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this is simultaneously one of the worst and one of the most annoying spells in pvp. the constant hitting is obnoxious, especially if you make the mistake of leaving your controller vibration on. and yet it does terrible damage under virtually any circumstance. miyazaki's really outdone himself with this masterpiece

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this thing melts elden beast try it out

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The last rites skill increases the damage by a surprising amount because it adds 25 holy damage to each hit in addition to a 10% overall damage increase. I'm talking more than double the damage on the tiny shots. It makes it go from utter garbage to usable if somewhat wasteful against enemies not resistant to holy.

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I used this for the first time today and I'm astonished how bad it is. It really does live up to its notoriety. The knight by the Artist Shack literally just walked through it like it was rain drops.

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Ah yes the framerate drop spell

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I’ve heard people present the idea that the projectiles on this should inflict holy-damage debuff and I couldn’t agree more.

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it is not a good game piece, but the description and the visual effect just give me a sense of awe, and I love it for that

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Elden pee... Bathed in gold...

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New “exploit” Last Rites gives flat damage boost to each attack which doubles or triples the damage of the tiny stars. It’s a noticeable boost to damage but not game changing… I died alot while testing this lol so not game changing at all.

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HAVE SOME GODDAMN FAITH, ARTHUR

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Mandatory in arena cause I’m not chasing down the guy who’s definitely lost the match but has switched to thrust sword, blue/red feather and is running away to swap into royal remains set too. This puts those foolish ambitions to rest. It is still a really bad spell, and erdtree heal would be better in almost every situation… but if all faith buffs are now useless I may as well have Elden stars instead of buffs. This is all purely pvp I’m talking.

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It procs Malenia Rune's healing effect. Constantly. Do you have any idea how good that is? Two useless things together becoming something great. Use that on a tanky build to keep trading hits with any endgame boss for days

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Dont get me wrong: This spell is dogshit. But people need to stop whining that something is bad, because its holy damage. Only 2 major bosses have a high holy dmg resistance, being Malekith and the endboss. Anything else, you are good to go to use it. Again, this doesnt apply to this spell, since its still bad, just a general note

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Not very good, but it looks cool and that's what really matters in the end.

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its downright horrible for most enemies but i tried throwing it at a dragon and it does have some uses. it lasted surprisingly long, managed to stance break a lesser dragon by itself without me doing anything else but it did take a couple casts
but it does last long enough to matter against bigger foes that it can constantly follow and attack
their stance is basically just not going to start recovering for as long as this is active, whether you're actively hitting them yourself or not
meaning you don't have to play as aggressively to get those hits in for a stance break
you could throw some daggers for the same effect yeah but this just does it all by itself so you can focus on other things

but aside from that stance pressure on large enemies, i dont see a use for it in pve
the damage is very bad and it tends to completely miss smaller enemies like banished knights

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Okay, this isn't actually as bad as a lot of people are making it out to be, is that just me? Sure, it definitely isn't worth that absurd mana cost, but on a dedicated Faith build, this can do pretty well against bosses not resistant to Holy Damage, which isn't many, until you get to the last 4/5; it works great in coop, too, as the smaller bullets will constantly be drawing aggro. It definitely needs some damage buffs, but it's not a *bad* spell. It's not a *great* spell, but it's good at what it does. Granted, what it does is annoy invaders, draw aggro, and *maybe* explodes for big damage right on the boss' face, but it's good at those things nonetheless

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Basically only use to annoy people in PvP

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You can either do yourself a favor and ignore it completely or become scum and spam it in coop invasions while raining all kinds of sht spells to a poor soul.

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This spell should have a faster cast time and the projectiles need better tracking so that the dismal damage they deal can at least stack up when something gets hit by a bunch of the small projectiles.

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This incantation needs a holy resistance shred effect like the moon sorceries. The extremely low damage it deals would make sense if it also applied a debuff.

1% resistance shred for 8 second per hit from the small projectiles (disabled in PVP)

20% Resistance shred for 1 minute when the main projectile hits the enemy.

Both the incantation and holy damage in general would be in a much better place with something like this. I would even say that this would completely fix the element.

