- Glossary -
List of Ashes tested (in alphabetical order for your convenience)_
- Ancestral Follower
- Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff
- Archer Ashes
- Avionette Soldier Ashes
- Azula Beastman Ashes
- Banished Knight Engvall Ashes
- Battlemage Hugues Ashes
- Banished Knight Oleg Ashes
- Black Knife Tiche
- Blackflame Monk Amon Ashes
- Bloodhound Knight Floh
- Cleanrot Knight Finlay Ashes
- Crystalian Ashes
- Demi-Human Ashes
- Depraved Perfumer Carmaan Ashes
- Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet
- Fanged Imp Ashes
- Fire Monk Ashes
- Godrick Soldier Ashes
- Greatshield Soldier Ashes
- Haligtree Soldier Ashes
- Jarwight Puppet
- Kaiden Sellsword Ashes
- Kindred of Rot Ashes
- Latenna the Albinauric
- Leyndell Soldier Ashes
- Lhutel the Headless
- Lone Wolf Ashes
- Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes
- Man-Serpent Ashes
- Marionette Soldier Ashes
- Mausoleum Soldier Ashes
- Nightmaiden & Swordstress Puppets
- Omenkiller Rollo
- Oracle Envoy Ashes
- Page Ashes
- Radahn Soldier Ashes
- Raya Lucaria Soldier Ashes
- Redmane Knight Ogha Ashes
- Skeletal Militiaman Ashes
- Soldjars of Fortune Ashes
- Stormhawk Deenh
- Twinsage Sorcerer Ashes
- Vulgar Militia Ashes
- Warhawk Ashes
- Winged Misbegotten Ashes
Ashes that I will not be testing, but probably belong on the list anyway_
- Dung eater
- Nomad
- Nepheli Loux Puppet
- Depraved Perfumer Carmaan
- Dolores the Sleeping Arrow
Note: Mimic is excepted due to its nature, give it the right equipment and it can become anything you want, so testing it here is pointless.
Omitted after testing_
- Skeletal bandit - underperformed in every catagory
- Page - Turns out this one is primarily a ranged support unit, and not as powerful as one might think. Its extremely incapable in melee.
- Winged misbegotten - Knocked out of the air upon any hit, very low damage, takes forever to damage anything on its own, its a support unit.
- Giant Rat Ashes - Testing too problematic due to spawn nature.
Notable summons after testing_
- Headless Lhutel - Killed the runebear
- Mausoleum Soldiers - Killed the Omen TWICE
- Bloodhound knight Fioh - Performed exceptionally well against the Omen
- Black knife tiche - Got through most fights uninjured and nearly killed the runebear twice
- Banished knight engvall - Extremely high collateral damage against groups of weaker enemies.
- Radahn Soldiers - High effectiveness versus both heavy and monstrous enemies.
- Blackflame Monk Amon - High effectiveness versus heavy and monstrous enemies, also only summon to use blackflame attacks.
- Redmane Knight Ogha - Can stunlock the omen to death
- Lone Wolves - High performance in general, much more than would be expected.
- Stormhawk Deenh - For being a massive troll and genuinely hilarious to watch
Ancestral Follower
Spirit ash - Ancestral Followers Ashes
Basic info - FP cost 63, Single unit summon
Special note: Summon heals itself for approx 20% of its total health bar upon killing an enemy. Does NOT apply to player kills.
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- (Test)1: Survived with 50% health
- T2: Survived with 20% health
- T3: Summon died
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived with 70% health
- T2: Survived with 60% health
- T3: Survived with 65% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 60% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 65% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 80% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen uninjured
- T2: Summon died, Omen uninjured
- T3: Summon died, Omen uninjured
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 85% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 85% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 80% health
Commentary: Had enormous difficulty overcoming greatshield soldier's guard, less so versus the spear knight. Not able to hold its own versus heavy opponents. Should be considered a support type.
Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff
Spirit ash - Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff
Basic info - FP 108, Single Unit summon
Special - Uses offensive lightning incantations, uses rejection
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% health
- T2: Survived, 85% health
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, 40% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 20% health
- T3: Summon died, knight near death
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 70% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 50% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 50% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 60% health
Commentary: Has very high health (more than banished knights) and is sturdy. High poise too. A good tank, not the best DPS, but his lightning can make a mess of an opponent who isn't paying attention. Also knocks opponents down a lot. Punishes opponents who look away with chain lightning strikes.
Lasted much longer than most single-unit summons against the runebear, the damage done to it was primarily because the runebear just couldn't kill him fast enough.
