Sword Dance is a Skill in Elden Ring. Sword Dance is a regular skill that can be found in Ashes of War and applied to compatible weapons. Updated to Patch 1.07.
Quickly close in to perform a series of spinning upward slashes. Follow up with an additional input to finish with a downward slash.
Elden Ring Sword Dance Guide, Notes & Tips
- This is an Ash of War Skill, associated with the Ash of War: Sword Dance.
- FP Cost: 6 on use per input.
- This totals to a 12 FP cost.
- Stance damage: 8+8+9, total 27
- This Skill is not Chargeable
- All 3 separate slashes can be Parried
- Upon activation, the user will spin forward a moderate distance and hit twice.
- An aditional input from the Skill button will slam the armament to the ground, hitting again.
- Distance covered is the same, regardless of weapon class.
- The speed of both inputs in relation to the attacks can vary. This is based on the weapon class of the armament in question that has the skill.
- "Small" armaments such as Daggers, Straight Swords, Curved Swords, Katanas, and Axes have overall fast speed on both inputs. There's almost no delay between the input and the attacks.
- "Large" armaments such as Greatswords, Twinblades, Greataxes, Spears, Halberds, and Scythes (Reapers) have a slight attack delay on the first input, and a longer, considerable delay on the second input.
- All instances of this Weapon Skill can be parried.
- If used without FP:
- Receives a damage penalty
- Reduces Stance damage dealt.