Ruins Greatsword | Elden Ring Wiki

this weapon is truly legendary. pretty much every other legendary weapon is unremarkable apart from its weapon art

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Even better than the extra damage of the charged heavy's gravity burst is the high poise damage of it. Anything stunned by the sword itself from the charged R2 will be stunned again, and that extra few seconds of vulnerability makes landing a second charged R2 much more realistic. It's one of the slowest attacks in the game that can actually stun-lock an enemy, even some of the toughest ones.

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using this on a build with tons of charged attack buffs and landing the heavy deletes pretty much anything off the face of the earth

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The charged heavy is so cool!

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I was unable to get this weapon on my first playthrough since I did the festival and missed the boss, then did sellen's quest before talking to Jerren, and killed him so now im unable to revert redmane castle

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Finished the game with ruins on left and and ultra greatsword on my right arm dual wield. I almost melt everything late game with mimic teat except ofc melania. She took 20 times to master.

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99 str with this SLAMS. Say hi 1000+ AR

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The elden ring space program

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Odd how it doesn't do strike damage, like just look at it, sure it'll definitely turn dudes into jam on contact, but it sure as hell won't be cutting anything.

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Fatty version of moonveil.

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Steelovsky's favorite.

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Steelovsky's favorite.

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wow moonveil has been putting on weight

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I am not your enemy,I AM THE ENEMY!

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Hello? Where's the AR at 60 str?
I want to know if this would be an upgrade and here I am with no useful information

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Makes the cracks that break your mamas back

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Very similar to the kings ultra great sword from Ds 2

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any armor sets this would look sexy with?

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Using this against any big monster makes you feel like you're playing Monster Hunter and I'm all for it

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Ruins Greatsword? With this weight it's more like Ruins Your Back Greatsword

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A the Albinuriac bow summon got me through this boss.

I killed the misbegotton then summoned her at one end of the arena then drew the knight across the arena and she peppered his back with arrows. Eventually the knight slowly walks over to her and some strong attacks to his back re draws his aggro and resets the tactic.

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If you’re trying to do it this fight at a relatively low enough level, I heavily recommended flame of the redmanes. Spam it for the poise break and you should be able to sneak in a jump attack into a repoiste.

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Wave of Destruction is one of the best rune-farming weapon skills in the game. It requires a little skill to line up your shot correctly. Using target lock can help with that.

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So ugly but so cool and good

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I don't like how this looks but how much does INT come into play with its scaling? It says here the weapon skill scales to whatever upgrade level the sword is at and a little from STR, I only have 17 INT so what about the base damage from the sword itself does that scale to INT?

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Kinda cool how most fromsoft games have atleast one ultra greatsword thats just a gigantic piece of rubble/rock/steel etc. fashioned into a weapon vaguely resembling a sword.

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Vertical r1s would've made more sense than the default r1's considering it doesn't even have a blade, its just a massive chunk of meteorite fashioned into something that hardly resembles a sword afterall.

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You need to level blue dex to use this (dont tell anyone you leveled that up tho)

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remember FUGS?

This is him now. Feel old yet?

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Haven't played since doing 2 playthroughs right after launch, with the patch that buffed speed and guard for colossal weapons, is this one more viable (as in you can actually get away with doing something other than jump R2 spam) and fun than it used to be?

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Fume knight and tsorig are pissing themself rn after seeing this

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If anyone has time I would love some help with this boss because they are wrecking me

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so what level should i be to try and get this weapon?

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What level should I be to try and get this item?

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Are you tired of armored enemies with shields blocking all of your attacks and being annoying? No worries! Hit them with the weapon art with their shield down and you can laugh as they are violently tossed in the air with no way of recovering!

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Another tip: if you're using this two-handed, offhand something like the Sacrificial Axe. Offhand passive bonuses apply even when two-handing the main weapon, so if you cast Wave of Destruction and kill 5 weak enemies then you'll regenerate 20 FP, which is actually more than the skill's cost if you have the carian talisman (19 FP). So it really helps you use the skill constantly.

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I had trouble getting this weapon at first, but finally succeeded (easily) by using the greatshield ashes +3. Basically this fight obviously should not be done before killing Radahn since the festival makes it so trivial to get to the site of grace, and also makes it much easier to do non-festival castle since you're already inside, working backwards.

Anyway, with Radahn dead, go into Nokron. You'll face very weak easy enemies and will come across the greatshield ashes very quickly (no boss fights). Get them, upgrade to +3, and it will do wonders to help with this fight. I was level 60 using a grafted dragon +4.

As for this weapon, it's awesome. Its range is much longer than you'd expect, and wide, and a single cast can wipe out a ton of ordinary enemies, and knocks down most that survive. For the latter reason, I found it very helpful against NPC invaders as well. I've also used it on bosses to great effect; it doesn't knock the large ones down of course but it does heavy damage from range and the cast time is very fast. And the effects just look awesome.

It's also surprisingly good for blocking when two-handed.

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so why does this take int but bolt of gransax and cragblade don’t take fth?

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So this takes 16 int but the bolt of gransax and cragblade take no faith???

