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Very underrated spell. Has a lot of utility in PVE and PVP. The direct fire damage is not bad, does solid tick damage in the ground, and obviously the bloodflame effect is very useful. The only thing that’s awkward about it is the lock on throws. It’s much better to free aim.

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if you use this against malenia from afar you can trigger side-step to waterfowl dance

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I love throwing boiling blood from an eldritch outer god at my enemies.

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Dragon communion seal is what carries blood incants the best. But this one in particular becomes great even against haligtree knights, so use the seal with the arcane properties and enjoy yourself with cheap bleed

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Period boon

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Aim for the feet and this spell eats Tree spirits, dragons, and Erdtree Avatars for breakfast. Also devours Astel for dessert.

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I wish this worked with old lords Talisman bun NAHH i doubt it, same with black flame ritual

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POV: you are Miquella

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Kid: "I want Bloodborne."

Mom: "We have Bloodborne at home."

Bloodborne at home:

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s/n/rne

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This incantation is best used in PvP against opponents who are passive. By that I mean opponents who refuse to attack you until you are locked into any kind of animation. Use free aim.

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this is a very good spell in PvP it's hard to dodge and covers everything in burning blood, and low FP cost makes it spammable. Unless your opponent is quite skilled and puts on pressure / knows how to dodge bleed procs, this thing is a monster to fight against

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would be way better if it was the variant mohg does where its thrown straight at you instead of in an arc

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My best advice is to be aggressive! You can kill this guy before he reaches the second phase! He's great weapon Bleed is his weakness.

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You can cheese any enemy by getting stuck in a hallway or a door and casting this , it sticks to walls so they'll be damaged while you stand back in safety

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Very good for navigating invisible floor/bridge areas like the path to the Haligtree

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Learned very recently people hate it when you spam this spell in the colosseums.. lol

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I wish this could be charged to do the blood shower mohg does. hoping they add that spell in the dlc

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So after playing around with a hex editor, and this spell, I can safely say that if this spell could be thrown in a straight line, it's general viability would sky rocket.

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Pocket blood. The perfect tool to escape situations, and harming others.

My troll build isn't complete without you good old Pocket blood.

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It's a fun spell, but overall a bit mediocre. If the casting animation was faster, or the bloodflame lingered a bit longer, it could easily be a great spell.

That said, it's a great "bleed finisher" in pvp if you can manage to cast it at the right time. The buildup over time makes it difficult to roll the bleeding effect.

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There is no reason to have an arcane requirement for an effect that is based entirely on faith. What was the point, other than charging you a visual tax?

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This spell could be utter trash and I'd still use it because I miss free aiming chaos fire balls at gankers. Yes I am a virgin no-life spell casting invader chad. Still better than all press L2 to win players.

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hehe bloodboon hehehe

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I only recently purchased Elden Ring early March and just picked up Bloodboon yesterday but personally I was very disappointed especially after spending a good time trying to defeat Mohg.

Firstly, while I know free aiming it is a lot better, but the auto targeting cast should be for it to actually hit the target not fall infront or at it’s feet, feels a little clunky.

Secondly, they most definitely missed the mark not adding a charged component to the spell changing it from an Arc in direction to a straight line, you know, how actually Mohg uses it. Would be way more practical in PvE giving us the option to either wide spread it or place it directly infront in a line, doing this would definitely fix my issue in my first point. Also not to mention would be buffed with Godfrey Icon.

Lastly out of all the blood incantations, only swarm of flies can be cast on mount very slow and unreliable on quicker enemies and for others on horseback, personally I feel like Bloodboon should be able too giving us a reliable way to deal damage on horseback.

Cool spell, visually awesome, but most definitely could be way more practical.

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great incantation for enemies that have annoying input reading dodge like Nox enemies as its wide arc will guarantee you hit them and ofc you'll bleed them pretty fast.

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Look up Bloodborne's Formless Oedon and come back.

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Im 99% sure the reason why arcane doesnt increase build with dragon communion is because each tick applies bloodflame that does static bleed buildup over time, not direct bleed build up. This is true for anything that applies bloodflame (bloodflame blade, talons, etc), so something like swarm of flies will be effected by arcane

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It is not mentioned, but hitting with the Initial cast will Do more damage than the Pool itself

Also casting this with the left or right Hand will Change the arc of the spell

Very fun spell if u get a hang on it for a while.

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As I couldn't find any proven facts, I tested whether bloodboon and bloodflame talons get any bleed scaling from the Dragon Communion Seal. I used the Godslayer's Seal as comparison. Tested on flame peak snow trolls and albinaurics.

