Dragonmaw

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Spell Type Dragon Communion
FP Cost 34 Slots Used 1
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Channels dragon to bite foes before caster

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Dragonmaw is an Incantation in Elden Ring. The Dragonmaw channels a dragon head to bite foes in front of the caster. Updated to Patch 1.12.2.

 

One of the incantations of Dragon Communion.

Transforms caster into a dragon to bite enemies before them.

Incantations of those who have hunted dragons and feasted upon their hearts. Theirs is a pure and overwhelming power.

 

Where to find Dragonmaw

Where to find Dragonmaw:

 

Elden Ring Dragonmaw Guide

  • Dragon Communion Incantation
  • Stamina Cost: 50
  • Deals (Incant Scaling x 6.28standard damage 57px Standard Damage and 45 Stance damage, knocks down enemies.
  • Your character will slightly float in the air during casting.
  • You can swivel your character while casting to strike in a different direction, being able to rotate by about 135 degrees.
  • The full cast takes on average 3 seconds, with the bite being registered around the 2.2-second mark. 
  • Grants hyper-armor, but only during the mid-air animation onwards.
  • Can headshot, but rarely occurs with smaller enemies.
  • Can't be charged.
  • Can't be used while riding.
  • Has an accumuVal of 20 towards multi-hit boosts.
  • Dragon Communion Seal boosts its damage by 15%
  • Rock Heart boosts its damage by 20% for 60 seconds.

NOTE: Patch 1.07: FP cost has been reduced significantly (46 > 34). Stamina Damage against guarding enemies has been increased. The hitbox around the dragon's neck has been enlarged to make it easier to hit an enemy at close range.

NOTE: Patch 1.10: (PvP exclusive) Increased poise when attacking with some skills, spells, incantations and some types of weapon attacks that generates poise.

NOTE: Patch 1.12: Fixed a bug that caused unexpected behaviors when other Dragon Incantations were used in quick succession.

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dragon Warrior Written Guide

 

 

Elden Ring Dragonmaw Notes and Tips

  • Updated to Patch 1.10.2. See Patch Notes for details.
  • Deals more damage and has more hyper-armor than Dragonclaw, but the latter has a follow-up attack and can be chained into itself when power-stancing seals.
  • A well-timed Dragonmaw can dodge enemies with ground attacks such as Godfrey and Radagon. 
  • Other notes and player tips go here. 
 