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good luck swinging that tards, by the time you finish your R2 you won't even see what struck you with madness and owned you (gonna give you a tip, it starts with "Vyke" and ends with "Spear")

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This is the only page that mentions exactly how you get the weapon, which isn't very helpful, because that way you have to know it exists to look for how to get it.

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Wave of Destruction is hilarious and fun to spam. Absolutely dominates anything.

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Flame of the Redmanes makes the fight very trivial FYI so this weapon can be acquired quite early if desired. You need 34 natural strength (and 16 int) to two-hand it, but the +5 strength talisman, and +3 radagon talisman, can both be acquired early pretty easily too, so then you need just 26 natural strength to two-hand it which isn't a big deal.

For damage numbers, I tested it with 35 strength and 25 int against the stagecoach trolls in Limgrave, and I don't count the first hit due to its 25% bonus. I tested the weapon skill beyond melee range so these numbers are purely of the ranged attack.

At +0 it was 246 damage.
At +6 it was 668 damage.

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This is dumb. Like imagine if yhorms greatshield required luck to use or something. Or if isshin needed faith to use his glock 19 (also f*ck those two you need to fight in order to get this. Its a poorly designed duo boss that dosent work well together)

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please answer me a question: this or Grafted blade GW?

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I find it curious that this thing doesn't have the "Gravity" bonus.

Given, that it's clearly using Gravity magic for it's minor innate magic damage as well as for the special abilities (The WA and unique R2 effect)

It's not a big deal, given how infrequently "Gravity" enemies are fought (And then, how much it impacts given their typically high magic resistances), but it's still kind of odd.

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This should do strike damage since it bonks hard!

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1H R2 seems to be bugged.. once activated the attack direction can't be altered at all. Normally you can rotate to attack in any which direction during the final stages of the animation but with this weapon the 1H R2 is seemingly locked into whatever direction you were facing when pressing R2

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Anyone str build has stacked points in faith for erdtree greatshield should honestly respec for 16 int and go with this as a utility weapon for invasions. The AoW is immensely good for the unsuspecting and my invasions success rate has improved because of this.

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must have in toolkit for STR invaders. AoW is an absolute host stomper if used in the right situations.

I always used this during ambushes when host and phantoms are occupied with npcs. Close in with your normal str weapons like UGS after

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I can imagine some archaeologist studying some ruins, and his friend is like, “Hey, this is cool and all, but what if we made it into a sword?”

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Le smart bonk

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Despite the rolling R1 being a sweeping attack, it still uses the same attack data as normal Colossal Swords, meaning it does thrust damage.

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What is the damage when str:80 int:80? I’m not upgrading int to 80 for the D scaling. I’m doing that for something else, but just wanted to know in case it changes it a little.

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For Any melee user like me... this is a must. Equip it with fingerprint shield and u will be breezing through the toughest bosses. The skill of this awesum OP weapon can be used on mohgwyn palace rune farm point for easy runes of 50000 in 20 seconds.

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Absolute BS fight but definitely worth it purely for the weapon.

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The weapon skill absolutely scales more off of Strength, not Intelligence, as you can test easy enough.
With Ruins Greatsword +9 and Shard of Alexander, it hits the red spinny Albinaurics in NG for...
1710 with 67 Strength, 16 Intelligence
1717 with 67 Strength, 21 Intelligence
1753 with 72 Strength, 16 Intelligence, which is enough to one-shot them.

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Could this have come from pieces of Farum Azula? And if so, what meteor broke it apart? Could it be Astel or something?

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Incredible defensive / crowd control weapon against any human-sized enemy in PvE . Its weapon art has good range,good tracking, knock up , massive armor while charging even when you're naked, the heavy attack also leave a small explosion after impact. Being a colossal sword, all of this happens while stance break is building in the background.

This thing doesn't just beat people up , it totally dominates the fight. I don't upgrade it for the sole purpose of prolonging my enemies's destruction and humiliation . 10/10

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Stats-wise this thing looks like the best choice for most things, and the art is impressive. However, if you're using the guts sword until now, this one is peculiarly short. You'll whiff lots of jump attacks and roll or squat pokes. Really turned me off of it.

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FS has really screwed up Str weapons.... why 16 Int on a PURE Str Great Sword? I assume they must have had a BattleMage Build in mind for this weapon.

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suggest removing "without INT requirement" from wiki

cripplingly misleading

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does anyone know how exactly the unique weapon skill scales? is it just based on weapon AR?

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ruins greatsword is unbalanced weapon art has too little cooldown, it deals colossal damage and the fight with a malenna turns into a joke, if a weapon requires a nerf, it's just that stone crap

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Every few upgrades of this weapon also upgrades the weapon skill. It goes really big!

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does the guard boost actually go down to 56 when +10 or is the wiki wrong

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Did this always have hyper armour?

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What kind of Endurance should I have for this?

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use two of these for some aztec elden bling

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I have found this boss fight before defeating Radahn, even before the festival, meaning I snuck past all those Redmane Knights while being underleveled. Also, being underleveled, meaning I couldn't actually beat them first time I met them. After beating Radahn tho, exiting Redmane Castle, passing time, resting at Grace then returning made all the Redmane Knights returned along with the boss fight.