Dragon Communion seal +10 with 70 arcane:
-Snow troll and albinaurics both bleed on the last hit of bloodboon, assuming they stand in the full aoe.
-Bloodflame talons takes 3 casts to bleed the snow trolls. 3 additional casts after the first bleed will proc bleed again, if the target doesn't run away.

Godslayer's seal +25 (no arcane scaling):
-exactly the same test results for both spells as with the arcane scaling Dragon Communion Seal.

Conclusion: at 70 arcane and fully upgraded, one would expect faster bleed procs from the Dragon Communion Seal than from a seal that doesn't scale with arcane. Therefore it's safe to assume that all the blood spells share the behaviour of bloodflame blade, where the bleed per second values cannot be increased in any way, other than multiple casts.

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Pocket blood

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I recommend not locking on with this. Try throwing the blood just behind a player and they will likely walk into it, or at the feet of enemies or bosses for fast bleed build, especially when combined with bloodflame talons.

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We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood; Fear the old blood

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This is good in low-mid level invasions to throw behind your opponent while you have bloodflame blade on. They will have to walk through it if they are running or try to fight you, either way they will take more bleed buildup from something.

At high levels where people can just ignore it and trade, it's pretty bad. Most weapons can outtrade it if there will even be a trade with the slow speed it has.

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Mohg has shortest screen time now.

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This spell wins based on cool factor alone.

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more like.. bloodborn!!

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Buffed in 1.07 patch, it's good against large enemies, since they step on all the blood pools. Still behaves weirdly against close targets, since the blood will fly past them.

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A great spell for pve. Throw it & splash a mob of trash. Its less incredible against bosses unless they are large. Most of the damage comes from the initial & the bleed should come from lingering in the flames. Obviously this is meant to be used with dragon communion seal on a high arcane build, otherwise it's useless. Im sure someone has made it work in duels or something. If so that is impressive because the wind up & recovery for this spell is abysmal. The aoe doesnt last very long & it's easy to avoid the entire spell by strafing or rolling around at close range (even if they are unlocked & freeaiming)

This needs a casting speed buff & an extension for how long the flames linger. Damage & buildup is fine.

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This spell is really nice for area denial, If you can learn how to free-aim at their feet really good, you don't really need to pair it up with other sources of bleed. Due to the trajectory of the blood splatters, it's hard for opponents to predict where they're gonna land, so if you can learn to free-aim where they're going to step, and at their feet, you can play mind games with them. That doesn't mean that hitting them with the blood splatters is bad btw, the damage from getting directly hit makes for some pretty nice harassment. Keep in mind, the average amount of bloodboon casts for someone to bleed out is about 2 if they're rolling around. If they're standing in it for about 3 or 5 seconds, that's a guaranteed bleedout, though some armor values might determine how long it takes. Try to take advantage of really long animations too from opponents. Keep in mind that I'm at 40 FAITH and ARCANE. All in all, pretty dope incantation; I'd love to see more people using it.

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Awsome Utility-Offensive Spell.... This alone is about decent on its own , but Bloodboon shines best when paired with Swarm of Flies , and to even Mess it up entirely making the Build pretty much broken either have Bloodflame Weapon with the 3 or just use Swarm of Flies , Bloodboon while using Morgott's Cursed Sword. ( You'll feel like your the 3rd Cursed Omen Son and the True Lord of Blood ). Good combo trapping spell when paired with swarm of flies... And with some nasty other Incantation Spell combos the Outcome will be Genuinely fun , in PvE and in PvP.

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I’m the only one who hopes DLC will add the possibility to cast it in a straight line (probably with another version of the spell), like Mogh does? The combo/surprise potential would be nice even in pvp

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Sounds like this would destroy dragonlord...

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LET THEIR BLOOD.. RAAAIN FROM THA SKYYYYYYYYYYY!

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THEY MADE BLOODBORNE INTO A REAL THING

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Awsome underrated Combo Incantation i'd say , Bloodboon on itself alone is not Recommended for how Useless the Slot would be if your Build isn't Conjuction with the School type itself. ( Example , pair Bloodflame with any Weapon of the liking or even just use Morgott's Cursed Sword goes pretty well with it as Overall ). You have to have Swarm of Flies and White Mask to have a good Synergy with Bloodboon aswell... It's also great while having Mogh's Spear when you know how to use it... But as i see fit with my Build Morgott's Cursed Sword goes really well with Bloodboon , Swarm of Flies and another Bloodflamed Weapon for the Build. ( You could also Complete the build up with GV and FGmS along with spare Slots for Frenzy Flame Spells , making the Overall build really insane and tedious for other Players lol ).

