

This Ash of War can be found near the Freezing Lake site of grace in the Mountains of the Giants and is dropped by an invisible beetle at the lake’s edge. This ability will cause you to stab your own stomach, coating your sword in blood and increasing inflicted blood loss and attack damage, while also hurting you in the process. Ideally, you’ll want to equip both of your Uchigatanas with the Seppuku Ash of War. Weapons with quick attack speed - like the Hookclaws from Stormveil castle - are normally the best options, since it allows you to stack up Bleed fast.

A player with an Rivers of Blood and Uchigatana Image: FromSoftware via Polygon How to get the right Ash of WarĪny normal weapon can be turned into a Bleed weapon if you apply a Blood Ash of War, but that doesn’t mean that they’re all great options. Rivers of Blood comes from defeating Bloody Finger Okina, who will attack you at the Church of Repose in the Mountaintops of the Giants. The Rivers of Blood Katana is also great, but you’ll have to get pretty far into the game before you can get it. (When you have weapons of the same type in each hand, you can use Power Stance.) The Moonveil is a good early option, with a very powerful Ash of War ability. If you didn’t happen to start as the Samurai, your next-best Bleed option is basically any other Katana. One Uchigatana can be found on a corpse inside the Deathtouched Catacombs in Limgrave, but starting as the Samurai is the only way to get a second one on your own. It may be surprising, but the best weapon for a Bleed build is the Uchigatana, the starting weapon of the Samurai class, and it’s even better if you can get two of them. To help you outfit your character for the perfect Bleed build, we put together some of the best options for Bleed weapons, Ashes of War, and Talismans, and how to get them. While most smaller enemies get killed long before the effect comes into play, Bleed is especially great against Elden Ring’s bosses, since they take plenty of punishment to defeat.

To effectively use Bleed weapons, all you have to do is attack your opponent with several hits in a row, and they’ll suddenly suffer a massive blow when the Hemorrhage effect gets triggered. Bleed is one of the most powerful mechanics in Elden Ring, and the basis for one of the game’s best builds.
