Glintblade Phalanx (Skill) | Elden Ring Wiki

Glintblade Phalanx is a Skill in Elden Ring. Glintblade Phalanx creates glintstone blades over your head that attack enemies automatically when they get close enough. Glintblade Phalanx has Magic Affinity and is usable on swords as well as polearms capable of thrusting (colossal weapons excepted).

• Please visit Glintblade Phalanx for the Spell variant of this Skill.

How to get Glintblade Phalanx

• Acquired from Rogier's Rapier.
• After defeating Godrick the Grafted in Stormveil Castle, Rogier can be found in Roundtable Hold, by the balcony. After speaking to him, and receiving his rapier, the skill may be removed from the rapier in order to be applied to other armaments.

Elden Ring Glintblade Phalanx Guide, Notes & Tips

• This is an Ash of War Skill, associated with the Ash of War: Glintblade Phalanx.
• FP Cost: 10 on use, 4 on follow up.
  • This totals to a 14 FP cost.
• This Skill not Chargeable
• This Skill's second attack can be Parried (the Glinstone projectile can be Parried with Carian Retaliation)
  • This Skill's first attack can be Parried if performed with no Focus.
• Upon activation, the user raises their armament (weapon) to the air, creating an arch of homing glintblades that hovers over their head.
  • The 4 glintblades summoned deal 100% Magic Damage, and scale with Intelligence regardless of the Infusion used (even Heavy or Keen).
    • The glintblades deal 5 stance damage each (For a total of 20 stance damage)
  • After activation, inputting the strong attack button will make the user perform a follow up attack that covers a fair amount of distance in a single direction.
    
    • The follow up attack can be aimed to lunge in any direction.
    • The follow up attack deals damage based on Attack Rating and the damage type matches the same as the weapon, including ratio of damage types.
    • This attack also deals Stance damage according to the weapon type used:
      • 12 for Daggers
      • 16 for Thrusting Swords
      • 20 for Straight Swords, Curved Swords, Katanas, Twinblades, Spears, and Halberds.
      • 22 for Greatswords, Curved Greatswords, Heavy Thrusting Swords, and Great Spears.
• In total, the user will deal 5x4 Stance damage, and an additional 12-22 from the follow-up attack depending on weapon type.
• Because stance-breaking enemies becomes easier, it presents the opportunity to deal Criticals more often.
  • A great talisman to offset the FP cost is the Assassin's Cerulean Dagger.
• If used without FP:
  • Does not create glintstone blades.
  • Follow up thrust deals less damage.