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Pierce Damage is one of the Damage Types in Elden Ring. It is one of the eight main Damage Types and belongs to the Physical Damage category. Damage Types are a major part of the calculation that determines how much damage is dealt in Combat and are affected by many factors including your equipment, skills and temporary buffs.
Counterattack damage is exclusive to Pierce Damage.
Elden Ring Pierce Damage Guide
Pierce Damage is a type of Physical Damage that is often associated with thrusting weapons such as Spears and Lances. Weapons that primarily deal the other damage types can also possess attacks that deal Pierce Damage within their movesets. Pierce Damage is effective against Scaly creatures such as Dragons as well as armored enemies.
Pierce Damage and Players
This section lists information pertaining to Pierce Damage and its relation to Players.
Weapons
The following Weapons deal Pierce Damage as part of their movesets:
- All weapons from those classes, main type of damage:
- Ballista with any type of greatbolt
- Bows with any type of arrow
- Crossbows with any type of bolt
- Great Spears
- Greatbows with any type of arrow
- Heavy Thrusting Swords
- Light Bows with any type of arrow
- Spears
- Throwing Blades
- Thrusting Swords
- Weapons from those classes, secondary type of damage
- Weapons unique/few in their classes
- Throwing Weapon Consumables
Buffs
The following Skills, Spells and Items provide a boost to Pierce Damage:
- Skill
- Barbaric Roar
- Braggart's Roar
- Contagious Fury (Jellyfish Shield)
- Cragblade
- Determination
- Golden Vow
- Last Rites (Golden Epitaph)
- Oath of Vengeance (Grafted Blade Greatsword)
- Shared Order
- Shriek of Milos (Sword of Milos)
- Stormhawk Deenh (Spirit Ash)
- Rallying Standard (Commander's Standard)
- Royal Knight's Resolve
- Seppuku
- War Cry
- Spell
- Flame, Grant me Strength (Incantation)
- Golden Vow (Incantation)
- Howl of Shabriri (Incantation)
- Item
- Bloodboil Aromatic
- Dragon Communion Flesh (if weapon scales of Strength or/and Dexterity)
- Dragonscale Flesh (if weapon scales of Strength or/and Dexterity)
- Exalted Flesh
- Fingerprint Nostrum (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Flask of Wondrous Physick with at least one of those Crystal Tears
- Bloodsucking Cracked Tear
- Dexterity-knot Crystal Tear
- Spiked Cracked Tear (charged attack)
- Strength-knot Crystal Tear,
- Thorny Cracked Tear (successive attacks in short period of time)
- Bloodsucking Cracked Tear
- Sacred Bloody Flesh
- Uplifting Aromatic
- Talismans
- Aged One's Exultation (after Madness happens in vicinity)
- Axe Talisman (charged attack)
- Arrow's Sting Talisman (bows)
- Arrow's Soaring Sting Talisman (bows)
- Blade of Mercy (after performing a critical strike)
- Blue Dancer Charm (when weight is low)
- Crusade Insignia (after defeating an enemy)
- Claw Talisman (jump attack)
- Curved Sword Talisman (counter attack)
- Dried Bouquet (after the death of spirit)
- Godfrey Icon (Charge Forth skill)
- Kindred of Rot's Exultation (after Poison or Scarlet Rot happens in vicinity)
- Lance Talisman (while being mounted, melee only)
- Lord of Blood's Exultation (after Blood Loss happens in vicinity)
- Marika's Scarseal (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Marika's Soreseal (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Millicent's Prosthesis (successive attacks in short period of time, boosts Dexterity)
- Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom (if weapon scales with Dexterity)
- Radagon's Scarseal (if weapon scales with Strength/Dexterity)
- Radagon's Soreseal (if weapon scales with Strength/Dexterity)
- Red-Feathered Branchsword (when HP is below 20%)
- Rellana's Cameo (after maintaining stance for 1 second)