The small projectiles would help the main one deal good damage while also helping the player deal increased damage without having to wait for the main one to explode and would give a brief window of heavily reduced defense when both debuffs stack from the small and main projectiles

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The entire spell does terrible damage unless your specifically built for holy damage dealing with the right tears, sacred scorpion & golden epitaph. Even the main projectile is nothing to write home about. This spell is all about mind games. Getting your opponent to freak out & run away as it buzzes closer & closer only to miss or whiff on a wall.

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Everything related to fixing this spell is undermined by the fact that it deals holy damage, and that any raw increase of damage will make pvp hideous to play, especially invasions, so I don’t blame the devs in that regard. I’ve always thought that pvp system is what restricted many features Elden ring could’ve had, and idk how possible it is to create features in pve that display differently in pvp, in terms of programming certain key features to appear in pve and change in pvp, like making this spell and flame of the fell god busted in pve but limited in their functions when being in pvp. It might do something but I don’t know how possible it is, or how much it would cost fromsoft

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Ahh elden stars, so to speak seek eternal darkness.

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holy crap coral missiles from ac6 but awful

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This spell doesn’t have a good use in pve, but is actually meant to annoy people in PVP. If there’s someone else casting it in the right area and start spamming lightning spear you will take guaranteed damage. From an invader’s perspective the spell is noisy and too bright, so it can kinda hide both the sounds and appearances of many attacks. But this spell is only effective if you have a cooperator that knows how to take advantage of this.

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I think it's hilarious that this requires 2 slots, like the devs were worried it would be far too powerful otherwise.

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Its changed to be in the radiant rune of order, for anyone playing in convergence. It drops from the Misbegotten Crusader with the Golden Order Greatsword.

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Its changed to be in the radiant rune of order, for anyone playing in convergence. It drops from the Misbegotten Crusader with the Golden Order Greatsword.

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second best spell in the series maybe even better than immolation

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It’s only good at pvp for the impact frames the person needs to keep dodging

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Typically seen as a bad spell, but when combined with the Golden Land AoW this turns into S tier in PvP.

Open the match w/ Golden Land and then immediately cast this to give your opponent a high damage bullet hell to roll through, you can then re-cast Golden Land or chase them down while the bullets are up. Rinse and repeat.

Golden Land provides perfect cover while you cast this, and the main bullet surprisingly lands ~50% of the time when this is done well since your opponent will most likely be too distracted.

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So, I’ve heard this is kinda bad. Can anyone else confirm? I mean it just wouldn’t be right, it has legendary status after all.

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Anyone that thinks intelligence is worth than faith needs to look at this s**t

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Ahh, Erdtree!
In short Praise the shield!

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golden retaliation goes brrr

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I have never had so much hatemail and pointdowns before trying this out in PvP. Yes, I'm a terrible person. But casting this from inside black flame ritual is just too funny to stop.

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I actually enjoy using this incantation and find it useful against larger enemies, especially at range, and when I cast it from far off and then run in to attack while the spell is still going I ALWAYS get a stance break. But the one issue I have is - it does Holy damage, but for some reason it doesn't stop skeletons from reforming, why is that?

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I often ponder the nature of this incantation. Why here? Why is the most important spell to the Golden Order sitting underground in an ant's nest? My theory is that burrow in the ground in the Deep Root Depths was once the egg of the Elden Beast. It could explain the presence of these engorged ants we see, who when slain drop Rune Arcs. Rune Arcs which would not be the shards scattered by the Shattering, but remnants of the Greater Will's essence as the Elden Ring was birthed.

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I like using this instead of fan daggers

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poise through it

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Love using this in pvp. Watching dual mog spears andy flop around like a fish is always a treat.

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So does this mean the Elden Beast merged with and "became" the Elden Ring or that it was the Elden Ring from the beginning?

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Alright hear me out, buff this so it spawns a NG+7 full power Elden Beast to kill your target when it lands and I might perhaps after, some convincing consider running it.

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It's hilarious seeing how little damage this does for such a flashy and high-end incantation. It's the faith version Founding Rain of Stars. It's not bad against Deathrite Birds and good for annoying invaders but that's about it.

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ha ha ha

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ha ha ha

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I cast this against the Fire Giant and the projectiles literally just pass through him without doing any damage.

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Not bad, but a bit disappointing for a spell that is supposed to be the pinnacle of incantations. No way is a req of 50 faith justifiable for this. This is more in the 30-40 faith tier.