Archer Ashes
Spirit ash - Archers
Basic info - FP 57, Triple unit summon
Special - Archers do frost damage
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 75%, 65%, and 50% health
- T2: Survived, 90%, 55%, and 50% health
- T3: Survived, 95%, 80%, and 65% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 10%, 10%, and 50% health
- T2: Survived, 10%, 35%, and 95% health
- T3: Summons died, soldier at 30% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, knight at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, knight at 65% health
- T3: Summons died, knight at 95% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, No notable damage against Omen
- T2: Summons died, No notable damage against Omen
- T3: Summons died, No notable damage against Omen
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
Commentary: Archer shots do low damage, but can proc frost and coordinate very well. They have trouble hitting fast moving targets. Ineffectual in melee. Runebear fur just for show, gets frosted easily.
Would likely be an excellent "frost proc" support if the player can keep larger enemies aggro'd on them and away from the archers.
Avionette Ashes
Spirit ash - Avionette
Basic info - FP 67, Dual unit summon
Special - Inflict bleed damage, throws firebombs at distance, flies sometimes
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% and 100% health
- T2: Survived, both 95% health
- T3: Survived, both 95% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 45% and 75% health
- T2: Survived, 65% and 70% health
- T3: Survived, both 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, one 25% and one 50% health
- T2: Survived, one near death, one at 30% health
- T3: Survived, one dead, one at 5% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 65% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 65% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 95% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 55% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
Commentary: Very agile, and switch between melee and ranged/flying harassment. Inflicts bleed slower than vulgar militia. Resistant to thrust attacks? Repositions around enemy flanks quickly. DPS relies on bleed but not solely. Runebear had a lot of difficulty hitting them at all.
Probably good support in open, chaotic melees.
Azula Beastmen Ashes
Spirit ash - Azula beastmen
Basic info - FP 102, Dual unit summon
Special - Uses some kind of roar buff periodically
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, Uninjured
- T2: Survived, 85% and uninjured
- T3: Survived, 90% and uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 65 and 75% health
- T2: Survived, both uninjured
- T3: Survived, 95% and ininjured
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, 30% and 55% health
- T2: Survived, 10% and 15% health
- T3: Survived, 20% and 25% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 65% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 65% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 65% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 60% health
Commentary: Very aggressive, closes distance and attacks quickly. Highers poise than one would expect, but not the best durability. Very quickly overwhelms even greatshield guards.
Much higher DPS at melee ranged compared to a majority of summons, these guys are berserkers.
Banished Knight Engvall
Spirit ash - Banished Knight Engvall
Basic info - FP 100, Single Unit Summon
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, 90% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 80% health
- T2: Survived, 90% health
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 10% health
- T2: Survived, 10% health
- T3: Survived, 5% health
[GROUP OPPONENTS] - (knight eliminated) Results
- T1: Summon died, 1 kill, Extremely high collateral damage
- T2: Summon died, 7 kills, high collateral damage (no wolves counted)
- T3: Summon died, 2 kills, high collateral damage (no wolves counted)
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen uninjured
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 95% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 90% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 60% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 65% health
Commentary: Very high poise, most attacks are not stopped by greatshields, very aggressive and can hit multiple foes at once.
Attacks can stun omen with each hit, but too slow to do it on its own. Likely extremely effective if the player is helping.
Could withstand runebear attacks without ever being knocked down, but can be stunned.
Banished Knight Oleg
Spirit ash - Banished Knight Oleg
Basic info - FP 100, Single Unit summon
Special - Oleg, will you marry me?
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 95% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, Knight at 15% health
- T2: Survived, 35% health
- T3: Summon died, Knight at 15% health
[GROUP OPPONENTS] (knight eliminate)- Results
- T1: Summon died, 3 kills, moderate collateral damage
- T2: Summon died, 1 kill, low collateral damage
- T3: Summon died, 2 kills, moderate collateral damage
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 70% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 80% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 80% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
Commentary: Very high poise, good DPS, high health, aggressive, quickly overwhelms enemy guard.
Compared to Engvall: Oleg has slightly more DPS, and attacks faster, but is also slightly less survivable due to his lack of Engvalls evasive-attack movements. Fares better against the Omen, Engvall slightly better against the runebear. It would also seem that Engvall is better with groups. Oleg would probably fare well against knight opponents lacking greatshields due to his higher attack speed.
Oleg is almost undoubtedly stronger with player support against single targets, whereas Engvall is better for crowd control.
Battlemage Hugues
Spirit ash - Battlemage Hugues
Basic info - FP 122, Single unit summon
Special - As the name implies uses magic attacks a lot
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 85% health
- T3: Survived, 90% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 30% health
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, 90% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 65% health
- T2: Survived, 25% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 35% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 95% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen uninjured
- T3: Summon died, Omen uninjured
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, runebear at 75% health
- T2: Summon died, runebear at 80% health
- T3: Summon died, runebear at 80% health
Commentary: Very high poise, moderately capable in melee but underperforms compared to dedicated ashes.
