Ranking All 64 Elden Ring Spirit Summons From Worst To Best
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The presence of spirit ashes/spirit summons in Elden Ring has been a hotbed of quarrels and unnecessary arguments in forums since the very day of launch… to about five people. The rest of us don’t really care and just don’t use them, or we use them for low level challenge runs. But if this channel being alive for 12 years is proof of anything, it’s that complaining about things on the internet is very profitable, which unfortunately means these weirdos are here to stay. There’s no real system here, at least not one that’s as rigorous as usual, but I’m still going to try anyway.
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I like to back malenia into a corner and beat her into sludge with tiche. It's fun.
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Do all spirit springs
Sooo Mimic tear/Simpsons for bleed builds Tiche for mages Mimic tear for everything else
You can't resist the all-weapons-ranked video, Rusty. It is your destiny.
Insanity is his calling
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Only 2 replies, let me fix that
He is doom now jajajajs
Don't forget to include all possible infusions and ashes of war combinations
In an interview before release Miyazaki said about spirit summons "Some are useless, but you will grow attached to them" I am certain he was talking about the Miranda Flowers
Honestly I think a spirit summon being fun is sometimes more important than one being effective
Agree. Besides a handful of outliers, most summons fill the same general role of "make bosses look at something else for a bit, and deal a little damage" and are kinda interchangeable. Yse the ones you like/thematically fit your character, don't worry so much about which ones are objectively better at X
@@thomasdevlin5825yeah that's why I never used mimic tear even thought I know it's the strongest
@@thomasdevlin5825that's why I like the avionettes ashes. They aren't too powerful, but it is a lot of fun seeing them flying around and spinning like beyblades
Miyazaki was right. I played this whole game with my jellyfish, leveling him up to +10. Did not even know some ashes could be useful, i thought only taking aggro from me once per bossfight is good enough
Maybe this helps you 64- noble sorcerer 63- nomad 62- miranda sprout 61- claymen 60- winded misbegotten 59- glintstone sorcerer 58- archers 57- mad pumpkin 56- soldjars of fortune 55- finger maiden therolina 54- skeletal bandit 53- albinauric 52- raya lucaria soldiers 51- page 50- jarwight 49- wandering nobles 48- jellyfish 47- fire monk 46- rotten stray 45- lone wolfs 44- fanged imps 43- battlemage hugues 42- putrid corpes 41- oracle envoy 40- demi-humans 39- skeletal militiamen 38- haligtree soldiers 37- vulgar militia 36- godrick soldiers 35- kaiden sellsword 34- avionette 33- kindret of rot 32- raya lucaria soldiers 31- man-serpent 30- perfumer tricia 29- twinsage sorcerer 28- giant rats 27- marionette soldiers 26- azula beastmen 25- nightmaiden and swerdstress 24- depraved perfumer carmaan 23- land squirts 22- dolores the sleeping arrow 21- cleanrot knight finlay 20- radahn soldiers 19- banished knight engvall 18- redmane knihjt ogha 17- latenna the albinauric 16- bloodhound kight floh 15- mausoleum soldiers 14- ancient dragon knight kristoff 13- ancestral follower 12- banished knight oleg 11- warhawk 10- blackflame monk amon 9- neoheli-loux 8- crystalian 7- greatshield soldiers 6- stormhawk deenh 5- dung eater 4- luthel the headless 3- omenkiller rollo 2- black knife tiche 1- mimic tear
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I knew Mimic Tears would make number one with it being the best possible one If you actually know what to do, but if you don't it could place literally anywhere in the list.
jellyfish at 48 how insulting 😠
@@chimera7894it’s your character but better 🤣
42:35 Seeing the duelist charge in a circle made my day.
Was looking for a comment about it, lmao.
Fuckin Benny Hill-ass chase.
SPEEN
GET OVER HERE YOU FUCKIN BIRD!
The bird that screeches and gives you a buff that’s my favorite. You do the work but it also genuinely helps you in a fight.
it definitely helps that its just as mobile and annoying as the birds you fight are
Deenh was my spirit ash of choice for my first playthough. She was literally my life saver by taking agro so I could heal. And because of that, she’s always been my favourite too.
But with what things does the buff stack?
It dies very easily, but if it can get into the air before being hit it doesn't get hit much.
@@konighartzderiv.4898it's an aura buff, so it can't stack with other aura buffs golden vow or rallying standard skill
One day we'll get a Crucible Knight summon that can finally let other enemies feel the pain of infinite poise and aggression
As much as I'd loved it, a crucible knight would be quite overpowered. More than Tiche? To be determined...
