Bloodflame Talons

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Spell Type Blood Oath Incantations
FP Cost 12 Slots Used 1
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Creates bloodflame lacerations that then explode

attributes required elden ring wiki guide 18Requires
Faith 13
Arcane 15

Bloodflame Talons is an Incantation in Elden Ring. Bloodflame Talons spell lacerates the air and creates bloodflame bombs that explode after a short delay. Updated to Patch 1.07.

 

A Blood Oath incantation, granted by the Lord of Blood.

Creates bloodflame lacerations before the caster, which explode in an instant.
This incantation can be cast repeatedly.

After dealing damage, bloodflame continues to build up onset of blood loss for a very short time.

 

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Elden Ring Bloodflame Talons Guide

  • Blood Incantation
  • Stamina Cost: 21
  • Deals fire damage
  • Bloodflame inflicts Hemorrhage 95 bleed over 2 seconds.
  • This incantation has two parts: The initial swipe and the subsequent explosion; once the swipe animation is finished the explosion will happen, even if the caster gets staggered.
  • Similar to the way Mohg uses the attack, the actual claw sweep deals no damage, only the explosion deals damage to the target.
  • Can be chain-cast with itself as long as the player has enough FP and/or Stamina.
  • NOTE: Since Patch 1.07 FP Consumption has been Decreased from 14 to 12.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Elden Ring Bloodflame Talons Notes and Tips

  • Updated to patch 1.07. See Patch Notes for details.
  • Other notes and player tips go here.
 
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    • Anonymous

      Use furious blade of Ansbach immediately after you use blood flame talons. Then come back and like. Please? :(

      • Anonymous

        Marais Greatsword made me level up Arcane, so i had to get at least some spells going on... This was the one.
        Unfortunately: not very practical in my case. The cast time takes just as much time as a swing with my greatsword does and deals about as much damage too, minus the bleed proc. Pretty much a fun stylish gimmick and nothing else: hit an enemy like 3 times with these to cause bleed proc then send Marais Greatsword to rip their heart out.
        Impractical... But fun.

        • Anonymous

          does using the dragon communion seal increase the bleed build-up of this, considering that it builds up bleed over time on the enemy?

          • Anonymous

            When used with the Golden Order Seal, does it scale with Int ?
            I actually have 60 Int 17 Fai, and I'm wondering if I should spend 5 points into Arc to reach 15

            • Anonymous

              Unlike this spell, Furious Blade of Ansbach is bugged and won't do bleed byildup nor scale with any measure of Faith or Arcane.

              • Anonymous

                I don't know if people do this but I like using it as a pseudo smoke screen to cover Charging AOWs. This into Morgott's Cursed Sword Blood Flame Slash is really fun. Imagine a fiery explosion and the first thing you see is some guy charging through it. Impractical but it's worked in PvP for me enough times to have fun with it.

                • Anonymous

                  Tip: use with a long pokey weapon that makes people want to get up in your face, this is great at punishing close ranged aggression. This isn't catch flame, don't try to use it as such.

                  Sure it's a niche use, but at least it has a use. And it along with bloodboon are the most stylish spells.

                  • Anonymous

                    Tip: use with a long pokey weapon that makes people want to get up in your face, this is great at punishing close ranged aggression. This isn't catch flame, don't try to use it as such.

                    Sure it's a niche use, but at least it has a use. And it along with bloodboon are the most stylish spells.

                    • Anonymous

                      Tip: use with a long pokey weapon that makes people want to get up in your face, this is great at punishing close ranged aggression. This isn't catch flame, don't try to use it as such.

                      Sure it's a niche use, but at least it has a use. And it along with bloodboon are the most stylish spells.

                      • Anonymous

                        Amazing combo I think for using this spell bloodhounds fang or bloody helice is bait enemy to talons, using their finesse AoW to back away and when enemy rush to explosion, attack quickly with follow up r2s,
                        both wepons AoWs has.

