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Elden ring needs its own version of this asap preferably a red one.

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I really wish this was able to be obtained much earlier, and had been in the base game.

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The arrow seems to positioned incorrectly with the bow when using Priest’s Chime and this is even more noticeable when used with Caitha’s Chime. Just a funny thing I noticed.

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Sister Friede seems to have a bad time trying to dodge this in phase 1 and 2. A bit cheesy but she kept dodging forward instead of to the side rather consistently. However in phase 3 Blackflame Friede she was doing her regular side stepping sweeping dodge as she regularly does with other projectiles targeting her. In that case cast holding the lightning arrow in phase 3 and releasing at the correct openings worked a charm.

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This spell does do extra damage at point blank range. I succesfully tested it on the lothric knight near dragon barracks. The hit box seemed to be a bit less generous than other lightning spells that have the same effect though.

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Worst miracle ever. Wont ever hit **** on high latency

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God I wish this was in Elden Ring

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Medroa!!!

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Lothric knight shield

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This spell got me through Midir and Soul of Cinder. Very good, lightning miracle that's all-around reliable in a pinch. Made even better with either 50 Dex to cap the decrease in spell casting time or the Sage Ring equipped

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Some kind fellow I summoned to fight the boreal dancer dropped this spell for me. It really is quite fun to use, and easily catches those filthy roll spammers. I figured out that if you just stand and wait with it, you can hit the enemy the second they roll! All in all, fantastic miracle, def recommend to anyone having a hard time in pvp

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You are going to miss poise now, you motherf***ing piece of sht.

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I'm surprised this spell gets so much hate. In PVP it functions really similarly to HSM. Just a pressure/spacing tool for faith builds. Just don't roll or you will be caught. Same with HSM, if you randomly roll, you're going to get hit. The only frustrating use of the tool is deadlocking duels (same with HSM.) I'm not going to run in on you and tank your lightning arrow. Stop acting like I'm the one who's stalling, my guy. With that said, any build is capable of similar stall tactics, this is definitely not the only offender.

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I counter spam from these people with poise medium heal or heal aid. They either then whip out project heal and/or run away infinitely with regen because those are the only broken ways to heal or they man up and fight me with their lightning straight sword spam. Their sword spam is very dangerous against shields, so be careful if you use lothric shield to get in close.

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The more you hold down this spell the more you become cancer

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The choices of being an as$hole prick in DS3:
1. murky hs
2. pkcs
3. lightning arrow spam with fishing for poise straight sword R1s
4. Fire surge spam and roll for 3 minutes
5. Crystal soulmass spam and passive play for 3 minutes (waste of time for everybody)

If you go against any of this, you have permission to point down and throw sh t without losing the status of being honorable player by dark souls codex of honor

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Jesus, I don’t think I’ve even seen this much hate even for Dark Bead in the parish. People usually just roll their eyes at that. Y’all really getting this mad over electing to do low-level PVP?

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Just imagine anor londo all over again with the bow silver k**hts with this instead

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Step 1: Poise cast Lightning Arrow
Step 2: Hold the cast
Step 3: Wait for enemy to roll
Step 4: Wait for enemy to roll
Step 5: Wait for enemy to roll
Step 6: Wait for enemy to roll
Step 7: Enemy finally yields and rolls
Step 8: Release arrow and hit enemy
Step 9: Repeat

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One of the useful miracles.

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How to make god slaying knights, great casters, and uncontested assassins feel fear:
1: walk at them while holding unfaltering prayer lightning arrow
2: profit

Also I'm going to put this here before I post but please don't censor Assassin fextralife

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If you have 30 poise and a hyper armor weapon, just walk up and hit the MF. You will win the trade since this does poise damage of a SS.

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So basically everyone complains about this spell because nobody wants to bother infusing a lothric knight shield in lightning.

Well, shira will keep kicking your ass until then.

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Showing results for how to very cancerous in dark souls 3.

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The speed of the projectile should have been decreased or the spell should have consumed stamina the more you hold it. At least that way the spell would be strafe-able or users couldn't hold indefinitely.

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So you mean to tell me this spell doesn't only cast and hold for a prepared instand attack, but can also extend poise casting indefinetly without extra FP cost, while also dealing more damage than lightning spear, at less FP cost and about the same casting speed?
Even on paper this sounds like a straight upgrade. What was the thought process?
I do not mean to **** on people using this, by all means, it's a smart choice. This just seems like a really bad idea, since "upgrades" should be like the lightning spear lineage. You trade more FP for more burst damage and possibly less Damage per FP. But this goes against that entire principle.