I want a Blaidd summon
@@buklau837 so do I
@@buklau837oooooh what if we could give the amber serum to Blaidd instead of Ranni....
@@benjaminthibieroz4155You could just dress up a Mimic Tear with the Crucible loadout
7:15 My favorite part about these guys is that every translation had to slip in some sort of reference to "The A-Team". Their Japanese name is "Kamikaze Attack Bastards", which was what the show was called in Japan, the English name is a pun on the "Soldiers of Fortune" bit from the intro, and the French description is a riff on Hannibal's catchphrase "I love it when a plan comes together" (in this case, "I love it when a plan ends in pieces"). Absolutely godawful in gameplay, but top tier in terms of goofy references.
I love the A-team
Really Finlay should have the most health of any summon to be lore accurate (and shame for not mentioning her lore!). Girl carried Malenia from Caelid to the Haligtree by herself taking down everything in her way. She might not be the best to us, but she’s by far the greatest entity made into an ash. Maybe we simply never gained her loyalty enough
i was gonna say the same thing! finlay's lore always deserves a mention. i wish summoning her against malenia triggered some sort of special dialogue, she deserves it for being literally the most dedicated npc in the lore.
Did she really? Damn that’s impressive
Summoning her vs Malenia should Just end up with her tuning hostile to you.
@@ludovicacuoghi That would be evil, considering her ashes are found in the Haligtree. You just got these new Legendary Spirit Ashes, and level them up a bunch and decide to use them against Malenia. Then, suddenly, you're fighting two enemies. Not even the alleged Deathblight Swamp that looks to be in the DLC is that evil. It would be hilarious to watch someone's reaction to that though.
Mimic tear vs Rykard is comedy gold, running in with 2 serpent slayers and stun locking him to death in 39 seconds cracks me uo everytime 😂
Yeah..... I was going to try beating that boss without a summon, and after a few attempts chat asked me to bring out the mimic just for science... I was horrified to watch it pretty much solo Rykard... it was hilarious .
And if you equip another great spear on your other hand, you and your mimic tear can powerstance and the wind like power is applied to both weapons. its a amusing sight to see kakaka
You and you can stun lock him TOGETHAAA!
I did seemless coop with 2 friends and we all summoned mimic tears with that weapon.
Using talisman that makes you look like the host also makes your mimic full color. So exactly like you! Then you can fight mimic tear. So there will be 3 of you fighting lol. More funny if they’re all naked.
Spirit ashes in elden ring really make me realise the difference between how strong some enemies are and how weak their spirit ash counterparts are.
Upgrading the ash can help with this, but yeah in 90% of cases even that won't fix a bad ash.
Mimic tear is the only exception iirc.
Wasn’t the black knife assassin and mimic tear super op ? I haven’t played since release basically but i remember those snd the sht guy’s ashes were super good
@@Insideman666 Mimic tear used to be very, very powerful. After some patches, it's still really good but not quite as much. Costs health instead of FP, and a fair chunk at that. Doesn't benefit fully from healing magic, which is lore-accurate. If your build's good and your weapons/catalysts are upgraded, it's gonna be good (and sometimes too good). If your setup is bad, you're wasting health and resources but also probably your time with the setup in question (which isn't to say that you can't make it work or that mimic is a good way to test it, only that it might indicate something needs upgrading or replacing). Still very, very helpful on later NG+ cycles (especially if you, like myself, can't parry worth a damn for whichever reason). Tiche is also very good, but costs a good bit of FP and doesn't have much health. She makes up for it a bit with dodging and having the black blade skill, but the later into the game you get and every NG+ cycle she gets comparatively worse even at +10. Eventually her ability to dodge isn't enough to keep her alive for more than a couple minutes in the late-game, and there are some bosses that she's not going to be very helpful against (again, depending on your setup and which NG you're on). Hope this helps
@@Insideman666 Tiche is as good as she has always been - as far as I know the ash was never changed. The Mimic was slightly tuned down, especially in sorcerer builds that delete bosses with Comet Azure. You also have to remember that the Mimic is an exact copy of you, including equipment, Ashes of War and spells. This means that the Mimic varies wildly in capabilities, weaknesses and strengths depending on your character. One example: You're a squishy caster who wants a tank summon - the Mimic is not a good pick in that case because it is just as squishy as your char. Or if you're a melee character who wants long range support in a fight where the boss runs away all the time (like Elden Beast) your Mimic doesn't bring much to the table either because it's occupied with chasing the boss just like you. There's a summon Rusty ranked too low in my opinion btw: Latenna the Albinauric. Yes she's stationary and squishy and therefore doesn't work for any build because she can't tank anything, but her range and damage output is insane. Take the arena of Dragonlord Placidusax for example: Summon her at the columns - far away from the boss - and she will still cover basically the entire arena. She's a great summon for tank builds that can keep the aggro away from her and survive while she deals all the damage. She looses a bit of damage against the more agile bosses because she'll miss occasionaly, but her damage output is still substantial even in these cases. There's nothing more fun than Malekith getting shot right out of the air while he jumps and whirls around for like 50 seconds.
