The deadliest weapon in Shadow of the Erdtree is a bottle of perfume that can evaporate the DLC's final boss in 13 seconds, thanks to hitbox buffoonery

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A wielder of a Lightning Perfume bottle in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree charges up for a vicious attack.

Shadow of the Erdtree’s been out for a week, and the theory crafters have already broken it with a bottle of perfume in hand. Yes, really. Turns out, the monstrosities of the Shadowed Lands and beyond are vulnerable to a cologne overdose. Violence has never smelled so good.

The DLC for Elden Ring has brought us something beautiful: Lightning Perfume pic.twitter.com/FsuWc2059fJune 25, 2024

So what the hell’s going on here? An unforeseen Ashes of War interaction, that’s what.

This info comes courtesy of YouTuberSyrobe, who has the build outlined on his channel. Essentially, the Lightning Perfume Bottle’s standard moveset creates a series of explosions that each deal respectable damage with their own unique, individual hitboxes. However, they’re all spread out as one might expect.

Enter the Rolling Sparks Ash of War, which can be applied to the Lightning Perfume bottle. In terms of this thing’s intended design, it’s meant to direct all of your perfume bottle explosions in a line in front of you as a way to add additional range onto an otherwise unwieldy weapon.

Point it at the floor, though, and, uh, every single explosion in that line detonates “instantly and on top of each other”. This deals an amount of damage I can only describe as heretical.

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There’s also the new Rakshasa Armour set, which gives you increased damage in exchange for taking more punishment—which isn’t likely to happen, considering the tens of thousands of pain points you’re outputting in a manner of moments.

When it all comes together this allows Syrobe, and dozens like him, to obliterate the game’s final boss in about 13 seconds. Having fought the sod myself, I can confirm that a non-lightning perfume bottle attempt takes far more time.

FromSoftwaredid, however, say that there arebalance patches to comefor Shadow of the Erdtree, so I’m not sure if this build will survive the coming weeks, as the interaction with Rolling Sparks doesn’t exactly seem intended. Still, get your lightning licks in when you can—perfume is the new powergaming.

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