                        • Anonymous

                          Fun spell for pvp. Just cast it as they are about to attack you ; they will hit you, then get hit by the spell, which you can easily follow with dagger swipes which becomes a true combo? As long as you're willing to take the trade, the delay on this spell turns this not only into a trade, but the attack tempo goes back on your side as well and now you're the one mashing that attack button while he's mashing that roll away button.

                          • Anonymous

                            Can actually hit enemies through walls with this if they're very close to the wall. I use it to foil obvious ambushes like all those putrid corpses that love to try to shove or grab you when you walk through a doorway in the Haligtree town.

                            • Anonymous

                              I don’t care if it did like 5 damage and 0 poise damage, I wish the talon slash itself atleast hit the foe. It just seems weird that you’re slashing and it does nothing.

                              • Anonymous

                                Extremely niche at best, obsolete altogether if you're running Bloodflame Blade on a weapon with innate bleed, which odds are you probably will be if you're using it at all. This spell's range is pitiful and puts you in a disadvantage right out of the gate due to the innate input > attack delay so someone can easily tag you and then dodge roll before the explosion triggers. Would have been much more viable if it at least had a running/jumping attack like Catch Flame (which is 100% a better spell over this)

                                A BFB-buffed bleed weapon is going to have higher bleed build-up per second than this and without the delay AND you can get it much sooner, which is a bummer because I love the idea of this spell but the reality is it's just flat-out badly designed and poorly thought through.

                                • Anonymous

                                  Not sure if this is helpful to anyone, but it's great for farming those huge Miranda flowers that drop Miranda powder, who I find annoying to fight otherwise w/ regular weapons. Just chain cast it in their face, proccing bleed and dealing fire damage which they're weak to. Even better than Catch Flame for this purpose, because of the bleed.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    How much blood loss build up does this obtain when paired with 80 arc and the dragon seal? Because that’s possibly what makes bloodflame talons viable

                                    • Anonymous

                                      True combos into repeating thrusting aow. Pretty good defensively too. Probably one of the better pvp incants up there with pest threads and bestial sling

                                      • Anonymous

                                        Improved considerably by hitting the first poise breakpoint (51) in PvE. You'll still be forced to trade most of the time, but most smaller enemies won't be able to interrupt your casts and can usually be stunlocked after you hit them once.

                                        • Anonymous

                                          Wish you could get the version Mohg uses that has the big explosion at the end. It could be useful against groups of weaker enemies while the normal version's spammability would make it better against single tougher ones you want to proc bleed on as quick as possible.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            I wish they would buff this by slightly reducing the time between the slash and explosion and/or a faster cast time, along with a running and jumping cast.

                                            • Anonymous

                                              I recently started appreciating this. Absolutely amazing PvP spell, the bane of overly aggressive fist weapon/straightsword spammers

                                              • Anonymous

                                                Surprisingly effective in PvP if your opponent decides to bum-rush you, cast this right when they get close and then roll away and they'll likely get caught in the explosion before they can react.

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  Give this spell a running attack version and it will be so good, ive been using it alot lately, it combos beautifully into morgotts curved swords ash of war with all of its function and blinding effectiveness, but with a running attack for the spell, it'll have the perfect amount of defensive and offensive viability

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    The explosion from the bloodflame talons is massive and bright enough to hide some ashes of war's startup, like piercing fang or blood tax.

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      I love spamming this on dweebs that only r1 poke, if you’re good at predicting your opponents this spell is great.

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        I really love the spell but I think it misses it’s mark and drops off heavily mid to late game. Personally it should be the blood version of Discus of Light in the sense it’s a cheap quick spammable filler.

                                                        If the casting was slightly quicker, explosion larger, swipe did fire damage but the explosion stays as is (giving the bleed) and cost 6 fp it be a great alternative for a full caster run and be useful all through endgame. Currently by the time you get it, you’ll get a few hours of use if that then replace it.

