Impaling Thrust

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Skill that lets piercing armaments overcome enemy shields. Build power, then lunge forward for a long thrust that pierces an enemy's guard.

Impaling Thrust is a Skill in Elden Ring. Impaling Thrust is a strong lunging action that can pierce through enemy shields and pierce their guard. Updated to Patch 1.07.

 

How to get Impaling Thrust

 

Elden Ring Impaling Thrust Guide, Notes & Tips 

 

NOTE: This skill was changed with Patch 1.07 as follows: 

  • Motion speed and attack speed have been increased.
  • The delay between the end of various actions (like using items or attack animation) and being able to perform a skill has been reduced.
  • The timing between the end of the skill and being able to attack and to roll has been reduced.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Impaling Thrust Demonstration

 

 

 

Elden Ring Impaling Thrust Notes & Tips 

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

      This is one of the most powerful skills when used without or with sparing use of lock-on. You may have noticed the thrust has a shallow turning radius, which can cause it to miss when an enemy moves to your side after initiating it. But this can be avoided by simply locking off and moving your character in the direction you want the attack to go. This means you can initiate a thrust in one direction and immediately do a 180 with the camera and shoot in the other direction. If used correctly, you will never miss a grounded enemy with this ash.

      • Anonymous

        It weird how you cant apply impaling thrust on the katar so you can make it heavy katar with the origianl ash of war

        • Anonymous

          This is incredible on halberds. A poise MV of 600 means you’ll be getting 30 poise damage on halberds, only 3 less than a fully charged R2, while being exponentially faster. This gives halberds many more opportunities to deal high poise damage, as the fully charged R2 (except for 3 of them) are insanely slow. All halberd players should try this skill out at least once.

          • Anonymous

            I considered switching to Charge Forth....but Impaling Thrust is so quick, light on FP + does significant Poise Damage.....

            Anyone else having trouble choosing between the 2?

            • Anonymous

              The 'guard piece' effect seems to be actually really significant. From what I could tell, about 90% of my damage was going through the enemy's shield. I tested on NPCs, who knows how it might be different in PVP, but good luck landing it there anyway.

              • Anonymous

                It's sad that this doesn't stagger when used with daggers. Daggers are severely lacking stagger ashes of war - either you pick cold/magic affinity AoWs or be stuck with Flame of Redmanes.

                • Anonymous

                  I tried an assassin build. Put Impaling Thrust in my dagger, it didn't stagger whether I use one hand or holding it with two hands. But with the katar, the impaling thrust always stagger them for more crit.

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