We can discover in patch notes 1.04 of Elden Ring, that a good number of spells have been revised upwards and some have been nerfed. In addition, the Ashes of War are also undergoing a small rework, but only one is being nerfed at the end of this patch.
Regarding gameplay, many bugs have been fixed, including online servers for players who play multiplayer. One of the revolutions of this patch lies in the automatic rotation of the camera which can be activated or not at the discretion of the players.
Additional items added
- Added option to enable/disable automatic camera rotation
- Added some event phases for NPC Pat
Improvements
- Increased Colossal Swords/Colossal weapons attack speed and lowered their recovery time. Jump attack not included.
- Increased the two-handed attack damage of Colossal Swords/Colossal Weapons. Jump attack not included.
- Increased physical block rate and guard boost of the Colossal Sword, Colossal Weapons, Great Sword, Great Hammer, Great Axe, Great Spear, and Halberd weapon classes.
- Increased the damage of Grafted Blade Greatsword.
- Increased the damage of Devourer’s Scepter.
- Decreased the scaling of status effect build-up from spells and incantations of Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal.
- Decreased the effect of Greatshield Talisman for weapons with high block rate.
- Shortened the length of the madness afflicted animation.
- Lowered the speed of madness buildup recovery.
- Slightly increased FP and Stamina growth rate at lower levels
Sorcery/Incantation
All the sorceries below have been improved by the developers:
- 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.
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