Barbaric Roar

Type

Ashes of War

Default affinity

Heavy

FP cost

16 FP

Skill

Barbaric Roar

About this Ash of War

This Ash of War grants an armament the Heavy affinity and the following skill:

"Barbaric Roar: Let loose a bestial roar to rally the spirit and increase attack power. While active, strong attacks change to savage combo attacks."

Usable on melee armaments (daggers, thrusting swords, and whips excepted).

Scarab north of Ravine-Veiled Village

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Ravine-Veiled Village

1. From Liurnia's lake, ride north past the academy into the narrowing ravine at the lake's northern end. Stay on the water-level route to Ravine-Veiled Village, rather than climbing to Bellum Highway.
2. Ride north along Liurnia's lake into the narrow ravine leading toward the Ruin-Strewn Precipice. Activate Ravine-Veiled Village beneath the wooden platforms.
3. Continue north along the water instead of climbing into the village. Look for the scarab beside the rocks.
4. Kill it before it retreats deeper into the rocks. Its escape path can draw several bats into the fight, so clear space before chasing.
5. The scarab awards the transferable Ash. A weapon that already has Barbaric Roar does not necessarily provide a removable copy.

Notes

• For 40 seconds, raises the weapon's physical attack power by 7.5% and improves its Strength scaling. The extra scaling is not five Strength added to your character and cannot be used to meet equipment requirements.
• Changes eligible heavy and charged-heavy attacks into aggressive combinations. Their shape and commitment depend on the weapon class; choosing Heavy affinity is not what creates the roar moveset.
• The physical increase does not raise every elemental part of a split-damage weapon. The extra Strength scaling is more useful where your Strength investment can contribute.
• Roar Medallion and an active Highland Axe improve attacks changed by the roar. Axe Talisman can also help the fully charged heavy attacks.
• Shard of Alexander does not strengthen the buff percentages merely because a skill applied them. The changed ordinary heavy attacks are not a new damaging projectile skill.
• This occupies the weapon-buff slot. Grease, a weapon enchantment or another incompatible coating replaces it; a separate body buff and aura can coexist.
• Costs 16 FP for its normal effect. Without enough FP, the fallback buff lasts only six seconds, so an empty-FP roar is not another full 40-second application.
• The scarab is on the water-level ravine route north of Ravine-Veiled Village. Climbing the village ladders toward Makar takes you away from it.
• Compatible weapon classes: Straight Sword, Greatsword, Colossal Sword, Curved Sword, Curved Greatsword, Katana, Twinblade, Axe, Greataxe, Hammer, Great Hammer, Flail, Spear, Great Spear, Halberd, Reaper, Fist, Claw, Colossal Weapon, Hand-to-Hand, Light Greatsword, Great Katana, Beast Claw. A weapon with a fixed skill cannot use this Ash of War.
• Its default affinity is Heavy. The supported choices are Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, Flame Art, Lightning, Sacred, Magic, Cold, Poison, Blood and Occult; the appropriate whetblade is needed for additional options.