

Eleonara’s Polebladeīefore Update 1.03, Eleonara’s Poleblade earned the nickname “the Darth Maul sword” because players could use the weapon’s Ash of War, Bloodblade Dance, to flip around the battlefield like the Sith namesake. The fixed scaling adds a ton of damage to each swing, and Arcane piles on even more damage to Corpse Piler - not even shields can stop that Ash of War’s destructive advance. Now, Rivers of Blood is arguably the strongest katana in Elden Ring. However, the Arcane scaling bug meant the weapon’s raw damage output was broken, but that’s been fixed. And Rivers of Blood’s Ash of War, Corpse Piler, delivered a flurry of hits that built up even more blood loss. However, use them fast FromSoftware might try to nerf them in the future the way 1.03 nerfed the Sword of Night and Flame.īefore Update 1.03, Rivers of Blood was a semi-decent physical/fire-damage weapon that was quick and reliably built up the bleed debuff.

Here are some weapons in Elden Ring you should consider using thanks to Update 1.03. One could probably argue that many of these armaments are now the best items in the game. Update 1.03 fixed the stat, so Arcane weapons are now viable if not downright overpowered. However, a bug prevented these weapons from scaling properly. While the stat increases the odds of finding good items, as well as resistance to Holy and Death, it was also supposed to make certain weapons more powerful. However, the most important change is that weapons now properly scale with Arcane.

Players can now track NPCs via new map markers, but the Mimic Tear Spirit Ash is significantly less useful. Update 1.03 is full of quality of life improvements, a new quest line, as well as nerfs. The team at FromSoftware has been hard at work improving and balancing the experience, and the most recent attempt has revitalized several weapons that were victims of a coding oversight. Even though Elden Ring is a very polished title, the game didn’t ship in a state that completely satisfied its developers.
