Elden Ring: Where To Get The Meteoric Ore Blade
Katanas in Elden Ring are not exactly plentiful, but each offers players a very unique experience, such as the Meteoric Ore Blade. This katana is an excellent weapon that players can acquire very early in the game without having to defeat a single enemy. Although it cannot be enchanted or modded with Ashes of War, its weapon art, Gravitas, is very powerful, and its native Intelligence scaling makes it a perfect choice for early sorcerer builds. Additionally, the Meteoric Ore Blade requires somber smithing stones to be upgraded in Elden Ring, meaning that players don't have to split regular smithing stones between their Glintstone Staff and their melee weapon.
Like most katanas in Elden Ring, the Meteoric Ore Blade applies Hemorrhage with its attacks. The way it works is that when enemies are hit, they will receive a certain amount of Hemorrhage that will quickly begin to decrease. However, if players can keep up the pressure and stack Hemorrhage until it fills an invisible bar, the target will suffer Blood Loss and suffer a high burst of damage based on a percentage of their total health. It is important to note that, while most enemies can bleed, their resistances vary, and some are even immune to this effect.
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This effect has been present in previous FromSoftware games, such as Dark Souls but was instead known simply as Bleed. Although functionally it was very similar, Hemorrhage is a much more powerful status effect in Elden Ring than it was in Dark Souls for two reasons. First, the game has many more bosses, and Hemorrhage is particularly effective against them since the damage dealt increases with enemy HP. Secondly, players can increase the effectiveness of
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