A detailed explanation of Elden Ring's weapon mechanics, including affinities, Ashes of War, weapon enhancements, weapon scaling, and more.

Explanation of attributes, statistics and scaling: https://youtu.be/Pgda9j-dE0E

Chrightt's video on calculating weapon skills: https://youtu.be/5F9-TyuIICw?siT1uD8O3F3tp7hWwD

Damage calculator: https://negator13-eldenring.azurewebsites.net
Alternative calculator if this one doesn't work: https://www.tarnished.dev/weapon-calculator

Another explanation of weapon skill damage: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/ttvy6m/weapon_art_damage_guide_v2/

VIDEO CHAPTER:
00:00 Introduction
00:49 Chapter 1: Weapons and damage types
01:03 Weapon types
02:02 Types of damage
03:54 Chapter 2: Weapon Scaling
05:13 How is the scaling calculated?
11:10 Key findings on weapon scaling
13:08 Chapter 3: Weapon Reinforcement
17:57 Chapter 4: Ashes of War and Affinities
19:36 Exchange/duplicate Ashes of War
20:12 Whetblades and Affinities
20:22 Physical Affinities
21:19 Magical Affinities
21:33 Flame Affinities
21:44 Golden Affinities
21:55 Occult Affinities
22:06 Status effects vs. types of damage
23:39 Affinity/Ash of War Scaling
25:55 Where to find out more

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