Storm Blade | Elden Ring Wiki

I've been using this for most of my playthrough and I have to say, it's one of my favorite ashes of war. There are lots of skills out there that seem awesome when testing them against random dudes 50 levels below you, but they inevitably have some problem with range, or casting speed, or damage, or something else, and you end up forgetting about them and defaulting to R1s and R2s 99% of the time. This is not one of those skills. It is reliable and consistent. It's a little like a bow for people who don't or can't use bows. It doesn't quite have the same range, limited only to mid-range, but that's perfectly fine for most tasks out in the open world. It's fast, relatively cheap, available very early, and does a little more than a sword swing, making it good for both keeping up stance damage pressure and finishing off bosses at very low HP that are in the middle of some 18-move combo that you don't wanna get near.

It doesn't give the enemy 3 status effects at once; it won't demolish a crowd of knights; it won't do your taxes or pre-order the DLC for you. But it does its goddamn job and I respect it mightly for that.

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I think for PvE this ash is best used for bosses like Godfrey phase 2 where he does the huge slam into the ground, same with Malenia when she does the scarlet aeonia

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it has its own scaling that gets better with upgrades, so i can slap this bad boy on anything and it will still have the same scaling of damage?

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Does this skill get the most damage on a quality build (say 30 strength and dex) or a pure strength build going 60 dex?

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You can hit with both the projectile and the weapon, so this should be updated.
On a boss I was doing 700 at mid range and 1000 at melee, and you can also see an effect of the weapon landing a hit.

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Literally beat the game with only this on, lol. Only time I had to respec was against Malenia

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Moderate single-cast damage sure but what makes this skill unbalanced is that it's stupid cheap to cast, has both a quick startup and recovery, and can be cast repeatedly in quick succession - rendering many boss fights trivial with high DPS at range for cheap, and leaving very few options to hard counter it in PvP when spammed since you'll be dodge rolling the entire time or face-tanking it for a trade you might not win.

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I know Beast Roar is weaker but I just think yelling at people is funny

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overleveled phantom go swoosh swoosh swoosh

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Compared to Beast Roar, this has worse range and can't be boosted by Roar Medallion. It does more damage however, especially when you factor in the fact it can hit twice at close range, and is available far earlier in the game.

All of this overlooks the true advantage of Storm Blade, however, which is that you don't have run Dex to use it.

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pretty sure i procced a status effect with the wind. if it applies status build-up, it has to be very low

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one of my favorite early game ashes with the Strength and Dexterity Knot Tears because they both increase the projectile damage

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Mom washed the blood out of my reduvia

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What damage type does it do

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I see that a lot of people are angry about storm ashes of war being strong; while they're certainly not wrong, i think most people forget that these are not gusts of wind, they're STORMS

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Imagine if weapon buffs would apply to the projectile (we are talking rot blade here bois)

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I don't have a joke for this one. It's just a really strong attack, and I'm fine with that.

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Neck-and-neck with Stormcaller for being the most busted AoW in this game. Stupid cheap, high damage, fast/successive casting and the only reliable way to punish it in PvP is if you parry them - which requires you to spam-roll through the ensuing onslaught to get close enough to have a chance and risk taking extra damage from weapon detection.

If either the cast time was reduced on successive uses or if it had a higher stamina cost to make it less overly-spammable I believe it'd be much more balanced

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A better vacuum slice in almost every way. The ONLY thing this does worst is single-hit damage, but with it being so fast it still has a better DPS as far as I can tell.

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For that airbender monk build
No mister avatar, i didn't kill those hollows, I just knocked them out, see?

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Basically, for Greatswords, this is a version of Wild Strikes where you trade poise for more damage and huge range.

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For people who got bored of spamming Moonveil and RoB

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This is a chain casting ash of war. 'Nuff said. This thing slaps.

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It does in fact hit with both the wind and the weapon. The weapon hit deals around 30% or so of the wind projectile's damage.

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Does this work with bleed?

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Imagine if coating your weapon with fire changed the look of the ash of war to something similar to what Godrick uses in stage two with added fire damage but at the cost of range or regular dmg or something IDK

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This thing hits like a truck all the way through the game now.
Put it on a greatsword and use it as a melee attack to deal great reliable damage for a low FP and stamina cost.
Not to mention its faster that light attacks on greatswords.

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What does heavy attack FP cost refer to? As far as I can tell, this move does not have an R2 follow up like most other ashes of war.

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I destory tarnished in pvp with this skill, its to fast for pure mages and a good tool to stop jump attacks. Got so many lolz against colossal users.

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Aura buffs from, Shared Order, Last Rites, Rallying Standard, Golden Vow (AoW), and the Golden great arrow cause the projectile of Storm Blade to do zero damage.

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So what nobody has focussed on is that it changes the move set of greatswords and other large weapons. When using the skill, a great sword will swing like a dagger. There are other ashes of war that change move sets but this is extremely powerful. The result is you get a fantastic range weapon (damage wise as it won’t build status) and a heavy weapon that swings like it is a light one. I’m trashing everything in NG+++.

