Elden Ring s Biggest Nerfs Since Launch

Elden Ring’s DLC has enormous potential to expand the lore of its most enigmatic characters and their effect on the Lands Between. Even if they don’t appear in the upcoming expansion, there is much to explore that might be featured in future DLCs or even a sequel to **Elden Ring ** . Until then, the community is left to speculate about the backstories and future of these charact


The Meteorite Staff is perhaps the strongest early-game staff in the game, so long as players are willing to brave one of Elden Ring 's toughest areas to find it. The aforementioned Glintstone Staff that the Prisoner starts with provides a strong start, but whether players began with that class or not, the Meteorite Staff offers an excellent early-game bo


A true speedster, Dragonflies can dodge just about anything you implement against them by using their varying flight patterns. Despite being named Giant Dragonflies, they are actually quite small, but undoubtedly make up for it with their annoying nat


Elden Ring 's 1.03 patch thought bosses should have more of a chance, though, and drastically reduced the effectiveness of Hoarfrost Stomp. The patch notes share that the move's casting time and FP cost were increase while its area of effect was decreased. This rendered its staggering effect useless, as bosses and players alike could close in on a Hoarfrost Stomp user and attack in between the usages of the no-longer-spammable Ash of


During their questline with Fia, players are presented with a choice between saying "That's right" or "No, I want to be held", and GhostCrackets found this choice to be "THE FUNNIEST F** OPTION IN THIS GAME." Out of context, it's completely strange and absurdly funny. It's also a choice all players will encounter if they have this qu


The most substantial nerf Bandai Namco levied on Elden Ring was the alteration to the effect of the Ash of War Royal Knight’s Resolve. The way Royal Knight’s Resolve used to function in Elden Ring was that it would allow the Tarnished to deal 80% more damage with the next hit they threw with any of their weapons. This meant that a player could have a disposable weapon with the Ash of War, use it, and then shift to any other armament (be it a sword, staff, or finger seal) and deal a tremendous amount of damage. This made Royal Knight’s Resolve essential to any PvP or speed running PvE build, as when used in conjunction with a spell like Comet Azure, every boss became a one-hit kill just like YouTuber Nipthemad shows in the video ab


This ending signals that Melina will return as a boss fight in Elden Ring’s DLC . The only issue with this may be the element of player choice. Not all players decide to go the route of the Frenzied Flame, and requiring this ending to access the DLC isn’t likely. The closest FromSoftware has come to a DLC that references the player’s choice is Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel . In this case, the only thing that changes is a line of dialogue spoken by Sister Friede if the player has chosen the Usurpation of Fire ending. Elden Ring’s choices feel more consequential than that, however. So it's improbable that Melina’s role in the DLC will be reduced to a few lines of dialo


For instance, this mod turns the player into a giant lobster by replacing the Godrick armor set with a giant crayfish. It's great to watch this massive creature flop around the world of Elden Ring and its black beady eyes add to the com


Intelligence and sorcery-focused magic builds are understandably the more popular routes for players in Elden Ring. However, for those that choose to experiment with both Intelligence and Arcane -- with a focus on the latter -- the Albinauric Staff is a solid cho


The Albinauric Staff will be a seamless fit for toying around with Arcane-focused incantations and inflicting status ailments, as well as being able to use some sorceries on the side. At its best, the Albinauric Staff will still hit an admirable B scaling in Intelligence alongside its hefty S scaling in Arc


One of Elden Ring 's best summons, Latenna the Albinauric is most notable for the long range she has with her magical bows. It makes her incredibly effective in combat, and InfernoPlus Eldenwind that's no doubt why Nota7andomguy summoned her in the first place. But in this case, she rendered the player completely unnecess


Primarily coupled with a rider, the Flame Chariots are huge, swift foes that spit fire and are always found within Hero's Grave Dungeons. Backstabbing its driver is the one surefire way to reap its extravagant rewards, which is tricky since they tend to linger by wa


Melina is one of Elden Ring ’s most complex characters, and the game offers hardly any elaboration of her backstory. She has two different fates depending on which ending and path the player chooses, one of which teases her return. Queen Marika is another character steeped in mystery. Her actions loom large over the Lands Between, yet the player never gets a chance to interact with her like with other characters. So it’s possible a DLC could add interaction with