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Imagine spending days of your life going through either Friede or Lords of Cinder at SL 30, dealing with Demon Princes and Spears of the Church, struggling for all that time and effort, just to get this spell and spam it in ****ing Crucifixion Woods on low level hosts and invaders.

As someone who's had opponents and teammates alike doing this, chill out. It's just a video game. You don't need to spam overpowered DLC items to win, especially not at level 30.

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Ah yes, indefinite windup with an instant attack whenever the caster decides. Perfectly balanced.

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you should not be able to hold it indefinitely, should 100% tick your fp for each second you hold it down. i’m sickened by the people in arena who spin around like idiots and spam this while running away, so annoying

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holy hell only 19 fp

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Eh, i still think pyromancy is better.

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Ah yes. The spell where I just stand here and poise all day. Its so obvious From never tests this junk I can't believe we still have to deal with their incompetence as well as all the pathetic tryhards who use this. Looking at you 90% of all faith builds. Congrats. Your builds are finally broken again

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Everytime we said how useless lightning spears were as the proyectiles they SHOULD be, the typical butthurts say "lightning spears are better at close range, better damage, no need to use it from afar, point blank range, bla bla bla"

Well, look who's gonna get fckd trying to get close against this spell.

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This spell, like many others have said, is VERY good. I've seen a lot of people just spam this without any real thought so I thought I'd leave a tip. If your opponent like to roll a lot, unlock and then re-lock on whenever he's out of his roll, then fire the lightning arrow the moment you're angled correctly. It should hit. This is VERY useful for roll spammers. This spell is also amazing for punishing estus. Although if you have a short spell casting time I would argue sunlight spear might be better, even lightning stake if you're close enough.

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Honestly. F*ck over thought this was even the slightest good idea

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Mistakes were made

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Lightning infused Lothric Shield and Dragonslayer Greatshield are your best friends

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If you're going to optimize any build really, you aren't going to just stop at base requirements. You'll want to hit 45-60 for damage efficiency. At optimum FTH, Lightning Arrow beats Lightning Spear in damage and FP cost, while it beats Great Lightning Spear in damage per FP point, If you're pedantic about FP efficiency, Lightning Arrow even beats out Sunlight Spear. Example; given 100 FP which is enough for 2 Sunlight Spears or 5 Lightning Arrows, the spears give you a little over 1k damage, while the arrows net you 1.5k. You will need another Sunlight Spear to match that. Given that you can poise cast and get the 75% extra damage from point blank spears, they are supposed to be the ranged spells of miracles. Why create a spell for the DLC that beats all others in numbers?

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Turns out holding a cast is really op in pvp. Especially combined with unfaltering it turns into a game of chicken. Your opponent can either go for the trade, but will be hit for sure, or try to duke you, wich is harder than it looks because this thing has a large AoE combined with near relativistic speeds compared your average miracle. It's fast, it's got range and it enables mind games. What's not to love?

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YOU FAITH BUILDS ARE WORSE THAN MAGGOTS!



~not patches

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No one ever bothered to write down that LA tracks enemies without locking on? It’s literally one of the selling points and why it’s really useful for Midir, since it will always go for his head if possible, or his arms if you aimed too far to either side.

This is basically a better gls, with less fp and auto-aim. The only downside being that it only excels at range, and is not meant to be used up close.

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Railgun of Faith

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Does anyone know the base power of this spell at 60 faith before resistances?

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|| The few female knights who serve in the age of the gods used this miracle for dragonslaying. ||
|| Draw lightning bow to fire a lightning arrow. ||
|| The lightning arrows offer a great improvement to the range of the spears, and were said to have been used to pierce the eyes of the dragons from afar. ||
> || But remember, beautiful stories are always marked by embellishment. ||

Just had to get that one in there didn't they? That's just so sad.

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Why is every direction on this website so bad

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Fun fact: This miracle can be true comboed into,if you catch someone with it while they're in range of your straight sword(LKS) you can get off you LKS's true combo.

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Is this good just with 35 faith I am building a str faith build and I don't want to put levels on faith too much

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hank the ranger

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So we have to beat the entire game, killing all the lords of cinder or sister Friede to get to the DLC, only have to kill the demon princes and suffer through the ringed city to get a decent faith projectile. ***** you, Miyazaki

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Lightning Arrow is Miyazaki's apology for making Way of White Corona, but a good apology at best.

