Elden Ring just released its next major patch, 1.04, and with it comes a couple nerfs, but mostly buffs, including to a long list of spells which may surprise many players. The patch notes are long and I will do my best to summarize the most major changes so you can try to adjust your build accordingly:
Balance Adjustments
- Colossal Swords/Weapons – Increased attack speed, lowered recovery time. Minus the jump attack. Increased two-handed attack damage.
- Colossal Swords/Weapons, Great Sword/Hammer/Axe/Spear and Halberd – Increased physical block rate and guard boost
- Grafted Blade Greatsword – Increased damage
- Devourer’s Scepter – Increased damage
- Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal – Decreased the scaling of status effect build-up from spells and incantations
- Greatshield Talisman – Decreased the effect for weapons with a high block rate
- Shortened the length of the madness afflicted animation and lowered the speed of madness build-up recovery.
- Slightly increased FP and Stamina growth rate at lower levels – To activate this, you need to either level up, use Godrick’s Great Rune, or re-equip gear with a bonus stat.
Sorcery and Incantation
- Crystal Barrage - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time
- Gavel of Haima - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies’ attack while casting
- Shatter Earth - Increased cast speed and decrease recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies’ attack while casting
- Rock Blaster - Decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies’ attack while casting
- Thop’s Barrier - Increased area of effect and slightly increase effect duration
- Rennala’s Full Moon - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Ranni’s Dark Moon - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Carian Greatsword - Increased cast speed at lower dexterity
- Magma Shot - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed
- Roiling Magma - Increased cast speed and decreased time until magma explodes
- Gelmir’s Fury - Slightly decreased the random nature of projectile’s range and increased the damage of lava pool. Increased the hitbox
- Rykard’s Rancor - Decreased FP cost
- Oracle Bubbles - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Great Oracular Bubble - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Briars of Sin - Decreased recovery time. Increased blood loss buildup on enemy
- Briars of Punishment - Decreased recovery time. Increased blood loss buildup on enemy
- Explosive Ghostflame - Decreased FP cost and recovery time
- Tibia’s Summon - Increased damage and cast speed
- Aspects of the Crucible: Tail - Decreased FP and Stamina cost
- Aspects of the Crucible: Horns - Decreased FP and Stamina cost, Increase cast speed. Increased the distance traveled when not charged and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged
- Elden Stars - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time
- Black Blade - Decreased Stamina consumption and decreased recovery time
- Discus of Light - Decreased FP cost. Increased damage and cast speed
- Triple Rings of Light - Increased damage
- Radagon’s Rings of Light - Decreased FP cost. Increased damage and cast speed. Decreased recovery time.
- Lightning Strike - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Honed Bolt - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Spear - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
- Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Strike - Decreased recovery time
- Lansseax’s Glaive - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy’ attacks while casting.
- Fortissax's Lightning Spear - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to withstand enemy attack while casting more easily.
- Frozen Lightning Spear - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attack while casting.
- Death Lightning - Decreased FP cost, Increased the duration of death-accumulating smoke
- O, Flame! - Increased damage
- Giantsflame Take Thee - Decreased Stamina Cost
- Flame of the Fell God - Decreased FP cost and increased damage
- Whirl, O Flame! - Increased damage, decreased recovery time
- Burn, O Flame! - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Black Flame - Increase damage and the spell can break enemy’s guard more easily.
- Scouring Black Flame - Decreased FP cost and recovery time. Increased attack range and area of effect.
- Black Flame Ritual - Reduced FP cost and increased damage.
- Gurranq's Beast Claw - Increased damage and decreased recovery time.
- Bloodflame Talons - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Decreased recovery time.
- Bloodboon - Increased damage. Increased cast speed and decreased effect start-up time, decreased recovery time.
- Pest Threads - Decreased Stamina cost.
- Scarlet Aeonia - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
- Unendurable Frenzy - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Decreased the random nature of projectile’s range and increased Madness buildup on enemies.
- Inescapable Frenzy - Increased cast speed.
- Placidusax's Ruin - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time.
- Dragonclaw - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged.