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No idea why you all are crying over it in pvp. Small stars hit for like 10 dmg and cast time is so long that whenever i see anyone using it im thinking "cool, im getting a free hit"

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Elden stars spammers when I ignore with Eternal Darkness and spam my own spells:

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This spell apparently being good as it is in arena is further proof why flat circle maps are bad design for dueling in From games.
In invasions, this thing is hard-countered by walls.

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Can effectively deal 2k dps against players in one cast. Pretty easy to do more damage since you can stun the player and then the big stars explode dealing additional dps, supper useful provide you have enough time to cast.

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one of the coolest looking incantations, unfortunately mostly used by scrubs in pvp

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also you can only have one active at a time

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Good for pressure in pvp, use with triple discs of light and radagons rings of light and you can do some cheap and nasty damage

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I guess this is decent against big enemies in PvE? At 80 FTH, Erdtree Seal + Golden Bow it did 3200+ damage to a troll in stromveil. I guess it's semi-decent for enemies that get hit with all the proyectiles like dragons or ulcerated tree spirits. Then again pest threads does the job and doesn't eat away your focus points.

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The only actual lore on the elden beast

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Like many said this incantation doesn't do a lot of dmg, but to be fair... Elden Beast's Elden Stars doesn't do that much damage neither...

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Is "ELDEN STARS" a summon that chases down opponents? IF SO . that's so cool. Legit Faith being able to out star INT is really funny lol . POV : FAITH STARS STRONGER <

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You guys are wild, I'm getting this to hit 1k in the arena . Plus cipher pata spam . One mistake and it's a free kill

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if someone in Collo uses this against you, you can whip out your Erdtree Greatshield and turn it into an Erdtree M4A1

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The legendary incantations or those incantations that come from legendary bosses usually are prizes awarded through the tarnished overcoming some kind of profound challenge. What does the most historically signifant spell to the Golden Order and the Erdtree being found on some random corpse underground mean exactly? I feel like there is a story that we may never know behind why such an important spell winds up in this particular place.

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Don’t even bother trying to dodge this. The user will be too busy spamming swarm of flies most likely and it’s almost always free damage for you.

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I don't think there is any incantation worse than this...

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If you want to use this, dont bother using the Holy Shourding Cracked Tear, the damage boost is so little, only the main explosion gets a major buff, but youre enemy has to be pretty slow and dumb to get hit by it.

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[ F A I T H ] gets to summon an "insanely massive Galaxy God" as a temporary summon to fight with. [ I N T ] gets... ... Tibia Summons ( i think everyone knows how much of a "let down" tibia whatever is ~ self explanatory). OF COURSE ! ! !

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As so this is the Touhou spell

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This and Wave Of Gold (northern lights) are so pretty 100 / 100

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By far coolest STAR attack

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Great pvp spell, drains enemy stamina, allows you time to close distance and apply buffs. Even if they were able to come out relatively unscathed it still is extremely useful putting people on the defensive. In Pve it's absolute trash. Most bosses have high resistance to holy and it moves too slowly to actually be effective on npc targets.

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The usefulness of this spell is proportional to the player's brainpower. Explains why so many people think it's bad.

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Don't care if it's mid. Looks cool as **** and is fun to use. Mandatory for every stylish faith build.

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Why isn't this an INT thing, Damm FROM completel butchered INT with FAITH... literally FAITH IS BETTER THAN INT IN EVERY SCENARIO POSSIBLE...

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pew pew pew

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See what’s nice about this is that if it was good it would be the most irritating spell ever invented, so we can rest easy knowing it sucks

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I don’t think it needs a buff. In pvp, elden stars begins to make sense when you make erdtree heal, holy ground, blessing of the erdtree, etc a main part of your build. If my opponent gives me time to heal or counter their build with appropriate elemental buff, I will. Many enemy players turn even more passive after BoG/erdtree heal to wait it out or fish for turn and burns... Elden stars puts their foolish ambitions to rest while allowing me to stack even more buffs, cures heals. Wrath of gold if they come in close. Ritual sword/spear talisman, radagaon icon and crucible scale talismans obviously.

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Honestly, this one feels best suited for keeping pressure on opponents in pvp and followed by either black blade at a distance or golden land up close with the R2 swing. Also, the fact that it's one of those, "If the crosshair connects i can reach it." incantations just makes it even better, i'd say.