- Retaliatory Crossed-Tree (after backstepping or rolling)
- Ritual Sword Talisman (when HP is at maximum)
- Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (successive attacks in short period of time)
- Sharpshot Talisman (precise-aimed shots, bows)
- Smithing Talisman (weapon-throwing attacks)
- St. Trina's Smile (after Sleep happens in vicinity)
- Starscourge Heirloom (if weapon scales with Strength)
- Spear Talisman (counterattack damage)
- Twinblade Talisman (final attack on the chain)
- Two-Handed Sword Talisman (When twohandling a weapon)
- Winged Sword Insignia (successive attacks in short period of time)
- Aged One's Exultation (after Madness happens in vicinity)
- Weapon/Armor
- Albinauric Mask (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Black Dumpling (after Tarnished is inflicted by Madness)
- Consort's Mask (if weapon scales with Dexterity)
- Erdtree Greatbow (Golden Great Arrow)
- Haima Glintstone Crown (if weapon scales with Dexterity)
- Imp Head (Elder) (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Imp Head (Fanged) (if weapon scales with Strength)
- Imp Head (Long-Tongued) (if weapon scales with Dexterity)
- Lazuli Glintstone Crown (if weapon scales with Dexterity)
- Lion Greatbow (Radahn's Spear)
- Marais Mask (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Omensmirk Mask (if weapon scales with Strength)
- Raptor Black Feathers (jumping attack)
- Silver Tear Mask (if weapon scales with Arcane, lowers Physical AR by 5%)
- Twinbird Kite Shield (when health is below 20%)
- White Mask (after Blood loss happens in vicinity)
- Witch's Glintstone Crown (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Armor/Spells/Situation that decrease resistance to Pierce Damage
- Ash-of-War Scarab (helmet, 5%)
- Beloved Stardust (30%)
- Cerulean Tear Scarab (helmet, 5%)
- Crimson Tear Scarab (helmet, 5%)
- Crucible Feather Talisman (30%)
- Daedicar's Woe (talisman, 100%)
- Fine Crucible Feather Talisman (15%)
- Fire Scorpion Charm (10% PvE, 15% PvP)
- Flask of Wondrous Physick with Windy Crystal Tear
- Glintstone Scarab (helmet, 5%)
- Greyoll's Roar (Incantation, 10%)
- Hit to the back/target is not aware of our presence
- Incantation Scarab (helmet, 5%)
- Lightning Scorpion Charm (10% PvE, 15% PvP)
- Magic Scorpion Charm (10% PvE, 15% PvP)
- Marika's Scarseal (talisman) (10%)
- Marika's Soreseal (talisman) (15%)
- Radagon's Scarseal (talisman) (10%)
- Radagon's Soreseal (talisman) (15%)
- Sacred Scorpion Charm (10% PvE, 15% PvP)
- Talisman of All Crucibles (talisman, 45%)
- Enemy Status that affects resistance to Pierce Damage
- Not aware of the presence
- Stance break
- Frostbitten (20%)
- Being middle in of an animation (Counterattack)
- Precise hit to the head (if target does not use Mad Pumpkin Helm)
Defenses
The following Skills, Spells and Items improve player resistance to Pierce Damage:
- Best Pierce Defense Armor
- Head: Lionel's Helm
- Body: Lionel's Armor
- Arm: Lionel's Gauntlets
- Leg: Lionel's Greaves
- Skill
- Spell
- Black Flame's Protection (Incantation)
- Dragonbolt of Florissax
- Golden Vow
- Consumables
- Boiled Crab
- Boiled Prawn
- Flask of Wondrous Physick with one of those tears
- Ironjar Aromatic
- Uplifting Aromatic
- Talismans
- Blue-Feathered Branchsword (when health is below 20%)
- Crucible Knot Talisman (hits to the head)
- Crucible Scale Talisman (when being hit with a critical strike)
- Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
- Dragoncrest Shield Talisman (+0, +1, +2)
- Ritual Shield Talisman (when health is at maximum)
- Armor/Other
- Pumpkin Helm (hits to the head)
- Twinbird Kite Shield (when health is below 20%)
Pierce Damage and Enemies in Elden Ring
This section lists information pertaining to Pierce Damage and its relation to Enemies and Bosses.
