How do I use Bloodhound Step Elden Ring?

It’s been a while since Elden Ring saw any love, but patch 1.06 is here. There’s not much in the way of new additions, though notably the update means you can now do co-op or invasions in multiple places at once, in addition to having a larger invasion area. There’s also a new mysterious NPC who is supposed to help you advance Varre’s questline without wading into multiplayer at all, though in typical FromSoftware fashion there’s no word on where to find this useful fellow. Still, the update is an enormous one, at least when it comes to gameplay tweaks.

The much-reviled Bloodhound Step, an Ash of War which allows you to dodge attacks at high speeds while becoming invisible, has been tuned down so that the more you use it, the less effective it is. Bloodhound Step does also go further when you’re light on equipment, but it seems that FromSoftware has touched nearly everything to do with low carry loads. You can now roll farther when you’re not carrying much, for example. Still, the Bloodhound Step nerf is pretty huge news for anyone who partakes in multiplayer. Recently, in a poll of 10,000 players, the oft-used skill was one of the most-cited reasons for believing that the multiplayer was broken and unbalanced.

And you can believe players are happy about this: nearly every reply under the Twitter announcement celebrates Bloodhound’s demise.

One of the other hugely-requested changes is a Corpse Piler downturn. Corpse Piler is the skill attached to the popular Rivers of Blood weapon, where the player swings the sword into an “X” shape that leaves behind a trail of blood. If the enemy gets hit by the trail or the actual weapon, it will cause damage, blood stabbing buildup, and fire damage to boot. Now though, the trail of blood left behind isn’t as effective as before, with less damage and bleed doled out on-hit. The actual blade also does less damage, but only slightly so, according to the patch notes. That seems fair, really.

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Unfortunately, the Astrologer fave Glintstone Pebble now does decreased damage, but it does go farther than before, at least if you’re using the Ash of War version. The spell didn’t do a ton of damage, but it could be doled out quickly at a low FP cost, and it made horseback witchcraft a hell of a lot easier, too. You can still benefit from these things fully if you’re using the spell proper, but everyone else is shit outta luck.

A welcome change comes for the Opaline Hardtear, an item which frustratingly had an outright wrong description in-game. The tear was supposed to negate physical damage, which sounds pretty damn useful, right? Well, up until now, the Opaline instead reduced elemental damage, leading to a ton of confusion for everyone who equipped it. This has been rectified.

“Bonk” players should be pretty happy as well, because the patch makes Greatswords and Great Hammers a hell of a lot better. If you wield bonk, you can now roll faster after attacking, charge attacks happen faster, and axes are speedier outright.

You can find the full PVP-centric patch notes below. All around, a solid patch, though now we’re all left wondering: when is the DLC?

Elden Ring came out in February and has taken the gaming world by storm. It has smashed multiple records as it became FromSoftware's biggest Steam launch and is currently the best-selling game of the year. Moreover, the Elden Ring receives immense critical acclaim for its storyline and gameplay, and many consider it one of the best open world games of all time.

The game is also known for its severe difficulty as it contains hundreds of intimidating bosses like Maliketh, Morgott The Omen King, Alecto Black Knife Ringleader, and many others. Newcomers to Souls-like titles often struggle against these bosses and spend countless hours trying to defeat them. At the same time, others use incantations and skills in Elden Ring to get the better of their opponents.

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Skills can come in handy during boss fights and can be purchased using runes, the primary in-game currency. Bloodhound's Step is among the most famous Regular skills in Elden Ring that makes the player temporarily invisible while dodging at high speeds. Reddit user DS3Enjoyer recently made a startling discovery related to Bloodhound's Step that can help players survive oncoming attacks. The user shared a video on the social media platform where they're trying to evade the enemy using the aforementioned skill. However, DS3Enjoyer has zero Focus Points, which halts the execution of the Bloodhound's Step skill.

Even with 0 FP, you still get iframes while using Bloodhound's Step. from Eldenring

Due to the lack of the minimum Focus Points, the user is unable to perform the Bloodhound's Step but still manages to get iframes and evade the oncoming attacks. For those who don't know, iframes or invincibility frames is a term used by gamers to denote situations where specific actions like jumping or rolling make players invincible for a short while. FromSoftware titles, including Elden Ring, are known for incorporating iframes in their gameplay. Naturally, fellow members of the Elden Ring community were astonished by this discovery and began arguing about the efficacy of different ways to avoid attacks. Most Redditors agreed that the complete version of the Bloodhound's Step is the most effective, followed by the Quickstep and the dodge.

Elden Ring's developers have included many more tiny details about skills and magic that can be useful during intense combat. Not long ago, another Redditor named AdranosGaming shared a video showing the effectiveness of the Darkness incantation against certain enemies. Players can use the Darkness incantation to cast a black mist to affect their opponent's visibility, allowing them to inflict heavy damage via backstab.

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