there is a little caveat to the mimic tear, and that's when using any great runes that increase stats (like godricks), the mimic tear can't copy that and instead will be running around with weapons it can't use. This also means that you can pop a great rune before a mimic tear fight, use a weapon you can only use with godricks great rune active, and watch the mimic tear do a bunch of attacks it can't do and deal absolutely no damage. Also i found out that you can put pots in your quick menu inventory and the mimic tear would use as many as you have crafted, so if you want, get 4 poison pots, 4 rot pots, 4 frost pots, and some others, and have that mimic tear apply a myriad of status on the enemy. Yes, this works with sleep pots on the godskin duo. If you want, you can equip the tankiest build known to man with all the status pots in your inventory, walk into a boss fight, summon mimic, re-equip your actual normal build, and then all of a sudden you have a walking tank that can apply status build ups like nobody's business as well as tank damage like a champ.
You're the man, trying this out
So basically the Mimic Tears only weakness (that being the build it's copying potentially) is also a strength...I wonder why people love it so much lmao
I like using Godrick soldiers for my Godrick build. Their names are Mark and Estaban, and theyre like the two henchmen a big bad villain knows full well are useless but they got charm so he lets them be.
I think it would be really interesting to rank Mimic's Veil forms based on how useful they are in the places you can use them.
Dont give him more ideas. Each idea is one more video before the all weapons ranked video
Wait how do you use it?
@@Crackheadcentral2188 same as any other item like crimson flasks
@@Crackheadcentral2188 Invade someone and hide near a difficult enemy (preferably, there is nearby clutter) When the host is distracted, seize the opportunity
This is amazing, as someone doing a lot of invading during this playthrough I would love this TIER list prop Hunt in Elden ring does not happen enough
33:11 it should be noted that Ogha can actually follow an order from the player. If you use one of the Roaring Ashes of War (Barbaric Roar, Braggart’s Roar, Warcry, Beast Roar, Troll’s Roar, Shriek of Milos) he will fire a rain of greatarrows upon the enemy. Works great for characters that already use the roars in their build, but for those that don’t, you can just put Beast Roar on a dagger. It’s always good to have a projectile on you so you can keep up the poise damage on a boss, and when you fire off the roar, Ogha will respond with his own rain of arrows. It’s a fun, underutilized effect he comes with that makes him unique to other summons.
Also the Starscourge Greatswords skill which is fitting, unless I’m dumb and an enemy happened to do the same thing at the right time and missed me.
@@AMadPotato that’s most likely the case, too!
Ow that is kinda a cool thing will have to try that out at some point. Maybe I can find a mod that can increase the health and poise of enemies and go for a playthrough where I can summon anywhere. Be a bit of a buddy thing. Will just have to avoid %hp damage.
"AAAAAGGHHHH!!! "Right away sir!" o7
I fucking love this comment section. Also that's super cool.
Mad pumpkin head has one very good benefit that pushes him a little higher in my book. His pumpkin head takes a severely reduced amount of damage compared to the rest of his body and if he faces most big bosses head on he tanks for ridiculously long amounts of time.
I used him exclusively my first playthrough I love that guy so much. The way he will tank and smash and bleed anything and then walk off into a corner and just hit his head against the ground :') that's my boy
To say Tiche “solos weaker bosses” is a criminal understatement. My +10 Tiche solo-ed MOHG. Fricking MOHG. I did nothing but pop Golden Vow at the start and watched her slice him into swiss cheese.
The difference between this video and Ms. Chalice is staggeringly hilarious lmao. Chalice is nice and sweet even to the worst of them. Rusty is just rusty 🤣
Yet both are amazing!