Enemies that deal Pierce Damage
The following Enemies, NPC, Invaders, Bosses and Environmental hazards deal Pierce Damage as part of their movesets:
- Enemy
- Albinaurics (archers)
- Albinauric Wolfback Archer
- Ancestral Follower (archer)
- Avionette Soldier (archer, melee with spears or swords)
- Azula Beastman (melee with spear)
- Banished Knight
- Celebrant Gardener
- Clayman
- Cleanrot Knight (spear variation)
- Commoner (variation with sword or spear)
- Crystalians (spear)
- Exile Soldier
- Fallen Hawks Soldier (range, melee with spear)
- Flame Guardian
- Godrick Foot Soldier
- Guardian (excluding fully evolved)
- Haligtree Foot Soldier
- Haligtree Knight
- Haligtree Soldier
- High Page
- Highwayman
- Lazuli Sorcerer
- Lesser Cemetery Shade
- Lesser Crucible Knight
- Lesser Kindred of Rot
- Lesser Mad Pumpkin Head (standard)
- Lesser Misbegotten Warrior
- Leyndell Foot Soldier
- Leyndell Knight
- Leyndell Soldier
- Mausoleum Foot Soldier
- Mausoleum Knight
- Mausoleum Soldier
- Miner
- Misbegotten (range)
- Mounted Knight
- Page
- Radahn Foot Soldier
- Radahn Soldier
- Raya Lucaria Foot Soldier
- Raya Lucaria Knight
- Raya Lucaria Soldier
- Redmane Knight
- Skeletons (spear, crossbow)
- Servant of Rot
- Silver Tear
- Starcaller
- Troll (2nd phase)
- Troll Knight
- Wandering Nobles
- Warhawk
- NPC & Invaders
- Bloody Finger Nerijus
- Bloody Finger Hunter Yura
- Bloody Finger Nerijus
- Bloody Finger Okina
- Bloody Finger Ravenmount Assassin
- Edgar the Revenger
- Festering Fingerprint Vyke
- Great-Jar Warrior (random chance when playing online, present offline)
- Great Horned Tragoth
- Inaba, Disciple of Okina
- Kenneth Haight
- Knight Bernahl (first encounter)
- Lionel the Lionhearted
- Maleigh Marais, Shaded Castle Castellan
- Maureen, Second Sister
- Polyanna, Youngest Sister
- Rileigh the Idle
- Sanguine Noble
- Shabriri
- Sir Ansbach
- Sorcerer Rogier
- Tanith's Knight
- Thiollier
- Vargram the Raging Wolf
- Boss
- Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader
- Bell Bearing Hunter
- Black Blade Kindred (twinblade)
- Black Knife Assassin
- Cemetery Shade
- Cleanrot Knight
- Commander Niall
- Commander O'Neil
- Crucible Knight
- Crucible Knight Ordovis
- Crucible Knight Siluria
- Crystalians (spear)
- Elemer of the Briar
- Esgar, Priest of Blood
- Fia's champions (Sorcerer Rogier, Lionel the Lionhearted)
- Godskin Apostle and Godskin Noble (Noble)
- Godskin Duo
- Godskin Noble
- Grafted Scion
- Kindred of Rot
- Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
- Malenia, Blade of Miquella / Malenia, Goddess of Rot
- (Stray) Mimic Tear - Only if player enters arena with weapon, that deals Pierce Damage
- Maliketh, the Black Blade
- Margit, The Fell Omen
- Mohg, Lord of Blood
- Mohg, the Omen
- Morgott the Omen King
- Night's Cavalry (Glaive)
- Patches
- Royal Knight Loretta
- Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
- Soldier of Godrick
- Tree Sentinel
- Valiant Gargoyle (twinblade)
- Vyke, Knight of the Roundtable
- Traps encountered at these locations:
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