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Legitimate question, am I supposed to throw the blood right at the enemy for the direct damage, or am I supposed to throw it at their feet so they walk into it?

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The damage may not scale but I think the bleed buildup is increased when using dragon communion seal, because using arcane scaling weapons can increase buildup by leveling. At least from the main blood splashes

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Doesn't seem to scale with arcane(dragon seal)

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Don't you kind of WANT it to hit their feet? It does full damage in a small AoE on contact with the ground and then does extra bloodflame damage/buildup.

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imagine if they added a bloodflame dragon breath spell in the dlc

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Proof that elden ring is infact bloodborne 2: scholar of the first sin

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Fun to use, but free aim it...

Best thing to use against the invisible scarabs, while it doesn't kill it makes them visible

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i dont care if its not good its just goddamn fun to use

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Good news, this spell bleed buildup can stack for each instance of the pool making larger ennemies bleed fast as well as constantly stunning smaller foes. Bad news is you get this spell near the end of the game, unless you manage to do Varre questline early on and beat an endgame boss for it.

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I actually really like this in PvE; it’s a fun way to take out groups of mobs, as enemies will just stand there while it quickly kills them. It might not be the most powerful or cost effective spell, but cool enough that I will keep using it.

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Finally, bloodborne on PC

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I like this, It's just hard to handle. with a tanky summon and you get the aiming you can build up bleed at a very fast speed.

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I think it needs a minor buff but more than that, I'm disappointed that you can't do the version that Mohg can do right above himself that rains bloodflame down at his position/in front of him. Would have been a decent 'get away from me' tool.

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Fairly good incantation for PvP.
Getting used to aiming it can be tricky but once you have that down you can even hit people straight on for a fair amount of damage.
It's not damage that it excells in however, rather creating a hazards others have to work around.
With bloodflies chasing someone you can pretty much box people in. Said strategy really excells with Mohg's Spear either for chasing or weapon arting them into oblivion.
Not the most meta strategy but it's really fun, besides what's more bm than tossing blood in people's faces?

Only thing I wish this had is longer duration on the lingering flames.

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blood floats on blood

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I still find it terrible. I wish this could act as the blood-spreading trap the sanguine nobles use to slow you down, it would be much more effective.

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Sad that the projectile just disappears in mid-air if you try to lob it over greater distances.

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I think people are playing this incant completely wrong and thus all the hate is coming from that. This isn't lightning spear, of WoG or some sorcery it's a hazard incant. You don't target people with it you cast it off target and get it around you or your opponents area and have them proc bleed then pressure with a good occult or bleed weapon and get the kill. It's great for pvp in tight areas and for creating space. I do agree the proc should be faster considering the current state of bleed status, but it's effective.

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So besides the name being a reference, was Mohg communing with Oedon?

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I wish we could hold cast (not to charge, but as an alternate input method) for a frontal throw like Mohg does.

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One of the worst incantations in the game.

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Why didn't the buff make this good you are wondering? It is because dragon communion seal status build up got nuke nerfed Fromsoft style and now is equal to other seals, making these blood incantations useless.

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This spell is good for showing people you like to start casting a spell so they can slap the **** out of you and jump over the lingering ground effect.

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They literally said “Yep, this is what we’re calling it.”

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BLOODBOON???? LIKE THE VIDEOGAME OMG IT'S A BLOODBORNE REFRENCE

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Either buff the dmg or AOE. As it is rn, it still takes too long to build up the blood loss, and its still too easy for enemies to get out of it, considering the cast time.

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Anon April 18, 5:59pm here.
Re: "Needs a buff badly".
Seems like I called it. Now the only issue is range on slanted surfaces; like people before me said, a good way to fix this would be to make it throw in a vertical line in outer ranges; that way it would still be powerful at longer ranges without being too OP or in it's current state; useless. Otherwise, this thing is great. Having a lot of fun using it. Seemingly popping Bloodloss very easily with +10 Dragon Seal and 99 Arcane.

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The damage and bleed build up is completely fine, just buff the duration it stays on the ground and it would be a great cc spell.

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Hot take but I feel like if it lasted longer then it would be an extremely good cc spell. Idk im not a game dev, could be too op if they did this, especially in pvp. Let me know your thoughts.

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It should receive a buff, but not damage or buildup, but rather duration. With buffs to damage and cast speed, it will just become a competitor to fireball-like spells, which means either they will put this one to shadow, or if it's buffed (I doubt) it will put the other ones to shadow.

Instead - keep the damage, buildup, even cast time, but increase the length of flame lingering on the ground. It should be a tool to control zones, while supporting the buildup of your main weapon.

