Elden Ring 1.09 Top 5 Ashes of War for PVE 2023

Today we're going to talk about the more underrated ashes in the game.

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No.5 Ash of War: Eruption

We have Eruption which is a fire based Ash of War which for 14 FPA does is really good slamming attack and when you actually release it, it actually does leave this pool of lava on the ground which does an enormous amount of damage obviously lava ticks for a decent amount does decent stagger and partial damage on top of that as well, but the best thing about this Azure is that it does get a good amount of high promo and it has decent tracking as well, so you can like trade out with a bunch of different enemies, using this thing as you can see in the gameplay right now enemies are just getting melted by this thing definitely don't know why it's not really used that often you can only really use it on like heavier based options, it's like larger weapons like colossal swords, colossal weapons, axes, and hammers, we definitely recommend doing it because it is really good.

No.4 Ash of War: Vacuum Slice

This is a quality based ash of war which for 14 FP does this cool projectile attack which is very similar to something like the corpse wax cutter or the Blasphemous blade Ash where take his flame, now it can be directly outclassed by those two, but however, this one is the only one that actually can be infused onto other weapons, so if you want to use it with like colossal swords or straight swords or whatnot, you can actually do that so it makes it a very decent option if you're going to go with like a strength based build with like the greatsword and you want to projectile as well, this is definitely really good because it does come out very quick does very decent damage and decent stagger damage as well and for only 14 FP, it's definitely worth it, they can spam it over and over again, so if you're once again having a pure strength build and you're lacking a projectile option vacuum size is probably going to be a rest option.

No.3 Ash of War: Spectral Lance

So it's automatically good any type of projectile actual you can get is amazing, but this thing only consumes 9 FP, and it goes very far especially if you pair it with the error reach Houseman, it makes you go even further, and the amount of poise damage that it actually does do is actually insane, you can like in within a few hits you could probably like stagger or posture break most bosses in this game, it's actually incredible, and it's a pretty quick cast as well, and like 9fp you can spam it over and over again any single time that we're going with like a polearm build because you can only really use it with Paul and weapons, but anytime we're going like a polearm slash, an Arcane type build, this one we're just using every single time.

No.2 Ash of War: Prayerful Strike

Number two, we have prayerful strike, now this is a wholly based ash of war, but it doesn't actually do holy damage at all, so it's perfectly fine, but what this thing actually does do is do this pretty high damaging attack that does get a bunch of hyper ammo, and it actually gives you a bunch of Health back as well it's actually 30 of your health with every single hit, and it's the weapon damage actually scaled directly off your actual AR itself, so it doesn't actually have anything to do with like a faith stat or anything like that so you can just go all into damage use like a regular strength Builder like a large colossal weapon like we have right now in the gameplay, and this trade out with enemies and you just get like 30 of your health on every single hit, so we guess like bosses in this game you can just keep spamming it over and over again it, does consume 20 FPS so it's not like the cheapest thing in the world but you can pair with Carian Filigreed Crest, makes it a bit cheaper but compared to a lot of other really good ashes of war in the game, 20 FPS definitely worth it, and for 30 on every single hit with the amount of high primer you do get definitely an S tier Ash of War.

No.1 Ash of War: Phantom Slash

This thing does so much damage you summed up this like Phantom,  and it's like obviously the Phantom will be guaranteed doesn't matter if you get staggered the Phantom is guaranteed to come out does a bunch of damage with good stagger and posture potential and you get a follow-up attack on top of all of that, and it only cost 8 FP as well, and like there's so much like a utility with this ash of war, so if you can actually like send the Phantom out and you can actually go in the other direction, so it's like a very risk-free actually or in most cases as well does have good coverage you can actually dodge out of cover so that you can be like inherently a Dodge High damaging, good stagger potential, all that for only like 8 FP, and you can like buff your weapon with like something like blackflame blade, and that buff will actually inherently go into the Phantom itself and do a little bit of damage over time.