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Same guy as the comment below: Emit force is an okay spell, let's not act like it's a hidden gem. Obviously I'm talking free aiming as that's the way to use it. It comes across as trash unless you're tailored for it, it only does good damage if you're at 60+ faith using yorshka's chime at max casting speed, more specifically on direct contact. The aoe isn't as viable as the guy below is making it out to be, it's not a guaranteed roll catch or anything, it's kinda just luck based unless the person is panic rolling in the same direction consistently. The wake up is fast enough that it's not a guaranteed punish either, more specifically with LSt. LSta might be quick enough to punish the wake up, but for LSt you'd have to be right next to them as they fall to the ground and immediately cast to be able to hit them even at max casting speed. LSt is pretty slow, it's easy to spam roll away or run if you see it coming.

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Honestly, i personally agree that in certain circumstances LA can be OP. But i wouldn't change it since there're easy work arounds. The Lightning Lothric Shield just trivializes miracle offensive builds. It's specifically when the person has 60+ faith and is using unfaltering prayer, it's really just impossible to do anything about without switching my gear around. Pretty much anything else i can work around with whatever i may be using, not LA, though i know there's a spot up close where you will never be hit. I think you just roll directly into them once you manage to get up close? I don't agree at all with that "1.5k hours experience" "expert" when they say it's only useful in pvp... it does equal damage to GLS, but less FP cost. I pretty much always have this spell on me. Great for both pve and pvp. It's annoying seeing people boasting about time played like that isn't literally just a result of you playing over years since it's been out. It's like, yeah, i get on and play ds3 for hours everyday too, it's part of my daily routine, not anything special. Doesn't make your opinion more valid, especially since you only need to play for a limited time before your know-how just kinda caps anyways. Once you know the mechanics, you know them.

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A PVP crutch for faith builds who can't aim emit force or trade with poise.

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Guys, if you have the reqs, GET A LIGHTNING LOTHRIC KNIGHT SHIELD TO COUNTER THIS AND LITERALLY ALL OFFENSIVE MIRACLES. Absolutly neuters faith builds. Obviously you can still be guard broken, so be careful and mind your stamina.

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One of the best offensive miracles in ds3 I have defeated Midir twice with this badass only on NG & NG+ with yorshka's chime +9 60 fth and lighting clutch ring it dealt about 364 dmg per hit and with its very low FP consumption it is without doubt one of the best miracles in this game in PVE & also in PVP along with the Lightning Storm and Sacred Aoth that adds 10% AR and defense are the center of my Dex/Fth Lothric build

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looking for anyone who could possibly trade me this one (dont have the dlcs)

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What counter is there to someone unfaltering prayer casting this? I thought my great farron dart could cast faster than this, but it was a trade each time... Honestly don't know what to do, i can't get close either...

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Amazing with Keyboard and mouse. You can turn around, or spin, then shoot them when they're unexpecting.

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FUN FACT: If you look trough binocular and start casting this miracle - almost all lightnings will disappear (arrow is only thing where they are)

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I have no choice but to pull out my pontiff CS the moment I see them cast this.

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>Everyone complains about the "uselessness" of spells. >From gives us one top tier offensive spell >EVERYONE KEEPS SCREECHING AUTISTICALLY

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Ironically, the only people who complain about this spell don’t want to have to think to win in PvP. The people who do think say the spell’s useless. I say carry this and try it out. The ability to aim it has been pretty big for me. Though I’ve yet to test if it reads a crit with headshots like normal bows do.

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The spell also deals bonus damage on counter attacks, kind of like normal bows. Haven't tested if leo ring increases said damage though.

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I carry a lighting infused shield just to counter this attack.

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When people use this for fight club, I just try to get them to go near the gap in the railing and cast emit force on them. They die 100%. Screw those filthy bastards.

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If anyone can find the direct damage values that would be great.

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how do you effectively dodge this without embarrassingly roll spamming? the cast time is instant and has no telegraph from what i can tell

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Honestly one of the best offensive miracles in the entire series. This thing is hilarious in PvP, it helps faith players be able to roll catch and keep up with the meta, just spam your weapon until they run out of stamina dodging or blocking and do 500-600 damage with this.