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This has 2 pages: https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Storm+Blade and this one, https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Ash+of+War:+Storm+Blade

They disagree on many things. can someone fix?

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This is a great ash of war throughout the whole game, not just early game. Very needed ranged attack for melee builds that need to have a range attack to counter certain bosses that keep jumping away from you while hitting you with ranged attacks of their own.

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On my RL1 character with a +6 broadsword, does 263 damage to the Godrick soldiers at Gate front. Beast's roar, with a +6 Highland Axe AND roar medallion gets only 197 damage. Seems like storm blade is very efficient with minimal stat investment. Very solid option for a ranged ability on a RL1 character. It would be hitting for over 300 damage with shard or Alexander, which is pretty bonkers for a +6 weapon at RL1. Ice spear hits harder and is slightly more FP efficient, but has a longer animation, less range, and is less spammable.

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This is really nice for early game. You can go glass cannon quality and play at range and one shot most basic enemies. Can put it on a regular dagger for a lightweight blue dancer talisman build. Radagon's Soreseal, Godricks Rune, and Str/Dex tears are available early for high quality scaling. Should scale with Golden Vow and Flame Grant me Strength and Ritual Sword Talismans for mid game, which is what I'm working toward now. Or put it on a greatsword if you are having issues staying at range for great melee attacks.

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Really good for my Banished Knight build. Since using their greatsword one handed with a shield feels pretty clunky (and two handing it gives you the fancy moveset) it feels nice to put this skill on my sword and give my Banished Knight access to a lore-accurate skill none of the others have. Makes it feel more unique and less like you're a sad cosplayer.

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As of current patch, Storm Blade is bugged and does no damage when the Ash of War version of Golden Vow is active but does still do damage when the spell version of Golden Vow is active.

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What doest this mean?

"Heavy Attack FP cost 10" ???

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Cheese. It combos 2 or even three times in a row with a head shot. Absurd damage stacked on head shot means this can and has face tanked collosals. Imagine if actual sorceries did that? Nerf it into the ground, it was too strong even before the silly buff.

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Around 1300dmg when blade and projectile both connect at 65str 9dex projectile alone is around 1k

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HASAGI!

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I love this ability and it's one of few that wants you to invest in strength and dexterity. I hope they keep it in other games because it feels solid in both PvP and PvE. It also looks good when using it. As of right now I can confirm it is still bugged when Golden Vow has been applied to you, it literally makes you do 0 damage no matter what just like someone said in another comment.

Anyways, I hope they keep using these animations to other games because it is very satisfying using this. =)

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DMG difference is only a few percent between the different physical affinities... unlike beast roar, which scales more like elemental infusion but with a dex based ranged AoW

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It deals extra damage when you hit with the blade now. Not by much but if the weapon has an infused status effect, you'll be able to proc the status effect.

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"It has it's own case damage and strength and dexterity scaling" numbers please

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Golden Vow/Rallying Standard makes this do 0 damage... it has been this way for multiple patches, up to and including 1.06.

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Important to note that only the initial cast costs 10FP, you can keep spamming it afterwards with much shorter windup and only 6FP cost. Very good damage to FP efficiency and it's also ranged so you can attack from a distance.

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Has anyone noticed that this skill does zero damage to some enemies like they're immune to it? No one seems to be talking about that anywhere on the internet.

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One of the top 5 range ash of wars for a melee build imo. With golden vow or scholars armament you can easily start at 900 damage and stack, 1800, 2700 etc. Perfect ash for a melee build using their skill as range. Scale great with anything. Gargoyle Greatsword is great if not the best. Maybe most underrated late game ash and you get it very soon. Only down side is it doesn't stagger so don't get greedy but took down every main boss by spamming this skill.

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Katana+storm blade= HASAGI!

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36 pound phoenix babyyy

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Love this AoW, whats even more interesting is that it has the casting "sigil" effect that spells have where it flashes the insignia of the school of spells as you cast it. Implying that storm ashes were either intended to be their own school of magic or will be expanded on further in the future. I hope so cause I love the look and feel of the them all.

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golden vow makes it do 0 dmg

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I'm starting to think Rallying Standard causes it to do no damage. I've been having several instances where it did literally nothing but blow wind into people's face. The only constant is that this only started happening ever since I got and use the Commander's Standard.

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This skill is not dropped by the grave warden, please correct this.

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Any Ideas on how the game distinguishes the damage from this Ash of War? I know its not "slash", as it does way more damage against armored enemies than my Scimitar is able to perform.

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Honestly one of the strongest while not being broken, Using it on my Lordsworn straight sword to get some more range on my attacks and it hits harder than a charged heavy. Pretty quick to use and has a okay-ish range. If you get the hang of that, great for roll catching and punishing mage builds since it's faster than most hard hitting sorceries.

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Good for Serpico build

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Does anyone know what scaling/damage options this applies to your weapon? I assume it lets you scale with Dex, but haven't been able to confirm.

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