Fans are breezing by Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree with a very powerful shield, but FromSoftware has already made it less powerful.
Two years after Elden Ring came out in 2022, FromSoftware finally launched its expansion Shadow Of The Erdtree. It has been critically acclaimed, but along with a huge map and new weapon types came an even harder difficulty level.
It was so tough on fans that the expansion got review bombed on Steam, which forced FromSoftware to make the game slightly easier by tweaking the Blessing enchantments.
Fans have now found that Thrusting Shields are game-breakingly good, with one claiming it’s ‘the strongest weapons in the entire game. But another new patch has already made it less powerful.
‘New Thrusting Shields are the strongest weapons in the entire game and it’s not even close. NG+ DLC [New Game+ and downloadable content] was absolutely obliterated,’ DamnHare said on the Elden Ring subreddit.
The reason Thrusting Shields are so overpowered is because they give fans the chance to defend and attack at the same time, with the Shield Strike skill.
Fans only take a tiny bit of damage when using the shield, while being able to use it to attack without putting themselves in a vulnerable position, but there’s more.
‘Thrusting Shields can be enchanted with any affinity/damage type that makes them extremely versatile. And it’s just so much fun to slap the grace out of every single boss!’ DamnHare added.
You can see just how powerful the Thrusting Shield is below, but beware of boss spoilers.
‘Yep, it’s how I beat the final boss. Being able to guard counter to break poise while not worrying about timing and only taking chip damage is insane. […] They’re absolutely busted,’ said DrStrangelove899.
The patch covers bug fixes and stability changes, and one of many modifications is:
‘Fixed a bug the place efficiently guarding whereas attacking utilizing the Thrusting Shield weapon sort would devour much less stamina than supposed.’
In one week FromSoftware has proven how tough it’s to get the stability of a recreation proper, because it catered to fan complaints about Shadow Of The Erdtree being too tough after which mounted a bug that made it too simple.
Then once more, there are followers on the market which are beating the sport utilizing saxophones and dance mats, so on the finish of the day all you actually need is practise.
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