Boulder Heave | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Imagine getting into a fight and seeing the other guy start violently dry-heaving, then out of nowhere you get your head caved in with a rock. Wild.

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It HAS to be uncomfortable to use a spell that makes you puke up a boulder larger than your head lmao

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Don't now why people say it is crap in pvp. Most people I use it against don't react to it well.

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I mean it's good but compared to the Stray Demon version ...

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They take this and made the rock meme into a real deal incantation in Elden Ring.

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Given how situationally useful this one is, I regret not getting Havel's Ring

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This goes great with flynn ring,swamp ring and izalith ring. They weigh low enough to give BIG boost,combine with lloyd or power within+tearstone

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*Actually breathes dwayne rock johnson out of his mouth*

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I decided to trolling in ringed city elevator by using this spell, and I have destroy a lot invader then get bunch of hate mail. My build is RTSR, Witch ring, Great Swamp ring, and morion blade.

In short, this spell is powerful in vertical scenario

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This spell is profoundly based. With proper timing it can stunlock most strong enemies and even some bosses. The casting speed is drastically improved with the sage's ring. This spell is extremely effective for farming corvian knights even at low level for large shards and chunks. Also it's really funny in pvp when someone thinks you're casting poison mist so they come closer for the free hits only to get flattened by your chad boulder.

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The casting time takes forever and it has no range. I don't see how it's usable

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This spell is amazing and strong against high-poise enemies and bosses - if you're having issues with Old Demon King just spam boulders on his back and ggwp.

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Wtf is this sh**?
>heavily affected by gravity
>horizontal range of about 2m and an unlimited vertical range???

Logicless article...

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This spell winds up being at it's most relevant when you first can get it, it absolutely destroys deacons and abyss watchers, and then for the rest of the game it winds up being a good tool for taking out enemies like black knights, in general a nice tool to have even if it is absolute a** in PvP

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Use this 0 weight greathammer over the stairs where the 4 harald knights are patrolling, then repeat the process on the 2nd part. For the ringed knights? You can stunlock them all day. The greatshield ones gets guard broken in 2 or 3 boulders.

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I found this to be one of the most useful spells. It was my go to until chaos bed of vestiges. Using this to break poise and even knockdown some strong enemies followed by a heavy melee attack go me through many jams

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best spell by far vs demon prince, dont even bother with soul dregs, using this instead is a night and day difference.

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Resistant to fire/dark? Here's a road roller.

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Just another thing: This can hit certain enemies TWICE, one on the direct hit and one on the shatter, so if the numbers here are correct you're looking at a 2.9 spell buff physical damage pyromancy (possibly more if it counts as stability damage, but don't quote me on that).

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if you manage to crit somebody and time the use of this spell right it becomes a guaranteed hit especially if you use it right after sacred flame.

a very under appreciated spell.

its especially handy for people running around you during a duel.

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CAN YA SMELL.... WHAT THE ROCK. IS. COOKING!!!

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This spell is so fun! Fellow pyromancers out there, keep this spell handy for any fire-types you encounter. Also works wonders against crowds. Just treat it like a short-range attack, and you'll love it.

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To all people talking about the range: you know it's vertical range, right? Horizontally it has about 3 steps of distance but it works properly for what it is: a giant peeble.

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Range is a bit stumpy, and the start-up is kinda slow, but hey, it's physical damage scaled off magical stats, and the stagger is quite handy. Viable alternative/supplement to a Raw Weapon for a caster build late game, when Raw has lost its edge.

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Absolutely DESTROYED the Deacons of the Deep on my caster playthrough. Two shots kills half the crowd due to the AOE effect and the Deacons piddling physical defense. Even better in the second phase where it will effortlessly shut down the Archdeacons attempts to charge up his Dark spell. You definitely want this over Havel's Ring if you're running a caster.

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Stumpy range and kinda slow casting time, but the ability to deal physical damage based on caster stats is pretty handy.

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This spell is amazing against Midir!