Elden Ring Incantations
Agheel's Flame  ♦  Ancient Dragons' Lightning Spear  ♦  Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike  ♦  Aspect of the Crucible: Bloom  ♦  Aspects of the Crucible: Bloom  ♦  Aspects of the Crucible: Breath  ♦  Aspects of the Crucible: Horns  ♦  Aspects of the Crucible: Tail  ♦  Aspects of the Crucible: Thorns  ♦  Barrier of Gold  ♦  Bayle's Flame Lightning  ♦  Bayle's Tyranny  ♦  Beast Claw  ♦  Bestial Constitution  ♦  Bestial Sling  ♦  Bestial Vitality  ♦  Black Blade  ♦  Black Flame  ♦  Black Flame's Protection  ♦  Black Flame Blade  ♦  Black Flame Ritual  ♦  Blessing's Boon  ♦  Blessing of the Erdtree  ♦  Bloodboon  ♦  Bloodflame Blade  ♦  Bloodflame Talons  ♦  Borealis's Mist  ♦  Burn O Flame!  ♦  Catch Flame  ♦  Cure Poison  ♦  Darkness  ♦  Death Lightning  ♦  Discus of Light  ♦  Divine Beast Tornado  ♦  Divine Bird Feathers  ♦  Divine Fortification  ♦  Dragonbolt Blessing  ♦  Dragonbolt of Florissax  ♦  Dragonclaw  ♦  Dragonfire  ♦  Dragonice  ♦  Ekzykes's Decay  ♦  Elden Stars  ♦  Electrify Armament  ♦  Electrocharge  ♦  Erdtree Heal  ♦  Fire's Deadly Sin  ♦  Fire Serpent  ♦  Flame Fall Upon Them  ♦  Flame Fortification  ♦  Flame of the Fell God  ♦  Flame Protect Me  ♦  Fortissax's Lightning Spear  ♦  Frenzied Burst  ♦  Frozen Lightning Spear  ♦  Furious Blade of Ansbach  ♦  Ghostflame Breath  ♦  Giant Golden Arc  ♦  Giantsflame Take Thee  ♦  Glintstone Breath  ♦  Golden Arcs  ♦  Golden Lightning Fortification  ♦  Golden Vow (Spell)  ♦  Great Heal  ♦  Greyoll's Roar  ♦  Heal  ♦  Heal from Afar  ♦  Honed Bolt  ♦  Howl of Shabriri  ♦  Immutable Shield  ♦  Inescapable Frenzy  ♦  Knight's Lightning Spear  ♦  Land of Shadow (Incantation)  ♦  Lansseax's Glaive  ♦  Law of Causality  ♦  Law of Regression  ♦  Light of Miquella  ♦  Lightning Fortification  ♦  Lightning Spear  ♦  Lightning Strike  ♦  Litany of Proper Death  ♦  Lord's Aid  ♦  Lord's Divine Fortification  ♦  Lord's Heal  ♦  Magic Fortification  ♦  Magma Breath  ♦  Messmer's Orb  ♦  Midra's Flame of Frenzy  ♦  Minor Erdtree  ♦  Multilayered Ring of Light  ♦  Noble Presence  ♦  O Flame!  ♦  Order's Blade  ♦  Order Healing  ♦  Pest Threads  ♦  Pest-Thread Spears  ♦  Placidusax's Ruin  ♦  Poison Armament  ♦  Poison Mist  ♦  Protection of the Erdtree  ♦  Radagon's Rings of Light  ♦  Rain of Fire  ♦  Rejection  ♦  Roar of Rugalea  ♦  Rotten Breath  ♦  Rotten Butterflies  ♦  Scarlet Aeonia  ♦  Scouring Black Flame  ♦  Shadow Bait  ♦  Smarag's Glintstone Breath  ♦  Spira  ♦  Stone of Gurranq  ♦  Surge O Flame!  ♦  Swarm of Flies  ♦  The Flame of Frenzy  ♦  Theodorix's Magma  ♦  Triple Rings of Light  ♦  Unendurable Frenzy  ♦  Urgent Heal  ♦  Vyke's Dragonbolt  ♦  Watchful Spirit  ♦  Whirl O Flame!  ♦  Wrath from Afar  ♦  Wrath of Gold



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    • Anonymous

      NPC invaders and recusant targets have no idea how to properly dodge this. Doing my first Dragon Communion playthrough and basically ate my way through Volcano Manor's assignments because everyone just kept approaching me during its wind up and then got munched. 10/10, would cannibalize Diallos's brother again.

      • Anonymous

        Don't mind me, just theory-crafting for future:
        +15% offhand communion seal
        +15% golden vow
        +20% dragon heart
        +whatever blue dancer charm may give around 8 miyazakilos
        +10% damage taken by enemies by greyoll roar
        all of this casted by 80fth erdtree seal, giving 2216 BEFORE these boosts
        Any boost I missed which can be used practically?

        • Anonymous

          Majority of dragon Incantation revolves around dragon mouth which make this less cool. I use dragon claw as it feels like I m using other parts of dragon too especially when it's just melee kind of skill.



          Man it feels like the game punishes you for being cool and edgy

          • Anonymous

            The secret is to forget about other dragon communion incantations.
            Dragonmaw is just that good.
            Good old hyperarmor and knockback, nothing beats it, i am right, my fellow dragonheartmunchers?

            • Anonymous

              Hands down the funnest I've had fighting Radagon and Elden Beast! I absolutely wrecked them! The I frames and hyper armor are so clutch!

              • Anonymous

                Dragon form + blue dancer talisman + flock canvas talisman + dragon communion seal = other worldly levels of damage

                • Anonymous

                  This absolutely wrecks Tarnished NPCs. 95% of the time they run right into it and get knocked down, just repeat until they die. Have wrecked all the Mausoleum fights so far in the DLC this way

                  • Anonymous

                    I love eating Gideon like this. I just begin munching on him when he's giving his introductory speech, and I don't stop until he's dead. Poor guy doesn't even get to drink his flask. This is by far my favourite "NPC cheesing" spell in the game

                    • Anonymous

                      ****ig busted. The hyper armor + damage lets you trade positevely against bosses while being underleveled. Was expecting my incant only run to be alot of catch flame but instead its a lot of nom nom nom

                      • Anonymous

                        So satisfying to "no u" the other dragons in this game by biting their head. Elden Ring really does have the coolest spells of all the souls games.

                        • Anonymous

                          How much damage do they get from the faith scaling of a seal specifically as opposed to the arcane scaling? anyone know if they even get any? i havent tested the damage of dragon communion incantations when purely boosting the faith.