                                                        It’s a shame, visually awesome, just needs a few tweaks and be awesome.

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          This incantantation not only combos into WoG, it might play a similar role as a get-off-me spell quite effectively, with negligible stat requirement. Certainly better than Rejection at that.

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            Most people only use this for rp builds or used it to chain cast. Its seen as a pretty bad spell, which isnt wrong, but I think I know what it is good for that nothing else does better. If your doing a low level run where your also not using any upgrades, this is surprisingly good for stun locking enemies to death and bleeding them with it and swarm of flies. At higher levels or even low level runs where your willing to upgrade your weapons this thing is basically useless compared to other options, but at low levels % based damage is very useful for late game enemies and has low enough stamina cost to spam it until a posture break

                                                            • I like how so many people are complaining about the Initial slash having no hitbox or damage. You are supposed to grab into the body of the formless mother and rip some blood out of it to throw it at your enemies. Its made by Design.

                                                              That said, it would be more viable If it would deal damage.

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                This has been a surprisingly useful attack for me against Godfrey with Max Casting Speed. Wish the explosion range was just a tad larger but it's great weaving a Bloodflame Talon in right after a dodge, and being able to dodge again right before the next attack hits and the Bloodflame explosion goes off at the same time. Other than that this really does feel oddly like a more defensive Incantation, though I suppose that is how Mohg himself uses it as well. Sort of a "Hey step back or Bleed" attack

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  The sad reality is that, for the majority of enemies you face, this incantation gets forced into the defensive role most of the time, due to its only damage coming a moment after casting. This property of it does make it quite good at that though, letting you answer overly-aggressive mobs — such as dogs — with an explosion to the face.
                                                                  It has a similar role in your toolkit against other Tarnished, though due to how laughably non-committal any attack from a Tarnished is, you are only ever going to get hits by hard-reading your opponent.

                                                                  On the offensive, though, Bloodflame Talons really shines against the larger, slower foes that aren't as able to evade its repeated attacks, such as Erdtree Avatars.
                                                                  — Courh the Explorer

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    The explosion AoE is too small for my liking. You have to be at backstab range to for it to take effect. And the bleed build up is meh.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Ive been working this spell into my playstyle in pvp. Running an arcane build with communion seal +9. Ive found it to be really good against hyper aggro players who wont get off your back. The initial cast can be slow but the blast always causes a stagger which can set up a combo. Often these combos if your using elonoras, rob, anything with double slash or sword dance can kill an opponent outright. Its not good in every situation, (blood incantations in general are not) but man is it cool when you pull it off.

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Lots of people hating on the fact the initial slash doesn’t deal damage. This is certainly a downside in many situations, but this encourages a very unique playstyle. Against slower enemies, cast this 1-2 sec before the target reaches you, then backstep or roll backwards to get out of range. Works great against shielded enemies.

                                                                        Also in tight spaces, you can free aim this while hiding behind a corner/doorway, then have the enemy walk into the explosion. Niche, but very fun to use.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          Why they decided the initial slash has no sort of hit box is beyond me. Same thing with the Carian sword spells having a hit box but Black Blade incantation doesn’t.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            Haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere yet, but if you dual wield seals and alternate casting this from each seal, it can be chain cast quite a bit faster compared to continuously casting it from a single seal. However, this requires precise timing to work. Activate the next cast exactly when the full red slash is visible, right before the red slash becomes brighter and the explosion occurs.

                                                                            Once you get the rhythm down, this is a deadly combo with dual dragon communion seals on ng+. Similar concept to how dragonclaw can be chain cast by dual wielding seals.

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              This is stylistically my favorite spell, but I can't figure out what situation I'd use it instead of my whips/claws.. Is the bleed buildup significantly higher than weapons?

                                                                              The startup is so long, the only hits I get are usually losing trades.