@@MrLeFluffy1 wholeheartedly agree lol
She's ASMR wholesome about it Rusty is just like " shits shit"
My wife never walked in on me watching Rusty and asked "Is this OnlyFans?"
@@garrick3727 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mausoleum soldiers are one of my personal favorites because it's just fun to hit bosses with the "GET 'EM BOYS!"
That was my experience with the Liurnia soldiers. I love those little war criminals.
I always send in my summons with a "Git his(they) ass(es)!" Mentality. Usually sarcastic cause ik they'll get rolled but it's fun nevertheless
I'm attached to my boys. We have a pep team talk before going forth 😂. Win or loose, thems my boys. ❤
I remember switching from Mimic Tear to Kristoff on my main playthrough and while he's obviously worse, I kinda fell in love with him just not giving a shit about much of anything and he quickly became my preferred spirit summon. You also made me nearly spit out my drink with how you introduced him, good job.
Tbh I think Mimic tear is overrated I feel like maybe I'm using it wrong but my Mimic tear is so weak Kristoff on the other hand is an absolute unit who just tanks shots
@@TheCatabolicTrex mimic's usefulness depends on your build
@@TheCatabolicTrex Nah.. it's your build issue. My mimic tear solo godskin apostle without me intervening at all💯
@@panicrollprincess Im a squishy mage, so my mimic is squishy!
@@lordgorodon’t use mimic then
Another thing great about Tiche is that she's surprisingly great at staggering enemies. Her big jump attack and that one blade drag do enough stagger damage to caused even Tree Sentinels to flinch.
Strangely enough, this video made me realise how much we need a Zamor Hero summon. It would probably be OP but I just love looking at them somehow. Their fighting style is awesome
I think Zulithewitch actually did a video covering them and it turns out zamor hero ash summons did exist along side I think 2 or 3 other mobs who don't have summons rn
hopefully they'll add one in the dlc
I'm not 100% certain but I think in the lore there were something like 16 crucible knights in existence who served in Godfrey's army right? And in game we only encounter 14-15. That being said, a crucible knight summon would be so badass. It'd be really op, ofc, but badass nonetheless
Zamor Heroes, Grave Warden Duelists, a named Crucible Knight maybev
I want a god damn crucible knight.
I think my favorite is honestly Latenna. Something you didnt mention and something I find really neat is that if you summon her near one of the wolves, she can tame, mount, and ride it. Its a really neat attention to detail.
As cool as that mechanic is, it only works in 2 locations.
@@jotarokujo3603It is most likely a bug anyways. The source video of this happening showed pretty strange behavior between her and the direwolf.
@@jotarokujo36032 locations? What's the other, I only know about the Caria Manor one
@@overlorddanteConsecrated Snowfield I assume
She’s a really cool and unique summon imo. Think of her more like a damn sentry turret than anything else
30:49 Btw Finlay can sometimes use an attack at close range that inflicts scarlet rot
You forgot a feature of the Ancestral Follower! It heals whenever it kills something.
I like how Deenh can fit into your build "lore-wise". If you're summoning him, chances are it's for the 20% physical & poise damage buff, and if you're prioritizing physical & poise damage, chances are you're using some flavor of a Strength build. Nepheli implies barbaric warriors fought alongside Warhawk companions, and Deenh becomes yours.
29:20 Pretty sure the Land Squirts dont summon in random locations, but they will summon in set locations in each boss Arena. Theyll always summon in the same location of Red Wolf of Radagon, theyll always be in the same place of Makars arena. They have set summon points
Unlike the rats Who seem to either spawn right next to the boss Or off in fucking narnia
@@MamaTrixxieAsmrthey spawn near cheese, you have none
@@skinwalkingxd2663 Loretta must have no cheese either, they always spawn in the bushes on the other end of the arena lol
Isn't the spawn point the small obelisk in all boss Rooms?
@@Skozerny no, its the cheese
Rusty deserves some kind of honorable award for his ability to use words so masterfully. he will go down in history as one who pioneered the spoken language of people in this day and age. best of his videos I've seen
I love spirit summons that let me feel like I'm fighting a boss as "me and the boys". Albinaurics, Greatshield Soldiers, Wandering Nobles, Oracle Envoys, Souljars and all the faction soldier ashes. Love 'em to bits.
Fun fact: if you do any of the Roar Buff ashes of war near Ogha, he’ll use the rain of arrows ash of war. Absolutely ripped Placidusax a new one when I tried it out.
