Dark moon vs Full moon elden Ring

Q: Is Rennalas Full Moon better than Rannis dark moon?

Rannis Dark Moon. Both take 2 spell slots, Rennalas requires 70 int, Rannis requires 68 int, Rennalas costs 95 fp, Rannis costs 107 fp, Rennalas does more damage, but Rannis might be able to be boosted by the frost witch set.

Q: What does the Full Moon do in Elden Ring?

Rennalas Full Moon is a Sorcery in Elden Ring. Rennalas Full Moon spell creates a moon projectile that dispells sorceries it hits and temporarily reduces enemies magic damage negation.

And this is exactly why it's better to use the great glintstone shard and rock sling than the moon spells. A lot of the "powerful" spells aren't worth casting. Yeah, I get that some of them deal AOE damage, but the AOEs aren't that effective. If you're going to have really high stat requirements, FP cost, slow tracking, small AOE and a long casting animation, the spells need to be dealing out a lot of damage. Idk, it seems like they're basing damage on a hit by hit and not dps. Both need to be taken into account when calculating spell damage. Seriously, I'm doing a Int/Faith build at lvl 115 and I feel like I should have more options than the lightning spear, great glintstone shard and rock sling for my go to damage spells.

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Which moon sorcery is best Elden Ring?
Is Rennala's Full Moon better than Ranni's dark moon?
What does the Full Moon do in Elden Ring?
What is the dark moon Elden Ring?

I'm a spellcaster. I was squishy through the whole game and was pretty much stuck with glintstone pebble for most of the game. I have a ton of spell options now and only a few are actually worth using. It would just be nice to justifiably spend all that time and FP casting something as cool as Ranni's dark moon. But in fairness they did fix great glintstone shard, so maybe they'll keep working on the other spells

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How do the dark moon and full moon spells compare?

alecahol 8 months ago#1

Is dark moon pretty much universally better than full moon since it also causes frostbite build up? Is there a reason to have both spells in your memory list, or does dark moon fully replace full moon? Is dark moon affected by both the snow witch hat and the carian regal staff?

Cataclysmical 8 months ago#2

I don't know but it's pretty easy to test, just use the spells once on the same enemy and once with and without the gear.

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Darkinsanity1 8 months ago#3

Cataclysmical posted...

I don't know but it's pretty easy to test, just use the spells once on the same enemy and once with and without the gear.

Surprised no one has had a better answer than this one. Because going by thus alone, you'd probably come to the wrong conclusion.

Ranni's Darkmoon in addition to causing Frostbite, also lowers enemy resistance to Glintstone magic. I'm not sure by how much but Rennal's hits a but harder but I like Ranni's more.

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2DFighter84 8 months ago#4

The only real difference is that Renalla's Full Moon hits a little harder and costs (I think) 7 FP less to cast. Ranni's Full Moon has a lot of frost buildup in exchange.

I've replaced Renalla's Full Moon with Ranni's because it's 2 debuffs in 1 spell (frostbite and magic defence down) along with damage. Where as Renalla's is just the magic defence down debuff and thte damage. And even though Ranni's Full Moon does about 100 damage less than Renalla's does from that initial hit (from my experience at 74 intelligence), it still hits really hard.

Ranni's Full Moon can also benefit from things that boost both full moon sorceries, like the Carian Regal Scepter, and from things that boost frost damage, like Ranni's hat. So, if you wanted to min/max, I think you could ultimately get more damage out of Ranni's Full Moon.

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SectionX2 8 months ago#5

They're both garbage since they are cast too slow.

The_Masked_Mage 8 months ago#6

Don't listen to people saying it's garbage. Ranni's can be an extremely smart first cast against higher level bosses that have a little bit of start up, because it gives a 10% debuff that with frostbite can be 30% for all subsequent magic attacks. So for a bit of a time investment up front, you can do massive damage for the rest of the fight. It's a better choice than Rennala's.

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SectionX2 8 months ago#7

The Masked Mage posted...

Don't listen to people saying it's garbage. Ranni's can be an extremely smart first cast against higher level bosses that have a little bit of start up, because it gives a 10% debuff that with frostbite can be 30% for all subsequent magic attacks. So for a bit of a time investment up front, you can do massive damage for the rest of the fight. It's a better choice than Rennala's.

Comet azur is a better first cast

The_Masked_Mage 8 months ago#8

Comet Azur can get you killed as a first cast against numerous enemies you can hit with this moon. The moon is more reliable. But sure if you want to play RNG and pray for the perfect Azur cast then by all means.

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How do the dark moon and full moon spells compare?

Which moon sorcery is best Elden Ring?

Elden Ring: The Best Sorceries In The Game.

8/11 Loretta's Greatbow..

7/11 Ranni's Dark Moon..

6/11 Rock Sling..

5/11 Briars Of Sin..

4/11 Glintblade Phalanx..

3/11 Comet Azur..

2/11 Crystal Torrent..

1/11 Stars Of Ruin..

Is Rennala's Full Moon better than Ranni's dark moon?

Ranni's Dark Moon. Both take 2 spell slots, Rennala's requires 70 int, Ranni's requires 68 int, Rennala's costs 95 fp, Ranni's costs 107 fp, Rennala's does more damage, but Ranni's might be able to be boosted by the frost witch set.

What does the Full Moon do in Elden Ring?

Rennala's Full Moon is a Sorcery in Elden Ring. Rennala's Full Moon spell creates a moon projectile that dispells sorceries it hits and temporarily reduces enemies magic damage negation.

What is the dark moon Elden Ring?

The Dark Moon Ring is a very important item in Elden Ring that is needed to complete the questline of Ranni the Witch. Acquiring it requires players to visit a familiar locale halfway through Ranni's Questline, which is hinted at by Ranni's "final" gift to the player at that point.