- Dragonmaw - Decreased FP, stamina cost, recovery time and increased cast speed and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged.
- Greyoll's Roar - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time.
- Adula's Moonblade - Decreased the power of single cast and improved performance so that the blades and frost hit more consistently and continuously. Increased cast speed at lower dexterity.
- Flame, Fall Upon Them - Decreased the damage of single cast and improved the performance so that it hits the enemy multiple times. Decreased FP cost.
- Howl of Shabriri - Decreased the madness buildup on the enemy. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Swarm of Flies - Decreased blood loss buildup on enemy.
- The Flame of Frenzy - Decreased madness buildup on enemy.
- Frenzied Burst - Decreased madness buildup on enemy.
Weapon Skill
- Lion's Claw - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Kick - Increased cast speed.
- Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker - Increased cast speed. Increased cast speed on follow up input, decreased recovery time.
- Troll’s Roar - Decreased Stamina Cost. Increased cast speed on follow up input, increased distance traveled.
- Giant Hunt - Decreased recovery time.
- Storm Assault - Decreased recovery time.
- Carian Greatsword - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the damage when charged and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
- Carian Grandeur - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the damage when charge and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
- Gravitas - Increased cast speed.
- Flaming Strike - Increased the travel distance of a stepping cleave in a strong attack.
- Black Flame Tornado - Added hitbox to weapon when spinning, and added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Lightning Slash - Increased cast speed. Added a hitbox to the stomp animation.
- Sacred Blade - Increased cast speed.
- Sacred Ring of Light - Increased cast speed.
- Poisonous Mist - Increased cast speed.
- Poison Moth Flight - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Ice Spear - Added a hitbox to the weapon’s spinning animation.
- Chilling Mist - Increased cast speed.
- Assassin's Gambit - Increased cast speed.
- Shield Bash - Increased cast speed.
- Shield Crash - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed.
- Blade of Gold - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Blade of Death - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Golden Tempering - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Increased effect duration.
- Last Rites - Increased cast speed.
- Mists of Slumber - Increased cast speed.
- Eochaid's Dancing Blade - Increased travel distance, added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Unblockable Blade - Increased cast speed with the weapon Coded Sword.
- Alabaster Lords' Pull - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Establish Order - Decreased recovery time and increased cast speed on follow up input. Increased damage. Made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
- Moonlight Greatsword - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the frost buildup effect during the skill duration.
- Wave of Gold - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Wolf’s Assault - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- The Queen’s Black Flame - Increased cast speed. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Dynast's Finesse - Decreased Stamina cost.
- Flowing Form - Decreased Stamina cost.
- Death Flare - Increased cast speed.
- Onyx Lord's Repulsion - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Magma Guillotine - Decreased Stamina cost, Increased cast speed. Decreased recovery time on follow up input.
- Cursed-Blood Slice - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Ice Lightning Sword - Increased cast speed. Added a hitbox to the stomp animation.
- Rosus’ Summons - Decreased recovery time.
- I Command Thee, Kneel! - Increased cast speed including follow up input. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Gold Breaker - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
- Familial Rancor - Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Nebula - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time with the weapon Bastard's Stars.
- Regal Beastclaw - Increased cast speed.
- Devourer of Worlds - Increased cast speed.
- Regal Roar - Decreased recovery time.
- Spearcall Ritual - Decreased recovery time.
- Ancient Lightning Spear - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Allows player to more easily withstand enemies’ attacks while casting.
- Great-Serpent Hunt - Decreased recovery time and increased damage. Allows player to more easily withstand attacks from enemies.
- Frenzyflame Thrust - Decreased FP cost, decreased recovery time. Decreased madness buildup on self.
- Bloodboon Ritual - Increased cast speed.
- Miquella's Ring of Light - Increased cast speed.
- Sea of Magma - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Flame Dance - Decreased Stamina cost, decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
- Storm Kick - Decreased Stamina cost.
- Bear Witness! - Increased cast speed.
- Thundercloud Form - Decreased damage when not charged. Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
In addition to all this, there are a lot of bug fixes, and you can read the full notes here. Good luck buildcrafting!
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