Attacks are powerful but slow. Should be treated as ranged support.
Black Knife Tiche
Spirit ash - Black Knife Tiche
Basic info - FP 132, Single Unit summon
Special - Blade of death (reduces enemy max hp by 10% upon hit)
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% health
- T2: Survived, 70% health
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight died to collateral damage
- T2: Survived, 55% health
- T3: Survived, 40% health
[GROUP OPPONENTS] (knight eliminated) - Results
- T1: Summon died, 5 kills, low collateral damage
- T2: Summon died, 1 kill, low collateral damage
- T3: Summon died, 4 kills, one unit near death, hornblower not alterted
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 90% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 80% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, runebear at 20% health
- T2: Summon died, runebear at 30% health
- T3: Summon died, runebear at 50% health
Note: Numbers against runebear unreliable due to blade of death proc and wearing off periodically.
Commentary: A lot of her description can be shortened by saying "she's a Black Knife Assassin". Meaning highly agile, very evasive, and can get around shields. Very effective summon overall, but excels in the right places only.
Has a bit of trouble with greatshielders with spears though. Also some issues in enclosed spaces. Some of her performance is up to RNG. Blade of death does not work against Omens. Takes 2 blade of death to proc runebears, but each successive proc will work the first time.
Ideal environment is an open arena with very little to get stuck on. Can confirm her quicksteps do have a small number of i-frames. Will likely have superior performance to slow or easily staggered bosses that do not spam large AoEs constantly. Anything with limited reach that isn't extremely fast will also get destroyed by her.
Blackflame Monk Amon
Spirit ash - Blackflame Monk Amon
Basic info - FP 115, Single Unit Summon
Special - Uses blackflame attacks
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 85% health
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 100% health
- T3: Survived, 90% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, 15% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 15% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 10% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 80% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 65% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 75% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 50% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 20% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 60% health
Commentary: Very aggressive, capable of overcoming guards easily. High poise during blackflame attacks, which he uses liberally.
Was able to hyper-armor through some Omen attacks and staggered it multiple times. Would likely be one of the more effective ashes for fighting them once upgraded.
Bloodhound Knight Fioh
Spirit ash - Bloodhound knight Fioh
Basic info - FP 95, Single unit summon
Special - All bloodhound abilities, unchained (does not follow host and acts independently), can proc bleed
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 70% health
- T3: Survived, 90% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 70% health
- T2: Summon died, Knight at 25% health
- T3: Survived, 30% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 20% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 15% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 55% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, runebear at 80% health
- T2: Summon died, runebear at 55% health
- T3: Summon died, runebear at 85% health
Commentary: Wildcard summon. sometimes he performs amazing, other times subpar. capable of ripping through multiple weaker opponents at once before going down though. Not terribly durable compared to other high tier summons, but quite agile.
Has some issues with greatshielded opponents.
Performed shockingly well against omen, bled it multiple times and evaded a lot of its attacks.
Not the best solo summon, but likely very helpful to bleed susceptible opponents when backed by the player. And unlike lesser summons does not rely solely on bleed.
Cleanrot Knight Finlay
Spirit ash - Cleanrot Knight finlay
Basic info - FP 127, Single unit summon
Special: Scythe variant, Spits rot periodically, uses buff (health regen?) upon summoning for both itself and the player
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived 80% health
- T2: Survived 75% health
- T3: Survived 80% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived 70% health
- T2: Survived 90% health, buffed itself upon aggro
- T3: Survived 70% health, buffed itself upon aggro
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, Knight at 75% health
- T2: Survived 10% health
- T3: Survived 10% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, no damage to Omen
- T2: Summon died, no damage to Omen
- T3: Summon died, no damage to Omen
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 55% health, Runebear killed by rot damage
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 40% health, Runebear killed by rot damage
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 30% health, Runebear killed by rot damage
Commentary: Will occasionally re-cast buff if survived combat and re-engaged. Gets some hyper armor during buff. Omens are a crippling weakness it would seem.
Finlay is less durable and has less poise compared to other "knights" but is more agile and has more tricks to use. It would also seem that his rot Proc lasts significantly longer than other summons that utilize it.
Crystalian Ashes
Spirit ash - Crystallian
Basic info - FP 101, Single unit summon
Special - Hardened armor (takes extremely little physical damage until stance broken), enemy light attacks bounce off while stance active, Stance does NOT regen until re-summoned. Can be staggered by any attack once stance broken, but still quite durable.
