Strike Damage

Elden Ring Strike Damage Guide

Strike Damage is a type of Physical Damage that is often associated with blunt weapons such as Hammers and Maces. Weapons that primarily deal the other damage types can also possess attacks that deal Strike Damage within their movesets. Strike damage is often (but not always) effective against undead enemies as well as creatures made of rock or have a similar sturdy composition.

Strike Damage and Players

This section lists information pertaining to Strike Damage and its relation to Players.

Weapons

The following Weapons deal Strike Damage:

All weapons from those classes:
- Hammers (without Warpick and Flowerstone Gavel )
- Fists (without Pierce Damage Fist weapons and Cipher Pata)
- Flails
- Glintstone Staffs (melee)
- Greatshields
- Great Hammers (without Pickaxe)
- Hand-to-Hand Arts
- Sacred Seals (melee)
- Shields
- Torches (melee)
- Whips (without Urumi)
Weapons unique/few in their classes - Colossal Weapons:
Weapons unique/few in their classes - Other
- Jawbone Axe (Axes)
- Spiked Spear (Spears)
- Stone-Sheathed Sword (Straight Swords)
Other

Buffs

The following Skills, Spells and Items provide a boost to Strike 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
- War Cry
Spell
- Flame, Grant me Strength (Incantation)
- Golden Vow (Incantation)
- Howl of Shabriri (Incantation)
Item
- Bloodboil Aromatic (consumable)
- Exalted Flesh (consumable)
- Flask of Wondrous Physick with at least one of those Crystal Tears
  - Dexterity-knot Crystal Tear
  - Spiked Cracked Tear (charged attack)
  - Strength-knot Crystal Tear
  - Thorny Cracked Tear (successive attacks in short period of time)
- Uplifting Aromatic (consumable)
Talismans
- Axe Talisman (charged attack)
- Blue Dancer Charm (when weight is low)
- Claw Talisman (jump attack)
- Curved Sword Talisman (counter attack)
- Kindred of Rot's Exultation (after Poison or Scarlet Rot happens in vicinity)
- Lance Talisman (while being mounted)
- 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%)
- Ritual Sword Talisman (when HP is at maximum)
- Roar Medalion (when weapon is buffed by roar)
- Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (successive attacks in short period of time)
- Starscourge Heirloom (if weapon scales with Strength)
- Twinblade Talisman (final attack on the chain)
- Winged Sword Insignia (successive attacks in short period of time)
Weapon/Armor
- Albinauric Mask (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Black Dumpling (after Tarnished with helmet on is inflicted by Madness)
- Consort's Mask (if weapon scales with Dexterity)
- 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)
- Marais Mask (if weapon scales with Arcane)
- Omensmirk Mask (if weapon scales with Strength)
- Raptor's Black Feathers (jump 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 Strike Damage
- Ash-of-War Scarab (helmet)
- Cerulean Tear Scarab (helmet)
- Crimson Tear Scarab (helmet)
- Crucible Feather Talisman (30%)
- Daedicar's Woe (talisman)
- Fire Scorpion Charm (10% PvE, 15% PvP)
- Flask of Wondrous Physick with Windy Crystal Tear
- Glintstone Scarab (helmet)
- Greyoll's Roar (Incantation, 10%)
- Hit to the back/target is not aware of our presence
- Howl of Shabriri (Incantation)
- Incantation Scarab (helmet)
- 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)
- Target is Frostbitten (20%)

Defenses

The following Skills, Spells and Items improve player resistance to Strike Damage:

Best Physical Strike Defense Armor:
- Head: Bull-Goat Helm
- Body: Bull-Goat Armor
- Arm: Bull-Goat Gauntlets
- Leg: Bull-Goat Greaves
Skill
Spell
- Black Flame's Protection (Incantation)
- Golden Vow (Incantation)
Items
- Boiled Crab
- Boiled Prawn
- Flask of Wondrous Physick with at least one of those tears:
  - Opaline Hardtear
  - Opaline Bubbletear
- Uplifting Aromatic
Talismans
- Blue-Feathered Branchsword (when health is below 20%)
- 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)
Weapon/Armor
- Twinbird Kite Shield (when health is below 20%)

Strike Damage and Enemies

This section lists information pertaining to Strike Damage and its relation to Enemies and Bosses.