Really??
of course not, only the latenna cheese works
We both were casting Rain of Arrows after using Commander Standard's AoW and War Cry, but the Dragonlord made a long jump and closed the gap rather quickly, so Ogha switched to tank made and I stayed behind. After finishing the fight Ogha was still alive, I could have used War Cry to celebrate our víctory, but I didn't know that. So, yeah.
Yes. He actually does good damage with it too. The only caveat is that he can only do it once per fight
greatshield ashes are my favorite hands down. They are so hilariously effective at bullying bosses that are mostly physical damage. I was doing a randomizer, and they managed to trap Malenia in a corner in both of her phases.
HAHAHA
Only problem is aoe attacks. Even elemental damage is fine as long as it is comes from one direction.
A fellow Bully-Squad enjoyer
Same, my most used ashes by far.
Thank you for making a hilarious and yet interesting video. I love your commentary especially at the end. This was great!
I know I'm a special case as you mentioned, but I found the pumpkin head very useful for the rotting tree spirit in the dungeon in Radahn's arena. His huge stature makes him immune to the bullshit grab lunge Tree Spirit does all the time that (usually) instakills you, and being a spirit means he can't be scarlet rotted. GRANTED, from what I remember I mostly used him as an aggro distraction and he requires like 104 FP to summon, so good luck using him as a non-magic build
104 fp is only 17 mind, most builds should be hitting 20 even as non magic builds so he's still effective
the way rusty can make a 46 minute video only feel like 15 minutes is something else
He did it, he finally did it, we're one step closer to the rank everything video
New subscriber. I like the blend of jokes with actual analysis on give on each ash. Has me cracking up at every turn.
Banished Knight Engvall should be closer to his Banished Knight friend and they should both move up the list a bit imo. His dash attacks insta-stun any human-ish sized enemies. During my first playthrough, this saved me more times than I can count in the fight against Malenia. Knocking her out of a combo, beating her into a corner, putting her on the ground every other attack. Its busted.
Honestly, dude was my bodyguard for my first playthrough and my defining moment with him was when he used that storm jump attack to save me from a black knife grab. True Chad.
the wiki has a page for ranking spirits based on how they perform against the same opponent - and they used the Draconic Tree Sentinel in Leyndell for testing. Using the same enemy is good for consistency and impartiality, but it’s important to remember that certain spirits will naturally perform better against that type of hard hitting armored enemy. So that list on the wiki isn’t a fully objective ranking.
Is the wiki referencing that video Garden of Eyes made?
Omen killer Rollo is a beast. It's a bit of a shame how out of all 64 summons, most of us will only ever bother to use around 5 of 'em. If you don't wanna use Mimic or Tiche, you're really only left with Rollo, Luhtel or Oleg. Never tried Stormhawk Deenh or Dung Eater though.
Dung eater is a beast. Probably the best summon in my eyes.
Deenh feels like a let down to me. He has all the advantages of flying summons but that doesn't make him immune to being hit and his hp isn't fantastic. The buff he gives is great, but only lasts for like 20 seconds.
Greatshield soldiers , Latenna, Wolves, Mausoleoum soldiers are good too tbh
i love using finlay, she is good, kinda tanky and can scarlet rot ppl
Dung Eater's totally worth trying, if you don't mind potentially losing Boggart, can stand being around Seluvis for more than a few seconds and don't question the ethics of lobotomizing convicted killers. Dude can take some hits, he's got Bleed if you're into that, and his range and aggressive AI make him really good at keeping foes focused on him and not you. Really, aside from Mimic Tear's HP and versatility, there's not much more you could ask for in a summon.
The skeletal militia are amazing for casters, they're fast attack speed and relative survivability means they pull aggro pretty often giving you time for big damage spells
My favorite 5(Most of these are personal attachments than usefulness) 1. Luhtel 2. Nightmaiden & Swordstress Duo 3. Jellyfish 4. Fingermaiden 5. Latenna Stormhawk Deenh and Sleep Puppet are fun to use too
Is the jellyfish actually good? I mean I’ve fully upgraded and only ever used it because it’s my inky +10. I’ve never considered anything else
@@jagoz7465It's really not a great attacker, like not at all. The poison buildup it gets is very good in early game and melts through enemies but lacks a little in late game. I think the greatest factor for the Jellyfish is that once it gets attention, you can use that little bit of time to collect your thoughts, because that thing is a tank.
