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Erect a magical forcefield while swinging the shield to deflect sorceries and incantations. Can also be used in the same way as a regular parry.
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Thops's Barrier is a Skill in Elden Ring. Thops's Barrier is a regular skill that can be found in Ashes of War that can be used on shields.
How to get Thops's Barrier
- In Church of Irith: Dropped by a Teardrop Scarab after delivering the spare Academy Glintstone Key to Thops. Reload the area after delivering the key to spawn the scarab. [Map Link]
Elden Ring Thops's Barrier Guide, Notes & Tips
- This is an Ash of War Skill, associated with the Ash of War: Thops's Barrier.
- FP Cost: 0
- Thops's Barrier has 6 start-up frames and 4 parry frames at 30 FPS. Double the values for data at 60 FPS.
- See Parrying for detailed information on the mechanic and a comparison of different parry skills.
Click below for Thops's Barrier recovery frame data. Note that left-hand attacks are only possible after parrying with a shield if you're holding that shield in your right hand.
See Thops's Barrier recovery frames at 30 FPS (click to reveal)
- Roll/Crouch: 15
- Ash of War: 16
- Right-hand attack: 13
- Left-hand attack: 13
- Block: 14
- Quick item use: 15
- Item use: 16
- Walk: 17
AnonymousI could see it being used more, if it was buffed in several ways:
1. Make it as good of a parry tool as carian retaliation or at least a buckler or a small shield.
2. Dampen the sound that it makes.
3. Either make spell deflection range longer or make it linger for a bit to be able to block (or semi block) multi hit spells.
As is though it gets outclassed both in pve and pvp by both carian retaliation and golden parry...
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Anyone has tried to see how effective it is against spells like Star of Ruin? I'm wandering how much it would help.
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Attention mages: this spell blocks Elden Stars (in PvE anyway). Eternal Darkness does *not*.
Still not sure blocking Elden Stars is best, since some do get through in the window between chain castings of this.
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Its also a spell you can get from thops body at the academy. Didnt know it was an ash of war til I saw this.
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If you can't find it on the island, go to the Church of Irith. I found the scarab there after Thops moved.
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It seems you have to give the 2nd Glintstone Key from Raya Lucaria to Thops, then reloading the area in the church where Thops was appear a "ball-bug" that drop Thops's Barrier
It seems the location of this ash war changed after patch 1.03 because it gave me Somber Smithing Stone 2 instead.
Anyone knows where the new location is?
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I didn't get this from the scarab at the location shown (small isle west of the Academy). I don't recall what I got there, but I've definitely killed that scarab and don't have this in my inventory. Possibly location changed with 1.03 update?
- Anonymous
location of THOPS'S BARRIER changed in patch 1.03.
the scarab now drops Somber Smithing Stone 2
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Is the frame timing for parrying melee attacks the same as the visual animation frames from Thops's Barrier? If so, that might make this a good tool for training yourself how to parry. Give you a visual indication of when to line up your L2 press...
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Does it actually deflect spells back at the caster or is it just Spell Parry from DS3?
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Very useless against spells like Lorettas bow that have AOE effects. You'll still take damage. It's better to just roll or block.
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If you use a whetstone to change the affinity back to normal it's a straight upgrade over regular parry, allowing you to path parry melee attacks and spells without any of the potential downsides of the default magic affinity.
0 FP cost is kinda nice, putting this on most small shields should be an upgrade without any downsides
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