Enemies that deal Strike Damage

The following Enemies, NPC, Invaders and Bosses deal Strike Damage as part of their movesets:

Enemy
- Banished Knight (shield)
- Battlemage
- Duelist
- Exile Soldier (shield)
- Fire Monk
- Fire Prelate
- Flame Guardian
- Giant Miranda Sprout
- Guardian (evolved)
- Haligtree Knight (shield)
- Lazuli Sorcerer (staff)
- Lesser Burial Watchdog (staff)
- Lesser Crucible Knight
- Lesser Mad Pumpkin Head (flail, mace)
- Leyndell Knight (shield)
- Man-Serpent (whip, staff melee)
- Mausoleum Knight (shield)
- Miranda Sprout
- Nox Monk (hammer)
- Oracle Envoy
- Oracle Envoy Giant
- Raya Lucaria Knight (shield)
- Redmane Knight (shield)
- Rotten Duelist
- Shield-Headed Ant
- Thorn Sorcerer (staff)
- Troll
- Troll Knight
- Twinsage Sorcerer (melee)
NPC & Invaders
- Blackguard Big Boggart
- Brother Corhyn
- Chief Guardian Arghanthy
- Great-Jar Warrior (random chance when playing online, present offline)
- Great Horned Tragoth
- Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood
- Knight Diallos
- Magnus the Beast Claw
- Nameless White Mask
- Recusant Bernahl
- Recusant Henricus
- Tanith's Knight
- War Counselor Iji
- White Mask Varre
Boss
- Adan, Thief of Fire
- Battlemage Hugues
- Banished Knight present during Commander Niall boss fight (1st phase)
- Crucible Knight (shield)
- Crucible Knight Ordovis (shield)
- Crystalians (staff, melee)
- Draconic Tree Sentinel
- Erdtree Avatar
- Erdtree Burial Watchdog
- Fia's champions (random chance when playing online, not present offline)
- Frenzied Duelist
- Grafted Scion
- Grave Warden Duelist
- Hoarah Loux, Warrior
- Mad Pumpkin Head
- Margit, The Fell Omen
- Mimic Tear (when player enters the arena with weapon dealing Strike Damage)
- Necromancer Garris
- Night's Cavalry using Nightrider Flail
- Nox Swordstress & Nox Priest (Priest)
- Patches
- Putrid Avatar
- Putrid Crystalians (sorcerer, melee)
- Putrid Grave Warden Duelist
- Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing
- Stonedigger Troll
- Tree Sentinel

Weakness

The following Enemies, NPC, Invaders and Bosses have a weakness to Strike Damage. Weakness indicates a target takes increased damage and/or increased Poise damage from a given Damage Type.

Enemy
- Avionette Soldier
- Claymen
- Giant Ant
- Lesser Crystalian
- Living Jar (without one buffed with Ironjar Aromatic)
- Miners
- Skeletal Bandit
- Skeletal Militiaman
- Skeletal Slime
- Skeletal Snail
- Skeleton Mage
- Skeletons
- Warhawk
NPC & Invaders
- Anastasia Tarnished-Eater
Boss
- Crystalians
- Deathbird
- Death Rite Bird
- Decaying Ekzykes
- Mimic Tear (if player has negative absorption upon entering boss fight arena)
- Putrid Crystalians
- Tibia Mariner

Resistance

The following Enemies, NPC, Invaders and Bosses are resistant to Strike Damage. Resistance indicates that a target takes reduced damage from a given Damage Type, but is not completely immune.

Enemy
NPC & Invaders
Boss
- Ancient Dragons (Lansseax, Fortissax)
- Crucible Knight
- Crucible Knight Siluria
- Dragons (Adula, Agheel, Greyll, Smarag)
- Dragonlord Placidusax
- Fallingstar Beast
- Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast
- Godskin Noble
- Maliketh, the Black Blade
- Miranda Blossom
- Night's Cavalry
- Roundtable Knight Vyke
- Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy

Immunity

The following Enemies, NPC, Invaders and Bosses are not susceptible to Strike Damage. Immunity indicates that a target is not affected by a given Damage Type.

N/A

Elden Ring Strike Damage Notes & Tips

Despite being blunt Physical damage spells, Bestial Incantations and Gravity Sorceries deal exclusively Standard damage, and not Strike.

Damage Types

Creatures and Enemies Critical Damage Fire Damage Holy Damage Incant Scaling Lightning Damage Magic Damage Passive Effects Pierce Damage Slash Damage Special Weaknesses Standard Damage Strike Damage

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