@@yourweirdplant switched to Mimic +10, no longer friends with Jellyfish
Thank you so much for doing what you do. My family has been going through a rough patch past few months (medical issues, unexplainable job problems) and I started Elden Ring around the same time. Needless to say when I came across your videos they hit right at just the right time. I came to youtube this morning to look for something specific and now I can't remember what it was because I said to myself "Oh shit, Rusty has a new video..." and now I'm laughing at work while customers look toward the counter confused. Really appreciate your stuff.
Something else to know about Ogha, is that his arrows can do insane knock down. Making him a great summon against Malenia.
I did this exact thing. He's even great melee for lions claw
Yeah, his gravity arrows do great poise and stance damage
Something of note for the Ancestor summon, it actually heals on kill (your kills count too).
Thank you for saying most of the spirits names. I like to listen to your stuff when I work and laughing my ass off. Really Helps keep up with what's going on.
I summoned pumpkin head for one of my malenia fights and it took that personally, it just slapped her around and she could only fight back during her hyperarmor window
The brilliancy of his comedic writing is just off the charts with this one. Rusty delivers every sentence and it hits you like a train and I can't wait to see more. Awesome job. Can't wait for your rankings of Elden Ring patches.
As i grow older i keep being surprised at how easy it is to impress those of lesser age, and, respectively, of lesser mind.
@@UnserZeitMrGlinkowow youre so witty and clever please give us more autofellative comments 🥺
@UnserZeitMrGlinko i bet you thought you were smart writing that, with a big grin and a hard on.
@@UnserZeitMrGlinkomy suspicion is that you rarely receive praise so you get insecure when others do
@@noamias4897 i do feel insecure living on a planet with young people being so easy to fascinate and manipulate. You know, it doesn't come from nothing, Hitler was really admired by people, especially males much younger than him. But of course the problem is me, not a video creator, not recieving likes and comments from zoomers.
Really enjoyed this vid and your narration is hilarious 😂😂
Some of the summons are severely underrated. If the only criteria is that of letting summons carry you through the game, then this list is fair enough. But there are a few things that are completely overlooked, especially the ability to help you unlock key areas. Stormveil for example is locked behind Margit, who can be an absolute nightmare with a low level character. The fanged imp ashes can be used from the very start of the game, and they can make quick work of Margit almost entirely by themselves. If you add Rogier into the mix and send a few throwing items in Margit's general direction, you'll be able to pass into Stormveil with relative ease even if you're not yet good at the game. Several of the other low/mid rated summons like Latenna have similar capabilities of "cheesing" certain bosses and thus unlocking key areas/items early. It requires a bit of strategy, but if you can figure it out you'll cruise through the game thanks in large part to the various lower tier summons.
I don't know why, but this is the first one of these videos that made me realize just how much time and effort goes into making them. I was thinking about just how long it'd take to capture a few seconds of each of the 64 summons.... then having to add the text with the effect of their name over each one... then capture gameplay footage in multiple fights. Like... dang... a lot of work. I very much appreciate it. :)
We can’t sleep on Engwall like this, he carried me through my first playtrough and he has a special place in my heart.
Yes I am playing the game with him now and am quite emotionally attached
My 3 go to spirits are: 1. MIMIC because i love have myself fight with myself and use heals and taking at the sane time 2x. 2. Tiche - She messes up er'body. 3. Beastmen summon - I know it isnt the best BUT the red lightning buff, berserk mode, braggarts roar, and quick attack makes them great for faster enemies and can keep pressure on bosses for me to land heavy blows with my weapons.
5:15 love the FFX music brings back memories of being stuck in one of those temples
You actually made a really interesting point early on in the video about giving your summons more spells when they level up. An Elden Ring mod with evolving summons would actually be awesome
we already know that evolving summons are very much a thing that the game can manage too, the base game as is already has 1 that changes as it is leveled up... only 1... but 1 is all that's needed to prove that it can be done. that 1 is the rats. summons 3 rats by default, evolves to 4 at +6, evolves to 5 at +10. it's really disappointing that they limited this to the rats and nothing else. I feel most of those soldier summons could've benefitted from gaining some extra guys at higher levels. same for the nobles, demi-humans, and wolves. and if actually swapping out the spells a summon can cast is too much then perhaps just add a second guy with a different spell at +7 or something
There is actually a mod called Better Spirit Ashes that does this, among other changes. It’s quite good, though it’s hard to use alongside other mods. I can’t give up my overhauls, but if I could use it with The Convergence and its summoner builds, I would never let go Edit: I’m actually not sure about better spells upon level up, but many ashes do get more and/or stronger units as they level up
I hope and swear they better add this idea in for more spirits when the dlc comes out. It be so damn cool.
