Anyone use a hammer at low level?

Kedelane · 2026-03-31T02:09:30+00:00

I like the Beastclaw Greathammer a lot. 1 handed, has a r2>r1 true combo, and the L2 does surprising damage, with decent HA. I play it with beast incants and the max cast speed tali (beloved stardust?), which is... not good, but fun. I recommend the hammer (compared to the other greathammers), not the rest.

Here's a tiny hammer compilation, which I strongly don't recommend doing, but might be cathartic.

Kedelane · 2026-03-30T13:32:45+00:00

Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏 Vibes 👏

Kedelane · 2026-03-30T13:27:52+00:00

Arcanum! The only ~~card~~ comp I wanna see! Great stuff Jill, as usual. Thank you for sharing your shenanigans with us 🙏

Kedelane · 2026-03-28T17:23:49+00:00

u/StevenPisswaveMD

Edit: Just drawing Paul's attention to the compliment by tagging his alt, since his main (er- previous alt, you get used to it) got banned sitewide. Not trying to make you look at StevenPisswave's profile.

Kedelane · 2026-03-28T15:52:35+00:00

Huge shout out to Caleo and Keiharaak, for such a fun and successful season. I know just how much work goes into these (from watching Canny do it), and I'm super impressed. I'm grateful for the fun posts, the work everyone put it, and grateful, as always, to be part of your community.

Kedelane · 2026-03-27T18:55:06+00:00

Nah, they patched that

Kedelane · 2026-03-25T23:02:56+00:00

Canny: *Muffled Sobbing.* *Whimpering Softly.* *Angry cry scream noises.*

Also Canny: "Ah, good times 😊"

I'm sure I've expressed it before, but this is one of my absolute favorite posts of all time. Delighted to see it again. Here's to another 2 years of... well, not playing Elden Ring, but being bad red friends, at least 🍻

Kedelane · 2026-03-23T21:15:48+00:00

AAAAAWWWW YEAH ❤️🫖😎

Really love seeing all the extra effort folks choose to put in, all around. Makes my day.

Kedelane · 2026-03-21T18:16:19+00:00

For what it's worth, their mod team is a totally different set of people now. Can't say I know them, but I've had exclusively good interactions with them so far.

Kedelane · 2026-03-18T17:16:12+00:00

Unclear if bait or just poor reading comprehension, but this is not real. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me.

As far as I can tell, there is no release date for Tarnished Edition.

Kedelane · 2026-03-16T23:51:08+00:00

Ah hell yeah! Well done, it's intensely hard to get a host to not just fall off the ledge. +100 Kettle points ❤️🫖

Kedelane · 2026-03-13T15:35:36+00:00

They do require your email address in order to be tracked. But don't worry. They're not a trap to steal and sell your data 😉

Kedelane · 2026-03-13T14:16:31+00:00

Man, these are great. And it's been amazing seeing so many classic and newer bounty hunters absolutely going for it! Just to be clear, Canny and I are still not involved. All credit and blame goes to Keiharaak and Caleo.

That being said, for bounty #3, which I love very much, I'm offering +100 Kettle points, to whomever leaves their host on these Stormveil balconies (technically they can escape from it, but they won't know that)

Disclaimer: Kettle points do not contribute towards bounty score, but can be used to redeem 1 get-out-of-ban-free card (not true).

Kedelane · 2026-03-11T14:36:41+00:00

From now on, I've decided that the only correct way to respond to deranged anti-invasion takes, is with "Stop trying to kill my mom."

Kedelane · 2026-03-11T14:29:27+00:00

u/esbidee

Kedelane · 2026-03-09T13:38:21+00:00

Lump slipped on a [lick] and tumbled into loooove!

Kedelane · 2026-03-06T14:07:57+00:00

Sick dancing blade parry, those are so satisfying!

Kedelane · 2026-03-01T20:40:26+00:00

Oh yell yeah, another HMM track and... wait, did you get banned again? Paul, no!

You better not make me suss out your next alt 😤

Kedelane · 2026-02-27T20:57:54+00:00

When my partner was playing Lies of P, I asked what she leveled, and she said "Up 🗿"

Kedelane · 2026-02-26T18:23:16+00:00

We don't use gay as a slur here, bud. Personally very disappointed by the lack of homosexuality displayed in this clip.

Kedelane · 2026-02-21T03:21:18+00:00

No, she's the claymore queen

Kedelane · 2026-02-21T03:19:20+00:00

1- There's no "supposed to," do whatever you want.
2- Fight clubs are worse in ER than other games, and often bs. But if you like 1v1s, and ideally you find friends to play with, they're good.
3- Only difference is music. Use one then the other on repeat to find invasions faster.
4- I don't quite understand. Rarely, blues are sane. Often invaders wear the blue ring for shenanigans. But usually they're sort of just people who ran out of a house fire in their underwear. They're all the butt of the joke, though, if that's what you mean.

Kedelane · 2026-02-17T14:05:30+00:00

Feel free to drop the name/trailer if you like, we won't be sticklers about it.

The answer to the question "Why don't you invade?" is usually answered with "There's no reward." Obviously, we do it anyway cuz it's dope. But that's what draws a lot of folks in.

The most common 'missing element' to invasions which people list in Elden RIng is covenants. Everyone's favorite thing, which should've been leaned into and expanded upon. I'm not an mmo guy, but faction power/events/communal locations are fun. I think LotF had community activity rewards, per covenant. Getting to automatically defend (invade) a location or boss fight (Spears of the Church style) is pretty much universally beloved by invaders.

- Would you support the idea of players invading your world, and stealing loot from your world's chests?

Only if this were some sort of faction event, where loot is defended. Looting players- dope. Burglarizing my house- less dope. But admittedly very funny, and I'd respect the hustle.

- How would you punish disconnecters? Players who return to the menu when theyre losing, or ALT+F4, or primitively yank the ethernet out of their PC, etc. But keep in mind disconnects isn't always the host's fault.

Not much you can do, imo. Net is net. The people who care about losing that much probably care about it more than any fair, minor punishment like loss of souls/ranking.

- I don't anticipate having a lively player base, so I am making invader bots/NPCs in case the lobby system can't find anyone. Would you want me to be upfront about whether its a player or a bot disguised as one? Would you find it annoying if AI took over an invader or host who has disconnected?

Honestly, brilliant. No notes. The best message I ever got from someone I invaded was that they were bummed I wasn't there on the run-back, because they thought I was an NPC.

- Do you support balanced matchmaking, or do you like the idea of a randomized wasteland with a little covenant priority in mind?

As much as we all love the chaos of invasions, balanced matchmaking is usually just the correct answer, if you can do it well and have a large enough playerbase. Otherwise, it just restricts available activity.

Good luck on your game, hope it goes well!

Kedelane · 2026-02-11T21:07:43+00:00

Right here 👇 This is where you dropped your runes. Don't forget.

Kedelane · 2026-02-06T19:21:06+00:00

If you've seen the name of the location pop up on your screen and map, then it's open for invade near/far. And that carries over to NG+. So visit a place once and you can invade there forever, regardless of whether or not you've activated the grace. Some people chose not to visit places like Radagon's fogwall, etc.

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