Swift Glintstone Shard | Elden Ring Wiki

Real scrubs like myself know to use pyro instead.

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the birds in stormvale hate this one simple trick

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It's a crime it deals more damage and is faster than bow.

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Jump pew, roll pew, running pew, opponent angry, finish them off

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i just block anyone spamming this lol such a cheap spell, might as well be considered griefing. yeah yeah i'm a scrub but i'm trying to duel not strafe for 3 minutes or get tickled to death, it's boring

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Most mages don't even like this spell in pvp. It follows a disturbing trend of fromsoftware allowing the most basic and uninteresting setups to outshine in all aspects their other variations which require more specialization to use. Dual straight swords overpowers almost every other pvp set up is better than any other Power stance weapon combo.... This rotten spell with the right staff hits for 400 dmg. Why they bother designing other things when they make abilities so lean and mean they make all other alternatives irrelevant is beyond me.

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this sorcery is a good alternative to strike weapons when fighting against crystalian

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I’ve decided the best way to prove a spell or ash is busted is to simply use it in the least optimized build and then let it carry me anyways. I use this on an 80 fth build with 13 int whenever a mage interrupts my fun spells with pebble spam. Just switch to the Faith scaling staff, spam pebble then erdtree heal while they panic roll from their own medicine. Storm blade or beast sling spammers get the same treatment from me. Abuse the ranged, passive meta, then you’ll get abused by the same ranged passive meta.

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This can headshot in PvP and PvE. I hit an invader in the head and omen Mohg in the dome for the sweet 50%. Looking forward to turning magma wyrm into a bobble head.

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How to deal with this spell:
Run to the side... constantly, show them its not gonna be that easy, literally just run to the side for a good like 20 seconds straight if you need to get it in their head.
most mages will just stop if you're always moving left or right somewhat, and if they don't then... they're trying to annoy you, or are bad.

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How to counter this?

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I like how Fromsoft literally made the canon flavor of this thing "Just spamming this thing all day long is what the really garbage mages do."

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Barrier of gold never countered free damage even before the nerf. Erdtree great shield too slow because of latency on max cast. How do you counter this spell? NEVER attack or pressure, the whole point of the one spell mage is to one tap you with a hyper armor L2 if you rush in. Any regen spell will do. Just reaction dodge and reaction L2 when they rush to stop your regen. You can’t put pew the one spell mage, so don’t bother with ranged projectiles, that’s just free damage for their own swift pebble to pick at. Erdtree heal if things get desperate.

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*laughs in barrier of gold and erdtree great shield*

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*laughs in barrier of gold and erdtree great shield*

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The problem with this is obvious. The solution is not so obvious. I’d massively nerf the range to make it less brain dead and more skill based. Still free damage in my hands lol but we can talk about the 300 dmg part later

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bro the jump cast never misses

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cornerstone of any int pvp build

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Get rid of this thing.

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gotta love how all the elementary sorceries in this game are the best.

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i'd say this is kinda like an int fan dagger, but fan daggers dont do 300 damage

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The greatest PvP spell in the game. The only fun build to invade at meta is a sorcerer, and this spell is the bread and butter of any sorcerer build. I've sent countless gankers to hell with this spell alone.

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I've fought a lot of players in the Colosseum that used this, and man do some of them not know how to use it. They time it as if it's Pebble; if you're gonna use a versatile spell, please don't be inept at it. Giving the rest of us a bad name XD jokes aside, it's absurd how strong this is when it is used by an experienced player.

But it isn't broken; if you have the reflexes, it won't be touchin' you. Has a learning curve, but once you master it you'll have a decent answer in PVP, and a strong counter to aggressive enemies/bosses.

I give it ten Edison Stick Grenades out of ten.

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Short-hop and cast the first one, then cast the second one, as you land. Why did I overlook this TECH, for so long?

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I dont see difference between this and night shard's cast speed

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300 damage at a cheap and affordable price? Satisfactory.

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Casters who use this spell in PvP are extremely difficult to beat. Casters who don't, aren't.

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Lets see.

Basically no FP and stamina cost.
Does like 400-500hp.
Lightning fast. Basically no recovery time.
Insanely spammable.
Basically unstrafable unless you are running perfectly perpendicular to it.

Now tell me this isnt busted in PvP.

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I shoot this at people once at the start of the fight to get them panicked in a duel then I just troll them with rock blaster

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slicer but ranged. needs a nerf yesterday

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why the **** does this get to do the damage of a colossal weapon? blue dex being blue dex as usual lmao

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Is this spell toxic to PvP balance? Yes. But with how often and easily mages get bullied into submission for daring to cast anything else, I say this is Justice

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Thought bestial sling was bad. This can land 3-4 times in a row at medium range since it’s fast enough to input cancel your opponent. Meaning every time he presses the roll button, he’s already been hit by the next one and roll queue resets. It’s also too fast for erdtree great shield since it has a slight windup and latency is a factor. My cleric now uses this at 14 int specifically for giving mages a taste of their own medicine. Even at 14 int, the free damage/poise check makes this spell worth it. Needs balancing.