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Magic Downpour, Rykard's Rancor and Elden Stars make for one of the awesome visual combos you can cast. So much starts just happening and it looks really cool.

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Carian retaliation and erdtree greatshield just delete the whole thing if you catch it, which is really funny to do to people when they're not expecting it.

It just vanishes from existence and the mage is left standing there wondering where their flashbang went.

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Haha Elden stars into erdtree heal go brrr

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This is great in the Colosseum. Drop this on the mage in the back casting nukes and annoy the heck out of him while your melee gets in range to gank.

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Colosseum made me look at this differently. Guy cast it at me and it goes on forever and tracks for way too long. I rolled and rolled and rolled until I was out of stamina and the **** was still casting. Left me wide open for attack. Definitely equipping this from now on.

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Good distraction for enemy mage.

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worst incantation in the game by far lmao. the stars deal no damage and the projectile flies at the speed of a snail so essentially it does nothing. i casted this and the stars were all flying through maliketh and doing absolutely nothing. like i could see the stars gunning through him like a machine gun but his health bar didnt move and the big projectile he just jumped away from so it did nothing. completely useless spell. all its good for is the visuals. cast some fireworks. otherwise - 0 use. just use discus of light.

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pretty much exclusively a ganker spell. it justs adds to the chaos and can be safely cast with the backup of two buddies

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Say what you will.. this is a combo spell. When this is up... Something I cast you will stick... Eventually

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I think the issue with this spell is its inconsistent damage. I'm using golden order seal with 80 int and faith and I've seen it inflict roughly 3500 damage, but typically it only does anywhere from 1000 - 2000 damage, with the larger projectile guaranteeing around 1200 damage by itself if it hits. Im not sure if the int scaling on the Golden Order seal effects the damage, but if it does then this spell definitely needs a damage buff for pure Faith builds.

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this is actually pretty effective if your enemy happens to be ticklish.

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Good for setting up poise break impaling.

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Dont underestimate this Spell i would say.... It might sound horrible by itself , but Trust me with a sneaky mind-set and a dedicated Hybrid Magic Staff and Holy Seal build this becomes OP. ( Equip a Staff and Seal on off hand , summon firstly Elden Stars , then Swarm of Flies... Immediately switch to Founding Rain of Stars then cast Magic Downpour from your staff ). This 4 Combo Spells will overwhelm any Boss , Invader , PvE or PvP situation that will give you not just plenty of time to re-engage but also set-up for an amazing Trap Build.... I also recommend having Bloodboon after casting Swarm of Flies and Elden Stars.... This spell on itself is not that nasty or crazy , but trust me when i say this pair it with Swarm of Flies , Bloodboon , then Founding Rain of Stars followed by Magic Downpour. ( This case you will summon hundreds if not thousands of Projectiles in the near vicinity... You can also go with Ancient Death Rancor ). For a pretty tedious nasty Hybrid Magic/Holy Build set-up lol.

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This incantation is an enigma to me. There's no way FromSoft knowingly made such an awe inspiring failure like everyone is seeing without a catch. Highest faith requirement, longest cast time of any incantation and 2 slots cannot reasonably yield 200 damage if you're lucky. My guess is that the little stars continue to emit from the big star so long as the big star does not impact. Theoretically this could mean an infinite amount of damage given to an enemy so long as they consistently dodge the big star.

I have yet to find a single boss in the game that moves in such a way and theoretically wouldn't eviscerate you before any meaningful damage is done but I'm certain in my search for even one justification on why this ****ing incantation even exists I will find my answer.

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they recently *nerfed* the duration lmao it's too niche

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Useless, 50 faith and 2 slots for super slow cast time and damage? Please fromsoftware fix this

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Fromesoftware should really upgrade this spell, 50 faith and 2 slots for what? 0 PvP-Practicability (cast too slow, no damage)

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Damage of the tiny stars need to be buffed, if only a little bit.

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No attack should be unavoidable in any sense. If you can't possibly completely dodge it, it is cheap, regardless of how much or little damage it does.

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I don’t care if it sucks, takes 9 years to cast, and does like 2 damage. It’s so darn pretty

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Can you cast this and another spell that tracks enemies the same way at the same time or nah? like flame of the fell god.

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It doesn't even tickle the enemies. Disappointing.

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Use this and placidusaxs ruin one after the other to overwhelm people

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