Elden Ring Mimic Tear: Where To Get This Powerful Spirit Ash And Why You Should

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Elden Ring's Spirit Ashes summon immensely helpful spectral allies to aid you in battle, quickly turning challenging fights into much more manageable affairs. And luckily, the game offers an abundance of Spirit Ashes for you to choose from in your quest to find the one that suits your build, but one option in particular--the incredibly powerful Mimic Tear--ranks among the very best you'll encounter on your adventure through The Lands Between. Let's take a look at this Spirit Ash to understand why it's such the ideal choice for nearly any build.

While most Spirit Ashes summon spectral versions of fallen foes that vary in usefulness depending on the battle, the Mimic Tear provides a completely unique opportunity for you to nearly double your power and survivability by cloning yourself. That's right--the Mimic Tear actually summons an identical clone of you that sports whatever gear and weapon you've currently got equipped.

The AI-controlled clone of your character will make excellent use of your abilities and can even use your prepared and equipped perfumes and other craftable items. They'll even heal themselves with their own flasks after taking a bit of damage. In other words, they're invaluable against tough enemies that would otherwise wipe the floor with other summons that don't possess self-sustaining mechanics.

Because the Mimic Tear copies whatever gear you're wearing when you summon it, you can even equip specific weapons or armor you want them to use and then quickly swap your own out after the summoning is complete. This is especially useful for giving them one type of status-inflicting weapon and then switching to another type for yourself, which presents you with the chance to inflict multiple types of effects