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                While not particularly overwhelming in PvP, especially when catch flame exists, this spell does work well when considering mindgames. The first cast will almost certainly not hit, but players will often try to rush in after the first or second cast, allowing you to cast an additional time to hit them. In PvE it seems to work fine enough, and the bleed build up is always appreciated.

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  Pretty good "get out of my face" spell, has more stagger and range than catch flame, little bit more damaging + bloodloss buildup for 4 addicional fp. It does come out slower wich can be good for roll catching at point blank range but it cannot be casted while running or performing a similar action. I would say its up to preference whether you wanna use this instead of catch flame, but I would use this if I had another weapon on the main hand + talisman on the offhand, and catch flame if playing caster only

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    Personally I think this incantation is terrible for PvP. You can easily be staggered out of it, and it doesn't even do that much damage. You're actually better off using Noble Presence since that gets some poise and can do good damage if you charge.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      I played around with param patcher (no worries, i don't play online at all), and added a hit to the initial swipe. And let me tell you, the spell feels so much better to use now. Not having any damage on the claw swipe just seems wrong imo

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        Fun fact: the explosion staggers Malenia. Beat her last night with a mimic just spamming this and the flame pillar incantation you get from killing the fire giant (fire pillars knock her on the ground).

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          Very disappointing the intial slice does nothing not even poise damage. Until that's added its worthless

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            Im an INT/FTH caster build on my 1st playthrough.
                                                                                            Do i need arcane investment for good value on this or will my 40/40 spread, +9 golden order seal still give good damage for this?

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              this one the best pvp spells imo, use any long range spell and bait people to roll into you. use this and if they get hit into catch flame. insta 1k+ damage combo.

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                Hella slept on in pvp. Is fast, but can also be used as a slower, timing mix up with a fast weapon (like a curved sword or a thrusting sword), and if hit combos into an R1, maybe with a bleed weapon to quickly fill the meter, or you can combo it into fast spells like catch flame. You can also use it to trade if you cast it right before getting hit, and it hits for a solid amount of damage not to mention a potential bleed proc.

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  If you're low dex, put Azur's staff in your other hand and have Radagon Icon equipped when casting. This spell really benefits from casting speed.

                                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                                    This spell is amazing for PvP.
                                                                                                    One thing I haven't seen people mention is that THIS SPELL COMBOS.
                                                                                                    You can use Catch Flame, or Rock Sling and lead either of those into this spell, and still combo this spell into a Honed Bolt, or whatever else you want to combo with.

                                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                                      I used this thing to tear apart the Godskin Duo after putting them to sleep. It's a terrible combo on big sleep vulnerable enemies. It also just stacks bleed fast on big things in general. Faster, though riskier than the blood flys incantation.

                                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                                        This is a pretty good spell but it requires a bit of foresight to be useful. It works well combined with bloodhound step to position yourself and bait your enemy properly. It won’t do crazy damage but one slash has the potential to stagger in pvp which can then be followed up into a combo with your off hand. For pve I mainly use it to maximize damage if a target rushes me then dash out since the casting time is about a second shorter than swarm of flies.

                                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                                          Rip. We killed each other at the same time so it didn't drop for me even after reloading the area a few times.

                                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                                            This is actually one of the few spells that lets you catch a bloodhound step spam that is not good. Since they will most likely step and attack the second see you use it you can unlock and aim at where they will be for a trade. This does decent stagger so you can true combo it into a catch flame or attack with a weapon like a straight sword or a thrusting sword. Rather unfortunately you will still get outdamaged by a ugs so be careful.

                                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                                              can confirm flame grant me strength increases explosion dmg
                                                                                                              tested on sleeping albinaurics went from 649 to 779 with flame grant me strength

                                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                                pretty badass animation, tearing the reality open and make it bleed fire and blood. sadly not very usefull

                                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                                  Feels like a slower, more costly catch flame that only does 20 more damage, but the bleed is a pretty nice tool for certain bosses.

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