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I have a new respect for this spell. Carried me through the whole Demon Ruins & Demon King bossfight

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I wish Souls games had more Earth-centered magic. King's Field had an entire Earth-magic line of spells so I don't think it would be impossible.

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havel approves using this and iron flesh

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Perfect for my santa cosplay, now I can give coal to the naughty children

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This or Emit Force?

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So, rosabeth's cough got this worse?

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So...... how's this a pyromancy?

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I hope more physical pyromancies get added if another souls game comes out. Being a terramancer would be pretty damn cool.

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I don't understand why people meme about this being good when it's trash 9/10 times.

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This thing saved me during Deacons of the Deep boss fight, when I was playing as a spell caster, and had no decent weapon against them

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This spell is so useless without range. One of the worst pyromancies that also takes so long to cast. No you cannot stun lock with it.

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its good in pvp cause it is very unpredictable, like they expect the flame sound and a vestige when you have the pyromancy flame, the different animation and no sound throws them off

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Funy rock kill monsters good. 10/10 would use again.

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Best spell in the game

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Boulder Heave is awesome against NPC invaders. With the Sage Ring, just spam it as it will knock them flat on their back everytime. They won't have a chance to do anything else. I keep it attuned for just such an occasion.

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This spell is amazing and should be in every pyro's tool kit. It's remarkably cheap for the damage; gives you an amazing source of poise/knock down that dex based pyro's never have. It's fairly quick with the right setup. It's incredibly good at roll catching; can be obtained fairly early, and because it doesn't get used all that often it's a huge suprise to most players.

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I got it, and while the wiki says 17 FP, in my game it says 136, so i can't launch it?
If i had known it was so expensive, i wouldn't have spent a level on int to launch it :/
Is it normal? is it a bug?
I got the spell while on 7 int, raised it to 8 to be able to cast it, but now i have to level up my FP

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With Ringed City always transpose the soul to this, since Havels Ring in +3 version is available later.

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I dont like the implications of needing faith to spit boulders

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I don't know how to use boulder heave as in what button to press

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Thog spit rock. Rock good weapon. Ooga booga.

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ROOOAAADA ROOOLLAAARDAAAA!!

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I just added that note about casting with Demon's Scar, and the visual effect. I was testing all pyromancies to see how cost-effective they were. Tested this one with the Pyromancy Flame, Pyromancer's Parting Flame, White Hair Talisman, and Demon's Scar. Only Demon's Scar causes this visual effect.

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Does it count as strike damage?

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Good for cheesing bosses that can't be knocked down because then they'll be hit by both the impact and debris

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It benifits from flynns ring to boost damage

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Good alternative to heavy weapons if you fully dedicate your souls to int and faith

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With it came out your rear. Would be the best finishing move for invasions!!!

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While it is rather gimmicky; it has surprisingly good stagger and knockback on human-sized enemies. Okay, I guess it's not that surprising considering you're throwing a frickin' boulder at them. This spell absolutely has its benefits; but I would like it a lot more if it either had a longer range, or shorter cast time.

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is pyromancy is a rock the rock is cookin

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it can stun lock every invader and player sized npc including vilhem, he wont even heal

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I like to make vomiting noises IRL when I cast this spell.

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Art of a stray demon of a stifled flame. Spews a boulder from one's mouth. Quite thrilling.

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I have the strange feeling that this spell s rock is composed by all those peebles i picked up in bloodborne

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Extremely beneficial spell against any player sized enemy period. Just look up any YouTube videos on this spell. Much better than carrying more weight imo.

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It scales with your flame's spellbuff (which scales with int/faith), but it is physical damage, so it also benefits from flynn's ring and lloyd's sword ring as well as your pyromancy rings, so you can pile up a lot of damage early on. However, the damage type is standard, not strike as you would intuitively guess.

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Since it's a blunt object, like a hammer or fist, does that make it strike damage?

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But what scales the damage? Is it still FAITH/INT despite the spell not being choas or dark damage?