Marionette archers are still my go to outside of the Mimic. Are some of the other ranged summons probably better, yeah. But watching them turn bosses into pincusions is a good time. I've seen them do so much damage because they shoot so dang fast. I might need to try equiping the talisman that attracts more agro to make sure they don't get hit as much
The constant damage(even though not much) from their full auto arrow barrage is awesome, I just don't like how short their range is though
Month old comment, but you should know that the Aggro talisman only works in co-op and has no effect in single player. It doesn’t make drawling aggro away from spirit ashes any easier.
This is something I only realised later in my first playthrough but I actually got really attached to banised knight oleg like he was my real companion during my adventure. I even remember getting hyped when he would finish a boss.
Oleg is the perfect combination of useful, rad and early to obtain. If you get the Stonesword Key burial gift you can get him before ever setting foot into Limgrave proper. He's like your starter in Pokemon, by the time you get to the point where replacing him becomes a real option he's already accumulated so much goodwill as the old reliable option that you'll probably just keep using him anyway.
LOL Your content is great! And the ancient Jolly Rancher reference for the Crystalian was epic. Are you emerging from a cryogenic sarcophagus to bring us these videos? Impressive.
Glad you ranked Oleg high. Even if he ain't at the top, he's my go to summon. His combos are just so sweet to watch and he's been with me from the beginning til the end. Never lets you down. This lil demolisher just has a special place in my heart. Thanks, Oleg
He definitely deserves top 10. Oleg carried me through some tough spots!
Tiche seemed surprisingly well balanced in the arena pvp mode
In the pvp arena spirit ashes that specialize in high pressure and disruption seem to take precedent over the likes of mimic-tear and Tiche, I can dodge destined death and get tickled by her slashes all day, but god help me when i've got the greatshield midgets or the Omenkiller barreling down upon me while my opponent is poking my flank with greatspears/rapiers.
@@bubbajoe117they aren’t that good in pvp but gank squads are the best, especially mausoleum soldiers.
Stormhawk Deenh is my absolute favorite. That birb and me moved mountains together
This has probably been said before but in case you have 0 care for flavor text, Ogha can use an arrow rain similarly to Radahn, except the damage, or the stun, or any of the strengths that Radahn has. He uses it in response to any war cry, and I just personally really like his vibe.
I think the night maiden and sword stress were my favorites in my playthrough just cause it felt like a group effort to take down a boss for some strange reason
Stormhawk Deenh is... yeah. It's the best summon for people who don't like summons. Perfect for my Claymore build because I can melt bosses' HP and Poise with the added buff like the Serpent Hunter glitch. I love him.
another good thing about Ogha is that when you use the ash of war "warcry" or others like it it triggers him to use rain of arrows once allowing some coordinated airstrikes which is neat
This was honestly one of the funniest videos ever and I have had quite a laugh in a very long while. Thank you.
I like spirit ashes, they make a lot of gank fights a lot easier or just generally any fight. Plus I just think it's really cool to summon this ghostly companion to fight for you.
Only a matter of time before he ranks all remembrance bosses as romance options in a dating sim.
Cant wait to see what he thinks about regal ancestor as a romance option 😭
I feel like you’re going to rank the Sites of Grace before you condemn yourself to the All Weapons Tier List. Understandably so.
Never seen your vids before today. Your humor had me legitimately waking up my family from laughter, earned a sub for sure. Haven’t laughed this hard at any elden ring video so far.
The rant fading out at the ending was a nice touch.
I had thought I missed the Greatshield soldier ashes somewhere earlier on the list but god am I happy to see them ranked so high. I was astonished how good they were and I relied on them for a while in my first playthrough.
The Finger Maiden summon is fantastic in two areas of the game that almost trivializes them: the Laskyar Ruins and the bottom of the Haligatree where all the Reverent Scions are. On NG+6 and max level she absolutely wrecked both areas almost by herself.
I appreciate ranking every single one- It helps on my second playthrough, where i want to vary my style up more, so getting a quick gist of each one helps me know which to bother with. Plus after I tried using the pumpkin head on the Misbegoten + Crucible knight combo pre-rahdahn festival and found out the hard way that the pumpkin head *actually screws you over if you proc bleed since his ground pounds will stagger you.* Very annoying.