                          • Anonymous

                            Dragons do not have problems. This is because every time something resembling a problem appears before one, they have a very simple, straightforward solution no matter what it is: just bite its head off.

                            • Anonymous

                              As a Vigor Examinator I can proudly say that this spell is the perfect implement upon which to judge whether someone has adequately levelled vigor or not. 10/10 would recommend

                              • Anonymous

                                This spell was my answer to every single spammy agile boss in the game, including the whole DLC
                                Screw it, if you don't have enough room to dodge and weave normal spells in, slap Golden Vow, Boiled Crab, Dragoncrest Talisman and and Opaline Hardtear and just hyperarmor your way through bosses while trading favorably with thm using this.
                                Rellana? Barrier of Gold + Dragonmaw means I just bit her to death while face tanking her combos. Messmer? Flame Protect Me + Dragonmaw and just tanked the ****er. Final boss? Divine Fortification + Dragonmaw means I ate a god too.

                                • Anonymous

                                  incredible pve spell. more damage than ripostes in most cases if you're not relying on dagger talisman and punishes lengthy boss phase transitions like malenia or morgott

                                  • Anonymous

                                    Got one shot by this midair while falling. Tracking is insane on this thing. RL 60, 40 vigor. Not sure if being near greyell's roar but not being hit by it still debuffs me enough to get one tapped by dragons maw though.

                                    • Anonymous

                                      This right here is my favorite thing ever, in the history of forever! I think about this every day, I think about this all night long. I stay awake not sleeping because I'm thinking about this.

                                      • Anonymous

                                        This incant is very effective against Malenia! Stuns her as long as she's not in certain attack animations. Works very well with frost breath to increase her damage received. Definitely one of the easiest Malenia fights I've done.

                                        • Anonymous

                                          just did 4k+ on the giant crow in the blood swamps mohg area. Nice move if you know when to use it, in this case, after the crow did that ground charge he does when he flops on the floor, did it right when he stopped, did 4k damage and stance break.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            why the **** this does 45 stance damage while costing 34 FP again... like if there weren't enough easy modes already

                                            • Anonymous

                                              50 FTH / 55 ARC and with the Dragon Communion seal I am one-shotting people in PvP, even if they are moderately geared (full Bull-Goat or the usual sweaty Veteran's Set might survive one hit)… but in general this incantation, when they aren't expecting it, will destroy just about anyone in PvP. And you love to see it when sweats get mad.

                                              In PvE it does extremely high poise dmg and dmg in general. And if you die to this in PvP... well, it's probably one of the easiest things to avoid or punish, like most Dragon incantations.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                how did I play for more than 700 hours without trying this out, literally eats knights for breakfast, and anything human sized that survives the first chomp is now on the floor only to get immediately chomped again the instant they get up

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  The wiki is wrong, this thing only does physical damage, not magic. tested on the troll outside of godrick, and magic boosting items did nothing while blue Dancer worked

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    Back when the arena first opened and united combat was an instant-join, you could use this spell to chomp someone as soon as they respawned if you timed it right. Fortunately you have i-frames during that window of time now. But man, the memories.

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      This should not one shot my full bull goat 70 vig tank build with max defense talismans and buffs. Needs a massive nerf before people become enticed by this stupid one shot cringe spell.

                                                      • About the lunge you get when you do a breath attack after... does that serve any purpose? Like, does it make the breath do more dmg or give it more hyper-armor? Or it's just a quirk?

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          Use this during the Godfrey/Loux fight any time he is winding up for the arena-sized shockwave attack. In phase 2 he double slams so you need to time it a little differently than phase 1. You avoid the damage and chomp the chieftain at the same time, good good stuff

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            If it hits freight train of pain but if your enemy gets right in your faces and gives you a little slap freight train of frustration 10/10 incant I love it so much genuinely

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              When I see a furled finger using this I know they're the kind of player that would sacrifice themselves to get the host to the finish, ballsy spell, respect

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                are you a faith build having trouble with a boss? this can and will solve your problem just eat them with Dragonmaw!