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, no noticable damage
- T2: Survived, no noticable damage
- T3: Survived, no noticable damage
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, no noticable damage
- T2: Survived, no noticable damage
- T3: Survived, no noticable damage
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived 85% health
- T2: Survived 75% health
- T3: Survived 65% health
Continuous (no reset between kills)_
- T1: Summon died, 4 kills, stance broken and killed by knight
- T2: Summon died, 4 kills, stance broken and killed by knight
- T3: Summon died, 5 kills, stance broken and killed by knight
[GROUP OPPONENTS] - Results
- T1: Summon died, 1 kill
- T2: Summon died, 0 kill
- T3: Summon died, 2 kills
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 65% health, stance NOT broken
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 85% health, stance NOT broken
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 75% health, stance NOT broken
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health, stance NOT broken
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 65% health, stance NOT broken
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health, stance broken
Commentary: Very durable, but extremely slow movement speed. A reliable tank only over short distances. Its attack speed is also low, it can't get a single attack off once stance broken.
Superheavy attacks can still knock it down even with stance still intact. Blunt attacks do significantly more damage. Virtually invincible versus small fry enemies, but lacking the DPS to take out larger ones.
Demi-humans Ashes
Spirit ash - Demi Humans
Basic info - FP 69, Quintuple unit summon
Special - Placid during the day, unchained at night (does not follow player) also noticably more aggressive with attacks
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, two 90% and three uninjured
- T2: Survived, one 70%, two 80%, one 85% and one 95%
- T3: Survived, two at 70% one at 90% two uninjured
(everything below here was tested at night)
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one 80% one 90% three uninjured
- T2: Survived, one at 95%, four uninjured
- T3: Survived, one at 80%, one at 95%, three uninjured
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, knight at 35% health
- T2: Summons died, knight at 10% health
- T3: Summons died, knight at 10% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 90% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 80% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 85% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
Commentary: Extremely relentless attacking at night, will quickly overwhelm enemies with low poise. Because there are five of them, the summon will last a long while as well.
Not great against enemies with wide swings or AoEs, but can still be a lengthy distraction in most scenarios.
Fire Monk Ashes
Spirit ash - Fire Monk
Basic info - FP 85, Single unit summon
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 40% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 45% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 65% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 90% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 65% health
Commentary: High poise during fire attacks, completely unperturbed by greatshields, breaks their guard and punishes them.
Godrick Soldiers Ashes
Spirit ash - Godrick Soldier
Basic info - FP 54, Duo unit asymmetrical
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% and 95% health
- T2: Survived, 100% and 95% health
- T3: Survived, 70% and 90% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 100% and 70% health
- T2: Survived, 100% and 80% health
- T3: Survived, 100% and 80% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, knight at 55% health
- T2: Summons died, knight at 50% health
- T3: Survived, one summon at 90% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen 80% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen 80% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen 90% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
Commentary: When these two work together they're quite able to hold their own versus single opponents. The problem being the AI doesn't always coordinate between them well.
Greatshield Soldiers Ashes
Spirit ash - Greatshield Soldiers
Basic info - FP 74, Quintuple unit summon
Special - Throws magic pots at distance, uses some kind of buff periodically
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, Negligible damage
- T2: Survived, 85%, three units 90%, one unit negligible damage
- T3: Survived, Two at 90%, one at 95%, two negligible damage
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 80% and Four units Negligible damage
- T2: Survived, 90%, three at 95%, one negligible damage
- T3: Survived, two at 75%, three units negligible damage
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, Four at 70% health, one at 35%
- T2: Survived, one unit at 45%, two at 70%, one at 75%, one at 85%
- T3: Survived, one unit at 50%, one at 70%, two at 75%, one at 95%
[GROUP OPPONENTS] (knight excluded) - Results
- T1: Summons died, 1 kill, low collateral damage
- T2: Summons died, 1 kill, low collateral damage
- T3: Summons died, no kills
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 75% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 65% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 55% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 50% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 60% health
Commentary: Very survivable versus physical damage. Exposed while buffing, but only for one hit. Will literally push enemies through walls. Pot throwers cannot detect walls...
Best when placed against a single enemy, does not perform well against groups. Lasted extremely long against Omen and runebears, despite being unable to kill them. Omen attacks could not break guard. Some runebear attacks could break guard.
Less survivable versus non-physical damage types.
Gravity Ashes
Spirit ash - Fragment of the One
Basic info - HP cost 99999999999, Omni summon
Special note: You are not Gud enough for this boss. You can only get this spirit ash by beating the game at level 1, fists only, no hits or deaths, using donkey-kong drums as a controller, while blindfolded and your grandma periodically smacks you in the face with a pool noodle without warning.
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
[PLAYER OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Commentary: Only those who are gud are worthy to receive it. And to be worthy is to not need it. Gut gid skeleton!