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Currently using it as my second offensive spell after sunlight spear. Decent damage, low fp consumption, fast travelling speed, massive range, very easy to use, spamable... I keep this for clearing areas of weaker enemies and sunlight for strong mobs and tanky foes and bosses..Only con is that you acquire it too late and that's only if you have the ringed city dlc.. Whereas it feels like it should be a starting miracle for a faith build or be found near the first two areas for example.

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I have become Zelda, sniper of Ganons.

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I use throwing knife&farron dart as an easy counter to this. Lure this spell out, then roll and fire a dart back. The opponent should probably not be able to dodge. If he does, he will be out of fp before me.

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Is it just me or is the dmg way too low? I know it's fast and all but still, bout as pathetic as the corona disc.

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Best miracle in the game... but it's kind of useless for anyone with a brain on pvp. Good thing most people there don't have one. Works great on pve though.

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I have to agree with many, this is the ranged miracle faith builds needed. My only complain is how late is gotten.

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This is a must on a faith build. So useful. Not only does it cost less fp than lightning spear, it will do more damage from range with high faith. It's amazing against Midir. Just lock on to his head and you can hit him from range very easily, the range is very long, probably the longest of any miracle.

On my 99 faith build with Yorshka's+10, mornes, sun firstborn, lightning clutch
I was doing 398 damage per shot to Midir's head on NG+, it's easy to fire off 3 in a row quickly and do 1194 damage.
This miracle also is great against Yhrom if you are doing no stormruler. 5-6 shots to his head and he will stagger, move in close and smash 3 lightning spears into his head, rinse repeat.

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Makes you wonder if Ciaran ever put points in faith.

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Had 50 Faith and did 40 dmg darkeater

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i still can't believe some people still think this miracle is OP, literally all you have to do to counter this is sprint circles around them instead of spamming roll. it's definitely not as good as before because of people screaming OP but then again the only way of using these things trading with them and i guess thats better then it being completely useless.

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This spell is awesome. Low FP, fast and 1 slot. Makes sunlight spear situational.

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>Patch 1.14 Lightning Arrow and Projectile Heal get nerfed
Holy***** can't clerics have something

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Damn I wish i could use this with a pyromancy catalyst, I don't want to carry around a chime or whatever

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Any damage formula for this miracle?

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If you use this spell as a Mix Up thing while splicing in a Lightning Storm or Sunlight spear to throw them off, you're good at PvP, and I will accept the loss no question. You won fairly. However, if you sit back and hold this down till I become vulnerable or bait me into a Black Flame you are the scum of the earth and for all I care can die in some horrible pit you astrally projecting *****tard.

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Gonna be honest. I hate fighting against this spell. It's increasingly annoying.

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The nerf honestly doesn't affect the playstyle much unless you just spam it. If you use it to take potshots at people drinking estus or rollcatching, you're golden.

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Increase stamina consumption on one of the most useful faith spells in the game.

Meanwhile, the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords get a buff.

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i knew from well nerf it

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I like how in this spell's lore, is FROM's attempt at fixing their mistake for nerfing the aforementioned lightning spear miracle's range from being projectiles into essentially a lightning fist weapon.

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Does Hawk Ring affect this?

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This or Sunlight Spear? For PVP, I mean.

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One of the extra spells my pyromancer is going to use for Midir. Testing it out with 40/40, both miracle rings, sage ring, Blessed Lothric War Banner +10 (right hand) and Crystal Chime +9 left hand, arrows are doing 452 damage. Seems I'm doing more damage with both intel and faith.

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Yep, I can see it now this will be nerfed to hell and back, people are already complaining op all over the place, an actual good faith spell, but it won't last.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsr4cmECE5I

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This things a shotgun at close range!

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you can't tell me gwyndolin didn't invent this spell.

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"if the player uses Unfaltering Prayer, the poise buff will stay as long as the player continues to hold the button."
and there we have one huge problem

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Tears of Denial, Canvas Talisman and Saint's Talisman, this spell and Sunlight Spear + Straightsword and below 30% load combined gives you an ultimate scumbag mode. Works in pve, duels, team battles and invasions, you can roflstomp any opposition.

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does sage ring affect this?

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It's sad that From decided to put the DS3 equivalent of ice rapier in yet another final DLC. This thing's gonna kill pvp, there is very little way of avoiding getting an aneurysm when you go against a reactive (lag optional) player using this obscenity.

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I love that thing! Use a HealOverTime Miracle and if you need a heal just use this spell but wait. mostly they roll and roll and roll.. and you get healed for free :D

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