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  How to start every run right:
                                                                  start prophet
                                                                  grab flail in gatefront
                                                                  run down to siofra and grab marika's scarseal
                                                                  run down to fort faroth in caelid and get radagon's soreseal
                                                                  spin2win on greyoll for ez runes and dragon hearts
                                                                  run to the church and buy big chomp
                                                                  chomp everyone
                                                                  become elden chomper

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    after some calculations, found out that this has 5.66 incantation scaling which is insane, you can easly one shot people in arena with this badboy

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Good for invasions or 3v3 chaos, but loses most of its usefulness in duels unless you're fighting a very dumb person

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Nifty little visual glitch with this one, if you don't input any movement after casting dragonmaw, the startup animation for agheel's flame (or similar) is changed to that of dragonmaw's. Most people instinctively run away from dragonmaw, but run towards agheel's flame to punish. Do with that information what you will.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          I hit someone in the arena for nearly 2k damage on my 45arc/30faith build this thing is nutty absolutely insane hyper armor and crazy damage balanced by the fact that it is rather slow and hard to land but when it hits it hits like a train love it.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            This thing has ridiculous damage and easily accessed. Deal purely physical damage, gain ridiculous superarmor when used.

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              It appears Dragonmaw and Dragonclaw are 100% physical damage

                                                                              Just tested both Dragonclaw and Dragonmaw at patch 1.07.1 on troll near Secluded Cell grace
                                                                              Naked, Dragon Communion Seal (303 spell buff) resulted in 1970 damage
                                                                              Equipping Magic Scorpion Charm and using Magic Crystal Tear don't increase damage of both spells
                                                                              Holy, fire and lightning tears also don't increase damage

                                                                              I think "Deals physical and slightly magic damage" in the article needs to be corrected

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                Absolutely amazing in pvp. One shot or almost one shot max level hosts with a **** ton of armor, if they’re spamming the breath incantations especially the mid air ones this is an amazing punish. Only downside is if someone charges you you fly right over them, looks kinda funny. You can also combo this with dragonclaw, cast dragon claw then maw. All around one of my favorite incants in the game.

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  Haven’t tested it on Waterfowl Dance yet but this will knock Melania on her ass every time it connects, not sure if it can knock her out of Waterfowl though. You could potentially stunlock her with this.

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    This is stupid good for duels. At lvl 150/60 arcane with dual dragon communion seals I’m hitting 1750s casually and one shotting most opponents. It takes a while to learn the timing and spacing but this thing slaps once you have it down.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      My personal favorite "go screw yourself, would you kindly" incantation to deal with some plain bullshit game encounters. Interrupts even crucible knights (ate the duo crucible knights & crucible knight plus lion misbegotten "bosses" just fine heh), knocks omens on their asses. Can in fact hit several lined up targets as well. Correct spacing is the key. And in the worst cases - stacking of physical defense buffs so whoever you are fighting wouldnt kill you before the animation is over.

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        Besides doing some of the highest immediate damage in the game of all the spells, it does loads of poise damage as well, often staggering enemies to where you can get a follow up attack, or even another Munch. Just have to use good timing. Learn enemy attack patterns so you can imitate it immediately after baiting an attack to compensate for the long windup time.

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          Definitely one of those showy moves that makes you want to use it, but also wonder "where the hell am I supposed to use this?" A long cast time for huge damage, but on an arcane build you'd have bleed anyways to maul bosses, and on a faith build you'd have access to black flame incantations (or just a weapon with natural black flame, like Maliketh's). Why cast this when you can cast Flies, in both PvE and PvP? But who are we kidding -- you're totally going to try to chomp someone with this anyways, aren't you?

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            Already have The Claw... So, with a single heart, do I go with The Maw? Or, The Breath (Scrot or Elemental?) OR... Save it until I have a 2nd heart for "Smaug's Halitosis"?

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              Already have The Claw... So, with a single heart, do I go with The Maw? Or, The Breath (Scrot or Elemental?) OR... Save it until I have a 2nd heart for "Smaug's Halitosis"?

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                I'm letting the cat out of the bag...dragonmaw absolutely slaps in PvP. You heard me. If you use any sort of dragon breath attack first then enemies will usually charge the second go around, that's where dragonmaw shines. It can be used situationally if you can time the range right. You also can adjust your aim a moderate amount while in air charging the attack. It's buffed by flame grant me strength, stack that with golden vow and 1 or 2 dragon communion seals and you will 1 hit everyone. I have killed dozens of people like this and can't remember a time it didn't 1 shot someone. 2k+ damage. Under used and oh so satisfying.

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  The amount of people I’ve one shot with this because they were expecting Agheel’s Flame only to get hit for like 2k damage is hilarious, since hardly anyone uses this in pvp people will panic roll when they see it which is pretty much just a free kill, plus it can be chain cast after dragonclaw which makes it a nice alternative to the normal follow up attack that it has

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