Haligtree Soldier Ashes
Spirit ash - Haligtree soldiers
Basic info - FP 66, Quadruple unit summon
Special - Summons throw rot pots at range, summons self-destruct at 50% health
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85%, 95%, 85%, and 100% health
- T2: Survived, 70% and trio 95% health
- T3: Survived, 85%, 90%, and duo 95% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% and trio 100% health
- T2: Survived, 95%, 70%, and duo 85% health
- T3: Survived, 95%, and trio 100% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, Knight at 10% health, knight killed by rot
- T2: Survived, 1 summon at 40% health, summon self-destructed out of spite (???f??)
- T3: Summons died, knight also died
[GROUP OPPONENTS] - Results
- T1: Summons died, 1 kill (soldier) - Extremely high collateral damage inflicted on all enemies
- T2: Summons died, 5 kills (soldiers) - Very High collateral damage
- T3: Summons died, 2 kills (soldiers) - Moderate collateral (summons overwhelmed)
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 65% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 40% health, 35% after rot
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 60% health, 40% after rot
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health, 60% after rot
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 50% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
Commentary: Can overwhelm low poise units with R1 spam (lol).
Procs scarlet rot EXTREMELY FAST and very reliably due to liberal use of rot pots. Not sustainable due to suicide bombing, but almost garunteed melee damage.
Kaiden Sellsword Ashes
Spirit ash - Kaiden Sellsword
Basic info - FP 88, Single Unit summon
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, no noticable damage
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 55% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 80% health
- T2: Survived, 80% health
- T3: Survived, 75% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 45% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 75% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 70% health
Continuous (no reset between kills)_ - omitted
[GROUP OPPONENTS] - Results - omitted
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen uninjured
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 75% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 85% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 75% health
Commentary: Very aggressive, quickly overwhelms defensive opponents. Knocked down spear knight multiple times despite being unable to kill it. Also knocked down omen several times.
Summon is not capable of huge DPS, but does heavy poise damage and decently durable. If put on the defensive he will be overwhelmed quick.
Kindred Of Rot Ashes
Spirit ash - Kindred of Rot (prawn??)
Basic info - FP 73, Single unit summon
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 60% health
- T2: Survived, 30% health
- T3: Survived, 30% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 80% health
- T3: Survived, 80% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon Died, Knight at 70% health
- T2: Summon Died, Knight at 90% health
- T3: Summon Died, Knight at 85% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 95% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 90% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 90% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 95% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 95% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear uninjured
Commentary: Slow outside combat but teleports to player quick. Overwhelmed shielded enemies quick, but had difficulty with greatshield enemies. Uses evasive movements from time to time, spear knight had some difficulty hitting it.
Their low DPS makes them borderline useless though.
Leydell Soldier Ashes
Spirit ash - Leydell Soldiers
Basic info - FP 64, Dual unit summon (greatshield soldiers)
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one 45% health and one uninjured
- T2: Survived, both at 65% health
- T3: Survived, one at 85%, one at 80% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one 85% health and one uninjured
- T2: Survived, both uninjured
- T3: Survived, both uninjured
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, one at 50% and one at 80% health
- T2: Survived, one at 20% and one at 50% health
- T3: Survived, both at 70%
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 75% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 75% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
Commentary: Despite this being unusual for the AI, these two guard counter very frequently. Unusually effective and survivable.
Useful for buying time when facing duos likely. Other summons, such as greatshield soldiers do this as well, but these guys are a bit more capable of dealing damage back.
Lhutel The Headless
Disclaimer: This one was tested at +1 by mistake. I didn't redo the results because I didn't think that a single +1 status would make any significant difference. If you feel it does, feel free to ignore this section.
Spirit ash - Lhutel the Headless
Basic info - FP 104, Single unit summon
Special - Summon periodically teleports, also can use a range attack
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 75% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 80% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, Uninjured
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, 15% health
- T2: Survived, 55% health
- T3: Summon died, Knight at 15% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 75% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 60% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 75% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 40% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebeat at 50% health
- T3: SURVIVED, Summon near death
Commentary: Summon behaves as a spear knight would. Teleport gimmick gave it an edge against knight.
Summon lasted much longer than most spirit ashes against the omen.
Overall survival time much higher than most summons due to both its shield and teleporting. Some RNG involved, but it still managed to kill the runebear once, which is more than most summons can manage.