On another note, this looks like Gravity's version of Taker's Flames. Wonder how it hold up against it?

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Man that weapon art is sick

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Confirmed your can left-hand the Serpent-God's Curved Sword, then two-hand this weapon, and you get the heal on kill.

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Looks like the rocket greatsword from mh without the rockets

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The Wiki is just wrong. You don't need to go through Radahn Festival to fight the Misbegotten and Crucible Knight combo. Radahn Festival only starts if you do Ranni's quest or enter Altus Plateau. Before that you just have to make your way through the regular Redmane Castle and defeat the boss duo there.

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using this on my strength build to send waves down catacomb hallways during invasions.

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Had a hard time justifying using this over the Starscourge greaswords, but eventually I was seduced by the big bonk.

After that my Tarnished went about the Lands Between, trying to find the original owner of this weaponized piece of a temple, but none would claim ownership. Then there were a lot of deaths and then some people started calling him Elden Lord. Weird, lemme tell y'all. WEIRD.

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Article should be updated, you do not need to beat Radahn to get this, the fort is available before the festival. I should know, I've done it on all three of my characters! And I've beaten the duo countless times as a support. For anyone struggling, the crucible knight can be flinched with 1 attack from something strong like Lion's Claw on a colossal weapon. So you can just dodge (easy if you aren't doing anything else, but beware the debris on the field), and after it attacks just Claw without worrying about them attacking back after, run away and repeat. Big tail sucks but if you're flinching him regularly you should only see it once or twice a fight, and it's easier to dodge than it looks if you dodge through it.

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Boss fight is accessible before Radahn if you go to the castle before the Festival

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does the weapon art damage scale purely with your int stat?

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Is the WA boosted by Terra Magica?

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i was able to fight the bosses before radahn tho

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Started my 4th character knowing I will likely eventually make it a faith build but with every run you have to decide what you'll +9 with the easily accessible somber stones and decided to just run full Str with this and its been a breeze. You can 2H equip pretty early with right talismans starting as Vagabond. Love the high block phys and thas proven much more useful than I thought it would.

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After 1.04, the location info seems to be inaccurate. I got it before the Radahn festival even started.

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Come back here to check, and come to find out my comment is gone (likely removed) about how you don't need to fight Radahn or speak to Jerren or progress any particular story elements in order to enter the boss fight in the plaza and obtain this weapon. Also, adding to that, Jerren is called Castellan Jerren that early on, and has unlisted early dialog if you obtain the weapon before the festival or fight - which is where you find out why he calls you champion, not because you kill Radahn or some random reason, but because he views anyone who can defeat the misbegotten and crucible knight as a champion.

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You don’t have to defeat radahn first

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The Notes & Tips section mentions that the weapon can still be used for physical damage without reaching the 16 INT requirement, but that's a really poor piece of advice. Not reaching the stat reqs gives a few other penalties, like much higher stamina costs, loss of guard-breaking power, and a damage reduction (in addition to not being able to use the Skill, as mentioned). If you're not hitting the INT requirement, there's no reason to use this for pure physical damage since even something like the Large Club will out-damage it.

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The requirements for obtaining this have either changed in one of the recent patches, or someone editing straight up lied. I just obtained this after the subsequent boss fight with the misbegotten and crucible knight, and obtained it without ever having done the festival or seen it, speaking to Jerren (which I'm assuming is the old dude sitting in the chair at the back of the castle past the plaza), or defeating or even so much as seeing hide nor hair of Radahn. So, might want to look in to that folks and edit this info accordingly. As a note, in case it helps, this is my first playthrough - ever; I'm a level 79 samurai.

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Just did a respec into a build to focus on this weapon. It's a lot of fun. Not sure its the absolutely best, but it certainly hits pretty hard even at +8 only. Looking forward to finding out how it performs at +9/10

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Vendrick you clever bastard

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This greatsword's weapon art gets boosted by meteorite staff passive. So having meteorite staff at left hand actually hits a lot harder than two handed.

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is this thing any better than blasphemous blade post-patch? they do basically the same attack, so which does more dps?

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Once you have the greatsword, it's hard to justify using anything else:
'If I do this and don't spec that, then Ruins Greatsword could be just as good'.

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King's Ultra Greatsword , dark souls 2 the come back !

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Do note, the guard boost still appears bugged. It does appear to be the ultra greatsword that has the best guard though.

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I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned, but anything that buffs physical damage will buff the damage of the Ashe of War for this weapon. And I imagine will do the same to any Gravity Ash of War as well since they primarily deal physical dmg, with a sprinkling of magic.

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This weappon reminds me of king Vendrick's ultra greatsword (without Nashandra resemblance). I use this so far all the way at NG+ with 70 strength and base intelligence and i can assure you that it obliterates everything. This thing is a must have for strength builds.

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looks fun but godamn is it painfull to get the misbegotten is easy but that horrible crucible knight sucks ass

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Which talismans work with this weapon? Has anyone tried it?

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This thing claps cheeks so hard…favorite weapon in the game right now.

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would strength affect the weapon art damage on a weapon like this or is it calculated off of purely weapon level + int?

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