Elden Ring Update Nerfs Hoarfrost Stomp And Mimic Tear: Full Patch Notes

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A new update for Elden Ring has made sweeping changes to the game, ranging from additional NPC quest options to balance changes for some of the more-contentious abilities. While the patch notes show it primarily improved your chances of surviving in the Lands Between, it also features two major nerfs for the already legendary Hoarfrost Stomp and Mimic Tear.

Available now across all platforms, Elden Ring v1.03 decreases the damage done by Hoarfrost Stomp and increases its casting time. The Mimic Tear also does less damage and had its «behavior pattern» adjusted.

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After testing both, they're definitely still viable for helping with those tough bosses, particularly if you have your Mimic Tear using Hoarfrost Stomp alongside you--it will indeed still cast the ability fairly often, and the frostbite effect still makes a big difference, as does the stagger you get after a hit. I was actually able to defeat a boss I had struggled with earlier and still used both abilities heavily.

Still, reducing an ability's effectiveness like this when some of the bosses in Elden Ring are among the hardest in From Software's entire library seems a little cruel. If enemies are going to use every trick in the book, players should be able to as well. There are more friendly faces in the game now, however, as more NPCs were actually added as part of the update.

Full patch notes are below, including several buffs for magic users, bug fixes, more NPC options, and icons to help keep track of the NPCs