Lone Wolf Ashes
Spirit ash - Lone Wolf
Basic info - FP 55, Triple unit summon despite name
Special - Confounds foes in the manner of wolves hunting prey
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one 80%, one 90%, on uninjured
- T2: Survived, one at 70%, two at 90% health
- T3: Survived, two at 95%, one uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one 85%, two uninjured
- T2: Survived, one 95%, two uninjured
- T3: Survived, one 80%, one 85%, one uninjured
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, one 5%, two at 35% health
- T2: Survived, one 30%, one 35% one at 70% health
- T3: Survived, one 15%, one 65%, one at 75% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 55% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 80% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 50% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
Commentary: Extremely effective at stunlocking low poise enemies. Coordinates extremely well to get past greatshielded enemies and minimize damage to the unit as a whole. How the heck did FROM make AI this intelligent??
Managed to consistently kill a Godrick knight, with only a meager 55 FP cost. Let that sink in.
Mad Pumpkin Head
Spirit ash - Mad Pumpkin Head
Basic info - FP 110, Single unit summon (mace type)
Special - Takes extremely little damage on the helmet, can bleed enemies, A little insane
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85% health
- T2: Survived, 75% health
- T3: Survived, 80% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85% health
- T2: Survived, 80% health
- T3: Survived, 80% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 60% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 70% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 65% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 80% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 80% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 85% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 80% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 80% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 75% health
Commentary: Only summon NOT staggered by Omen attacks. Seemingly infinite poise, but can be stance broken. DPS is poor, and health is decent but not as good as other summons.
Survives longer than it should against both heavy and monstrous enemies due to their hitbox hitting summons head. Useful if you need something that will not stagger no matter what.
Marionette Soldier
Spirit ash - Marionette Soldier
Basic info - FP 67, Dual unit summon (archers)
Special - Unchained (does not follow the player around)
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% and 100% health
- T2: Survived, both uninjured
- T3: Survived, both at 85% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one 60% and one at 95% health
- T2: Survived, one 75% and one at 90% health
- T3: Survived, one 80% and one at 90% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, knight at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, knight at 30% health
- T3: Summons died, knight at 45% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 90% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 75% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
Commentary: Can quickly do very high DPS with missile barrages, enough to overwhelm greatshield guards. Will try and get to about 20 steps away from an enemy before firing, though sometimes will fire immediately regardless of distance.
Units compliment each other surprisingly well at close range. Best used as a ranged support unit, as they can potentially stunlock lower poise enemies, and do very high DPS on higher poise enemies.
Turned a Godrick knight into a porcupine.
Mausoleum Soldier Ashes
Spirit ash - Mausoleum Soldiers
Basic info - FP 75, Quintuple units (3 standard, 2 greatsword)
Special - Soldiers Periodically teleport like Lhutel, MAH BOIS!!
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, two at 80%, and three at 100% health
- T2: Survived, one at 80%, one at 85%, and three at 100% health
- T3: Survived, one at 75%, four at 100% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one at 90%, four at 100% health
- T2: Survived, one at 80%, four at 100% health
- T3: Survived, two at 90%, three at 100% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, one at 50%, one at 75%, two at 80% and one at 100% health
- T2: Survived, one at 30%, one at 35%, one at 45%, one at 95% and one at 100% health
- T3: Survived, one at 80%, three at 85%, and one at 100% health
[GROUP OPPONENTS] (knight eliminated) - Results
- T1: Summon died, 6 kills, low collateral damage
- T2: Summon died, 5 kills, moderate collateral damage
- T3: Summon died, 3 kills, moderate collateral damage
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 10% health
- T2: SURVIVED!!, two dead, one 5%, one 10%, one 40% health
- T3: SURVIVED!!, two dead, one 5%, two 60%
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 25% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 45% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
Commentary: Compared to other "soldier" summons these guys are a bit less durable individually, but extremely capable as a unit. Can potentially stunlock even high poise units (omen) if they get into a good position. Not as useful versus big monsters with infinite poise and AoEs.
Its your very own squad of soldiers, what's not to like? I mean, yeah they're headless, but that just means they won't get ahead of themselves. *cricket chirping*
Nightmaiden & Swordstress Puppets
Spirit ash - Nightmaiden & Swordstress Puppet
Basic info - FP 97, Dual unit summon
Special - Nightmaiden uses damaging mist attack sometimes, swordstress attacks partially bypass shields
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 80% and 95% health
- T2: Survived, 100% and 90% health
- T3: Survived, 100% and 95% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, both uninjured
- T2: Survived, both uninjured
- T3: Survived, 100% and 90% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, Knight at 25% health
- T2: Summons died, Knight at 30% health
- T3: Summons died, Knight at 40% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 90% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 90% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 95% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 70% health
Commentary: Summons very agile, aggressive, but low DPS. Coordinate quickly to surround opponents.
Likely good for harassing opponents and keeping the aggro off the player.