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Nice to see a smidge of agility and movement in projectile spellcasting. More of this please. I hope one day we'll have a staff with a magic damage heavy attack to use in a pinch instead of that silly bonk on the head.

Kinda like the wing of astel heavy attack, but only once with much less damage. Having a mid range source of free magic damage would add great value to a staff users repertoire.

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Gift Slintstone Shard.

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VERY good for catching people in their flask drinks, cant count how many times ive sniped a phantom or host taking a sip for 300 damage and killed them

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This is probably one of the best pvp spells available. It cost very little to cast, one of the few spells that allow combat animations like sprint attacking, or jump attacking, Back step attack, roll attacking. It's pretty fast and goes fairly far. It's damage isn't all that great but it's good for how viable it's casting application is. I wouldn't run pvp mage without it

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Its very good and very annoying. Im a sorcerer but i just cant force myself to use this, cause it feels so lame: just quick tiny pew pew for 300 dmg... Sadly after they deleted chain casting, this spell and stars of ruin are the only long range spells that are consistent in catching people

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Honestly, probably the best spell in the game.

It's fast to cast with a relatively quick projectile.

It's very efficient with a low FP cost, low Stamina cost and decent damage (Scales to 350-400+ damage with late game staffs). You can basically spam this forever.

The mobility it allows is great, full speed mounted combat. Being able to dodge attacks by jumping while also shooting. Being able to weave shots in while dodging boss attacks.

It's simply a very versatile little spell.

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arguably best pvp spell and annoying af to go against.

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Best light bow in the game

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The fact that you can use this spell midair alone makes this spell one of the best spells to have ever. Shame there aren't any other spells you can use midair like this one.

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That one laggy dude's spell of choice. You and your opponent experience latency? If so, good luck dodging this

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Unironically the best sorcery in the game.

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Duel wield azurs with a non-lusat staff (carian royal?) and dual cast this. You're welcome.

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is this spell missable? I gave the Academy scroll to Sellen when she was in the Waypoint Cellar. Now I'm done with her quest and she doesn't sell it anymore. Neither does the turtle or anyone else

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Most people who recommend this spell just have some melee phantom at their side at all times.

Good spell, but don't deny it's a ganker's wet dream.

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As a mage myself, this spell should not have such high scaling potential. Hitting for 350+ on a spell that costs so little & can't be reliably strafed without taking stray hits is pretty miserable.

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What does it mean when the FP cost is in brackets for something like this?

It costs 5FP. The spell can't be charged, so why does it say 25 in brackets?

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Insanely good spell. More FP efficient than pebble and does suprisingly high damage while coming out incredibly fast and you can use it quickly after rolls and while sprinting. Solid for smacking trash mobs in PVE and amazing in PVP for chip damage. I have this slotted at all times.

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this is insane in pvp you can punish almost anything with it. Weapon arts, chuggers and rollspammers

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This is the equivalent of Great Farron Dart from Dark Souls 3, except this one hits harder, almost as hard as Glintstone Pebble.
A must have for PvP, since it can easily punish roll spammers and chuggers.

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Possibly the only other spell besides pebble and rock sling. Swift shard costs 3fp vs pebbles 7fp does slightly less damage but uses no where near as much stamina.

Tested on a solider outside the "church of elleh" 70 int and a +15 academy staff with a sorc scaling of 250

Pebble 7fp 373 damage
Swift shard 3fp 329 damage

Seems for now this gives pebble a run for it's money in regards to damage to fp raitio.

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Not sure why the bother calling this spell "swift", it has a slower cast and recast animation than Glintstone Pebble. I tried taking it at one point to see if the extra speed would help, only to learn that it's actually slower. Talk about a misnomer...

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Title in the top right says "Glintstone Shard" but it should say "Swift Glintstone Shard". Can someone edit please?

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Seems it was nerfed hard. Now costs 5 FP and does less damage :(

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I did some testing and came up with some numbers. --

Casting Time: 0.8s / Damage Per Normal Hit: 118 / Casts Per Stamina Bar: 12

|| Attribute Points:
Vigor 10
Mind 19
Endurance 13
Strength 10
Dexterity 12
Intelligence 36
Faith 7
Arcane 15

|| Base Stats:
FP 96
Stamina 97
Equip Load 29.7 / 52.9
Poise 17
Discovery 115

|| Equipment:
Astrologer's Staff +8

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Amazing spell on horseback. Travels fast, low fp cost, decent damage and the horse can still run while you cast

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You can cast it while jumping. The lower damage and cost give it similar efficiency to pebble, but it has a little less range to make up for its faser cast and projectile speed. It still has more range than the great version.

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Less tracking than pebble, same casting time, but it travels much faster. I can see some uses, but i dont know if it will be a staple spell...

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Compared to most other Glintstone spells, this one will not let you walk around while casting it. You will be completely immobile while rapidly casting. However, on horseback, you get the opposite effect - the horse is able to run while casting, whereas other spells slow the horse down to a walk.

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Op spell, even better than pebble I would say

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It has a special animation that seems shorter than the normal one after things like rolling, blocking and running. Flies very fast with slightly better tracking than pebble.

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this spell now requires 5 FP ?

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You could use this spell......OR you could use PKCS and never die

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