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If you're the type that prefers to be up close and personal with bosses, this can work against the Demon Prince as opposed to your usual pyromancy spells. I believe Dorhys' Gnawing to be an equal choice however, the final decision being whether you prefer fighting in melee or at range. Fear not the dark my friend, and let the feast begin.

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Best hitbox ever

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It can hit some large enemies twice if used from the right distance: first hit goes up through them, second hit comes down on or behind them.

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This spell hit a Onikiri and Ubadachi weapon art (Onislayer) twice. First hit the big Rock and then hit the small Rock.

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This spell wrecks The Crystal Sage. The stun makes it so that he cannot teleport until you run out of Focus.

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This spell takes the meaning of "getting stoned" to a whole new level....

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Like this pyromancy or not it is the only physical damage pyromancy and can be got early from a not too hard enemy with a low FP and stat cost and 1 slot.

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Does 40 poise damage, even the splash damage knocks opponents over. Great for pvp and pve

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It's like a miniature meteorite

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Combining this with the Sage Ring: you can easily stunlock most mid poise enemies and below. It also immediately knocks down the skeleton warriors in the Catacombs of Carthus.

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the rock`s coking!, by the ways the damage do not lower over distance.

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from my mouth? ouchy.

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Stone Cannon! Rock Bullet!

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Is it just me, or has the vertical limit of this spell been severally nerfed?

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It's the stone spell from kings field 1 (north America) and the disc throwing miracle is alot like wind cutter

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Turns Tsorig into a joke

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This spell single-handedly got me through the Pontiff Knights in Irithyll; was so tired of their seemingly unlimited endurance and sweeping attacks that I said 'to hell with them' and equipped this. Stunlocking them never felt more satisfying, and with enough INT/FTH you can kill them with three rocks to the face.

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Boulder heave+poison/acid mist super op in hallways and just about every where else

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"...spreading chunks that stagger opponents and do heavy poise and stamina damage"
-Implying that Poise even works in Dark Souls 3

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It's a good spell for when you're in a pinch and the opponent already knows all your moves. I use this from the beginning of the game just to master it I tend to always get to use in combat

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This is a good spell for a strength build I'm using it with leodes hammer and quake bow Lev 90 knight class fashion souls 100.

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Great in tight spaces. Handy for the squishy pyro builds lacking in heavy hitting melee.

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If you aimed up for this spell would it just go to space or would it fall like a meteor.

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Vomit rocks

In both ways

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This is AWESOME. Rapier style + boulder heave to break guard.

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This is actually useful! A pyromancy that is not FIRE!

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This rock IS my fist!

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has unlimited vertical range? did they nerf this because i'm not seeing it drop down ladders like i am reading about. it seems to just explode in the air

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Next fire spell: tornado thingy,
Use pyrotechnics to make wind from behind
:-P

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someone wanna trade this please! I traded my stray deamon soul for the havel ring and regreted :( Dont wanna w8 untill NG+ to get it... PSN Gau000087

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this is the spell that changed my toxic troll build from a minor nuisance to legitimately annoying. exact same animation and casting time, except if you try to run up and smack me cuz you think i'm gonna fog, you get rekt lol. then you get wary of the boulder and you end up right in the fog. it's so dumb and simple but it works. kudos to FS for making such a niche spell.

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Nobody expects a boulder to the face. the splash damage on this thing is ridiculous. STAGGER EVERYTIME BABY

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best pyromancy

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The silver knights were being really annoying for me, so I whipped this thing out and it demolished them. Especially useful if they insisted on blocking since it would just break their guard and I could get free ripostes on demand. Used it on some of the Lothric knights too, although I forgot to see how effective it was against Havel.

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So I am currently using it as a main source of damage. Apparently, it spawns a second rock/boulder if it hits a tall or airborn enemy. During the fight with the Crystal Mage I noticed he receives damage twice and is stunned twice, resulting in massive damage. So is it just me or are you having similiar experiences?

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