

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