OmenKiller Rollo
Spirit ash - Omenkiller Rollo
Basic info - FP 113, Single unit summon
Special note: Does bleed damage
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived at 95% health
- T2: Survived at 60% health
- T3: Survived at 85% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived at 95% health
- T2: Survived at 75% health
- T3: Survived at 100% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 20% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 15% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 10% health
[GROUP OPPONENTS] - Results
- T1: Summon died, No kills
- T2: Summon died, 2 kills
- T3: Summon died, 1 kill
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, omen at 95% health
- T2: Summon died, omen at 65% health
- T3: Summon died, omen at 95% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 80% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 55% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 50% health
Commentary: Better against monstrous foes than most ashes, though you'd think given his title he would be a bit better at 1v1 with an Omen...
Summon doesn't have as much poise as it needs, it gets staggered and knocked down far too easily to be considered a heavy contender, in spite of its large size. Because of this, the summon should be considered more of a support type.
Oracle Envoy Ashes
Spirit ash - Oracle Envoy
Basic info - FP 72, Quadruple unit summon
Special - Bubblebeam!
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived 70%, 75%, and two 95% health
- T2: Survived, 50%, 70%, 90% and 95% health
- T3: Survived, 80%, 90%, and two 100% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 50%, 65%, 90% and 100% health
- T2: Survived, 70%, 75%, 80% and 90% health
- T3: Survived, 65%, 70% and two 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, knight at 60% health
- T2: Summons died, knight at 70% health
- T3: Summons died, knight at 65% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 85%
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 85%
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 90%
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 85%
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 85%
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 90%
Commentary: Slow moving, decently durable. Bubbles inaccurate against fast moving targets
Only useful against slow moving targets honestly.
Radahn Soldier Ashes
Spirit ash - Radahn Soldier
Basic info - FP 71, Dual unit summon (greatsword and straightsword, both fire enhanced)
Special - Summons engage enemies upon sight, summons unchained (do not follow or teleport to player), can throw firebombs
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, both uninjured
- T3: Survived, both uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, 85% health for both
- T3: Survived, 80% and 100% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, 75% and 90% health
- T2: Survived, 50% and 75% health
- T3: Survived, 20% and 25% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 30% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 70% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 45% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 45% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 35% health
Commentary: My god these guys are EXTREMELY aggressive and heavy hitting. Caught me off guard because they attacked immediately after I summoned them, took out half the camp before I even noticed.
They're performance is somewhat variable, but as the numbers show they can do extremely high damage to even heavy hitting enemies without support. They don't survive as long as other defensive summons, but they do a hell of a lot of damage.
Raya Lucaria Soldiers Ashes
Spirit ash - Raya Lucaria Soldier
Basic info - FP 59, Triple unit summon (2 footmen, 1 greatsword)
Special - Soldier can throw glinstone pebbles, footmen throw some kind of pots at enemy (sleep?)
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, Footmen at 60%, soldier at 100% health
- T2: Survived, Footmen at 80% and 90%, soldier at 75% health
- T3: Survived, Footmen at 100%, soldier at 95% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, Footmen at 60%, soldier at 100% health
- T2: Survived, Footmen at 80%, soldier at 90% health
- T3: Survived, Footmen at 100%, soldier at 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summons died, knight at 45% health
- T2: Summons died, knight at 30% health
- T3: Summons died, knight at 55% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 85% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 90% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 85% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
Commentary: Footmen always aggressive, greatsword soldier unusually passive and maintains distance. Soldier will use weapon aggressively if engaged.
Unsure of what footmen pots are, sleep maybe? Soldier throws glinstone at distance, but projectiles inaccurate.
Redmane Knight Ogha
Spirit ash - Redmane Knight Ogha
Basic info - FP 106, Single unit summon (sword knight w greatbow)
Special - Unchained (does not follow the player), uses gravity greatbow arrows sometimes, player roar triggers buff
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, uninjured
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% health
- T2: Survived, uninjured
- T3: Survived, 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 40% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 5% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 25% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 60% health
- T2: SURVIVED, at 80% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 55% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 75% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 70% health
Commentary: Good poise, high health, hits pretty hard. Arrows overwhelm opponent guards gradually.
Make a lot of noise, will attract more enemies in the area.
Each shot knocked the omen on its back. If the player could keep the omen off him, or he has a bit of luck, he can just stunlock the omen to death with arrows. Really satisfying to watch by the way.
Would probably made the twin omen's a joke if the player deals with one of them.
Skeletal Militiamen
Spirit ash - Skeletal Militiamen
Basic info - FP 44. Dual unit summon
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 45% and 85% health
- T2: Survived, 20% and 100% health, revived once
- T3: Survived, 50% and 85% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 25% and 45% health
- T2: Survived, 65% and 80% health
- T3: Survived, 50% and 80% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 80% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 90% health
- T3: Survived, revived at least 4 times each
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 90% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 80% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
Commentary: Summons attack relentless but single-minded. No coordination.