You have no idea how accurate that latenna thing is. I used her for a bonk build. The number of times I staggered enemies to save her as opposed to trying to simply DPS was insane lol
I literally just thought to myself while playing "I dont know what Spirit summon to use, and i dont wanna use the Black Knife or Mimic for the 100th time, lets see if rusty has a video about it". And here it is. Get out of my head!
35:25 I'm so glad one of my favourite ashes are high up in the list. Summing them feels like you're a commander of a elite squad
@rusty. i would swear the background music in the part about the mad pumpkinhead is the music from Final Fantasy 10 cloister of trails theme song.
Can't wait for the all boss ranking. Keep up the awesome work my dude.
We're getting ever closer to the NPC foot tier list..... *I can almost taste it*
In my first playthrough I went through the fog gate right at the start as soon as I could unlock it. I spent quite a while trying to beat that tree spirit because I was so low leveled it would kill me in one hit. Once I finally beat him I got Oleg and saw how much mo he needed. Spent all my levels from there until I could finally summon him. It was a pretty great feeling finally being avle to see the reward from all that effort. I used him quite a lot in the overworld whenever I could. It was nice to have someone with me, even if it was just a summon.
i didnt know about that storm hawk buff thing thats cool good content
glad you actually show them off in action without just attacking everything at the same time. the whole time i was wondering why you were using only one straight sword and not even two handing it but then it clicked. how else were you gonna show off your goofy idle pose/walk animation mod?
Oleg was my go-to-summon throughout the whole game. He was the best ally I could ask for
The raya lucaria knights are my personal favorite. 2 little guys joining you for glorious battle while the soldier tossed magic rocks as back up.
45:08 - that glitch right there is the only reason Tiche isn't best summon, notice how the bosse's hp jumped up the moment black knife effect wore off, that only happens when she applies the effect, if you or mimic tear do it with any method available to you the hp does not recover because it was patched, but Tiche for whatever reason cancels it and not only that but if you happen to apply your own black knife effect along with tiche both effects glitch out and recover the boss' health the moment the timer runs out.
Tharalina acts as a great heal tank. That is her best use. You get to chip away at bosses because they just kant kill her
You cant defy fate, Rusty. You know you are eventually going to make a house tier list.
Dude you won my subscription with this video 😂 I love it 🤣
Marionette soldiers were my bois. Used em against Malenia and they did pretty damn well.
On my first playthrough (as a spellcaster) I picked up the Greatshield Soldiers and never looked back. Playing the game on a 2nd playthrough felt like a brand new game, since there were bosses I had barely noticed while blasting them behind a wall of shields.
Even if people consider Oleg to be the better of the two, I’ve still found that Engvall can put in some serious work if you fight alongside him. Just fighting by his side he can help eat enemy poise.
I find Oleg is the better damage-dealer, but Engvall is the better tank. YMMV.
the land squirts have a deidicated spawning spots for each location.if you're ablt to drag your ennemy toward the place,they'll do the work,otherwise..they'll just wait! the dual gargoyle fight was a blast for me because they spawn in a place close to the wall.if you get near the wall,the gargoyle will just attack the wall and stand in the mist
I Love the Spirit ashes. Like to chose a fitting ash for my build (Like Godrick soldiers when i try to cosplay Godrick etc) and use them in areas you can use them for fun or let them be the First Wave against Bosses. Might be one of the best ideas to have "difficulty Options" for newer players. Some use them as Help, some for "roleplaying" and some Don't want and don't need to use them.
The same people who cry about spirit ashes run op bleed builds.
You don't get it, I HAVE to feel superior by suffering through a video game!
I run both 😤
umm question what is the mod for the idle stance when using straight sword ? looks kinda cool
I would like to know as well. Commenting for attention xd
The fade-out rant was perfect! 😂
I love the fact they made nearly every enemy a possible summon. So much roleplay variety. I always wind up making some badass from another game or other fictional universe I really like , but I always have the option to make a Bleed/faith build that summons miranda flowers and flings around blood daggers for the shiggles.
Probs first now do all spirit springs
The one near the start is top tier. Because being able to get down to the beach for the best place to farm four toed fowl feet is pretty useful, and the fact that you can use it to throw yourself into the fucking ocean is pretty funny.
Therolina is actually a pretty decent tank with the heals
I was looking at the Omen Killer Rollo summon to try and see how much HP he has and I noticed that someone mentioned you in the comments on Rollo’s entry.