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People who think this is bad, especially after 1.04, need to give this is a whirl against larger enemies that stay in the lingering fire hitboxes. This thing ramps damage and bleed very fast. I think this, and bloodflame talons, are in a good place. Heck, I think SoF is too.....let's be real, it was TOO strong.

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Even it it cast as fast as bloodflame talons the skill would still suck

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even after the patch, it's still lacking compared to bloodflame talons

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still bad. You need to be close distance to let the pool of blood do its job, and at that point you're better off using the Talons

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Even with the damage and speed buff, it's still pretty lackluster. Better, but severely lacking for an endgame boss spell.

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Just got buffed in 1.04. Haven't tried it yet though
- Bloodboon - Increased damage. Increased cast speed and decreased effect start-up time, decreased recovery time.

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Needs a buff badly. Make it scale to absurd degrees like Bloodflies. 99 Arcane, +10 Dragon Seal; takes ages to proc blood on even simple mobs. At those stats I should be proccing it immediately.

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Can this be combo casted?

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I honestly think this spell could be a lot better by just simply increasing the length of time that the fire remains.

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This spell is great for dealing with alot of flowers/slugs/poison butt plugs all at once.

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Could honestly use a rework and buff, its really cool but for what it is it should really be stronger.

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This has Arcane requirements, so should scale bleed with Arc?

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We finally got Bloodboon on pc!

Wait.

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This should be a legendary incantation if you count it's lore importance. I mean, it's literally *the* spell of a Blood Lord, who in turn got it from an outer god. It's strange there's only like 3 incantations and 4 spells that are said to be legendary, although I guess it's par for the course when your Outer God spell is as mediocre as Bloodboon is.

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Does anyone know how the scaling works? If the fire damage scales with faith and bleed with arcane, or if only the spell buff that counts for both.

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If you're fighting a ton of enemies all grouped together, this is does pretty decent damage and throwing an interdimensional pocketful of flaming blood at people is honestly pretty funny. That said, the cast delay means you need to keep your distance, the cast pattern is an arc that starts at your left side and ends slightly to the right of your front so it's kinda hard to position the puddles, and it's very possible that enemies won't stay in the puddles long enough to receive a blood proc or the puddles will expire before a proc can occur if the enemy wasn't in it for the full duration. The low FP cost means it's pretty spammable, so you can keep an area covered fairly easily, but it almost sorta needs to be spammed to yield good damage. The fact that you get Swarm of Flies leading up to Mohg probably adds to the underwhelming nature of this, tbh

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wish that you can throw it in a line like mogh can do.

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It's such a baller looking spell but it takes ages to come out it's often not worth it, both in pve and pvp.

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The Formless Mother is a sadomasochist.

Mohg got himself a fun one!

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Anyone having trouble with this spell for starters you need to use a casting seal that scales with Arcane not just faith, so basically just Dragon Seal. I think there are two I know one is in Fringefolk Cavern.

Dexterity also seems to make a big difference, I tested casting this on two different characters.

One was a Faith strength and the other was a dexterity arcane.

The dexterity build cast this spell about .5 seconds faster id guess. I’m not checking frames or timing anything.

The damage is alright, with a +18 dragon seal and minimum Faith and 50 arcane hits around 240.

For PVP I’m finding it best used as a punishment and zoning tool.

If they chug an flask in front of you can usually hit them with a good spray.

If you interpret them ahead of time it will usually be enough to finish them.

You can also look downwards and cast it in a giant puddle which does around 600 for me plus bleed if that blows up.

Using it for zoning basically just gives you some free bleed before you go for that first trade.

Also can mess with peoples timing if they try to around them real quick you might be able to score a few hits with a weapon.

I’m not using a full blown caster, so as a kill spell definitely it isn’t going to be blowing people up in 1-2 shots but it does have some good mechanical use for any arcane hybrid casters.

For PVE I’m finding it pretty useless against most bosses just move around too much but it’s handy for clearing weaker mobs.

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Very good for catching invisible scarabs if you don't have something similar available.

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Really wish there were a way to throw this straight instead of sideways, by holding the button or something, like Mohg does in the fight, or just collect it all in one ball of blood to have the option to choose AoE or single target.

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There is a hidden reference in the spell name!! If you take each letter and rearrange them in backwards order, it spells out "NOOBDOOLB"

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Desperately wants a buff. Cast time is long which would imply it does some hefty damage, but it doesn't. The flames it leaves behind disappear way too quickly, and the initial hit is just too paltry. Would be very fun if you could chain cast it, or if the lingering flames got a big buff. As it is I can't justify slotting it, sadly.

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