As of 1.04 enemies will try and double tap summons midway through the revival animation, but only if the AI sees them, and even then the AI has issues hitting them (Except runebear).
I know from experience these guys make for great harassment and support for the player, since nearby enemies will switch aggro to the player after the skeletons are down almost 100% of the time.
Soldjars Of Fortune
Spirit ash - Soldjars of Fortune
Basic info - HP 135, triple unit summon
Special - Selt-destructs upon death or taking any fire damage (including other jar explosions), hardened outer shell (some attacks bounce off and damage greatly reduced)
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90%, 95%, and 100% health
- T2: Survived, 95% and two 100% health
- T3: Survived, 90%, 95%, and 100% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85%, and two 90% health
- T2: Survived, 95% and two 100% health
- T3: Survived, 95% and two 100% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, two at 35% and one at 30% health
- T2: Survived, one 20%, one 30% and one 35% health
- T3: Summon died, knight died in collateral explosion
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 50% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen at 50% health
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Omitted because they cannot draw aggro at all...
Commentary: Slow and very low attack range, but surprisingly durable and high poise. Higher damage than you would expect as well. Collateral damage can potentially take out all three units, explosion has moderate damage, but very low blast radius.
Poor choice for tanky units, as they cannot keep aggro on them very well, but decent choice for cheap squad members. Takes more damage from strike attacks.
Stormhawk Deenth
Spirit ash - Stormhawk Deenth
Basic info - FP 44, Single unit summon, almost impossible to hit
Special - Uses a buff for itself and the player that seems to buff attack(?) periodically
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 75% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 80% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 90% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, Knight at 50% health
- T2: Summon died, Knight at 55% health
- T3: Summon died, Knight at 15% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen uninjured
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 95% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen uninjured
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 85%
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 90%
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 85%
Commentary: Ever wanted to annoy your enemies to death? Well Deenths got you covered! He will straight up fly circles around enemies trying to hit him, guard against him, and fly all over the battlefield in the most chaotic way possible! A quote from one of the guards: "This thing is f$$$ing impossible to hit!!"
Needs a bit of luck versus an omen, but was still annoying the crap out of it. Not able to damage it or the runebear, unsurprisingly.
Vulgar Militia Ashes
Spirit ash - Vulgar Militia
Basic info - FP 70, Triple unit summon
Special - Does bleed damage on hit
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85%, 95%, and 100% health
- T2: Survived, 65%, 90%, and 100% health
- T3: Survived, all uninjured
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, one at 20%, two at 60% health
- T2: Survived, one at 40%, one at 60%, one at 90% health
- T3: Survived, one at 75%, one at 80%, one at 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Survived, one unit uninjured, two dead
- T2: Survived, one unit at 35%, one unit at 90% health, one unit dead
- T3: Summons died, knight at 30% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Omen at 35% health
- T2: Summons died, Omen uninjured
- T3: Summons died, Omen at 70% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summons died, Runebear at 30% health
- T2: Summons died, Runebear at 85% health
- T3: Summons died, Runebear at 60% health
Commentary: Heavy bleed damage procs quickly when they get a chance to strike. Because of this they're capable of surprisingly huge damage against opponents that they shouldn't rightly be able to deal with.
Obviously not effective when opponent is immune to bleed (crucible knights). AI can be a bit buggy, not being aggressive at times, and being super aggressive at others, hence the widely varying results.
Runebear has issues hitting them due to small hitboxes.
Warhawk Ashes
Spirit ash - Warhawk
Basic info - FP 52, Single unit summon
Special - Firehawk variant, flying
[HUMAN OPPONENTS] - Results
Greatshield Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 85% health
- T2: Survived, 95% health
- T3: Survived, 85% health
Standard Soldier_
- T1: Survived, 95% health
- T2: Survived, 90% health
- T3: Survived, 95% health
Godrick spear knight_
- T1: Summon died, knight at 25% health
- T2: Summon died, knight at 15% health
- T3: Summon died, knight at 80% health
[HEAVY OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Omen at 65% health
- T2: Summon died, Omen at 75% health
- T3: Summon died, Omen at 65% health
[MONSTROUS OPPONENT] - Results
- T1: Summon died, Runebear at 85% health
- T2: Summon died, Runebear at 85% health
- T3: Summon died, Runebear at 85% health
Commentary: Less agile compared to Stormhawk Deenh, but more aggressive and does higher damage. About as difficult to hit though.
Very good at annoying the Omen.
Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2802940079
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